Bankless co-founder David Hoffman says the 'ETH is Money' thesis has largely played out, prompting personal ETH sales as the asset trades near $2,077.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hoffman-bankless-eth-money-thesis-played-out-may-2026/

A single $1.3B block trade of BlackRock's IBIT printed at 10:30am ET, dwarfing every other trade as BTC sat near $75,800 in a Fear-rated market.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blackrock-ibit-1-3b-block-trade-may-2026/

CryptoQuant data shows XRP liquidity on Binance has dropped to its lowest reading since January 2020, raising slippage risk for large orders.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-binance-liquidity-five-year-low-may-2026/

Binance is re-entering the Philippines through a BlockShoals partnership placed inside the SEC's regulatory sandbox, after losing access to local users in 2024.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-philippines-blockshoals-sec-sandbox-may-2026/

Alipay unveils AI Wallet and Token Pay as its AI Pay product crosses 100 million users, pushing tokenized payments into one of the world's largest super-apps.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/alipay-ai-wallet-token-pay-launch-may-2026/

Hyperliquid extends HIP-4 outcome markets to Fed decisions, CPI prints, and NVDA earnings, using validator-run settlement instead of Polymarket's UMA oracle.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-hip4-event-contracts-polymarket-may-2026/

CoinDesk says the $318B stablecoin float now exceeds the foreign exchange reserves of 95 countries, putting issuers in sovereign company.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/stablecoin-market-318b-fx-reserves-95-nations-may-2026/

Hyperliquid's HYPE token briefly flipped Dogecoin in market cap on May 26 as US strikes on Iran weighed on risk assets and privacy tokens sold off hardest.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hype-overtakes-dogecoin-privacy-tokens-iran-may-2026/

Beijing launches a sweeping crackdown on offshore trading venues accused of helping investors bypass capital controls after an estimated $1 trillion left China last year.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/china-1t-capital-flight-crackdown-offshore-platforms-may-2026/

A third-party SquidRouterModule attached to Safe smart wallets was exploited on Ethereum and Base, draining roughly $3M and exposing module-level risk.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/squid-router-module-safe-wallet-exploit-may-2026/