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Coinbase backs the CLARITY Act compromise on stablecoin rewards, now the Senate committee markup path opens, with passage likely.
CNB Governor Michl argues in Las Vegas for a 1% Bitcoin allocation in central bank reserves – despite rejection by his own Bank Board.
What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
The US Senate has unanimously passed a prediction market ban for members and staff. The trigger is a series of insider trading scandals.
Robinhood misses Q1 2026: crypto revenue halved to 134 million USD, stock falls 11 percent. Schwab and Coinbase intensify competition.
OKX, BlackRock and Standard Chartered launch a joint framework that makes tokenized RWAs usable as margin collateral under G-SIB custody.
Hoskinson calls support of the CLARITY Act by Garlinghouse and the XRP community insanity and accuses Ripple of harming the industry.
Trump would sign the CLARITY Act immediately. But the Senate is blocking it, and a May deadline could push the law back to 2030.
What has been happening this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in our weekly review.
Admiral Paparo confirmed to the US Senate: INDOPACOM operates an active Bitcoin node and is conducting operational tests to protect military networks.
Finding Satoshi names Hal Finney and Len Sassaman as Bitcoin co-founders according to The Block – contradicting the NYT’s Adam Back thesis.
KelpDAO hack: USD 292 million loss in the largest DeFi attack of 2026. Investors pulled more than USD 15 billion from the sector.
Strategy acquires 34,164 Bitcoin for USD 2.54 billion and overtakes BlackRock’s IBIT as the largest institutional Bitcoin holder.
Polymarket targets a $15 billion valuation and is negotiating a $400 million round. ICE has invested $1.6 billion in total.
Zondacrypto: entire supervisory board resigns, including ex-SEBA CEO Guido Bühler. Hot wallets nearly empty, investigations underway.
More than 50% of the bitcoin supply now sits at a loss. K33 sees parallels to earlier bear market lows that followed within weeks.
A Reuters analysis estimates the Trump family’s crypto gains at $2.3 billion, while investors incurred book losses of the same amount.
