Crypto Shifts to Infrastructure — Strategy Abandons Ideology, Wall Street Prepares Lawsuit. Crypto Recap №144
Week 20, May 5 – 11, 2026 This week marked the shift of cryptocurrencies into institutional payment and settlement systems. AWS integrated micropayments in USDC through the Coinbase x402 protocol for...
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The Central Bank of Pakistan has allowed banks to serve licensed cryptocurrency companies after a multi-year ban.
Banks are required to separate customer funds accounts (CMA) from the other assets of licensed virtual asset service providers (VASP). They also need to monitor compliance with anti-money laundering a...
South Korea Uses Tokenized Deposits for Government Expenses
In Q4 2026, the government will launch a pilot project in the "administrative capital of the country" — Sejong. This "smart city" is equipped with advanced technologies and has a population of 400,000...
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Deutsche Börse Invests $200 Million in Kraken's Parent Company at a $13.3 Billion Valuation
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange will acquire a 1.5% stake in the cryptocurrency exchange following regulatory approval in Q2 2026. The investment is aimed at developing joint products for trading, custod...
Virginia has passed a bill on the confiscation of unclaimed crypto assets.
Following the signature of Governor Abigail Spanberger, it will come into effect on July 1, 2026. Assets that remain unclaimed for five years will be transferred to the state treasury in their origina...
Tether Launches Its Non-Custodial Crypto Wallet
Tether.wallet enables transactions without storing network tokens. Users pay fees in the asset they use for transfers. At launch, the wallet supports Tether products—USDT and XAUT (tokenized gold) on...
Malefactor Created Polkadot Tokens Worth $1.2 Billion
He exploited a vulnerability in the Hyperbridge inter-network gateway, which connects various blockchains. The vulnerability targeted the bridge contract, not the main Polkadot network. The native Pol...
Bitmine Accumulates 4% of ETH Supply
Last week, the company purchased 71,500 ETH ($169.3 million), increasing its total holdings to 4.9 million ETH ($11.5 billion). Bitmine also holds 198 BTC ($14.9 million), $719 million in cash, and sh...
The US Department of Justice has begun compensating victims of the OneCoin cryptocurrency fraud amounting to $4 billion.
Before its collapse, the token was the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after BTC. The project was launched in Bulgaria by Ruja Ignatova and Karl Greenwood. Ignatova has been wan...
Weekly Recaps
In-depth analysis Crypto Shifts to Infrastructure — Strategy Abandons Ideology, Wall Street Prepares Lawsuit. Crypto Recap №144
Week 20, May 5 – 11, 2026 This week marked the shift of cryptocurrencies into institutional payment and settlement systems. AWS integrated micropayments in USDC through the Coinbase x402 protocol for...
DeFi Covers Its $305 Million Gap — New York Court Turns Rescue into Sanctions Front Against North Korea. Crypto Recap No. 143
Week 19, April 28 – May 4, 2026 The week saw two mature processes and one new controversy. Regulators in the EU, UK, US, and Brazil are rewriting the framework for stablecoins and tokenized assets. Pr...
**DeFi Repairs $200 Million Hole Itself, Governments Simultaneously Open Sanction Floodgates and Mining Offshore: Crypto Recap #142**
**Week 18, April 20 – 27** The week marked a transition from shock to adaptation. Mantle, Lido, and Kulichov's personal fund gathered $87 million to cover Aave's deficit after the Kelp DAO hack, while...
While Lazarus zeros out DeFi by $13.8 billion, regulators, exchanges, and governments build crypto infrastructure. Crypto Recap #141 Week 17, April 13 – 20
The week unfolded with four simultaneous vectors. The Lazarus group hacked Kelp DAO for $293 million, causing the largest quarterly collapse of DeFi TVL by 14%, losing $13.8 billion. Meanwhile, Japan,...
Crypto is becoming infrastructure—simultaneously for American AML, Korean exchanges, and Iranian tankers. Crypto Recap No. 140 Week 15, April 7–13
The week highlighted that the crypto market is moving concurrently on four parallel trajectories. The American GENIUS finally received operational rules—stablecoins are transforming into banking infra...
Crypto Quietly Becomes Financial Infrastructure — While North Korea Withdraws $280 Million. Crypto Recap No. 139 Week 14, March 31 – April 6
The week highlighted two parallel processes: institutional and regulatory infrastructure is strengthening, while security threats and political activity in the crypto industry are intensifying. Strate...
Regulatory Architecture of the Crypto Industry Is Forming Faster Than the Market Can Reassess It
The week was marked by increased institutional pressure on the crypto market. Strategy announced plans to raise $44.1 billion, the SEC submitted digital asset classification rules, and the White House completed its review of crypto access to 401(k) plans.
The Crypto Market Is Becoming More Integrated Into the System While Global Finance Is in Turmoil
The most notable shift of the week is the accelerated institutionalization of crypto infrastructure through payments, trading, and market architecture.
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