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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…

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…

Willemstand, Curaçao, May 18th, 2026, PlayNewswire International iGaming and crypto-entertainment brand 1win has officially announced the launch of its new global crypto tournament system, featuring competition formats with prize pools ranging from 10,000 USDT to 200,000 USDT. With the new approach to crypto gaming, 1win invited players worldwide to compete for crypto rewards in a single virtual environment. The initiative marks a transition from region-specific tournaments with unique terms and conditions to an international model in which players from multiple locations share gaming experiences and compete for crypto rewards. The Crypto Tournament system by 1win includes three formats with different…

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, May 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a sovereign Layer 1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives trading, has officially commenced the operation of its L1 Mainnet, signaling a definitive end to the era of trade execution compromised by general-purpose blockchain congestion. Engineered for the world’s most demanding participants, AFX introduces the Sovereign Trading Layer—a dedicated financial environment where the non-custodial transparency of a Perp DEX meets the uncompromising speed and depth traditionally reserved for institutional-grade centralized entities. At launch, the protocol supports a high-liquidity suite of perpetual markets across both digital and traditional macro assets, featuring BTC, ETH, Gold…

In brief Arc is a blockchain built by USDC issuer Circle for stablecoin-focused applications. It uses USDC for gas, features a built-in FX engine, and enables opt-in privacy. The mainnet beta is expected to launch in 2026, plus an ARC token has been announced. Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has launched a new blockchain platform called Arc. Unlike blockchains like Ethereum or Solana, Arc is a layer-1 network designed specifically to support stablecoin-based applications.Stablecoins are tokens whose value is tied to fiat currencies such as the dollar. Arc is Circle’s effort to address the infrastructure challenges that limit…

Ted Hisokawa May 17, 2026 17:47 Michael Saylor hints at another Bitcoin purchase while urging retail holders to vote on Strategy’s STRC dividend proposal, with key market implications. Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), has signaled another Bitcoin purchase this week, according to his post Sunday on X (formerly Twitter). Saylor also urged retail investors to vote on a key proxy measure affecting the company’s STRC preferred stock dividend. Saylor’s tweet, which included a bubble chart tracking Strategy’s Bitcoin accumulation, strongly hinted that the firm’s current 818,869 BTC holdings—worth roughly $67.2 billion—could soon grow. StrategyTracker.com data places Bitcoin’s…

State-linked Fars News reported that Iran’s economy ministry has been working on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait with payments in bitcoin.

OpenSim’s land area and active users both increased this week, despite the fact that a couple of large grids didn’t report stats. The public metaverse gained the equivalent of 591 standard-sized regions this month, and 1,275 active users for a total of 149,536 regions and 48,376 actives. The total number of registered users went down, by about 15,000, mostly due to the fact that EdMondo — an educational grid that had over 10,000 registered users last month — was down. In addition, Logicamp, which had over 7,000 registered users last month, did not report any user numbers this month. OpenSim…