May 15, 2026

Crypto

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Bitcoin ETF Holders Are $5K Underwater Even as Institutional Demand Returns

Institutional holders quietly added roughly 26,600 BTC to ETF positions during the recent recovery, a 2% increase in total holdings. Bitcoin (BTC) touched $76,000 on March 17 to register its highest price level since early February, as institutional investors continued to put money into U.S. spot ETFs, extending a multi-day recovery streak coming after

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China hacker group leaks $7M crypto theft operation targeting wallet supply chains​

A hacker group from China posing as a cybersecurity firm has allegedly stolen 7 million dollars via wallet supply‑chain attacks, targeting Trust Wallet and other clients before an internal dispute triggered a whistleblower leak. Summary Operating under Wuhan Anshun Technology, the group presented itself as a security outfit while allegedly using Electron apps, browser plugins,

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Tim Scott expects stablecoin yield compromise proposal by week’s end

Senator Tim Scott, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, says he expects to receive a compromise proposal on stablecoin yield provisions before the end of this week. If that timeline holds, it would mark a significant step toward resolving the single biggest sticking point that has stalled US stablecoin regulation for months. The yield question

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Hyperliquid Closes in on Cardano: Is HYPE Price On Verge of Pump to $50?

Cardano is fighting to maintain its dominance as newer, high-performance chains threaten to disrupt the status quo. The high-performance chain in question is Hyperliquid, with the HYPE price snapping at the heels of ADA, just $700M in market cap separating the two projects. It comes as HYPE surged +3.6% on the day, while ADA dropped

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Tether’s QVAC pushes multi‑billion‑parameter AI models onto phones and consumer GPUs

Tether’s QVAC Fabric integrates BitNet LoRA to fine‑tune and run multi‑billion‑parameter AI models on consumer GPUs and flagship phones, pushing serious AI work to the edge. Summary QVAC Fabric brings BitNet LoRA fine‑tuning and inference to AMD and Intel GPUs, Apple’s Metal stack, and high‑end mobile GPUs, claiming 2–11x speedups over CPU baselines and up

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Bitrefill reports Lazarus-style exploit drained funds and exposed some user data

Bitrefill, the established crypto-to-gift-card platform, was hit by a sophisticated cyberattack earlier this month that drained company funds and exposed some customer data. The team disclosed the incident in an X article on Tuesday, saying that it shares strong similarities with operations linked to Lazarus Group, the notorious North Korean cybercrime collective believed to be

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ZCash Price Leads Pre-FOMC Rally: Here’s Why ZEC USD Is Pumping and Next Buy

ZCash (ZEC) is navigating a turbulent trading environment this week, currently trading around $266 following a +15% pump over the last 24 hours. The immediate ZCash price action highlights the asset overperforming Bitcoin as broader markets brace for volatility. The upcoming FOMC decision looms large over this price action, potentially serving as a macro trigger

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US stocks open higher as Dow jumps while crypto equities struggle for direction

U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday, extending a risk‑on regime across the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq even as crypto‑linked names like Coinbase and MicroStrategy once again trade more like volatile Bitcoin proxies than companies being valued on their own fundamentals. Summary Gate data cited by ChainCatcher show the Dow opening up 0.66%, the S&P

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SEC says most crypto assets fall outside securities laws, including staking, airdrops, and mining

SEC Chair Paul Atkins said Tuesday that the agency is implementing a token taxonomy and investment contract interpretation aimed at ending years of uncertainty over when crypto assets fall under federal securities laws. Speaking at the DC Blockchain Summit on March 17, Atkins said the framework would classify digital commodities, digital collectibles, digital tools, and

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What is Aster Chain? A Beginner’s Guide to the Privacy-First Layer 1

In March 2025, a trader opened a $375M Bitcoin position on a fully transparent blockchain platform. Within hours, other traders were openly coordinating on social media to pool funds, hunt the position, and force a liquidation. That is not a bug in DeFi. On most chains, it is the design. Aster Chain launched its mainnet

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