Mostly Bitcoin — Daily Digest
Last 24 hours of mainstream crypto coverage
May 26, 2026
Coinbase re-launches direct deposit option — americanbanker.com
The crypto exchange, which closed its original direct deposit service in late 2024, has brought it back for users to set up automated digital asset investing.
Billionaire Mark Cuban says bye-bye Bitcoin: Why he is ‘disappointed’ by crypto — fortune.com
For years, Mark Cuban was one of crypto’s most high profile evangelists. After overcoming his initial skepticism, the billionaire entrepreneur and Shark Tank shark became something of a crypto fanatic, saying in 2021 that he spent 3-4 hours per day reading
Nine anonymous crypto owners hold massive sway over Polymarket outcomes, drawing traders’ ire: report — nypost.com
Nine anonymous cryptocurrency wallets have been revealed to have a massive sway over who wins and loses some of Polymarket’s most contested prediction market bets – drawing blowback from a growing number of unhappy traders. Polymarket’s third-party
The attack dominating financial services doesn't steal passwords. It resets MFA and steals the token. — venturebeat.com
The attacker who hit the most financial services organizations over the past 12 months never phished a password. They called an IT support line, convinced an employee to reset their MFA, and registered their own device on the network. CrowdStrike’s 2026
How to Make Sure AI Doesn't Spy on Us or Kill Innocent People — reason.com
One of America's top AI companies—Anthropic—refused to sign off on a contract unless the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) promised not to use its technology to power autonomous killer robots or carry out domestic mass surveillance. So, the Pentagon accused
Rogue states are putting AI agents to work on sanctions evasion — theregister.com
The future of sanctions evasion appears to involve fewer shady middlemen and considerably more rented GPUs, according to a new RUSI report on how rogue states are using AI to fake identities, automate shell companies, and launder crypto at scale. The
UK targets Putin’s cryptocurrency networks in latest sanctions — independent.co.uk
The department said the A7 gang was using a Kyrgyz bank suspected of facilitating payments
Tax Me If You Can — motherjones.com
Democracy, for most of its existence, has managed to coexist with oligarchy, but only on the condition that oligarchs exert their influence quietly. Citizens, including ordinary Americans, are generally willing to tolerate the super-rich, but the
Ayn Rand Is Alive in Ankara — reason.com
There is one Ayn Rand-themed establishment in Turkey. It isn't in Istanbul, the financial heart of the country, but Ankara, its political capital, home to Turkish bureaucrats and defense companies. The logo of Catalyst Coffee & Hub is a black-and-white
Hong Kong woman duped out of HK$1 million by fake AI investment app — scmp.com
A Hong Kong woman has lost more than HK$1 million (US$127,636) after being lured into a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme disguised as an artificial intelligence-powered trading app, with police reporting that over 70 similar scams had been recorded in the
Republican Congress faces major pileup before midterms — semafor.com
The Scoop Republicans are running into a sudden new problem after punting on their immigration enforcement bill: time. It’s not clear how Republicans will handle opposition to the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund when they
Hyperscale Data Bitcoin Treasury Reaches Approximately 700 Bitcoin – Company Announcement — ft.com
Hyperscale Data Bitcoin Treasury Reaches Approximately 700 Bitcoin – Company Announcement Financial Times
Bitcoin Volatility Hits Nine-Month Low as Crypto Takes Breather — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin’s expected volatility has fallen to the lowest level in nine months, as subdued trading and a shift in speculative interest away from the largest cryptocurrency dampen demand for options protection.
Bitcoin (BTC) Volatility Hits Nine-Month Low as Crypto Takes Breather — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin (BTC) Volatility Hits Nine-Month Low as Crypto Takes Breather Bloomberg.com
‘Q-Day’ could be cybersecurity’s Armageddon — theweek.com
A hypothetical doomsday for quantum computing could be on the horizon, computer scientists have warned for decades. But cybersecurity experts are now racing against the clock after Google announced that this “Q-Day” could be here much sooner than
You just read issue #1338 of Mostly Bitcoin. You can also browse the full archives of this newsletter.