Nathan Allman, founder and CEO of Ondo Finance, has died unexpectedly at 35. No cause of death was disclosed. Ondo Finance confirmed the news in a statement posted to X, describing him as a visionary whose intelligence, humility, and drive shaped every part of what the company became Allman graduated from Brown University before joining …
In XRP news today, Sony Interactive Entertainment issued a formal statement in late May 2026 confirming that there are no plans to integrate XRP or any third-party cryptocurrency into the PlayStation Network for payments or rewards. The denial came after a rumor claiming an imminent Sony XRP partnership drove an +8% price spike, followed by …
In Bitcoin news today, a bipartisan group of 16 US lawmakers introduced the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, the ARMA Bill, proposing that the federal government actively accumulate up to 1 million Bitcoin over five years and hold it as a formal national reserve asset. If it passes, this would be the first time …
In XRP news today, total Ripple ETF holdings just crossed $1.15Bn, and that headline number is only half the story. On the same day Whale Insider reported $8.88M in fresh XRP inflows, pushing ETP assets to that milestone, institutional custodian Copper announced it was adding support for Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin to its platform. The more …
Solana’s Messari State of Solana Q1 2026 report landed on May 19, and the headline numbers are hard to ignore: roughly 10.1 billion transactions processed in a single quarter, the highest in the network’s history, and real-world assets (RWAs) on the chain crossing $2 billion. On the surface, this looks like a clean growth story. …
A bill now moving through Washington would make Bitcoin a formal US government reserve asset for the first time in history. Introduced on March 30, 2026, the Mined in America Act would direct the US Treasury to accumulate up to one million Bitcoin over 20 years This would mark a policy shift so significant that …
In crypto ETF news, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of Truth Social, has officially withdrawn its application for a branded spot Bitcoin ETF, filing a formal SEC withdrawal on May 20, 2026. The company’s advisor, Yorkville America, described the move as strategic, citing plans to reapply under a more efficient securities …
The SEC is finalizing this week an “innovation exemption” framework that would allow regulated crypto platforms to list tokenized versions of stocks like Apple and Tesla, trading 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without ever touching the New York Stock Exchange. On the surface, that sounds like the biggest bridge ever built between …
Over $660M in crypto positions were wiped out in a single 24-hour window after President Trump posted a stark warning to Iran on Truth Social, sending Bitcoin crashing from $82,000 to a multi-week low of $76,650. The mechanism behind that number wasn’t panic selling from ordinary holders; it was over-leveraged long positions acting as a …
Sebastián Marset, the Uruguayan drug trafficker dubbed the ‘modern Pablo Escobar,’ was captured in Bolivia on March 13 and is now under U.S. custody, accused of laundering millions through crypto networks. The case has triggered a joint investigation between Bolivia’s Special Anti-Narcotics Force (FELCN) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which met in Washington this …
