Key Takeaways Colombia’s Gustavo Petro warned that fossil-fueled Bitcoin mining risks global climate collapse. Paraguay holds the 4th largest global hashrate, while Venezuela’s 9-year peak energy crisis halted mining. Petro wants 3 Caribbean cities to mine Bitcoin, though the 2026 Hashrate Index report omits Colombia. President Petro Highlights Venezuelan and Paraguayan Potential For Energy Mining…
Key Takeaways Senate Banking neared a CLARITY Act vote, setting up a pivotal U.S. crypto market test in 2026. Pavel Durov drove TON up 32% to $2.89, putting Telegram-led adoption in focus next. Tether froze $515M in 371 wallets as Zcash jumped 40%, sharpening 2026 privacy debates. WEEK IN REVIEW CLARITY Act Draft Circulates Ahead…
Key Takeaways Binance’s Daniel Acosta notes 90% of Peru’s $28B annual crypto volume now involves dollar-pegged stablecoins. Lemon reports Peru hit the top 6 crypto economies in 2025, with stablecoins cutting remittance costs significantly. Next, Acosta predicts institutions will seamlessly adopt crypto, offering a new alternative to legacy banks. Stablecoins Dominate 90% of Peru’s Crypto…
Key Takeaways Ripple delivered most education funding in RLUSD, supporting classrooms through major nonprofit partnerships. DonorsChoose funded 48,108 projects, with most serving schools in low-income communities. Teach For America expanded stipends, tutoring, and blockchain education for students nationwide. Ripple’s RLUSD Grant Shows One-Year Stablecoin Impact Ripple published an insight on May 7 detailing how its…
Key Takeaways The Cryptoquant Korea Premium Index (KPI) hit 1.98% on May 7 as BTC topped $80K across South Korean exchanges. Upbit and Bithumb saw BTC swing from -2.27% to premiums amid 2026 war-driven volatility. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix AI demand may keep Cryptoquant KPI swings elevated in 2026. South Korea’s Kimchi Premium Returns…
Key Takeaways U.S. credit card debt hit a record $1.33T in May 2026, the highest since the Fed began tracking. The personal savings rate fell to 4.0% in Q1 2026 as average credit card APR reached 21%. Bitcoin advocates cite the record as evidence for BTC’s fixed-supply, hard-money thesis. Hard Money Advocates Take Note Total…
Key Takeaways Antpool, F2pool, Foundry, and 4 others joined the Stratum V2 Working Group on May 7, 2026. Stratum V2 offers miners up to 7.4% higher profitability through lower latency and better fee capture. Braiins and Spiral founded the Working Group in 2022, now entering a new deployment phase in 2026. 7 Bitcoin Mining Pools…
Key Takeaways ECB President Lagarde called euro-denominated stablecoins a financial stability risk on May 8, 2026. Lagarde mentioned that USDC depegged to $0.877 during SVB’s 2023 collapse, exposing $3.3 billion in Circle reserves. The ECB’s Pontes project launches in September 2026 to anchor DLT settlement in central bank money. Lagarde Warns European Banks That Euro…
Key Takeaways Lazarus Group attacked Layerzero Labs internal RPCs and poisoned data sources in order to attack the KelpDAO DeFi project. The security breach impacted 0.14% of applications and roughly 0.36% of asset value associated with Layerzero. Layerzero Labs is migrating all defaults to a 5/5 DVN setup to improve cross-chain security. Layerzero Labs Apologizes…
Key Takeaways Blackrock filed to tokenize its $6.1B BSTBL fund on Ethereum, targeting stablecoin investors. The move builds on Blackrock’s BUIDL fund, now at over $2.50B AUM across 8 blockchains. SEC approval is pending; Ethereum holds over $8.0B in tokenized treasuries as of May 2026. Blackrock Eyes $6.1B Fund Tokenization The world’s largest asset manager…
