In Clarity Act news, Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal and Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad have jointly endorsed the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, commonly referred to as the Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act, or CLARITY, mounting a coordinated public defense of privately issued payment stablecoins while calling on Congress to establish a statutory framework that would curtail the SEC’s authority to pursue enforcement-driven crypto regulation. This is not simply a lobbying exercise from an exchange with commercial interests in stablecoin infrastructure. It is a deliberate attempt to use legislative…
Day: May 26, 2026
Strategy Cuts $1.5B in Convertible Debt and Grows Bitcoin Holdings to 843,738 BTC
Key Takeaways Strategy retired $1.5B of 2029 convertible notes for $1.38B cash, an 8% discount to par, on Tuesday. The debt buyback added 4,391 BTC in gains, bringing Strategy’s total holdings to 843,738 bitcoin. Strategy plans to rebuild its $871M USD Reserve through future Digital Capital and equity sales. Strategy Retires $1.5 Billion in Debt at 8% Discount and Adds 24,869 Bitcoin The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company repurchased $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of its 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 for approximately $1.38 billion in cash, an 8% discount…
Bitcoin Treasuries Add 603 BTC as Strategy Pauses Weekly Buys
Smaller Bitcoin treasury firms added 602.6 BTC worth about $46 million last week, even as the largest corporate holders appeared to pause their acquisitions. The purchases included a 381.6 Bitcoin (BTC) acquisition by asset manager and Bitcoin treasury company Strive, 200 BTC bought by global consumer food brand DDC Enterprise Limited, 19 BTC acquired by UK-based web design company The Smarter Web Company (SWC), and 2 BTC bought by AI data center company Hyperscale Data. The buying suggests corporate Bitcoin demand has not disappeared during the latest drawdown, but has…
Binance Plans Philippine Comeback Through Local Partner
Crypto exchange Binance is partnering with fintech company BlockShoals Technologies in what the platform described as its first formal market-entry approach in the Philippines, through local partnerships and regulatory engagement. On Tuesday, Binance announced the partnership, highlighting that BlockShoals is an approved participant under the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Strategic Sandbox, or StratBox, framework. Binance said BlockShoals will serve as the approved local intermediary, while the exchange will provide technology, security, operational and compliance support. A Binance spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the company is pursuing a compliance-oriented market…
Bitcoin’s Worst Outflow Week Of The Year Just Happened — And The Timing Is Alarming
Digital asset investment products shed $1.47 billion in a single week — the second consecutive week of outflows and the third-largest weekly withdrawal of 2026 — as Iran-related geopolitical risk collided with rising bond yields, a softening equity market, and the fading of a technical support structure that had kept Bitcoin pinned near $80,000 for most of the month, according to CoinShares’ latest Digital Asset Fund Flows report. Related Reading Bitcoin bore the brunt. The asset recorded $1.315 billion in outflows — the largest single-week Bitcoin withdrawal of 2026, surpassing…
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Former Hodlnaut CEO Charged in Singapore Over Terra Collapse Claims
Former Hodlnaut CEO Zhu Juntao was charged in Singapore with six counts of fraud by false representation, in a case tied to statements Zhu and Hodlnaut employees allegedly made after the 2022 collapse of the Terra ecosystem. Singapore Police said Zhu, 36, was charged following an investigation by the Commercial Affairs Department and faces three charges under Section 424A(1)(a) read with Section 424A(3) of the Penal Code 1871, as well as three further charges under the same provision read with Section 109. The case centers on alleged false claims about…
ये चल क्या रहा है BHAI – कब आएगा CRYPTO BULL RUN ? TRUMP को NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ! GLOBAL TENSION ?
▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io In this video, we will share why bitcoin and crypto market may show big move and recovery in coming days and months and some altcoins may show some big move and will the altcoin season come or not and what should we do ? We will also share why bitcoin and cryptocurrency is under pressure. We will also share the latest update and news and why we can see big move in bitcoin and cryptocurrency market and what to do, and coins…
XRP Market Fear Hits Levels That Previously Triggered Rallies
XRP derivatives traders are leaning bullish. Open interest in XRP futures jumped more than 1% in 24 hours to $2.86 billion, with activity climbing on both CME and Binance, signaling that traders with real money on the line are betting on a move up. Related Reading A Familiar Pattern In The Data On-chain analytics firm Santiment flagged a shift in crowd mood on May 26, pointing out that the bullish-to-bearish comment ratio on social media had slipped to 1.1:1. That places sentiment at its most fearful in three weeks, a…
Whale Dumps $100M ETH Short, Pivots to $13.4M Bitcoin Bet at 20x Leverage
Key Takeaways A whale closed a $100M ETH short at a $260K loss on May 26, then opened a 20x BTC long. The BTC long covers 175.04 BTC at $76,662, with a liquidation threshold near a 5% adverse price move. Lookonchain data shows the reversal signals shifting conviction from ETH downside to BTC upside. Trader Flips From ETH Short to Leveraged Bitcoin Long A pseudonymous high- leverage trader closed a short position on ether ( ETH) worth over $100 million on May 26, recording a $260,000 loss in the process.…