Mustafa Shabbir is a crypto journalist at Nonce Media. His writing focuses on the operators, protocols, and capital flows shaping digital asset markets, with attention to the on-chain detail behind the headlines.
Bittensor's TAO token rose 17% in 24 hours to May 9, reaching a $2 billion market cap as the decentralized AI network benefits from growing interest in.
Billions Network's BILL token gained 39% in 24 hours with $267 million in trading volume, exceeding its $229 million market cap and raising questions about.
Internet Computer's ICP token gained 18% in 24 hours to May 8, reaching $3.51 with $240M in volume as the on-chain AI compute narrative gains traction.
Terra Luna Classic's LUNC token gained 5% on May 8, 2026, as the community burn program sustains supply reduction pressure on a token with a 6.9 trillion.
Binance founder CZ floated a Binance.US return at Consensus Miami on May 8, 2026, while pitching **BNB** [(BNB)](https://www.noncemedia.com/asset/bnb) Chain as.
Akash Network's AKT token rose 13.7% in 24 hours to May 8, 2026, as demand for decentralized AI compute infrastructure drove attention to the open-source cloud.
Pharos Network's PROS token surged 37% in 24 hours to May 8, 2026, reaching $0.877 with $48 million in daily trading volume as the layer-1 project trended.
Ondo Finance has grown to a $2B market cap by tokenizing U.S. Treasuries. A May 6 milestone with Ripple and JPMorgan signals the sector is maturing fast.
On-chain data shows large **Chainlink** [(LINK)](https://www.noncemedia.com/asset/link) holders accumulated 33 million LINK tokens ahead of May 8, a pattern.
Bitcoin holds near $79,900 on May 8 as the Fear and Greed Index prints 38, reflecting cautious institutional positioning amid macro uncertainty and ETH.
Nillion's NIL token surged 38% in 24 hours on May 8, posting $257M in daily volume. The privacy compute network sits at a $33M market cap with rank 659.
