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On May 22, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that an Iranian diplomatic source based in Islamabad stated Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff had departed for Iran. Earlier, Saudi media outlet Alhadath also reported that Pakistan’s top military commander was heading to Tehran. In the wake of this news, data from Bitget shows West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil dropped to $99 per barrel, marking a 2.37% intraday decline. Brent crude oil fell more than 2% during the session and is currently trading at $99.96 per barrel.

On May 22, Bloomberg reported that Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)—parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)—is partnering with cryptocurrency exchange OKX to launch a crude oil-pegged perpetual futures contract. According to joint statements from both firms, ICE’s Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures will act as the pricing benchmarks for the new product. The futures contract will roll out in all regions where OKX holds valid licenses to offer perpetual futures trading.

On May 22nd, according to monitoring from Onchain Lens, BlackRock transferred 1,587 BTC to Coinbase, valued at approximately $122.55 million, plus 17,815 ETH worth roughly $37.79 million.

May 22 – Per market sources, the UAE has joined Saudi Arabia and Qatar in urging Trump not to restart the war with Iran. (FX168)

On May 22, CNBC reported that James Comer, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced an insider trading investigation into prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket. Comer has sent letters to the CEOs of both companies requesting documents related to identity verification, geographic restrictions, and monitoring protocols for unusual transactions. Comer stated that internal records of the prediction market platforms are the only way to identify violators and assess whether the platforms are fulfilling their legal obligations. The investigation focuses on how the platforms prevent insider trading and the identity verification process for international accounts. The announcement comes amid a string of prior suspicious incidents involving the two platforms. Previously, a U.S. soldier was arrested for using insider information to bet on a change in the Venezuelan government, netting around $400,000 in profits. The New York Times recently reported tha

May 22 — Per Pyth’s official status page, Pythnet/Hermes has been offline for nearly four hours. All Price Feeds and Sponsored Feeds are currently impacted. The root cause of the outage has been pinpointed, and validators are coordinating a network restart. Service is expected to resume at 20:30 UTC.