Sui Network (SUI) Faces Second Day of Outages After Upgrade
The Sui blockchain, a Layer-1 network developed by Mysten Labs, encountered its second outage in as many days on Friday, May 29, 2026. According to the networks status dashboard, block production halted for over three and a half hours before being restored. The disruption followed an earlier six-hour outage on May 28 due to a bug introduced in the 1.72 software upgrade. The Sui team attributed the outages to issues with the new release, which introduced changes to address balances and gas charging logic. “Yesterdays implemented fix was an interim measure designed to restore functionality to the network,” the team explained, adding that a more comprehensive fix has since been deployed by most validators. Despite assurances, this marks the second major technical failure for Sui in 2026, raising questions about its network resilience. Market Impact and Concerns The outages have put pressure on SUI, the networks native token. As of May 29, SUI was trading at $0.9108, down 3.27% over the past 24 hours. The token has a circulating supply of 3.95 billion, giving it a market capitalization of $3.61 billion. While the price impact has been moderate, the repeated disruptions could weigh on investor sentiment, particularly as institutional interest in Sui grows. Notably,