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Another wild week in crypto.HYPE flips Solana in valuation, airdrops are heating up again, and crypto keeps moving deeper into mainstream finance. Even after years in this market, it still feels like there is always a new narrative every single week.Before we jump into the news, we hope some of you managed to grab the Swatch X Audemars Piguet watch after reading our earlier blog about it. Some people flipped them for almost 4x the retail price on the same day. Honestly, it reminded me of the old NFT mint days. Fast hype cycles, long lines, and instant secondary market…
Recently Strategy made headlines by saying that it might sell some bitcoin to meet business objectives. This came as a surprise to many people because of what was previously regarded as a hard-lined stance to never sell. Saylor even (jokingly) tweeted stuff like “Sell a kidney if you must, but keep the bitcoin.” The reality is that bitcoin sales were always on the table for any bitcoin treasury company. The quip of “never sell” is an articulation of a long-term investment philosophy founded upon the extreme low time preference that is common in bitcoin discourse. But even within this discourse,…
Cardano price faces a major breakdown amid the formation of an inverted pennant pattern in the daily time-frame chart. Cardano advances the Leios protocol update to live testing for protocol readiness checks. New features such as Endorser Blocks and committee-based validation aim to improve throughput by 10x to 65x. ADA, the native cryptocurrency of the Cardano ecosystem is down 1% during Thursday’s U.S. market hours to trade at $0.246. The price drop aligns with broader crypto market pullback as Bitcoin price rejects from the $78,000 floor. Despite the intact bearish sentiment in the market, the Cardano network continues to progress…
Millionaire businessman Kevin O’Leary has indicated that stablecoins are more valuable than Bitcoin because of their role in the global financial system. He also highlighted the “big opportunity” as one of the layer-1 networks could be the biggest beneficiary of traditional finance (TradFi) firms moving on-chain. Kevin O’Leary Praises Stablecoins Over Bitcoin In an X post, Kevin O’Leary shared a FOX interview in which he praised stablecoins over Bitcoin. He described BTC as a speculative asset whose price fluctuates due to its volatility. Meanwhile, the businessman called stablecoins an interesting product in financial services, noting that they are valuable because…
The post Binance Launches First-Ever SpaceX Pre-IPO Futures Product appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Binance has introduced the world’s first pre-IPO futures contract tied to SpaceX, allowing traders to speculate on the company’s valuation before any public listing. The SPCXUSDT perpetual contract is settled in USDT and reflects market expectations for SpaceX shares without giving users actual ownership rights. Trading volume quickly surged as investors reacted to SpaceX’s reported $1.5 trillion private valuation. The launch highlights growing demand for tokenized exposure to private companies, though Binance warned users about extreme volatility and leverage risks. Credit: Source link
Zcash (ZEC) continues its upward momentum, beating most major crypto assets in the top 100 projects by market cap. According to CoinGecko data, ZEC’s price has surged by more than 100% in the last month, with double digit gains across other time frames. The asset has rallied 13.7% in the last 24 hours, 27.2% in the last week, 23.5% in the 14-day charts, and a whopping 1481.7% since May 2025. Let’s discuss what’s behind Zcash’s (ZEC) price rally, and if the upswing can continue.Source: CoinGeckoWhat’s Behind Zcash’s (ZEC) Price Rally?Source: BinanceZcash’s (ZEC) latest price rally comes after the SEC dropped…
Key TakeawaysOn May 20, privacy coin Zcash (ZEC) surged over 17% in six hours to cross an $11 billion market cap.The ZEC rally triggered $28.25 million in liquidations and saw it eclipse rival token Monero.To enter the top 10 crypto assets, ZEC must hit $1,000 to flip DOGE’s $16.25 billion valuation. Zcash Hits New YTD High Privacy coin Zcash (ZEC) surged to a new year-to-date high on May 20 amid a tepid cryptocurrency rally that also saw bitcoin briefly reclaim $78,000. Market data show ZEC jumped from $568 to an intraday peak of $686 in just over six hours, an…
On the fateful day of August 1, 2020, Shiba Inu was launched with no pomp or fanfare and remained an unknown and obscure token. The founder Ryoshi, minted SHIB with a circulating supply of 1 quadrillion tokens. He then gifted 50% of the supply to the Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, reducing the circulating supply to 549 trillion.Rumors were also rife at that time that Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin could be Ryoshi himself. Well, that’s another story to discuss, and it’s not confirmed. Getting back to the tale, Shiba Inu opened at $0.000000000056 (10 zeroes) and managed to drop a zero…
Alvin Lang May 21, 2026 08:48 AAVE’s technical breakdown below $90 signals deeper pain ahead, with bearish momentum targeting the $75-80 zone within 2-3 weeks. Smart money positioning at 62% long suggests a potential dead cat b… The Immediate Setup AAVE is trading in no man’s land at $89.47, caught between a rock and a hard place after failing to hold the psychological $90 level. The token has shed nearly 35% from its 200-day moving average of $136.25, and the recent 1.93% bounce feels more like a technical relief than genuine buying interest.…
Hyperliquid overtook Solana in fully diluted valuation (FDV) today, May 21, 2026. There has been a strong demand for the newly launched US spot HYPE ETFs. Institutions such as Galaxy Digital and Grayscale Investment are accumulating $HYPE. Hyperliquid (HYPE) has overtaken Solana in fully diluted valuation (FDV), marking a major milestone for the token. Hyperliquid’s FDV now stands at approximately $54.57 billion, edging out Solana’s FDV of about $54.21 billion. The token’s market strength is reflected in its price, which has jumped roughly 16% and is hovering around the $56 mark after breaking past $50. This move where the price…
