🤔 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.

🗽 UAE Officially Allows Residents to Pay Government Fees With Crypto.

🛡🤖 #BNB #AI Binance an AI security report stating that its AI-based risk control systems prevented approximately $10.53 billion in potential user losses between early 2025 and Q1 2026, protecting more than 5.4 million users.

In Q1 2026 alone, the exchange said it blocked around 22.9 million scam and phishing attempts, involving nearly $1.98 billion in protected funds. Binance added that it has deployed more than 100 AI models to detect risks including deepfakes, phishing scams, and AI-powered social engineering attacks.

🇫🇷💰 French public company Capital B $ALCPB is raising $17.93 million through a private placement subscribed to by Adam Back and TOBAM to buy more Bitcoin.

🕵️ Saylor: “Back to work. BTC.” Strategy holds 818,334 #BTC now.

One-week pause around Q1 earnings is over. $61.81B in #BTC at approximately $75,500 average cost.

Stated plan: buy 10, sell 1 for dividends. Net accumulation continues. Bought 34,164 #BTC in April for $2.54B.

The largest corporate buyer just put the hammer back on the anvil.