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.
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Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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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.
May 30, 20264m 58s
DTCC Picks Stellar to Tokenize Equities and Treasuries, XLM Jumps 33%
DTCC, the $100T US clearing backbone, plans to issue tokenized equities, ETFs, and Treasuries on Stellar by 2027. XLM rose 33.7% on the news as of May 30, 2026.
May 30, 20264m 30s
Lummis Warns This Congress Is Crypto's Last Window Before 2030
Senator Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act must pass this Congress or US crypto market structure rules likely stall until 2030, with November midterms in the way.
May 30, 20264m 12s
Sui Mainnet Restored After Epoch Halt Pinned to Gas-Charging Bug
Sui's mainnet is back online after a multi-hour end-of-epoch halt that reporting traces to a gas-charging bug in v1.72, the chain's second long stall of 2026.
May 30, 20264m 11s
Coinbase and Kalshi Bring Regulated Perpetual Crypto Futures to US
Coinbase and Kalshi are launching regulated perpetual crypto futures for US investors, bringing a product long confined to offshore exchanges onshore.