On May 19, 2026, Michael Saylor's Strategy reported buying 24,869 BTC for about $2.01 billion, one of its largest Bitcoin purchases. The firm said it now holds 843,738 BTC acquired for $63.87 billion at an average cost of $75,700 per coin, while the latest buy averaged $80,985.

On May 12, 2026, Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni said the firm raised its 2026 year-end S&P 500 target to 8,250 from 7,700. He attributed the higher outlook to unusually strong earnings momentum and analysts lifting estimates for the remaining quarters, while arguing the economy has stayed resilient despite geopolitical uncertainty.

Drift Protocol says the April 1 attack that led to a $285,000,000+ loss followed roughly six months of in-person social engineering tied to multiple crypto conferences. The Solana-based DeFi project says the group posed as a quantitative trading firm, onboarded an Ecosystem Vault in December and January, and deposited more than $1 milllion of its own capital before the incident.

On March 2, 2026, Elliptic reported that crypto outflows from Iran's largest exchange Nobitex surged 700% following US and Israel airstrikes. Elliptic's co-founder Tom Robinson says the spike may signal capital moving out of Iran via crypto channels. Nobitex, which has over 11 million users and handled $7.2 billion in transactions last year, has seen repeated outflow surges in response to protests, internet outages and new US sanctions.

On March 2, 2026, Nasdaq submitted a proposed rule change to the US SEC to introduce and trade Outcome-Related Options. The contracts would pay a fixed amount between $0.01 and $1.00 depending on whether the underlying settlement price finishes relative to a preset strike, mirroring structures used by prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi. The initiative comes as other derivatives venues explore similar all-or-nothing products and as regulators weigh jurisdictional questions around prediction markets.

On February 23, 2026, USD1, a stablecoin linked to Donald Trump, briefly fell to $0.9942 before returning to its $1.00 peg within a couple of hours, according to the report. The issuer, World Liberty Financial, said the volatility followed a coordinated attack. Fine print on the platform's site now indicates DT Marks DEFI LLC holds approximately 38% of WLF Holdco LLC.

On February 9, 2026, Piper Sandler's chief investment strategist Michael Kantrowitz said he remains positive on equities even as investors worry about an artificial intelligence-driven bubble and softer labor data. He noted that since October the stock market has begun to broaden for the first time in about four years, supported by easing interest rates, lower bond yields and improving earnings breadth.

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee released a 53-page report on December 1, 2025, alleging that Biden Administration regulators attempted to exclude cryptocurrency firms from the banking system. Republicans claim the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, and SEC coordinated policies to discourage banks from serving digital asset companies. The report labels these efforts "Operation Choke Point 2.0" and asserts they occurred while Congress worked to establish regulatory clarity for the sector.

Grayscale introduced spot exchange-traded funds for XRP and Dogecoin on NYSE Arca on November 24, 2025. The products, converted from existing trusts, mark GDOG as the first pure spot Dogecoin ETF available in the United States.