South Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit adds Venice Token (VVV) with KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs, opening Korean retail access to the AI inference token.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/upbit-lists-venice-vvv-krw-btc-usdt-pairs-may-2026/

MultiBank's mb.io launches institutional gold tokenization with Kings Orbis, EON3, and Mavryk. West African bullion is vaulted in Dubai under LBMA custody.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/multibank-mb-io-ghana-gold-tokenization-mavryk-eon3-may-2026/

Bitmine's Ethereum treasury crossed 5.2 million ETH after a 26,659 ETH purchase last week. At current prices the position is worth more than $12 billion.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-tom-lee-eth-holdings-5-2m-may-2026/

Hidden Road, Ripple's prime-brokerage unit, raised $200M from Neuberger Berman to expand cross-asset margin trading across TradFi and crypto markets.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-hidden-road-neuberger-berman-200m-margin-trading-may-2026/

Digital asset funds drew $858M last week, a six-week high, as a Senate stablecoin deal and CLARITY Act progress pulled institutional money back in.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-funds-858m-inflows-clarity-act-six-week-high-may-2026/

Physical extortion of crypto holders has produced more than $100M in losses in the first four months of 2026, per CryptoSlate. Here is what is driving it.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/physical-wrench-attacks-100m-crypto-losses-2026-may-2026/

Circle pulled in $222M from investors for the token tied to its Arc blockchain at a $3B valuation, per CNBC reporting picked up by WuBlockchain on May 11.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/circle-arc-blockchain-222m-raise-3b-valuation-may-2026/

Bloomberg reports a16z crypto is leading a funding round for Canton Network operator Digital Asset that targets a $2 billion valuation.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/canton-network-digital-asset-2b-valuation-a16z-raise-may-2026/

Tether's QVAC project debuts as a decentralized, local-first AI runtime that the company frames as its second reserve asset alongside the dollar.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-qvac-decentralized-local-ai-launch-foundation-psychohistory-may-2026/

CoinGecko data shows tokenized gold spot volume in Q1 2026 has already surpassed the entire 2025 total, with XAUT and PAXG leading the surge.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-gold-q1-2026-volume-tops-2025-total-may-2026/