On May 22, XRP traded at $1.3539 and slipped below the rising daily trendline that had held since the late-March lows. Open interest climbed to 433.77M (+0.12%) while the NVT Ratio rose to 218.12 (+26.81%), a mix some analysts associate with higher long-squeeze risk if price fails to reclaim nearby moving-average resistance around $1.396–$1.398.

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) rose 34% in the last 24 hours to $2.32, extending its 50% gain over seven days as AI-themed tokens rallied. Trading activity climbed, with 24-hour volume up 190% to $1.15 billion and short liquidations totaling $9.85 million after price pushed above $2.30. Traders are watching resistance at $2.60-$3.0, while a bullish wedge breakout points to $5.75 if that zone is cleared.

Zcash has rolled out Network Upgrade 7 (NU7) on testnet, reducing block production time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds and aiming to boost throughput. The update also adds a miner-support mechanism that redirects part of transaction fees into a fund and changes fee rules to make spam-style oversized transactions far more expensive. ZEC was trading around $633.35 at the time of writing, down 4.68% over the past 24 hours.

Dogecoin traded around $0.105 after rising about 2% in 24 hours, as on-chain metrics showed large holders accumulating 525 million DOGE over the past 96 hours. The buying window coincided with claims about SpaceX moving toward an IPO, while traders watched $0.11–$0.12 as a key resistance zone and $0.095 as nearby support.

Solana Floor warned on May 22, 2026 that scammers are impersonating Jupiter Exchange's Jupuary program by airdropping fake "$CJUP" tokens to Solana wallets and steering users to a wallet-draining phishing site. Jupiter has not announced any active distribution for May 2026, and users are advised to verify eligibility only through the official jup.ag airdrop checker and avoid interacting with unsolicited tokens.

XRP logged a $12.57 million weekly ETF inflow as of Friday, May 23, while Bitcoin and Ethereum posted net weekly outflows. The same dataset shows Bitcoin recorded $1.15 billion in outflows and Ethereum saw $209.32 million in withdrawals over the period. XRP also traded around $1.36 during the week, staying below $1.40 amid broader bearish sentiment.

Canary Capital CEO Steven McClurg says XRP could see investor interest rise 30% before December, and he believes the token's price could double from its current level. He also outlines a three-stage market path for the rest of 2026, warning of near-term pressure before a potential post-midterm pickup tied to ETF flows and regulation. XRP was around $1.40 when the comments were made, implying a move above $2.80 if his December target is met.

Sui introduced protocol-level gasless transfers for supported stablecoins on May 20, 2026, enabling $0.00-fee sends without users needing to hold SUI for gas. The update was followed by a 7.11% 24-hour price jump and a 48.46% volume increase to $734.6 million, while SUI later retraced part of the move. As of May 22, 2026 (09:37 UTC), SUI traded at $1.1032 and was down -1.81% on the week.