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Iran Pushes $10B Bitcoin Insurance Plan for Strait of Hormuz: Report
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DecryptMay 18, 2026

Iran Pushes $10B Bitcoin Insurance Plan for Strait of Hormuz: Report

The platform settles cargo cover in Bitcoin under a plan for marine policies and certificates that could generate $10 billion for Iran.

Kraken parent Payward's Q1 revenue climbs despite crypto market slump
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CoinDeskMay 18, 2026

Kraken parent Payward's Q1 revenue climbs despite crypto market slump

Kraken parent Payward's Q1 revenue climbs despite crypto market slump.

Bitcoin Depot (BTM) Stock Falls 80% As Company Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Bitcoin MagazineMay 18, 2026

Bitcoin Depot (BTM) Stock Falls 80% As Company Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Depot (BTM) Stock Falls 80% As Company Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Bitcoin Depot (NASDAQ: BTM), once the largest Bitcoin ATM .

XRP slips 2% as profit-taking knocks token back below $1.40
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CoinDeskMay 18, 2026

XRP slips 2% as profit-taking knocks token back below $1.40

XRP slips 2% as profit-taking knocks token back below $1.40.

Standard Chartered to absorb Zodia Custody’s core business, spin out Zodia Solutions
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CoinTelegraphMay 18, 2026

Standard Chartered to absorb Zodia Custody’s core business, spin out Zodia Solutions

Standard Chartered will absorb Zodia Custody’s regulated crypto business and spin out Zodia Solutions, as big banks move to own core digital asset custody .

Bitmine lifts ether treasury to 5.28 million ETH as total holdings top $12 billion
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The BlockMay 18, 2026

Bitmine lifts ether treasury to 5.28 million ETH as total holdings top $12 billion

Bitmine lifted its ether treasury to 5.28 million ETH, or 4.37% of supply, as total crypto and cash holdings reached $12.6 billion.

Weekly crypto ETP outflows top $1B, ending six-week positive streak amid Iran-linked risk-off: CoinShares
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The BlockMay 18, 2026

Weekly crypto ETP outflows top $1B, ending six-week positive streak amid Iran-linked risk-off: CoinShares

Crypto funds ended a six-week inflow streak as Iran-linked geopolitical risk weighed on bitcoin amid major U.S. withdrawals.

Iran Launches Bitcoin-Backed Insurance Service for Strait of Hormuz Shipping, Eyes $10B In Revenue
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Bitcoin MagazineMay 18, 2026

Iran Launches Bitcoin-Backed Insurance Service for Strait of Hormuz Shipping, Eyes $10B In Revenue

Bitcoin Magazine Iran Launches Bitcoin-Backed Insurance Service for Strait of Hormuz Shipping, Eyes $10B In Revenue Iran has reportedly launched “Hormuz S.

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) drops 13% as all assets decline
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CoinDeskMay 18, 2026

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) drops 13% as all assets decline

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) drops 13% as all assets decline.

Bitcoin faces outsized quantum threat as computing breakthroughs accelerate, Citi says
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CoinDeskMay 18, 2026

Bitcoin faces outsized quantum threat as computing breakthroughs accelerate, Citi says

Bitcoin faces outsized quantum threat as computing breakthroughs accelerate, Citi says.

Bitcoin faces Treasury yield pressure as Japan sells nearly $30 billion of US debt
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CryptoSlateMay 18, 2026

Bitcoin faces Treasury yield pressure as Japan sells nearly $30 billion of US debt

Bitcoin faces renewed Treasury yield pressure after Japanese investors sold $29.6 billion of US government, agency, and local authority debt in the first q.

Bitmine buys the dip as Tom Lee ties ether's pullback to rising oil prices
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CoinDeskMay 18, 2026

Bitmine buys the dip as Tom Lee ties ether's pullback to rising oil prices

Bitmine buys the dip as Tom Lee ties ether's pullback to rising oil prices.

Strategy made mammoth $2 billion bitcoin purchase last week
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CoinDeskMay 18, 2026

Strategy made mammoth $2 billion bitcoin purchase last week

Strategy made mammoth $2 billion bitcoin purchase last week.

South Korea's KB Financial completes stablecoin pilot for offline payments
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CoinTelegraphMay 18, 2026

South Korea's KB Financial completes stablecoin pilot for offline payments

The parent company of South Korea’s largest bank completed a stablecoin payment pilot ahead of the country's proposed digital asset framework.

Strategy (MSTR) Spends A Massive $2 Billion on More Bitcoin, Lifts Holdings to 843,738 BTC
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Bitcoin MagazineMay 18, 2026

Strategy (MSTR) Spends A Massive $2 Billion on More Bitcoin, Lifts Holdings to 843,738 BTC

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy (MSTR) Spends A Massive $2 Billion on More Bitcoin, Lifts Holdings to 843,738 BTC Strategy said Monday it acquired an additional.

Tokenization push could pull trillions of dollars into DeFi, StanChart says
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CoinDeskMay 18, 2026

Tokenization push could pull trillions of dollars into DeFi, StanChart says

Tokenization push could pull trillions of dollars into DeFi, StanChart says.

‘Big dot energy’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys another 24,869 BTC for $2 billion as total holdings top 4% of bitcoin supply
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The BlockMay 18, 2026

‘Big dot energy’: Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys another 24,869 BTC for $2 billion as total holdings top 4% of bitcoin supply

Strategy's total holdings account for over 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth around $65 billion.

Morning Minute: Bitcoin Slides Back to $77K on Rising Bond Yields, Oil Spike
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DecryptMay 18, 2026

Morning Minute: Bitcoin Slides Back to $77K on Rising Bond Yields, Oil Spike

Crypto majors are falling and the ETFs are seeing an exodus, while SpaceX had a major debut on Hyperliquid.

UK’s financial payments network is ready for tokenization, regulators say
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CoinDeskMay 18, 2026

UK’s financial payments network is ready for tokenization, regulators say

UK’s financial payments network is ready for tokenization, regulators say.

Standard Chartered projects $4T in tokenized assets by end-2028, with DeFi protocols primary beneficiaries
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The BlockMay 18, 2026

Standard Chartered projects $4T in tokenized assets by end-2028, with DeFi protocols primary beneficiaries

Standard Chartered projects $4 trillion in tokenized assets by the end of 2028, with DeFi protocols positioned to benefit most.

AEON raises $8 million led by YZi Labs to build settlement layer for AI agents
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The BlockMay 18, 2026

AEON raises $8 million led by YZi Labs to build settlement layer for AI agents

With the new funding, AEON said it aims to build a settlement layer designed to support AI agent-to-agent interactions.

Standard Chartered to acquire remainder of subsidiary Zodia Custody
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CoinDeskMay 18, 2026

Standard Chartered to acquire remainder of subsidiary Zodia Custody

Standard Chartered to acquire remainder of subsidiary Zodia Custody.

Bitcoin Hormuz payments for ship insurance will test crypto’s neutral money thesis
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CryptoSlateMay 18, 2026

Bitcoin Hormuz payments for ship insurance will test crypto’s neutral money thesis

IRGC-affiliated Fars News reported on May 16 that Iran launched a platform called Hormuz Safe, offering digital insurance for vessels transiting the Strait.

Bitcoin falls to $76K after Trump says ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran
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CoinTelegraphMay 18, 2026

Bitcoin falls to $76K after Trump says ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran

Bitcoin analysis says BTC price could revisit the $65,000 demand area after fresh US-Iran war tensions soured the crypto market mood.

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