May 17, 2026

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Solana

Crypto Funds Just Bled $1.73B

CoinShares found that sentiment hasn’t recovered since October 10, 2025, as investors reduced exposure across major cryptocurrencies. Investors pulled $1.73 billion from digital asset funds, in what appears to be the heaviest outflows since mid-November 2025. The trend indicates that a bearish mood is building, much like during past declines. Weak price action, fading

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Coinbase

Crypto hack goes political as Grinex blames ‘Western special services’

Kyrgyzstan-registered crypto exchange Grinex has suspended operations. It had previously been linked to sanctions evasion of up to $6B. Source link

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Nft

Memecoins: Culture, Trade, or Casino?

You’ve seen the screenshots. Someone turns $200 into $80,000 overnight. A coin named after a dog, a frog, or a sitting US president spikes 4,000% in 72 hours. Your group chat loses its mind. That’s the memecoin cycle, and it’s been running on repeat since Dogecoin turned a joke into a $88 billion market cap

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Bitcoin

Ripple Executive Says Real-World Use Cases Taking Hold

Key Takeaways: Ripple says institutional adoption of digital assets is happening now. Craddock states the focus has shifted to infrastructure and real-world use cases. Paris events showed strong momentum, with Ripple citing real industry energy. Institutional Digital Asset Adoption Gains Momentum Institutional adoption of digital assets is gaining momentum across global finance, marking a decisive

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Crypto

No Talks Under Threats, Tehran Says

Iran war news escalated Tuesday as parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated publicly that Tehran will not accept negotiations under conditions it considers coercive, with the 10-day US-Iran ceasefire set to expire Wednesday and both sides sharpening rhetoric ahead of prospective talks in Islamabad. Summary Ghalibaf warned that Iran has spent the past two weeks

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Solana

Digital Assets Lose $73B Since October 2025 Highs, CoinShares Finds

Short Bitcoin funds attracted $14.5 million in inflows as investors hedge against falling prices. Investors pulled $1.7 billion from digital asset investment products this past week. This has reversed year-to-date gains and left a net $1 billion outflow globally. CoinShares stated that the decline reflects weaker investor confidence, influenced by a more hawkish US

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Nft

Ethereum Q1 Was Busiest Than Ever, But What is Behind This?

Just recently, the Ethereum network reached a historic milestone in the first quarter of 2026 by processing 200.4 million base-layer transactions. The number marks Ethereum’s Q1 as the busiest quarter in the protocol’s history and the first time transaction volume has ever crossed the 200 million threshold, which also caps a multi-year U-shaped recovery, more

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Ripple

Ripple CEO’s Comments Stir Up A Wave, Here’s What He Said

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure XRP pundits have drawn attention to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s comments in which he made a Bitcoin prediction of $200,000. The Ripple CEO alluded to the current regulatory landscape and how it could drive BTC to this psychological level.  Ripple CEO’s Comments

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Lithosphere News Releases

Lithosphere’s MultX Enables Unified Cross-Chain Liquidity Access for Intelligent Systems

Singapore, Singapore–(Newsfile Corp. – April 17, 2026) – Lithosphere has expanded the capabilities of its MultX interoperability engine, enabling unified entry to liquidity throughout a number of blockchain networks inside its Lithosphere Makalu Testnet. The development introduces a coordinated execution mannequin the place decentralized functions and clever methods can work together with liquidity throughout

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Tech & AI

BookCon 2026: Veronica Roth on how her new romantic dystopian fantasy led her back to ‘Divergent’

On Jan. 13, 2026, Veronica Roth published a newsletter entitled “Do I Like It? Reflecting on Divergent After 15 Years,” in which she addresses just how she feels about her bestselling Divergent series. Despite selling over 32 million copies worldwide and launching a series of film adaptations, the negative reception often rings loudest. The series

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