A week-ahead crypto calendar identifies the Senate Banking Committee’s May 14 CLARITY Act vote hearing as a key upcoming event for digital-asset markets. The calendar also highlights Circle’s May 11, 2026 first-quarter earnings, the release of U.S. April CPI data on May 12, Ronin’s Ethereum Layer-2 migration, Base Azul’s mainnet launch, and Binance’s extension of its USD1 subsidy. The existing debate around the CLARITY Act remains centered on token classification, agency oversight, exchange listing rules, stablecoin reward restrictions, and a market-manipulation clause that Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini want removed.