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Founded in 2018, Cryptopolitan has grown from a popular blog into a trusted source of news and analysis for millions of readers worldwide. Over the years, we have expanded our coverage to include a wide range of topics, from market trends and technological innovations to regulatory changes and industry events.
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Crypto card spending has reached a record $7.8 billion
Visa (V) is taking about 90% of on-chain crypto card payments as total crypto card spending reaches a record $7.8 billion. According to data from Paymentscan, the volume has increased by 230% since May 2025. At present, stablecoins can be used directly in transactions by people wishing to use cryptocurrencies in payments, without any additional...
Wed, May 27
Russia set to ban crypto mining in Moscow, prosecute illegal miners
Russian authorities are preparing to ban crypto mining in the capital city, the adjacent Moscow Oblast and parts of the Kursk region for the next six years. The news follows reports that mining may be restricted in the whole of Central Russia and comes alongside the adoption of stiff penalties for illegal miners. Russian government...
Wed, May 27
HTX moves over $21B in risky funds despite UK sanction
HTX processed $21.06B from risky entities between 2021 and 2026. HTX was recently sanctioned by the US for laundering Russian capital to evade sanctions, an estimated $7.64B coming from several Russian entities.
Wed, May 27
Value locked in tokenized stocks expands from $995M to $1.6B in May
Tokenized stocks expanded rapidly in May, discovering new liquidity and demand. Tokenized stocks displaced other on-chain activity as crypto assets stagnated.
Wed, May 27
Fraudsters launder $4 billion through Russian crypto trading platforms
Russian fraudsters have transferred more than $4 billion worth of stolen funds through nearly a thousand providers of crypto exchange services active in the country. The figures have come out as Russia prepares to outlaw most of these platforms and license mainly large financial institutions for crypto trading as part of upcoming regulations. Russian fraudsters...
Wed, May 27
Bear Markets Build Crypto Giants — Here’s Why
It’s only rational to protect the balance sheet when capital gets expensive, regulatory postures harden overnight, and geopolitical shocks start tearing through markets in hours instead of weeks. Companies pause new initiatives and wait for a signal that the environment is safe again. I’ve sat in enough quarterly business reviews to know that “we’ll revisit...
Wed, May 27
Could AI agents expose DeFi’s next wave of hidden exploits?
All DeFi protocols may me vulnerable to AI agents finding exploits, warned Manuel Araoz, founder of Open Zeppelin.
Wed, May 27
Trump Backs CFTC as Sole Regulator of Prediction Markets in State Showdown
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post said that it is “critically important” that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) keep “exclusive authority” over prediction market platforms. This is coming at a time when platforms like Polymarket, Kalshi, Robinhood and Crypto.com are coming under fire by regulators across the U.S. The...
Wed, May 27
Human Archive lands $8.2M for robot training data amid India privacy probe
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is examining the consent and data collection practices of startups that record home-service workers and sell the footage to robotics labs. The probe comes weeks after Human Archive, a startup founded by four UC Berkeley and Stanford researchers, announced $8.2 million in seed funding to scale exactly that kind...
Wed, May 27
Sam Altman Said OpenAI Wants AI to Work like a Utility That People Pay for by Usage
OpenAI’s founder and CEO Sam Altman sat before a massive crowd at a conference and said with a straight face that: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and then we’ll make people buy it from us on a meter.” Chilling, isn’t it?
Wed, May 27
Is Elon Musk Really Planning to Merge SpaceX with Tesla?
Is Elon Musk really planning to put SpaceX and Tesla (TSLA) under one roof? It’s all anyone’s talking about on Wall Street, in executive offices, regarding AI expenditure, rockets, and some strange family tree of businesses.
Wed, May 27
TeraWulf surges 10% on 1GW Kentucky AI campus et
TeraWulf is making a much bigger bet on artificial intelligence infrastructure. However, it is not about chips anymore. It is about power. The company secured a 285-acre site in eastern Kentucky. It is expected to support more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of AI and high-performance computing capacity. After the announcement, TeraWulf shares climbed 10.3% in...
Wed, May 27
Europe turns satellite spectrum into a weapon against Starlink
Europe is getting ready to shut American satellite companies out of the majority of a key wireless frequency band, handing most of it to homegrown operators in what would be the bloc’s most significant space policy decision to date. The European Commission is finalising a plan to set aside two-thirds of the 2 GHz mobile...
Tue, May 26
Quantinuum sets $12.7 billion valuation target for Nasdaq IPO
Honeywell-backed quantum computing firm Quantinuum announced terms for its US initial public offering on Tuesday. It is aiming for a valuation of around $12.7 billion. The company plans to sell shares between $45 and $50 each. However, it hopes to raise as much as $1.05 billion. Quantinuum intends to list on the Nasdaq under the...
Tue, May 26
Europe faces growing AI infrastructure Dependence on U.S. and Asia
Europe is in danger of falling into a “dependency trap” in the global AI trade, according to a new report by Allianz. The continent currently maintains a heavy reliance on the United States and Asia for AI infrastructure and manufacturing. The international race for AI supremacy is heating up, and Europe is falling short, according...
Tue, May 26
Strategy uses up the bulk of its cash reserves to buy back debt
Strategy announced it spent $1.38B of its cash reserves, leaving with $871M for dividend payments. The company retired some of its debt, but remains pressured by the weakening price of BTC.
Tue, May 26
Top 6 Crypto Casinos for Instant Withdrawals and No KYC (May 2026)
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Tue, May 26
Aliens are buying Bitcoin as Roswell enacts a 10-year HODL ordinance
The combination of an age-old UFO enigma in America with the crypto world has led to the holding of Bitcoins in Roswell, the capital of New Mexico, USA. In this regard, on-chain analytics company Arkham Intelligence has drawn attention to the entity that apparently holds 0.173 BTC, worth $13,312.52. The timing and location of the...
Tue, May 26
S&P 500 hit a new intraday record at 7,539.8
The S&P 500 hit another record on Tuesday, reaching 7,539.8 during the session and putting the index on pace for a nine-week winning run, its first since 2023. Tech did most of the heavy lifting because, of course, Wall Street went right back to worshiping chips after the long weekend. The Nasdaq Composite also reached...
Tue, May 26
XRP liquidity on Binance falls to its lowest since January 2020
Binance’s 30-day liquidity index for XRP has dropped to 0.043, the lowest level since 2020.
Tue, May 26
