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Missouri AG targets CoinFlip in crypto ATM fraud lawsuit seeking $1.8M in penalties
Missouri’s AG sued CoinFlip for knowingly allowing scammers to use its Bitcoin ATMs to steal money from residents and for charging fees as high as 22% without informing customers. The lawsuit seeks to shut the company’s doors in Missouri and impose a fine of up to $1.8 million. The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit...
Thu, May 21
SpaceX targets 10,000 launches a year within five years, FAA administrator says
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford the company is targeting 10,000 rocket launches a year within five years. “I don’t think today we’re the limiting factor,” Bedford added. The target aligns with Elon Musk’s March 31 post on X: “In 4 or 5 years, there will be a launch every hour.” Hourly...
Thu, May 21
Tether tightens control of Twenty One Capital after SoftBank sells 25% stake
Tether now holds more control over XXI after buying out SoftBank’s entire stake in Twenty One Capital (NYSE: XXI) for $711 million. Softbank paid $1 billion for its stake but sold it at a loss of $288 million. Tether published a press release on its website confirming the deal and now wants XXI to merge...
Thu, May 21
Trump administration weighs AI model reviews as tech giants race to ship faster
The Trump administration is looking at a new order that would let US security agencies check powerful AI models before companies put them out for the public. The plan came up in a White House briefing led by the Office of the National Cyber Director. The meeting included OpenAI, Anthropic, and Reflection AI, all private...
Wed, May 20
'Crypto Mom' Hester Peirce has a new job as SEC tenure nears end
Hester Peirce, arguably the Securities and Exchange Commission’s most recognizable advocate for the cryptocurrency industry, will leave the agency this autumn to join Regent University School of Law in Virginia as an associate professor. A university press release confirmed on Tuesday, May 19, that Peirce, widely known in the industry as “Crypto Mom,” will take...
Wed, May 20
Trump Mobile draws scrutiny over user data leaks, false 'Made in America' claims
Eleven months after its launch at Trump Tower, Trump Mobile is facing a barrage of scandals involving customer privacy violations, misleading advertising, and potential fraud. Aside from these problems, the company, promoted by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, is now the subject of an official inquiry from a U.S. Senator. Is Trump Mobile leaking...
Wed, May 20
Elon Musk’s SpaceX goes public on Nasdaq as SPCX, discloses $1.4 billion in Bitcoin
SpaceX has taken its IPO plan into the open with a new SEC filing, and the company wants to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker SPCX. Elon already runs Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), so a strong debut could leave him in charge of two public companies valued around the trillion-dollar level. The company first sent its...
Wed, May 20
Federal Reserve officials pledge to hike interest rates if inflation stays above target
According to Federal Reserve minutes released on Wednesday, officials are predicting that interest rates will go higher if inflation refuses to fall back to the Fed’s 2% target, after fresh data showed prices rising again and markets started treating another hike as a real risk. As Cryptopolitan previously reported, the Fed kept its target range...
Wed, May 20
Why Strategy’s record accumulation isn’t saving BTC’s price?
Strategy Inc. now holds more Bitcoin than any other institution, but Bitcoin prices have still fallen to a three-week low. The company bought 171,238 BTC this year, far more than the roughly 62,000 BTC mined globally during the same period. Strategy is buying Bitcoin nearly three times faster than miners can produce it, yet prices...
Wed, May 20
Drift Protocol triggers frustrated response with Insurance Fund withdrawal update
Drift Protocol has announced that its Insurance Fund depositors will be able to pull their stakes once the protocol restarts. However, the update drew a frustrated response from a user base that seems to have grown visibly impatient with the pace of Drift’s recovery process. The update, which was shared on X on Wednesday, May...
Wed, May 20
Euro stablecoin project Qivalis adds 25 new members
The joint venture of European banks Qivalis, set to launch a euro-backed stablecoin this year, has added 25 new members. The financial institutions from a number of EU nations are bringing the total number of participants in the ambitious project to 37. Qivalis adds new members in major expansion Over two dozen banks have joined...
Wed, May 20
South Korean funeral firm loses $33M of customer prepayments on leveraged crypto ETF
Bumo Sarang, a South Korean funeral mutual aid company, recorded 49.3 billion won ($33 million) in unrealized losses after an audit revealed where it was investing its customers’ prepayment funds. The money was put into a leveraged cryptocurrency ETF tied to Bitmine (NYSE: BMNR), where it crashed and lost over half of its value. An...
Wed, May 20
Trump administration defends prediction markets as JPMorgan and Hadrius rush to police traders
The federal government has sued Minnesota over a new law that bans residents from using betting platforms where people can wager on things like sports results and economic events. Minnesota is the first state to ban prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. Governor Tim Walz signed the law on Monday after it received...
Wed, May 20
ZachXBT flags $25M fund commingling, warns against BlockDSG, ZKP, and Spartans
ZachXBT revealed that he has completed on-chain tracing of Gurhan Kiziloz’s illicit schemes, linking them between two investment schemes linked to him.
Wed, May 20
A7A5: the only tokenized ruble stablecoin draws more attention
A7A5 expanded its activity in the past year, despite the targeted sanctions against the ruble-denominated stablecoin.
Wed, May 20
Best iGaming Platforms You Should Know in 2026
Discover the top iGaming platforms of 2026 — from crypto casinos to licensed betting sites. Compare safety, speed, bonuses, and innovation.
Wed, May 20
BingX Unveils “Infinite Vision” on 8th Anniversary, Accelerating Multi-Asset Expansion
PANAMA CITY, May 20, 2026 – BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3-AI company, today marked its 8th anniversary with the unveiling of its “Infinite Vision”, a long-term strategy that reflects the company’s evolution from a crypto exchange into an AI-native, multi-asset trading platform. It also embodies BingX’s ambition to go beyond crypto and build...
Wed, May 20
Is Europe preparing to rewrite MiCA crypto rules?
The European Commission opens a review of Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The EC is asking whether the regulations still match the rapidly evolving market or it requires any new adjustments. MiCA turned out to be the first broad crypto rulebook that got the support of a major economy. However, Policymakers in parts of Asia,...
Wed, May 20
Cerebras claims AI speed crown days after market debut
Cerebras is now running Kimi K2.6 in customer trials, marking the first time the chip company has operated a one trillion parameter open-weight model.
Wed, May 20
HYPE breaks $50 barrier on rising appetite for on-chain markets
HYPE broke above $50 for the first time since October 2025, signaling wider adoption and expectations of a higher price range.
Wed, May 20
