Year: 2026

Representative James Baird won the Republican primary for Indiana’s 4th Congressional District, keeping his reelection campaign on track before the 2026 midterms.  Summary Baird won Indiana’s Republican primary after crypto-linked…

Samsung SDS has reportedly won a contract to build and operate a token securities platform for the Korea Securities Depository.  Summary Samsung SDS will turn KSD’s token securities testbed into…

JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ripple, and Ondo Finance have completed a cross-border, cross-bank redemption of a tokenized U.S. Treasury fund using the XRP Ledger and traditional banking rails. Summary JPMorgan, Mastercard, Ripple,…

A federal court in Washington, D.C., sentenced Marlon Ferro, 20, of Santa Ana, California, to 78 months in prison over his role in a social engineering group that stole well…

Box Elder County commissioners approved Kevin O’Leary’s 9GW Stratos AI campus in Utah on May 4, amid loud public protests from hundreds of local residents. Summary Kevin O’Leary’s Stratos project,…

Fairshake has spent $28 million in 2026 primaries as a new poll shows most Americans distrust crypto and AI, raising questions about the political value of industry-backed super PAC money.…

Erik Reppel said at Consensus Miami 2026 that AI agents bypass internet ads entirely, threatening the web’s core business model and pointing to x402 stablecoin micropayments as the structural replacement.…

NYSE parent ICE and Securitize warned at Consensus Miami 2026 that offshore synthetic tokenized stocks are misleading retail investors and creating serious risks for the broader market. Summary Executives from…

Robinhood said at Consensus Miami 2026 that Wall Street is now actively building on crypto rails, though institutional adoption is moving slower and more fragmented than the industry expected. Summary…

Eric Trump mocked JPMorgan at Consensus Miami 2026 for reversing its bitcoin stance within 18 months, saying banks have accepted they can no longer hold back the tide. Summary Eric…