Web3 platform Morph, alongside Blockchain4Youth and DvCode Technologies Inc., launched the “Build In! Payments” hackathon on May 18 to develop digital payment solutions for the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The initiative features a total prize pool of $3,500 USDC and is open to developers, designers, students, and startup founders. According to a statement from the…
Key Takeaways XRP absorbed aggressive Binance selling while staying above its earlier support area. Thin order books may increase volatility because fewer resting orders absorb larger trades. Traders are watching whether price stability returns as liquidity and taker activity normalize. XRP Binance Sell Pressure Hits Two-Month Extreme At 5:38 p.m. on May 26, XRP traded…
Key Takeaways Arkham Intelligence flags Roswell, NM, holding 0.173 BTC worth $13,000 onchain as of May 26, 2026. The City of Roswell launched the first known U.S. municipal bitcoin reserve in April 2025 via donations. Mayor Pro Tem Juliana Halvorson signed a ceremonial receipt, setting a ten-year BTC holding mandate. City of Roswell, NM Sits…
Key Takeaways Two whale wallets opened $4.3M in chainlink and dogecoin longs on May 26, per Lookonchain. Wallet 0x3109 placed $8.04M in pending limit orders for LINK at $9.44 and DOGE at $0.10. If all pending orders fill, combined whale exposure across LINK and DOGE would rise above $13 million. Whale Wallets Build Chainlink and…
Key Takeaways Stable launched StableEarn on May 26, with the first Morpho vault backed by Theo’s 3 RWA products. Gauntlet curates risk for the vault, overseeing more than $1B in assets across the Morpho protocol. Theo’s thBILL, thGOLD, and thUSD target USDT holders seeking yield tied to real-world market returns. Stable Brings Institutional USDT Yield…
Key Takeaways. Timechainindex.com founder Sani flagged a 107 BTC burn on May 25 worth more than $8.2 million. Bitcoin burn wallet holdings reached 807 BTC, valued at nearly $62.15 million. Counterparty burned 2,131 BTC in 2014, fueling renewed proof-of-burn debate. Bitcoin Burn Wallet Jumps to 807 BTC After Mystery User Burns $8.2 Million According to…
Key Takeaways Kraken deposited 5.06 ETH ($1.07M) into Eigencloud on May 26, per EmberCN. EIGEN token trades at $0.25, roughly 96% below its $5.65 all-time high despite $6.53B in TVL. Eigencloud runs a -$12.7M annual earnings deficit, spending $56.77M in incentives vs $13.6M in fees. Kraken Deposit Signals Institutional Interest in Ethereum Restaking Kraken, one…
Key Takeaways Hyperliquid has launched canonical prediction markets via validators for offchain events. HYPE trades at $59.71 as the platform records $170.29B in 30-day perpetual futures volume. HYPE ETFs drew $72.4M in their first week, as bitcoin ETFs shed $1.26B over the same period. Validator-Based Markets Enter the Fray Hyperliquid, the L1 best known for…
Key Takeaways Citing system costs, the Bank of Russia wants Visa and Mastercard to fully exit as their market share dropped below 17%. As cashless payments hit 88%, Ilya Grashchenkov expects a calm, disruption-free market shift. Experts point out that Russia will calmly transition users to its Mir system, which issued 476.5M cards by Jan…
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance is officially entering the Philippine via a partnership with a local fintech firm. Announced Tusday, Binance said it will have a partnership with local fintech firm BlockShoals Technologies Inc. to operate within the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Strategic Sandbox framework. Under the agreement, BlockShoals will act as the approved local…
