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In brief Metaplanet reported a first-quarter loss of $725 million, a sharp widening compared to $31 million last year The company reported a jump in revenue derived from selling Bitcoin options contracts at $15.8 million. The Tokyo-based company highlighted an expansion in its investor base, reaching 250,000 total shareholders during the period. Metaplanet reported a first-quarter loss of $725 million (¥114.5 billion) on Wednesday, a sharp widening driven by a decrease in the value of its Bitcoin holdings. The firm posted a $31 million (¥5 billion) loss a year ago.During the period ended March 31, the Tokyo-based firm added 5,075…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Eric Trump, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of American Bitcoin, has laid out an aggressive Bitcoin accumulation framework that positions the Trump-backed company as a direct challenger to Strategy — Michael Saylor’s industry-defining Bitcoin treasury firm — through a combination of in-house mining, disciplined treasury retention, and what ABTC describes as a “mining to treasury” pipeline unavailable to pure accumulation plays. Speaking at the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas, Trump declared that Bitcoin is currently in its greatest period ever, pointing to what he described as…

Make CryptoSlate preferred on XRP is rising into a market split between traditional finance infrastructure and crypto-native skepticism.According to CryptoSlate’s data, the token recently traded above $1.46 as spot-market indicators improved, exchange-traded funds drew their strongest daily inflows in more than four months, and Ripple expanded the credit capacity behind its institutional prime brokerage business.However, this came at a time when derivatives traders continue to lean against the move, with Binance futures data showing persistent selling pressure even as leverage rebuilds across major exchanges.That tension has turned XRP into a test case for whether institutional access, ledger utility, and market…

In brief Charles Schwab opened up access to Schwab Crypto accounts this week, allowing users to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum. The firm previously only offered exposure to crypto via ETFs and crypto-related equities. Shares of SCHW are up around 1% on Wednesday. Global banking giant Charles Schwab said Tuesday that it has opened access to Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for a batch of retail users, allowing them to trade the top crypto assets right alongside their other investments. The firm’s Schwab Crypto accounts will allow users to trade spot BTC and ETH, expanding beyond the crypto exposure that was previously only…

In brief The U.K.’s central bank is treating stablecoins as “a new form of money” in the debate between tokenized deposits and stablecoins. The Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority are gearing up to accept applications from would-be stablecoin issuers in the U.K. The BoE will regulate “systemic” stablecoins that are widely used in payments. With the Bank of England gearing up to accept applications from would-be stablecoin issuers, its executive director of financial market infrastructure explained that the central bank is treating stablecoins as “a new form of money.”Speaking in a panel discussion at the Financial Times Digital…

In brief The U.K.’s central bank is treating stablecoins as “a new form of money” in the debate between tokenized deposits and stablecoins. The Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority are gearing up to accept applications from would-be stablecoin issuers in the U.K. The BoE will regulate “systemic” stablecoins that are widely used in payments. With the Bank of England gearing up to accept applications from would-be stablecoin issuers, its executive director of financial market infrastructure explained that the central bank is treating stablecoins as “a new form of money.”Speaking in a panel discussion at the Financial Times Digital…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure On-chain data shows the Bitcoin retail demand change has surged back into the green zone after a plunge underwater earlier in the year. Bitcoin Retail Investor Demand Change Has Surged To +4% In a new post on X, CryptoQuant author Axel Adler Jr has talked about the latest trend in the 30-day change of the Retail Investor Demand for Bitcoin. This indicator measures, as its name suggests, the degree of demand for the network that’s coming from retail traders. Retail investors refer to the smallest of entities…

Senate Banking Committee members have filed more than 100 proposed amendments to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, according to Politico reporting. The panel is set to convene on Thursday for a long-awaited markup vote that crypto and industry leaders say could reshape digital asset regulation in the United States. The committee scheduled its executive session for 10:30 a.m. on May 14 at Room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., where lawmakers will debate the amendments and vote on whether to send the bill to the full Senate floor.  The flood of filings follows the release…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our new daily news show covering all of the top stories in 5 minutes, downloadable on Apple Pod or Spotify.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors and stocks rebound after hot CPI; BTC at $80.6k Trump takes over a dozen CEOs to China ahead of Xi meeting Clarity Act receives over 100 amendments ahead of Thursday markup ETH devs launch Clear Signing in effort to avoid user losses Google discloses 1st instance of a threat…

Charles Schwab has begun rolling out spot bitcoin trading to retail clients in the United States, marking a major expansion of crypto access through one of the country’s largest brokerage firms. The company announced Tuesday that an initial group of eligible customers can now trade bitcoin through its new platform, Schwab Crypto. The launch gives retail investors direct access to digital assets inside Schwab’s existing brokerage ecosystem, rather than through third-party exchanges or exchange-traded funds. Charles Schwab said the rollout follows plans first outlined last year and confirmed in April. The firm previously limited crypto exposure to ETFs, futures, and…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Global crypto investment products recorded $857.9 million in net inflows for the week ending May 11 with Bitcoin capturing a big portion of the increase. This marked the sixth consecutive week of positive flows and the strongest weekly total since April 24, according to CoinShares’ latest Digital Asset Fund Flows report — a streak that analysts are increasingly reading as a structural reset in institutional demand rather than a temporary bounce. The weekly figure represents a more than sevenfold increase over the prior week’s $117.8 million, per…

In brief A malicious Hugging Face repository impersonating OpenAI’s Privacy Filter model reached #1 trending on the platform. The malware registered approximately 244,000 downloads and 667 likes in under 18 hours before being removed. The repository delivered a six-stage infostealer that harvested browser passwords, Discord tokens, crypto wallet keys, and SSH credentials from Windows machines—then silently sent everything to attacker-controlled servers. OpenAI released Privacy Filter in late April—a small, open-weight model built to detect and automatically redact personally identifiable information from text. It landed on Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license and quickly attracted developer interest. Someone noticed.Within days,…