Key Takeaways Zcash hit $600 in May 2026, with Grayscale filing for a spot ZEC ETF that could reshape institutional privacy coin access. Monero’s FCMP++ beta launched May …
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Japan to Enter the Blockchain Era with Round-the-Clock Government Bond Trading
by Jason Scottby Jason ScottKey Takeaways Led by Progmat, Japan will tokenize government bonds this year to tap the $4T daily global repo market. Tokenization will cut 1-day settlements to instant, boosting …
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Key Takeaways Coinbase linked the trading outage to failures across multiple AWS zones. The disruption interrupted core trading services despite built-in recovery systems. Coinbase plans a full review …
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Metalpha Related Wallet Offloads $20M in ETH to Binance Amid Whale Sell-off
by Jason Scottby Jason ScottKey Takeaways A Metalpha-linked wallet deposited 8,771 ETH (~$19.99M) into Binance on May 8, 2026. Lookonchain flagged the move as part of a continued pattern of whale ETH …
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Whale Potentially Linked to Erik Voorhees Spends Another $6.67M on ETH
by Jason Scottby Jason ScottKey Takeaways: A whale wallet linked to Erik Voorhees bought 2,920 ETH for $6.67M on May 8, 2026, per Lookonchain. The wallet previously accumulated 123,184 ETH worth ~$266M …
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Robinhood CEO Says US ‘Very Close’ to Passing Crypto Clarity Act
by Jason Scottby Jason ScottKey Takeaways Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said May 8, 2026, that the U.S. is very close to passing the Crypto Clarity Act. Senator Angela Alsobrooks says the yield …
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BSP Issues Warning Anew Against Unauthorized Crypto Service Providers
by Jason Scottby Jason ScottThe Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) issued a public advisory on May 8, 2026, warning the public against transacting with unauthorized virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The central …
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Coinbase Exchange Experiences “Degraded Performance” for Over Two Hours After AWS Outage
by Jason Scottby Jason ScottKey Takeaways Coinbase’s exchange suffered a 2+ hour outage on May 8, due to an AWS infrastructure failure. Some Coinbase users could not trade or faced degraded performance …
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Kraken Parent Payward Buys Reap Technologies for $600M to Build Stablecoin Payment Rails
by Jason Scottby Jason ScottKey Takeaways Payward Inc. agreed to acquire Reap Technologies for up to $600 million, valuing Kraken’s parent at $20 billion. Reap nearly tripled revenue and volumes in 2025, …
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Key Takeaways $88.88K was identified as the first major resistance level above the current bitcoin price. Underwater holder cohorts could increase sell pressure as BTC approaches key realized …
