Onchain investigator ZachXBT published an investigation alleging LAB, an AI trading terminal project, is dominated by insiders controlling more than 95% of its token supply. He said LAB pumped over 350% in under 72 hours to a $6 billion fully diluted valuation before dropping more than 65% within hours, alongside claims of multiple retail value-extraction paths. The report also cites large LAB movements tied to Bitget accounts and includes a $10,000 bounty seeking documents tied to market-making activity.

Multicoin Capital appears to be trimming an AAVE position built via Galaxy Digital's OTC desk, after AAVE fell about 55% from its average entry. The firm received 338,005 AAVE between October 13 and November 25, 2025, implying roughly $73.7 million of exposure at about $218 per token. With AAVE trading near $97, the position is valued around $32.8 million, leaving it more than $40 million underwater.

On May 14, Slowmist said three compromised node-ipc releases (9.1.6, 9.2.3, and 12.0.1) were found, putting projects across Web3 build pipelines at risk. The affected package averages more than 822,000 weekly npm downloads and includes an obfuscated 80 KB payload that can steal cloud credentials and .env secrets and exfiltrate them via DNS tunneling.

Strategy said its STRC variable-rate perpetual preferred stock posted a record $1.53 billion in trading volume on May 14, finishing exactly at its $100 par value with only $0.02 of intraday movement. The company previously said STRC launched in late July 2025 and has expanded to $8.5 billion in under nine months. River data also links STRC proceeds to about 77,000 BTC of Strategy purchases in 2026 and notes the firm holds 818,869 bitcoin.

On May 14, 2026, Sen. Elizabeth Warren criticized the CLARITY Act during a Senate Banking Committee markup, warning the proposal could harm the economy and weaken long-standing investor protections. The committee nonetheless voted 15-9 to advance the 309-page measure to the full Senate, where it would face a 60-vote threshold.

Bitcoin fell to about $79,200 during the Trump–Xi summit and later bounced back to briefly retake $81,000 before easing to $80,500 a few hours later. The move came as leaders extended the October 2025 trade truce under a "strategic stability" framework, while U.S. inflation data showed CPI at 3.8% and PPI at 1.4% month-over-month.

Ether withdrawals for KelpDAO users impacted by the rsETH incident are expected to restart within 24 hours after the attacker's rsETH on Arbitrum was burned and the bridge lockbox began being refilled. The exploit started April 18 with the minting of 116,500 unbacked rsETH, and the recovery process included liquidating eight Aave V3 positions on May 6 and steps to restore 1:1 ETH backing.

Strategy is estimated to have added about 2,110 BTC on May 13, with the purchase funded by new proceeds from its STRC perpetual preferred stock program. The company previously said it raised $206 million by selling 2.12 million STRC shares, and its bitcoin holdings would climb to roughly 820,979 BTC if the estimate is confirmed.

JPMorgan Asset Management has filed with the U.S. SEC to launch JLTXX, a second tokenized money market fund on Ethereum run through its Kinexys Digital Assets unit. The filing follows the debut of its first tokenized fund, MONY, in December 2025, and describes a portfolio fully invested in short-term U.S. Treasuries and fully collateralized overnight repos. JLTXX still needs SEC approval and is expected to initially target institutional buyers rather than retail investors.