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Intesa Sanpaolo raised its crypto asset-related holdings to about $235 million in the first quarter of 2026, up from about $100 million at the end of 2025. The bank increased its positions in the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF and BlackRock's IBIT. The bank also made its first Ethereum allocation through BlackRock's iShares Staked Ethereum Trust and added about $26 million in Grayscale XRP Trust ETF holdings.

Societe Generale said on May 13 that it plans to deploy SG-FORGE's EUR CoinVertible and USD CoinVertible on Canton Network for collateral, repo financing, and digital settlement. The bank said it also plans to accept certain tokenized assets as eligible collateral, act as a repo counterparty, and join Canton as an Ecosystem Super Validator. SG-FORGE said the tokens remain limited to offshore transactions with permitted transferees.

KB Financial Group completed a proof of concept for Korean won stablecoin payments and remittances that lowered test fees by about 87% versus SWIFT. KB Financial Group ran the verification with KG Inicis, Kaia, and OpenAsset across issuance, offline payments, merchant settlement, and cross-border remittances. The remittance flow took about 3 minutes in testing, and Hollys kiosk users paid by QR code without installing a digital wallet.

Nearly 70 senior Trump administration officials and nominees, or more than 20%, have held cryptocurrency or blockchain-related investments worth at least $193 million in disclosed value. Trump himself holds at least $51 million, and Vice President Vance and several cabinet members also hold multimillion-dollar positions. The disclosures come as the SEC has paused lawsuits and work continues on a Bitcoin strategic reserve and stablecoin legislation.

Michael Saylor powiedział, że Strategy może sprzedać Bitcoiny z jej około 65 miliardów dolarów aktywów, jeśli będzie musiała wykazać, że ten aktyw ma płynność na rynku. Strategy posiada 818,869 BTC po średniej cenie zakupu wynoszącej 75,540 dolarów za monetę. Komentarze te pojawiły się po spekulacjach po konferencji wynikowej Strategy za pierwszy kwartał, nawet gdy firma kupiła 535 BTC za 43 miliony dolarów w okresie od 4 do 10 maja.

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said a one-day shutdown at Samsung Electronics' semiconductor plant could cause direct losses of up to 1 trillion won. Samsung and its labor union will resume wage talks next Monday with government mediators after concerns over a potentially disruptive strike.

Firedancer, Jump Crypto's Solana validator client, is live on mainnet and has processed tens of millions of transactions in production. Founding engineer Ritchie Patel said the team will keep a gradual rollout and does not want validators switching at scale before full security audits are completed. The team also recently finished a public audit contest with a $1 million bug bounty pool.

Amerykański sekretarz energii Chris Wright powiedział, że Cieśnina Ormuz może zostać ponownie otwarta najpóźniej latem, po tym jak zamknięcie ograniczyło zdolność transportu gazu ziemnego o 10 miliardów stóp sześciennych dziennie. Wright stwierdził, że powiązana umowa może zostać osiągnięta w ciągu najbliższych kilku dni. Dodał, że USA podjęły wstępne kroki i mogłyby przymusowo otworzyć cieśninę, jeśli Iran nadal będzie ją blokować, chociaż zaznaczył, że nie będzie to łatwe.

Nearly 70 Trump administration officials and nominees disclosed at least $193 million in crypto-related holdings and investments in blockchain and digital asset companies. The group represented more than one-fifth of nearly 300 senior appointees reviewed. Donald Trump reported at least $51 million in digital assets.

Harvard's endowment cut its IBIT position by about 43% in Q1 2026 to 3,044,612 shares worth roughly $117 million, according to SEC 13F filings. The endowment also fully exited its $86.8 million position in BlackRock's spot Ethereum ETF. Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala increased its IBIT holdings to 14,721,917 shares worth about $566 million.