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15 May 2026, 20:48

Binance’s CZ Is Hyper Bullish on AI Agents — and Solana Hosts 63% of Them

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has expressed a strong conviction that AI agents will become the largest users of cryptocurrency, potentially executing far more transactions than humans and accelerating blockchain adoption. In a recent discussion, CZ highlighted that AI agents could transact 10, 100, or even 1,000 times more frequently than people. These autonomous

15 May 2026, 20:24

Hyperliquid Policy Arm Rejects Market Integrity Concerns Amid Oil Futures Surge

Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid has become a popular destination for speculating on oil prices.

15 May 2026, 19:53

$75 Billion in Dirty Crypto Still On-Chain: Binance Research

A recent post by Binance Research, based on a Chainalysis graph, shows that around three-quarters of $100 billion worth of illicit crypto funds still exist on the blockchain.

15 May 2026, 19:48

President Trump Discloses Coinbase, Robinhood and Bitcoin Mining Stock Trades

President Donald Trump reported trades in crypto firms like Coinbase and Robinhood, among others, according to new ethics filings.

15 May 2026, 18:30

Chinese entrepreneur calls out Binance Wallet, crypto traders, scammers, over meme token listing

A Chinese entrepreneur is in a very public round of terse exchanges with Binance Wallet and the broader crypto space, demanding that the exchange delist a meme token using both his name and profile picture without permission. Binance Wallet has responded by blocking the token from search results, but the asset remains present on the blockchain, much to Luo Yonghao’s frustration. And the volley of snide comments via posts on his X profile has not stopped. Why is Luo Yonghao criticizing Binance? Luo Yonghao, one of China’s most recognizable internet entrepreneurs, took to social media to publicly confront Binance (BNB) co-founder Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, after discovering that an unauthorized meme coin bearing his name and profile picture had appeared on Binance Wallet . He posted a message on the social media platform X, directed to Changpeng Zhao (CZ), demanding that the token be delisted to prevent people from being deceived or that a formal channel for complaints be opened. He noted that the token had not yet entered the main “Trading Platform” tab and was only visible in the “Wallet” tab, but it was still accessible through Binance’s infrastructure. Following his complaint , Binance Wallet appears to have restricted the visibility of the token as users can no longer search for it by name, though direct links or contract addresses may still work. However, when one user pointed out that Binance Wallet had blurred his name in their display, Luo pushed back, stating that his profile picture was still visible and unblurred, so users could still be misled. In a follow-up post, Luo expressed his frustration with the nature of blockchain, noting that even if Binance changes its display, other platforms will still be able to see it. Once a token is live on-chain, it can’t be modified. Luo Yonghao has serious beef with crypto Yonghao was not done. Referencing the original vision of Bitcoin, Yonghao wrote that while Satoshi Nakamoto designed cryptocurrency to help people escape exploitation by state institutions, the practical result has been that people are instead exploited by scammers who are, in his view, even less “unscrupulous” than governments. When a comment suggested that Yonghao should leverage the situation to get into crypto, he revealed that he had been approached by ICO promoters as far back as 2018. “If I had no shame, back in ’18 I’d have launched an ICO to fleece the sheep, and bought myself a little island to retire on by now.” 2018 was a period of peak crypto mania when projects that remain to date ran legitimate initial coin offerings (ICOs) while scammers also exploited it as a common vehicle for fraud. As of 2019, Luo debuted on China’s “deadbeat” blacklist for over $14 million in debts following the collapse of Smartisan Technology, which had accumulated a total debt of $89 million. However, despite his financial difficulties at the time, Luo claimed that he turned them down. He insisted that those scammers told him he did not even need to formally endorse their projects and only needed to stay silent and not publicly deny them, in return for generous pay. As Cryptopolitan reported late last year, Binance Wallet launched “Meme Rush,” a wallet-exclusive market where only Binance Wallet users can buy new meme tokens during their earliest phases. This has made Binance Wallet a gateway for the launch of thousands of new tokens, many of them inspired by public figures, brands, and internet culture. Chinese meme coins have surged in recent months, with some tokens growing from near-zero liquidity to market caps in the hundreds of millions of dollars within days, driven largely by sentiment and viral social media activity. CZ himself has previously cautioned traders that rushing to buy meme coins based solely on viral posts and online hype almost guarantees losses. If you're reading this, you’re already ahead. Stay there with our newsletter .

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 .