Last week, funds have flowed into #Bitcoin, #Ethereum, and #Hyperliquid.

May 20, Per market data from Bitget, driven by news that the U.S.-Iran agreement text is in its final polishing stage—with the next round of negotiations expected to kick off in early June—all three major U.S. stock indexes notched gains: the Nasdaq 100 rose 1%, the S&P 500 gained 0.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite climbed nearly 1%. Spot silver surged 3% on the day, now trading at $75.90 per ounce. Spot gold broke above $4,510 per ounce, up 0.63%.

May 20 — Al Jazeera reports, sources familiar with the matter state all parties are working to put the final touches on the agreement text between Washington and Tehran. Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff may visit Iran tomorrow, with plans to announce the final version of the agreement is complete. If Pakistan’s Army Chief does not travel to Iran, the final agreement text will likely be announced finalized within hours. The next round of U.S.-Iran negotiations will take place in Islamabad after the Hajj season, scheduled for early June or later. Per PolyBeats monitoring, on the prediction market Polymarket, the probability of the "next U.S.-Iran diplomatic meeting" occurring before June 15 has risen to 27%, and the likelihood of that meeting happening before the end of June has climbed to 35%.

On May 20, Intel (INTC.O) rallied more than 10% intraday, per Bitget market data, hitting $121.9 per share and lifting its market capitalization past $600 billion. Recently, Trump has voiced regret that the U.S. government’s earlier investment in Intel came with a stake that was too small. Last August, the Trump administration converted roughly $8.9 billion in CHIPS Act subsidies into equity—buying about 433 million shares at $20.47 apiece—to secure a 9.9% holding in Intel. Just 8 months later, that stake has ballooned to over $500 billion in value, marking an unrealized gain of more than $41 billion. This windfall is a direct result of the U.S. government actively driving Intel’s performance. Apple has reached a preliminary deal with Intel for the latter to manufacture its chips, breaking Taiwan Semiconductor’s long-held monopoly. As a major Intel shareholder, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick met with Apple’s Tim Cook multiple times over the past year, vigorously persuading Ap

On May 20, global payment giant MoneyGram announced it has been appointed a "Cross-Border Remittance Core Validation Node (Anchor Remittance Validator)" for Layer 1 blockchain Tempo, forming a strategic blockchain partnership between the two entities. MoneyGram will leverage its widespread global payment network, robust compliance expertise, and reliable operational capabilities to actively participate in Tempo’s transaction validation, daily operations, and security protocols. Meanwhile, MoneyGram, Tempo, and Stripe are collaborating to integrate stablecoin settlement into real-world payment workflows. Under this partnership, Stripe will settle payments with MoneyGram via Tempo’s on-chain infrastructure. The initiative aims to modernize global cross-border remittance and stablecoin settlement systems, boost operational efficiency, and provide consumers with a more practical, open global payment network.

Per monitoring data from OnchainLens, a wallet address created just three weeks ago withdrew 650 Bitcoin from Binance on May 20th, valued at $53.1 million.

May 20: Perp DEX VariabLend has secured $50 million in Series A financing, led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto and Coinbase Ventures. Focused on decentralized derivatives trading protocols, VariabLend aims to bring traditional financial (TradFi) market liquidity to blockchains rather than relying solely on native cryptocurrency liquidity pools. The platform aggregates liquidity from major crypto exchanges and traditional financial market makers to provide deep liquidity services for real-world assets (RWAs), solving the common "cold start" challenge for on-chain order books.