The article says Bitcoin had already finished a major selloff before the Iran-US war began on February 28, 2026, falling 50% from $126,100 to around $63,000. During the conflict, BTC rebounded to about $76,800 while gold slid from a $5,600 peak to $4,150 and the Nasdaq later recovered faster than Bitcoin, rising 24% from its March low versus BTC's roughly 20% bounce.

ChatGPT Finance entered preview on May 15, 2026 for Pro subscribers in the United States, enabling bank, card, and portfolio connections through Plaid across 12,000+ institutions. The tool can read balances and transaction history but cannot see full account numbers or execute transactions. No rollout date has been confirmed for Europe or the UK.

Hyperliquid has added prediction-style outcome markets that let users trade real-world event results, including U.S. CPI releases and Federal Reserve rate decisions, using the same account as its spot and perpetuals products. The feature was announced on May 25 under the HIP-4 framework and uses Hyperliquid’s validator network to settle contracts rather than an external oracle system.

XRP's social sentiment weakened to its lowest point in three weeks after a Santiment Intelligence chart highlighted a return to a historically notable "FUD zone." On May 25, the positive-to-negative commentary ratio sat near 1.104, with Santiment putting the broader measure at about 1.1 bullish remarks per bearish one as XRP hovered around the mid-$1.30 area and later traded at $1.34.

Hyperliquid said on May 26 that it has introduced "canonical" prediction markets for real-world offchain events, with outcomes published by automated newsfeed software operated by its validators. The platform reported more than $5.5 billion in TVL and $170.29B in perpetual futures volume over the past 30 days, while HYPE traded at $59.71. Separately, HYPE ETFs posted $72.4M of inflows in their first week as bitcoin ETFs saw $1.26B of outflows over the same period.

On May 26, 2026, Bhutan's government moved about $7 million worth of BTC to a SegWit wallet, according to Arkham. The platform said such transfers can signal preparation for a further transfer or a sale, and noted Bhutan's BTC balance is down 10,000 BTC from a ~13,390 BTC peak in October 2024. Arkham data also lists Bhutan holding $234.33 million in BTC and about $68,000 in ETH at the time of the report.

The South Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) has made financial history. On May 26, 2026, the benchmark index closed above the elusive 8,000-point mark for the first time ever, finishing the session at 8,047.51 (up 2.55%) after touching an intraday all-time high of 8,131.15.

Hyperliquid said it will introduce native oracles and “canonical” on-chain resolutions for HIP-4 outcome markets, shifting settlement away from third-party oracle and voting systems. The platform also moved HIP-4 liquidity to USDC and said outcomes will be handled through validator-run software tied into chain operations.