Cryptocurrencies and crypto volatility news
Volatility news from the crypto scene
Anonymous whale withdraws $40.7 million in HYPE tokens from Coinbase (LINK) — 22 May 2026
NEAR protocol jumps 28% on privacy, AI, and scaling upgrades (LINK) — 22 May 2026
BTC stuck above $77K as etf outflows hit 101m (LINK) — 22 May 2026
Ethereum risks dropping below $2,100 as ETF outflows persist (LINK) — 22 May 2026
XRP ecosystem platforms could explode during the next crypto expansion (LINK) — 22 May 2026
Signs of life in XRP? 4,300 new wallets in 24 hours & whale-sized exchange outflows illustrate a possible shift (LINK) — 22 May 2026
Zcash (ZEC) prints 100% volume surge, joining Hyperliquid (HYPE) and Toncoin (TON) as strongest bear market assets (LINK) — 21 May 2026
ZC hits $686 amid $28m liquidations as analyst warn of coordinated squeeze (LINK) — 21 May 2026
Solana targets $98 as traders watch $124 hurdle: "from a weekly perspective, Solana is still trying to recover after its sharp drop from $295" (LINK) — 22 May 2026
Cryptocurrency news
Top 5 stablecoins capture nearly 90% of sector as market contracts this week: USDT, USDC, USDS, World Liberty Financial's USD1 (recording the strongest weekly expansion among the top five stablecoins with a 6.20% increase), and DAI (LINK) — 23 May 2026
Uniswap proposes UNI fee burn for BNB, Polygon, Celo (LINK) — 23 May 2026
Crypto thieves face reckoning as China, UK, France hand out prison sentences (LINK) — 23 May 2026
Robinhood crypto COO Tanya Denisova is leaving company after 5 years amid revenue slowdown (LINK) — 23 May 2026
US bill proposes 1 million BTC reserve by 2030: all acquired Bitcoin must be held at least 20 years. Confiscated BTC, now totalling 328,000, would go to the reserve (LINK) — 22 May 2026
Prediction market platform Polymarket faces fresh security crisis after $660,000 siphoned from wallets (LINK) — 22 May 2026
Trump Media is now down $480 million on its Bitcoin bet (LINK) — 22 May 2026
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has partnered with OKX to bring perpetual oil futures contracts to the cryptocurrency platform's roughly 120 million retail traders (LINK) — 22 May 2026
South Korean lawmakers review their crypto tax after petition surpasses 50,000 signatures quickly (LINK) — 22 May 2026
OKX and ICE are bringing 'never-expiring' oil futures to 120 million crypto users — (LINK)
Verus hacker returns $8.5m in ETH after accepting bounty deal (LINK) — 22 May 2026
CEO of Polish fintech detained in US over $47 million in client losses (LINK) — 22 May 2026
Attempted kidnapping targets wife of The Sandbox co-founder in France (LINK) — 21 May 2026
What will happen in crypto if the Clarity Act passes (LINK) — 20 May 2026
— Tokens whose value derives from a sufficiently decentralized blockchain qualify as commodities, while tokens sold through investment contracts to fund development qualify as securities. The SEC and CFTC issued joint interpretive guidance on March 17, classifying Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and 12 other crypto assets as digital commodities. Under the bill, exchanges and brokers that handle digital commodities must register with the CFTC.
— The Clarity Act also addresses the $323 billion stablecoin market. Passive yield on stablecoin balances is banned under the bill's current formulation, meaning crypto platforms can no longer offer interest-like returns for holding dollar-backed stablecoins. But the bill includes a compromise that preserves activity-based rewards for stablecoin capital tied to transactions, payments, staking, or liquidity provision.
