Near Protocol has been rising for the past few months, highlighting the growing interest in the AI narrative within the crypto markets. The recent partnership with Story has intensified the NEAR Price action, which has surged by close to 10% to $1.63 in the past 24 hours. The price surge coincides with the news of …
Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, has filed seven trademark applications in South Korea. These include its company name, official logo, and its gold-backed token Tether Gold (XAUT). The filings could help Tether set up an official local business in South Korea and prepare for new stablecoin rules that may come soon. …
Bitcoin’s long-term chart has produced another interesting price projection, as crypto analyst Crypto Tice is pointing out a technical roadmap needed for a rally to $500,000. This Bitcoin price forecast is based on a broad ascending channel that has guided the cryptocurrency through previous support tests, midrange rallies, and rejection zones. Notably, the latest structure is now positioned at what the analyst called the second major support touch. Bitcoin’s Bull Channel Structure Crypto Tice, a technical analyst on the social media platform X, analyzed a macro bull channel on Bitcoin’s weekly chart that has been governing price action across multiple cycles. The structure is a long-term ascending parallel channel, bounded by a lower rising support trendline and an upper rising resistance trendline. Related Reading: Why Ethereum Is About To Break The Bear Cycle And Rally To $8,000 The weekly candlestick chart shows Bitcoin reacting to the lower green boundary during the previous cycle low, rallying into the middle of the channel, facing rejection here, and then returning to support before beginning a stronger rally phase to the upper part of the channel. The analyst’s rationale is that Bitcoin has already completed the same sequence that appeared earlier in the channel. The first touch at support has already happened, the rally to the middle of the channel has already played out, and the rejection back into the lower region of the structure has also been completed. Based on this reading, Bitcoin is now sitting around the second major support touch, which is the zone where the analysis suggests a much larger move could begin. The second support touch is the most important part of the setup because it represents the point where Bitcoin is expected to prove that the larger channel is still intact. Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @CryptoTice_ On X The Projection To $500,000 Bitcoin’s current position is very important. A defense of the lower trendline would mean that the leading cryptocurrency is not merely bouncing inside a weak market but building another expansion leg from a long-term channel support trendline. Related Reading: Trillion-Dollar Italian Bank Moves To XRP, But How Much Have They Bought? The next projection is a bounce off the support trendline and then a rally to the channel resistance line. The next price target sitting on the upper resistance band of the long-term bull channel is at $500,000. This target is plotted using the same way Bitcoin rallied the last time from support to the upper resistance band. It is worth noting that this is only a technical projection, and one that implies a move of more than six times from current price levels. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $77,075, having lost the $80,000 price level again. The broader analyst community is divided on Bitcoin’s path, and institutional forecasts for 2026 are generally in a range from $143,000 to $189,000. Crypto Tice’s analysis, however, is more of a long-term outlook and it offers a structural context for understanding where Bitcoin is in its long-term trajectory. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
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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 …
Japan's regulatory shift could enhance global stablecoin integration, fostering innovation while ensuring robust oversight and user protection.
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Bubblemaps’ investigation found a cluster of nine accounts that generated $2.4 million with a near-perfect win rate on Polymarket contracts tied to major US military operations.
BNB Chain's quantum defense tests highlight the trade-off between enhanced security and reduced network efficiency, impacting future scalability.
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Chainlink (LINK) is quietly re-entering the spotlight, not because of hype, but because of utility. From DTCC’s tokenized collateral platform to SWIFT blockchain pilots and expanding CCIP adoption, Chainlink is increasingly positioning itself at the center of crypto’s institutional future. While many altcoins continue relying on speculative momentum, LINK’s narrative is shifting toward something larger: …
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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 miners' shift to AI infrastructure could stabilize revenue, but success hinges on execution and adapting facilities for AI needs.
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The internet runs on trust, and nowhere is it more visible than inside Telegram, where millions of users build communities, trade digital goods, and swap crypto in an environment not originally designed for any of it. Fakes and fraud didn’t take long to follow, and the initial verification system — the blue checkmark reserved just …
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Swan Bitcoin has been sued for allegedly using insider access to pull nearly $1 billion in Bitcoin and cash from Prime Trust days before its 2023 bankruptcy filing.
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An analyst has pointed out how the latest retrace in Solana has come after rejection from the resistance level of a Parallel Channel. Solana Failed Parallel Channel Resistance Retest In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has talked about a technical analysis (TA) pattern forming in the daily price chart of Solana. The pattern in question is a “Parallel Channel,” which forms whenever an asset trades between two parallel trendlines. Related Reading: Bitcoin Recovery Above Key Cost Basis Level Fails As BTC Falls Under $77,000 Like other consolidation patterns in TA, the upper level of the channel acts as a resistance barrier for the price and the lower one can provide support. A break out of either of these levels can signal a continuation of trend in that direction. That is, a surge above the pattern can be a bullish signal, while a fall under it a bearish one. Parallel Channels can be of a few different types depending on how the trendlines are oriented with respect to the graph axes, but in the context of the current topic, the variant of interest is the one that has its channel parallel to the time-axis. As the asset trades inside such a pattern, it experiences consolidation in an exactly sideways manner. Now, here is the chart shared by Martinez that shows the Parallel Channel that the 1-day price of Solana has been stuck inside for the last couple of months: As displayed in the above graph, Solana retested the upper level of this Parallel Channel when it rallied toward the $98 mark earlier in the month. The asset couldn’t break past the level’s resistance, however, and its price ended up reversing course. Since then, SOL has made its way back into the lower half of the channel. If the current trajectory of the asset continues, it’s possible that the cryptocurrency could end up retesting the lower level situated around $78. It now remains to be seen how Solana will develop in the near future and whether it will have to end up relying on this possible center of support. Related Reading: Ethereum Sell Signal That Last Preceded A 63% Drop Flashes Again As mentioned earlier, there are also other types of Parallel Channels in TA. One such variant is the Descending Channel, which involves trendlines that have a negative slope. Ethereum had earlier been following this kind of pattern on its 4-hour chart, as Martinez highlighted in another X post. From the chart, it’s visible that Ethereum’s 4-hour price was retesting the lower level of the Descending Channel when Martinez shared the pattern. The asset’s drawdown has prolonged since then, and the coin has broken below the support line. SOL Price At the time of writing, Solana is trading around $84, down 13.6% over the past week. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
The pause in US-Iran tensions highlights the Gulf states' influence and underscores the global economic risks tied to regional conflicts.
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Bitcoin ATM company, Bitcoin Depot, filed for Chapter 11 protection on May 18 in the Southern District of Texas, announcing it would wind down operations and sell assets, and that its kiosk network, with over 9,000 locations globally as of August 2025, would go offline the same day. A May 12 SEC disclosure showed that […]
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