Market Crash Wipes Ninety Billion as Inflation Fears Trigger Risk-Off

Chain Reaction by Capital Copilot · May 17, 2026 · 3m · transcript

Crypto markets experienced a sharp selloff with nearly ninety billion dollars wiped from total market cap as hotter-than-expected inflation data crushed rate-cut hopes. Bitcoin dropped to seventy-eight thousand four hundred eight dollars amid aggressive ETF outflows and rising Treasury yields. We cover the macro pressure mounting on crypto, XRP's rally following the CLARITY Act advancement, THORChain's eleven million dollar exploit, institutional moves from Société Générale into repo markets, and infrastructure upgrades across Solana and SUI networks. Plus, regulatory battles heat up around…