Hundreds of long-dormant Ethereum wallets were swept into the same tagged addresses, with the cause possibly tracing back years, per CryptoSlate.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-dormant-wallets-drained-tagged-addresses-may-2026/

MoonPay launches MoonAgents Card, a virtual Mastercard that pulls stablecoins from onchain wallets at swipe time. UK and LATAM first, US and EU later.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/moonpay-moonagents-card-ai-stablecoin-mastercard-may-2026/

Brazil's central bank has prohibited digital assets from being used in parts of the country's regulated cross-border payment and transfer services.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/brazil-central-bank-digital-assets-cross-border-payment-ban-may-2026/

Senators Warren and Wyden opened a fourth probe into Commerce Secretary Lutnick's Tether ties, citing a loan to a trust benefiting his four children.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/warren-wyden-lutnick-tether-dynasty-trust-loan-probe-may-2026/

More than $300M in voluntary contributions across the DeFi ecosystem repaid Aave depositors hit by the rsETH exploit, Messari said on May 1, 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-rseth-exploit-300m-defi-contributions-depositors-made-whole-may-2026/

Tether's Q1 2026 BDO attestation shows $1.04B in net profit and a record $8.23B reserve buffer above USDT liabilities. Here's what the numbers mean.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-q1-2026-attestation-1b-profit-8b-reserves-may-2026/

BlackRock's IBIT and ETHA crossed $60B in combined AUM but generated only $42M of Q1 fees, a rounding error against the firm's $7T franchise.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blackrock-crypto-etfs-42m-q1-fees-60b-aum-may-2026/

Coinbase rolled out CUSHY, a tokenized stablecoin credit fund built with Superstate and Northern Trust, just as banks press Congress to strip yield from CLARITY.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-cushy-stablecoin-credit-fund-clarity-act-may-2026/

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told Congress he is a Bitcoin enthusiast and confirmed the Pentagon has ongoing classified crypto operations.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hegseth-pentagon-classified-crypto-operations-bitcoin-may-2026/

A South Korean court has suspended a six-month sanction against Bithumb, letting the exchange keep onboarding new users while it fights the regulator.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bithumb-south-korea-suspension-lifted-court-may-2026/