Trump Introduces Crypto to the Federal Reserve, Iran Plans to Raise $10 Billion in BTC for Transit Through Hormuz. Crypto Recap №146 Week 22, May 19 – 25, 2026
U.S. authorities are integrating crypto into the traditional financial framework. Trump's executive order required the Federal Reserve to open master accounts for crypto firms. The CFTC defended feder...
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For six months, the perpetrators posed as partners of the Drift Protocol to steal $280 million.
They met the crypto project's team at a major cryptocurrency conference. By establishing personal contact with the Drift team, the perpetrators integrated themselves into the project under the guise o...
Cambodia Passes Bill on Strict Penalties for Cryptocurrency Fraud
The bill aims to address gaps in existing legislation and enhance the effectiveness of combating transnational scam centers. Its adoption follows the UK's sanctions against operators of Cambodian scam...
Bank of Canada: Aave Avoided Troubled Debts by Shifting Risks to Borrowers
Bank staff conducted a study based on data from January 2023 to May 2025. Aave requires borrowers to provide more collateral than the amount they borrow. If the value of the collateral falls to a cert...
The volume of stablecoin transfers in February amounted to $7.2 trillion, surpassing the U.S. Automated Clearing House (ACH) for the first time.
Data from the Artemis platform is based on a 30-day rolling volume of adjusted stablecoin transactions in dollars. The statistics exclude bot activity and transfers between internal wallets of cryptoc...
IMF: Tokenization Increases Efficiency of Financial Operations but Comes with Risks
The Fund acknowledged that tokenization expands the issuance, trading, settlement, and management of securities and other financial products. However, the technology shifts risks from the banking syst...
Coinbase Receives National Trust Bank License
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has tentatively approved the crypto exchange's application after a six-month review. Similar approvals have previously been granted to Ripple L...
The CFTC Sues 3 States Over Exceeding Authority in Regulating Prediction Markets
The agency claims it has "exclusive jurisdiction" to regulate such contracts. The Commission emphasizes that it recognized event contracts back in 1992. Moreover, following the 2008 financial crisis,...
The Head of Tether's Government Relations Department to Lead Pro-Cryptocurrency Political Committee Ahead of Midterm Elections
Jesse Spiro will become the chairman of the Fellowship PAC, established in August 2025. This committee has raised $100 million from the crypto industry and will announce the candidates it will support...
Alabama Becomes the Second State to Grant Legal Status to DAOs
The DUNA Act, concerning decentralized nonprofit associations, was passed by both houses of the state legislature and signed by Governor Kay Ivey. To meet the criteria, DAOs must have more than 100 me...
Weekly Recaps
In-depth analysis Trump Introduces Crypto to the Federal Reserve, Iran Plans to Raise $10 Billion in BTC for Transit Through Hormuz. Crypto Recap №146 Week 22, May 19 – 25, 2026
U.S. authorities are integrating crypto into the traditional financial framework. Trump's executive order required the Federal Reserve to open master accounts for crypto firms. The CFTC defended feder...
Cryptocurrency is Being Written into U.S. Law — While the President’s Family Trades Coinbase and Only One Commissioner Remains at the CFTC. Crypto Recap No. 145 Week 21, May 12 – 18, 2026
The week distilled the crypto market to a single process — the U.S. government apparatus is integrating the sector into formal law. A Senate bill on market structure is moving forward with a hundred a...
Crypto Shifts to Infrastructure — Strategy Abandons Ideology, Wall Street Prepares Lawsuit. Crypto Recap №144
Week 20, May 5 – 11, 2026 This week marked the shift of cryptocurrencies into institutional payment and settlement systems. AWS integrated micropayments in USDC through the Coinbase x402 protocol for...
DeFi Covers Its $305 Million Gap — New York Court Turns Rescue into Sanctions Front Against North Korea. Crypto Recap No. 143
Week 19, April 28 – May 4, 2026 The week saw two mature processes and one new controversy. Regulators in the EU, UK, US, and Brazil are rewriting the framework for stablecoins and tokenized assets. Pr...
**DeFi Repairs $200 Million Hole Itself, Governments Simultaneously Open Sanction Floodgates and Mining Offshore: Crypto Recap #142**
**Week 18, April 20 – 27** The week marked a transition from shock to adaptation. Mantle, Lido, and Kulichov's personal fund gathered $87 million to cover Aave's deficit after the Kelp DAO hack, while...
While Lazarus zeros out DeFi by $13.8 billion, regulators, exchanges, and governments build crypto infrastructure. Crypto Recap #141 Week 17, April 13 – 20
The week unfolded with four simultaneous vectors. The Lazarus group hacked Kelp DAO for $293 million, causing the largest quarterly collapse of DeFi TVL by 14%, losing $13.8 billion. Meanwhile, Japan,...
Crypto is becoming infrastructure—simultaneously for American AML, Korean exchanges, and Iranian tankers. Crypto Recap No. 140 Week 15, April 7–13
The week highlighted that the crypto market is moving concurrently on four parallel trajectories. The American GENIUS finally received operational rules—stablecoins are transforming into banking infra...
Crypto Quietly Becomes Financial Infrastructure — While North Korea Withdraws $280 Million. Crypto Recap No. 139 Week 14, March 31 – April 6
The week highlighted two parallel processes: institutional and regulatory infrastructure is strengthening, while security threats and political activity in the crypto industry are intensifying. Strate...
Regulatory Architecture of the Crypto Industry Is Forming Faster Than the Market Can Reassess It
The week was marked by increased institutional pressure on the crypto market. Strategy announced plans to raise $44.1 billion, the SEC submitted digital asset classification rules, and the White House completed its review of crypto access to 401(k) plans.
The Crypto Market Is Becoming More Integrated Into the System While Global Finance Is in Turmoil
The most notable shift of the week is the accelerated institutionalization of crypto infrastructure through payments, trading, and market architecture.
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