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CME Group and ICE urged US regulators to scrutinize Hyperliquid for manipulation and sanctions risks on May 15. CME and ICE warned that Hyperliquid’s anonymous, round-the-clock perpetual futures trading could distort global commodity benchmarks, particularly in oil markets. The exchanges also flagged risks of insider coordination and sanctions evasion by state-linked participants exploiting the platform’s permissionless structure. Hyperliquid holds a market capitalisation of approximately $10.3 billion, making $HYPE the 13th-largest crypto asset globally. At its April 2025 peak, the platform accounted for roughly 70% of the on-chain perpetual futures market. $HYPE falls as Wall Street targets DeFi perp venue The…

Base creator Jesse Pollak announced on May 13 that the x402 payment protocol now supports batched settlement, in an X post. x402 now supports batched settlement this unlocks many many tiny tiny payments (<$0.0001) which is perfect for paying for just in time resources like compute and inference https://t.co/V6Kjz9jqHQ — jesse.base.eth (@jessepollak) May 13, 2026 The update bundles many transactions together before settling them on-chain, spreading the blockchain fee across multiple payments. Per-transaction settlement on Base already costs fractions of a cent, but batching makes sub-fraction-of-a-cent pricing economically rational for high-frequency AI workloads. As Cryptopolitan reported last week, Amazon Web…

Bitcoin slipped on Thursday alongside U.S. equities as investors weighed conflicting accounts regarding Iran leadership’s willingness to negotiate an end to the conflict in the Middle East. The digital asset recently changed hands around $69,170, a 2.3% decrease over the past day, according to CoinGecko. Bitcoin had dipped closer to $68,000 earlier in the afternoon before ticking back up. Meanwhile, Ethereum had fallen 4.4% to $2,070, while Solana fell 5% to $86. The drops pushed all three cryptocurrencies into negative territory on the week. Mirroring Wall Street declines, the S&P 500 closed 1.7% lower on the day. The tech-heavy Nasdaq…

M3 DAO, a cutting-edge DeFi infrastructure platform, has partnered with GamePad, a well-known Web3 infrastructure entity. The collaboration is poised to fortify the architecture backing scalable DeFi operations. As per M3 DAO’s official social media announcement, the collaboration underscores a mutual vision to advance next-gen DeFi mechanisms that can evolve, adapt, and execute continuously on-chain. 🤝 Partnership Announcement: M3 DAO x GamePad. coThe next phase of DeFi won’t be built on static contracts.It’ll run on systems that can execute, adapt, and evolve continuously on-chain.That’s why M3 DAO is excited to collaborate with @gamepad_co — building the execution… pic.twitter.com/MuTNG2T65v — M3…

A significant cryptocurrency transaction has drawn the attention of on-chain analysts after an anonymous whale deposited 5,819.8 Ether ($ETH), valued at approximately $13.29 million, to the exchange OKX over a three-hour period. The deposit was flagged by on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa, who noted that the move comes shortly after the same wallet withdrew a larger amount of $ETH at a higher price. Details of the Whale Transaction According to the on-chain data, the whale had withdrawn 7,240 $ETH from an unidentified platform just yesterday, at an average price of $2,230 per token. The total value of that withdrawal was approximately $16.15…

In brief The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady for a third time this year as conflict in the Middle East continues to propel energy costs higher. The Senate Banking Committee advanced Kevin Warsh’s nomination to lead the U.S. Central Bank, setting him up for a final vote. Although Fed Chair Powell’s eight-year tenure is slated to end next month, his succession remains unclear. The Federal Reserve continued to hold its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, maintaining a cautious stance following the conclusion of what is widely expected to be Jerome Powell’s final FOMC meeting as chair.…

$XRP ETFs have broken the bearish trend that ran for over a week, recording daily inflows for the first time since March 4. The downtrend that has dominated the scene eventually had an impact on the $XRP ETF market this month. For eight consecutive days, $XRP ETFs failed to record any inflow, marking their longest bearish stretch since launch. However, data indicates that the market has finally flipped the bearish trend, with $XRP ETF products witnessing inflows yesterday for the first time since March 4. Interestingly enough, this comes as the $XRP price records its first daily loss since March…

Sentiment around Bitcoin’s near-term price direction has picked up as momentum builds behind the US CLARITY Act, which aims to provide the crypto industry with greater regulatory clarity, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment. “Bitcoin has seen a major spike of euphoria across social media following news that the Senate Banking Committee advanced the CLARITY Act in a 15–9 bipartisan vote,” Santiment said in an X post on Friday. “This brings $BTC and crypto one step closer to being ultimately passed,” Santiment said. Crypto analysts are staying optimistic Bitcoin often sees increased optimism around major industry and macro catalysts, and…

Bitcoin has fallen below $70K as whales and retailers alike accumulate on every price dip. A divergence in which LTH buying overwhelms micro-wallet selling could catapult $BTC to new highs. Near-term action could be bearish, in line with historical trends and prevailing macroeconomic/geopolitical events. Bitcoin ($BTC) has recently breached the key psychological support level of $70,000, trading at $68,739.30 (-3.49% in 24h) at press time. This happened after the Pentagon reported plans to execute a “final blow” on Iran, in addition to the upcoming expiration of $16.4 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options on Friday. Source: CoinMarketCap Bitcoin breakout signal…

Decentralized exchange aggregator KyberSwap has rolled out a new feature called Smart Settlement, designed to automatically select the most favorable liquidity pool at the moment a trade is executed. The upgrade aims to improve pricing for users even when market conditions shift rapidly, while also reducing the frequency of slippage and failed transactions. How Smart Settlement Works Smart Settlement operates as a real-time routing mechanism integrated directly into KyberSwap’s aggregation engine. Instead of relying on a pre-set path for a swap, the system continuously evaluates available liquidity across multiple pools and executes the trade through the optimal route at the…