The Fed's April minutes show policymakers ready to tighten if inflation stays sticky. CME FedWatch now prices a 54% chance of a December hike.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fed-april-minutes-hike-risk-bitcoin-trade-may-2026/

Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve chair Friday, with early reporting pointing to an Alan Greenspan-style approach to policy.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/warsh-sworn-in-fed-chair-greenspan-approach-may-2026/

BitMine added 60,000 ETH worth $126M near $2,000, building a treasury position large enough to test inclusion in Russell indexes tied to $12.2T in passive assets.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-126m-ethereum-russell-index-test-may-2026/

BTC +3.3%, ETH +4.6%, SOL +5% in 24h after Secretary Rubio cites significant progress in past 48 hours toward an Iran deal covering the Strait of Hormuz.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-rallies-rubio-iran-hormuz-progress-may-2026/

Tether holds $141B in US Treasuries directly and indirectly, ranking 17th globally and entangling stablecoin demand with sovereign debt financing.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-141b-us-treasuries-stablecoin-debt-risk-may-2026/

On-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged a roughly $10M exploit affecting smart contracts tied to StablR's EURR and USDR stablecoins, Cointelegraph reports.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/stablr-eurr-usdr-10m-exploit-zachxbt-may-2026/

Hyperliquid has redirected nearly all of its $1.16B trading fee revenue into buying back HYPE, a mechanism unlike anything on rival perp DEXs.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-1-16b-fee-revenue-hype-buyback-may-2026/

NEAR climbs roughly 50% in seven days as AI-themed tokens outpace a soft BTC and ETH tape. Traders are now watching the $5 level for follow-through.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/near-ai-tokens-rotation-50-percent-may-2026/

BTC sits at $76,800 with 10-year Treasury yields back near 5%. The first clean macro test of Bitcoin's hard-money thesis in over a year is now live.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-hard-money-thesis-5-percent-treasury-yields-may-2026/

Serious credit card delinquencies have climbed to 13.1% of accounts, the highest reading since 2010, per data circulating on X this week.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-credit-card-delinquency-13-percent-15-year-high-may-2026/