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.

HBAR rallied 12% and was quoted at $0.093, sitting slightly above the mid-tier Bollinger Band while traders watched whether it can stay over $0.094. Technical signals were mixed: SuperTrend and parts of TSI turned positive, but CMF remained negative, suggesting cautious flows.

Chainlink (LINK) is trading around $8.92 after falling about 9.7% over the past seven days, while price held a 24-hour band between $8.81 and $9.06. A Mastercard partnership rolling out a fiat-to-crypto routing gateway has renewed attention on adoption, but key levels remain $9.02 resistance and $8.85 support with the broader trend still bearish.

Sui reported a fresh mainnet network stall on May 29, only hours after the chain restarted from a prior outage linked to validator infrastructure. The earlier incident on May 28 lasted 5 hours and 55 minutes and recovery required >2/3 of validator stake to upgrade to a fix for a crash bug introduced in the 1.72 release.

On May 14, the Senate Banking Committee advanced the CLARITY Act by a 15–9 vote, as the White House pushes for a July 4 signing timeline. With Republicans holding 53 seats and 60 votes needed for cloture, the bill would need seven Democratic or independent votes, while AML language, ethics concerns, and stablecoin reward provisions remain key sticking points.

Over the past seven days, crypto prices moved lower, with Bitcoin sliding from the $77,000–$78,000 area toward roughly $73,000 by Friday amid risk-off positioning. The week also featured heavy US spot Bitcoin ETF redemptions, including more than $1 billion in a single day, while Ethereum hovered near $2,000 as sentiment stayed cautious.

Fireblocks, Robinhood, and MetaMask have introduced the Open Transaction Layer (OTL), a shared standard intended to connect traditional finance and crypto participants. The initiative is designed to let MetaMask's 100 million users interact with tokenized equities and other institutional-grade assets from a self-custodial wallet, using common rails for identity, messaging, and transaction coordination.

Weekly charts captured on May 29, 2026 (10:39–10:42 UTC) show both gold and Bitcoin pulling back from cycle highs, with Parabolic SAR still sitting above price for each asset. Gold is shown at $4,541.89 versus a $5,598.13 peak, while Bitcoin is shown at $73,539 after topping at $126,296. The setup highlights weakening momentum in gold alongside early MACD improvement in Bitcoin, raising questions about whether capital may be rotating.