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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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Bitcoin treasury Nakamoto plans reverse stock split to save ailing share price

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Shares in Nakamoto closed Wednesday at 16 cents. They are down more than 99% from May last year, when the stock traded above $25.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 04:30:53
Creator: Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte
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SpaceX reveals larger-than-expected Bitcoin holdings in IPO filing

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SpaceX is expected to go public next month, which would make its 18,712 Bitcoin holdings rank seventh among public companies.

Published Date: 2026-05-21 02:08:30
Creator: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea
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Key Bitcoin price metric used by bulls falls to six-week low, but there’s a silver lining

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Profit-taking by Bitcoin traders pushed the Coinbase BTC premium to a six-week low, but demand from longer-term traders put a clear support under the range lows.

Published Date: 2026-05-20 22:53:48
Creator: Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly
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Missouri AG sues crypto ATM operator CoinFlip ‘for enabling scams’

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The lawsuit followed the launch of a December 2025 investigation by Missouri authorities into several crypto ATM companies, citing “deceptive fee structures” and scams.

Published Date: 2026-05-20 22:03:44
Creator: Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
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