
Bank of England Softens Stablecoin Regime: Caps Under Review
Bank of England reconsiders stablecoin holding caps and 40% reserve rules after industry pushback. GBP tokens are a tiny share of the $300B market.

Bank of England reconsiders stablecoin holding caps and 40% reserve rules after industry pushback. GBP tokens are a tiny share of the $300B market.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $630.4M on May 13, the biggest daily outflow since January. BlackRock IBIT led losses at $284.7M. Inflation data triggers sell-off.

Metaplanet Q1 2026 report: operating margin hit 73.6% while a $728M loss came from Bitcoin's 24% drop. Holdings grew to 40,177 BTC worth $3.18 billion.

Kevin Warsh confirmed as new Fed Chair 54-45 on May 13, 2026. First Fed Chair to endorse Bitcoin. CPI at 3.85% and what changes for crypto.

JPMorgan Chase filed with the SEC for JLTXX, a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum. The tokenized Treasury market hit $15 billion the same day.

Jane Street cut IBIT 71% and FBTC 60% in Q1 2026 while adding $82M in Ethereum ETF exposure. A major market maker's crypto portfolio reshuffle.

Ethereum Foundation launched Clear Signing, replacing unreadable hex with human-readable transaction descriptions. Ledger, Trezor and MetaMask joined.

Spot XRP ETFs attracted $25.8M on May 12, the largest daily inflow since January 5. Cumulative net inflows hit an ATH of $1.35B. ETP AUM surpassed $2.5B.

CertiK Skynet report: DPRK hackers stole $2.06B in 2025, 60% of all crypto losses. Tactics evolved from phishing to physical team infiltration.