US banking groups sent more than 8,000 letters to Senate offices since Friday urging lawmakers to revisit the stablecoin yield compromise.

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VanEck data shows Layer 1 blockchain tokens have fallen 49% since the start of 2025 while listed crypto equities have gained 48%, a near 100-point gap.

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CleanSpark posted a $378.3M net loss for fiscal Q2 2026, with $224.1M tied to non-cash items, even as the miner kept expanding its hashrate footprint.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cleanspark-378m-q2-fiscal-2026-net-loss-may-2026/

Exodus Movement reported a $32.1M Q1 net loss as revenue dropped 36.8% to $22.7M. The wallet maker sold 63% of its bitcoin treasury to finance deals.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/exodus-q1-2026-loss-32m-sells-1000-bitcoin-may-2026/

Banque de France's Denis Beau calls for private tokenized euro mobilization, splitting publicly with ECB President Lagarde's wholesale-first digital euro plan.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/france-beau-ecb-lagarde-private-digital-euro-split-may-2026/

DTCC is wiring Chainlink standards into its Collateral AppChain to enable 24/7 collateral workflows across a $114 trillion settlement footprint.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/dtcc-chainlink-114t-collateral-appchain-integration-may-2026/

CertiK attributes 60% of 2025 crypto theft to North Korean state-sponsored groups, with $2.1B stolen across Bybit, DMM, and DeFi targets.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/north-korea-hackers-2-1b-crypto-theft-2025-certik-60-percent-may-2026/

Anthropic voided all unauthorized secondary share trades on May 11 as tokenized venues pushed its implied valuation past $1.6 trillion, raising litigation risk.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/anthropic-voids-unauthorized-stock-trades-1-6t-tokenized-may-2026/

Grayscale updates its Hyperliquid ETF prospectus to add HYPE staking, putting yield-bearing exposure in front of US regulators just as a competing product begins trading.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/grayscale-hyperliquid-etf-hype-staking-amendment-may-2026/

Standard Chartered estimates XRP ETFs could draw $4-8B by year-end if the CLARITY Act passes, with Flare's XRPFi catching institutional attention.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/clarity-act-xrp-etf-4-8b-standard-chartered-may-2026/