A solo bitcoin miner beat the odds — around 1 in 100,000 per day on average — to solve a block and take home the total subsidy and transaction fee reward.The bitcoin miner earned $222,012 for mining block 944,306 using CKpool in a solo mining configuration.

Ethereum Foundation will convert 5,000 ETH into stablecoins via CoWSwap’s TWAP feature to fund research, grants, and donations.The move follows earlier EF treasury conversions using DeFi rails as part of a broader diversification policy.Market watchers scrutinize EF sales as potential sentiment signals, even when the amounts are small relative to ETH’s total supply.

The crypto exchange is mounting a challenge to platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, offering ”gasless” trades as it seeks a share of the $20 billion prediction market.

Several obstacles to the Clarity Act, which have remained unsolved for months, stand in the way of its passage before a looming deadline.

Nasdaq-listed firm Currenc Group Inc. tapped Securitize to tokenize its shares, opening the door to round-the-clock trading, fractional ownership, and DeFi deployments.Securitize has been a leader in the tokenization sector and was recently engaged to help build the New York Stock Exchange’s 24/7 tokenized securities platform.SuperState has won much of the business to date from firms like Galaxy, Forward, and SharpLink looking to issue actual, legal shares onchain.

California WARN Act filings show Meta is cutting 124 jobs at its Burlingame office on Airport Boulevard, effective May 22, and 74 jobs at its Sunnyvale office on Discovery Way, effective May 29 — all permanent per the filings, first reported by the San Francisco ChronicleThe May round brings Meta’s confirmed 2026 California WARN total to 519, following a January round of 219 at Burlingame and additional March reductions; job functions at both offices have included hardware, augmented reality, and infrastructure work, though the WARN filings do not break down cuts by roleCEO Mark Zuckerberg has called 2026 “a turning point for AI in the workplace”; Meta’s projected capex of $115 billion to $135 billion for the year is being directed toward data centers, servers, and AI model infrastructure even as headcount in California continues to fall

Shibarium transactions have dropped significantly as the blockchain enters a stabilization phase.

Borderless data shows stablecoin FX is reaching parity with traditional rails in key corridors.LATAM markets now exhibit “institutional-grade” pricing with near-zero execution costs, while East Africa is seeing rapid compression in spreads as provider competition intensifies, per the payment infrastructure firm.

UK, US and Canadian agencies ran Operation Atlantic, freezing more than $12M in suspected crypto scam proceeds and identifying over 20,000 victims.The crackdown targeted “approval phishing,” where victims are tricked into signing malicious on-chain authorizations that let scammers drain wallets.Binance and other private firms provided account screening and fraud intelligence support, though no funds were frozen on Binance itself.

Bitmine said it uplisted its shares to the New York Stock Exchange and expanded its repurchase authorization to $4 billion.The company held 4.803 million ETH as of Monday this week, representing 3.98% of the total supply.

Canary Capital is preparing to launch an ETF tracking Pepe’s price, despite the token trading 85% below its December 2024 all-time high.

Yuga Labs first filed a lawsuit in June 2022, accusing Ripps and Cahen of copying its Bored Ape Yacht Club cartoon ape images and selling lookalike NFTs.

Pharos Network closes a $44 million Series A, lifting total funding to $52 million.Asian institutions and strategic corporates back its RWA-focused Layer 1.Funds will scale infrastructure in Asia and globally ahead of its public testnet.