28% Rally for TAO, Fresh ATH for HYPE at $75.51, and BlockDAG’s 5,000 TPS Upgrade Lights the Path to $1

Track TAO’s 28% surge on Anthropic curbs, HYPE’s $75.51 ATH, and BlockDAG’s $0.10 buyback building toward $1.

Hyperliquid hit a brand-new all-time high of $75.51, briefly jumping past several well-known Layer-1 blockchains in token price. And BlockDAG finished a major network speed upgrade to 5,000 TPS, opened a short buy-and-sell window, and laid out a clear road toward $1 with over one billion coins already processed as proof.

BlockDAG: How a $0.10 Buyback and One Billion Coins Point to $1

BlockDAG just hit the biggest technical milestone in its history. The network now processes 5,000 transactions per second with about two seconds needed to confirm each one. Its DAG-based structure handles multiple transactions at the same time rather than one by one. Add in support for both EVM and WASM virtual machines, and the network can comfortably run games, payments, loans, stablecoins, sports betting, and decentralised apps without slowing down.

The buy-sell window makes the numbers straightforward. Buyers enter at $0.00000044 through a direct swap, and the Buyback Programme pays out at $0.10. The BlockDAG Casino has been live since May 14, covering more than 30 sports and accepting 25 different payment methods.

Every time BDUSD is minted, BDAG gets locked as collateral quietly squeezing the available supply on the same network that just hit 5,000 TPS. On top of that, four million X1 miners are already running.

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The path to $1 is simple math. The Buyback Programme has already paid $0.10 at scale that is proven. Getting from $0.10 to $1 is a 10x move. Analysts who compare BlockDAG to Kaspa before its big breakout say that target is within reach, given how the supply is shrinking, how ready the ecosystem is, and how the latest upgrade opens the door to real-world usage. For June 2026, BlockDAG offers something rare among top crypto coins: a programme with clear, documented results and a network built to handle serious transaction volume.

Bittensor: US Restrictions on Anthropic Push TAO Up 28%

When the US government restricted access to Anthropic’s AI models, investors quickly turned to decentralised AI alternatives. TAO was one of the biggest winners, jumping 28% in a week and knocking on the door of key resistance near $275. Analysts called it one of the top altcoins to watch, pointing to a breakout in “OTHERS Dominance” as a sign that an early altcoin season is forming especially in AI-related tokens.

But the Anthropic news is just one part of the story. Before mid-December 2025, the Bittensor network released around 7,200 TAO every day. After the halving, that number dropped to 3,600 so far less new supply is hitting the market. At the same time, more TAO is being locked up in staking and subnet rewards. The network now runs 128 active subnets, up from just 32 in early 2025, with more than 70% of all supply currently staked.

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Most analysts put TAO somewhere between $512 and $610 by year-end. Cryptonews sees solid support between $540 and $550, and projects an average price of $610.18 through December if AI investment keeps growing and ETF approvals come through on time. From around $274 today, that is roughly a 2x to 2.2x gain not explosive, but firmly backed by real supply mechanics.

Hyperliquid: $75.51 All-Time High Logged, $97 Now the Main Target

Hyperliquid set a new all-time high of $75.51 on June 2, briefly becoming the ninth-largest cryptocurrency in the world at a $17 billion market cap. The price has since pulled back to around $67. The Grayscale Hyperliquid Staking ETF has seen money flow in for five weeks straight, with just a single day of outflows since it launched.

The engine behind HYPE’s price is simple and powerful. The protocol sends 97% of all trading fees into the Assistance Fund, which uses that money to buy and burn HYPE tokens on an ongoing basis. When HIP-3 trading volume spiked following the SpaceX IPO, more fees poured in, more tokens got burned, and HYPE climbed 5.72% in one day while Bitcoin sat completely flat. Hyperliquid now ranks as the second-largest blockchain by app revenue over the past 30 days.

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Analysts are targeting $97 as the main price level for 2026, with $105 and $110 as further goals based on Fibonacci levels. The RSI recently hit 77, which signals the token may be overbought and could pause before climbing again. The 20-day moving average near $58 is the key level to watch on any pullback. From $67, reaching $97 means roughly 45% gains and getting to $110 would mean about 64% upside. What makes HYPE different is that its buyback loop runs on trading fees, not market mood.

Final Thoughts

TAO is moving on real forces less new supply from the halving, a fast-growing subnet network, and the possibility of ETF approval all working together. Year-end targets of $512 to $610 are reachable if institutions get access on schedule. HYPE is driven by trading fees that go straight into buying and burning tokens making volume and price directly connected. Targets of $97 to $110 are grounded in technical analysis and need trading activity to continue.

BlockDAG offers a $1 target built on a buyback that already pays $0.10 at scale, a network that now runs at 5,000 TPS, and a live Casino creating real demand every day. Three top crypto coins for 2026, three very different reasons to be bullish but BlockDAG is the only one where the evidence is already on the table.