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Bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) prices slide while stocks gain alongside AI tokens: Crypto Markets Today

Bitcoin traded at $76,600 on Tuesday, down 0.8% since midnight UTC, as Mondays brief bounce to $77,800 fades. The move leaves the largest cryptocurrency potentially forming another lower high in a bearish structure that has been in place since October, and down 7% over the past two weeks.　　The weakness is not reflected in broader financial markets. S&P 500 index futures and Nasdaq 100 futures have gained more than 0.5%, pointing to crypto-specific headwinds rather than macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures.　　Ether (ETH) is faring worse. Trading at $2,098, ETH has shed more than 10% over the past two weeks and sits firmly in the middle of the range it carved out between February and April, with no signs of reclaiming lost ground.　　The altcoin market is mixed, with notable gains across AI tokens and steep losses for tokens that performed well earlier in the year like zcash (ZEC), which has lost around 7% since midnight.　　Derivatives positioningCrypto futures market volume has dropped 10% to $130 billion in 24 hours. Notional open interest (OI) is little changed around $126 billion, and 24-hour liquidations have declined 21% to $126 million. This points to a steady, rather boring market environment following the extended U.S. weekend holiday (though

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Ethereum currently losing out in comparison with Bitcoin

Recently, when comparing the price trend of Ethereum with that of Bitcoin, ETH appears to be clearly struggling.　　Nevertheless, this is not a serious struggle, and since during bear markets situations like this are the norm, there is nothing particularly surprising about what is happening.　　The risk for Ethereum is always the one related to competition, also because Bitcoin instead basically continues not to suffer from it at all. However, competition for Ethereum is still not that significant, all things considered.　　Ethereums struggle　　Starting from the end of January, the price of ETH first collapsed from $3,000 to $1,740, but then bounced back above $2,000. Since 7 February it has been moving sideways in a range between $1,800 and $2,400, with rare and small exceptions above and below these thresholds.　　Bitcoin instead, starting from the second half of April, continued its rebound, going from $73,000 to $82,000, before returning to around $77,000. Ethereum did not experience this second small rebound.　　To compare the performance of Ethereum with that of Bitcoin, it is useful to analyze the price trend of ETH in BTC (ETHBTC).　　Between the end of January and the beginning of February, the price of Ethereum in Bitcoin fell from 0.0339 BTC to 0.0286, but in

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Ethereum Whale Opens $100M Short, Unfazed by Buterins Vow to Sell Less ETH

A crypto whale opened a leveraged Ether (ETH) short position worth more than $100 million, even as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin pledged fewer token sales via the Ethereum Foundation.　　Key takeaways:The whale may face over $1 million in potential losses as the ETH price rebounds toward short liquidation levels.Buterin says the Ethereum Foundation will “sell less ETH” despite offloading over 60,000 ETH earlier this year.　　ETH whale faces over $1 million in potential losses　　As of Monday, the wallet ‘0x50b…’ held a 47,600 ETH short position worth about $100.72 million, according to Hypurrscan data. The trade used roughly 23x cross-margin leverage, with an entry price near $2,094.92.　　ETH was trading around $2,115, leaving the position with an unrealized loss just shy of $994,000. The trader had also paid roughly $2,145 in funding, adding to the cost of maintaining the bearish bet.　　The position‘s liquidation price sat near $2,150, leaving little room for error. A modest ETH move higher could push the whale’s losses past $1 million and potentially wipe out the short.　　That puts the whale in a vulnerable position if Ethereum continues to rebound from its weekend low at around $2,000, especially as global risk sentiment improves due to signs of easing US–Iran tensions.　　Still, the

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Ethereum Price Prediction for 2026 Looks Bullish, But This Under-$0.003 Token Could Outperform ETH

The New Under-$0.003 Token Gaining Massive Attention　　Little Pepe (LILPEPE) has been one of the highest-traded meme coin projects on the crypto market, due to its successful ongoing presale and Layer 2 ecosystem inclusion strategy. Unlike previous meme tokens on the market, which offer no utility beyond hype, Little Pepe (LILPEPE) combines meme culture with blockchain utility.　　The project is currently in stage 13 of its presale at $0.0022 per token, following the successful sellout of stage 12. Until now, LILPEPE has raised more than $28.18M and sold over 16.98 billion tokens in a short period.　　Such active participation reflects the increasing confidence of retail investors and crypto whales. A completion of another tremendous achievement for the project is the CoinMarketCap listing itself and it has helped to get high visibility throughout the entire crypto community.　　The team has also announced that they will launch on two top CEXs right after the presale. They also hope to get listed at one of the largest CEXs in the world.　　Little Pepe has major backing from seasoned crypto veterans who have helped meme coins reach multi-million-dollar valuations. This has pushed the project forward, and tiny LILPEPE hopes to become the top meme coin.　　Can Little Pepe (LILPEPE) Outperform

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Ethereum Fails to Rally Despite Bullish Vitalik Sentiment

Ethereum　　Ethereum Fails to Rally Despite Bullish Vitalik SentimentEthereum sentiment turned bullish after Vitaliks comments, but ETH still failed to break key resistance.ETF outflows, whale shorts, and weak spot demand kept Ethereum under pressure despite active buying.Ethereum dropped nearly 29% this year as traders shifted focus toward Solana and rival blockchains.　　Ethereum failed to build on early gains this week, even after Vitalik Buterin said the Ethereum Foundation may cut back on future ETH sales from its treasury. Traders initially reacted positively, but the recovery faded quickly as broader weakness in crypto markets kept pressure on prices.　　ETH briefly climbed nearly 5% from its weekend low near $2,020 before losing strength around the $2,115 level. Moreover, Ethereum remains down roughly 9% over the past two weeks as investors continue reducing exposure to risk assets.　　On-chain analytics platform Santiment highlighted the growing gap between trader sentiment and actual price action. “The Ethereum Foundation just promised to sell less ETH. Sentiment turned bullish. ETH price barely moved,” the platform wrote on X.　　The Ethereum Foundation just promised to sell less ETH. Sentiment turned bullish. ETH price barely moved (researched with Santiment MCP + Claude).　　????️ Sunday — Vitalik laid out a smaller, more focused EF that will “sell

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5 Ways Crypto Markets Are Pricing SpaceX Before Wall Street Can

Five separate crypto venues are already pricing the SpaceX IPO ahead of its scheduled June 12 Nasdaq debut. Their numbers do not agree. The gap between them is wider than anything traditional brokerage screens will show on listing day.　　The rocket company filed its S-1 prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2026. The filing targets a $1.75 trillion valuation, a $75 billion raise, and a Nasdaq listing under the ticker SPCX.　　Hyperliquid Set the Synthetic Price　　Trade.xyz launched the SPCX-USDC synthetic perpetual on Hyperliquid through the HIP-3 framework on May 18, 2026.　　The contract opened at a $150 reference price, calibrated to a $1.78 trillion valuation. It spiked to $216 within hours before settling at $202.89.　　Now Hyperliquid is giving traders synthetic exposure to SpaceXs implied share price through its new SPCX futures market.　　The day-one print hit $33 million in volume. On May 19 alone, the contract did another $7.1 million. SPCX-USDC confers no ownership of SpaceX shares.　　Traders take long or short positions against an oracle-anchored reference, and funding rates pull the perp toward the oracle when positioning skews.　　HYPE, the native Hyperliquid token, has closely tracked the perp. The token traded at $61.17 as of this writing, up by over 70%

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Intel (INTC) stock hit with major Wall Street downgrade

On the heels of the recent massive rally, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock has received a downgrade from Wall Street, with an analyst citing concerns about its valuation.　　Specifically, INTC was downgraded by Northland Capital Markets from ‘Outperform’ to ‘Market Perform’. The downgrade comes after Intel shares surged almost 500% over the past year, with the equity trading at $119 as of press time.　　The rally has pushed the semiconductor giant into overvalued territory, according to market data cited by analysts. Northland analyst Gus Richard also suspended the firms price target on the technology company.　　While Northland acknowledged that Intel is making measurable progress in its recovery strategy, the analyst warned that the current share price already reflects much of the expected improvement.　　At the same time, Richard expects earnings estimates to rise as demand for server central processing units strengthens in the coming quarters.　　However, Northland projects that overall data center spending could decline in calendar year 2027 as hyperscale technology companies face increasing cash constraints, potentially limiting future growth across the artificial intelligence infrastructure market.　　Under Northland‘s optimistic scenario, Intel’s data center business could expand by 40% in 2027, resulting in earnings of about $3.20 per share. Even with that projection, the stock would still

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New Zealand Dollar: Soft footing into RBNZ decision – BNY

BNYs Bob Savage highlights that the New Zealand Dollar enters the upcoming RBNZ meeting on a weak footing, with a notable lack of recent flows and a large NZD outflow linked to unrolled swap positions. He notes that doubts over the RBNZ rate path and relatively weak NZD carry versus history could see long positions trimmed if growth risks persist.　　NZD pressured by flows and carry　　“NZD heads into tomorrow‘s RBNZ decision on a very soft footing. To make matters worse, there were barely any flows last week; Friday’s outflow was then exceptional at close to -2.5 scored flow. This was the biggest outflow since April 2018, due to a large net long position (in swap) which was not rolled over.”　　“While it did not produce a clear FX impact, the size of the flow is significant and points to a large net exposure reduction. If such positions purely follow developments in rate differentials, it should not come as a surprise if the market is continuing to harbor doubts over the current trajectory of rates.”　　“Although three more are in the price for the rest of the year, increasing hesitation on the RBNZs part could lead to gradual reductions in any existing long positions,

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Abundant Mines Wins Inaugural Satos Award For Mining & Energy

HOOD RIVER COUNTY, Ore. – May 26, 2026 – Abundant Mines, a premium bitcoin mining and energy infrastructure company, was named the recipient of The Satos Award for Mining & Energy, receiving the recognition during the first year of the program. The honor was presented at the Abundant Mines booth during the Bitcoin Conference 2026.　　The Satos Awards is a bitcoin-only awards program celebrating excellence across the bitcoin ecosystem. Nominations and voting were open to the public and determined entirely by the bitcoin community, making this a direct reflection of sector sentiment.　　“Winning a Satos Award in the inaugural year is truly significant to our team because it serves as an acknowledgment directly from the bitcoin community itself,” said Beau Turner, CEO of Abundant Mines. “This honor validates our approach. It also reflects the credibility we have worked so hard to earn from our customers by not only over delivering in our service to them but also by stressing openness, operational distinction, and customer education. This is far more than a recognition of our advancement and infrastructure, it is an affirmation of how we do our business differently in a sector that has struggled with credibility.”　　Over the last few years, Abundant Mines

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Charles Hoskinson goes all-in on Cardano and Midnight after $250 million hospital shutdown

Charles Hoskinson, Cardanos founder, is turning his public focus back to the blockchain network, and Midnight, one of his largest ventures outside crypto, prepares to close.　　The shift comes at a difficult moment for the Cardano founder. His Wyoming health care project is winding down after years of investment, while the blockchain he helped build is facing one of the clearest tests of its new governance model.　　That convergence has pulled Hoskinson back into Cardano‘s political center. He is trying to defend the network’s research culture, reassure a divided community, and build a stronger coordination layer before the next governance cycle hardens the rules of engagement.　　A Wyoming retreat gives the Cardano pledge more weight　　According to a report from the Cowboy State Daily, Hoskinson Health & Wellness Clinic in Gillette, Wyoming, is set to close July 31, ending an attempt to build a more advanced rural health care system in a region where patients often travel long distances for specialty treatment.　　The clinic was built around a broad promise. It aimed to bring modern medical technology, prevention programs, and higher-end providers closer to patients in northeastern Wyoming.　　For Hoskinson, the project also showed a willingness to deploy capital outside the digital asset industry and test

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