📢 Dell shares have surged about 80% since President Trump urged the public on May 8 to “go out and buy a Dell,” adding roughly $120 billion in market value, according to The Kobeissi Letter. The rally was also supported by a $9.7 billion Pentagon contract and better-than-expected earnings results.

📢 Ethereum whales holding at least 100,000 ETH have increased their positions to 17.41 million ETH, the highest level in nine weeks, now accounting for about 22% of total supply as prices declined, according to Santiment.

📢 An early Ethereum ICO participant who bought 2,000 ETH for just $622 has transferred 1,600 ETH, valued at around $3.18 million, to Kraken while still retaining 400 ETH. The investment has grown roughly 6,373x from its original value.

📢 Central bank gold holdings rose to 26.6% of total reserves in 2025, marking the highest level since 1993, while private investors’ allocation to gold climbed to its highest point in four decades.

📢 According to CryptoQuant, the biggest Bitcoin holders have ceased increasing, with whale and dolphin balances stagnating.

📢 LookOnChain reported that Strategy transferred 411.48 BTC, valued at roughly $30.3 million, to Coinbase Prime. Meanwhile, Polymarket odds of Strategy selling Bitcoin before Dec. 31, 2026 have risen to 84%.

📢 According to Lookonchain, BlackRock transferred 2,448 BTC and 28,683 ETH to Coinbase.

📢 According to Artemis, Ondo Finance now makes up 42% of the real-world asset (RWA) market.

📢 The U.S. government transferred $800,000 in seized Alameda-linked funds connected to the FTX estate.

📢 Bitcoin’s volatility is increasingly aligning with gold, according to Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas. He also noted that IBIT has outperformed U.S. equities since tensions escalated around the Iran conflict.

📢 For the past nine days in a row, outflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs have been observed. The biggest daily withdrawal of the streak occurred on May 27, when $733 million was taken out of the coffers. Yesterday, $527.8 million left BlackRock's IBIT, the largest outflow to date.

📢 Institutional investors now control close to 3.9 million BTC, representing 18.5% of Bitcoin’s total supply, with ETFs and publicly traded companies driving much of the accumulation.

📢 A $12 million Bitcoin short position held by a whale on Binance was liquidated after a single BTC/USDT order triggered the move.

📢 XLM has climbed over 50% this week following DTCC’s announcement that it plans to connect its tokenized securities platform to the Stellar network.

📢 The XRP Ledger’s RWA market cap jumped 124% quarter-over-quarter to $2.25 billion in Q1 2026, while RLUSD supply increased 45% and daily transaction volume rose 35%.

📢 According to a CryptoQuant analyst, Nexo’s MVRV ratio has remained steady at 1.16 despite Bitcoin’s price swings, indicating that large holders are continuing to hold their positions rather than selling during market pullbacks.

📢 AI-powered payment activity on Coinbase’s Base network has exceeded 100 million transactions, underscoring the increasing adoption of autonomous onchain payment systems.

📢 According to Arkham, Mt. Gox transferred 116.3 BTC, worth approximately $8.16 million, to Bitstamp.

📢 The Iran conflict under President Trump has pushed U.S. oil inventories to their lowest level since 2004, with some analysts warning that crude prices could climb as high as $200 per barrel this summer if supply disruptions persist.

📢 The U.S. Treasury is expected to repurchase $12.5 billion of its outstanding debt this week.