💰 #USDC Circle attracts $222 million from BlackRock, Apollo, and others in the presale of Arc tokens worth $3 billion.

📊 April 2026 Exchange Report:
Spot Trading Volume Down 6.2%
Derivatives Trading Volume Down 9.0%
Website Traffic Down 12.24%

All exchanges recorded declines except Uniswap.

🕵️ Strategy bought 535 $BTC for $43M.

They now hold 818,869 $BTC.

💵 1,000,000,000 $USDT (999,637,500 USD) minted at Tether Treasury

🤔 Ronin to Migrate From Gaming Sidechain to OP Stack Ethereum Layer 2 on May 12

Ronin will transition from an independent gaming sidechain to an Ethereum Layer 2 network based on the OP Stack on May 12, ending its operation as a standalone sidechain since 2021.

The migration is expected to cause around 10 hours of downtime and will reduce RON annual inflation from over 20% to below 1%.

Ronin was previously hit by a roughly $625 million bridge exploit in 2022, one of the largest cross-chain bridge hacks in DeFi history. #hack

💰 #ETH #BTC Bitmine (#BMNR) announced that its ETH reserves have reached 5.21 million coins. They have decided to slow down the pace of weekly asset accumulation, as they initially planned to reach the goal of "5% of the total ETH supply" by the end of 2026.

Meanwhile, Strategy acquired 535 #BTC last week.

🕵️ Tom Lee's Bitmine $ETH holdings surpass 5.2M after adding 26,659 $ETH over the past week.

💰 #XRP Ripple Prime has secured a $200 million loan from Neuberger Specialty Finance.

🧑‍💻 #HYPE #ONDO #RWA Ondo integrates tokenized assets from the American stock market into Hyperliquid HyperEVM.

🇺🇸📝 USA - Existing Home Sales (Apr) = +0.2% m/m (exp +2.1% / prev -3.6%)

🇺🇸👀 Crypto #ETF Flows Today:

Bitcoin ETFs:
1D NetFlow: -3,685 $BTC (-$298.89M)
7D NetFlow: +7,287 $BTC (+$591.04M)

Ethereum ETFs:
1D NetFlow: -6,492 $ETH (-$15.1M)
7D NetFlow: +24,921 $ETH (+$57.97M)

Solana ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +70,721 $SOL (+$6.76M)
7D NetFlow: +451,400 $SOL (+$43.15M)

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🧑‍💻 #SOL Anza, the developer of Solana, announced that Alpenglow, the largest consensus upgrade proposed to date, has been launched on a test cluster created by the community.

This update allows validator operators to test software designed to transition Solana from its current consensus system, which combines Proof-of-Stake with TowerBFT and Proof-of-History, to a new architecture aimed at significantly reducing finalization time and increasing network responsiveness.

🇨🇳👀 President Trump will visit China from May 13 to 15, his first trip to the country since 2017.

🇺🇸🤔 President Trump still plans to audit Fort Knox to confirm its $700 billion gold reserve has not been stolen.

🕵️ Michael Saylor's STRC is back at $100 and is actively accumulating more bitcoin.

It's estimated they've already bought 112 $BTC today.

🇺🇸⛽️ President Trump to suspend federal gasoline tax.

📊 #BTC climbed from the high-$77Ks to low-$82Ks as spot demand and futures activity strengthened. Momentum cooled near highs, while options markets continued pricing elevated uncertainty.

😱 Senator Bernie Moreno states that the "banking cartel is in full panic mode" over the Crypto Clarity Act. He criticizes banks for treating deposits like personal piggy banks, profiting from lending while offering minimal returns to depositors. Moreno argues that the emergence of innovative stablecoins poses a threat to their monopoly, prompting banks to lobby Congress with concerns about economic growth and financial stability. #stablecoin

🇺🇸📊 $XRP spot ETFs hit $1B AUM. The price barely flinched.

7 spot XRP ETFs are now trading in the US. Combined, they have $1B AUM with 847.9M tokens locked.

$34.2M of fresh inflows occurred this week alone, while the price remains stuck near $1.40.

Demand is being absorbed without a rerating, indicating either patience or a coiled spring.