ShareX Network, the decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) for the sharing economy, officially launched its native $SHARE token on May 8, 2026. Learn how to verify your eligibility, navigate the claiming process for your airdrop rewards, and explore how to trade the launch momentum on BingX.

Chainlink (LINK) saw address interactions jump to 282,170 on May 10, the highest level in eight months, as the market debated whether the spike reflected bots or genuine usage. LINK later traded around $10.440 on May 12, 2026 (06:56 UTC), while separate on-chain signals cited in the report included a nearly $1 billion CCIP-related asset migration and whale wallets adding 32.93 million LINK.

US President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing from May 13 to 15, a trip expected to cover AI, semiconductors, trade and investment, and Middle East tensions. Bitcoin was trading near $81,000 at the time of writing, up less than 1% over the past seven days but around 13% over the past 30 days. The article outlines potential implications for crypto policy expectations, mining supply chains, and broader macro pressures such as oil’s move to $105.50 after US-Iran talks reportedly stalled.

Ethereum accounts for 71.9% of tokenized fund assets as BlackRock advances plans to put new tokenized share classes on the network. The firm filed two SEC submissions tied to its $7 billion Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL) and a Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle, both designed to use ERC-20 tokens. ETH also traded at $2,312.28 at 06:20 UTC on May 12, 2026, down -2.48% on the week.

An April 2026 Caladan report said 93% of 3,200 GameFi projects are effectively dead, with sector tokens down 95% from 2022 highs and about $15 billion destroyed. It also cited Axie Infinity's drop from 2.7M daily players in summer 2022 to 5,500, while GameFi VC funding fell from $5.56 billion in 2022 to roughly $390 million by 2025.

A bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers will meet behind closed doors on May 14, 2026, to debate proposed changes to crypto taxation, including rules for staking, trading, and small payments. The discussion centers on the Digital Asset PARITY Act, which would allow staking taxes to be deferred for up to 5 years and remove capital gains tax on qualifying stablecoin purchases under $200. The meeting is scheduled for the same day the Senate Banking Committee is set to vote on the CLARITY Act.

USDC activity on Ethereum (ERC20) cooled sharply as the 7-day SMA of active addresses fell from 197,265 on March 21, 2026 to 118,600 on April 23, before recovering to 145,114 by May 8. As of May 12, total ERC20 USDC supply stood at 54.4B and exchange reserves were 14.7B, framing the rebound as partial rather than a return to peak engagement.

Shiba Inu's burn rate surged 710% over the last 24 hours, with 5,678,332 SHIB removed from circulation. The spike was recorded on May 11, when burns climbed from about 700,000 SHIB to more than 5.5 million SHIB in under a day. Over longer windows, burns totaled 23,753,662 SHIB in seven days and 188,168,328 SHIB in 30 days.