In a crypto-themed AMA session on Reddit on May 15, the U.S. Secret Service answered a wide range of questions and revealed their little-known NFT collection. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/secret-service-praise-blockchain-reddit-ama

When asked about CBDCs during a conference on transportation, Kashkari had a response on the tip of his tongue, and it wasn’t encouraging for CBDC fans. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/minneapolis-fed-president-kashkari-weighs-in-on-cbdc-handwaving-word-salad

Convicted buyers have bought up cheap Bitcoin as prices fell over the course of last year. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-wholecoiners-reach-one-million

The SEC originally wanted LBRY to pay millions of dollars in penalties, but now concedes the defunct firm can’t pay up that amount. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-revises-lbry-fine-to-111k

Calls for a boycott of Coinbase over memecoin controversy, Florida’s ban on CBDCs, and the effects of Bitcoin Ordinals on the BTC network. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/coinbase-screws-up-florida-bans-cbdcs-and-ordinals-face-controversy-hodlers-digest-may-7-13/

The delisting included major tokens used in DeFi; the company said it was following “up-to-date regulatory guidance.” Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bakkt-delists-majority-of-tokens-from-recently-acquired-apex-crypto-platform

The parent company of the defunct Silvergate Bank disclosed significant staff cuts and the delisting of its securities in an SEC filing. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/silvergate-begins-nyse-delisting-process-as-it-readies-to-cut-230-staff

The Ethereum mainnet briefly stopped finalizing transactions but recovered after 25 minutes. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/big-breath-as-beacon-chain-stops-finalizing-and-then-recovers

A call-center scammer impersonating President Joe Biden attempted to steal what they thought was $450,000 worth of Bitcoin from a streamer — instead, chaos ensued. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/to-catch-a-scammer-kraken-builds-fake-crypto-account-to-bait-fraudsters

Pepe has witnessed a 56% decline over the past 5 days, wiping a billion dollars from its total market cap. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/pepe-s-market-cap-sinks-1b-in-5-days-some-whales-are-still-buying