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Blockchain.com just confidentially filed to go public this year
Blockchain.com has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 to the SEC for a 2026 IPO of Class A ordinary shares, as the 14-year-old crypto services firm reports 95 million wallets and over $1.1 trillion in processed transactions.
Nexus ships its AI-agent Layer 1 with day-one top tier exchange listings
Nexus (@NexusLabs) has launched its mainnet, positioning its Layer 1 blockchain as purpose-built infrastructure for AI agents and verifiable finance, with its NEX token debuting on Coinbase, Binance, Kraken, and other top-tier exchanges on day one.
Germany's Bundestag rejects Greens' Bitcoin tax bill, tax-free holding rule survives
Germany's Bundestag Finance Committee has rejected a Green Party bill that would have ended the country's one-year tax-free holding rule for Bitcoin and other crypto assets, with CDU/CSU, AfD, and SPD all voting against it.
House Republicans want to lock the US government's 328,372 BTC stash for 20 years
Rep. Nick Begich has introduced the American Reserve Modernization Act (ARMA), a bipartisan bill to codify the US government's 328,372 Bitcoin holdings into a Treasury-managed strategic reserve locked for at least 20 years.
Retail can now buy a piece of Kalshi for the first time
The Tema Durable Quality ETF ($TOLL) became the first ETF to hold a stake in Kalshi, opening access to the CFTC-regulated prediction market exchange for everyday investors for the first time.
Ethereum's brain drain just turned into a manifesto
Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist is calling for a new $1 billion organization to champion Ethereum's competitive position, as eight senior EF staff have departed in 2026 and the foundation's new mandate sidelines growth in favor of core values.
XRP Ledger sits at 46% node adoption six days before May 27 amendment goes live
The XRP Ledger's fixCleanup3_1_3 amendment activates on May 27, 2026, fixing NFT, vault, and lending protocol issues. With 46% of nodes upgraded and all dUNL validators in favor, exchanges and market makers face amendment-blocking risks if they miss the deadline.
Floki and TokenFi go after TradFi with a two-month national TV blitz
Floki and TokenFi have launched separate multi-month media campaigns with New to The Street and Fintech TV, targeting traditional finance audiences through FOX Business, Bloomberg TV, Times Square billboards, and YouTube.
Korea's NHN KCP runs a 2-second stablecoin payment pilot on Avalanche
South Korean payment giant NHN KCP has launched a commercial-feasibility pilot for stablecoin-based payments on an Avalanche-powered mainnet, logging 2-second transaction times via its Payco app with 700 employees.
SEC Chair Atkins pumps the brakes on prediction market ETFs
SEC Chair Paul Atkins has instructed staff to seek public input on a wave of novel event contract ETFs from Roundhill, Bitwise PredictionShares, and GraniteShares, pausing launches while the agency weighs regulatory implications and CFTC overlap.
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