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"A Breakthrough": White House Says Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Announcement Is Imminent zerohedge.com/crypto/breakth…

JUST IN: Polymarket partners with Nasdaq Private Market allowing users to trade private companies.

Solana Perp DEX Volume Hits Record $20B Week, GMTrade Leads Surge Solana-based perpetual DEXs posted a new all-time high in weekly trading volume, topping $20 billion over the past seven days. Daily volume hit a record $5.781 billion on May 18, led largely by GMTrade, which saw about $4.9 billion in volume over the past 24 hours. Attention has also been drawn to a public wager-style trade on Solana perp protocol Phoenix involving Solana Foundation Chief Product Officer Vibhu and Hyperliquid trader Drews888.

BREAKING: The SEC is set to release its so-called "innovation exemption" for tokenized stocks which will pave the path for trading digital versions of securities, per Bloomberg. Details include: 1. In a "surprise move," the SEC is leaning toward allowing the trading of tokenized assets 2. These tokenized assets would be tradeable on decentralized crypto platforms 3. The move could "reshape the landscape of the American stock market" 4. This would also be one of the US' biggest shifts into crypto infrastructure yet Tokenized assets are rapidly expanding.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Kevin Warsh to be sworn in as Fed Chair on Friday, officially replacing Jerome Powell.

JUST IN: Michael Saylor's 'Strategy' now holds 4% of the total Bitcoin supply

The future of digital assets depends on clear policy that protects users while allowing innovation to move forward.

RT @saylor: Strategy has acquired 24,869 BTC for ~$2.01 billion at ~$80,985 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 12.6% YTD 2026. As of…

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs See $1.039B Weekly Net Outflow, Ending Six-Week Inflow Streak From May 11 to May 15 (ET), spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $1.039 billion, ending six consecutive weeks of net inflows. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw a net outflow of $255 million. Spot SOL ETFs posted a net inflow of $58.12 million, while spot XRP ETFs recorded a net inflow of $60.50 million.

JUST IN: VanEck and Grayscale file new amendments for a BNB ETF

🇺🇸 LATEST: White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt says passing the Clarity Act would get the crypto industry roughly 90% of what it needs.

INSIGHT: $HYPE surges 19.2% following a Coinbase–Circle USDC partnership announcement. The deal is expected to route $USDC treasury yield revenue directly to Hyperliquid, potentially supporting an estimated $146M in annual HYPE buybacks.

JUST IN: Michael Saylor's Strategy is estimated to have bought 13,491 BTC today via STRC 🚀 That's 30x the amount of daily mined BTC 🤯

JUST IN: Bitcoin reclaims $82,000 as Senate Banking Committee officially advances crypto Clarity Act.

BREAKING: SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE MARKUP ADVANCES ON A 15-9 BI-PARTISAN VOTE. Bitcoin & crypto Clarity bill advances to the full Senate, where it still needs 60 votes to invoke cloture.

THIS MORNING, STRATEGY HAS ALREADY BOUGHT AN ESTIMATED $100,000,000 WORTH OF #BITCOIN VIA $STRC 🚀 THE MARKETS OPENED 30 MINUTES AGO 🤯 THIS IS INSANE!

We've worked with Democrats for 9+ months to get this bill ready. It creates a regulatory framework that doesn't exist yet in the digital asset world — right now it's the wild west. This bill brings the industry into the fold here in the U.S. to serve the American consumer.

Let’s go. Let’s show. Let’s rodeo. CLARITY is coming.