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HYPE token price surges as NYSE parent ICE explores Hyperliquid partnership

HYPE up 38% in two weeks as ICE confirms talks with Hyperliquid.Hyperliquids daily trading volume has surpassed $1 billion.ICEs CEO, Jeff Sprecher, said Hyperliquid is “bigger than Nasdaq.”　　The price of Hyperliquid (HYPE) has continued its strong rally after fresh comments from Jeff Sprecher confirmed that Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is in discussions with the Hyperliquid decentralised trading platform.　　HYPE climbed to $62.62 on Friday, marking a 9.2% gain over the past 24 hours.　　The token briefly traded as high as $63.25 during the session and remains close to its all-time high of $64.44 reached earlier this week on May 26.　　Notably, the latest move extends a broader rally that has pushed HYPE up 38.3% over the past 14 days and 55.1% over the last month.　　Over the past year, the token has surged more than 80%, making it one of the strongest-performing large-cap crypto assets in the derivatives sector.　　ICE CEO acknowledges Hyperliquids rapid growth　　The rally accelerated after Sprecher addressed Hyperliquid during the 42nd Annual Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference held on May 27.　　The ICE Founder, Chairman and CEO acknowledged the platforms rapid growth and said the company is actively studying the market.　　“This Hyperliquid we‘re referencing—for those

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HYPE Jumps 10% As NYSE Owner Highlights Hyperliquid’s Wall Street Potential

In remarks delivered on May 27, Sprecher said Hyperliquids founders are “extremely smart” and described the venue as “a true DeFi exchange.”　　He noted that ICE has met with the team multiple times and is not “freaked out” by the competition.　　“This Hyperliquid that we‘re talking — if you haven’t heard about it, it‘s bigger than NASDAQ, okay？ It’s 11 people. You look at it, you‘re like, wow, that’s pretty something.”　　Sprecher also highlighted weekend oil futures, leverage of up to 100x, and a fully on-chain order book as features that have pushed legacy venues to extend their own trading hours.　　His outreach broadens an institutional bid for HYPE that already includes growing spot ETF demand and a recent Arthur Hayes purchase.　　HYPE Holds Near Record Highs　　HYPE now ranks as the 11th-largest crypto asset by market value, helped by $1.16 billion in buybacks that have tightened circulating supply this year.　　The platform also continues to draw aggressive whale positioning as new highs come into view, with the token already up roughly 80% over the past 12 months.　　Sprechers remarks suggest the line between centralized incumbents and onchain venues is narrowing faster than many traditional exchange executives expected.　　Whether ICE moves from observation to direct partnership may shape how

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DxSale exploit drains $7.3M in BNB through hidden contract backdoor

DxSale has suffered a $7.3 million exploit after an attacker allegedly used a hidden backdoor in a liquidity locker contract to withdraw BNB locked by more than 1,400 liquidity providers on the BNB Chain.DxSale lost $7.3 million in a BNB Chain exploit affecting roughly 1,400 liquidity providers.Researchers linked the attack to a hidden contract backdoor and a previously undisclosed ownership transfer.The incident follows a wave of DeFi exploits, with protocols losing $52 million to hacks so far in May.　　According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, the attacker-controlled address “0xC457” moved approximately $1.87 million worth of BNB into two primary wallets before sending the funds to multiple deposit addresses associated with Binance.　　The incident affected liquidity that had remained locked in DxSale contracts since the platform was widely used for token launches on BNB Chain in 2021.　　Early findings from blockchain analyst Tahax suggest the exploit may have originated from a contract ownership change that took place months before the attack.　　Tracing the ownership history further, Tahax said more than 80 additional transactions were used to pass control between wallets before it eventually reached the address identified as “0xC45,” which later executed the large-scale BNB withdrawals.　　The analyst also noted that the exploiter wallet was newly

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Disciplined AI agents are the disruptor needed to break the exchange churn model

All within a matter of weeks, Anthropic unveiled new agents for finance, Circle launched nanopayments, MoonPay launched a debit card for agents and Gemini launched agentic trading, signaling the agentic finance fight is here. Whilst the products are new, the underlying business model remains the same. Every exchange and brokerage earns more when customers trade more, and the data on what that does for customer portfolios is unambiguous. Ultimately, agentic rails have arrived faster than incentives have changed.　　The perverse incentives exchanges hope you miss　　The conflict is structural to the industry. Brokerages and exchanges don‘t need customers to win, they need them to keep trading. Crypto exchanges and neobrokers made trading faster, cheaper and frankly, more addictive. The commercial reality is that banks profit when you stay, exchanges profit when you trade, and AI models profit when you prompt. The agent you can trust with your hard-earned capital sits outside all three. An independent agent paid only when the customer’s portfolio wins threatens the current incentive structure of brokerages and exchanges.　　The truth is, zero-commission trading isnt free. In 2025, U.S. market makers paid more than $4.9 billion for order flow in U.S. equity and options, up from approximately $3.8 billion in

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Samsung Units To Buy $408M Stake In Upbit Operator Dunamu: Report

Tech　　Samsung Units To Buy $408M Stake In Upbit Operator Dunamu: Report　　Samsung Securities, Samsung SDS and Samsung Card will acquire a combined 4% stake in Dunamu, the operator of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, in a deal that expands Samsung affiliates‘ exposure to the country’s digital asset market, local media reported.　　The three Samsung affiliates held board meetings on Thursday and approved the purchase of 1.39 million Dunamu shares held by Kakao affiliates for 612.8 billion won ($408 million), according to local reports from Yonhap News Agency and ZDNet Korea. Samsung Securities will acquire a 2% stake, while Samsung SDS and Samsung Card will each acquire 1%.　　The investment extends Samsung‘s digital asset push weeks after Samsung SDS reportedly won a contract to build South Korea’s blockchain-based securities platform, placing Samsung affiliates across both regulated tokenized securities infrastructure and private-sector crypto exchange and payment rails.　　The deal also follows another major Dunamu investment by a South Korean financial group. On May 15, Hana Financial Group said that it would acquire a 6.55% stake in Dunamu from Kakao Investment for more than $668 million, making it the Upbit operators fourth-largest shareholder.　　Samsung Securities plans to cooperate with Dunamu on tokenized securities issuance and distribution, as well

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FalconX Confidentially Files for IPO With SEC

Tech　　FalconX Confidentially Files for IPO With SECFalconX filed a confidential S-1 with the SEC, targeting IPO in the second half of 2026 or next year.The company processed over $2.5 trillion in cumulative volume and supports more than 400 tokens.FalconX acquired 21Shares in October 2025, adding ETP and ETF capabilities to its infrastructure.　　FalconX, the institutional crypto trading platform last valued at $8 billion, has submitted a confidential draft S-1 registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, initiating the formal process toward a public listing.　　According to reports, the filing was submitted around May 6. FalconX is working with investment banks, including Cantor Fitzgerald, on potential underwriting roles, though formal mandates have not yet been assigned.　　The company could list in the second half of 2026 or push the offering into next year, depending on market conditions.　　What FalconX Actually Is　　Founded in 2018 by CEO Raghu Yarlagadda in San Mateo, California, FalconX provides institutional investors with crypto trading, lending, clearing, and liquidity services. The platform supports more than 400 tokens and has processed over $2.5 trillion in cumulative trading volume.　　Its regulatory architecture was built with institutional credibility in mind. FalconX operates through a CFTC-registered swap dealer entity and maintains registrations with FinCEN alongside

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AI Trading Bots Dominate Mid-Year Volatility

As the cryptocurrency market moves into the summer of 2026, volatility across major assets, including XRP, Bitcoin, and Ethereum, has reached an annual high. 　　With XRP/USD slipping below the $1.30 threshold this week, a significant shift in retail behavior has emerged: the mass migration of individual traders toward AI-powered quantitative trading systems.　　Driven by the need to navigate “non-predictable” market patterns, platforms like AIX Alpha have seen an explosive surge in onboarding.　　Modern financial engineering　　These systems move beyond the manual, indicator-based trading that defined the retail boom of previous cycles, instead leveraging machine learning models that evaluate over 100,000 market signals per day. By automating execution across multiple strategies — such as Adaptive Market Neutral and Neural Signal Execution — these tools are allowing retail participants to react to liquidity shifts and macro-headlines at speeds that far exceed human capability.　　This trend highlights a critical maturation in the Web3 retail experience. In the past, “automated trading” was the exclusive domain of institutional hedge funds and sophisticated HFT (high-frequency trading) firms.　　Today, the commercialization of these tools is democratizing complex financial engineering for everyday users. However, this accessibility brings its own risks; regulators are beginning to question whether the widespread use of autonomous bots in

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Class Action Claims Administrator Agrees To Stop Taking Vendor Rebates After Kickback Scrutiny

Finance　　Class Action Claims Administrator Agrees To Stop Taking Vendor Rebates After Kickback Scrutiny　　Last year, reports surfaced that class action claims administrators were secretly pocketing vendor rebates tied to consumer payouts. A new court filing shows that one major administrator has agreed to stop taking them.　　The filing is from a small data breach class action lawsuit against Kansas City medical practice Clay Platte Family Medicine, with a $1 million settlement fund. On May 7, 2026, Philadelphia-based Angeion, one of the country‘s largest claims administrators, agreed that it won’t take rebates or discounts from vendors, banks or other financial institutions in the Clay Platte case. It appears to be one of the first public examples of a major claims administrator agreeing to forgo those payments. Representatives for Angeion, which is owned by private equity firm Renovus Capital, didnt respond to our requests for comment.　　Before the spring of 2025, few attorneys or judges were aware that the claims administrators in charge of doling out class action rewards to consumers were pocketing money from fintech card issuers like Blackhawk and Tremendous. Few understood the breakage that resulted from the digital prepaid debit cards used in payouts. (The breakage occurred when many recipients didnt use

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Feds Schmid: Surging oil is weighing on spending power

Finance　　Feds Schmid: Surging oil is weighing on spending power　　Kansas City Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank President Jeffrey Schmid said during the European trading session on Friday that elevated energy prices are diminishing households purchasing power.　　Additional remarks　　Some evidence AI is depressing hiring but not driving firing.　　US economy less exposed to energy shock relative to the past.　　Main focus is on getting inflation back to 2% target.　　So far, US energy producers have not been moving to invest in more production.　　Most data points to continued economic growth.　　Job market in balance, buoyed in part by healthcare hiring.　　Fed must signal commitment to lowering inflation.　　My primary concern is inflation, which is ‘too hot’.　　I place little stock in believing recent inflation jump is transitory.　　Low hiring is a more general phenomenon, not only due to AI.　　The Fed must signal commitment to price stability.　　Market reaction　　There seems to be no immediate response by the US Dollar (USD) to Fed Schmids comments. As of writing, the US Dollar Index (DXY) trades 0.1% higher at around 99.10.

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Hedera Price Prediction: HBAR Price Rebounds After Brutal 85% Crash

Finance　　Hedera Price Prediction: HBAR Price Rebounds After Brutal 85% CrashThe HBAR price bounced back toward $0.094 after falling more than 85% from its all-time high near $0.57.HBAR reclaimed key moving averages and broke above recent swing highs, improving short-term market structure.Hedera‘s enterprise expansion, including BrandBoost and FedEx council participation, continues supporting the network’s long-term growth story.　　Hedera is finally showing some strength again after spending months stuck in a deep correction. The HBAR price had fallen more than 85% from its all-time high near $0.57, but this week the token managed to bounce back toward the $0.094 area, putting traders back on alert for a possible larger recovery move.　　What makes this bounce interesting is that it‘s happening right as several technical and on-chain signals are starting to improve together. HBAR’s market cap recovered from around $3.71 billion back toward $3.94 billion, and the price itself pushed above key moving averages that had been acting as resistance for weeks.　　The HBAR price is trying to build momentum again　　We had a look at the HBAR chart shared by More Crypto Online, and the broader structure still shows a market that has been in correction mode for most of 2026. Price continued forming lower highs

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