NATO Sets Deadline: Military Deployment to Ensure Safe Passage Through Strait of Hormuz in Early July If Not Opened

On May 19th, Singapore-based Bitcoin mining hardware maker and mining firm Canaan announced a net loss of $88.7 million for the first quarter of 2026, alongside total revenue of $62.7 million—figures that align with the company’s earlier performance guidance. The net loss broke down into multiple components: $54.3 million in operating losses, $24.9 million in fair-value losses on its cryptocurrency holdings, $16 million in financial derivatives losses, and $4 million in exchange-related losses. For revenue, $42.9 million came from product sales, while $19.1 million was generated by Canaan’s mining business. The company attributed the revenue decline to two key factors: a drop in sold computing power, and a weakening of Bitcoin’s average price.

Per Onchain Lens monitoring, on May 19, a wallet affiliated with Anchorage Digital withdrew 85,226 HYPE from the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, valued at approximately $4.08 million. Over the past month, this address has accumulated a total of 2.22 million HYPE, with its holdings totaling roughly $105.75 million.

May 19 (per official sources) — The Zcash Foundation has released its Q1 2026 report, revealing total assets of approximately $36.7 million. The asset breakdown includes roughly $12.11 million in cash, 506,556 USDC, 85,412 ZEC (valued at around $21.2 million), 41.8 BTC (worth about $2.85 million), and 12.02 ETH (approximately $25,000). The foundation also noted that while the first quarter brought changes to the Electric Coin Company’s development team and governance disputes, Zcash’s core network operations remained unimpacted. Transactions and block production continued running as normal throughout the period. On the regulatory front, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has wrapped up its investigation into Zcash without taking any enforcement action, eliminating lingering long-term regulatory uncertainty for the project.

On May 19, U.S. President Trump stated, "I’m giving Iran another 2 to 3 days—maybe until Friday, Saturday, or even early next week. Time is running out." (FX168)

On May 19, top crypto market maker Wintermute officially rolled out Armitage, its brand-new DeFi treasury management platform. Similar to other leading treasury offerings, Armitage’s managers can craft custom treasury strategies tailored to different risk appetites to access a wide range of decentralized finance (DeFi) lending opportunities. These treasuries operate on a non-custodial framework: users hold complete control over their funds at all times, and depositors are not required to complete KYC (know your customer) verification, the firm noted in its official announcement. Driven by the proven success of platforms like Morpho and Kamino Finance, the treasury model is emerging as an increasingly prominent trend within the crypto institutional space. Notable players including asset management giant Apollo Global Management and major crypto exchange Kraken are also pursuing similar initiatives of their own.

On May 19, U.S. President Trump stated, “We are in talks with Iran. We might have to strike Iran again — though that’s not certain — and Iran is begging for a deal.”