Sui Network Suffers 6-Hour Outage, SUI Drops 6.6%
The Sui Network, a Layer-1 blockchain developed by Mysten Labs, experienced its second major outage of 2026 on Thursday, halting operations for nearly six hours. The disruption, caused by a bug in the gas charging logic of the networks latest 1.72 update, underscores ongoing reliability challenges for the platform, which aims to position itself as a high-throughput blockchain suitable for institutional use. According to Suis official status page, the outage lasted 5 hours and 55 minutes before mainnet activity resumed. Validators, however, remain listed as having “degraded performance.” The network team promised to release a full incident report in the coming days to address the root cause and proposed fixes. Market Reaction: SUI Token Slides During the outage, the SUI token dropped 6.6% to a low of $0.90, according to CoinGecko. By early Friday, the token had recovered slightly to $0.93, though it remains below its recent highs. As of May 29, 2026, SUI is trading at $0.9185, with a market capitalization of $4.13 billion. This marks another setback for SUI following a volatile month. Just days earlier, on May 25, SUI saw a $14.85 million token unlock, its largest release to date, which added selling pressure. Earlier in May, however, the token had