What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
Author: Editorial Office CVJ.CH
Editorial Office CVJ.CH
Since 2018, the editorial team at Crypto Valley Journal has been reporting from Zug - the heart of Switzerland’s Crypto Valley - on Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and regulatory developments in digital assets. Behind the publication’s collective editorial voice is a team of writers with backgrounds in financial markets, law, and technology.
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Strategy and BitMine are deep in the red: around USD 21 billion in unrealized losses. The Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) sector is wobbling.
JPMorgan, Citi, Bank of America and Wells Fargo plan a network for tokenized deposits from 2027, operated by The Clearing House.
The Zcash Orchard bug went undetected for four years and theoretically allowed unlimited ZEC counterfeiting. The price crashes by over 40%.
ADA crash below 20 cents for the first time in over five years, as Cardano founder Hoskinson announces a break and warns of more failures.
Crypto VC deals fell to around 50 in May 2026, a five-year low. Mega-rounds like Kalshi’s Series F keep the dollar volume elevated.
Bessent urges Clarity Act passage by summer and confirms progress on the strategic US Bitcoin reserve, now holding 328,372 BTC.
Zcash Orchard had a critical double-spending vulnerability, fixed via soft fork and hard fork, with no exploit and supply impact.
Strategy’s first Bitcoin sale since 2022 sparks a USD 60M Polymarket UMA dispute and puts the token-voting oracle to the test.
IBM is investing over USD 10 billion in quantum computing: What the roadmap to 2029 means for the Bitcoin risk.
Bitcoin crash sends the price to a two-month low below USD 70,000 as ETF outflows, Strategy’s sale, and the AI boom pull capital away.
China expands the digital yuan: interest on balances, double the operator banks, and mBridge settling over $55 billion cross-border.
Mt. Gox moved Bitcoin worth USD 739 million to two addresses, the first major wallet transfer by the insolvent exchange since March 2026.
Bitcoin ETF outflows continue: US spot funds post eleven straight losing days, with BlackRock’s IBIT alone accounting for $440 million.
Strategy sells Bitcoin for the first time since December 2022, 32 BTC for USD 2.5 million to fund its preferred stock dividend obligations.
Binance offers US stocks: commission-free trading of over 7,000 U.S. securities outside the US, plus bStocks on the BNB Chain.
What separates Dogecoin from Bitcoin is its unlimited supply, and the 2013 satire coin now trades through its own US spot ETF.
Bitcoin overtakes gold in the US: per River’s report, 49.6 million Americans own Bitcoin, while just 28.8 million still hold gold.
