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15 May 2026, 18:29

XRP holds at $1.42 as whales reach record balances

🚨 Whales in $XRP just hit their largest balances since 2018. XRP price currently stands at $1.42 below the $1.50 resistance. Continue Reading: XRP holds at $1.42 as whales reach record balances The post XRP holds at $1.42 as whales reach record balances appeared first on COINTURK NEWS .

15 May 2026, 18:20

Bitcoin Price Holds Near $80K as Treasury Yields Pressure Risk Assets

15 May 2026, 18:18

Hyperliquid Policy Center Responds To ICE, CME’s Regulatory Pressure Push

The Washington, D.C.-based policy team for decentralized exchange Hyperliquid (HYPE) has moved quickly to address a new regulatory pressure campaign described in a Friday report by Bloomberg. CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) are reportedly lobbying the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and US lawmakers to push for federal oversight of the platform, arguing that its current operating environment could be vulnerable to issues such as market manipulation and sanctions evasion. CME And ICE Urge Hyperliquid CFTC Registration The exchanges’ concerns, as framed in the reporting , center on how Hyperliquid trades and where those trades take place. CME and ICE reportedly worry that the platform’s growing trading volumes in crypto and commodity-linked markets could begin to affect price discovery in industries where benchmarks matter, including oil. They argue that anonymous trading settings may allow actors with private information—or participants tied to insider or state-linked influence—to distort prices that are used across markets. CME and ICE’s stated ask, per Bloomberg, is straightforward: Hyperliquid should register with the CFTC. That registration would typically require the platform to adopt customer identification programs and implement trade surveillance measures. However, those requirements appear to clash with Hyperliquid’s current approach, which relies on an anonymous trading model by design. In response, the Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC), led by CEO Jake Chervisnky, pushed back publicly. On social media site X (formerly Twitter), the recently established organization affirmed the criticisms are “unfounded.” The ‘Anti-Manipulation Shield’ The HPC argued that Hyperliquid offers a higher level of transparency than traditional venues precisely because it publishes a complete on-chain record of every transaction in real time. In the policy center’s view, that level of visibility makes it a hostile environment for insider trading or price manipulation, while also giving regulators and law enforcement clearer material for surveillance, detection, and investigation. The policy center also emphasized that Hyperliquid runs 24/7 trading, describing this as an efficiency upgrade rather than a disruption. Because trading is continuous, prices move even when conventional exchanges are closed, reducing the gaps and discontinuities that can occur between traditional market sessions. The Hyperliquid Policy Center also said Bloomberg is broadly right about one key point: US law is not yet tailored to derivatives markets operating on public blockchains like Hyperliquid. The group said it plans to keep working with policymakers in Washington to bring on-chain markets inside the regulatory perimeter. Other reporting, including a piece by The Defiant, has described the lobbying move as potentially self-interested. The report notes that CME is pursuing expansion of its own 24/7 crypto trading capabilities, including Bitcoin Volatility Futures scheduled to begin trading on June 1, and Nasdaq CME Crypto Index Futures—covering BTC, ETH, XRP, and other assets—set to launch on June 8. At the time of writing, Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, was trading at $44.60. This represented gains of 1.6% and almost 4% in the 24-hour and seven-day time frames, respectively. Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com

15 May 2026, 18:16

ETH trades sideways at $2,250-$2,380 as breakout nears

🚨 ETH traded between $2,250 and $2,380 for nearly a month. Price compression hints at a major breakout as analysts eye a potential 10% swing. Continue Reading: ETH trades sideways at $2,250-$2,380 as breakout nears The post ETH trades sideways at $2,250-$2,380 as breakout nears appeared first on COINTURK NEWS .

15 May 2026, 18:15

Polish parliament backs the government’s Crypto-Asset Market Act

Lawmakers in Poland approved a government-proposed law to regulate cryptocurrency transactions in line with current European rules. The latest attempt to put the country’s digital-asset market in order comes in the aftermath of the collapse of a major coin trading platform. The failed exchange, Zondacrypto, is in the eye of a political storm, which produced proposals for a total crypto ban amid concerns over customer protection and Russian meddling. Polish parliament backs delayed draft law to implement MiCA Members of the Sejm, the lower house of parliament in Poland, backed a bill designed to transpose the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) provisions into national law. On Friday, 241 Polish deputies voted in favor of the bill drafted by the liberal coalition government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, 200 were against, the PAP news agency reported. This was the third try to pass it, after President Karol Nawrocki returned it twice. The ruling majority’s attempts to defeat the veto were foiled by its conservative allies in the chamber. Against the backdrop of this stalemate, three alternative pieces of legislation were filed, including one put forward by the office of the head of state. On Wednesday, the parliamentary Public Finance Committee designated Tusk’s Crypto-Asset Market Act as the lead bill, effectively ending the review of the other. The only amendment taken from the president’s proposal is to oblige relevant financial authorities to report annually on the state of the nation’s crypto market. The upcoming law tasks Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) with oversight. The regulator will be responsible for issuing early warnings about suspicious projects. It will also be enabled to block fiat or crypto accounts and suspend certain transactions for 96 hours, although it will also be able to extend the asset freeze for up to six months. Such excessive powers were cited among Nawrocki’s motives for the veto. Critics have accused the authors of the bill of going far beyond what’s required by Brussels. One of the other proposals, that of crypto proponent Sławomir Mentzen’s nationalist Konfederacja faction, suggested a minimalistic approach to implementing MiCA . Zonda case casts shadow over Poland’s push to regulate crypto Poland has until July 1 this year to introduce the common European rules and license its crypto firms. It’s still unclear if the slightly amended act will be stopped again by the president. Efforts to properly regulate the sector have been overshadowed by the recent crash of a leading cryptocurrency exchange in the country’s market for digital assets. The Polish-rooted Zondacrypto , which operated under an Estonian license, collapsed in April, leaving traders without access to their assets after it halted withdrawals amid liquidity issues. The exchange has been at the heart of the political clash in Warsaw amid allegations it funded political events, organizations, and figures from the opposition to lobby against the government’s draft law. Tusk and representatives of his governing coalition have claimed there’s a Russian connection in the case and accused opponents of serving Moscow’s interests. A press report quoting Poland’s counterintelligence service revealed that a notorious mafia gang from St. Petersburg established control over the trading platform a few years ago. At least 30,000 Poles are believed to have suffered financial losses amounting to at least 350 million Polish zloty (over $95 million), according to preliminary estimates. The massive damage, which led to probes for fraud and money laundering not just in Poland, changed the political stance of one of President Nawrocki’s allies in parliament regarding cryptocurrency regulation. At the start of the week, the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which helped him get elected last year, proposed to completely ban all crypto-related activities in the country, despite previously opposing the Tusk cabinet’s restrictive bill. The smartest crypto minds already read our newsletter. Want in? Join them .

15 May 2026, 18:09

Price predictions 5/15: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, ADA, ZEC, BCH

Sellers have pulled Bitcoin back below the $79,000 level, but buying may emerge as the price nears the $76,000 support.