May 18, 20264m 25s
Bitcoin Slips Below $77K as Trump's Iran Warning Hits Risk Assets
BTC traded at $76,796 on May 18, 2026 after Trump's fresh Iran warning rattled risk assets. ETH off 3.6%, SOL down 2.9%, Fear & Greed at 39.
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Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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May 18, 20264m 32s
Goldman Sachs Exits XRP and Solana ETFs, Slashes ETH Holdings 70%
Goldman Sachs sold its entire XRP and Solana ETF positions in Q1 2026 and cut Ethereum ETF holdings by 70%, according to the bank's latest 13F filing.
May 18, 20264m 46s
Standard Chartered to Absorb Zodia Custody Crypto Business
Standard Chartered is set to fully absorb Zodia Custody's institutional crypto custody business, ending its joint-venture structure, Bloomberg reports.
May 18, 20265m 26s
Jameson Lopp Urges Zero Trust as Google-Based Phishing Bypasses Filters
Casa CTO Jameson Lopp tells crypto holders to treat every inbound message as hostile after a phishing scheme abused Google infrastructure to slip past filters.
May 18, 20264m 23s
Irish Authorities Recover 500 BTC Wallet Tied to Clifton Collins
Irish police recovered a long-dormant Bitcoin wallet holding 500 BTC linked to convicted drug dealer Clifton Collins, worth roughly $38.5M at current prices.
May 18, 20265m 03s
House Ag Leaders Press Trump to Fill 4 Vacant CFTC Seats
House Agriculture Committee leaders urged President Trump to fill the CFTC's four vacant commissioner seats, citing urgent regulatory work facing the agency.
May 18, 20264m 58s
SOL and XRP ETFs Pull Inflows as BTC and ETH ETFs Bleed Last Week
Cointelegraph reports SOL and XRP spot ETFs took net inflows last week while BTC and ETH spot ETFs posted net outflows, deepening a flow divergence.
May 18, 20263m 44s
Crypto Longs Lose $563M in 24 Hours as ETH and BTC Lead Wipeout
Leveraged crypto longs lost $563M in 24 hours per CoinDesk, with ether and bitcoin positions taking the worst hits as ETH fell 3.1% and BTC slid 1.5%.
May 18, 20265m 04s
Anthropic to Brief G20 Financial Stability Board on Claude Mythos Cyber Risks
Anthropic will brief the G20's Financial Stability Board on cyber vulnerabilities surfaced by its Claude Mythos AI model, per FT. Implications for crypto.
May 18, 20264m 46s
Verus-Ethereum Bridge Drained for $11.4M in Suspected Exploit
PeckShield flagged a Verus-Ethereum bridge exploit on May 18, 2026, with attackers funneling roughly $11.4M through Tornado Cash.