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Jane Street accused of using Terra Telegram backchannel before UST crash

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The private Telegram backchannel allegedly allowed Jane Street to unwind hundreds of millions in potential exposure “mere hours before” the Terra ecosystem’s $40 billion collapse.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 12:38:34
Creator: Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
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Boerse Stuttgart taps SocGen, flatexDEGIRO for EU blockchain settlement push

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Boerse Stuttgart’s Seturion has partnered with Societe Generale, SG-FORGE and flatexDEGIRO to build a pan-European blockchain securities settlement system.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 12:13:58
Creator: Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas
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Fed seeks input on limited payment accounts after Trump order

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The US Federal Reserve proposed a limited “skinny” payment account framework for fintech and crypto firms and called for a temporary pause on Tier 3 applications.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 11:54:16
Creator: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
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OSL Strengthens Asia’s Digital Asset Ecosystem with Listing of State-Supervised Gold-Backed Stablecoin USDKG

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OSL Group (863.HK) (OSL), a global stablecoin payment and trading platform, today announced that its Hong Kong-licensed digital asset exchange OSL HK has officially listed USDKG, the gold-backed stablecoin issued by the Kyrgyz Republic.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 10:28:20
Creator: Cointelegraph by Advertorial
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Silvergate’s Fraher breaks silence on settlement with Gensler’s SEC

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Former Silvergate executive Kate Fraher said the rule that prevented her from sharing her side of the story was unconstitutional. It was finally lifted by the SEC this week.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 07:38:46
Creator: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea
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Tax evaders are trying ‘novel digital assets’ to dodge authorities: Chainalysis

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Italian authorities uncovered a tax evasion scheme in which an individual allegedly used Bitcoin Ordinals and the BRC-20 token standard to generate and conceal $1.1 million.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 07:34:52
Creator: Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte
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Syndicate Labs winds down after 5 years, citing shrinking rollup market

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The Ethereum rollup market is dominated by Arbitrum and Base, which have a combined 68% market share, according to L2Beat.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 07:30:06
Creator: Cointelegraph by Martin Young
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SEC seeks public comment as it weighs prediction market ETFs

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Bitwise, Roundhill Investments and GraniteShares had their prediction market ETF applications put on hold by the SEC earlier this month.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 05:44:37
Creator: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea
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Hyperliquid ETFs surprise with 50% volume jump after slow launch

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ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says crypto and traditional assets are trading down while Hyperliquid is up, leading to a boon for ETFs tied to the token.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 04:36:42
Creator: Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan
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Map Protocol token plummets 96% after a quadrillion token mint exploit

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The attacker tricked the Butter Network cross-chain bridge into minting millions more tokens than the legitimate supply of MAPO.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 04:35:52
Creator: Cointelegraph by Martin Young
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