FTM has gained 13% in the last week, and total value locked in Fantom briefly hit $200 million. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/17/fantom-outperforms-coindesk-20-over-past-week-as-tvl-jumps/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

President Biden’s emergency order to halt the Chinese-tied mining on the doorstep of a nuclear-missile base hit days after mining giant CleanSpark struck a deal to buy the property. …

It is getting harder to buy XMR, but every day that monero continues to exist is proof positive of its value, says CoinDesk’s Dan Kuhn. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/05/16/localmonero-shutdown-is-another-blow-for-privacy-tech/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The stock was the second worst performing among crypto stocks on Thursday. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/16/coinbase-shares-sink-9-on-report-cme-to-consider-listing-spot-bitcoin/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The aim of the Smart NAV pilot was to test a process to bring and disseminate fund data on multiple blockchains, a key step for tokenization. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/16/dtcc-chainlink-complete-pilot-to-accelerate-fund-tokenization-with-jpmorgan-templeton-bny-mellon-participating/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The U.S. Senate joined the House of Representatives on Thursday in seeking to erase the controversial Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) crypto policy known as Staff Accounting Bulletin No. …

France’s securities regulator has issued a renewed warning against crypto exchange Bybit, urging customers to “make arrangements for the eventuality that the platform suddenly cease to provide services” to …

Alexey Pertsev, a developer of Tornado Cash, was sentenced to 64 months in prison for money laundering. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/05/16/crypto-community-voices-outrage-at-tornado-cash-developer-verdict/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds debuted with a giant splash in January, quickly attracting billions of dollars of investment. But who was buying them and why have inflows stalled in …

Notcoin, a gaming token that has more than 35 million users, has began trading at a $TKTK fully diluted value (FDV), according to TradingView. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/16/telegram-based-notcoin-debuts-at-1b-fdv-on-ton-blockchain/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines