XRP Ledger (XRPL) addresses climbed to a new record of 8,347,232 on June 9, 2026. The count rose from 7,921,350 at the start of the year, adding more than 425,882 addresses YTD for a 5.38% increase. Despite weak price sentiment, network activity and stablecoin usage metrics also showed growth.

Asterix, a fork of the NFT liquidity platform Flooring Protocol, confirmed an exploit that drained about $40,000 and said the $ASTX token contract was hit around 4 a.m. GMT+8. The incident followed the June 8 Flooring Protocol exploit, where losses initially topped $900,000 before white hats recovered roughly $500,000 in NFTs. The back-to-back attacks underscore how unpatched flaws can propagate through forked codebases.

SAHARA fell nearly 60% within hours on June 9, briefly touching $0.07 as large on-chain transfers fueled fears of insider selling. Sahara AI said team and investor allocations were unchanged on-chain, and attributed the movements to liquidity provisioning for its Chainlink CCIP bridge between Ethereum and BNB Chain. Attention is also turning to a scheduled unlock of about 1.03 billion SAHARA tokens on June 26, 2026.

XRP is trying to stay above the $1 support area as its price revisits a long-term rising trend line that has often aligned with major lows since 2018. The chart highlights a potential support band at $0.70–$0.90, with upside levels discussed around $3 and $3.32 if buyers hold. At press time, XRP traded at $1.15, up 0.4% in 24 hours and down 9% over seven days.

Citrini Research said Hyperliquid's HYPE stands out from what it calls the market's "memetic majority" because it is tied to recurring platform fees and a built-in buyback mechanism. The firm's June 2026 "State of the Themes" report highlights that more than 90% of Hyperliquid's fees go to an Assistance Fund that buys HYPE, with cumulative purchases topping $2 billion since January 2025 and HYPE last quoted at $62.13.

Sahara AI said it did not cause the sharp selloff in SAHARA and stated that no team tokens were sold. The project explained that a 600 million SAHARA transfer was a pre-scheduled Chainlink CCIP bridge liquidity fill, with another 150 million SAHARA planned for deposit. SAHARA fell 65% in a day before paring losses to 45% at the time of writing, with traders watching $0.02 as a key level.

Coinbase institutional strategy head John D'Agostino said long-term buyers such as sovereign wealth funds and family offices are not shaken by bitcoin's pullback and are willing to add exposure at lower prices. He cited interest from UAE-based family offices and state-linked investors after BTC slipped to a 2026 low of $59,100, even as broader crypto market cap fell below $2.1 trillion and the fear and greed index hit 8.

Zcash is preparing the Ironwood upgrade, targeted for activation in late July 2026, after disclosing a critical Orchard shielded-pool bug that was found on May 29. The change would close Orchard to new activity, route funds through a "turnstile" checkpoint, and make total ZEC supply verifiable. TradingView data captured June 9, 2026 shows ZEC/USD at $474.16 (+7.47% weekly) and ZEC/BTC at ₿0.0075458 (+8.56% weekly) as markets assess the recovery.