Mustafa Shabbir

Assistant Editor

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.

Articles by Mustafa Shabbir (364)

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Zcash Trends Alongside Firo as Privacy Coin Category Draws Renewed Regulatory Scrutiny

Zcash trends at rank 15 in May 2026 as privacy coin regulatory debates intensify. ZEC's shielded transactions and zk-SNARK tech draw fresh scrutiny and.

05/07/2026

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Jito’s Liquid Staking Dominance on Solana Faces New Competitive Pressure

Jito holds the top position in Solana liquid staking in May 2026, but rising competition from new protocols is testing its market share and token economics.

05/07/2026

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Bittensor’s TAO Token and the Decentralized AI Network Competing for the Future of Machine Intelligence

Bittensor's TAO token holds a $2 billion market cap as the decentralized AI network expands its subnet model in May 2026, competing with centralized AI.

05/07/2026

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Core Scientific Plans 1.5-Gigawatt Expansion at Oklahoma Campus

Core Scientific announced plans to expand its Muskogee, Oklahoma campus to 1.5 gigawatts of gross power, its largest infrastructure commitment to date.

05/07/2026

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Core Scientific Plans 1.5-Gigawatt Expansion at Oklahoma Campus

Core Scientific announced plans to expand its Muskogee, Oklahoma campus to 1.5 gigawatts of gross power, cementing its AI data center pivot.

05/07/2026

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Core Scientific’s $421 Million Polaris Acquisition Signals a New Phase for Bitcoin Miners Pivoting to AI

Core Scientific agreed to acquire Polaris DS for $421 million, expanding its Oklahoma AI data center campus to 1.5GW as the miner-to-AI infrastructure pivot.

05/07/2026

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MongoDB Faces Expanded Securities Fraud Class Action After Motion to Dismiss Fails

A MongoDB securities fraud class action survived a motion to dismiss, prompting Grabar Law Office and Rosen Law Firm to recruit shareholders for expanded.

05/07/2026

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Chainlink’s Push Into Regulated Compliance Opens a New Infrastructure Front

The Bermuda Monetary Authority pilot shows Chainlink targeting compliance infrastructure as a new market, moving beyond price feeds into real-time regulatory.

05/07/2026

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Venice Token Climbs as Privacy-Focused AI Inference Draws Attention

Venice Token trended at rank 97 by market cap in May 2026 as the privacy-first decentralized AI inference protocol attracted growing attention from crypto.

05/07/2026

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Bittensor TAO Goes Live on Solana via Wormhole as Cross-Chain AI Bets Grow

**Bittensor** [(TAO)](https://www.noncemedia.com/asset/tao)'s TAO token is now tradable on **Solana** [(SOL)](https://www.noncemedia.com/asset/sol) via.

05/07/2026

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies Reports 5.18 Million ETH Holdings Worth $13.1 Billion

Bitmine Immersion Technologies disclosed 5.18 million ETH worth $13.1 billion as of May 3, making it one of the largest institutional Ethereum holders globally.

05/07/2026

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LAB Token Surges 61% as DeSci Protocol Eyes $330 Million Market Cap

LAB, a decentralized science token, surged 61% in 24 hours to reach a $330 million market cap as $205 million in volume flooded the protocol on May 7.

05/07/2026

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Solana Foundation and Google Cloud Enable Stablecoin Payments for AI Agents

The Solana Foundation and Google Cloud have partnered to let AI agents discover and pay for enterprise services using stablecoins on the Solana network.

05/06/2026

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Brought Wall Street in, but the Back Office Still Lags

Spot Bitcoin ETFs solved the access problem but custody gaps, adviser hesitation, and outdated settlement plumbing are slowing institutional adoption in 2026.

05/06/2026

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Aurelion Becomes First NASDAQ-Listed Tether Gold Treasury Company

Aurelion Inc. announced it is the first NASDAQ-listed company to hold Tether Gold as its primary treasury reserve asset, a claim with no public precedent.

05/06/2026