NEAR protocol leads AI token rally with a 50% pump: Is $5 NEAR price next?
NEAR price surges 50% in a week as AI token momentum, Nvidia optimism and network upgrades fuel bullish sentiment. Go to Source
Month: May 2026
House Oversight Committee Launches Probe into Polymarket and Kalshi Over Insider Trading
Rep. James Comer, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to Polymarket and Kalshi to ascertain the measures these platforms are taking to curb these practices. Comer referred to the prediction markets ecosystem as the “Wild West.” Rep. James Comer Launches Probe On Insider Trading Happening On Prediction Markets Kentucky … Read more
Crypto Biz: Institutions tighten their grip on Bitcoin, AI and prediction markets
Institutional crypto adoption accelerates as Tether expands Bitcoin holdings, miners pivot to AI and Polymarket joins Nasdaq amid $1 billion fund outflows. Go to Source
Bitcoin price falls under $77K as Dow Jones hits new all-time highs
Bitcoin headed lower as Wall Street trading began with new record highs for the Dow Jones, while traders warned of weak US demand. Go to Source
NYSE owner ICE to launch oil-linked futures with OKX
ICE and OKX plan to launch oil-linked perpetual futures based on Brent and WTI benchmarks, bringing crypto derivatives further into traditional energy markets under licensing restrictions. Go to Source
Bitcoin miner MARA spent $4.3M on CEO security in 2025 as crypto attacks rise
MARA spent $4.3 million on CEO Fred Thiel’s security in 2025, including vehicle armoring, as crypto wrench attacks increased globally. Go to Source
Polymarket Suffers $700K Breach After Internal Admin Wallet is Compromised
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT first pointed to a possible hack, indicating that $520K were drained so far. Polymarket acknowledged the security event and stressed that it was taking action after the compromise of an alleged private key, explaining that user funds were safe. Polymarket Faces Security Event: No User Funds Affected Polymarket, one of the largest … Read more
NEAR Jumps 30% as $36M Bitwise ETP Adds Weight to AI Token Thesis
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. NEAR Token Surges Past $2 NEAR, the token of the artificial intelligence-native protocol Near, surged on Friday as it crossed the $2 threshold for the first … Read more
KuCoin In The Spotlight For Alleged Complicity In Illicit Crypto Flows, Victim Appeals To ZachXBT
A cryptocurrency user, whose assets were stolen, has reignited the debate around user exchange culpability by offering $100,000 to blockchain investigator ZachXBT as a public bounty for finding his stolen funds. He claims 15 years of savings all vanished from a Trust Wallet account and were transferred to KuCoin which has been accused of ignoring … Read more
Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day: Celebrating the $770 Million Delivery
On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz completed one of the first BTC commercial transactions ever, exchanging 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas, a milestone that still keeps being celebrated even in an age of institutional dominance over the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Bitcoin Pizza Day Keeps Being Celebrated Even After 16 Years While the bitcoin ecosystem … Read more