US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that American authorities had seized around $1 billion in crypto assets linked to Iran — twice the amount announced at the end of April.
Blockchain is gradually ceasing to be an experimental technology and is becoming part of the global financial infrastructure. Another confirmation of this is the inclusion of Ripple and Stellar in the annual ranking of the 100 largest companies in cross-border payments by FXC Intelligence.
Strategy’s preferred shares (STRC) closed below the established $100 par value on May 28, 2026. In pre-market trading, they recovered part of the decline but still failed to move back above that level, according to Yahoo Finance.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a U.S.-based financial market infrastructure company, and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have announced a new initiative that will allow assets held in custody at DTC to be tokenized on the Stellar blockchain.
The largest decentralised futures trading exchange has placed its bet on full independence from external sources of information for its prediction market. Hyperliquid, the largest decentralised exchange for trading perpetual futures, has introduced new functionality for its real-world event prediction market.
The new MoonPay application appeared in the ChatGPT Apps catalog. It allows users to generate cryptocurrency purchase links directly inside the chatbot without needing to search for external exchanges or payment platforms.
U.S. stock index futures moved closer to record territory after reports suggested that Washington and Tehran may be advancing toward a possible peace agreement tied to Iran’s nuclear negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Strategy, the largest institutional investor in Bitcoin, continues to pursue its BTC acquisition strategy. The company remains committed to weekly purchases, maintaining confidence in Bitcoin’s long-term appreciation. Speaking to CNBC, Strategy founder Michael Saylor stated that Bitcoin had fallen from a peak near $125,000 to approximately $60,000, where it found strong support and formed a bottom.
US Representatives Nick Begich and Jared Golden have introduced the American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA) of 2026 — a bipartisan initiative that, if approved, would establish a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to be maintained for at least 20 years
According to the National Cryptocurrency Association, more than 67 million Americans — or one in four adults — currently own cryptocurrency. Crypto adoption is spreading across different demographics regardless of income level, age, or profession.
NVIDIA released its financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, which ended on 26 April 2026. The company reported strong growth in key indicators amid high demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure and data centres.
The Federal Reserve released the minutes of its April meeting, which markets had been eagerly awaiting. The meeting minutes indicated that officials were prepared to keep interest rates at elevated levels for an extended period and that further rate hikes could be considered if inflation proves persistent.
Elliptic believes that Telegram and the $USDT stablecoin issued by Tether have become key infrastructure components of global online fraud networks. According to the company, total losses from such schemes are expected to reach $442 billion by 2025.
Developers behind $BNB Chain have released the results of testing the network’s transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The experiment confirmed the blockchain’s theoretical readiness for future quantum threats, but also revealed a significant decline in performance.
Iranian exchange Nobitex used the Tron and $BNB Chain blockchains to bypass Western sanctions, with at least $2.3 billion flowing through these networks. The same blockchains, developed with the involvement of crypto billionaires Justin Sun and Changpeng Zhao, also became the foundation for the Trump family’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial.
Digital asset technology firms EDX Markets and EDXM International have announced the integration of Ripple Prime in order to expand their crypto services for institutional clients. EDX, which provides specialised transaction infrastructure and a centralised clearing service for institutions, aims to improve the efficiency of its liquidity management, clearing, and collateral processes through this partnership.
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