Crypto Card Spending Hits Record $7.8B in Cumulative Volume

DxSale Drained of $7.3M as Backdoor Hits 2021-Era BNB Lockers

An attacker drained $7.3M in BNB from more than 1,400 DxSale liquidity lockers dating to 2021, using a privileged fee reset and a backdated lock expiry.

China Broadens Digital Yuan From Lottery Draws to Fiscal Spending

The PBOC is pushing e-CNY into fiscal spending, lottery draws and Belt and Road payments, the opposite of the US anti-CBDC, pro-stablecoin path.

Circle Blacklist Freezes $12.6M of Zama Confidential USDC, ZachXBT Says

On-chain investigator ZachXBT reports $12.6M of Zama cUSDC frozen after a Circle blacklisting, extending the USDC freeze debate to confidential wrapped tokens.

Crypto Longs Bleed $1.5B in Forced Liquidations Since May 25

Over $1.5B in long positions have been liquidated since May 25, Cointelegraph reports, even as BTC holds near $73,400 and spot prices stay flat. The damage is leverage, not selling.

DTCC Picks Stellar to Tokenize Equities and Treasuries, XLM Jumps 33%

DTCC, the $100T US clearing backbone, plans to issue tokenized equities, ETFs, and Treasuries on Stellar by 2027. XLM rose 33.7% on the news as of May 30, 2026.