The original digital asset. Most enterprise crypto hiring outside of trading and mining ops orbits around custody, ETFs, and treasury management.https://news.cryptogrind.com/en-ushttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-weekly-roundup/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-05-21-weekly-roundup/Crypto chaos: Web3 salaries plummet 75%, $657M vanished in a tweet, 9,000 ATMs dark.Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTweekly-roundupWeb3crypto-jobshackersregulationhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/binance-spacex-pre-ipo-perpetual-futures/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/binance-spacex-pre-ipo-perpetual-futures/Binance just launched Pre-IPO Perpetual Contracts, letting anyone on earth speculate on SpaceX's valuation before it goes public. Wall Street just got disintermediated.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbinancespacexderivativesdefiipoperpetual-futureshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/genius-act-senate-passes-stablecoin-law/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/genius-act-senate-passes-stablecoin-law/The US Senate passed the GENIUS Act 68-30, creating America's first federal stablecoin regulatory framework. 68 senators just decided the future of USDC, Tether, and every dollar-pegged token in crypto.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationstablecoindefipolicyhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/truth-social-bitcoin-etf-dead-york-ville-withdrawal/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/truth-social-bitcoin-etf-dead-york-ville-withdrawal/Trump Media's Truth Social quietly withdrew all three of its spot crypto ETF filings from the SEC — the Bitcoin ETF, the BTC/ETH ETF, and the Crypto Blue Chip ETF — before a single share was ever sold. Here's why the market murdered them before launch.Wed, 20 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinetfregulationtrumpmarketshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-fed-master-accounts-crypto-payment-rails/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-fed-master-accounts-crypto-payment-rails/Trump's new executive order directs the Federal Reserve to evaluate giving crypto firms direct access to Fedwire — the same payment rails that process trillions in bank transfers daily. Ripple, Anchorage, and Coinbase are next in line.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTregulationbreaking-newspolicybitcoincoinbaserippledefihttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/echo-protocol-76m-ebtc-monad-admin-key-exploit/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/echo-protocol-76m-ebtc-monad-admin-key-exploit/Echo Protocol on Monad was exploited via a compromised admin key — minting 1,000 fake eBTC worth $76.7M. The attacker could only cash out $816K before the team burned the rest. Here's what actually happened.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssecuritydefibtcfimonadexploithttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-iran-657m-bitcoin-liquidations/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-iran-657m-bitcoin-liquidations/A single Truth Social post warning Iran 'the clock is ticking' sent Bitcoin below $77K and triggered the biggest crypto liquidation event since February — wiping out leveraged longs in hours.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbitcoinmarketsliquidationsgeopoliticsbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-depot-bankrupt-9000-atms-dark/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-depot-bankrupt-9000-atms-dark/Bitcoin Depot, once the dominant force in Bitcoin ATMs with 9,000 machines across North America, filed Chapter 11 today and pulled the plug on its entire network. The era of the crypto ATM is ending — and regulators killed it.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationbitcoincrypto-atmbankruptcyhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cme-ice-hyperliquid-cftc-wall-street-lobby/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cme-ice-hyperliquid-cftc-wall-street-lobby/CME Group and ICE — the corporate parents of the world's biggest futures and stock exchanges — just told the CFTC to regulate Hyperliquid out of existence. HYPE dropped 9%. Arthur Hayes said to get bent.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThyperliquiddefiregulationcftcbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/intesa-sanpaolo-235m-crypto-dumped-solana/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/intesa-sanpaolo-235m-crypto-dumped-solana/Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank with ~$1 trillion in assets, more than doubled its crypto exposure from $100M to $235M in Q1 2026, added Ethereum and XRP for the first time, bought Bitcoin call options — and slashed its Solana position by 99%.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinstitutional-adoptionbitcoinethereumsolanabanksbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bhutan-bitcoin-1-billion-denied-arkham/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bhutan-bitcoin-1-billion-denied-arkham/Bhutan's sovereign wealth fund CEO told CoinDesk he doesn't recall selling any BTC. Arkham Intelligence's on-chain data shows $1 billion in outflows since mid-2025. Someone is wrong — and the blockchain doesn't lie.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbitcoinbreaking-newsregulationblockchain-analyticssovereign-bitcoinhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-crypto-holdings-bitcoin/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-crypto-holdings-bitcoin/Kevin Warsh just replaced Jerome Powell as Fed Chair on May 15, 2026. He holds Solana, dYdX, Bitcoin Lightning equity, and a stablecoin stake. The most crypto-native person to ever run the Federal Reserve is now in charge of US monetary policy.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinregulationfederal-reservestablecoinsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/thorchain-10m-exploit-four-chains-rune-halted/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/thorchain-10m-exploit-four-chains-rune-halted/THORChain was drained across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base simultaneously on May 15. RUNE dropped 12%, all trading and signing was halted, and the team still hasn't explained the attack vector.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdefiexploitsecuritythorchainhackbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-committee-passed-kennedy-crypto-law/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/clarity-act-senate-committee-passed-kennedy-crypto-law/Senator Kennedy was the last holdout who could kill the CLARITY Act. Today he voted yes. The most comprehensive crypto market structure bill in US history just cleared the Senate Banking Committee and is headed to the Senate floor.Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationclarity-actlegislationbitcoinethereumjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-china-summit-bitcoin-40-percent-ceo-crypto-delegation/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-china-summit-bitcoin-40-percent-ceo-crypto-delegation/Trump boarded Air Force One to Beijing with Elon Musk, Larry Fink, Jensen Huang, and Tim Cook. Nearly 40% of the 16-CEO delegation has direct crypto exposure. Bitcoin is watching every minute of these talks.Wed, 13 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinregulationinstitutionalgeopoliticsjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/schwab-spot-crypto-35-million-clients-bitcoin-ethereum/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/schwab-spot-crypto-35-million-clients-bitcoin-ethereum/Charles Schwab launched spot BTC and ETH trading for retail clients today — no new exchange account, no seed phrase, 0.75% flat fee. The largest non-bank brokerage in the US just went full crypto.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsinstitutionalbitcoinethereumtradingadoptionhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/senate-clarity-act-309-page-ethics-trump-may-14/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/senate-clarity-act-309-page-ethics-trump-may-14/The most comprehensive crypto regulation in US history goes to a Senate committee vote Thursday. Republicans left out the one clause that would stop senior government officials from personally profiting off the industry they're regulating. Democrats say no ethics, no votes.Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationclarity-actlegislationstablecoinsdefijobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-core-cve-2024-52911-43-percent-nodes-vulnerable/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-core-cve-2024-52911-43-percent-nodes-vulnerable/Bitcoin Core quietly patched its first-ever memory safety bug in late 2024, disguising the fix as a logging improvement. The vulnerability — now public — let miners remotely crash nodes running versions 0.14.0 through 28.x. Nearly half the network is still exposed.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinsecuritybitcoin-coreinfrastructurejobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-arc-222m-blackrock-usdc-gas-blockchain/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/circle-arc-222m-blackrock-usdc-gas-blockchain/Circle raised $222M from BlackRock, a16z, and Apollo for Arc, a Layer 1 where USDC is the native gas token. $3B valuation, 100+ institution testnet, and a direct shot at Ethereum's institutional market.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTfundraisingstablecoinslayer-1institutionalcircleusdcblackrockbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cme-bitcoin-volatility-futures-bvi-vix-crypto/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/cme-bitcoin-volatility-futures-bvi-vix-crypto/CME Group is launching Bitcoin Volatility futures (BVI) on June 1, giving institutional traders the first CFTC-regulated way to bet on how wild Bitcoin gets — not just where it goes. The VIX just got a crypto twin.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTinstitutionalderivativesbitcoincmebreaking-newsregulationhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/iran-oil-100-bitcoin-300m-liquidations/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/iran-oil-100-bitcoin-300m-liquidations/Geopolitical escalation in the Middle East sent Brent crude above $100 a barrel overnight, wiping out $300 million in leveraged crypto bets by morning. This is what war does to 24/7 markets.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinmarketsgeopoliticsliquidationsmacrohttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hut8-9-billion-ai-pivot-bitcoin-miner-all-time-high/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/hut8-9-billion-ai-pivot-bitcoin-miner-all-time-high/Hut 8 sold its Bitcoin mining rigs to Eric Trump's American Bitcoin, pivoted hard to AI data centers, and just inked a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease in Texas. The stock is up 30% and at an all-time high. The playbook just changed.Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoin-miningaihut8data-centersnvidiaeric-trumpjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/consensus-miami-wall-street-bitcoin-81k/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/consensus-miami-wall-street-bitcoin-81k/Consensus Miami 2026 opened with a jaw-dropper: Wall Street didn't just attend — they sponsored. Institutional attendance doubled to 35% of the crowd, representing $10 trillion in AUM. Bitcoin noticed.Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsconsensusbitcoininstitutionalwall-streethiringjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/zksync-lite-shutdown-ethereum-l2-dead/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/zksync-lite-shutdown-ethereum-l2-dead/ZKsync Lite shut down permanently today, May 4, 2026. The original ZK-rollup that helped prove the technology works is gone. $33.9 million in user funds are still bridged to a dead network — and this is only the beginning of L2 consolidation.Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsethereumlayer-2zksyncdefiinfrastructurehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/gemini-cftc-full-derivatives-stack/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/gemini-cftc-full-derivatives-stack/Gemini quietly assembled the full CFTC regulatory stack — a DCM license to list derivatives and a DCO license to clear them in-house. No other purely crypto-native exchange has pulled this off. Futures, perps, and prediction markets are next.Sat, 02 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationderivativesgeminicftcfuturesperpshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-fomc-powell-last-meeting-sell-the-news/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-fomc-powell-last-meeting-sell-the-news/Tomorrow is Jerome Powell's final FOMC press conference before Kevin Warsh takes the chair on May 15. Bitcoin is up 21% since early April — and history says the 48 hours after a Fed decision are the most dangerous window in crypto.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsbitcoinmarketsfedmacrotradinghttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kalshi-polymarket-crypto-perps-us-regulated/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kalshi-polymarket-crypto-perps-us-regulated/Kalshi launched CFTC-regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures on April 27 — and Polymarket panicked and launched theirs first to beat them. The race to own America's $100B crypto derivatives market is on.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsderivativesregulationcftckalshipolymarketdefimarketshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/2026-04-27-weekly-roundup/DeFi hacks hit $606M in 18 days, while Kalshi and Polymarket battle for the U.S. crypto derivatives market.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTweekly-roundupDeFicrypto-derivativesstablecoinsAIhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-director-bitcoin-2026-code-is-free-speech/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fbi-director-bitcoin-2026-code-is-free-speech/Kash Patel and Acting AG Todd Blanche take the stage at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas today — the nation's top law enforcement officials declaring 'Code is Free Speech' at the world's biggest Bitcoin event.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbitcoinregulationpolicybreaking-newsdeveloper-rightshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-stablecoin-reserve-bank/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/morgan-stanley-stablecoin-reserve-bank/Morgan Stanley's new MSNXX Stablecoin Reserves Portfolio quietly makes the $200B wealth manager the preferred reserve custodian for the entire stablecoin industry under the GENIUS Act.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsstablecoinsinstitutionalregulationtradfigenius-acthttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-luncheon/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/trump-memecoin-maralago-luncheon/The sitting U.S. president is meeting the top 297 holders of his personal memecoin at Mar-a-Lago today — while the token sits 96% below its all-time high and Senate Democrats launch a formal investigation.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsmemecoinsregulationtrumppoliticshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-bmnr-4-percent-eth-supply-staking/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitmine-bmnr-4-percent-eth-supply-staking/Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) has quietly amassed 4.976 million ETH worth $12.9B, staked 70% of it through Coinbase Prime, and is now printing $221M a year in staking rewards — on autopilot.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsethereuminstitutionalstakingmarketshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/graniteshares-3x-xrp-etf-nasdaq/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/graniteshares-3x-xrp-etf-nasdaq/GraniteShares launches the first-ever triple-leveraged XRP ETFs on Nasdaq April 23. One bad day wipes your position completely.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTxrpetfbreaking-newstradfileveraged-etfregulationhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-815k-btc-blackrock-surpassed/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/strategy-815k-btc-blackrock-surpassed/Strategy's 815,061 BTC hoard just eclipsed BlackRock's ETF holdings after a record $2.54B single purchase. Michael Saylor says he's not done.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbitcoininstitutionalstrategymichael-saylorbreaking-newshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/warsh-fed-chair-crypto-defi-senate-hearing/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/warsh-fed-chair-crypto-defi-senate-hearing/Kevin Warsh — Trump's pick to replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair — heads into his Senate confirmation hearing tomorrow with 30+ crypto investments in his portfolio. Here's what it means for rates, regulation, and the entire industry.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationfeddefibitcoinjobsinstitutionalhttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-bitnomial-550m-cftc-derivatives-monopoly/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/kraken-bitnomial-550m-cftc-derivatives-monopoly/Payward's acquisition of Bitnomial hands Kraken a decade-long regulatory moat: the only full-stack CFTC-licensed crypto derivatives platform in America. No one else has all three licenses.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsacquisitionskrakencftcderivativesregulationjobshttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/france-crypto-kidnapping-one-every-2-5-days/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/france-crypto-kidnapping-one-every-2-5-days/41 violent crypto kidnappings in 2026. France now has the worst crypto ransom attack rate in the world, and the interior ministry just admitted they've lost control.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssecurityregulationcrimeeuropehttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-quantum-tripwire-satoshi-coins-freeze/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/bitcoin-quantum-tripwire-satoshi-coins-freeze/A new 'canary address' proposal would only freeze 6.5 million vulnerable BTC — including Satoshi's coins — if a quantum computer actually proves it can break Bitcoin first. Adam Back says there's a better way.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbitcoinquantumsecuritybip-361breaking-newsdevelopershttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fake-ledger-apple-app-store-9-million-theft/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/fake-ledger-apple-app-store-9-million-theft/A fraudulent Ledger Live app slipped through Apple's review process, stayed live for roughly two weeks, and drained $9.5 million from 50+ victims before ZachXBT blew the whistle.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newssecurityhackappleledgerwalletzachxbthttps://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/onecoin-doj-40m-victims-cryptoqueen/https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/onecoin-doj-40m-victims-cryptoqueen/The DOJ just opened compensation claims for the biggest crypto fraud in history. The math is brutal: $40 million recovered, $4 billion stolen, Cryptoqueen still on the run.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTbreaking-newsregulationfraudenforcementonecoin