Daily recap — May 22

Lead stories

Donald Trump wanted to invest in AI infrastructure, but confused Fujikura with Kura Sushi and accidentally bought $1,000,000 worth of shares in a sushi restaurant chain.

Trump’s company sold 2,650 Bitcoin for around $205 million and, judging by the purchase price, likely realized a loss.

TON became one of the leaders in TVL growth — over the past 30 days, the network’s показатель increased by 28%.

Exactly 16 years ago, Laszlo Hanyecz made the first real-world purchase with Bitcoin — paying 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas, worth around $25 at the time.

A former developer from the Ethereum Foundation proposed creating a new organization to “save” Ethereum and raise at least $1 billion for the initiative.

Polymarket suffered an exploit attack on the Polygon network — attackers withdrew more than $520,000.

In 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had already created a fake ERC-20 token called NexFundAI, hired market makers to artificially inflate trading volume, and later arrested 18 people. In 2026, authorities repeated the scheme with the Lexobit shitcoin — once again: a token, fake volume, and arrests — this time involving 10 more people.

China demonstrated what state support looks like — after investing $100 billion into chips, the domestic market became saturated and semiconductor exports tripled.

AirAsia MOVE, a travel app with 17 million monthly users, will add payments for trips in Kazakhstan using a tenge-backed stable-value currency on the Solana network.

Crypto supporter Kevin Warsh officially became the head of the Federal Reserve System, replacing Jerome Powell.

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