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Everclear, the cross-chain liquidity protocol formerly known as Connext, has announced it is winding down operations. The project, which traded under the ticker CLEAR, confirmed in a statement on its official X account that the Everclear Foundation, its development company, and all associated products will be phased out. The decision follows a period of financial strain that the team was unable to overcome. Why Everclear failed to sustain its business model According to the team, the core issue was profitability. Everclear had developed a solver-based model designed to rebalance funds across different blockchain networks. While the protocol reportedly achieved a…

$BNB Chain has officially launched its BNBAgent SDK on the BSC mainnet, marking a significant step toward integrating artificial intelligence with blockchain technology. The SDK is designed to provide the core infrastructure needed for the large-scale implementation of blockchain-based AI agents, according to an announcement on the project’s official X account. Modular Architecture for AI Agent Development The BNBAgent SDK is built around four distinct modules, each addressing a critical function for autonomous AI agents operating on-chain. These modules include identity and trust, based on the ERC-8004 standard; business and custody, based on ERC-8183 ($APEX); automatic payments, using MPP and…

Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization, could be on the verge of an extremely volatile move, according to the Bollinger Bands indicator, which is closely followed by chartists. The flagship cryptocurrency remains in the mid-$76,000 range for now, CoinGecko data shows. The Bollinger Band squeeze, explained On X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, prominent cryptocurrency trader Josh Olszewicz has said Bitcoin’s monthly Bollinger Bands are currently the “tightest ever.” The indicator, which was developed by financial analyst John Bollinger several decades ago, is useful for measuring market volatility. monthly $BTC bbands tightest ever pic.twitter.com/E6pX6gU3dy — CarpeNoctom (@CarpeNoctom) May 22,…

Ethereum ($ETH) prices continue to face heavy selling pressure as rising oil prices, and continued ETF outflows weigh in. $ETH recently slipped toward the critical $2,120 psychological support zone after briefly falling near $1,800 during rising geopolitical tensions tied to the Israel-Iran conflict. Now, BitMine Chairman and Fundstrat co-founder Thomas Lee believes oil prices may be one of the biggest reasons behind Ethereum’s recent weakness. Tom Lee Says Oil Prices Are Hurting $ETH According to Lee, Ethereum currently has one of its strongest inverse correlations with oil prices in years. That means when oil prices rise sharply, $ETH tends to…

IREN (IREN) co-founder Daniel Roberts outlined an ambitious vision for the company as a vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform in a lengthy X post on Friday, arguing that the biggest bottleneck in artificial intelligence is no longer chips, but physical infrastructure.“AI demand grows exponentially. Infrastructure doesn’t,” Roberts wrote, pointing to growing constraints around power, land, cooling and data center construction.Roberts said IREN’s strategy is built around three layers: physical infrastructure such as power and data centers, compute infrastructure including NVIDIA GPUs and servers, and enterprise software and operational tooling. “Layers 1 and 2 are where the overwhelming majority of IREN’s…

A delivery robot just paid for something onchain. No human wallet holder, no manual approval, no traditional invoicing. Just a machine completing a task in a simulated Seoul environment and settling the bill in $USDT on its own. The demonstration, announced on May 12, 2026, by peaq, a Layer 1 blockchain built for what it calls the “Machine Economy,” featured a Serve Robotics delivery bot navigating a simulated urban landscape via NAVER Maps, completing deliveries, and processing payments onchain using Tether’s Wallet Development Kit and Solana as a settlement layer. It’s one of those demos that sounds like science fiction…

The CLARITY Act, a key piece of cryptocurrency regulation legislation, may face a delay in its Senate vote as the chamber’s June schedule becomes increasingly crowded with competing priorities. The update comes from Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto in America, who reported via social media that the bill is now competing for floor time with several major pieces of legislation. Competing Legislative Priorities According to Terrett, the Senate’s June calendar is already packed with significant bills, including a budget reconciliation package, the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and a housing bill that recently passed the House of…

South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has announced it will list its OpenGradient ($OPG) token on the Korean won (KRW) market. According to the exchange’s statement, deposits and withdrawals for $OPG will open within two hours of the announcement. Trading is scheduled to begin on May 22, 2026, at 2 PM Turkish time. Bithumb emphasized that $OPG transactions will only be supported through the Base network, and transfers from other networks will not be accepted. Furthermore, as part of standard security procedures applied to new listings, buy orders will be restricted for the first five minutes after trading begins. During the…

Tenbin Labs has overhauled its bridge infrastructure, announcing a full transition from LayerZero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) following an internal audit. The company cited heightened security concerns after recent industry incidents, noting that LayerZero no longer met its evolving safety standards for real-world asset tokenization. As a result, Tenbin Labs will now use only Chainlink CCIP for all cross-chain operations on its platform. Security concerns and audit findings The catalyst for this infrastructure shift was a series of cross-chain cyber incidents that have unsettled the blockchain ecosystem in recent weeks. Tenbin Labs’ internal security review concluded that LayerZero’s…

Harvard Management Company, the entity that manages Harvard University’s endowment fund, sold all of its Ether ($ETH) holdings after just one quarter, according to its Q1 2026 United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. The endowment no longer holds the $87 million in BlackRock iShares Ethereum Trust exchange-traded fund (ETF) shares, which it held in Q4 2025, according to its Q1 2026 SEC filing. Harvard also reduced its exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) in Q1 2026, offloading about 2.3 million Bitcoin ETF shares. The endowment fund still holds more than 3 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, valued…