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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Americans lost more than $11 billion to crypto-related fraud last year, according to an FBI report released in April — and the pressure on governments across Southeast Asia to crack down has only grown since then. A Deadly Business Myanmar’s military government has now responded with one of the harshest proposed laws of its kind anywhere in the world. The Anti-Online Fraud Bill, made public Thursday, would send anyone convicted of digital currency fraud to prison for anywhere between ten years and life. In the most serious…

In brief ChatGPT can now connect to over 12,000 financial institutions via Plaid, giving it read-only access to your balances, transactions, and subscriptions. The feature launches in preview for ChatGPT Pro users in the U.S. and defaults to GPT-5.5 Thinking, OpenAI’s latest reasoning model. OpenAI acquired two AI finance startups in the past year—Roi and Hiro—to build toward this moment. ChatGPT has been giving generic budgeting advice for years. You know the drill: track your subscriptions, automate your savings, maybe cook at home more.But some people wanted more—for some reason.If you are one of those people, OpenAI just launched a…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Poland’s prime minister has tied the country’s repeated failure to pass crypto rules to a high-profile fraud case — a charge that added urgency to a parliamentary vote that had already failed twice before. A Scandal Shapes The Debate Prime Minister Donald Tusk pointed to Zondacrypto, a Polish crypto exchange now under a prosecutor’s fraud probe, as evidence of what happens when investor protections are not in place. Thousands of the exchange’s users reportedly could not access their funds, and Tusk alleged the platform had ties to…

In brief New ethics filings show that President Donald Trump registered multiple trades of crypto-related stocks. The filings show trades for crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN), Robinhood (HOOD), and a pair of Bitcoin mining firms. The Trump Organization said that the president’s trades are all handled by independent third-party institutions. New ethics filings show that President Donald Trump’s crypto connections extend beyond friendly policies, a meme coin, and a DeFi business to trading crypto-related equities as well. The president is listed as the filer on two separate 278-T filings dated Thursday that were filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, reporting…

In brief Intercontinental Exchange and CME Group are reportedly urging the CFTC to address market integrity risks associated with Hyperliquid. The Hyperliquid Policy Center publicly dismissed the traditional exchanges’ concerns as baseless, pointing to the public nature of the platform’s transactions. Amid energy market volatility, Hyperliquid has generated $21.51 billion in notional Brent crude perpetual futures trading volume. The Hyperliquid Policy Center pushed back on Friday against concerns that have reportedly been raised by incumbent exchanges on Wall Street, arguing that the decentralized exchange, or DEX, is designed in a way that’s “hostile” to insider trading and price manipulation.“Hyperliquid’s transparency…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Following a broader cryptocurrency market bounce on Thursday, Cardano (ADA) has flipped into an upward direction again, breaking past the $0.25 barrier. While the ADA’s price has turned positive, the altcoin’s current structure and on-chain signals are starting to align, raising its potential for a major rally. Improving Cardano Investor Outlook Collides With Bullish Momentum Several optimistic predictions from analysts are starting to show up for Cardano as its price makes a bounce back above key resistance levels. A seasoned market expert and trader, Ali Martinez, has…

In brief Lombard Finance is the latest firm to move its assets off LayerZero technology in favor of Chainlink. The firm conducted an internal review of its technology, opting for Chainlink in the wake of the Kelp DAO exploit. Lombard’s assets make up more than $1 billion in Bitcoin-backed tokens. Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi) firm Lombard Finance will replace LayerZero technology with Chainlink’s cross-chain interoperability platform (CCIP), following an extensive review of its Bitcoin asset tech stack in the wake of last month’s $292 million Kelp DAO exploit. The move comes one day after crypto exchange Kraken similarly opted for Chainlink…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure For long, Bitcoin has remained the major target for institutional investors, but lately Ethereum is turning up strongly on their radars too. Many companies have begun to accumulate the leading altcoin at a significant rate, with some even dumping a portion of their Bitcoin holdings to buy more ETH. Jane Street Shows Interest In Ethereum As the crypto sector expands, the market is now experiencing a major shift in institutional investors’ interest. A number of companies are starting to increase their exposure to Ethereum while reducing their…

In brief Drake referenced imprisoned FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on a new song, appearing to call for his release. The lyric appeared on one of three albums Drake released Friday, which critics largely panned. Though Bankman-Fried and his family have pushed for a pardon, President Trump has downplayed the possibility. After years in exile following a brutal rap battle with Kendrick Lamar, Drake is back, and he has a message: free Sam Bankman-Fried.The rapper released three albums simultaneously on Friday, featuring 43 new songs. One of those tracks, “Dust,” from the album Iceman, includes an apparent appeal to pardon FTX’s…

The Bitcoin Open, a combined golf and poker tournament organized by Bitcoin Sports Network and Satstreet, is scheduled for June 8, 2026, at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario. The event will take place at the club during its 50th anniversary year. Glen Abbey Golf Club, designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1976, is one of Canada’s most recognized golf venues. It has hosted the Canadian Open multiple times and is known for its championship-level layout and history in professional golf. The course is located approximately 30 minutes west of Toronto and serves as a public golf facility…

In brief Residents on Battleview Drive in Atlanta say dozens of empty Waymo vehicles repeatedly circled their cul-de-sac before sunrise. The incident adds to growing complaints about how robotaxis behave when they are repositioning between rides. Waymo said it addressed the routing issue and is working with its fleet partner to prevent similar incidents. Residents in one Atlanta neighborhood say their mornings now begin with empty robotaxis slowly looping through their cul-de-sac before sunrise.According to a report by Atlanta-based WSBTV on Friday, residents along Battleview Drive in northwest Atlanta said Waymo vehicles have spent recent weeks repeatedly circling their dead-end…

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company has raised its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), reporting ownership of 14,721,917 shares valued at $565,616,051 as of March 31, 2026, according to a 13F filing released today.  That marks a 16% increase from the 12,702,323 shares the fund held at the end of Q4 2025. The disclosure extends a now-unbroken accumulation streak that began in Q4 2024, when Mubadala first disclosed bitcoin exposure worth at least $436 million. The fund added shares through a Q1 2025 filing that showed 8,726,972 shares at $408.5 million, then surged to 12.7 million…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Hana Financial Group, one of South Korea’s four largest banking conglomerates, announced on May 15 that its flagship Hana Bank has approved the purchase of a 6.55% stake in Dunamu — the operator of Upbit, South Korea’s dominant crypto exchange — from Kakao Investment for approximately 1 trillion Korean won, equivalent to roughly $670 million, marking the largest single investment ever made by a South Korean bank into a digital asset company. The deal, disclosed in a regulatory filing the same day the Hana Bank board approved…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on Kraken is moving its wrapped Bitcoin (kBTC) to Chainlink CCIP as bridge-security fears continue spreading across DeFi, turning the bridge-security debate into a decision about wrapped-Bitcoin infrastructure.In a recent announcement, the exchange said it is deprecating its existing cross-chain provider and moving all Kraken Wrapped Bitcoin to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol. CCIP will become the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure for kBTC and future Kraken Wrapped Assets.The move adds a centralized exchange‘s Bitcoin wrapper to the migration wave that followed the KelpDAO exploit. It places exchange-issued BTC distribution inside the same risk debate that has already pushed DeFi-native…

In brief The 7D-SMA of US spot Bitcoin ETF netflows dropped to -$88M/day, the largest outflow since mid-February, Glassnode said. The 10-year Treasury yield hit 4.52%, and April CPI came in at 3.8% year-over-year—the highest in three years—pushing back expectations of a Fed rate cut. Analysts say $77,000 is the key support level; a break below, with open interest still elevated, could trigger a deleveraging phase. Bitcoin is struggling to hold above $80,000 as institutional investors exit ETFs amid rising Treasury yields, even as the CLARITY Act passed the Senate Banking Committee on ThursdayThe leading crypto is up 0.8% over…

In brief Billionaire Tether investor Christopher Harborne has entered the Sunday Times Rich List in sixth place, with most of his wealth tied to his Tether stake. Harborne’s $6.7 million gift to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in 2024 has come under scrutiny. Farage faces a standards probe over the gift, which he claimed was a “reward” for Brexit campaigning. Christopher Harborne, a major investor in stablecoin issuer Tether and financial backer of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, was named one of the UK’s richest people as Farage faces a parliamentary standards inquiry over a reported $6.7 million (£5 million)…