Polymarket is overhauling its exchange infrastructure and plans to introduce Polymarket USD, a platform-native token backed 1:1 by USDC. The rollout is expected over the next two to three weeks and includes CLOB v2, new smart contracts, and a collateral migration from USDC.e. The changes arrive as U.S. prediction markets see improving legal clarity around event-based contracts.

Bitcoin rose to around $69,000, up about 4% in a day after bouncing from a long-term trendline that has marked major cycle lows since 2017. Strategy disclosed it bought 4,871 BTC for about $329.9 million at an average $67,718 per coin, lifting total holdings to 766,970 BTC. The setup highlights key levels around $72,000 resistance and $66,000 downside invalidation.

SBI Holdings issued a 10 billion yen blockchain bond in February 2026 that pays investor returns in XRP, a move that has refocused attention on Japan's XRP-related initiatives. The company also outlined plans to introduce Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin via SBI's licensed exchange in Japan and support XRP Ledger-focused startups through a new partnership. SBI CEO Yoshitaka Kitao said XRP "will be very expensive" and suggested a favorable outcome in Ripple's U.S. legal proceedings could lift the token's price.

Bernstein 表示，隨着放貸規模急升以及其代幣化信貸平台擴張，Figure 可能在現水平被低估。該行指出，儘管公司股價近期回落，市場亦出現波動，上述增長動能仍在延續。

截至4月，處於盈利狀態的XRP代幣淨供應量跌至21個月來最低水平。衡量流通XRP中最後一次轉移成本低於現價比例的指標顯示，相關比例已回落。摘要未提供更多背景或數據細節。

XRP回升至$1.34並測試阻力位之際，市場仍出現顯著的爆倉失衡。過去24小時內，XRP衍生品市場的空單爆倉明顯多於多單，令多空爆倉比升至1,237%。該比例反映交易員對價格上衝的信心分歧。

剔除Bitcoin及Ethereum後的山寨幣總市值現為$706 billion。市場復甦呈現分化，資金回流並非全面擴散至山寨幣板塊。

比特幣在 24 小時內溫和反彈，帶動市場出現空倉連環平倉。此輪走勢令加密市場空頭倉位爆倉金額達 $300 million。短倉被迫回補，為價格上行增添動力。