Key Takeaways Total U.S. crypto ownership now exceeds 67 million people, representing 1 in 4 adults. Future demand remains strong, with 90% of holders expecting to buy cryptocurrency within the next year. Consumer sentiment stayed favorable, with 77% reporting crypto positively affected their lives. Crypto Holders Broaden Across Income, Age, and Work One in four…
Key Takeaways Solmate Infrastructure (SLMT) CEO Ron Sade and board member Keren Maimon invest $11.4M at a premium price of $4.97 per share. The May 27, 2026 closing adds capital to Solmate’s solana treasury, which held roughly 1.235M SOL as of early 2026. Insider participation at a premium follows Solmate’s $300M PIPE raise in September…
Key Takeaways Moonpay launched Moonpay Trade on May 21, 2026, giving institutions access to 200+ chains through one API. DFlow processed over $12 billion in Q1 2026 volume, extending Moonpay Trade’s reach across Solana and EVM markets. Caroline D. Pham’s Moonpay Institutional unit will use Moonpay Trade as its compliance-backed onchain execution layer. Moonpay Trade…
Key Takeaways Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway sued Coinflip on May 20, 2026, seeking up to $1,826,000 in civil penalties under the MMPA. Coinflip’s 140-plus Missouri BTMs charge fees up to 21.9%, with one 80-year-old veteran losing up to $200,000 in a single scam. The lawsuit seeks a court injunction halting Coinflip operations in Missouri until…
Key Takeaways The CFTC and NHL signed an MOU on May 21, 2026, creating a formal framework for confidential information sharing. NHL became the first major U.S. pro sports league to partner with both Kalshi and Polymarket in October 2025. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig signals more league agreements ahead as prediction markets face federal oversight…
Tokenization will be conducted on an EVM-compatible blockchain in advance of the planned launch of REAL Finance’s purpose-built Layer 1 mainnet. The transaction serves as a live pilot to validate the end-to-end process. The agreement is with Factori AD, an EU-regulated investment broker, which will channel client assets through REAL’s infrastructure. Factori AD will handle…
Then, somewhere around 2024, I started noticing something. When a user delegates a research task to an AI agent, they don’t browse. They wait for a result. The page view, the scroll, the click, the entire surface area that advertising depends on, the model that every major internet platform like Google, Meta was built on—disappears….
Key Takeaways On May 20, privacy coin Zcash (ZEC) surged over 17% in six hours to cross an $11 billion market cap. The ZEC rally triggered $28.25 million in liquidations and saw it eclipse rival token Monero. To enter the top 10 crypto assets, ZEC must hit $1,000 to flip DOGE’s $16.25 billion valuation. Zcash…
This episode features two guests from the Wadoozie team. The project is led by Mr. Wadoozie, Senior Internet Architect Engineer of Software, who brings more than a decade of experience in the cryptocurrency industry. He is joined on this episode by Tay, Operations Manager, who has a background in marketing and management and has run…
Key Takeaways South Africa’s National Treasury and SARB extended the capital-flow comment deadline to June 30, 2026. VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani warned the draft rules risk reversing years of regulatory progress in the sector. Treasury will next publish a draft manual outlining which cross-border crypto transactions face controls. Modernizing Exchange Controls South Africa’s National Treasury…
