Echo Protocol says it has regained control of the compromised admin key and burned the attacker's remaining 955 eBTC after a major cross-chain exploit.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/echo-protocol-burns-955-ebtc-key-recovery-may-2026/

House Republicans are attaching a permanent CBDC ban to the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, with Majority Whip Tom Emmer leading the surveillance-state framing.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/republican-cbdc-ban-housing-bill-may-2026/

The Bank of England and FCA want UK wholesale settlement infrastructure running near 24/7 to support tokenized finance. Here is what changes.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/boe-fca-24-7-settlement-tokenized-finance-may-2026/

Anthropic says tokenized representations of its private stock are void after on-chain valuations swung past $1B, exposing a tokenization legal gap.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/anthropic-voids-tokenized-private-shares-may-2026/

Echo Protocol froze cross-chain transactions and ECHO token fell double digits after a suspected exploit hit the Bitcoin restaking project on May 19.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/echo-protocol-exploit-token-crash-may-2026/

SEC under Chair Paul Atkins prepares a tokenized stock innovation exemption that would let crypto-native platforms list onchain equities with lighter rules.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-tokenized-stocks-innovation-exemption-may-2026/

AI Financial, the public treasury vehicle holding World Liberty Financial's WLFI token, flagged substantial doubt about going concern in a fresh SEC filing.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ai-financial-wlfi-treasury-going-concern-may-2026/

The White House is reviewing whether to kill a decades-old SEC rule requiring brokers to deliver the best available stock prices, per Bloomberg.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/white-house-reviews-sec-best-execution-rule-may-2026/

Kevin Warsh is set to be sworn in as Fed Chair on May 22, 2026, replacing Jerome Powell. Crypto markets brace for a new rate path under a former hawk.

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

Ronin's RON token surged 39.6% after Coinbase confirmed it will list the ERC-20 wrapped version on its exchange, opening US retail access.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-wrapped-ron-listing-39-percent-surge-may-2026/