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19 May 2026, 09:15

Bitwise to Direct 10% of Hyperliquid ETF Fees Into HYPE Purchases for Its Balance Sheet

HYPE is up over 5% over the past 24 hours and extending its weekly gains to over 13%. The catalyst for this bullish momentum seems to be Bitwise’s newly launched Hyperliquid ETF and its latest news on the structural design of the ETF that dropped on Monday. Bitwise announced that 10% of the management fee from the Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP) will be used to buy HYPE directly for its corporate balance sheet and then stake those tokens through Bitwise Onchain Solutions, its in-house staking arm. BHYP only started trading on the NYSE last Friday at a 0.34% sponsor fee, with the fee waived for the first month on the fund’s first $500 million in assets. Combined inflows across BHYP and 21Shares’ THYP have crossed $5.6 million in their first week, with BHYP itself printing $4.31 million in first-day volume. What’s happening with this news is that the asset manager is now wiring its own incentives into the same flywheel that the Hyperliquid protocol already runs. As Matt Hougan, Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer, framed it: “Hyperliquid’s token is explicitly designed so that rising trading activity on the Hyperliquid platform directly benefits token holders.” Two Buy Mechanisms Now Stacked on the Same Token Around 99% of trading fees on Hyperliquid already goes through the Assistance Fund which is a protocol-level system that is built to convert fees into HYPE and parks them at a system address with no private key. Validators voted 85% in favour of recognizing every HYPE token, including all future revenue, in that address as permanently burned in December last year. Around 13% of the circulating supply or roughly 37 million HYPE was wiped from official supply stats through that single vote. Bitwise’s pledge now basically adds a second layer to an already aggressive buyback model. Trading activity on Hyperliquid feeds the burn. ETF inflows into BHYP feed Bitwise’s balance sheet. Same token, two distinct sources of demand, both growing with usage. The staking layer adds a slow compounding effect on top, with Bitwise taking a 15% fee on rewards before the rest flows back. No Other US Altcoin ETF Is Built This Way The standard model for spot crypto ETFs is straightforward: charge a sponsor fee, custody the underlying, return performance. BHYP is the first US-listed Hyperliquid product to stake natively through the issuer’s own infrastructure rather than relying on a third party. Layering on a balance sheet accumulation policy from those fees takes the structure a step further. The issuer is now financially exposed to the token it’s distributing, not just managing it. What This Could Set Up for HYPE HYPE has been one of the better performing tokens this quarter, rising over 80% since the start of 2026 and currently trading near $48 with a market cap of around $12.20 billion. The token is now the tenth largest in crypto and the back-to-back ETF launches have only sharpened the institutional bid. Whether BHYP can outpace 21Shares’ THYP on cumulative inflows remains an open question, but Bitwise has now given the market a reason to pay attention beyond the fee differential. Don’t just read crypto news. Understand it. Subscribe to our newsletter. It's free .

19 May 2026, 09:07

Three years after Robert Kiyosaki’s ‘toilet paper dollar’ warning, has he been proven right?

The prominent investor and author of the best-selling personal finance book ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad,’ Robert Kiyosaki , has been bearish regarding the global economic systems set-up in the previous and current century and arguably downright hostile toward fiat currencies for years. Perhaps the most colorful show of such negativity arrived amidst the 2022 banking crisis, when he opined that the rise of a BRICS currency will severely degrade the importance of the American dollar, concluding he’d ‘rather have toilet paper.’ With three years elapsing since the relevant discussion, it is perhaps fair to ask on May 19, 2026, how accurate Robert Kiyosaki was in his assessment. How much did USD fall since Kiyosaki likened it to ‘toilet paper’ To begin with, there is little doubt that the U.S. dollar lost some of its value since Kiyosaki likened it to toilet paper as geopolitical turbulence grew more severe and as inflation proved more stubborn than many had hoped. Despite this, the U.S. dollar index (DXY) – an index that tracks the American currency against a basket of multiple major global tenders – has fallen only 2.27% from 101.5 in April 2023 to 99.2 in May 2026. DXY five-year performance chart. Source: TradingView Furthermore, the DXY remains 10.49% up in the last five years and a slight 1.69% down in the 12-month chart. A different measurement for the value of USD, the inflation calculator provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, makes it possible to quantify exactly by how much the currency has depreciated since early 2023: $1 in the spring of 2026 has the same purchasing power as $0.91. Is USD worth as much as toilet paper in 2026? Attempting to quantify Kiyosaki’s claim, Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) has kept the price of its toilet paper relatively stable, with the company’s website showing it is selling 12 ‘mega rolls’ of ‘soft & strong premium toilet paper’ of the ‘Great Value’ store brand for $9.98 . Furthermore, the retail giant breaks the figure further down by clarifying that the cost of 100 sheets is $0.22, meaning that a single sheet is priced at approximately $0.0022, and, by extension, that it sells for approximately $0.0044 per gram. Simultaneously, a $1 bill is known to weigh 1g , making it worth roughly 227 times as much as the same weight of toilet paper. Thus, it can be said that Robert Kiyosaki’s comparison between toilet paper was not accurate in 2023 and remains inaccurate in 2026. Elsewhere, it is noteworthy that the USD did lose some of its purchasing power in the three years. $9.98 in 2023 was worth as much as $10.96 in April 2026, meaning that the same effective value could have purchased roughly one additional roll for the same value in money when Kiyosaki made his remark. Still, consumers have noted that the retail giant’s product – much like many other items available worldwide – has suffered from ‘shrinkflation,’ meaning that the American currency is not the only thing worth less three years later. How have Robert Kiyosaki’s ‘toilet paper’ alternatives performed between 2023 and 2026? In April 2023, along with discussing the valuation of toilet paper relative to the USD, Robert Kiyosaki also reflected on the possibility that the announced BRICS currency could jeopardize American financial dominance. While there has been significant pressure from central banks hedging by purchasing vast quantities of gold, the international organization comprised at its core of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is yet to launch its alternative. Lastly, while ‘Rich Dad’ Robert Kiyosaki’s gloomy predictions have not truly come to fruition, his proposed alternatives to ‘toilet paper’ would have, generally, been worthwhile investments . For example, both of the author’s top assets – Bitcoin ( BTC ) and Gold – have rallied significantly from April 2023, with the former rising approximately 174% and the latter 123%. Gold and Bitcoin five-year performance chart. Source: TradingView Purchasing Silver – Kiyosaki’s other preferred commodity – would have also led to significant returns due to the 200% price increase, but the other cryptocurrency he often mentions – Ethereum ( ETH ) – would not have led to positive results. Silver and Ethereum five-year performance chart. Source: TradingView Indeed, ETH is essentially flat compared to where it stood three years ago, but the loss in the purchasing power of USD means it would have also been a slight loser. Featured image via Ben Shapiro’s YouTube The post Three years after Robert Kiyosaki’s ‘toilet paper dollar’ warning, has he been proven right? appeared first on Finbold .

19 May 2026, 09:02

Bnb sees 40 percent drop in TPS after quantum encryption

🚨 BNB tested quantum-secure encryption and saw its TPS drop by almost 40 percent. The switch made each $BNB transaction signature nearly 40 times larger. 🤯 Key point: Block sizes and network data swelled, slowing transaction times and exposing scaling issues. Continue Reading: Bnb sees 40 percent drop in TPS after quantum encryption The post Bnb sees 40 percent drop in TPS after quantum encryption appeared first on COINTURK NEWS .

19 May 2026, 09:02

Banking Expert Shares Part 3: How XRP Will Reach $300

Computer engineer and crypto commentator CharuSan XRP has published the third part of a series explaining his view on how XRP could eventually reach $300. CharuSan XRP focused on the relationship between institutional payment demand, liquidity requirements, and transaction bottlenecks within global banking systems. The post centered on the argument that XRP pricing in institutional use cases would depend more on liquidity depth and transaction capacity than on the asset’s reported circulating supply. According to the commentator, many investors misunderstand how XRP could function in large-scale cross-border settlements via On-Demand Liquidity (ODL). CharuSan XRP stated that the XRP price used by banks for transfers would be calculated based on ODL activity rather than solely on the circulating supply. He argued that circulating supply figures do not necessarily represent the amount of XRP accessible for simultaneous global transactions at any given moment. How XRP will reach $300 *Part 3* The XRP price used by banks for transfers is calculated through ODL *On-Demand Liquidity* Circulating XRP does not mean the number of XRP you can find at that exact moment. The price is not calculated based on the circulating supply. If a bank's… https://t.co/TQY80YCx6M — CharuSan XRP (@CharuSan83) May 17, 2026 Large Transfers Could Require Higher XRP Prices In the post, CharuSan XRP presented a hypothetical example involving a $200 billion bank transfer. He explained that if XRP were priced at $20 , approximately 10 billion XRP would be required to complete the transaction. He then argued that such large transfers could create severe liquidity constraints if multiple financial institutions attempted similar settlements simultaneously. The commentator stressed that the issue becomes more significant when considering the scale of the global banking system. He noted that the world’s banking network includes thousands of institutions and potentially massive transaction flows occurring concurrently. According to his explanation, relying on relatively low XRP prices for these transfers would likely create bottlenecks within the payment system. CharuSan XRP also referenced the involvement of major financial infrastructure firms, including Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, arguing that institutional participation could further increase the liquidity requirements. XRP Velocity and Liquidity Depth Remain Central to the Argument A major point in the post involved the distinction between transaction speed and liquidity depth. CharuSan XRP argued that fast settlement alone would not eliminate the need for substantial liquidity. While XRP transactions can settle within seconds , he claimed that the total value moving simultaneously across banks worldwide could still amount to trillions of dollars in transit. We are on X, follow us to connect with us :- @TimesTabloid1 — TimesTabloid (@TimesTabloid1) June 15, 2025 According to the commentator, this creates a situation where insufficient liquidity depth would lead to slippage and transaction congestion. He compared the concept to a system in which transaction volume exceeds the capacity available to process it efficiently. To explain the idea further, CharuSan XRP used the example of hundreds of cars attempting to move through a tunnel with limited lanes. In his view, higher XRP prices would effectively expand the system’s capacity by reducing the number of XRP units needed for large-value settlements. The commentator added that his thesis assumes banks will adopt XRP after regulatory clarity emerges through legislation such as the proposed Clarity Act . Disclaimer : This content is meant to inform and should not be considered financial advice. The views expressed in this article may include the author’s personal opinions and do not represent Times Tabloid’s opinion. Readers are advised to conduct thorough research before making any investment decisions. Any action taken by the reader is strictly at their own risk. Times Tabloid is not responsible for any financial losses. Follow us on X , Facebook , Telegram , and Google News The post Banking Expert Shares Part 3: How XRP Will Reach $300 appeared first on Times Tabloid .

19 May 2026, 09:00

Solana: Why SEC’s tokenized equity move matters for SOL’s $2.6B RWA boom

As tokenization accelerates, Solana’s Q2 growth narrative increasingly revolves around real-world assets.

19 May 2026, 09:00

Solana Fails Channel Breakout—$78 Support The Next Destination?

An analyst has pointed out how the latest retrace in Solana has come after rejection from the resistance level of a Parallel Channel. Solana Failed Parallel Channel Resistance Retest In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has talked about a technical analysis (TA) pattern forming in the daily price chart of Solana. The pattern in question is a “Parallel Channel,” which forms whenever an asset trades between two parallel trendlines. Related Reading: Bitcoin Recovery Above Key Cost Basis Level Fails As BTC Falls Under $77,000 Like other consolidation patterns in TA, the upper level of the channel acts as a resistance barrier for the price and the lower one can provide support. A break out of either of these levels can signal a continuation of trend in that direction. That is, a surge above the pattern can be a bullish signal, while a fall under it a bearish one. Parallel Channels can be of a few different types depending on how the trendlines are oriented with respect to the graph axes, but in the context of the current topic, the variant of interest is the one that has its channel parallel to the time-axis. As the asset trades inside such a pattern, it experiences consolidation in an exactly sideways manner. Now, here is the chart shared by Martinez that shows the Parallel Channel that the 1-day price of Solana has been stuck inside for the last couple of months: As displayed in the above graph, Solana retested the upper level of this Parallel Channel when it rallied toward the $98 mark earlier in the month. The asset couldn’t break past the level’s resistance, however, and its price ended up reversing course. Since then, SOL has made its way back into the lower half of the channel. If the current trajectory of the asset continues, it’s possible that the cryptocurrency could end up retesting the lower level situated around $78. It now remains to be seen how Solana will develop in the near future and whether it will have to end up relying on this possible center of support. Related Reading: Ethereum Sell Signal That Last Preceded A 63% Drop Flashes Again As mentioned earlier, there are also other types of Parallel Channels in TA. One such variant is the Descending Channel, which involves trendlines that have a negative slope. Ethereum had earlier been following this kind of pattern on its 4-hour chart, as Martinez highlighted in another X post. From the chart, it’s visible that Ethereum’s 4-hour price was retesting the lower level of the Descending Channel when Martinez shared the pattern. The asset’s drawdown has prolonged since then, and the coin has broken below the support line. SOL Price At the time of writing, Solana is trading around $84, down 13.6% over the past week. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com