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Stablecoin issuer Circle saw USDC volume hit $21.5 trillion in Q1 2026 while net income fell 15% on heavy post-IPO compensation costs.

Standard Chartered models $4B to $8B in XRP ETF inflows by year-end, while Flare's $457M ecosystem has become the largest onchain venue for XRP yield.

The crypto exchange added OpenAI to its IPO Prime platform through Solana-issued tokens with a $100 minimum, partnering with regulated firm Republic.

Prediction-market traders now see roughly three-in-four odds the crypto market structure bill clears Congress before year-end.

CoinShares reports $857.9 million flowed into digital asset funds last week, the sixth straight positive week, as Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000.

The Strategy chairman called Bitcoin sales a tool, not a flaw, citing 2.3% appreciation as enough to cover STRC dividends indefinitely.

Trader Peter Brandt sees a weekly bottom on Sui as the token climbs to $1.31 on staking flows and a privacy payments push.

Toncoin drops 9.7% to $2.31 on May 11, 2026, with $571.6M volume as TON ranks among worst-performing top-20 assets.

Bittensor's TAO token gained 4.1% in 24 hours to reach $320.54, with a $3.07B market cap and $306M in daily trading volume as AI-blockchain interest holds.

TROLL, a Solana meme coin inspired by internet trolling culture, surged 113% in 24 hours to $0.118, with volume reaching $52M and market cap at $117M.