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Spot HYPE ETFs Just Crushed Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF Debuts

HYPE ETFs have quickly emerged as cryptos hottest ETF launch, leaving even Bitcoin ETFs behind on early inflow performance.　　Two recently launched US exchange-traded funds linked to Hyperliquids HYPE token are off to a strong start.　　New data suggests that the funds have reached a milestone in just 10 days of trading that Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana ETFs failed to match.　　Strongest Crypto ETF Debut Yet　　Kairos Research said spot HYPE ETFs absorbed 1.04% of HYPEs market cap in just their first 10 trading days. The firm called it the strongest debut for any spot crypto ETF so far. To put things into perspective, spot Bitcoin ETFs reached 0.59%, while that of Ethereum stood at 0.41%, excluding GBTC and ETHE outflows.　　Meanwhile, spot Solana ETFs came in at 0.31%.　　21Shares‘ THYP and Bitwise Asset Management’s BHYP have together pulled in more than $95 million in net inflows within weeks of launching. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas had previously described the timing of the launches as “perfectly timed.” THYP, which launched on May 12 on Nasdaq, became the first HYPE-related ETF available in the US market and has attracted $44 million in net inflows as of May 26. BHYP followed two days later on May 14 and

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Ethereum Is a Giver, Not a Taker: David Hoffman Explains ETH Exit

David Hoffman said Ethereum succeeded technologically, but ETH may no longer see a meaningful structural rerating higher from current levels.　　Bankless co-founder David Hoffman said he sold his Ether holdings because he believes the long-standing “ETH is money” thesis has already largely played out. Despite this, he remains strongly bullish on Ethereum as a network.　　According to Hoffman, the decision did not come lightly, given that he built his career, business, community, and identity around Ethereum.　　Ethereum Chose the Hard Path Unlike Bitcoin　　In his latest tweet, Hoffman stated that the “ETH is money” thesis depended on Ethereum succeeding across multiple layers of coordination, including decentralized leadership, governance, Layer 2 ecosystems, roadmap execution, and technological development.　　Hoffman described Ethereum as “not Bitcoin,” and said that Bitcoin simplified its blockchain to maximize the value of BTC, while Ethereum pursued a more ambitious path by expanding utility across decentralized applications, finance, tokenization, and infrastructure. He even went on to add that Ethereum achieved part of that vision and earned the market capitalization it currently has, but said the opportunity for ETH to be significantly rerated higher by the market now appears to be closing.　　The Bankless co-founder also explained that the broader “strong version” of crypto, which focused

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AI Chatbots Could Quietly Pull Users Away From Reality, Researchers Warn

A new study argues the term “AI psychosis” oversimplifies how chatbots affect mental health.Researchers say AI systems can reinforce unhealthy beliefs through constant affirmation and emotional validation.The paper introduces “existential drift,” describing how AI interactions may gradually reshape a persons sense of reality.　　As AI chatbots become more emotionally responsive, conversational, and personalized, researchers warn that those same traits could reshape how some users experience reality itself.　　A new preprint study, “Rethinking AI Psychosis: Misnomers, Conceptual Limits, and Existential Drift,” examines concerns that AI chatbots may reinforce delusions, paranoia, and emotional dependency in vulnerable users.　　“There has been a proliferation of media reports about so-called AI psychosis in the last year,” the researchers wrote. “Not surprisingly, this has prompted growing academic work on the ways in which AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Replika might aggravate or even induce psychosis, typically understood in terms of users acquiring or maintaining delusional beliefs.”　　The study out of the University of Copenhagen and the University of Exeter argues fears around “AI psychosis” may oversimplify the issue, suggesting chatbots amplify existing vulnerabilities while gradually reshaping how users relate to reality and other people.　　“If AI interaction were capable of inducing psychosis de novo, we might expect to see

05-28Industry

DTCC and Stellar Partner to Tokenize DTC-Custodied Assets

DTCC and SDF plan to tokenize DTC-custodied assets on the Stellar network.The collaboration will allow users to leverage traditional assets in a digital ecosystem.DTC-tokenized assets will retain the same protections and safeguards as traditional securities.　　The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), in collaboration with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), has announced plans to enable the tokenization of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) custodied assets on the Stellar network.　　The announcement highlighted the collaboration between DTCC and the SDF as part of DTCCs standards-driven, multi-chain strategy. This comes after the SEC issued a No-Action Letter in December 2025, authorizing DTC to implement and operate a new service to tokenize real-world, DTC-custodied assets.　　Leveraging Traditional Assets in a Digital Ecosystem　　With the latest development, market participants can now leverage traditional assets in a digital ecosystem, with opportunities for faster settlement, greater asset mobility, extended trading hours, and lower costs and risks. It is worth noting that DTC-tokenized assets will have the same investor protections, entitlements, and safeguards as traditionally held securities.　　Frank La Salla, President and Chief Executive Officer of DTCC, stated that the collaboration represents another step forward for the company in its effort to build an open, interoperable digital infrastructure that bridges traditional and

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Important for Ripple (XRP) Traders: Rare Bottom Signal Emerges

XRPs recent decline has pushed trader confidence to rare lows, which Santiment believes points to growing signs of market exhaustion.　　Ripple (XRP) continues trading within a narrow range between around $1.30 and $1.38 despite several failed breakout attempts.　　Santiment has identified a rare XRP signal as traders remain under increasing pressure.　　High-Potential Rebound Zone　　According to on-chain analytics platform Santiment, the average XRP trader active over the past 30 days is currently down 47%, as many investors are reportedly selling at the bottom during the recent market decline.　　Santiment found that XRPs 30-day Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV), a metric used to measure average trader returns, has now dropped to its lowest level since December 2020. MVRV readings historically tend to return toward 0%, which makes the current level an indication that the crypto asset may be in an extreme undervalued zone.　　As per the analysis, the sharp decline is indicative of a growing fear and frustration among traders following XRP‘s retracement, which has erased more than half of its market value since last summer. Santiment said XRP’s strong rally during late 2024 and early 2025 led many traders to enter positions near local highs before momentum weakened and repeated selloffs pushed short-term holders into

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Harvey Unveils Initial Results of Legal AI Benchmark LAB

Harvey has released the first results from its Legal Agent Benchmark (LAB), an open-source framework designed to evaluate AI agents on complex, long-horizon legal tasks. The initial findings, published May 26, 2026, underscore significant limitations in current-generation AI models. Despite rapid advancements, frontier models completed less than 10% of LAB tasks end-to-end under a strict all-or-nothing evaluation standard.　　LAB, launched earlier this month, evaluates AI agents across over 1,200 tasks spanning 24 legal practice areas. Each task mirrors real-world law firm workflows, requiring AI models to produce review-ready legal work products graded against 75,000 expert-created rubric criteria. Harveys “all-pass” scoring system demands perfection—every rubric criterion must be satisfied for a task to pass.　　Key Findings: Frontier AI Falls Short　　Among the evaluated models, Claude Opus 4.7 led with a 7.1% success rate, followed by Sonnet 4.6 at 5.4%, Opus 4.6 at 4.2%, GPT-5.5 at 2.1%, and Gemini 3.5 Flash at just 0.8%. While these figures suggest progress, they also highlight how far legal AI lags behind human capabilities. “Legal work is far from saturated,” the report notes, especially given the high stakes and precision required in domains like corporate law, IP, and regulatory compliance.　　The findings also revealed uneven competence across practice areas. Models

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3 Massive Things That Could Happen After SpaceX Goes Public in June 2026

SpaceXs June 12 listing is triggering a parallel pricing race in crypto. Synthetic perpetuals on Hyperliquid already imply a $2 trillion valuation for the rocket and satellite-internet group.　　Three forward-looking calls now define the trade. The IPO targets $1.75 trillion and a $75 billion raise, the largest float ever attempted.　　1. Perp Convergence Within Six Hours　　Arbitrageurs are expected to short the perp and buy real shares the moment SPCX opens on Nasdaq. That trade should pull the synthetic back toward the listed price.　　“SPCX perps trading $216 on Hyperliquid vs $525 predicted Nasdaq IPO on June 12. That 60% gap exists because the arbs [Arbitrageur] is structurally broken…CBRS proved convergence happens violently in the final 72 hours before listing,” one user noted.　　Arbitrageurs are traders who make money by spotting tiny price differences for the same thing in different places.　　They buy low in one market and sell high in another at the same time, locking in risk-free profit as prices snap together.　　In the CBRS example, they shorted expensive pretend shares on crypto, bought real shares on Nasdaq, and profited when prices converged.　　A 100 to 250 basis-point gap is the most plausible convergence window. The bulk of that move should land in the first six

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Pi Network Nodes Must Update to Protocol 24.1 by June 2

Pi Network ordered all mainnet node operators to upgrade to Protocol 24.1 by June 2.If node operators dont migrate on time, they could lose access to the mainnet completely.The upgrade is focused on backend optimization and node infrastructure stability.　　Pi Network is moving into another large infrastructure overhaul, requiring all mainnet node operators to upgrade to Protocol 24.1 by a hard deadline of June 2, 2026.　　This upgrade is being positioned as an important step toward making Pi Network more scalable and ready for smart contracts.　　If node operators don‘t finish the migration on time, they could lose access to the mainnet completely. Like in past Pi updates, older nodes might not work with the new consensus rules and won’t be able to sync transactions correctly.　　Pi Network is upgrading from Protocol 23 to 24.1 after developers said the Protocol 23 migration went smoothly across most key mainnet nodes. The protocol expanded Web3 functionality and was a major technical step for Pi Network, laying the groundwork for smart contracts and dApps.　　Protocol 24.1 Features　　The new Protocol 24.1 upgrade appears to be more focused on backend optimization and keeping the node infrastructure stable. According to Pi Hackathon, the update brings faster migration processing, updated Docker tools,

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XRP Traders Watch $1.35 Target as Leveraged Futures Activity Soars

Ali Martinez says XRP has triggered a TD Sequential buy signal on the 4-hour timeframe.Data shows a big spike in speculative interest in XRP perpetual futures on Binance.XRP derivatives metrics rose sharply, with imbalance at 0.54 and Z-Score near 0.95.　　XRP traders are on the lookout for a possible short‑term bounce, and the first notable signal came from crypto analyst Ali Martinez, who pointed out that XRP has triggered a TD Sequential buy signal on the 4-hour timeframe.　　Ali posted on X that XRP might bounce back to around $1.35 before any larger downtrend resumes.　　The TD Sequential indicator, created by analyst Tom DeMark, helps traders spot when a trend might be running out of steam. A “buy” signal often shows up after an extended bearish move, hinting that sellers may be getting exhausted, and a short‑term bounce or relief rally could be next.　　Rise of Speculative Interest in XRP　　At the same time, CryptoQuant analyst Arab Chain identified rising speculative momentum in XRP derivatives activity on Binance.　　The report says XRPs volume imbalance indicator climbed to about 0.54, while its Z-Score approached 0.95, signaling perpetual futures activity has risen notably above recent average levels.　　The volume imbalance metric basically tracks whether perpetual futures trading activity is

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Streamex and Orca Build 24/7 Compliant Trading Pool for Gold-Backed Token GLDY on Solana

The two companies built the GLDY Pool on Orca to solve a problem that has slowed tokenized asset adoption for years. Investors who bought tokenized securities had no reliable venue to sell them. That gap, often called the distribution problem, kept institutional buyers on the sidelines.　　On Wednesday, Streamex (Nasdaq: STEX) CEO Henry McPhie said the launch addresses that obstacle directly. “What weve built with Orca is among the first infrastructure of its kind: a decentralized, permissioned trading pool that operates 24/7 and enforces compliance at the token level, not layered on as an afterthought,” McPhie said.　　The pool enforces compliance through token-level access controls built directly into ‘s infrastructure. Investor wallets start in a frozen state by default. Only wallets whose holders have completed Streamex’s know-your-customer (KYC) and accredited investor verification can hold or trade GLDY.　　An onchain access control layer syncs eligibility status in real time from Streamexs KYC platform. That means investor credentials are checked and enforced continuously, without a manual review step between trades.　　GLDY is offered under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 and is available exclusively to verified accredited investors. Streamex takes steps to verify accreditation status for all participants in line with

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