eToro Goes Public on Nasdaq and Has a Surging Debut

→ Coindesk

Coinbase to Join S&P 500 on May 19

→ S&P Global

Coinbase Discloses Security Breach Affecting Customer Data

→ Coinbase

Yuga Labs Sells CryptoPunks IP to Art Nonprofit

→ BusinessWire

Mastercard and MoonPay Partner to Bring Stablecoin Payments to Merchants

→ Mastercard

BlackRock Launches sBUIDL on Avalanche

→ The Defiant

Animoca Considers U.S. Listing

→ FT

Circle Partners with Stable "App" for Free On/Off-Ramps

→ X

Coinbase Looks to Acquire More Companies Post-Deribit

→ Bloomberg

Futureverse Partners with GameTree

→ X

14MM BTC is now effectively illiquid (~66% of supply)

Cryptocurrency + stablecoin mentions in SEC filings reached ATH in April

Wallet-native swap volumes hit new weekly highs, led by Binance

Solana apps generated ~49% of all global app revenue in April

Openverse (Blockchain Dev Infra) – $11M Strategic Round

→ AINvest

Nakamoto Merges with KindlyMD, Raises $710M

→ BusinessWire

Trump-Affiliated American Bitcoin to Go Public via Gryphon Digital Merger

→ The Block

Robinhood Acquires WonderFi for $180M

→ Reuters

Robinhood Offers Free Solana Swaps to Gold Members

→ X

VanEck Launches Tokenized U.S. Treasury Fund

→ Coindesk

JPM Settles First Public Tokenized Treasuries Trade Using Ondo

→ Fortune

Lummis and Moreno Press Treasury on Crypto Tax Guidance

→ The Block

USDG Adds 19 New Members

→ The Block

USDT Supply Surpasses $150B

→ The Block

• May 19 – CME launches cash-settled XRP futures
• May 19 – Coinbase joins the S&P 500
• May 19 – Pyth unlocks 59% of circulating supply (~$354M)
• May 19–23 – Solana Accelerate (NYC)
• May 20 – Lido Node Operator Community Call
• May 21–22 – Crypto Expo Dubai
• May 22 – Bitcoin Pizza Day
• May 22 – $TRUMP token holder gala with U.S. President