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Key Takeaways:

After a year and three months, the price has stabilized around 15 cents, smart contracts are now functioning on the main network, and the project is undergoing a significant upgrade. What’s happened since the network initially opened is complex, and hasn’t been fully explained in one place. Here’s a timeline, based on official announcements from Pi Network, detailing their progress.

Despite strong demand for XRP ETFs in the U.S., the price of XRP continues to hover around $1. However, a significant political development is gaining momentum, which could potentially reverse this downward trend.

The recent rebound has led to differing opinions among analysts. Some predict Ethereum will continue rising towards $2,570, while others think it needs to regain lost support levels before showing a truly stable recovery.

So, the market for tokenized real-world assets just hit $29 billion. It’s on track for $100 billion this year. And the crypto press is like, “Meh, too boring.” Because tokenization is the financial equivalent of watching paint dry-technical, run by the very firms crypto Twitter spent a decade roasting, and utterly devoid of memes.

As an analyst, I’ve been following reports in the New York Times detailing internal concerns raised by career officials regarding several crypto firms. Specifically, they questioned activity related to Polymarket, Crypto.com, and an affiliate of Gemini. The core of their concerns centered on how these companies were treating customers, the strength of their fraud prevention measures, and whether one particular affiliate had completed all the necessary regulatory checks.

By late May 2026, Cardano was facing a major disagreement about its direction – whether to stay true to its research-focused roots or prioritize commercial applications. This tension was evident in a conversation between Charles Hoskinson and developer Andrew Westberg.