NEAR Protocol rolled out Universal Send, a tool designed to let users route any token to any supported blockchain in one transaction while keeping sender details and transfer amounts private. NEAR gained more than 3% over the last 24 hours and traded at $2.43 at press time as the launch coincided with a mild altcoin rebound.

On May 29, Japan's Datasection said its TAIZA enterprise AI platform has integrated OpenAI's API under a controlled deployment model that routes requests through Datasection's software layer instead of directly calling OpenAI cloud endpoints. The company reported operating more than 20,000 GPUs across Japan, Australia, and Thailand, and its Tokyo-listed shares rose nearly 20% to 6,140 yen after the announcement.

Hong Kong plans to amend its Stamp Duty rules so trades executed via the RMB counter of dual-counter securities can pay stamp duty directly in renminbi, with the bill scheduled for a first reading on June 10, 2026. The change is positioned to support offshore RMB liquidity and could gradually encourage more RMB-denominated ETF activity, including spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs listed on HKEX.

South Korea’s Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA) has rolled out a new compliance standard requiring local crypto exchanges to revoke API keys suspected of being shared or misused. The move comes as the Financial Supervisory Service says automated trading represents about 30% of domestic crypto turnover, prompting tighter monitoring steps such as IP whitelisting and mandatory re-authentication.

TeraWulf said it has secured a 285-acre site in eastern Kentucky for the Muskie Data Campus, designed to support more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of AI and high-performance computing capacity. The company plans to deliver the first 500 MW in the second half of 2028, followed by another 500 MW in the second half of 2030. Shares rose 10.3% in the latest session and were trading at $25.18 at press time.

Quantinuum said on May 26, 2026 it has set terms for a U.S. IPO that would value the quantum computing company at about $12.7 billion. The Honeywell-backed firm plans to price roughly 21 million shares at $45 to $50 each, aiming to raise up to $1.05 billion and trade on Nasdaq under the ticker "QNT."

Over the past 24 hours, crypto markets turned broadly lower as total capitalization fell more than 2% to about $2.53 trillion, triggering $574.28 million in liquidations with roughly 90% from long positions. Bitcoin slid about 3% into the $75,000 area, erasing around $55 billion in market cap, while Ether dropped 4%. The move followed the SEC's delay of a tokenized stock trading exemption framework and Kevin Warsh being sworn in as the new Federal Reserve chair.

Ether is being watched for a rare milestone after posting a negative Q4 2025 and a losing Q1 2026, with Q2 now in progress and ETH up more than 11% so far this quarter. Exchange metrics and relative performance have added pressure, even as some point to institutional accumulation and ETF inflows as signs sentiment may be stabilizing.

On February 23, ZachXBT alleged Axiom Exchange staff misused internal data for insider trading. Roughly three hours before his report, two newly created wallets staked a combined $59,800 on a prediction market and netted about $109,000. According to Lookonchain, twelve addresses collectively gained approximately $1.02 million; Axiom said on February 26 it revoked access and began an internal probe.