Ripple, Ondo Finance, JPMorgan's Kinexys, and Mastercard are testing a pilot that links the XRP Ledger to traditional bank settlement rails.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-ledger-bank-rails-pilot-ondo-jpmorgan-mastercard-may-2026/

Bitcoin trades near $81,732 on May 6 as oil drops 6% and the dollar sinks on reports the US and Iran are nearing a one-page memo to end the war.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-82k-iran-peace-deal-oil-crash-may-2026/

Tokenized US Treasuries on Ethereum reached an ~$8B all-time high on May 6, 2026, even as ETH spot price drifted lower. Here is what is driving the flow.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-us-treasuries-ethereum-8b-ath-may-2026/

Zcash (ZEC) printed a fresh 2026 high of $525 after a 23.2% single-day move, leading a privacy coin rally as Bitcoin idles near $81,400.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zcash-zec-525-ytd-high-privacy-coin-rally-may-2026/

Michael Saylor said Strategy may sell some of its 818,334 BTC to fund dividend payments, the first crack in the company's never-sell stance.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/saylor-strategy-may-sell-bitcoin-fund-dividend-may-2026/

Solana perpetuals exchange Drift published a recovery plan for users after a $295M exploit that on-chain investigators have linked to North Korean actors.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/drift-295m-dprk-exploit-recovery-plan-may-2026/

SoFi is launching SoFiUSD on Solana, citing low cost and fast settlement. The bank-chartered fintech now joins a growing list of US issuers.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sofi-sofiusd-stablecoin-solana-launch-may-2026/

Morgan Stanley will roll out spot crypto trading on its wealth management platform later in 2026, alongside tokenized assets and ETF integration.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/morgan-stanley-spot-crypto-wealth-platform-may-2026/

Andreessen Horowitz closed $2.2B Crypto Fund 5, a narrower crypto vehicle focused on stablecoins and onchain finance.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/a16z-crypto-fund-5-2-2b-stablecoins-onchain-finance-may-2026/

Coinbase is cutting 14% of headcount and experimenting with one-person teams as it restructures around AI tooling, the company confirmed on May 5, 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-14-percent-layoffs-ai-native-restructure-may-2026/