Telegram Job Scam: 23-Year-Old Loses ₹5.5 Lakh in Crypto

Shubham Kumar Goyal reported to Chandigarh Cyber Police that on May 24th, he received a message on Telegram from a woman named Kanchan Bansal. She claimed to be from a digital marketing company and offered him a work-from-home job rating hotels, promising he could earn up to ₹3,500 each day.

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Global stocks rose on Monday, with the MSCI All Country World Index up 0.2% and Asian markets leading the way with a 1.1% increase to a new record high. Tech indexes in South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan all reached record levels, according to Bloomberg.

HYPE Flipped DOGE And Meme Coin Fans Are Already Throwing Tantrums

As of late May 2026, HYPE is trading around $69, with a market cap bouncing between $15.4 billion and $17 billion depending on if some day trader had too much coffee that morning. It hit as high as #9 briefly, which is the kind of ranking that makes your cousin who posts crypto gains on Facebook brag for three whole weeks. Dogecoin is stuck at #11, with a valuation so close you’d need a magnifying glass to tell the difference, which is exactly the kind of petty, meaningless rivalry I live for.

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Santiment, a company that analyzes crypto-related social media conversations, recently found 2.23 positive comments for every negative one – the highest ratio they’ve seen all year. However, they don’t see this as a good sign, but rather a potential warning that a market correction could be coming.

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According to Messari, XRP was the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency (excluding stablecoins) at the end of the first quarter, after Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB. Like most cryptocurrencies, its value decreased during that time.

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Although the overall economy and global financial markets showed some signs of improvement in May, the crypto market’s recent gains stalled. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, is now expected to close the month with a loss, despite a strong start.