May 17, 2026

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Standard Chartered plans to merge parts of Zodia Custody into its digital assets division

Standard Chartered plans to unify Zodia’s custody service with its digital asset division, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the plan. Established in late 2020 by SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation unit, and Northern Trust, Zodia Custody is a digital asset custodian designed specifically for institutional investors. The platform aims to bridge traditional

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Bitcoin

Charles Schwab Identifies 2 Crypto Allocation Approaches Driving Bitcoin Weights as High as 22.4% – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Charles Schwab shows bitcoin allocations up to 22.4% depending on return assumptions. Bitcoin allocations reach 16.9% for moderate portfolios when expected returns climb to 25%. Risk-based models show 1.2% bitcoin exposure can account for 10% of total portfolio risk. Crypto Allocation Models Shift With Return Assumptions Cryptocurrency allocations are increasingly being formalized within

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Tech & AI

Conflicting Rulings Leave Anthropic in ‘Supply-Chain Risk’ Limbo

Anthropic “has not satisfied the stringent requirements” to temporarily lose the supply-chain-risk designation imposed by the Pentagon, a US appeals court in Washington, DC, ruled on Wednesday. The decision is at odds with one issued last month by a lower court judge in San Francisco, and it wasn’t immediately clear how the conflicting preliminary judgments

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Nft

Midnight (NIGHT) on Verge of ATL: Up From There?

Midnight (NIGHT) entered the market with rare momentum. Backed by Input Output Global and closely tied to the Cardano ecosystem, it promised something the industry has long struggled to deliver: privacy without sacrificing compliance. Its mainnet launch on March 30, 2026, was positioned as a major milestone, unlocking a programmable privacy layer built on zero-knowledge

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Crypto

Adam Back Denies Being Satoshi Amid NYT Probe

Back says Satoshi’s unknown identity is good for BTC as it places it as a mathematical commodity rather than someone’s project. Adam Back has once again denied claims that he is the mysterious Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The latest denial comes after an investigation by New York Times reporter John Carreyrou pointed to him

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Bitcoin

Stablecoin Transaction Volume Reached $33 Trillion in 2025, Outpacing Major Credit Networks — Morph

Blockchain settlement network Morph has published an industry report indicating that the total stablecoin market capitalization reached US$312 billion by the end of 2025. According to the document, annual stablecoin transaction volume hit US$33 trillion last year, exceeding the combined throughput of traditional payment networks Visa (US$15.7 trillion) and Mastercard (US$9.8 trillion). Shift Toward B2B

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Coinbase

Coinbase shells out $375M on Cobie’s podcast and investment firm Echo

Coinbase says it acquired Cobie’s Echo “to create more accessible, efficient, and transparent capital markets.” Source link

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Crypto

Bittensor price risks $297 after double rejection

Bittensor price is trading at $325.1, down 3.04% on the day, after rejecting a multi-month descending trendline for the second time in two weeks — and the daily MACD has now confirmed a bearish crossover that shifts the near-term bias toward the downside. Summary Bittensor (TAO) is trading at $325.1, down 3.04% on the day,

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Bitcoin

Canary Capital Files PEPE ETF as Wall Street Tests Institutional Demand for Meme Coins – Finance Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways: Canary Capital filed with the SEC to launch a PEPE ETF tracking token price via direct holdings. PEPE ETF signals broader push into volatile assets as firms expand beyond bitcoin and ethereum. SEC filing warns PEPE lacks utility, raising risks of manipulation and unstable long-term valuation. Canary Capital Files PEPE ETF With Direct

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Tech & AI

WireGuard VPN developer can’t ship software updates after Microsoft locks account

WireGuard, the major software project and VPN that underpins popular security software including Mullvad and others, has found itself locked out of a key part of its Microsoft developer’s account and unable to ship software updates to Windows users. Jason Donenfeld, the creator of the open source WireGuard VPN software, told TechCrunch that he has

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