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Privacy Coins Reclaim Spotlight Amid Global Pushback Against Financial Surveillance
Key Takeaways Zcash hit $600 in May 2026, with Grayscale filing for a spot ZEC ETF that could reshape institutional privacy coin access. Monero’s FCMP++
Japan to Enter the Blockchain Era with Round-the-Clock Government Bond Trading
Key Takeaways Led by Progmat, Japan will tokenize government bonds this year to tap the $4T daily global repo market. Tokenization will cut 1-day settlements
Coinbase Points to Multi-Zone AWS Failures Behind Outage
Key Takeaways Coinbase linked the trading outage to failures across multiple AWS zones. The disruption interrupted core trading services despite built-in recovery systems. Coinbase plans
Metalpha Related Wallet Offloads $20M in ETH to Binance Amid Whale Sell-off
Key Takeaways A Metalpha-linked wallet deposited 8,771 ETH (~$19.99M) into Binance on May 8, 2026. Lookonchain flagged the move as part of a continued pattern
Whale Potentially Linked to Erik Voorhees Spends Another $6.67M on ETH
Key Takeaways: A whale wallet linked to Erik Voorhees bought 2,920 ETH for $6.67M on May 8, 2026, per Lookonchain. The wallet previously accumulated 123,184
Robinhood CEO Says US ‘Very Close’ to Passing Crypto Clarity Act
Key Takeaways Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said May 8, 2026, that the U.S. is very close to passing the Crypto Clarity Act. Senator Angela Alsobrooks
BSP Issues Warning Anew Against Unauthorized Crypto Service Providers
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) issued a public advisory on May 8, 2026, warning the public against transacting with unauthorized virtual asset service providers
Coinbase Exchange Experiences “Degraded Performance” for Over Two Hours After AWS Outage
Key Takeaways Coinbase’s exchange suffered a 2+ hour outage on May 8, due to an AWS infrastructure failure. Some Coinbase users could not trade or
Kraken Parent Payward Buys Reap Technologies for $600M to Build Stablecoin Payment Rails
Key Takeaways Payward Inc. agreed to acquire Reap Technologies for up to $600 million, valuing Kraken’s parent at $20 billion. Reap nearly tripled revenue and
Genius Sports Absorbs key iGaming Affiliates as Q2 Forecast Doubles EBITDA
Key Takeaways Casino.org, Casino Guru, and Covers.com are now inside Genius Sports platform after the $1.2 bn Legend acquisition close. Q1 revenue beat consensus by