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Japan pension fund plans 1% crypto allocation in 2026
Japan pension fund plans 1% crypto allocation in fiscal 2026, testing whether a conservative retirement-style fund now sees digital assets as a hedge.
Bitcoin dominance rebounds to 58.5% as altcoin rotation stalls
Bitcoin dominance rose to 58.5% from 55%, signalling consolidation as hot inflation and fading altcoin catalysts push capital toward the largest digital asset.
Senate Panel Gears Up for Clarity Act Markup as Amendment Count Tops 100
The Senate Banking Committee will begin marking up the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on Thursday with more than 100 amendments filed to the 309-page bill, testing whether the bipartisan coalition that carried crypto legislation through the House can survive the Senate.
CME Bitcoin VIX futures launch with $45B open interest
CME's Bitcoin volatility futures launch June 1, letting institutions trade Bitcoin's implied volatility separately from price. With $45B futures open interest, can the same regulatory success repeat?
Crypto Funds Draw $858M on CLARITY Act Markup Optimism
Crypto investment products drew $857.9 million in net inflows for the week ending May 11, the sixth consecutive positive week, as the CLARITY Act's stablecoin compromise and a scheduled May 14 Senate Banking Committee markup shifted institutional conviction from price momentum to regulatory clarity.
Morgan Stanley MSBT draws $194m in debut month with zero outflow days
Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin ETF completed its first trading month with roughly $194 million in net inflows and not a single day of net redemptions, setting a benchmark for Wall Street crypto products backed by a brand name rather than an advisor sales force.
XRP funding stays negative after 27% rally, mirroring 2025 setup before 126% surge
XRP perpetual funding rates remain in negative territory after the token climbed 27 per cent in two weeks, replaying a divergence from April 2025 that preceded a 126 per cent rally. CoinGlass data show shorts paying longs at every major venue.
Bitcoin resistance at $86,000 and $93,000 mirrors three prior cycles, analyst says
Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe has identified two resistance zones for Bitcoin at $86,000 to $88,000 and $93,000 to $95,000, arguing the setup echoes bull-cycle patterns from 2017, 2021, and 2024. A period of consolidation above $80,000 could clear the way for altcoin strength, he said.
Bitcoin touches $80,000 as Project Freedom shifts Iran war sentiment
Bitcoin touched $80,000 in overnight trading, its highest since late January, as President Trump announced Project Freedom to secure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The cryptocurrency has gained roughly 20 per cent since the US-Iran conflict began, outperforming equities and gold.
Moscow Exchange to launch SOL, XRP, TRX futures May 14
Moscow Exchange adds Solana, Ripple and Tron futures on May 14, settling in rubles for qualified investors as Russia builds domestic crypto infrastructure.
South Korea crypto accounts top 11.1 million as growth slows to 3%
KYC-verified crypto exchange accounts in South Korea reached 11.13 million by end of last year, nearly doubling from 5.58 million at end-2021. But tradable user growth has collapsed from 25 per cent in late 2024 to just 3 per cent in the most recent half.
Strategy CEO Phong Le says bitcoin sales hinge on maths over equity
Strategy chief executive Phong Le told CNBC on Saturday that the company would sell part of its 818,334 bitcoin holding only when doing so proves more accretive to shareholders than issuing equity, outlining two specific conditions that mark a deliberate shift from its long-held refusal to sell.
Santiment flags correction risk as Bitcoin bullish talk spikes to four-month high
Bullish-to-bearish commentary ratio hits 1.37 on social media as BTC trades above $80,000, but on-chain data show daily active wallets at a two-year low and analysts are split on whether the rally has further to run.
CME targets 1 June launch for bitcoin volatility futures, pending CFTC review
CME Group will list cash-settled bitcoin volatility futures from 1 June, pending Commodity Futures Trading Commission clearance, becoming the first US exchange to offer regulated contracts that trade implied volatility independent of bitcoin's spot price. CME (CME) shares slipped 1.2 per cent on the announcement.
Bitcoin ETFs see $277.5M in outflows as BTC slips below $80,000
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $277.5 million in net outflows on Thursday, snapping a five-day inflow streak. Fidelity's FBTC led the retreat as Bitcoin fell below $80,000 for the first time in a week.
Bitwise ranks BNY Mellon, JPMorgan as banks with broadest crypto exposure
Bitwise Asset Management published a ranking of traditional banks with the deepest cryptocurrency exposure on Friday, placing BNY Mellon and JPMorgan Chase at the top. The screen assesses banks across trading, payments, ETF servicing and tokenisation.
Tokenized RWA market tops $30bn, growing 1,000% in two years
The market for tokenized real-world assets has crossed $30 billion, growing more than 1,000 per cent from early 2024, according to data published by a16z crypto. Tokenized U.S. Treasury debt accounts for roughly half the total.
Atkins pushes formal SEC rulemaking for on-chain markets and crypto vaults
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Friday set out four areas for formal rulemaking on crypto: on-chain trading, broker-dealer definitions, clearing and settlement, and vaults. The speech at the SCSP AI+ Expo broke from his predecessor Gary Gensler enforcement-led approach.
Coinbase buys $88M in Bitcoin in Q1, expands treasury to 16,492 BTC
Coinbase bought $88 million worth of Bitcoin in Q1 2026, adding 1,103 BTC to a corporate treasury now worth $1.3 billion. CFO Alesia Haas also detailed a perpetual USDC revenue-sharing deal with Circle.
Coinbase Q1 revenue misses as volume drops, market share hits 8.6% record
Coinbase reported $1.4bn in Q1 revenue, missing consensus of $1.56bn, as crypto trading volumes declined more than 20 per cent quarter-over-quarter. But spot market share hit a record 8.6 per cent and stablecoin revenue rose 55 per cent year-over-year to $305m.
Bitcoin Holds Above $80,000 on SEC Regulatory Shift and Iran Hedging
Bitcoin held above $80,000 through Thursday's session as traders pointed to a regulatory pivot in Washington and demand for alternative stores of value. The Iran-US conflict entered another week without a ceasefire, while altcoins and blockchain equities moved higher in tandem.
Robinhood bets prediction markets can fill crypto revenue gap
Robinhood is positioning its prediction markets subsidiary as the next growth engine after crypto transaction revenue fell 47 per cent year over year in the first quarter, betting its 27.4m funded customer base can outscale dedicated platforms Kalshi and Polymarket.
Coinbase rebounds 10%, altcoins surge as SEC chair Atkins signals onchain support
Coinbase shares recovered 10 per cent from session lows as SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled support for new rules around onchain trading and blockchain settlement infrastructure, lifting tokenization stocks and altcoins.
SEC's Atkins calls on Congress to pass CLARITY Act, modernize crypto rules
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins called on Congress to pass the CLARITY Act and announced a comprehensive overhaul of how securities regulations apply to blockchain-based financial systems, including exchanges, brokerages and crypto vault yield protocols.
Stocks hit records while crypto stalls: what the divergence says about risk appetite in 2026
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched fresh records in early May while bitcoin traded sideways near $81,500, a divergence that reflects a narrowing equity rally, matured ETF flows, and competing narratives for institutional capital.
