🚀 NEAR surged 112.3% in May, reaching $2.89 following the announcement of the upcoming Dynamic Resharding upgrade.
Top-5 NEAR Ecosystem Gainers in May (MTD):
• SWEAT +538.2%
• RHEA +141.6%
• NEAR +112.3%
• AURORA +16.6%
• RBC +9.09%
The upgrade is expected to launch in June 2026, introducing automatic network scaling and supporting the growth of NEAR Intents and the AI agent economy.
👉https://cryptorank.io/ecosystems/near
Top-5 NEAR Ecosystem Gainers in May (MTD):
• SWEAT +538.2%
• RHEA +141.6%
• NEAR +112.3%
• AURORA +16.6%
• RBC +9.09%
The upgrade is expected to launch in June 2026, introducing automatic network scaling and supporting the growth of NEAR Intents and the AI agent economy.
👉https://cryptorank.io/ecosystems/near
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📉 Market Overview
Bitcoin fell to $75,724 despite global equities reaching new record highs, extending the recent divergence between crypto and traditional markets as spot BTC ETF outflows continued to accelerate.
Bitcoin: $75,724 -1.49%
Ethereum: $2,077 -1.04%
Market Cap: $2.63T
BTC Dominance: 57.7%
Fear & Greed Index: 25 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 37/100
👉 Latest News
• Chainlink Whales Are Accumulating: Wallets Hit New All-Time High
• StablR freezes USDR and EURR after attacker mints $13.5 million in unbacked tokens
• Hyperliquid launches prediction markets for real-world events
👉 Small Cap Gainers
MAP Protocol +72.3%
Request +41%
Quickswap +28.3%
Solstice +23%
PlaysOut +21.9%
👉 Recent Funding Rounds
- Bnb plus $4.1M PIPE round led by Silvermine
- Luffa $39.8M Strategic round backed by Guofu Quantum Innovation Limited
- Otomato $2M Strategic round led by Improbable
Bitcoin fell to $75,724 despite global equities reaching new record highs, extending the recent divergence between crypto and traditional markets as spot BTC ETF outflows continued to accelerate.
Bitcoin: $75,724 -1.49%
Ethereum: $2,077 -1.04%
Market Cap: $2.63T
BTC Dominance: 57.7%
Fear & Greed Index: 25 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 37/100
👉 Latest News
• Chainlink Whales Are Accumulating: Wallets Hit New All-Time High
• StablR freezes USDR and EURR after attacker mints $13.5 million in unbacked tokens
• Hyperliquid launches prediction markets for real-world events
👉 Small Cap Gainers
MAP Protocol +72.3%
Request +41%
Quickswap +28.3%
Solstice +23%
PlaysOut +21.9%
👉 Recent Funding Rounds
- Bnb plus $4.1M PIPE round led by Silvermine
- Luffa $39.8M Strategic round backed by Guofu Quantum Innovation Limited
- Otomato $2M Strategic round led by Improbable
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Bitcoin Has Died 472 Times Since 2011
During this time, BTC has grown 701,300-fold (70.13M %), despite 472 claims over that period that “Bitcoin is dead” or it's “going to zero"
👉 https://cryptorank.io/price/bitcoin
During this time, BTC has grown 701,300-fold (70.13M %), despite 472 claims over that period that “Bitcoin is dead” or it's “going to zero"
👉 https://cryptorank.io/price/bitcoin
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Top 10 Perps DEX by Monthly Trading Volume
The Perps DEX market structure continues to consolidate around a small number of highly liquid venues.
Hyperliquid remains the dominant player with $188.54 billion in monthly trading volume—nearly four times larger than the second-largest platform. This gap highlights how deeply liquidity and trader attention are concentrated around established infrastructure.
A second-tier group is beginning to emerge, but volumes still remain significantly below those of the market leader:
• Aster — $47.27B
• GRVT — $40.93B
• Lighter — $38.11B
• EdgeX — $33.01B
Interestingly, Variational’s weekly trading volume has reached $4.70B, representing approximately 85.6% of its total monthly volume of $5.49B. The main driver behind the sharp increase in trading activity appears to be the $50M funding round led by DragonFly, Coinbase Ventures, and Bain Capital Crypto.
The newly raised capital, combined with incentivized points programs, is attracting strong interest from retail traders due to expectations surrounding a potential TGE.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/exchanges/dex/derivatives?sort=volume_30d&direction=desc
The Perps DEX market structure continues to consolidate around a small number of highly liquid venues.
Hyperliquid remains the dominant player with $188.54 billion in monthly trading volume—nearly four times larger than the second-largest platform. This gap highlights how deeply liquidity and trader attention are concentrated around established infrastructure.
A second-tier group is beginning to emerge, but volumes still remain significantly below those of the market leader:
• Aster — $47.27B
• GRVT — $40.93B
• Lighter — $38.11B
• EdgeX — $33.01B
Interestingly, Variational’s weekly trading volume has reached $4.70B, representing approximately 85.6% of its total monthly volume of $5.49B. The main driver behind the sharp increase in trading activity appears to be the $50M funding round led by DragonFly, Coinbase Ventures, and Bain Capital Crypto.
The newly raised capital, combined with incentivized points programs, is attracting strong interest from retail traders due to expectations surrounding a potential TGE.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/exchanges/dex/derivatives?sort=volume_30d&direction=desc
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📉 Market Overview
Crypto markets returned to extreme fear territory as Bitcoin fell below $73,000 following U.S. airstrikes on Iran, triggering a broad sell-off across digital assets and other risk markets. Nearly $1B in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours.
Bitcoin: $72,744 -3.84%
Ethereum: $1,973 -4.97%
Market Cap: $2.55T
BTC Dominance: 57.3%
Fear & Greed Index: 22 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 34/100
👉 Latest News
• BlackRock's bitcoin ETF sheds $528 million, the second-largest daily outflow on record
• Mastercard secures New York BitLicense for crypto operations
• Tesla and SpaceX merger would make fifth-largest BTC holder
👉 Small Cap Gainers
RollX +86.7%
NEXST +30.3%
Perle (Prev. Kiva Ai) +19.9%
BOB +18.6%
Fight.ID +18%
👉 Recent Funding Rounds
- Fold $150M Debt Financing round backed by Encina Lender Finance
- Gamee $11M M&A round backed by Alpha Compute
- Openrouter $113M Series B round led by CapitalG
Crypto markets returned to extreme fear territory as Bitcoin fell below $73,000 following U.S. airstrikes on Iran, triggering a broad sell-off across digital assets and other risk markets. Nearly $1B in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours.
Bitcoin: $72,744 -3.84%
Ethereum: $1,973 -4.97%
Market Cap: $2.55T
BTC Dominance: 57.3%
Fear & Greed Index: 22 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 34/100
👉 Latest News
• BlackRock's bitcoin ETF sheds $528 million, the second-largest daily outflow on record
• Mastercard secures New York BitLicense for crypto operations
• Tesla and SpaceX merger would make fifth-largest BTC holder
👉 Small Cap Gainers
RollX +86.7%
NEXST +30.3%
Perle (Prev. Kiva Ai) +19.9%
BOB +18.6%
Fight.ID +18%
👉 Recent Funding Rounds
- Fold $150M Debt Financing round backed by Encina Lender Finance
- Gamee $11M M&A round backed by Alpha Compute
- Openrouter $113M Series B round led by CapitalG
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💰Testnet Airdrops Watchlist (early-stage projects)
Interact with early-stage testnets, complete tasks, and position yourself for potential future airdrops before broader market attention arrives.
We’ve prepared full activity guides:👇
• Arc
• Fhenix
• BULK
• Ambient
• Byzanlink
• LitVM
👉 CryptoRank.io/drophunting/
Interact with early-stage testnets, complete tasks, and position yourself for potential future airdrops before broader market attention arrives.
We’ve prepared full activity guides:👇
• Arc
• Fhenix
• BULK
• Ambient
• Byzanlink
• LitVM
👉 CryptoRank.io/drophunting/
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⚡️Recent Funding Rounds for Projects With Live Tokens
While most crypto funding rounds happen before TGE, several already-trading tokens have continued attracting fresh capital in recent months.
• GMEE — $11M
• JPYC — $19.5M
• CFG — N/A
• BLOCK — $43M
• REPPO — $20M
• PUMPCADE — $5M
• BKN — $3.46M
Most of these projects remain relatively low-cap despite securing new funding, and several tokens have shown limited price movement since their round announcements.
Notably, Centrifuge (CFG) secured backing from Coinbase Ventures, while most other rounds came from Tier 2–Tier 4 funds and other investors.
👉 CryptoRank.io/funding-rounds
While most crypto funding rounds happen before TGE, several already-trading tokens have continued attracting fresh capital in recent months.
• GMEE — $11M
• JPYC — $19.5M
• CFG — N/A
• BLOCK — $43M
• REPPO — $20M
• PUMPCADE — $5M
• BKN — $3.46M
Most of these projects remain relatively low-cap despite securing new funding, and several tokens have shown limited price movement since their round announcements.
Notably, Centrifuge (CFG) secured backing from Coinbase Ventures, while most other rounds came from Tier 2–Tier 4 funds and other investors.
👉 CryptoRank.io/funding-rounds
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💳 The popularity of crypto cards continues to grow steadily
If we look at the Monthly USD Volume dynamics, the sector has evolved from a niche product in 2023 into an infrastructure handling hundreds of millions of dollars in monthly volume by 2026.
📈 By April 2026, total volume approached ~$660M/month.
And the most interesting part is who actually controls this market.
🔴 TRON remains the largest network in the segment, processing $213M in volume in April. However, its market share declined from ~45% in 2023 to ~32% in 2026.
🟡 BSC is also losing its share. BNB Chain’s share fell by ~8%, from ~23% in 2023 to ~15% in 2026.
BSC still maintains a strong position largely thanks to:
🔷 Ethereum and Solana are gradually increasing their share not only through DeFi speculation, but through real-world usage.
For years, the market discussed mass adoption as an abstract concept:
— NFTs;
— metaverses;
— Web3 social;
— GameFi.
But crypto cards have become one of the first truly working bridges between:
crypto ↔️ everyday payments.
Solana’s share grew from 0% in 2024 to ~11.6% in 2026.
Meanwhile, Ethereum’s share declined from ~55% in 2023 to ~11% in 2026, gradually losing liquidity to its L2 ecosystem, where the leaders by volume in April 2026 were:
💎 What’s also interesting is that this growth is happening despite:
— a weak altseason;
— declining DeFi activity;
— falling NFT volumes.
⚠️ At the same time, the data highlights an important structural trend:
The Payments sector currently accounts for 33% of total investment focus, and since the beginning of 2026 ~$3.6B has already raised into this segment. This suggests that part of the market is gradually shifting from speculative use cases → to utilitarian finance.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/funds
If we look at the Monthly USD Volume dynamics, the sector has evolved from a niche product in 2023 into an infrastructure handling hundreds of millions of dollars in monthly volume by 2026.
📈 By April 2026, total volume approached ~$660M/month.
And the most interesting part is who actually controls this market.
🔴 TRON remains the largest network in the segment, processing $213M in volume in April. However, its market share declined from ~45% in 2023 to ~32% in 2026.
🟡 BSC is also losing its share. BNB Chain’s share fell by ~8%, from ~23% in 2023 to ~15% in 2026.
BSC still maintains a strong position largely thanks to:
— the Binance ecosystem;
— cheap on-chain transactions;
— integrations with card providers.
🔷 Ethereum and Solana are gradually increasing their share not only through DeFi speculation, but through real-world usage.
For years, the market discussed mass adoption as an abstract concept:
— NFTs;
— metaverses;
— Web3 social;
— GameFi.
But crypto cards have become one of the first truly working bridges between:
crypto ↔️ everyday payments.
Solana’s share grew from 0% in 2024 to ~11.6% in 2026.
Meanwhile, Ethereum’s share declined from ~55% in 2023 to ~11% in 2026, gradually losing liquidity to its L2 ecosystem, where the leaders by volume in April 2026 were:
— Optimism ($63M);
— Base ($39M);
— Arbitrum ($26M).
💎 What’s also interesting is that this growth is happening despite:
— a weak altseason;
— declining DeFi activity;
— falling NFT volumes.
⚠️ At the same time, the data highlights an important structural trend:
The Payments sector currently accounts for 33% of total investment focus, and since the beginning of 2026 ~$3.6B has already raised into this segment. This suggests that part of the market is gradually shifting from speculative use cases → to utilitarian finance.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/funds
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Part 2: Large Tokens That Completed Full VC Vesting⚡️
ICP, ETHFI, LDO, GRT, SAND, and AXL have already gone through their full VC vesting cycles.
📅 OP is also nearing final VC unlock completion: Optimism’s final unlock for the Investors allocation is scheduled for May 31, 2026.
👉CryptoRank.io/token-unlock
ICP, ETHFI, LDO, GRT, SAND, and AXL have already gone through their full VC vesting cycles.
📅 OP is also nearing final VC unlock completion: Optimism’s final unlock for the Investors allocation is scheduled for May 31, 2026.
👉CryptoRank.io/token-unlock
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📊 Which Perp DEX Allocated the Most to Its Community?
Among Perp DEX tokens launched over the past year, ASTER allocated the largest share of supply to community rewards and airdrops, with over two-thirds of total supply reserved for these distributions.
Top community-focused allocations:
• ASTER — 67.8%
• BASED — 59.6%
• ROLL — 54.0%
• DIME — 46.6%
• EDGE — 35.0%
• LIT — 25.0%
👉 CryptoRank.io/exchanges/dex/derivatives
Among Perp DEX tokens launched over the past year, ASTER allocated the largest share of supply to community rewards and airdrops, with over two-thirds of total supply reserved for these distributions.
Top community-focused allocations:
• ASTER — 67.8%
• BASED — 59.6%
• ROLL — 54.0%
• DIME — 46.6%
• EDGE — 35.0%
• LIT — 25.0%
👉 CryptoRank.io/exchanges/dex/derivatives
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🔮 Prediction Markets Rivalry in May
Prediction markets are increasingly emerging as a standalone category within digital financial markets.
Kalshi currently leads the sector in volume, fees, and transactional activity.
Polymarket maintains strong onchain engagement, while smaller platforms such as Predict.fun remain highly niche.
The broader trend is clear: markets are increasingly pricing information, and public sentiment as tradable assets.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/prediction-markets
Prediction markets are increasingly emerging as a standalone category within digital financial markets.
Kalshi currently leads the sector in volume, fees, and transactional activity.
Polymarket maintains strong onchain engagement, while smaller platforms such as Predict.fun remain highly niche.
The broader trend is clear: markets are increasingly pricing information, and public sentiment as tradable assets.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/prediction-markets
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🔓 Top 7 Token Unlocks in June
• RAIN — largest unlock of the month, with $713.6M set to be unlocked from the Strategic Sale allocation.
• SPK — first post-cliff unlock covering Team, Ecosystem, and Sky Farming allocations. A total of 25.3% of supply will be unlocked, equivalent to 139.7% of current market cap.
• SAHARA — first post-cliff unlock covering Early Backers, Team & Contributors, and Binance HODLer Airdrops. A total of 10.5% of supply will be unlocked, equivalent to 30.9% of current market cap.
• H, STABLE, ZRO, and ADI will see monthly unlocks in June.
👉 cryptorank.io/token-unlock
• RAIN — largest unlock of the month, with $713.6M set to be unlocked from the Strategic Sale allocation.
• SPK — first post-cliff unlock covering Team, Ecosystem, and Sky Farming allocations. A total of 25.3% of supply will be unlocked, equivalent to 139.7% of current market cap.
• SAHARA — first post-cliff unlock covering Early Backers, Team & Contributors, and Binance HODLer Airdrops. A total of 10.5% of supply will be unlocked, equivalent to 30.9% of current market cap.
• H, STABLE, ZRO, and ADI will see monthly unlocks in June.
👉 cryptorank.io/token-unlock
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📉 Market Overview
Bitcoin trades near $73,130 as persistent pressure from spot BTC ETFs continues, with U.S. Bitcoin ETFs recording $2.97B in outflows over the last 10 trading sessions — the longest outflow streak on record. Rising oil prices and stalled ceasefire negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have also weighed on market sentiment.
Bitcoin: $73,130 -1.07%
Ethereum: $1,987 -2.01%
Market Cap: $2.56T
BTC Dominance: 57.3%
Fear & Greed Index: 29 (Fear)
Altcoin Index: 38/100
👉 Latest News
• US has seized nearly $1 billion in Iranian crypto, Treasury secretary says
• A massive $1.26 billion sale of BlackRock’s IBIT was likely a rapid exit by a large investor
• Samsung Electronics Overtakes Bitcoin in Global Market Cap Ranking
👉 Small Cap Gainers
Portal +196.3%
Solstice +120.8%
PlaysOut +79.4%
Talus Network +38.7%
Gitlawb +37.6%
👉 Recent Funding Rounds
- Replit Strategic round backed by Visa
- Hypernova $3M Pre-Seed round led by Lemniscap
- Coinone $53M Strategic round backed by Coinbase Ventures
Bitcoin trades near $73,130 as persistent pressure from spot BTC ETFs continues, with U.S. Bitcoin ETFs recording $2.97B in outflows over the last 10 trading sessions — the longest outflow streak on record. Rising oil prices and stalled ceasefire negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have also weighed on market sentiment.
Bitcoin: $73,130 -1.07%
Ethereum: $1,987 -2.01%
Market Cap: $2.56T
BTC Dominance: 57.3%
Fear & Greed Index: 29 (Fear)
Altcoin Index: 38/100
👉 Latest News
• US has seized nearly $1 billion in Iranian crypto, Treasury secretary says
• A massive $1.26 billion sale of BlackRock’s IBIT was likely a rapid exit by a large investor
• Samsung Electronics Overtakes Bitcoin in Global Market Cap Ranking
👉 Small Cap Gainers
Portal +196.3%
Solstice +120.8%
PlaysOut +79.4%
Talus Network +38.7%
Gitlawb +37.6%
👉 Recent Funding Rounds
- Replit Strategic round backed by Visa
- Hypernova $3M Pre-Seed round led by Lemniscap
- Coinone $53M Strategic round backed by Coinbase Ventures
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🔮 Biggest Prediction Markets Closing in June
Sports, politics, and macroeconomic events dominate prediction market volume among events closing in June 📊
• 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Champion — $81M
• Peru Presidential Election Winner — $58.64M
• Fed Decision in June — $51.56M
• 2026 Seoul Mayoral Election Winner — $44.34M
• 2026 Men's French Open Winner — $37.91M
👉 https://cryptorank.io/prediction-markets
Sports, politics, and macroeconomic events dominate prediction market volume among events closing in June 📊
• 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Champion — $81M
• Peru Presidential Election Winner — $58.64M
• Fed Decision in June — $51.56M
• 2026 Seoul Mayoral Election Winner — $44.34M
• 2026 Men's French Open Winner — $37.91M
👉 https://cryptorank.io/prediction-markets
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📊 Narrative Overview — May 2026
May was not a broad risk-on month for crypto. Instead, capital continued rotating selectively across individual narratives.
• AI led the market with +31.9% cap-weighted returns and +14.5% median MTD performance.
• DePIN gained +16.5%, though most of the upside was concentrated in a few major projects.
• RWA and Layer 2 remained largely range-bound.
• GameFi posted +8.7%, but the majority of tokens within the sector underperformed.
• Memes ranked second in liquidity with $37.3B in monthly volume, yet delivered negative returns.
• Restaking was the weakest narrative of the month (-7.0%).
👉 Full Recap: https://cryptorank.io/insights/reports/narrative-overview-may-2026
May was not a broad risk-on month for crypto. Instead, capital continued rotating selectively across individual narratives.
• AI led the market with +31.9% cap-weighted returns and +14.5% median MTD performance.
• DePIN gained +16.5%, though most of the upside was concentrated in a few major projects.
• RWA and Layer 2 remained largely range-bound.
• GameFi posted +8.7%, but the majority of tokens within the sector underperformed.
• Memes ranked second in liquidity with $37.3B in monthly volume, yet delivered negative returns.
• Restaking was the weakest narrative of the month (-7.0%).
👉 Full Recap: https://cryptorank.io/insights/reports/narrative-overview-may-2026
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📉 Market Overview
Bitcoin slid to $70,172, marking its lowest level in weeks, as markets absorbed Strategy’s first disclosed BTC sale. Meanwhile, crypto market sentiment has returned to the Extreme Fear zone.
Bitcoin: $70,172 -3.87%
Ethereum: $1,982 +0.01%
Market Cap: $2.50T
BTC Dominance: 56.3%
Fear & Greed Index: 23 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 49/100
👉 Latest News
• Mt. Gox Transfers $731 Million in Bitcoin to a New Wallet
• Pavel Durov Announces: Toncoin (TON) Is Changing Its Name
• Crypto funds suffer second-largest outflows of 2026 while XRP and HYPE attract inflows
👉 Small Cap Gainers
BUTTCOIN1 +41.2%
Epic Chain +39.8%
Yei Finance +38.1%
Particle Network +29%
RSK Infrastructure Framework +28.5%
👉 Recent Funding Rounds
- Iren $3.65B Post-IPO Debt round backed by unknown
- Wonderfi $180M M&A round backed by Robinhood
- Replit Strategic round backed by Visa
Bitcoin slid to $70,172, marking its lowest level in weeks, as markets absorbed Strategy’s first disclosed BTC sale. Meanwhile, crypto market sentiment has returned to the Extreme Fear zone.
Bitcoin: $70,172 -3.87%
Ethereum: $1,982 +0.01%
Market Cap: $2.50T
BTC Dominance: 56.3%
Fear & Greed Index: 23 (Extreme Fear)
Altcoin Index: 49/100
👉 Latest News
• Mt. Gox Transfers $731 Million in Bitcoin to a New Wallet
• Pavel Durov Announces: Toncoin (TON) Is Changing Its Name
• Crypto funds suffer second-largest outflows of 2026 while XRP and HYPE attract inflows
👉 Small Cap Gainers
BUTTCOIN1 +41.2%
Epic Chain +39.8%
Yei Finance +38.1%
Particle Network +29%
RSK Infrastructure Framework +28.5%
👉 Recent Funding Rounds
- Iren $3.65B Post-IPO Debt round backed by unknown
- Wonderfi $180M M&A round backed by Robinhood
- Replit Strategic round backed by Visa
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📢 JUST IN: Bitcoin closed May down -3.57%, wiping out all of April’s growth as well as the early-May rally, amid ETF outflows and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty.
👉 https://cryptorank.io/charts/quarterly-returns
👉 https://cryptorank.io/charts/quarterly-returns
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STRATO Community ICO Launches on Uniswap CCA
Users can bid ETH to share 2.5% of STRATO Token Supply
🗓 June 3 – June 9, 2026
👉 https://strato.nexus/auction
Users can bid ETH to share 2.5% of STRATO Token Supply
🗓 June 3 – June 9, 2026
👉 https://strato.nexus/auction
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