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Opening Minnesota has enacted legislation permitting banks and credit unions to offer cryptocurrency custody services, marking the state's formal entry into regulated crypto financial services. Governor Tim Walz signed bill HF 3709 on Friday, with the legislation set to take effect on

Citadel reportedly gained $1.7 million exposure through Bitwise and Canary XRP ETFs. Institutional interest in regulated crypto investment products continues expanding across Wall Street firms. Traders await official filings confirming Citadel’s rumored XRP ETF positions. Wall Street

French bitcoin treasury firm Capital B has acquired 192 BTC after completing a series of capital raises totaling roughly $20 million (€17 million). The company now holds more than 3,100 bitcoin as it deepens its treasury-focused strategy. Key Takeaways: Capital B bought 192 BTC for

Since 2026, the macro narrative has undergone an almost complete reversal. In 2025, the market widely expected the FED to cut rates two to three times in 2026, with ample liquidity viewed as the key driver for the next crypto rally. However, two inflation reports released one after another—April CPI up 3.8% year over year and PPI surging to 6% year over year—completely rewrote this script. As of May 19, CME interest rate futures show the probability of the FED holding rates unchanged in June has

GoldZip, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Gold Exchange, has entered into a strategic partnership with Midas Labs to develop an institutional-grade digital gold ecosystem that connects traditional precious metals trading with blockchain-based financial infrastructure. GoldZip operates with full

Axi expanded its focus on Latin America's retail trading market during the Rankia Markets Experience event in Medellín, Colombia, where brokers, traders, and financial firms gathered to discuss changing investor behavior, AI-assisted trading, and the growing role of technology in retail market

LG Energy Solution signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Honda and the Hanoi city government to deploy battery-swapping stations and electric motorcycles in Vietnam's capital. The partnership aims to install approximately 50 battery-swapping stations across Hanoi and deploy around 500 elec

Akamai is seeking to raise US$2.6 billion through two zero-coupon convertible bond tranches due in 2030 and 2032 to fund cloud infrastructure spending, with pricing expected after the New York market closes on May 19. The offering is tied to a US$1.8 billion computing deal with Anthropic, marking th

Oil Shocks and Inflation Fears Drive Markets Higher on 18 May Geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran are driving crude oil prices higher as peace negotiations remain stalled, intensifying global inflation concerns and shifting central bank expectations toward rate hikes. The

Strategic Partnership Overview AI-powered data intelligence platform TradingRazor and decentralized autonomous organization M3 DAO announced a strategic partnership on May 18, 2026, aimed at improving access to sophisticated trading intelligence across the Web3 ecosystem. Through the

Trae Stephens, co-founder of Anduril and partner at Founders Fund, believes most venture capital rejections are polite lies designed to mask personal rejection of the founder rather than genuine concerns about the business. Speaking on a Kleiner Perkins video series, Stephens argued that investors t

Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the U.S. recorded their largest single-day net outflows since January 29 on Monday, with $648.6 million in net outflows across seven funds, according to data from SoSoValue. This extended last week's total net outflows of $1 billion, which ended a six-week

Minnesota has enacted legislation allowing banks and credit unions to offer cryptocurrency custody services. Governor Tim Walz signed HF 3709 into law on Friday, with an effective date of August 1, 2026. The bill permits "certain virtual-currency custody services to be offered and performed" by bank

Swan Bitcoin faces a Delaware bankruptcy lawsuit over allegations it withdrew approximately US$1 billion in digital assets from Prime Trust before the crypto custodian's collapse in 2023. The PCT Litigation Trust, which is handling recovery efforts tied to Prime Core Technologies' bankruptcy