Murtuza Merchant

Consulting Editor

Murtuza is a seasoned finance journalist with extensive experience covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He has contributed to Benzinga and Cointelegraph, among other publications, reporting on emerging trends, the regulatory landscape, and more. Find him at @murtuza_merc on Twitter and mmerchant001 on Telegram. Disclosure: Murtuza holds ATOM, AKT, TIA, INJ, and OSMO.

Articles by Murtuza Merchant (462)

MARKETS

CLARITY Act Odds Rise to 68% on Polymarket as Crypto Market Structure Bill Advances

Polymarket traders put the CLARITY Act's 2026 passage odds at 68% after a 15-9 Senate panel vote, with Galaxy Research flagging an August timeline for.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

Billions Network Drops 28% in 24 Hours as BILL Token Posts $412 Million in Volume

Billions Network's BILL token fell 28% in 24 hours to May 16, dropping to $0.143, while posting $412 million in daily volume, a ratio that signals high.

05/16/2026

LEARN

What Zcash Actually Is And Why It Was Built

Privacy is one of the most searched-for properties in cryptocurrency, yet most coins offer almost none of it. Zcash (ZEC) is different. It uses a branch of mathematics called zero-knowledge…

05/16/2026

MARKETS

Solana’s Position in the Layer-1 Race

Solana's SOL token fell 3.5% to $86 on May 16, holding a $49.8 billion market cap and $2.75 billion in daily volume as macro pressure weighed on the Layer-1.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

OpenServ Trends as AI Agent Coordination Protocol Finds a Niche in on-Chain Infrastructure

OpenServ's SERV token trends on May 16, 2026, as the AI agent coordination protocol draws attention for its multi-agent task marketplace on blockchain.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

Chainlink Trends as Cross-Chain Data Standard Faces a Test of Institutional Adoption

Chainlink holds rank 18 by market cap as its oracle network becomes infrastructure for institutional cryptocurrency use cases in tokenized assets and.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

Quant Network Holds Rank 62 as Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol Weathers Broad Selloff

Quant Network's QNT token fell roughly 8% on May 16, 2026, as a broad altcoin selloff tested cross-chain interoperability assets at market cap rank 62.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

Sui Drops 7.5% but Daily Volume Holds Above $640 Million as Layer-1 Demand Persists

Sui fell 7.5% to $1.05 on May 16 as altcoin pressure mounted, yet daily trading volume held above $640 million, signaling persistent market demand.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

THORChain Suffers a $10 Million Cross-Chain Exploit as RUNE Drops 15%

THORChain suffered a $10 million cross-chain exploit on May 16, hitting Bitcoin, Ethereum, BSC, and Base pools. RUNE fell 15% after the breach.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

Gensyn and the Bet on Decentralized AI Compute

Gensyn's AI token dropped nearly 28% on May 16, 2026. Here is what Gensyn is building and why decentralized AI compute is a serious infrastructure bet.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

Asteroid Shiba Rises 19% as Space-Narrative Meme Coin Draws Rotation Capital

Asteroid Shiba gained 19% in 24 hours to May 16, reaching $0.000337 with $20.4M volume, outperforming the broader cryptocurrency market amid altcoin pressure.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

Centrifuge CFG Climbs the Trending Charts as Tokenized Real-World Assets Find New Buyers

Centrifuge's CFG token fell 5.4% but trended globally on May 16 as real-world asset tokenization drew fresh institutional and retail interest in the protocol.

05/16/2026

RESEARCH

The Architecture That Made Hyperliquid Perps Possible

Hyperliquid (HYPE) has quietly done what most cryptocurrency projects only promise: it built a decentralized exchange that trades like a centralized one, and the market has rewarded it with a…

05/16/2026

MARKETS

Bitcoin ETF Outflows Hit $290 Million on May 15 as Yield Pressures Bite

Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a $290 million net outflow on May 15, led by BlackRock's IBIT at $136 million, as rising U.S. yields pressured crypto assets.

05/16/2026

MARKETS

The CLARITY Act Passes a Senate Committee and What It Would Change for Cryptocurrency Markets

The CLARITY Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee 15 to 9 on May 15, advancing the most significant US digital asset market structure bill toward a full.

05/16/2026