Sui Network Suffers 6-Hour Outage, SUI Drops 6.6%

- Nearly 6-hour mainnet outage halts all Sui Network transactions - SUI token falls 6.6% before partially rebounding after service resumes On May 30, 2026, Sui Network’s mainnet suffered a nearly six-hour outage, as a crash bug in the gas charging logic brought all transactions to a standstill. According to CoinDesk on May 30, 2026, the incident, which lasted 5 hours and 55 minutes, caused a 6.6% drop in the SUI token price to $0.90. The price then recovered slightly to $0.93 as operations resumed, and this incident marked the blockchain’s second major technical downtime in 2026. According to Cointelegraph on May 31, 2026, validators continued to face degraded performance even after Sui Network returned online. In addition, Sui developers announced that a full incident report is forthcoming, and they highlighted new features on the horizon, including zero-fee stablecoin transfers and privacy-focused transactions. As of 00:08 UTC on May 30, 2026, SUI was trading at $0.903, with a 2.86% decline in 24-hour trading volume, according to CoinGecko.