The Fear and Greed Index has returned to the neutral zone for the first time since October 2025, rising to 42 points
Against this backdrop, Bitcoin has stabilized near $93,000, and the market is gradually moving away from extremely negative sentiment.$BTC {spot}(BTCUSDT) $BNB {spot}(BNBUSDT)
Starknet will unite the ecosystems of Ethereum and Bitcoin
Developers of the L2 network Starknet based on Ethereum intend to create a protocol for execution level for Bitcoin, uniting the ecosystems of the two largest blockchains. The team noted that today "only about 1% of BTC is used for anything other than storage or trading." Among the main reasons for this are infrastructure limitations and high transaction costs at the base level.
According to the developers, Starknet as an L2 level for Bitcoin will provide:
throughput "in the thousands" of TPS against the current 7 TPS; block intervals of up to 2 seconds instead of 10 minutes; transaction fees of ~$0.002, compared to the current ~$2. The network will also offer DeFi solutions based on the first cryptocurrency, including staking, lending, borrowing, and non-custodial trading.
It is expected that the merging of ecosystems:
will increase liquidity in both; will strengthen the DeFi sector by making Bitcoin available as collateral; will open up opportunities for additional income for holders of the first cryptocurrency and miners.
Notcoin ($NOT ) has recently experienced a significant price increase, rising by 13.46% in the last 24 hours to $0.002981. This surge is attributed to the launch of the Earn platform by Open Builders, offering users new opportunities within the Notcoin ecosystem.
Given these developments, some investors consider it a favorable time to invest in Notcoin. What are your thoughts on this? Additionally, with recent news surrounding Pavel Durov and the $TON project, how do you perceive the future of these initiatives? Share your opinions in the comments below.
Bloomberg: "King of Meme Coins" Dogecoin Is No Longer a Joke
Dogecoin was conceived as a joke, but 11 years later the token has become popular among merchants for paying for purchases. Bloomberg examined the features of the popular meme coin.
Journalists noted that the average commission in the network costs <span which is ~79 times cheaper than in the Bitcoin blockchain. Transactions are processed in less than a minute. DOGE is suitable for money transfers, where commissions reach 7% due to intermediaries.
Dogecoin's popularity is formed by its humorous nature and the support of celebrities such as Snoop Dogg and Lil Yachty, Elon Musk and Mark Cuban.
In 2021, the Dallas Mavericks of the latter introduced payment for goods and tickets in DOGE. To date, only 25,000 coins have been credited to the NBA team's accounts, according to Cuban. The entrepreneur called it “an inexpensive way to become part of a vibrant online community.”
The co-founder of New York’s Williamsburg Pizza, which accepts Dogecoin, noted its “virality.” In his opinion, this makes the cryptocurrency an effective marketing tool.
In the BitPay processing app, DOGE ranks fifth, ahead of XRP and USDC, Bloomberg noted.
$NOT Pavlo Durov talked about the four-fold increase in his NOT tokens
Telegram founder Pavlo Durov said that the 1 billion NOTs presented to him two weeks ago have quadrupled in price, from $6 million to $24 million.
On May 16, NOT was listed on the largest cryptocurrency exchanges. The next day, the team of the Web3 gaming project Notcoin reported that users had sent Durova 1,030,383,291,362 NOT.
The entrepreneur announced his intention to trade the received coins until their price rises to $680 million. After that, the founder of Telegram plans to buy additional servers for the messenger on them.
According to him, millions of people have made money on Notcoin using the Telegram mini-app. And they continue to receive more funds, the entrepreneur noted. #NOT
The total capitalization of stablecoins exceeded $160 billion
An increase in the indicator means an influx of "new money" into the segment, an increase in demand for stablecoins, Nansen analysts noted. This, they believe, is a bullish factor.
Coin98 experts noted that since the beginning of the year, the total market capitalization of "stable coins" has increased by $30 billion. In particular: USDT — +$19.7 billion, USDC — +$8.7 billion.
In the segment, as before, USDT from Tether is leading — its capitalization exceeds $110 billion. The corresponding figure for USDC is $32.5 billion. In third place is DAI from MakerDAO — $5.2 billion.
The total market value of Athena Labs' "synthetic dollar" USDe has increased by 10.7% over the past 30 days, surpassing $2.6 billion.
The aggregate capitalization of algostablecoins is relatively small compared to centralized counterparts like USDT — $10.14 billion. #USDC #USDT #DAI $USDC $USDT $DAI
Matrixport's co-founder named Solana as the next in line to launch an ETF
If spot Ethereum-ETFs are approved, the Solana (SOL) cryptocurrency could become the next contender for the launch of exchange-traded funds. This was stated by the co-founder of Matrixport, Daniel Yang.
The expert also noted that ETH paired with BTC rose 12% following reports of the SEC asking issuers to update Form 19b-4 in product filings.
According to Ian, after the potential launch of spot funds, Ethereum could go into a correction, as it did with Bitcoin, which fell 10% in the first days of ETF trading.
Another analyst with the nickname gumshoe believes that the approval of tools based on the second largest cryptocurrency is "more optimistic for SOL than ETH".
At the time of writing, SOL is trading at $177, having added nearly 20% over the past week. The coin's capitalization is $79.2 billion. Previously, Merkle Tree Capital's investment director Ryan McMillin predicted Solana's growth to $400 by November 2024. In his opinion, the catalyst will be a wave of meme-coins dedicated to the election campaign in the USA.
Syncracy Capital hedge fund co-founder Daniel Chung allowed SOL quotes to return to $200 by the end of May. #SOL #ETH #BTC $BTC $ETH $SOL
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The PEPE meme coin has shown significant growth over the past week and reached an ATH of $0.0000142 on May 22, according to CoinGecko. Against this background, large companies and retail investors made significant profits, Lookonchain analysts reported.
One of the traders made 201.85 billion PEPE ($2.83 million) on the *** exchange. He traded the meme token three times and earned a total of about $2.48 million from these trades.