HYPE chases new highs as ETF inflows and institutional adoption accelerate
HYPE hit new highs above $65 after recording record inflows into ETFs, futures participation, and trading volumes on the Hyperliquid exchange. Are we looking at $100 as the next target?
💸 #HYPE Machi deposited $287,913 $USDC into HyperLiquid to pump up his long position in $ETH (25x) to 6.325 $ETH , valued at $13M.
Losses have already topped $33M.
👀 President Trump appoints former Attorney General Pam Bondi to the White House AI board.
🤑THE GIANT OF SUPERMARKETS CARREFOUR NOW OFFERS 20% DISCOUNTS FOR PAYMENTS WITH #BITCOIN IN FRANCE
WITH OVER 14,000 STORES IN 40 COUNTRIES
BTC BEING USED AS MONEY. IT'S HERE 🚀
🤑Since the Iran war started in early March, Bitcoin hasn't collapsed.
It has remained steady through the conflict, sanctions, and closed shipping routes.
📉🤔 #BTC Sentora: Bitcoin ETFs saw their largest weekly outflows since late January, when a similar streak of ETF weakness coincided with BTC's drop from $89k to around $62k.
Data: BCV has sold $5,127.82 million in the currency market during 2026
So far this year, the BCV has progressively increased the monthly supply of foreign currency. Relatively speaking, the dollar supply from the Central Bank has jumped 169.60% between January and the current month of May. The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has placed a total of $5,127.82 million in the Currency Market System (CMS) as of last Friday, May 22, of which $4,462.37 million was placed during currency intervention sessions. Out of the $5,127.82 million sold by the issuing body, 87% was traded through the intervention mechanism in transfers; 9.9% was placed on the exchange desks; and 3.1% was distributed in retail operations.
Exclusive: Venezuela might not be able to present a debt renegotiation proposal before 2028
The economist and lead advisor of the Venezuelan debt bonds investment fund, Copernico Recovery Fund (CRF), Jorge Piedrahita, warned that there's a group of bondholders already pushing for a deal that caters to their own interests. From the creditors' perspective, it's crucial to resolve the political situation in Venezuela and have a legitimized government to make concrete moves on restructuring the external debt, according to economist and lead advisor of the Venezuelan bonds investment fund, Copernico Recovery Fund (CRF), Jorge Piedrahita.
🚀 SpaceX isn't publicly traded yet, but crypto platforms are already allowing speculation on its future valuation. This phenomenon ushers in a new era for pre-IPO markets and financial tokenization.
💸 Whale Evaded closed their long positions at $ZEC y BTC with a loss of $4.83 million.
Shortly after, they opened a new short position of 940 $BTC with 30x leverage, valued at $71M. Their total losses now exceed $3.69M.
The info on the negotiations between the U.S. and Iran is **totally legit and happening right now (May 2026)**, but the whole "U.S. surrender" concept is a different ball game.
What’s going down is some serious negotiation after weeks of open conflict.
Here’s the current situation:
What’s REAL: The state of the conflict (May 2026)
* **There’s a truce and negotiations:** After the war kicked off on February 28, 2026 (when the U.S. and Israel hit Iranian nuclear and military facilities), a ceasefire was agreed on **April 8**. Right now, both countries are hashing it out in Qatar and Pakistan for a Memorandum of Understanding to end the war.
* **Points are being made, but no final deal yet:** Yesterday, May 25, Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed they’ve made progress on "some significant issues," but they clarified that the pact **is not imminent**.
* **Trump is keeping the pressure on:** The U.S. president said over the weekend that negotiations "are going very well," but warned that the deal "will be magnificent, or it won’t happen at all." He made it clear that the **U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports will remain active** until the final document is signed.
* **Tension in the Strait of Hormuz:** Iran has allowed over 180 commercial ships to pass in recent days to ease the global oil crisis, but they’re demanding fees for "security services" in the strait, which the U.S. and its allies view with skepticism. Real military friction today (May 26):** The truce is shaky.
Fake news from the U.S. via a dubious surrender of Iran by Donald Trump
🇺🇸🗣 Trump claims that U.S. media would portray Iran as victorious even after a complete surrender. He stated: "If Iran surrenders... the fake news media will headline that Iran had a masterful and brilliant victory over the United States."
🚨 Spain has ordered the shutdown of Polymarket and Kalshi for operating without a gaming license. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has also initiated a sanctioning process.
📊 Funding rates have decisively turned positive again, with traders paying a premium to maintain long exposure as $BTC consolidates around the mid-$70K mark.
This move marks a radical shift from the heavily short positioning seen in April. glassnode
🤑Meanwhile, other YouTubers are mooning gold at 5k 🙊
🤑The privacy narrative is performing incredibly well.
• $ZEC has pumped 163% in the last 90 days • $NEAR has added support for Zcash and has surged 178% in the last 90 days • $VVV is developing private and uncensorable AI and has skyrocketed 368% in the last 90 days
😱 A $3 million exploit cleaned out 86 wallets in under two hours on Ethereum and Base without stealing any private keys. The attacker exploited a vulnerability in an external module of Squid Router, according to Blockaid.
🎯 Hyperliquid dives into the prediction market game. The HIP-4 upgrade allows the creation of markets on real-world events directly within the Hyperliquid infrastructure, eliminating the need for external oracles to resolve outcomes.
🗽 Binance is making a comeback in the Philippines through a partnership with BlockShoals as part of the SEC's sandbox.
News | Markets
This is fantastic and crucial news for the international crypto ecosystem. Binance's return to the Philippines marks a radical shift in strategy, moving from confrontation to full regulation.
Here’s a breakdown of the key points of this move:
📑 The Context of the Alliance: Binance + BlockShoals
After being blocked by the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) of the Philippines from 2023 to 2024 for operating without a license, Binance has decided to pivot strategy to regain access to one of the most crypto-adoptive markets in Southeast Asia.
* **The Local Intermediary:** **BlockShoals Technologies Inc.** is a registered company in the Philippines that obtained SEC approval under the framework of *Crypto Asset Intermediaries*. They will be the legal and local face of the project.
* **Binance's Role:** They will provide all their global tech infrastructure, liquidity, security systems, and operational expertise. * **The Environment:** They will operate within **StratBox** (the SEC's controlled sandbox), created under Memorandum Circular No. 9.
⏳ Sandbox Timeline and Duration This process will not be immediate or massive from day one; it’s designed to be measured and monitored:
**Approval of BlockShoals** | November 2025 | They received the SEC's green light as the fourth company in the sandbox. | | **Start of Live Testing** | **Second half of 2026** | Controlled pilot testing begins with local users. | | **Sandbox Period** | **Minimum 24 months (2 years)** | Mandatory testing period to validate risk compliance and investor protection. |
"Bear market cycles follow a pattern. A shake at the start, another in the middle, and a final one, often the strongest, at the end... The overall flow tends to be similar. We've already seen about two of those shakes". -