US equities were mixed on Tuesday as momentum from the recent tech-driven rally slowed ahead of key macroeconomic data. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1%, supported by gains in Nvidia and other AI-related names, while the Nasdaq climbed 0.72% on renewed enthusiasm for semiconductors. The Dow slipped 0.2%, weighed by profit-taking and concerns over stretched valuations. Boeing advanced after confirming a record jet order from Qatar Airways during Donald Trump’s Gulf visit. In fixed income, bond yields rose sharply, with the 10-year Treasury hitting 4.54% as hopes for Fed rate cuts continued to fade. Bitcoin and Ethereum also pulled back slightly after recent highs. Investors are now focused on April retail sales, PPI data, and remarks from Fed Chair Powell due later today. The global crypto market cap decreased 2.2% to $3.27tn in the past 24h, and the 24h volume decreased more than 23% to $117.7bn, signaling a broader cryptocurrency market decline, driven by long liquidations, decreased open interest, and technical indicators signaling profit-taking.
In the past 24 hours, crypto liquidations decreased 15% and totaled $345m, with 82% of them long positions. BTC positons only made up 13% of all liquidated positions while ETH positions made up 24% of all liquidated positions.
According to data from SoSo Value, US Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a strong rebound in demand on May 14, 2025, recording a net inflow of $319.55 million—fully reversing the previous day’s outflow of -$96.14m. BlackRock’s IBIT once again led activity with $232.89 million in net inflows, followed by Fidelity’s FBTC ($36.13 million) and Grayscale’s BTC trust ($35.23 million). Smaller gains were also logged by VanEck’s HODL, Ark’s ARKB, and Bitwise’s BITB. All other ETFs posted flat flows, while Grayscale’s GBTC remained neutral. The inflows came despite a 1.5% decline in Bitcoin’s price, suggesting continued institutional accumulation amid market consolidation. US spot Ether ETFs recorded a sharp acceleration in inflows on May 14, 2025, pulling in $63.47 million—the highest daily intake since April 28. BlackRock’s ETHA fund led with $57.61 million, followed by Fidelity’s FETH at $5.86 million. All other ETFs, including Grayscale’s ETHE and ETH, saw flat flows. The surge in inflows came despite a 3.4% drop in ETH’s price, suggesting growing institutional interest in Ether exposure during market pullbacks. Total assets across Ether ETFs remain above $9.2 billion, reinforcing a broader recovery trend after weeks of choppy flows.
US Democrat lawmakers have demanded access to suspicious activity reports related to Trump-backed crypto projects, including World Liberty Financial and the Official Trump Token, as part of a probe into potential money laundering or fraud associated with the president's digital ventures.
European law enforcement arrested 17 suspects and seized over 4.5 million euros in assets for their alleged involvement in a crypto-based money laundering operation that laundered over 21 million euros for criminal entities in China and the Middle East.
Bitcoin miners have halted their selling streak and are now accumulating the cryptocurrency, with miner wallet balances increasing by around 2,700 BTC over the past month, according to data from Glassnode, signaling a potential shift in market dynamics.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed its decision on Grayscale's proposed spot Solana exchange-traded fund until October 2025, shifting the focus to the upcoming June deadlines for Polkadot and XRP-based ETFs.
Decentralized AI platform OORT has achieved a major milestone with its image training dataset climbing to the top ranks on Google’s Kaggle platform, signaling strong adoption across AI sectors like retail, manufacturing, and engineering. The dataset’s rise reflects growing interest in OORT’s transparent, token-incentivized approach to data sourcing—an alternative to centralized vendors increasingly scrutinized for opaque pipelines. CEO Max Li said the organic traction validates decentralized community-curated models as high-quality training data becomes scarce. With projections suggesting human-generated data may run out by 2028, OORT plans to launch new datasets for voice commands and deepfake detection, positioning itself at the forefront of verifiable, community-driven AI development.
South Korea's top presidential candidates have expressed support for Bitcoin ETFs and institutional crypto investments, potentially paving the way for the country to follow Hong Kong in legalizing spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds.
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is set to meet with cryptocurrency professionals to discuss their security after a violent kidnapping attempt on the family of a crypto exchange executive in Paris, highlighting the growing risk of in-person crypto-related theft and the need for improved security measures.
Summer Mersinger, a US Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner, will leave her position to become the CEO of the Blockchain Association, a digital asset advocacy group, allowing President Donald Trump to nominate another member to the agency and potentially shifting the regulatory landscape for digital assets in the US.
Tanim Rasul, NDAX's Chief Operating Officer, argues that Canada's 2022 decision to categorize stablecoins as securities was incorrect and suggests the country should adopt a regulatory approach similar to Europe's, treating stablecoins as payment instruments rather than securities.
VanEck has launched the VanEck OnChain Economy ETF, an actively managed fund that invests in stocks and financial instruments related to the digital economy, including blockchain and cryptocurrency, without directly holding cryptocurrencies, to provide broad exposure to the on-chain economy.
In a post on X dated May 14, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said that approximately 60 crypto founders, including , have gathered in Washington, D.C. to lobby lawmakers in support of the Genius Act, a stablecoin bill that is being reconsidered in the Senate after its initial failure, with a potential vote expected soon.
Bitfarms reported a $36 million net loss in the first quarter, despite a 33% increase in sales, due to declining gross profit margins caused by the bitcoin halving and price volatility, as the company pivots from mining to high-performance computing for artificial intelligence applications.
The Ethereum Foundation has launched the Trillion Dollar Security Initiative, a comprehensive effort to analyze, improve, and communicate security enhancements to Ethereum developers, aiming to strengthen the network's security and support its continued growth as the leading ecosystem for decentralized finance.
According to Glassnode data, Dogecoin's active addresses surged 528% to 469,477 and its futures open interest rose 70% to $1.65 billion, indicating strong speculative interest and growing investor activity following a key update to a spot Dogecoin ETF filing acknowledged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Coinbase's X402 protocol revives the dormant HTTP 402 status code to enable native, in-protocol payments using stablecoins directly over HTTP, potentially becoming a foundational payment layer for decentralized commerce, autonomous agents, and crypto-native applications.
A Singapore high court has ruled in favor of Sonic Labs, allowing the company to force the Multichain Foundation into liquidation in an effort to recover funds stolen during a 2023 hack and potentially return them to affected users through a court-supervised process.
The Chinese darknet marketplace Haowang Guarantee, suspected of facilitating crypto scams and cybercrime, has been shut down after Telegram banned thousands of associated accounts due to reports of criminal activities and violations of the platform's terms of service.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced that the company will continue to seek merger and acquisition opportunities, utilizing its substantial balance sheet, after recently acquiring crypto derivatives platform Deribit for $2.9 billion, and is set to join the S&P 500 index, further expanding its growth and investor base.
Investors in the Hashling NFT project have sued founder Jonathan Mills for allegedly misappropriating millions of dollars in profits and failing to deliver promised equity returns, accusing him of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty in a lawsuit filed in an Illinois district court.
Standard Chartered has partnered with crypto prime broker FalconX to provide a banking services to institutional clients.
