Monthly Archives: May 2026

Polymarket executive Josh Stevens said identity checks apply only to early beta access and are not being added to Polymarket’s existing platform. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/polymarket-exec-says-kyc-limited-to-beta-product-not-existing-platform?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The Bank for International Settlements’ collaboration with seven central banks and more than 40 institutions concludes a two-year project with a prototype settling wholesale payments in seconds. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bis-40-banks-test-tokenized-system-cross-border-payment?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Over $935 million was wiped out across the crypto market as traders shifted their focus to $70,000 as the last line of defense for Bitcoin. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/crypto-liquidations-hit-935m-as-bitcoin-price-dips-to-726k?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Around 47% of crypto organizations onboarded in 2026 are operating at alerting standards that would have ranked among the industry’s strictest five years ago. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-compliance-standards-chainalysis-2026?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The physically backed fund gives US investors exchange-traded exposure to the Binance-linked cryptocurrency through traditional brokerage accounts. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-enters-us-spot-etf-market-through-vanecks-vbnb-launch?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The crypto market capitalization has fallen to its lowest level since mid-April after the US carried out strikes on Iran for the second time in three days amid peace talks. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-markets-tank-80b-as-us-carries-out-fresh-strikes-on-iran?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The CFTC claimed that its settled complaint filed under the Biden administration relied heavily on a whistleblower’s allegations that Gemini inflated trading activity to distort user demand. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-moves-to-reverse-settlement-deal-against-gemini?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin dropped closer to a critical support level as spot and long futures traders’ efforts to hold $75,000 failed. Is sub-$70,000 BTC next? Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-funding-spike-shows-longs-defending-75k-will-etf-outflows-reverse-bulls-efforts?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The Justice Department and the CFTC allege that Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo profited $1.2 million on Polymarket after accessing non-public information at work. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-charges-google-employee-with-insider-trading-on-polymarket?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Within the first 10 hours of launch, the Kraken Earn BTC Vault raked in $30 million worth of Bitcoin deposits from 4,000 unique wallets. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/kraken-rolls-out-bitcoin-vault-for-holders-to-earn-yield?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound