The Bank of England is reconsidering proposed holding caps and reserve rules for sterling stablecoins after sustained industry pressure, per a May 14 report.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bank-of-england-eases-stablecoin-restrictions-review-may-2026/

Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a $635 million one-day outflow as BTC slid 1.5% to $79,874, a sharp swing in institutional positioning.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-spot-etfs-635m-single-day-outflow-may-2026/

Anthropic's Claude AI walked a long-time bitcoin holder through recovering 4.96 BTC, worth roughly $395,000, from a damaged computer untouched for years.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/claude-ai-recovers-395k-bitcoin-trapped-computer-may-2026/

Court documents show OpenAI CEO Sam Altman holds over $2 billion in stakes across companies that have done business with OpenAI, Cointelegraph reports.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/altman-2-billion-stakes-openai-partner-companies-may-2026/

Kevin Warsh takes over the Federal Reserve with inflation still elevated and oil rising. Bitcoin fell 2.1% to $79,324 on the news.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/warsh-confirmed-fed-chair-crypto-reaction-may-2026/

Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing family is offloading large parts of its empire to build a cash stockpile, while SOL drops 5% and BTC dips 2.2% in 24 hours.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/li-ka-shing-family-cash-stockpile-empire-sale-may-2026/

Cerebras priced its IPO at $185 per share, raising $5.55 billion in one of 2026's largest tech listings as AI compute demand reshapes capital flows.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cerebras-ipo-185-share-5-55-billion-may-2026/

Solana fell 4.4% and Bitcoin slipped 1.8% on May 14 as Trump and Xi opened Beijing talks with a trade truce and Iran war on the agenda.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-slides-trump-xi-beijing-trade-talks-may-2026/

Latvia's central bank granted Paybis a combined MiCA CASP and PSD2 payment institution license, the first dual authorization the regulator has issued.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/paybis-latvia-dual-mica-casp-psd2-license-may-2026/

Global M2 climbed to a record $121.9 trillion, adding $17.1T in two years. The number revives the Bitcoin debasement trade as BTC trades at $79,582.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/global-money-supply-record-121-9-trillion-may-2026/