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The $NEAR token jumped 30% to an intraday high of $2.25, marking a 70% increase since the start of May and briefly pushing its market capitalization past $2.9 billion. Key Takeaways: $NEAR token jumped 30% to hit an intraday high of $2.25 following a public services partnership with Bermuda. The Bitwise $NEAR Staking ETP recently saw a $3 million inflow, pushing total assets under management to $36 million. Near Protocol plans to deploy a dynamic resharding upgrade in June to scale infrastructure for AI agents. $NEAR Token Surges Past $2 $NEAR, the token of the artificial intelligence-native protocol Near, surged…

The AFL-CIO is trying to recast the Senate CLARITY Act from a fight over banks, stablecoin rewards, and crypto market structure into a fight over workers’ retirement money. The AFL-CIO is the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, representing millions of workers across dozens of unions. In a May 11 letter to senators, the labor federation urged lawmakers to oppose the Senate version of the House’s Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The group warned that the bill could push digital assets into pension plans, retirement accounts, and…

BitGo, one of the larger digital asset custody providers in the institutional space, is rolling out Lightning Network capabilities through a partnership with Voltage, a company that specializes in Lightning infrastructure. The move gives BitGo’s institutional clients the ability to send and receive Bitcoin payments at a fraction of the cost and time associated with standard on-chain transactions. What the partnership actually does Voltage handles the heavy lifting of Lightning infrastructure: node management, channel operations, and liquidity provisioning. The result is a Crypto-as-a-Service platform that lets enterprises plug Lightning payments into their existing workflows through APIs for wallet management, payments,…

Walrus, the decentralized storage protocol built on the Sui blockchain, just launched something designed to fix that. The MemWal SDK is a developer toolkit that gives AI agents persistent, encrypted memory stored on Walrus’s decentralized infrastructure, complete with semantic search so agents can actually retrieve what they’ve learned. What MemWal actually does The SDK stores encrypted memories on the Walrus network and layers semantic search retrieval on top. That means agents don’t just dump information into a blob of text. They can query their own memory intelligently, pulling up relevant context based on meaning rather than exact keyword matches. Abinhav…

Bitcoin’s price troubles seem to have no end currently, as the asset just posted yet another leg down that drove it to a monthly low of just over $74,000. This comes as popular analyst CW claimed that retail investors have been disposing of their assets, while whales have set up buy orders that can absorb the pressure. Bearish Market Structure Returns After losing $8,000 in just over a week, many analysts have turned the page on their price analysis. Jelle, for example, warned that $BTC has dropped below both the 100D and 50D Moving Averages as the local market structure…

Ethereum has been struggling to stay above the $ 2,200 level over the past few days and now risks dropping below $2,100. Institutional and retail demand have been declining over the past few days, suggesting that investors lack confidence in Ethereum at the moment. The momentum indicators also paint a neutral picture, with the $2,067 support level likely to come into play soon. Institutional demand continues to decline Ethereum has been underperforming since the start of the week, thanks to declining institutional demand. According to CoinGlass’s ETF page, Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded an outflow of $32.4 million on Thursday,…

Gold now makes up basically the entirety tokenized commodity market, according to data from a16z Crypto, whose latest report put tokenized commodities at about $5.1 billion, while tokenized gold alone sat near $5 billion. Silver and every other commodity product had only $57.6 million combined, which leaves gold with about 98% of the market. Oil, farm products, energy, and compute tokens are still barely present. According to a16z Crypto, the market for tokenized assets, also referred to as RWAs, “has surpassed $30 billion recently and been hovering at $34 billion” without counting the stablecoins. Source: a16z Crypto In mid-2024, the…

On-chain data points to the 4th largest increase in new addresses for $XRP so far in 2026. According to Santiment data, 4,300 wallets joined the $XRP network within a 24-hour period, which is the fourth largest increase in 2026. The addition of new addresses remains significant as it might indicate growing interest. It might also signal the entry of new users or new addresses being created by existing holders. In a recent tweet, on-chain data analytics platform Santiment highlighted the network growth as positive, given that this could be a major signal to spot price reversals. $XRP On-Chain Data, Image…

The chief executive of a major Polish fintech company has been detained in the U.S. as part of an investigation into a massive loss of customer funds. The man has been wanted by law enforcement authorities in Poland under a Red Notice issued by Interpol for his role in the alleged fraud case. His arrest follows the collapse of the largest crypto trading platform in the Polish market, whose bosses are also believed to be hiding abroad. Cinkciarz CEO faces extradition proceedings in the U.S. The head of Cinkciarz.pl, a popular online currency exchange in Poland, has been detained in…

YOM has officially joined the Blockchain Game Alliance, the leading organization committed to promoting blockchain within the game industry. The BGA counts over 350 company members and is backed by names like Ubisoft, Animoca Brands, The Sandbox, and Polygon. YOM 🤝 Blockchain Game AllianceWe’re proud to be a member of @BGameAlliance the leading organization committed to promoting blockchain within the game industry.350+ company members. Backed by names like Ubisoft, Animoca Brands, The Sandbox, and Polygon.Raising awareness.… pic.twitter.com/LDgMZdoAoM — YOM (@YOM_Official) May 23, 2026 For YOM, which builds decentralized cloud gaming infrastructure powered by a global network of gamers, the membership…