Friday Forecasts: 15/05/26

Your weekly pulse on markets, narratives, protocols, and policy.

Market Pulse

Bitcoin price targets $79K as US PPI inflation hits highest since 2022

Bitcoin slipped further below the $80,000 mark as US PPI data compounded the inflation problem from the US-Iran war and associated high oil prices.

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CME Launching Nasdaq Crypto Index Futures Led by BTC, ETH, XRP

CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, announced on May 14 that it plans to launch Nasdaq CME Crypto Index (NCI) futures on June 8, pending regulatory review.

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Narratives to Watch

Altcoins Show Strength as More Binance Tokens Reclaim Key Level

The broader altcoin market is showing renewed signs of strength after approximately 21% of altcoins listed on Binance reportedly reclaimed their 200-day moving average, a major increase from just 2% recorded back in February.

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Cardano Whale Accumulation at All-time High as SuperTrend Turns Buy

Santiment’s on-chain data showswallets holding at least 1 million ADA now collectively hold 25.09 billion tokens, an all-time high. That figure represents 67.47% of ADA’s current circulating supply, the highest concentration among this wallet tier since July 2020.

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Protocol Watch

Solana launches P-Token upgrade with 20x efficiency boost on mainnet, price to $150?

Solana has officially deployed its long-awaited P-Token upgrade on mainnet, delivering a major throughput increase that developers say could make token-related transactions up to 20 times more efficient across the network.

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Animoca Brands, Nuva Labs Launch NUVA Marketplace Linking RWA Tokens to Ethereum DeFi

Data from TradingView confirms that on Wednesday, BTC/USD saw its second daily close above the upper Bollinger Band on the daily chart, something it has not achieved since mid-January.

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Regulatory Radar

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Announces US Cryptocurrency Bill is About to Become Law!

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced that the “CLARITY” regulatory bill, which is of great importance to the cryptocurrency sector in the US, has come closer to becoming law than ever before.

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Coinbase CEO Gives an Update on Clarity Act

Armstrong opened from the Senate office building with a direct assessment: the legislation is heading to markup on Thursday and has never been in a stronger or more bipartisan position.

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