Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said the UK central bank is reassessing proposed limits on sterling stablecoin holdings and may have been "overly conservative". The plans previously included a 20,000-pound cap for individuals and a 10 million-pound cap for businesses, alongside a rule requiring 40% of backing assets to be deposited at the BoE. Breeden also said the BoE does not need to raise rates in June or July 2026, even as markets price in two or three hikes that year.

Bitcoin futures open interest across exchanges rose to $61.9 billion on May 14, with BTC trading around $81,500 at 3 p.m. ET. Options positioning shows "max pain" levels clustering around $78,000–$81,000 for near-term expirations, while Deribit's June 26 expiry carries $14.52 billion in notional value. Data also indicate differing behavior across venues, with call volume leading on Deribit and OKX while CME's options open interest is more put-heavy.

Moody's Ratings granted its highest Aaa-mf grade to BlackRock's USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) on or around May 13, 2026. The Ethereum-based, tokenized money-market product manages about $2.58 billion and targets a $1 NAV while distributing daily yield to investor wallets. The rating places BUIDL alongside the safest traditional money-market instruments and follows a similar top rating for Fidelity's FILQ fund.

On May 13, 2026, the CFTC's Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk said they would not recommend enforcement when certain prediction-market participants do not report event-contract transaction data to swap data repositories or meet related recordkeeping duties. The relief applies to fully collateralized event contracts and covers designated contract markets (DCMs), derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs), and their participants. Firms seeking the same treatment going forward can ask to be added to an appendix to the letter, while entities outside the stated terms are not automatically covered.

Coinbase said its Ethereum validators averaged 4.5 million ETH staked in Q1 2026 and delivered 99.98% uptime, above the network's 99.77% figure. The company also reported its validators represented 12.17% of total staked ETH while keeping a self-imposed 30% cap on network penetration. It described an infrastructure footprint spanning five countries, two cloud providers, and seven MEV relays, with plans to add a third consensus client.

An Ethereum "Genesis Address" that had held 790.174 ETH since July 30, 2015 became active at about 21:47 UTC on May 13, 2026. After nine small test transactions, it transferred roughly 790.1739 ETH in two sends (1 ETH and 789.17388714 ETH) to a new wallet. At around $2,257 per ETH at the time, the moved amount was valued near $1,782,979.

On May 26, 2025, XRP traded around $1.42 after failing to sustain a move near $1.50, with traders focusing on whether support around $1.41–$1.40 holds. Short-term charts showed cooling momentum and selling pressure, while the daily structure was described as broadly bullish as long as price remains above $1.38 on a closing basis.

U.S. producer prices rose 6% year-over-year in April 2026, exceeding a 4.9% forecast as energy-related costs lifted the headline reading. The PPI increased 1.4% month-over-month, with gasoline up 15.6% and energy goods up 7.8%. President Donald Trump told reporters that Americans' financial strain was "not even a little bit" a factor in his push for an Iran nuclear deal.

Metaplanet Inc. (TSE: 3350) released its Q1 2026 results, saying it held 40,177 BTC as of March 31, 2026 and recorded a quarterly net loss of ¥114,493 million ($725.56 million). The company said the loss largely reflected non-cash bitcoin valuation losses of ¥116,356 million ($737.36 million) as prices corrected, while it reaffirmed its FY2026 outlook of ¥16,000 million in net sales and ¥11,400 million in operating profit.