US credit card balances reached an all-time high of $1.33 trillion, raising fresh questions about consumer borrowing costs and crypto card alternatives.

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Bitcoin miner IREN secures a $3.4B AI infrastructure agreement with Nvidia, granting Nvidia rights to invest up to $2.1B in IREN shares.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/iren-3-4b-nvidia-ai-deal-bitcoin-miner-pivot-may-2026/

ECB President Christine Lagarde says Tether and Circle threaten European monetary sovereignty, urging the bloc not to copy the US stablecoin model.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ecb-lagarde-digital-euro-warning-stablecoin-dollarisation-may-2026/

BNB Chain's tokenized US Treasury market cap reached $3.5 billion, expanding the chain's role in the fast-growing on-chain government debt sector.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-us-treasuries-bnb-chain-3-5b-market-cap-may-2026/

Revolut users saw Bitcoin priced near zero on May 8 after a third-party data feed glitch. Trades were not executed at the bad price, the company says.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/revolut-bitcoin-price-near-zero-third-party-feed-may-2026/

WLF co-founder Zach Witkoff says the Trump-linked crypto venture is in final stages of conditional approval for a US national trust bank charter.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/world-liberty-financial-national-trust-bank-charter-final-stages-may-2026/

JPMorgan analysts project Strategy could buy up to $30B in Bitcoin in 2026 after Saylor's firm already added 145,834 BTC worth $11B year to date.

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Germany may end its one-year tax exemption on Bitcoin and crypto holdings from 2027, ending one of Europe's most generous long-term holder benefits.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/germany-end-one-year-tax-free-crypto-holding-rule-2027-may-2026/

Santiment data shows Bitcoin lost 245,000 holder wallets in five days, the steepest drop in nearly two years, as BTC slips below $80K with neutral sentiment.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-holders-drop-245k-wallets-santiment-fastest-pace-2-years-may-2026/

Jack Dorsey's Block jumped 8% after Q1 earnings beat estimates, even as the company posted its first quarterly loss in three years on weaker Bitcoin revenue.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/block-q1-2026-earnings-beat-bitcoin-revenue-decline-may-2026/