On May 13, 2026, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted a brief update from the Senate office building saying the CLARITY Act is headed to a Thursday markup and is in its most bipartisan position so far. He pointed to a stablecoin rewards compromise involving Senators Tillis and Brooks and said earlier concerns around DeFi, tokenized equities, and CFTC authority are now addressed from Coinbase's perspective.

On 13 May 2026 at 11:44, Santiment's dashboard showed all ten tracked crypto ecosystems posting higher 7-day development activity while contributor counts fell across the board. Ethereum led with 10.2K dev activity events (+7.48%), ahead of BNB Chain's 4.5K (+21.13%), while Solana recorded the steepest contributor drop at -39.6% despite activity rising +6.28%.

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.

On May 12, 2026, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in litigation involving KalshiEx LLC. The agency argues Congress created a comprehensive federal derivatives framework under the CFTC that preempts state laws when applied to CFTC-regulated prediction markets.

More than 100 amendments have been submitted to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act ahead of the Senate Banking Committee's May 14, 2026 markup at 10:30 a.m. in Dirksen Room 538. The proposals concentrate on stablecoin yield rules, DeFi liability, mixer classifications, and developer safe harbors, as senators debate what can pass committee and still reach a 60-vote threshold on the floor.

BlackRock has submitted an application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a new tokenized fund, continuing its push into blockchain-based financial infrastructure. The filing is a post-effective amendment (Form 485APOS) shown under CIK 0000844779 and starts a review process rather than confirming approval, launch timing, or final product terms.

Stables said on May 12, 2026 it entered a strategic partnership with T-0 Network to expand settlement capacity for its USDT corridors across Asia. The company aims to support high-volume, multi-jurisdiction transfers by adding dedicated liquidity and redundancy, as Asia accounts for roughly 60% of global stablecoin payment flows and faces fragmented banking connectivity.

Arc, Canton, and Tempo have collectively raised more than $1 billion in rounds that closed between October 2025 and May 2026, with combined valuations said to exceed $10 billion. The projects are backed by firms including Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Stripe, Paradigm, and a16z, reflecting a growing push for configurable, compliance-friendly privacy for institutional on-chain activity.