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Coinbase does not fear competition from Wall Street, says exchange executive
A Coinbase executive called on regulators to implement sensible crypto regulation, while announcing the Stand With Crypto event taking place in over 500 locations worldwide.

F2Pool founder who controls 11% of bitcoin's hashrate to lead first SpaceX mission to Mars
Chun Wang, the first Mission Commander for SpaceX’s first commercial spaceflight to Mars, is crucial for the future transport of millions of tons of cargo and a million citizens to the Red Planet.

Why Minnesota is empowering local banks to fight Wall Street for crypto revenue
A local banker told CoinDesk that in light of Wall Street’s aggressive push into the crypto industry, Minnesota's financial institutions could not afford to remain on the sidelines.

Congress hits Polymarket and Kalshi with a massive insider trading probe
Rep. James Comer is demanding internal records from the prediction market CEOs, warning that government employees could be using classified information to make “huge profits”.

OKX and ICE are bringing 'never-expiring' oil futures to 120 million crypto users
The new partnership comes as Hyperliquid’s oli futures contracts that never expire have been a huge success with over $1.6 billion in 24-hour trading volume.


Satoshi’s 1.1 million bitcoin and millions more can be saved from quantum attack, says expert
Researchers at the privacy-centric blockchain startup say their multi-layer quantum defense will feature a soft fork to freeze and protect dormant BTC.

Crypto prediction markets are turning into dangerous national security risks, and Congress wants to ban them
Bubblemaps investigators led by Nicolas Vaiman, discovered 80 bets on Polymarket with a 98% win rate that he said is statistically impossible to achieve.

Peer-to-peer trading startup Variational raises $50 million for real-world perps in funding round led by Dragonfly
The company is initially offering perpetual futures on real-world assets including oil, silver, copper and gold.

It's not all HYPE: Privacy and quantum-resistant coins advance as bitcoin coasts
Your day-ahead look for May 21, 2026

