The SEC has rescinded its decades-old gag rule, letting companies and individuals speak publicly after settling enforcement cases. Here is what changes.

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Strategy added 24,869 bitcoin for $2.01B as BTC sat near $77K, pushing total holdings to 843,738 BTC and extending its corporate accumulation lead.

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BTC traded at $76,796 on May 18, 2026 after Trump's fresh Iran warning rattled risk assets. ETH off 3.6%, SOL down 2.9%, Fear & Greed at 39.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-below-77k-trump-iran-warning-may-2026/

Goldman Sachs sold its entire XRP and Solana ETF positions in Q1 2026 and cut Ethereum ETF holdings by 70%, according to the bank's latest 13F filing.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/goldman-sachs-exits-xrp-sol-etfs-cuts-eth-70-may-2026/

Standard Chartered is set to fully absorb Zodia Custody's institutional crypto custody business, ending its joint-venture structure, Bloomberg reports.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/standard-chartered-absorbs-zodia-custody-may-2026/

Casa CTO Jameson Lopp tells crypto holders to treat every inbound message as hostile after a phishing scheme abused Google infrastructure to slip past filters.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/lopp-zero-trust-google-phishing-crypto-may-2026/

Irish police recovered a long-dormant Bitcoin wallet holding 500 BTC linked to convicted drug dealer Clifton Collins, worth roughly $38.5M at current prices.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/irish-authorities-recover-500-btc-clifton-collins-may-2026/

House Agriculture Committee leaders urged President Trump to fill the CFTC's four vacant commissioner seats, citing urgent regulatory work facing the agency.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/house-ag-cftc-vacancies-trump-letter-may-2026/

Cointelegraph reports SOL and XRP spot ETFs took net inflows last week while BTC and ETH spot ETFs posted net outflows, deepening a flow divergence.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sol-xrp-etfs-inflows-btc-eth-outflows-may-2026/

Leveraged crypto longs lost $563M in 24 hours per CoinDesk, with ether and bitcoin positions taking the worst hits as ETH fell 3.1% and BTC slid 1.5%.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-traders-563m-liquidations-eth-btc-may-2026/