The ultimate price floor for Bitcoin (BTC) in the current market cycle is $60,000, according to K33 Research, the research arm of K33 digital asset brokerage company. In a May 19th publication, the crypto market intelligence firm supported its argument by citing crypto market support from heightened institutional adoption. Bitcoin will not drop below $60K, …
Market analyst Aletheia released a report on Wednesday, taking a close look at the first six days of trading for Hyperliquid ETFs launched by 21Shares and Bitwise. The analysis focuses on how early inflows are stacking up across major crypto assets and what those moves may signal for demand going forward. First Six Days Under The Microscope In market-cap-adjusted terms, Aletheia found that the Hyperliquid ETFs generated more flows than Bitcoin (BTC) on three of the first six trading days. The same comparison also showed strength versus Ethereum (ETH): Hyperliquid’s ETF products logged higher inflows than Ethereum on five out of six days. Related Reading: Bitwise Bullish on Hyperliquid: HYPE Labeled ‘Undervalued’ As It Rallies 20% The Solana (SOL) spot exchange-traded fund sector produced a different picture. According to the report, Solana posted higher market-cap-adjusted flows than Hyperliquid on four of the first six trading days. On Tuesday, however, Hyperliquid spot ETFs recorded materially stronger inflows than any of their peers. The analyst emphasized that it’s still too early to say whether this spike is the start of a sustained trend, or whether it reflects a short-term burst of demand that may normalize over the coming days. Hyperliquid Near Bull-Run Highs Beyond the raw inflow numbers, the report reveals another layer: the Hyperliquid spot ETFs are competing with the Assistance Fund — the platform’s economic structure for token buybacks — in terms of market buying pressure. In the first six trading days, the ETFs bought 2.5 times as much HYPE as the Assistance Fund bought and burned. The “burning” element is important context, since it differs from a straightforward accumulation mechanism. Still, when the discussion is framed around buying pressure and market impact, Aletheia argues that the ETFs are clearly adding to the fuel. Related Reading: Solana ETF Falls Behind As XRP Collects More Cash—Here’s The Catalyst Driving The Split The combination of ETF-driven activity and increasing token demand has moved Hyperliquid close to current price peaks of $59 reached during last year’s bull run. Data from CoinGecko shows the altcoin trading at $51.88 when writing is up 33% over the past week alone. At this level, the token is only 12% below its current record, leaving room—at least in relative terms—for a potential “discovery” phase if the ETF-related inflows continue to build. Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have pulled in more money than their Solana ETF counterparts even though SOL has largely outperformed XRP on price during much of the year. The difference, according to market expert Sam Daodu, appears to come down to what’s happening on the regulatory and institutional side. Different Paths For XRP And Solana ETFs Daodu highlighted that XRP ETFs have gathered $1.39 billion in cumulative inflows since their November 2025 launch. Solana ETFs, launched in October, have accumulated $1.12 billion over the same overall timeframe. In other words, despite XRP entering a drawdown from its summer 2025 high and despite SOL’s relative price strength, XRP’s ETF flows have still landed ahead, with the inflow gap persisting at the cumulative level. Related Reading: Bitwise Bullish on Hyperliquid: HYPE Labeled ‘Undervalued’ As It Rallies 20% The pattern of ETF demand for XRP also looks particularly consistent. Daodu noted that XRP ETFs logged a 13-day streak of positive net flows in early December 2025, a run that came in ahead of Solana’s cumulative inflow total of $618.59 million within those 13 trading days. Looking at more recent flow data, XRP reported $81.6 million in April inflows alongside a 14-day inflow streak. By the end of April, that put XRP’s year-to-date inflows at roughly $124 million. Solana’s April inflows were far lower—$38.69 million, which is less than half of XRP’s April figure. Daodu also pointed out that Solana’s monthly inflows fell from $419 million in November 2025 to $38.69 million in April, suggesting a weaker stretch that only appears to be improving now. That recovery is showing up in May. Solana has posted more than $99 million after 19 trading days, while XRP is close behind with roughly $95 million in the same period. Even so, the larger story remains that XRP has maintained a steadier inflow profile relative to Solana, and Daodu believes there is a catalyst supporting that steadiness—one that Solana does not have. Alpenglow Vs CLARITY Act In Daodu’s view, the structural difference is the CLARITY Act. He argued that this is the “structural difference the price charts don’t show,” because a full Senate vote would help establish a clearer legal framework around issues that matter directly to regulated institutions. Specifically, Daodu said the bill would create defined rules for XRP custody, collateral treatment, and balance sheet exposure—an “exact compliance checklist” for pension funds and regulated asset managers that need clarity before allocating capital at scale. Related Reading: Bitcoin Could Hit Near $95,000 If It Holds Above This Critical Support, Top Analyst Says Solana, by contrast, is associated with a different kind of catalyst: Alpenglow, a network upgrade aimed at achieving sub-150ms transaction finality. Still, Daodu emphasized that throughput improvements alone don’t unlock the same category of institutional money as regulatory clarity does. He suggested that the capital attracted by clarity is the type that could help close the gap between XRP’s $1.39 billion in inflows and the $4–8 billion inflow range JPMorgan has projected if the bill passes. The expert concluded that for XRP to break higher in price, the market likely needs an even larger catalyst—particularly regulatory clarity through the CLARITY Act and stronger institutional participation. At the time of this writing, XRP traded at $1.37, recording a 3.8% drop on the weekly time frame, while SOL traded at $86, recording even greater losses of 6% in the same period. Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
The XP token isn’t cooling off quietly. After exploding 300% from roughly $0.019 to $0.082 on May 14 the market looked ready to dump the usual “sell-the-news” script on traders. And, honestly, it did for a moment. Price corrected sharply toward $0.042 by May 19. But now XP price is climbing again, because crypto never …
Something weird is happening around Ozone Chain and its token OZO. While heavyweight AI and infrastructure coins like LINK, TAO, INJ, and VVV dominate crypto conversations most days, but a much smaller project with roughly a $106 million market cap suddenly climbed to the top of LunarCrush mention rankings with 895 mentions by even beating …
AI coins are ripping again, and no, this isn’t one of those overnight “next big thing” rotations the market forgets in 48 hours. The AI narrative has been grinding higher for months now, and today’s leaderboard is packed with tokens riding that momentum hard. OpenServ’s token, SERV, surged roughly 27% intraday after the project pushed …
Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency questioning nine bank charter applications. The names on that list included Coinbase, Ripple, and Paxos. But analysts tracking the letter noticed something specific about how it was structured. For those watching the CLARITY Act negotiations closely, the positioning was not …
India’s Standing Committee on Finance held a formal session on Wednesday at Parliament House Annexe in New Delhi to discuss virtual digital assets and the path forward for crypto regulation in the country. Representatives from ZebPay, Binance, and Wazir X appeared before the committee in the morning session, followed by the International Financial Services Centre …
Prime Trust’s estate has sued Strike, claiming the Bitcoin payments company withdrew nearly $29.5 million and 1,939 Bitcoin just weeks before Prime Trust went bankrupt. The lawsuit is now raising questions about whether some crypto firms saw the collapse coming early and quickly moved funds to protect themselves Prime Trust Estate Targets Strike Withdrawals According …
Pi Network is moving closer toward its major Protocol 23 transition as the team confirmed that most Mainnet node operators have now successfully upgraded to v23. According to the latest update from the Pi Core Team, the protocol is expected to fully migrate very soon after one of the most technically demanding upgrades in the …
GitHub confirmed on Tuesday that attackers gained unauthorized access to its internal repositories after compromising an employee device through a poisoned Visual Studio Code extension. The Microsoft-owned platform detected and contained the compromise, removed the malicious extension, isolated the affected endpoint, and began incident response immediately. The company said its current assessment is that the …
US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders focused on fintech and digital assets. The first asks regulators to ease outdated rules and help crypto firms, fintech companies, and banks work more closely together in payments and financial services. The second order tells the Federal Reserve to review how crypto-related firms access key payment systems, …
Bitcoin (BTC) has slipped after failing to clear a major ceiling around the $83,000 area, with the flagship cryptocurrency down nearly 5% over the past week. As of Tuesday evening, BTC was changing hands at roughly $76,750. Even with the pullback, market analyst Ali Martinez believes the current price action still leaves room for a rebound toward $94,850. Bitcoin Could Drop Toward $54,270 In a Tuesday social media post on X (previously Twitter), Martinez pointed to Bitcoin’s Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) pricing bands, saying a move to $94,850 would represent about a 23.5% increase from current levels. However, he cautioned that this upside path depends on Bitcoin holding above a specific support level at $72,960. In his view, losing that threshold would shift the outlook and open the door to a deeper drawdown. Related Reading: Zcash, Bitcoin, And Solana—Catalysts Ahead That Could Fuel Another Upswing Before May Ends If $72,960 is broken, Martinez warned that BTC could be pulled toward the realized price near $54,270. That scenario would imply an additional 29% retracement from present prices. With that in mind, the analyst framed the $72,960 level as a key line in the sand for determining whether Bitcoin’s consolidation turns into the next leg up or extends into a more pronounced correction. Adding to the bullish outlook, Martinez also said derivatives traders are positioning as if another advance is likely. He noted that Bitcoin funding rates have climbed to 0.4%, the highest level seen in more than two months. Key Support And Resistance Walls To Watch When Bitcoin funding rates rise to that extent, it typically signals that the derivatives market is being driven by aggressive long positioning, with market participants paying a premium to keep long exposure. According to Martinez, this kind of demand can sometimes lead to quick liquidations if the market snaps downward and forces late buyers out, but it also reflects a broader bias that remains tilted toward expansion. Related Reading: Goldman Sachs Rebalances Crypto Exposure: XRP, SOL Out, ETH Down 70%, Hyperliquid In In another social media post issued on Monday, the analyst also highlighted additional levels to watch ahead tied to the cryptocurrency’s UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD) indicator. Martinez identified new resistance levels at $78,258 and $84,569. On the support side, he pointed to $75,733 and $66,898. Together with the earlier $72,960 support marker, these zones form the set of key reference points Martinez said could shape whether Bitcoin pushes higher toward $94,850 or slides toward the realized price area. Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan issued a strongly bullish view on Hyperliquid and its native token, HYPE, shortly after Bitwise launched a HYPE exchange-traded fund (ETF) last week. In his comments, Hougan argued that the market is mispricing Hyperliquid’s broader business model—treating it as essentially just another perpetual futures venue. Hyperliquid As A Global Super App Hougan said Hyperliquid appears to be caught in what he described as a “pricing error,” with investors valuing the platform as little more than a perpetual futures exchange. In contrast, he framed Hyperliquid as a global financial “super app,” one that is moving beyond the boundaries of crypto and expanding into areas such as stocks, commodities, foreign exchange, and prediction markets. Related Reading: The Bitcoin Meltdown: What’s Behind The Drop To $76,000, And What’s Next As part of his valuation perspective, Hougan estimated the platform’s annual revenue could be in the range of about $800 million to $1 billion, suggesting room for the business to scale well beyond how it’s currently categorized by the market. A key element of Hougan’s case involves Hyperliquid’s fee model. He pointed to a structure in which 99% of trading fees are directed toward HYPE token buybacks, describing it as a mechanism that helps support value rather than simply extracting revenue without a token-linked benefit. That, he said, aligns incentives in a way that differs from what investors may be assuming when they treat Hyperliquid as a standard trading platform. HYPE Approaches All-Time Highs Hougan also emphasized that HYPE’s recent performance does not change his view that the token remains undervalued. He noted that HYPE is up by 77% this year, yet he believes the market still hasn’t fully credited Hyperliquid’s long-term trajectory. In his view, Hyperliquid’s real opportunity is not just to grow as a rapidly expanding crypto perpetual exchange, but to evolve into a broader trading super app spanning stocks, pre-IPO assets, commodities, prediction markets, and crypto assets. Related Reading: Zcash, Bitcoin, And Solana—Catalysts Ahead That Could Fuel Another Upswing Before May Ends The bullish remarks come as interest in HYPE gained another boost from ETF activity. Along with Bitwise’s launch of a Hyperliquid ETF tied to HYPE, 21Shares introduced its own HYPE ETF earlier in the month. Following those launches, HYPE surged—recording massive gains of nearly 20% in the past week alone. At the time of writing, HYPE was trading just above the key $48 mark, only 18% below all-time high levels of $59 reached last year. Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
XRP has been consolidating in a tight range between $1.42 and $1.46 for weeks. To casual observers the flat price looks like stagnation. To analysts tracking the technical structure, it looks like the final stage of accumulation before a significant move. According to analysts, XRP is currently in what they describe as a coiled spring …
AKT is moving again, and today the token climbed roughly 10% intraday after Akash Network highlighted a wave of AI-focused projects being deployed across its decentralized GPU infrastructure. Traders, naturally, noticed fast. Akash Builders Push Fresh AI Experiments According to Akash, developers recently shipped a string of autonomous AI tools ranging from scam detectors to …
COMP price woke up again. And this time, it wasn’t some mystery whale candle out of nowhere. The latest push came after the announcement that the Compound Foundation’s Executive Director will speak at the Yale Innovation Summit, specifically during the event’s first dedicated digital assets session. Apparently, institutional blockchain adoption and tokenization still know how …
The public Bitcoin mining sector is facing a massive structural identity crisis. For years, the corporate playbook was simple: buy millions of dollars in computer equipment, mine Bitcoin, and hoard it on the balance sheet for long-term profit. Today, that rigid infrastructure model is breaking under its own weight. The mathematical reality is brutal. Global …
The CLARITY Act is moving forward. Following last week’s Senate Banking Committee vote of 15 to 9, the full Senate is now expected to hold a floor vote within the next 30 days according to Gemini. Galaxy Research has raised its probability of the legislation becoming law in 2026 to 75% following the committee breakthrough. …
Bitcoin is sitting on a confluence of technical support heading into the weekly close. The weekly support and resistance zone at approximately $78,500, the daily trend line, and a filled daily fair value gap are all converging at current prices. How Bitcoin responds at this level over the next 24 hours will likely define the …
ONDO jumped roughly 16% after reports that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a framework that could allow tokenized versions of stocks to trade on crypto rails, potentially giving one of the real-world asset sector’s most visible names a fresh regulatory tailwind. ONDO traded near $0.390, up 15.5% over 24 hours, with about $228 million in daily volume and a market capitalization near $1.9 billion. The move followed a Bloomberg report, that the SEC could release an “innovation exemption” for tokenized stocks as soon as this week. The framework would reportedly create a path for digital versions of securities to trade outside traditional exchange venues and on decentralized crypto platforms, including tokens that may not have the consent or backing of the public companies whose shares they track. Why Is ONDO Profiting The Most From The News? For crypto markets, the report landed directly on one of the year’s strongest narratives: tokenized public equities. The Kobeissi Letter described the potential exemption via X as a “surprise move,” saying it could “reshape the landscape of the American stock market” and represent “one of the US’ biggest shifts into crypto infrastructure yet.” Related Reading: Warren Zeroes In On Crypto Deal Structure As $75M Loan Draws Attention The market reaction centered on projects already positioned around on-chain securities. ONDO led gains among major RWA-linked tokens, while traders also pointed to Hyperliquid as a potential beneficiary because of its role in on-chain derivatives. One account, The DeFi Investor, framed the report as “great news” for both HYPE and ONDO, arguing that it “legitimizes Ondo as the largest tokenized stocks issuer,” while Hyperliquid will be “one of the biggest beneficiaries as the largest DEX for RWA perps.” Ondo’s own data points have given traders a concrete reason to connect the SEC report to the token. Ondo Global Markets recently crossed $1 billion in total value locked less than eight months after its September 2025 launch. The platform holds more than 70% of the tokenized equity issuer market and has processed more than $18 billion in cumulative trading volume. It currently offers more than 260 tokenized US stocks and ETFs across Solana, Ethereum and BNB Chain. Related Reading: Crypto Funds Extend Six-Week Streak With $858M Inflows On CLARITY Act Progress Katie Wheeler, Managing Director of Global Partnerships at Ondo Finance, said in a recent interview that the platform’s growth could accelerate further. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we surpassed $5 billion by the end of the year. I know that seems a little advantageous, but we have a lot of interest and we’re really building up quite a pipeline.” Wheeler’s broader argument is that tokenized equities remain early relative to the size of public markets. “We are literally just scratching the surface. This is a very large industry. So even if we did 1%, I think that would be tremendous,” she said. Tokenized stocks are just getting started. Following Ondo tokenized stocks crossing $1B in TVL, Ondo’s @KatieAWheeler gave @TheStreet her year-end forecast: “I wouldn’t be surprised if we surpassed $5 billion by year-end. We have a lot of interest, and we’re building up quite a… pic.twitter.com/sFIoiXqi8G — Ondo Finance (@OndoFinance) May 18, 2026 Still, the reported SEC approach raises a core regulatory question: whether stock-linked tokens can scale without undermining shareholder protections. Bloomberg reported that the tokens may not provide traditional rights such as voting power or dividends, while the source material indicates platforms could lose eligibility if listed products fail to provide rights such as voting or dividends. At press time, ONDO traded at $0.3871. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Bitcoin (BTC) has slid sharply over the past week, retracing nearly 7% and wiping out the upside that built after last week’s Senate Banking Committee markup of the CLARITY Act. That legislative momentum helped push BTC above the $82,000 area, but the coin is now changing hands around $76,700. The Bitcoin Pullback Glassnode’s latest read on the situation points to a clear deterioration in short-term market behavior. The firm says the Bitcoin selling pressure has intensified, with Spot CVD falling by 848.7%. At the same time, spot volume is up about 4.2%, suggesting that more coins are moving through the market. Glassnode interprets this as rising activity that may not necessarily reflect a bullish mindset, but rather traders responding more aggressively to price volatility and hedging or repositioning. Related Reading: Goldman Sachs Rebalances Crypto Exposure: XRP, SOL Out, ETH Down 70%, Hyperliquid In Futures Open Interest also dropped 2.9%, which usually signals that traders are not as enthusiastic about adding leverage during uncertain conditions. However, Glassnode also notes that Long-Side Funding Payments have jumped 136.6%, a sign that demand for long Bitcoin exposure has reappeared. That bullish signal is not staying dominant for long, though. The firm highlights a steep 278.7% decline in Perpetual CVD, which points to strong sell-side pressure still showing up in the perpetual market, where downside control can quickly affect broader sentiment. Sentiment from traditional finance has also softened. Glassnode points to a 6.1% drop in US Spot Bitcoin ETF MVRV, alongside a sharp deterioration in ETF net flows, implying weaker conviction from institutional players. Bear Cycle Targets Beyond sentiment, Glassnode noted that long-term holder dominance continues to build, while NUPL and the Realized Profit-to-Loss Ratio have weakened sharply. Those shifts typically align with fading optimism—less “euphoria,” more defensive behavior as traders reassess risk after the pullback. Putting those signals together, Glassnode’s conclusion is that the Bitcoin market structure is beginning to soften. Momentum, spot demand, and speculative positioning are all described as weakening across the board. Related Reading: How To Time The Dogecoin Bottom And When The Price Will Reach $2 Adding to the bearish backdrop surrounding the cryptocurrency’s outlook, analyst Kabuki has argued on X (formerly Twitter) that Bitcoin is still operating within a “Bear Cycle,” despite the partial recovery seen since the start of the year after brief periods of relief. Kabuki’s analysis suggests that another bearish phase could unfold over the next few weeks, and he has highlighted specific targets for the cryptocurrency. He points to $71,000 “in days,” and then a much lower target of $42,000 in June, which could translate to a further 45% decline in BTC’s price from current trading levels. Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
While the rest of the crypto market has shown more signs of an intensifying bear market, Zcash (ZEC) is making major waves. Over the last 30 days, the privacy-focused coin has surged by around 60%, while Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) have remained relatively quiet, each slipping by single digits in the same timeframe. Nevertheless, Alex Cardichi, market expert from The Motley Fool, argues that Bitcoin, Solana and Zcash have several potential catalysts remaining this month that could trigger a fresh rebound rally. Bitcoin Could Aim For $100K, Solana Prepares Alpenglow In his latest report, Cardichi starts by discussing Bitcoin, citing the United States’ holdings of around 328,000 seized coins. He refers to comments made by White House advisor Patrick Witt on 6 May, when Witt revealed that a significant update on the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is anticipated ‘in the next few weeks’. Cardichi argues that a positive announcement, especially one that provides clearer details on the status of the reserve, could push Bitcoin back towards six-figure levels. Currently, the market’s leading cryptocurrency has fallen from $82,000 last week to $76,300. Related Reading: Zcash (ZEC) Rockets 1,200%—Expert Says ZEC Could Soon Outgrow Cardano (ADA) Solana is the second focus. Cardichi calls out a major technical development: the chain’s upcoming Alpenglow upgrade. If everything goes to plan, the upgrade could roll out as soon as the third quarter of this year. From Cardichi’s perspective, the upgrade’s improvements aren’t only about performance for its own sake. He suggests that if Alpenglow delivers the results Solana developers expect, it could become a practical incentive for financial institutions looking to transition parts of their workflows onto blockchains. In that context, he points to this year’s third quarter as a possible turning point for Solana and its native token, particularly if testing supports the Alpenglow upgrade’s promised impact. For now, SOL is trading at $84, down 11% over the past seven days. Zcash After The ECC Exit Finally, Cardichi turns to Zcash, one of the best-performing tokens in the market, noting that in January, the entire engineering team behind Zcash’s original developer—Electric Coin Company (ECC)—resigned amid an internal governance dispute. Despite that upheaval, Zcash has since surged, rising about 127% over the last three months. Instead of proving fatal, Cardichi argues the disruption became the start of a new phase. Related Reading: XRP ‘Trade Of A Lifetime’ Is Setting Up, Says Crypto Analyst After the engineering team exited, they formed a new organization called Zodl and raised $25 million from firms including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Winklevoss Capital in early March. Cardichi says the funds are intended to recruit new talent and build out Zcash’s development roadmap, and he expects further updates to emerge soon as that work progresses. At the time of writing, Zcash was trading at around $533, having risen by almost 1,200% year-to-date. However, Cardichi suggests that a rally to the coin’s prior all-time high of $880 could be sparked by any catalyst arising from the new dev roadmap. Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
The CLARITY Act just cleared the Senate Banking Committee in the most significant regulatory breakthrough for crypto in US history. Bitcoin should be rallying, but instead it is down $6,000 since the vote advanced the bill to the full Senate, wiping $126 billion from its market cap. Ethereum fell more than 10%, erasing $30 billion. …
The number of Bitcoin (BTC) wallets holding at least 100 BTC (roughly $7.7 million at press time) has risen to 20,229. This represents an 11.2% increase over the past year, from 18,191. On-chain data show that wallets of this size typically belong to whales, institutions, major investors, and highly capitalized long-term holders. The holdings indicate …
Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs has made a notable shift in its crypto-related exchange-traded (ETF) fund positions, according to a recent filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The update shows the firm exiting XRP- and Solana (SOL)-linked ETF exposure, while also trimming its Ethereum (ETH) ETF holdings. At the same time, the filing shows it opened a new position tied to one of the largest decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Goldman Sachs Exits XRP And Solana ETFs The story starts with Goldman’s XRP ETF exposure going into the end of Q4 2025. At that point, the bank held nearly $154 million worth of XRP-related ETFs from issuers including Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, Grayscale, and 21Shares. Those holdings made Goldman Sachs one of the largest institutional holders of XRP ETF products at the time. The latest SEC disclosure, however, shows that its XRP ETF positions were removed entirely, reflecting a full exit during the first quarter. Related Reading: Hyperliquid (HYPE) To $100? Expert Forecasts Major Rise Before Summer 2027 A similar change appears with Solana-linked products. Goldman Sachs had previously disclosed that it held exposure across multiple Solana investment products, including the Grayscale Solana Trust ETF, the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, and the Fidelity Solana Fund. However, just like XRP, those Solana-related ETF positions also disappeared in Goldman’s Q1 filing. In other words, Goldman fully exited both XRP- and Solana-linked ETF holdings by the first quarter of 2026, with no remaining trace of those positions in the updated portfolio disclosure. Even with these exits, Goldman Sachs did not leave the crypto ETF space entirely. The firm still held roughly $700 million in Bitcoin ETFs. Still, its posture toward Ethereum was more cautious: Goldman cut its Ethereum ETF exposure by about 70%, bringing the total down to approximately $114 million. New Bet On Hyperliquid What makes the change more interesting is that Goldman Sachs appears to be redeploying at least some of that capital into other parts of the crypto market. Alongside the ETF reductions and exits, the bank opened a new position tied to Hyperliquid (HYPE). According to the filing, Goldman acquired roughly 654,630 shares of Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR), valued at about $3.3 million. Related Reading: Zcash (ZEC) Rockets 1,200%—Expert Says ZEC Could Soon Outgrow Cardano (ADA) Beyond Hyperliquid, Goldman Sachs’ trading activity also shows a new wave of exposure across several crypto-linked equities. The bank increased positions in Circle (CRCL), Galaxy (GLXY), and Coinbase (COIN) shares. At the time of writing, Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, was trading at around $45. It has been one of the best-performing tokens over the past month, with gains of 10% in the last two weeks alone. Featured image created with OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a detailed argument that AI-assisted formal verification could fundamentally change how secure software is built, pushing back against growing pessimism in the cybersecurity community about whether trustless systems can survive increasingly powerful AI-driven attacks. “Many people have claimed that with AI-assisted bug finding, secure code will be impossible,” Buterin …
At Hederacon, an official side event to Consensus 2026 in Miami, Ted from LIFTT Capital was asked one question about XRP and his answer was three words. ‘World Bridge Currency,’ he said. Ted’s explanation starts with a simple observation about where the financial world currently sits. PayPal, Cash App, and every major payment platform operate …
Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz, known online as JoelKatz, has sent an undisclosed amount of XRP to support attorney John Deaton’s US Senate campaign. The move quickly gained attention across the XRP community, not just because of who made the donation but because of the history between the two men. Schwartz is one of …
KITE price is back on traders’ radar again, and this time there wasn’t some dramatic exchange listing or celebrity-fueled meme campaign behind it. Nope. Just raw demand pressure and a market suddenly remembering that “agentic payments” might actually become a thing. The token climbed roughly 11% intraday as buyers continued piling into the move that …