Santiment says Bitcoin sentiment has turned notably bullish after the US Senate Banking Committee advanced the CLARITY Act in a 15–9 bipartisan vote. Bitcoin was trading at $79,084 at publication, up 3.15% since May 1, while Santiment flagged 1.55 bullish comments per bearish one and urged caution even as some analysts stayed optimistic.

Terra Classic (LUNC) is retesting the $0.000072 area after a 69.7% surge to a swing high of $0.000123. A further pullback of roughly 13% to 25% could still leave the broader bullish structure intact, with $0.000066 and the $0.00004–$0.00005 demand zone highlighted as potential downside levels.

XRP Ledger usage accelerated as XRP moved above $1.54 and tested $1.55, with on-chain metrics showing a notable jump in participation. The network recorded 48,453 active wallets and 3,317 new wallets, while large holders later reached a record share of supply as XRP traded around $1.43 at the time of writing.

A wallet tagged by trackers as "BlackRock-linked" reportedly moved more than 1,700 BTC out of Coinbase, putting the transfer among the larger single transactions seen on the Bitcoin network. The movement was initially highlighted by Coinness, but the report said the exact address and confirmation details had not yet been independently verified. The article notes that a "linked" label may reflect custody-related interactions rather than confirmed ownership or fresh accumulation.

SlowMist said three tainted node-ipc releases (9.1.6, 9.2.3, 12.0.1) were published on May 14 after attackers took over a dormant npm maintainer account. The injected code was designed to exfiltrate .env secrets, crypto private keys, exchange API credentials, and cloud tokens, and projects that installed or auto-updated during the roughly two-hour exposure window were urged to audit dependencies and rotate credentials.

Jerome Powell will continue leading the Federal Reserve as chair pro tempore after his chair term ended Friday and Kevin Warsh has not yet taken the oath of office. Warsh was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 13 by a 54-45 vote, and the Fed said on May 15 the leadership change is not finalized until the swearing-in occurs.

XRP is hovering around $1.46–$1.48 and continues to struggle with the $1.50 resistance zone. Binance’s Estimated Leverage Ratio for XRP has risen to about 0.179, the highest level in nearly two months, increasing the chance that the next breakout or rejection could be amplified by liquidations. Technical levels in focus include support near $1.30–$1.35 and overhead resistance around the 200-day moving average near $1.70.

On May 16, charts for Hyperliquid (HYPE), XRP, Toncoin (TON), Ethereum (ETH) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) show multiple assets compressing under nearby resistance zones. HYPE is holding above the 100-day MA near $40.7 with supply at $48-$50, while XRP needs sustained closes over $1.50 and ETH faces a ceiling around the 100-day MA near $2,340. TON is trying to defend $1.90-$2.00 after a spike to $2.9, and SHIB is working below $0.0000064-$0.0000065 as buyers protect support near $0.0000060.