Three of the largest US crypto exchanges lobbied lawmakers to remove anti-market manipulation provisions from the CLARITY Act, per a Cointelegraph report May 9.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-kraken-gemini-lobby-clarity-act-manipulation-language-may-2026/

Strategy CEO Phong Le says the company will sell BTC to fund dividends when accretive to shareholders, calling the call 'math over ideology.'

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-phong-le-math-over-ideology-bitcoin-dividend-may-2026/

Goldman Sachs delayed its Fed rate cut forecast by a quarter, citing sticky inflation. Crypto held green: BTC $80,299, SOL +6.3%.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/goldman-fed-rate-cuts-delay-december-2026-march-2027-may-2026/

April 2026 saw over $635M stolen across 28 crypto exploits, the worst month of the year so far. Here is what drove the spike and what users can do.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-exploits-april-2026-635m-worst-month-may-2026/

US credit card balances reached an all-time high of $1.33 trillion, raising fresh questions about consumer borrowing costs and crypto card alternatives.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-credit-card-debt-1-33-trillion-record-may-2026/

Bitcoin miner IREN secures a $3.4B AI infrastructure agreement with Nvidia, granting Nvidia rights to invest up to $2.1B in IREN shares.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/iren-3-4b-nvidia-ai-deal-bitcoin-miner-pivot-may-2026/

ECB President Christine Lagarde says Tether and Circle threaten European monetary sovereignty, urging the bloc not to copy the US stablecoin model.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ecb-lagarde-digital-euro-warning-stablecoin-dollarisation-may-2026/

BNB Chain's tokenized US Treasury market cap reached $3.5 billion, expanding the chain's role in the fast-growing on-chain government debt sector.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-us-treasuries-bnb-chain-3-5b-market-cap-may-2026/

Revolut users saw Bitcoin priced near zero on May 8 after a third-party data feed glitch. Trades were not executed at the bad price, the company says.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/revolut-bitcoin-price-near-zero-third-party-feed-may-2026/

WLF co-founder Zach Witkoff says the Trump-linked crypto venture is in final stages of conditional approval for a US national trust bank charter.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/world-liberty-financial-national-trust-bank-charter-final-stages-may-2026/