THORChain was hit by a multi-chain exploit on May 15, 2026, with security alerts estimating losses at about $10 million across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base. RUNE slid to $0.5146, down 11.32% over 24 hours, while tracking data showed the stolen assets concentrated in two main wallets.

SUI climbed nearly 50% from about $0.94 to a session peak of $1.41 before easing to around $1.26-$1.29, as trading volume expanded from roughly $200-$213 million to more than $2.5 billion. The move followed a May 10 treasury sale by NASDAQ-listed SUI Group Holdings and growing attention on May 29 CME SUI futures, alongside staking-related products and liquidity incentives.

Aster DEX said on May 11, 2026 that it has added perpetual futures tied to four major Hong Kong-listed stocks, enabling 24/7 long or short trading with up to 3x leverage via a crypto wallet. The exchange described the move as a step toward bridging traditional markets and DeFi, and it also pointed to earlier product and fee updates released around May 7, 2026.

On March 6, 2026, PEI Licensing, parent company of the Original Penguin brand, filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Pudgy Penguins in the Southern District of Florida, seeking a jury trial and profit disgorgement. The complaint alleges unauthorized use and attempted registration of penguin-related marks on apparel and related goods, while the PENGU token price around $0.00721 has largely shrugged off the legal action over the past 24 hours. The case emerges as Pudgy Penguins expands from its 8,888-piece Ethereum NFT collection into physical merchandise, a Solana-based PENGU coin, and major retail and brand partnerships.

Jane Street Capital wiped its X timeline in the days after a Feb. 23 lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York tied to the $40 billion Terra collapse. The heavily redacted complaint lists 13 counts and claims the firm avoided more than $200 million in losses; Jane Street denies wrongdoing, while crypto benchmarks and large caps rallied afterward.

On February 24, 2026, X moved to tighten its paid partnerships policy, with Head of Product Nikita Bier describing a goal of a "world without prediction market spam." In response, Kalshi removed affiliate badges on X, while Polymarket-linked accounts kept theirs. According to Dune, Kalshi has processed roughly $42.7 billion in volume, including $6.8 billion this month.

On February 20, 2025, Pi Network launched its Open Network; on February 24, 2026, it marked the first anniversary and shared 16.2M mainnet migrations and 17.7M KYC users, according to Pi Core Team. Pi Coin is at $0.1622, close to the all-time low near $0.13, after falling more than 8% over the past week amid community calls to resolve core issues.

On February 16, 2026, XRP Ledger introduced an official digital hub inside the xSPECTAR metaverse to support learning, interaction, and community building for the XRPL ecosystem. The initiative offers a structured virtual venue for developers, users, and partners without adding new protocols or financial products, while broader metaverse usage data shows strong NFT adoption and identity tooling. On-chain metrics for late 2025 further indicate rising XRPL transaction volumes, significant stablecoin circulation, and real‑world asset value that recently edged past Solana on a key tokenization measure.

On February 16, 2026, Elon Musk claimed Jeffrey Epstein mounted a broad effort to short Tesla and convinced Bill Gates to take a 1% short position when Tesla's market cap was about $40 billion. Musk also said the trade may have cost Gates up to $10 billion, while Tesla last closed at $417.44, up 17.3% over the past year.