May 31, 20264m 34s
US Claims $1B Iran Crypto Seizure, Eyes Bitcoin Reserve
Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US grabbed roughly $1B of Iranian crypto. Only $344M is documented, and the path into the Bitcoin reserve is far from clear.
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May 31, 20263m 41s
Coinbase Adds $50 Bitcoin Signup Bonus to the One Card
Coinbase is offering new One Card users $50 in Bitcoin for spending $100 in the first 30 days, on top of up to 4% back in BTC. Here is who qualifies.
May 31, 20264m 35s
ETH Eyes a Record It Has Never Set: Three Red Quarters Running
Cointelegraph flags that ETH has never closed three straight red quarters. With ether at $2,024 on May 31, Q2 2026 is the test. Here's the setup.
May 31, 20264m 23s
Gravity Bridge Drained of $5.4M in Suspected Signing-Key Compromise
Gravity Bridge lost about $5.4M on May 30 in a suspected signing-key compromise. Stolen USDC, ETH, and USDT moved through Binance and ChangeNow.
May 31, 20265m 01s
Vietnam Weighs Letting Small Firms Borrow Against Crypto Collateral
Vietnam's Finance Ministry has proposed allowing SMEs to pledge digital and virtual assets as loan collateral, a step toward formalizing crypto in credit markets.
May 31, 20264m 59s
GOP Lawmaker Portfolios Now Hold 4% Bitcoin ETF, Intel Jumps to 7.72%
An ETF mirroring Republican lawmaker disclosures shows IBIT at 4% of holdings and Intel at 7.72%, tracking the same assets President Trump has promoted.
May 30, 20264m 13s
DxSale Drained of $7.3M as Backdoor Hits 2021-Era BNB Lockers
An attacker drained $7.3M in BNB from more than 1,400 DxSale liquidity lockers dating to 2021, using a privileged fee reset and a backdated lock expiry.
May 30, 20264m 34s
China Broadens Digital Yuan From Lottery Draws to Fiscal Spending
The PBOC is pushing e-CNY into fiscal spending, lottery draws and Belt and Road payments, the opposite of the US anti-CBDC, pro-stablecoin path.
May 30, 20264m 49s
Circle Blacklist Freezes $12.6M of Zama Confidential USDC, ZachXBT Says
On-chain investigator ZachXBT reports $12.6M of Zama cUSDC frozen after a Circle blacklisting, extending the USDC freeze debate to confidential wrapped tokens.
May 30, 20264m 25s
Crypto Longs Bleed $1.5B in Forced Liquidations Since May 25
Over $1.5B in long positions have been liquidated since May 25, Cointelegraph reports, even as BTC holds near $73,400 and spot prices stay flat. The damage is leverage, not selling.