Senator Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act must pass this Congress or US crypto market structure rules likely stall until 2030, with November midterms in the way.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/lummis-clarity-act-last-window-before-2030-may-2026/

Sui's mainnet is back online after a multi-hour end-of-epoch halt that reporting traces to a gas-charging bug in v1.72, the chain's second long stall of 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sui-mainnet-restored-epoch-halt-gas-charging-bug-may-2026/

Coinbase and Kalshi are launching regulated perpetual crypto futures for US investors, bringing a product long confined to offshore exchanges onshore.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-kalshi-regulated-perpetual-crypto-futures-us-may-2026/

Strategy's STRC preferred share has slipped below the $99 par mark as Strive's rival Bitcoin treasury vehicle pulls investor attention away from MSTR.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-strc-below-99-strive-investor-rotation-may-2026/

A New York filing asks the court to treat Satoshi Nakamoto's dormant wallets as lost property under state law, valuing each address at under $10.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/satoshi-nakamoto-bitcoin-lost-property-lawsuit-may-2026/

CryptoQuant says BTC whale balances are shrinking at the fastest pace of 2026 while dolphin growth has stalled, conditions last seen in the 2022 bear market.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-whale-balances-fastest-contraction-2022-bear-mirror-may-2026/

Central banks now hold 26.6% of global reserves in gold, the highest share since 1993. The shift reshapes the Bitcoin-as-reserve-asset debate.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/central-bank-gold-reserves-32-year-high-may-2026/

Michael Saylor said Strategy may sell Bitcoin to cover STRC preferred dividends at 11.5%. The signal reverses years of pure accumulation rhetoric.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/saylor-sell-bitcoin-fund-strc-115-yield-may-2026/

Sui experienced its second network stall in five months on May 28, raising fresh questions about validator coordination and chain reliability.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sui-network-second-outage-five-months-may-2026/

Hyperliquid's SpaceX pre-IPO market saw a 45% intraday drop, the latest reminder that synthetic private-company exposure on-chain carries its own risk profile.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-spacex-pre-ipo-flash-crash-45-percent-may-2026/