Cardano DRep abstains on revised Singapore Summit vote, citing budget concerns and 17.71M ADA voting power. A Cardano DRep has abstained from the revised Cardano Summit 2026 Singapore governance vote, citing better controls but ongoing concerns over cost, revenue, and event strategy. The vote involved 17.71 million ADA in voting...
DTCC Units Enable Central Clearing For ETFs Holding Listed Options
DTCC expands ETF clearing as NSCC, DTC and OCC connect to support centrally cleared shares tied to listed options. DTCC has expanded ETF post-trade services as NSCC and DTC add central clearing support for ETF shares with listed options. The new framework connects with OCC, which clears the options components,...
Japan Pushes Bold AI-Blockchain Plan to Transform Finance
Japan’s ruling LDP approved an “AI + on‑chain finance” plan to reshape the country’s financial system. The policy backs yen‑denominated stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits as core infrastructure. It pushes for tokenizing Bank of Japan accounts and yen stablecoin issuance by major banks from 2027. Japan recently adopted a national...
GOP Pushes Permanent US CBDC Ban Through Housing Bill
House Republicans want to make the U.S. CBDC ban permanent. They say the ban protects Americans from financial surveillance. They are attaching the ban to the housing bill to force action. House Republicans are escalating their war against a digital dollar. The legislators now want to turn the temporary ban into...
Bitcoin’s Volatility Regime Just Hit 1.29. Here Is What That Signals
Bitcoin’s realized volatility sits at a 4-year low at -1.29, signaling a B-wave grind. Analysts warn a sharp C-wave expansion may be closer than traders think. Realized volatility on Bitcoin does not usually disappear this quietly. The composite z-score for BTC’s 30-day annualized realized volatility currently sits at -1.29, meaning...
HYPE Gains Momentum as Hyperliquid Narrative Strengthens Across Crypto
HYPE rises 24% in six days as Hyperliquid volume, synthetic markets, USDC activity, and buyback reports draw crypto attention. HYPE has gained fresh attention as traders reassess Hyperliquid’s role in on-chain markets. The token reportedly rose about 24% in six days, moving from $38.32 on May 13 to $47.65. The...
BTC Faces Lower High Risk as Market Braces for Possible Deeper Pullback Soon
Bitcoin trades near $76,900 as lower high risk grows, with $80K–$82K resistance and $73K–$75K support in focus. Bitcoin is trading near $76,900 as analysts watch a possible lower high on the daily chart. The setup has placed BTC price action under fresh attention, since the market remains below key recovery...
npm Supply Chain Attack Hits @antv: Blockchain Dev Secrets Now Exposed
Mini Shai-Hulud npm campaign compromises @antv packages, targeting blockchain developers’ GitHub tokens, AWS keys, and CI/CD secrets in a coordinated supply chain attack. The malicious publishes started just before 2 a.m. UTC on May 19. By the time most developers on the East Coast had their first coffee, the damage...
The Chart Nobody Wants to See: ADA Tests 88.7% Fib With $0.10 in the Distance
Cardano ADA approaches the 88.7% Fibonacci retracement at $0.244. One more support zone could generate a bounce, but the $0.16 and $0.10 targets remain on the table. The $0.25 region has been doing a lot of work. Not convincingly. Just enough to keep the situation from resolving one way or...
$100/Month in Bitcoin Since 2015 Would Have Turned $13,700 Into $632,000, Coinbird Analysis Shows
Nuremberg, Germany, May 19th, 2026, Chainwire Based on Coinbird DCA Calculator data: monthly Bitcoin buying since 2015 returned +4,515%, while investors would still have endured a 76.72% drawdown, and DCA underperformed lump-sum investing in Coinbird’s tested shorter-term scenarios New analysis from independent crypto comparison platform Coinbird shows what disciplined monthly...