Blockchain 17 February 2026 - 27 May 2026

TON Strategy Shares Flat as Toncoin’s Gram Catches Traders Off Guard
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TON Strategy Shares Flat as Toncoin’s Gram Catches Traders Off Guard

TON Strategy Company fell 1.4% to $4.17 on the Nasdaq late Tuesday morning, missing out on a big move higher in Toncoin. Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced the TON token will be renamed Gram. Shares ranged from $4.17 to $4.44, with volume at about 123,500 just after 11 a.m. EDT. Durov said “TON’s native currency is becoming Gram,” according to The Defiant. The token swap will take about three weeks and bring back the Gram name from TON’s first Telegram-linked white paper, The Defiant said.
June 2, 2026
SUI Group Shares Face More Pressure as Crypto Treasury Challenge Grows
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SUI Group Shares Face More Pressure as Crypto Treasury Challenge Grows

SUI Group Holdings Limited faced selling during the Wednesday U.S. session, as its Nasdaq-listed shares last changed hands at $1.58, off 16 cents. SUI, the crypto token linked to its treasury plan, held around $0.999, marking a loss of 4.8%. Timing is key. Nasdaq’s main session starts at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, while the 2026 holiday schedule confirms the U.S. market was closed for Memorial Day this week on Monday, May 25, not Wednesday. Pre-market is from 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET, a window that Nasdaq notes can see lower liquidity and bigger price swings.
May 27, 2026
Satoshi Citation: Bitcoin Still Early, Real Test Is CBDCs, Says Finney
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Satoshi Citation: Bitcoin Still Early, Real Test Is CBDCs, Says Finney

Stornetta: Bitcoin just starting, CBDCs worry him W. Scott Stornetta, an early blockchain figure cited in Bitcoin’s tech roots, said Bitcoin is only in the “first inning of the game” for blockchain finance, not the “endgame.” He warned central bank digital currencies could give governments big power over financial data. Stornetta called stablecoins a “terrific example” of blockchain use going past what Bitcoin started. Central bank digital currencies are getting more attention as they move out of the research stage. CBDCs — digital forms of government-backed money issued by central banks — are under review in 146 countries and currency unions. These account for over 98% of global GDP, according to the Atlantic Council. Out of those, 77 are in
May 16, 2026
Ripple XRP ETFs Hit $1.32B in Inflows — Why the Token Still Hasn’t Caught Up
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Ripple XRP ETFs Hit $1.32B in Inflows — Why the Token Still Hasn’t Caught Up

Spot XRP ETFs in the U.S. pulled in $6.04 million in net inflows on May 8, pushing total net inflows to $1.325 billion as investors continued to pile into regulated XRP products. Canary Capital’s XRPC was the sole fund to notch a net inflow during the session, bringing its historical total up to $438 million, according to ChainCatcher’s report on Bitget, citing SoSoValue data. Timing is key here. The most recent move comes right after a three-day inflow streak in May, totaling roughly $28.1 million from May 4 to May 6—sustaining interest in the XRP ETF trade, even as the token lost steam after earlier advances. Since launching in November 2025, the funds have posted positive weekly flows in about
May 10, 2026
Binance Online May 13 Agenda Revealed: CZ, BlackRock COO And Crypto Leaders Join Global Livestream
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Binance Online May 13 Agenda Revealed: CZ, BlackRock COO And Crypto Leaders Join Global Livestream

On May 13, Binance plans to host a “Binance Online” event lasting more than four hours, lining up founder Changpeng Zhao, co-CEOs Yi He and Richard Teng, BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Solana Foundation President Lily Liu for the same public schedule. The event kicks off at 11:00 UTC on Binance Square, which is the company’s own content and social hub. The timing is key here: Binance is pushing to shift its narrative toward institutions, AI, and tokenization—moving beyond just retail crypto trading. Tokenization refers to putting ownership or claims on assets, like securities or funds, onto a blockchain.
May 7, 2026
XRP Price Holds $1.42 as Ripple-JPMorgan Treasury Pilot Puts $1.50 in Play
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XRP Price Holds $1.42 as Ripple-JPMorgan Treasury Pilot Puts $1.50 in Play

XRP hovered just above $1.42 on Wednesday, with traders eyeing both the chance of a 2025-style breakout and new institutional activity involving the XRP Ledger. The token ticked up 0.44% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap, landing at a market cap close to $87.91 billion and daily trading volumes around $3.02 billion. XRP's been stuck in a tight range for weeks. According to TradingView’s market summary, resistance sits between $1.42 and $1.45, a zone where sellers keep surfacing. Support—where demand has held up—is clustered near $1.35.
May 6, 2026
Ripple Sets 2028 Quantum-Ready Plan for XRP Ledger After Google’s Crypto Warning
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Ripple Sets 2028 Quantum-Ready Plan for XRP Ledger After Google’s Crypto Warning

Ripple is targeting 2028 to get the XRP Ledger up to speed for post-quantum cryptography, setting a clear deadline for an issue much of crypto hasn’t pinned down yet. The company’s four-phase approach kicks off with testing this year and wraps up with a major network amendment to move the ledger to quantum-resistant signatures across the board. This shift comes into sharper focus as the threat timeline tightens. Back in March, Google security leaders Heather Adkins and Sophie Schmieg outlined 2029 as the company’s target for post-quantum migration. Around the same time, researchers Ryan Babbush and Hartmut Neven warned that upcoming quantum machines could compromise the elliptic-curve cryptography behind cryptocurrencies using fewer qubits and gates than once thought.
April 23, 2026
Cardano Treasury Vote Opens as IO Cuts Ask and Puts Leios, Bitcoin DeFi at the Center
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Cardano Treasury Vote Opens as IO Cuts Ask and Puts Leios, Bitcoin DeFi at the Center

SINGAPORE, April 23, 2026, 16:40 SGT Input Output, one of Cardano’s core engineering outfits, has kicked off a fresh round of treasury system testing, entering nine proposals aimed at scaling as well as Bitcoin-tied DeFi—think on-chain lending and trading, minus the banks. This time around, the firm says it’s slashed its funding request by nearly half compared to last year. DReps are now headed for a live vote, which stays open until May 24.
April 23, 2026
BNB Price Today: Token Holds Near $635 as BNB Chain Update Lands Ahead of April 28 Hard Fork
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BNB Price Today: Token Holds Near $635 as BNB Chain Update Lands Ahead of April 28 Hard Fork

BNB traded around $635 Thursday, with the token drawing renewed attention after BNB Chain rolled out a fresh software update. The move comes just ahead of a major network upgrade scheduled for April 28. BNB earlier peaked at $652.48 before retreating. Timing is tight: operators need to get version 1.7.2 up and running before the Osaka/Mendel hard fork hits. The fork—essentially a network-wide upgrade—demands coordinated action across the chain. According to Binance News, this release packs in nine BNB Chain proposals, six from Ethereum, plus two BNB-only adjustments targeting improved execution, more stable performance, and quicker final confirmation. That’s when transactions become effectively locked in.
April 23, 2026
Hyperliquid Crypto Gets New Distribution on Blockchain.com as U.S. Perpetual Futures Rivals Close In
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Hyperliquid Crypto Gets New Distribution on Blockchain.com as U.S. Perpetual Futures Rivals Close In

Blockchain.com has rolled out Hyperliquid-powered perpetual futures in its DeFi wallet as of April 21, opening up a fresh path for retail traders to access the on-chain derivatives platform. The move arrives just as U.S. exchanges gear up to introduce rival offerings, anticipating a possible change in regulations. This is no small point: perpetual futures—perps, in the market’s shorthand—are leveraged contracts that never expire. Reuters put the 2025 volume at $61.7 trillion, dwarfing spot crypto trading. That scale helps clarify why wallets, brokers, and exchanges are all scrambling now.
April 23, 2026
NYT Points to Adam Back as Satoshi Nakamoto, but Bitcoin Pioneer Denies Claim
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NYT Points to Adam Back as Satoshi Nakamoto, but Bitcoin Pioneer Denies Claim

On Wednesday, The New York Times named British cryptographer Adam Back as the leading candidate for Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin’s mysterious creator. Back, who runs Blockstream, was quick to deny the report on X, posting: “i’m not satoshi.” The timing is key here: Back is leading BSTR, a bitcoin treasury vehicle currently merging with Cantor Equity Partners I, a SPAC—essentially a blank-check shell. In a transcript filed with the SEC from a CNBC interview, Back said the deal was set for approval “about April.” That puts a direct market spin on the identity battle.
April 8, 2026
Bitmine Immersion (BMNR) swings higher as its giant Ethereum stash keeps traders locked in
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Bitmine Immersion (BMNR) swings higher as its giant Ethereum stash keeps traders locked in

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. shares surged 7.92% to finish Wednesday at $21.12, according to Investing.com. The crypto-linked stock then ticked down 0.14% to $21.09 ahead of Thursday’s open, as the NYSE American ticker kept up its recent swings. The shift is significant: Bitmine now trades like a high-beta play on ether, Ethereum’s native token. More public companies are positioning as “treasury” proxies, parking sizable crypto reserves on their books and giving stockholders direct exposure—up or down—to the underlying coins.
March 5, 2026
MegaETH pushes “real-time” Ethereum as Transak on-ramp and MEGA buybacks take shape
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MegaETH pushes “real-time” Ethereum as Transak on-ramp and MEGA buybacks take shape

MegaETH’s chief strategy officer Namik Muduroglu says the Ethereum layer-2 project is chasing a “real-time” experience, touting 10-millisecond “lock times” and pointing to recent stress tests that pushed throughput to 55,000 transactions per second—something enabled by centralising block production for sheer speed. “Staying removed from the application layer is a losing strategy for blockchain teams,” Muduroglu said. “The era of infrastructure for the sake of infrastructure is over.” This shift is key, with much of Ethereum’s main action now shifting over to layer 2 networks—these are secondary chains designed for quicker transactions, but ultimately tie everything back to Ethereum, which remains the core ledger. Even with those speedier rails, though, the broader issue persists: attracting regular users, actually funding wallets,
February 17, 2026