📢 Markets are now pricing in no Fed rate cuts until 2027, while the FedWatch Tool also assigns a 55% probability of a rate hike by January.

📢 Japan's 10Y Government Bond Yield surges above 2.80% for the first time in history.

📢 South Carolina Governor has signed S.163 into law, protecting Bitcoin self-custody rights, prohibiting discriminatory taxes on Bitcoin, and supporting proof-of-work mining in the state.

📢 The CFTC has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota after the state approved the first full ban on prediction markets in the US, which is scheduled to take effect on August 1.

📢 Stablecoin supply has reached a fresh all-time high, surpassing $323B.

📢 According to Arkham data, the US Government transferred 319 ETH, 643,035 DAI, and 290,416 USDT from seized FTX Alameda funds to Coinbase Prime.

📢 Polymarket traders are currently pricing in a 56% probability that Bitcoin drops below $75,000 by the end of May.

📢 According to the FT, Qivalis has gained support from 37 European banks for its euro stablecoin initiative.

📢 Arkham data shows Goldman Sachs sold $152M worth of XRP, $500M in ETH, and $450M in BTC, while adding to its HYPE position.

📢 Strike is facing a clawback lawsuit from Prime Trust over withdrawals totaling $29.5M in cash and 1,939 BTC.

Prime Trust claims Strike insiders were aware of the firm’s troubles and pulled funds before its collapse became public.

📢 Hong Kong’s SFC has warned that scammers are demanding fake fees from victims under the pretense of helping them recover previous investment losses.

📢 According to Token Terminal, the total real-world asset market has reached $38 billion.

📢 President Trump has directed the US government to revise regulations aimed at integrating digital assets into traditional finance and payment systems.

📢 According to CryptoQuant, Ethereum has confirmed a bearish breakdown as Binance liquidation data points to leveraged long positions being wiped out.

📢 The Hyperliquid-linked spot ETF saw $22.3M in net inflows during its first week of trading.

📢 Binance Research reports that tokenized real-world assets have climbed to $31.4B in 2026 and may expand to $1.6T by 2030 as institutional adoption gains momentum.

📢 Drift Protocol stated that its Insurance Fund remained unaffected because the protocol was paused before any losses could be realized.

📢 Food prices may climb worldwide as fertilizer costs have surged 44% since the Iran war began, reaching their highest levels since 2022 amid disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz.

📢 Most leading BTC traders on Hyperliquid are currently positioned long on Bitcoin.

📢 World Liberty Financial recorded its highest realized profit to date after 1.8B WLFI tokens were sold on May 18 following Binance’s launch of the USD1/BTC trading pair.