Coinbase's Base L2 activated the Azul hardfork on mainnet May 29, 2026. The upgrade focuses on transaction speed and protocol security on the OP Stack chain.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/base-azul-mainnet-upgrade-live-may-2026/

Paxos becomes the first blockchain-native registered clearing agency in the US, a regulatory milestone for tokenized settlement and TradFi convergence.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-paxos-first-blockchain-native-clearing-agency-may-2026/

Wallets holding 100K+ ETH now control 17.41M tokens, a 9-week high reached as ETH trades near $2,002 after a 6% weekly drop.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-whales-17-4m-eth-accumulation-9-week-high-may-2026/

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce publicly defended crypto privacy tools, warning fellow regulators not to treat privacy-enhancing technologies as inherently suspicious.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-peirce-defends-crypto-privacy-tools-may-2026/

Crypto exchange Gemini is plugging Grok into its prediction market product to push personalized AI-curated feeds, following a broader exchange shift toward AI features.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gemini-grok-ai-prediction-market-feeds-may-2026/

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent restated the administration's opposition to a US central bank digital currency, leaving stablecoins as the dollar's digital path.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/treasury-bessent-reaffirms-anti-cbdc-stance-may-2026/

Ether fell below $2,000 on May 28 as ETH futures open interest hit a record 16 million ETH, a leverage build that often precedes sharp liquidation events.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ether-below-2000-futures-open-interest-16m-eth-record-may-2026/

Falcon Finance is issuing fUSD through Anchorage Digital as a GENIUS Act-compliant payments stablecoin, separate from its synthetic USDf.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/falcon-finance-anchorage-fusd-genius-act-stablecoin-may-2026/

Foreign holdings of US Treasuries in Fed custody dropped to $2.68T, the lowest in years, as Bitcoin fell below $73K and ETH lost 4.6% on May 28.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/foreign-fed-treasury-custody-2-68t-low-crypto-selloff-may-2026/

United Texas Bank, which clears about $10B a month for crypto firms, completed its conversion to an OCC-chartered national bank with direct Federal Reserve access.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/united-texas-bank-occ-national-charter-fed-access-crypto-may-2026/