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Victoria, Seychelles, May 19th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has officially unveiled the “Pizza Day: Urban Run,” marking the first time a crypto platform has introduced a dedicated parkour-style gaming experience. Redefining the celebration of the legendary 2010 Bitcoin Pizza Day, MEXC flipped the script. Instead of the historic tale of spending 10,000 Bitcoin on pizza, users can now collect “Pizza Vouchers” in-game to compete for a grand prize of up to 1 BTC. Participants can collect “Pizza Vouchers” by completing daily tasks, such as check-ins, deposits, and trading. These vouchers grant entry to the “Pizza…

Victoria, Seychelles, May 19th, 2026, Chainwire Data from MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, shows that TradFi futures trading volume on the platform surged sharply in April. Among all sectors, AI semiconductor-related assets recorded the strongest month-over-month growth, with some exceeding 1,600%. This closely mirrored the rally in U.S. AI chip stocks during the same period, as more users increasingly turned to crypto platforms to gain exposure to traditional financial markets. In April, as geopolitical tensions temporarily stabilized, risk appetite in the U.S. stock market rebounded significantly. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 reached new all-time highs. Intel Corporation (INTC) rose…

A pair of Republican lawmakers is calling for a permanent ban on a US central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be enshrined in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, as the measure is expected to come up for a vote in the US House this week. The bill released by the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs in March mainly concerns revisions to federal housing programs but also includes a section banning the Federal Reserve System or any Federal Reserve bank from issuing a CBDC or similar instrument until Dec. 31, 2030.The US House has created its…

Will the token finally break out of its prolonged consolidation phase? Although every major breakout attempt from the cross-border token has been halted in the past several months, analysts continue to be highly positive that such a big move is in the making. Ali Martinez is the latest to outline such an opinion, basing his view on the tightening Bollinger Bands. Will This One Last? In his latest post on X on Ripple’s token, the analyst with over 165,000 followers said he is tracking what he called “the tightest Bollinger Band squeeze on the XRP 3-day chart in over a…

Iris Coleman May 18, 2026 18:12 HIVE Digital Technologies announces a 320-MW AI-focused data center near Toronto, expanding its high-performance computing footprint. HIVE Digital Technologies (NASDAQ: HIVE) has unveiled plans for a $3.5 billion AI-focused data center near Toronto, Canada. The 320-megawatt facility, spearheaded by its BUZZ HPC division, is designed to host more than 100,000 GPUs at full capacity, marking a significant move beyond Bitcoin mining into high-performance computing (HPC). According to HIVE, the project will be located in the Toronto-Waterloo technology corridor, leveraging Ontario’s electricity grid and sustainable cooling systems to minimize environmental impact. The site acquisition spans…

Bitcoin got hit hard. The price slid from $82,000 down to $76,800 — a $5,200 drop that came fast enough to rattle traders who’d been riding the earlier rally. And it’s not just the size of the move. It’s what the data behind it looks like. On-chain numbers are telling a pretty uncomfortable story right now. Transaction volumes picked up sharply during the selloff, and the ratio of sell orders to buy orders shifted in a way that’s got analysts paying close attention. When volume spikes during a down move — not an up move — that’s usually not a…

In brief Lawyers in a federal layoffs case apologized after AI-generated “phantom quotations” appeared in a court filing. Attorney Jason Greaves said he used Anthropic’s Claude Console under “tight time constraints.” The filing stemmed from a subpoena dispute connected to FEMA layoffs challenged in federal court. A federal court fight over Donald Trump administration layoffs has become the latest example of AI hallucinations entering the courtroom after attorneys admitted submitting fabricated quotations generated by artificial intelligence.In a declaration filed on Friday, attorney Jason Greaves admitted the filing included fake quotations generated after he used Anthropic’s Claude Console to help prepare…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Kraken’s plan to go public in the US may have to wait until 2027. The crypto exchange, formally known as Payward, laid off about 150 workers last week, a move that has pushed back its initial public offering timeline by at least a year, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. A Year Of Shifting Plans The company had been quietly working toward a public listing for months. Kraken filed confidentially with US regulators late last year, then put those plans on hold in March…

Bitmine owns more than 4.37% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 87% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 11 months Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains Bitmine uplisted to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) from the NYSE American effective as of April 9, 2026 Bitmine has 4,712,917 staked ETH, representing $10.3 billion at $2,191 per ETH MAVAN (Made in America VAlidator Network) is a premier Ethereum staking destination for BMNR…

London, United Kingdom, May 18th, 2026, Chainwire Quantography Labs announced the early-access release of Lock.com, a hardware-free crypto wallet built around an isolated, air-gapped security approach. Lock.com is now available to early access users. The platform separates private key storage from network-connected systems, removing the need for dedicated hardware wallet devices. Hardware wallets have long been the standard for protecting digital assets. But they come with a trade-off: users must trust the device, the manufacturer, and the supply chain behind it. Lock.com removes that dependency by separating the signing environment from the broadcasting environment. Private keys remain on a fully…