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Kraken has launched AVAX staking for eligible users globally, offering up to 10% APY on bonded positions. Summary Kraken launched AVAX staking on May 21 with three options: Bonded Staking up to 10% APY, plus Auto Earn and Flexible Staking each at up to 3.5% APY. The 10% bonded rate is promotional and will drop to 7% APY after the introductory period, with all rewards automatically restaked to compound returns. Kraken manages all validator operations and infrastructure; the service is available in the US, UK, EU, Canada and Australia at launch. Kraken announced AVAX staking on May 21 with three…

TLDR A U.S. lawmaker introduced a bill to establish a strategic Bitcoin Reserve under federal law. The proposal aims to formalize a March 2025 executive order on Bitcoin reserves. The bill has gained bipartisan support with more than a dozen co-sponsors in Congress. The Treasury Department would manage the reserve and oversee its operations. The legislation allows the government to acquire up to 1 million BTC over five years. Rep. Nick Begich introduced legislation to establish a strategic Bitcoin Reserve under U.S. law. The proposal aims to formalize an earlier executive order issued in March 2025. Lawmakers from both parties…

Bitcoin continues to show resilience despite mounting bearish pressure below the critical $78,800 resistance zone. While short-term volatility and repeated rejections have slowed bullish momentum, the broader market structure still indicates an active uptrend, as buyers continue to defend key support levels and position for another potential rebound.  BTC Finds New Support Around The $77,000 Region In a recent market assessment, Ultimae highlights that while Bitcoin briefly dipped below the $78,700 support level, the $77,000 zone is currently functioning as the primary defensive floor. This transition suggests that the market is successfully absorbing the recent selling pressure, with $77,000 acting…

Bumo Sarang, translated as Parents’ Love, has become the center of a Korean finance controversy after the country’s seventh-largest funeral service operator placed 59.5 billion won, about $39.7 million, into a leveraged ETF tied to BitMine Immersion Technologies. The position was held in the T-REX 2X Long BMNR Daily Target ETF, traded under the ticker BMNU. The investment’s book value fell to 10.2 billion won, about $6.8 million, leaving a 49.3 billion won paper loss. The collapse turned a crypto-adjacent equity trade into a broader question about how prepaid funeral companies should be allowed to manage customer-linked balance sheets. BMNU…

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford the company is targeting 10,000 rocket launches a year within five years. “I don’t think today we’re the limiting factor,” Bedford added. The target aligns with Elon Musk’s March 31 post on X: “In 4 or 5 years, there will be a launch every hour.” Hourly launches would total about 8,760 annually. SpaceX currently flies about 160 orbital missions a year. It completed 154 launches in 2025 and hit 50 by late April 2026, per SpaceDaily. The entire world managed about 250 launches last year. The 10,000 target represents a roughly…

TLDR: Securitize generated record Q1 revenue of $19.5M, marking 39% year-over-year growth. Tokenized real-world assets expanded from $23B to $31B during the first quarter of 2026. Securitize partnered with NYSE, Uniswap Labs, and Computershare to scale tokenized markets. The company processed $1.9B in quarterly transaction volume across blockchain asset services. Securitize, a leading tokenization platform, posted its highest-ever quarterly revenue in Q1 2026. The company reported total revenue of $19.5 million, a 39% increase from the same period last year. The results came amid a broader surge in the tokenized real-world asset market. Securitize also reported assets under management of…

TLDR: WhiteBIT launched a UK-focused crypto platform with GBP deposits via Faster Payments Service. The exchange offers spot trading, crypto conversions, and institutional liquidity solutions. WhiteBIT enters the UK as crypto awareness reaches 91% among British adults in 2025. Strong AML, KYC, and CCSS Level 3 security standards support WhiteBIT’s UK expansion. WhiteBIT, Europe’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by traffic, has launched whitebit.uk, a dedicated platform for UK users. The platform supports GBP deposits through bank cards and the UK Faster Payments Service. It serves both retail and professional participants. The move places WhiteBIT inside one of the world’s most regulated…

Bitcoin quantum exposure covers 1.92 million BTC, or 9.6% of total supply, Glassnode warned in a new report. Summary Glassnode classified 1.92 million BTC as structurally exposed to a quantum breakthrough because their output types reveal public keys by design. Satoshi Nakamoto’s coins represent about 1.1 million BTC of the structural risk, with another 620,000 BTC in other early Satoshi-era outputs. A broader 4.12 million BTC, or 20.6% of supply, is operationally exposed due to address reuse and key management practices at exchanges. Blockchain analytics firm Glassnode published a full analysis on May 20 classifying 1.92 million BTC, or 9.6%…

TLDR Vitalik Buterin outlined new Ethereum upgrades aimed at enabling native onchain privacy for users. The roadmap includes account abstraction FOCIL and keyed nonces to improve transaction confidentiality. FOCIL introduces validator-enforced transaction inclusion to reduce the risk of censorship on the network. Account abstraction allows Ethereum accounts to function like smart contracts with enhanced security and flexibility. Keyed nonces make it harder to link transactions by replacing the single sequential nonce system. The access layer proposal focuses on protecting user data during blockchain queries through tools like Kohaku. Vitalik Buterin on Wednesday detailed new privacy-focused upgrades planned for Ethereum. The…

WhiteBIT has partnered with Elina Svitolina to introduce a limited-edition Svitolina-themed skin for its WhiteBIT Nova Visa card. The firm said the initiative will offer users a chance to support Ukrainian children and cheer Elina on at Roland-Garros. The announcement revealed that the collaboration aims to combine product with purpose. WhiteBIT stated that for every card activated with the Svitolina design between May 19 and June 19, the firm will donate 15 USDC to the Elina Svitolina Foundation. WhiteBIT seeks to donate USDC to the Elina Svitolina Foundation WhiteBIT Nova x @ElinaSvitolina presents an exclusive card design with special rewards!…