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Sui network, a layer 1 blockchain developed by Mysten Labs, is experiencing a network outage on Thursday after the project said its mainnet had “stalled,” temporarily halting transaction processing. “Sui Mainnet is currently experiencing a network stall. The Sui Core team is actively working on a solution,” the project posted on X. “Be aware that transactions may be paused at this time. Updates will be shared as soon as they are available.” The disruption appeared to pause activity across the network, though the team had not yet disclosed the cause of the issue at press time. The incident marks another…

Ethereum [$ETH] attracted renewed speculative attention after a trader expanded his 25x leveraged $ETH long position to 6,325 $ETH, valued near $13 million. Despite facing unrealized losses of more than $33 million, the trader deposited an additional $287,913 USDC into HyperLiquid. This aggressive positioning highlighted growing conviction among derivatives traders, even as $ETH continued to struggle below key resistance levels. However, the move also highlighted rising liquidation risk because extremely leveraged positions remained vulnerable during sharp volatility swings. Market participants increasingly monitored whether whale traders still expected a broader recovery structure from current levels. Therefore, the expanding position suggested confidence…

Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok says AI is now driving nearly half of all investment‑grade issuance and most VC funding, turning the AI boom into a full credit market cycle. Artificial intelligence has moved well beyond the stock market. According to Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok, AI now accounts for nearly half of all investment-grade bond issuance, 87% of venture capital funding, and a growing share of the high-yield market — a data point that reframes the AI trade as a credit market story as much as an equity one. Slok published the findings on May 18 in his Daily…

According to data from XRPScan, the fixCleanup3_1_3 amendment is set to activate in a few days, with the current countdown being 9 days 16 hours. “fixCleanup3_1_3” represents the fix amendment in XRPL 3.1.3, which is now in a 2-week activation period with an expected timeline of May 27, 2026. On May 8, the $XRP Ledger Foundation announced the release of the latest $XRP Ledger software, XRPL 3.1.3, which included one default-yes fix amendment. This needed no manual voting, with upgrading alone being enough. The fixCleanup3_1_3 amendment included in the XRPL version 3.1.3 is a collection of fixes for NFTs, Permissioned…

One section in the crypto industry’s all-important U.S. Senate bill — the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act — outlines how to treat trading platforms that claim a place in decentralized finance (DeFi) but aren’t genuinely decentralized. It gives U.S. regulators a path to saddle them with rules, but after a tweak last week, it could be expanded in a way that is alarming the DeFi sector. A dramatic, rushed strategy to win Democratic votes during the Clarity Act’s hearing in the Senate Banking Committee worked out as the bill’s advocates hoped. Two Democrats came over and made the advancement of…

Voting in crypto governance has a dirty secret: it’s not actually secret. Most DAO votes are cast from pseudonymous wallets on public blockchains, meaning anyone with a block explorer can see exactly how you voted. That creates a problem that goes beyond mere privacy discomfort. It opens the door to coercion, vote buying, and social pressure that undermines the entire point of democratic decision-making. CRISP, short for Coercion-Resistant Impartial Selection Protocol, is a new attempt to fix that. Launched in May 2026 by the Interfold project, which evolved from Gnosis Guild’s Enclave, the protocol brings together three heavyweight cryptographic techniques…

Bitcoin is barely holding above a key support level after recent volatility, even as the S&P 500 continues pushing to new highs and stabilizing broader risk markets. In strong risk-on environments, Bitcoin normally outperforms equities, making the current lack of leadership increasingly concerning for traders expecting another leg higher. The divergence is now raising fresh questions about how $BTC could react if equities eventually begin to pull back. Why Is $BTC Showing Weakness? Analysts attribute $BTC’s current relative weakness to its present market structure. In strong risk-on environments, $BTC has historically outperformed equities rather than lagging behind, making the current…

A cryptocurrency whale address suspected of being linked to early Bitcoin adopter and Shapeshift founder Erik Voorhees has made a significant purchase, acquiring 668 $ETH valued at approximately $1.35 million within the past hour, according to blockchain tracking firm Onchain Lens. This latest transaction brings the address’s total Ethereum holdings to 139,882 $ETH, worth an estimated $281.73 million at current market prices. Who is Behind the Whale Address? While the address has not been officially confirmed as belonging to Voorhees, blockchain analysts have long associated it with the Shapeshift founder and early cryptocurrency advocate. The address has been consistently active…

Chamath Palihapitiya says consulting giants are helping OpenAI and Anthropic build the firms that may replace them. Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya issued a stark warning to the consulting industry on May 17, calling out PwC and Accenture by name for what he describes as a self-defeating AI strategy — one that he says hands OpenAI and Anthropic the keys to their own replacement. If you are running a consulting business and you are deploying Anthropic or OpenAI directly into your organization (I’m looking at you PwC and Accenture) you are letting the fox into the hen house. OpenAI and…

The crypto market always remains the topic of debate due to its daily and weekly ups and downs, and therefore, it gets the attention of crypto holders all the time. This daily and weekly momentum provides a pathway and can be used as a behavioral indicator for certain cryptocurrencies. From the statistical calculation, there are many cryptocurrencies that performed well in the last week and grabbed crypto holders’ attention. There is a hierarchical list of top crypto gainers of the week that show record growth, and the overall market remains in an upward trend. Here are Crypto gainers named as…