Sui Processes Over 6 Million Transactions Per Second in AI Agent Livestream Experiment
The Sui network recorded a peak throughput of 6,086,766 transactions per second (TPS) on July 4, 2026, during a public scalability experiment involving autonomous AI agents. The performance milestone, which occurred on the Sui mainnet, focused on demonstrating the network’s capacity to handle high-frequency activity across gaming, payments, and messaging workflows.
NFT Volume Shows Early Signs of Uptick Linked to Long-Standing Wallet Activity
NFT trading activity is showing early signs of renewed movement, with market data indicating a measurable increase in recent sales, transactions and wash-trading-adjusted activity. However, the specific source behind claims of rising participation from long-standing collector wallets has not been clearly identified.
Hyperliquid RWA Open Interest Reaches New All-Time High of $3 Billion
Hyperliquid said its real-world asset perpetual futures markets reached a new all-time high of $3 billion in open interest on June 2, 2026. The announcement was posted by Hyperliquid’s official X account, and the protocol said HIP-3 has set a new open-interest record every month since launching in October 2025.
Zcash Hits 2026 High as Short Squeeze Fuels Breakout
Zcash surged to a fresh 2026 high with ZEC jumping roughly 30% in a single session before cooling near the close. The move briefly pushed the privacy-focused token into the $550 to $593 range, then back toward about $545 at press time. What began as a sharp price breakout quickly became a broader liquidity event, […]
Bitcoin Breaks Above $81K as ETF Demand Tightens Supply
Bitcoin climbed above $81,000 as heavy institutional demand and active options positioning pushed the market through a key resistance zone. The rally was concentrated in BTC, while Ethereum, Solana and Dogecoin remained broadly steady, showing a Bitcoin-led move driven by institutional flows rather than a broad altcoin rotation.
XRP ETF Flows Turn Negative as Liquidity Weakens
XRP spot ETFs recorded a modest net outflow of about $35,200 for the week ending May 1, 2026, breaking a three-week inflow streak that had drawn roughly $82 million between mid- and late April. The reversal was small in absolute terms, but the shift signals cooling institutional demand at a fragile moment for XRP liquidity.
Foundation’s Shutdown Shows How Thin NFT Liquidity Can Break a Marketplace
Foundation’s closure marks more than the end of a well-known Ethereum-based art marketplace. It shows how quickly a platform built on curated access and transaction fees can become structurally fragile once NFT liquidity collapses, even if it once handled meaningful volume and held a recognizable place in the market.
Old Bitcoin whales sold $271M in BTC as ETF inflows and long-term holders absorb pressure
Long-term Bitcoin holders tested the market with a sale of about $271 million in coins, but this time the supply shock did not produce the kind of immediate breakdown that traders have come to fear from old-wallet distribution. The more important signal was not the sale itself, but the market’s ability to absorb it. Data […]
Stablecoins reshape payments as on‑chain volumes top $33 trillion
Stablecoins are no longer a side channel inside crypto. In 2025, they moved $33 trillion, and by early 2026 the sector’s market capitalization had climbed past $316 billion, underscoring how quickly payment activity is shifting onto tokenized rails. What was once treated as crypto infrastructure is now starting to look like payments infrastructure, forcing banks, […]
Institutional Bitcoin Custody: How Large Funds Secure Digital Assets
Institutional Bitcoin custody no longer looks like a side note to the trade. It looks like hidden architecture. Large holders secure Bitcoin like critical infrastructure, not like a speculative wallet. Strategy said it held about 762,099 BTC as of March 29, 2026. Tesla reported 11,509 Bitcoin at the end of 2025. MARA reported 53,822 Bitcoin, […]