World Liberty Financial treasury company AI Financial warns in SEC filing that it may not survive the year
The former Alt5 Sigma marked its 7.28 billion WLFI tokens at $706 million, down from a roughly $1.46 billion cost basis, while disclosing that the holdings remain locked amid liquidity…
Lawyers Apologize After Fake Claude-Generated Quotes Appear in Trump Layoffs Case
In brief Lawyers in a federal layoffs case apologized after AI-generated “phantom quotations” appeared in a court filing. Attorney Jason Greaves said he used Anthropic’s Claude Console under “tight time…
SEC Prepares to Allow Trading Tokenized Stocks on Crypto Platforms
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is ready to roll out a plan to enable the trading of crypto versions of securities. The SEC is set to release a so-called…
Ohio Crypto Scammer Sentenced After Defrauding Victims of $10 Million
An Ohio investment manager, Rathnakishore Giri, received a nine-year prison sentence Monday for orchestrating a $10 million crypto Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors. The 31-year-old New Albany resident also drew…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Announces ETH Holdings Reach 5.28 Million Tokens, And Total Crypto And Total Cash Holdings Of $12.6 Billion
Bitmine owns more than 4.37% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 87% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Ethereum…
1win Crypto Tournaments Go Global With Up To 200K USDT In Rewards
Willemstand, Curaçao, May 18th, 2026, PlayNewswire International iGaming and crypto-entertainment brand 1win has officially announced the launch of its new global crypto tournament system, featuring competition formats with prize pools…
Lock.com Enters Early Access With Isolated Signing And Post-Quantum Architecture
London, United Kingdom, May 18th, 2026, Chainwire Quantography Labs announced the early-access release of Lock.com, a hardware-free crypto wallet built around an isolated, air-gapped security approach. Lock.com is now available…
AFX Launches Sovereign Layer 1, Providing An Optimized Execution Environment For On-chain Perp DEXes
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, May 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a sovereign Layer 1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives trading, has officially commenced the operation of its L1 Mainnet, signaling a definitive…
HYPE Falls 6% As CME, ICE Target Hyperliquid Over Oil Risks
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token retreated roughly 6% on Friday after Bloomberg reported that CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange are pressing US officials to scrutinize the decentralized exchange’s role in offshore oil-linked…
CME and NYSE Owner Push U.S. Regulators to Crack Down on Hyperliquid
The Hyperliquid Policy Center disputed the framing.CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, are lobbying the CFTC and U.S. lawmakers to impose…
