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Aside from HYPE, the other two big weekly gainers are NEAR and VVV.

SpaceX’s IPO could turn the Mag 7 into a Mag 8, with Tesla and SpaceX comprising 25% of the group's Bitcoin balance-sheet exposure. Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company SpaceX is planning a $75 billion IPO in June, which could make it the largest near-term public listing with a major Bitcoin treasury. Key takeaways: SpaceX disclosed 18,712 BTC in its recent S-1 filing, worth roughly $1.45 billion, making it the largest known Bitcoin holder among companies preparing for, or recently filing for, a public listing. Read more

Repeated bridge exploits and shrinking yields are making institutions question whether DeFi’s risks still justify the returns, says Symbiotic’s Putiatin. Security exploits are weighing on institutional appetite for decentralized finance (DeFi), even as broader crypto adoption continues through stablecoins and tokenized assets. In an April research note, JPMorgan analysts said that bridge security remains a challenge for the industry, raising questions on whether DeFi can grow to support further institutional adoption.  The recent exploit on the Versus-Ethereum bridge was the eighth major attack against DeFi bridges in 2026 so far, with cumulative losses totalling $328.6 million. Read more

The $10.7 million THORChain exploit was caused by a GG20 vulnerability, which allowed a malicious node to reconstruct a full private key to one of its vaults. THORChain said a malicious node operator exploited a vulnerability in its GG20 threshold signature system to drain about $10.7 million from one of the protocol’s vaults. The GG20 threshold signature scheme is used to secure THORChain vaults by splitting key control across multiple node operators, meaning no single node normally holds the full private key. The vulnerability allowed the malicious node operator to reconstruct a full private key for one vault, through “progressive key material leakage,” the protocol said in a post-mortem report released on Wednesday. Read more

Bitcoin is trading at $77.3k to close out the week, locked in a consolidation that has now been running for nearly two weeks around the $75k–$80k range. The ascending channel from February is intact, the short-term support zone at $75k is holding, and the funding rates are positive again. This shows a market that is […]

Labor argues the bill could give digital assets enough regulatory cover to move closer to retirement accounts before safeguards catch up. The post US labor federation warns CLARITY Act could push crypto closer to workers’ retirement money appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Dan Roberts outlines IREN’s strategy to build a vertically integrated AI platform spanning power, data centers, GPUs and enterprise software.

Internet Computer (ICP), up 4.3% from Thursday, joined NEAR Protocol (NEAR) as a top performer.

DJT’s bitcoin strategy remains under pressure as the company sits on hundreds of millions in unrealized crypto losses and widening quarterly deficits.

The billionaire cited underperformance vs gold and broader disappointment with crypto's breakout apps (or lack thereof) as drivers.

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee argues that trillions in new IPO supply from SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI could ultimately be absorbed by underallocated investors.

A negative Coinbase Premium could appear before any visible price reaction to Fed policy changes under Kevin Warsh.

The new partnership comes as Hyperliquid’s oli futures contracts that never expire have been a huge success with over $1.6 billion in 24-hour trading volume.

This is far from the first time the team has claimed this is a major crypto problem but Pi does it better.

User funds remain safe after the incident, the prediction market platform said, with contracts and core infrastructure unaffected.

Falling product revenue and lower guidance leave the ASIC maker's growing crypto balance harder to treat as background. The post Canaan earnings show Q1 revenue collapse as record BTC and ETH treasury nears $148M appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP Ledger activity surges with 4,300 new wallets created in 24 hours, but strong resistance keeps XRP price capped. XRP Ledger has seen a spike in new addresses over the last 24 hours, but overhead resistance at $1.40 kept the XRP (XRP) price in check. Key takeaways: Read more

Your day-ahead look for May 22, 2026

NEAR rallied by 45% this week on a series of upgrades positioning it as a potential settlement layer for AI agents and confidential finance.

This Friday, we examine Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Hyperliquid in greater detail. Ethereum (ETH) Ethereum closed the week in the red with a 6% loss after the price fell from its ascending channel. This is a bearish breakdown that could see the asset revisit the support at $2,000 in the coming week. If […]