Polymarket drained $700k in exploit. Bitcoin stuck at $77k. Altcoin rotation picking up steam. Today's key developments: • Polymarket drained $700k in suspected private key hack targeting internal top-up wallet. • Dankrad Feist proposes $1B Ethereum advocacy organization amid EF exodus. • NEAR Protocol jumps 28% on privacy, AI, and scaling upgrades. 📰 Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.com/p/polymarket-drained-700k-in-private-key-hack-may-22-2026?utm_source=spreaker&utm_m...
May 22, 2026•7 min
HYPE just hit a record above $60. Up 18% today alone. Meanwhile BTC is barely moving. When a DeFi perps token outpaces the market by that margin, something structural is shifting. Today's key developments: • HYPE hit a record above $60, up 18% in 24 hours, as Wall Street demand for Hyperliquid accelerates and ETF inflows outpace Bitcoin's debut pace. • Congress is moving to ban crypto prediction markets on national security grounds, while the CFTC quietly signed a safeguards deal with the NHL th...
May 21, 2026•8 min
HYPE up 7% today as ETF inflows grow 8x since launch. Tether bought out SoftBank in Twenty One after the stock fell 84%. Fear & Greed sits at 27: Fear. Senate is grilling prediction market firms right now. Today's key developments: • Hyperliquid ETF inflows grew 8x since launch, and HYPE is up 7% today, the second-best performer in the top 20. • Twenty One is undergoing a strategic realignment following the capital shift, restructuring its board and Bitcoin accumulation roadmap to operate un...
May 20, 2026•9 min
Echo Protocol drained $76M in a single exploit. Bitcoin ETFs shed $649M in one day. Fear & Greed sits at 25: Extreme Fear. The Clarity Act just passed with a last-minute clause that could kneecap DeFi. Today's key developments: • Echo Protocol lost $76M in an eBTC minting exploit on Monad, bringing 2026's bridge and protocol hack total to $329M. • Bitcoin ETFs shed $649M in a single day. Long-term holders are absorbing the selling, but the outflow is the largest single-day number in recent w...
May 19, 2026•6 min
Strategy bought 24,869 BTC for $2B last week. Then BTC slid to $77k anyway. $672M in crypto liquidations hit as bond yields spiked. The biggest corporate buyer on earth can't hold the line right now. Today's key developments: • Strategy bought 24,869 BTC for $2B last week, pushing its total holdings above 4% of the entire Bitcoin supply. The company now holds more BTC than any entity on earth outside of Satoshi's estimated wallets. • $672M in crypto liquidations hit in a single session as Bitcoi...
May 18, 2026•6 min
SBI Securities and Rakuten Securities are launching crypto investment trusts. Nomura is next in line. Millions of Japanese retail investors are about to get crypto access. TradFi isn't coming. It's already here. Today's key developments: • The Clarity Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee in a bipartisan 15-9 vote, but analysts are flagging significant hurdles before it becomes law. • Lombard Finance migrated $1B in Bitcoin assets away from LayerZero to Chainlink, citing reliability and secur...
May 17, 2026•5 min
$500M in crypto longs wiped out today. BTC slides to $78k. Fear & Greed craters to 31, down 12 points overnight. The market just reminded everyone who's in charge. Today's key developments: • $500M in crypto longs liquidated as BTC slides to $78k, SOL and XRP fall 5%. • The Crypto Market Structure (Clarity Act) cleared the Senate Banking Committee, but analysts say significant hurdles remain before it becomes law. • Lombard Finance is moving $1B in Bitcoin assets from LayerZero to Chainlink ...
May 16, 2026•7 min
Saudi Arabia is tokenizing a multi-trillion dollar economy. BTC slides to $79k. Fear & Greed climbs to 43 from 34. The biggest RWA bet in history just landed while markets bleed. Today's key developments: • The crypto market structure bill cleared a key Senate committee hurdle in a bipartisan 15-9 vote, but an ethics fight over Trump-linked crypto interests is threatening the floor vote. • Lombard joined the LayerZero exodus, shifting $4B in assets to Chainlink's bridge infrastructure as cro...
May 15, 2026•6 min
Bitcoin ETFs shed $630M in one day. Fear & Greed dropped to 34: Fear. On-chain data shows the rally past $80k had zero US spot demand. The buying was borrowed, not real. Today's key developments: • Bitcoin ETFs just logged their largest single-day outflow since January: $630M left in one session as corporate treasury demand dried up and resistance built near $80k. • JPMorgan bought BlackRock's IBIT in Q1 2026, making it one of the largest traditional banks to hold a Bitcoin ETF on its books....
May 14, 2026•8 min
Charles Schwab just flipped on spot crypto for retail. JPMorgan tokenized a money market fund on Ethereum. Fear & Greed dropped to 42: Fear. TradFi is building while sentiment slides. Today's key developments: • Charles Schwab has begun rolling out spot crypto trading for retail customers, marking the firm's first direct crypto offering. • JPMorgan is launching a second tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, while tokenized Treasuries industry-wide have crossed $15 billion in total value. ...
May 13, 2026•8 min
Hot inflation data just pushed rate cuts further out. BTC barely flinched at $81K. Fear & Greed sits at 49: Neutral. The macro headwind is real. The market's not panicking. One of those is wrong. Today's key developments: • Hot inflation data lands, and the Fed's rate cut timeline just got pushed back again. • DTCC taps Chainlink for its tokenized collateral platform, launching in Q4. • Senate Banking Committee releases the CLARITY Act draft ahead of Thursday's markup. 📰 Read the full Daily...
May 12, 2026•8 min
$858 million flowed into crypto funds last week. Six straight weeks of inflows. Strategy bought again days after hinting at sales. Sui surged 14% while BTC barely moved. Institutions are loading up. Altcoins are waking up. Today's key developments: • Crypto funds logged $858 million in inflows last week, the sixth straight positive week and part of a $4.9 billion six-week streak. • Strategy bought 535 BTC for $43 million, just days after Michael Saylor signaled the company might sell Bitcoin. • ...
May 11, 2026•6 min
Bored Ape NFTs are staging a comeback. Sui up 6% while BTC barely moves. Fear & Greed jumped from 38 to 47. Risk appetite is quietly returning to the edges of the market. Today's key developments: • BAYC floor prices are moving while broader NFT volume metrics show the first sustained weekly uptick since late 2024. • The CLARITY Act gets a Senate markup date. Crypto's market structure bill is finally moving. • LayerZero issues a public apology for the KelpDAO exploit, admitting fault in a si...
May 10, 2026•6 min
The Senate Banking Committee set a markup date for the CLARITY Act. Trump Media reported a $406 million Q1 loss tied to BTC and CRO markdowns. Fear & Greed sits at 38. Today's key developments: • The Senate Banking Committee has set a markup date for the CLARITY Act, the most sweeping crypto market structure legislation the US has attempted. • Aave Labs plans to overhaul collateral and listing standards after the KelpDAO exploit left Aave with impaired debt. • Trump Media's Q1 filing reveals...
May 09, 2026•8 min
Atkins eyes on-chain market rules. ECB panics over Tether. SOL up 4%. Today's key developments: - Kraken's parent Payward just applied for a national trust bank charter with the OCC, putting it in the same regulatory category as BNY Mellon and JPMorgan's trust arms. - SEC Chair Atkins signaled the agency is weighing new rulemaking for on-chain market structures and AI-driven finance, marking the clearest pivot yet from enforcement-first to rules-first crypto policy. - The ECB's Christine Lagarde...
May 08, 2026•8 min
TradFi is moving into tokenization. BTC is sliding. Two different stories. Today's key developments: - Bitwise acquires Superstate's $267 million tokenized carry fund - the asset manager's first direct move into tokenized real-world assets. - Bitcoin ETFs just posted a 5-week buying streak as institutional appetite returns and hedge positions unwind. - Kraken is buying stablecoin payments firm Reap for $600 million, according to Bloomberg. Read the full Daily Pulse: https://pulse.tokenmetrics.co...
May 08, 2026•8 min
BTC hits a 3-month high above $82K. Zcash up 34% on Multicoin backing. Fear & Greed slipped 4 points to 46. The market is moving up while sentiment moves sideways. Today's key developments: • Bitcoin cleared $82K for the first time in three months, driven by reports of a US-Iran nuclear agreement - a direct geopolitical risk-off unwind. • Zcash surged 34% to $574 after Multicoin Capital disclosed a significant investment, dragging Monero up 5.5% in sympathy - the biggest privacy coin day in ...
May 06, 2026•8 min
BTC holds $81K after absorbing $200M in profit-taking. Fear & Greed jumped 10 points to 50. TON up 36% after Telegram seized control of its own chain. The rally that wasn't supposed to happen is still happening. Today's key developments: • TON surged 36% in 24 hours after Telegram announced it will take direct control of the network, becoming its largest validator and replacing the TON Foundation. • BTC hit $81K while funding rates have been negative for 66 consecutive days - the longest str...
May 05, 2026•8 min
BTC crossed $80K for the first time since January. Then an Iran missile report hit the wire. It's back at $79K. Fear & Greed dropped 7 points to 40. The rally was real. The ceiling still isn't. Today's key developments: • BTC crossed $80K for the first time since January - then an Iran missile report erased the move in hours, sending ETH, SOL, and DOGE sharply lower. • Kraken's parent Payward closed its $550 million acquisition of Bitnomial, securing a full CFTC-regulated derivatives stack -...
May 04, 2026•8 min
Clarity Act yield deal is done. BTC sits at $78K, barely breathing. Fear & Greed climbed to 47 - Neutral for the first time in weeks. Big win for crypto law. Muted reaction from the market. Today's key developments: • The Clarity Act stablecoin yield deal just cleared its biggest Senate hurdle - and for the first time, paying interest on stablecoins is on the table. • The Ethereum Foundation sold another $23 million in ETH to Bitmine in a third OTC deal - and the market barely blinked. • Bra...
May 03, 2026•8 min
The Senate just cleared the Clarity Act yield hurdle. BTC sits at $78K, barely moving. Fear & Greed jumped 13 points overnight. Big legislation. Muted reaction. Someone's not impressed. Today's key developments: • The Senate cleared a key hurdle on the Clarity Act, advancing crypto's most significant legislative package in years - including a provision letting crypto firms offer stablecoin yield while shielding bank deposit rates from direct competition. • The Ethereum Foundation completed i...
May 02, 2026•8 min
Bitcoin closed April up 12% - best month in a year. BTC ETFs hauled in $2 billion in April. Fear & Greed sits at 26. Institutions are buying what retail is scared to touch. Today's key developments: • Bitcoin ETFs recorded $2 billion in net inflows in April - the biggest ETF month of 2026 so far. • MegaETH TVL surged 277% in seven days after its token went live - the biggest L2 debut of 2026. • SBI Holdings is in talks to acquire a stake in Japanese exchange Bitbank, aiming for subsidiary st...
May 01, 2026•8 min
April just became the worst hack month since February 2025. $630 million gone. North Korea accounts for 76% of all 2026 crypto theft. BTC sits at $76K in Fear territory. The market has a security problem it keeps pretending is solved. Today's key developments: • Across 68 incidents so far in 2026, crypto hackers have pulled more than $1 billion in total theft - with DPRK-linked actors accumulating over $6 billion since 2017. The attack surface keeps widening: cross-chain bridges, MPC wallets, an...
Apr 30, 2026•8 min
Paul Tudor Jones just called Bitcoin the strongest inflation hedge alive. BTC sits at $76K, barely down on the day. Fear & Greed sits at 29 in Fear territory. The legend is buying what the crowd is selling. Today's key developments: • Paul Tudor Jones publicly called Bitcoin the strongest inflation hedge available. A statement that lands differently when it comes from someone who manages billions and has been right about macro calls before. • Standard Chartered dropped a report saying DeFi i...
Apr 30, 2026•8 min
Bitcoin ETFs snapped a 9-day inflow streak. BTC sits at $76K, down 2%. FOMC looms. Macro just called the bulls' bluff. Today's key developments: • Jack Dorsey's Block now holds nearly 9,000 BTC after adding to its treasury in Q1, disclosing $2.2 billion in holdings via proof-of-reserves. • Israel approved its first regulated stablecoin, a digital shekel, marking a significant shift in sovereign digital currency strategy. • BitMine is accumulating ETH at a pace that's catching up to Strategy's Bi...
Apr 28, 2026•7 min
Crypto ETFs just hit their highest AUM since February. $933 million flowed in a single day. Meme tokens up 31% in 7 days. BTC sits at $77K — calm while everything else runs. Today's key developments: • $933 million flowed into crypto ETFs in a single day — pushing total AUM to the highest level since February, extending a four-week inflow streak. • BTC reclaimed its 21-week trend line for the first time since October 2025 — a technical level that previously marked the boundary between bull and b...
Apr 27, 2026•8 min
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF just hit a milestone that didn't exist 18 months ago. Meme tokens are up 35% in 7 days. Rollups up 31%. BTC sits at $78K — barely moving while everything around it runs. Today's key developments: • BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF just crossed a milestone that proves crypto went mainstream — and Coinbase is positioning itself as the only full-service prime broker that can actually serve the institutions showing up. • The CFTC sued New York to block a state crackdown on prediction ...
Apr 26, 2026•7 min
Bitcoin is on track for its best month in a year. Spot ETFs just logged a 9-day inflow streak. Yet traders are eyeing $73K as the next key level. The bulls and the chart are in a standoff. Today's key developments: • Bitcoin is on track for its best monthly performance in a year, fueled by $5 billion in new USDT minted and a 9-day spot ETF inflow streak. • Prediction markets are under siege globally: Brazil banned 27 platforms including Kalshi and Polymarket, while the CFTC added New York to its...
Apr 25, 2026•7 min
A US soldier used classified intel on the Maduro raid to win $409K on Polymarket. Now he's facing five felonies. Bitcoin stalls at $78K as leverage unwinds. Two very different kinds of risk on display today. Today's key developments: • A US Army soldier faces five felony charges after allegedly using classified intelligence about the Maduro raid to bet $409K on Polymarket — and win. • Aave is rallying DeFi partners to contain the fallout from a $292 million KelpDAO bridge exploit — the largest D...
Apr 24, 2026•7 min
Tether froze $344 million in USDT on Tron. US law enforcement asked. Tether complied. BTC knocks on $80K again. The rally is real but the resistance is too. Today's key developments: • Tether froze $344 million in USDT on Tron after wallets were flagged by US law enforcement — one of the largest asset freezes in the stablecoin's history. • Bitcoin ETFs just posted a 7-day inflow streak with $1.9 billion flowing in as BTC tests the $80,000 resistance zone — and analysts say the real test starts n...
Apr 23, 2026•8 min
