The Senate Banking Committee advanced the Clarity Act on May 14, 2026, approving it 15-9 with Democratic support from Senators Ruben Gallego and Alsobrooks. The bill sets clearer jurisdictional lines between the SEC and CFTC and would restrict stablecoin yield for passive holding while allowing activity-based rewards. Next, it heads to the full Senate, where it must clear a 60-vote cloture hurdle to proceed.

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.

President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed China would order 200 Boeing aircraft in remarks shown in a Fox News clip that aired Thursday. Trump did not identify which models would be included, while analysts had anticipated a larger deal, with Jefferies estimating as many as 500 planes. Boeing shares fell more than 4% in early afternoon trading.

Bitcoin has dropped under $80,000 after a roughly 37% rebound from earlier lows ran into resistance near the 200-day moving average around $82,400. XWIN Research Japan highlights on-chain signals such as a 17.7% unrealized profit margin and a May 4 realized-profit spike of 14,600 BTC, while noting spot demand contraction has eased from -91,000 BTC in April to about -11,000 BTC.

CME Group said on 14 May it plans to introduce Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures on 8 June, pending regulatory approval, offering both micro and larger contract sizes. The market-cap-weighted, multi-asset contract will be cash-settled and aims to provide diversified crypto exposure or broad hedging through a single regulated instrument.

CME Group said on May 14 it plans to introduce Nasdaq CME Crypto Index (NCI) futures on June 8, pending regulatory review. The financially settled contracts will be offered in micro-sized and larger-sized versions tied to a market-cap weighted crypto basket. As of March 31, the index weightings were BTC 76.96%, ETH 12.68%, XRP 5.80%, SOL 3.23%, ADA 0.65%, LINK 0.37%, and XLM 0.30%.

Bitcoin faced renewed pressure after U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $635 million in net outflows on May 13, alongside liquidations of about $77.95 million in BTC long positions over the past 24 hours. Finbold’s machine-learning forecast averages $79,264 for Friday, May 22, 2026, versus a stated current price of $79,920, while traders watch whether BTC can regain $80,800 as a key near-term level.

Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) has reportedly sold about $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, offloading roughly 20,880 BTC at an average price near $70,137 per coin, and said it will not buy additional mining hardware as it shifts focus toward AI infrastructure. The company's Bitcoin holdings were described as falling from 38,689 BTC to about 35,303 BTC, with proceeds used to repurchase convertible notes and reduce total debt from $3.3 billion to $2.3 billion.