Bitcoin has faced persistent selling pressure over the last week, trading around $73,400. Since January 19, its Realized Cap fell 3.63% from about $1.12 trillion to $1.08 trillion, a $40.847 billion decline, alongside a price slide of over 20% from $92,593. Large wallets holding more than 10,000 BTC reportedly sold about 612,753 BTC between May 11 and May 28, with BTC later quoted near $73,485.

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XRP held near $1.34 on Saturday after a rebound that started Thursday from a multi-month support area around $1.34. The move came as sentiment improved amid steep losses shown by the 30-day MVRV metric and a drop in $1M+ whale transactions from 157 to 67. Influencer YoungHoon Kim forecast XRP at $5–$10 this cycle, while other analysts discussed targets up to $17 and urged patience as XRP remains in a long-standing range.

On May 30, 2026, NEAR hovered near $2.34 after jumping from $1.30 to $2.97 in late May and then pulling back toward the 0.236 Fibonacci level at $2.47. RSI eased from 72.66 to 65.10 while key SMAs remain lower (50: $1.62; 100: $1.51; 200: $1.43). Trader Michaël van de Poppe said the lower-timeframe structure looks like compression and noted he trimmed a first trade at €2.25 while opening a smaller second long.

Bitcoin traded mostly flat on Saturday after sliding to about $72,642 on Thursday, then hovering near $73,000—around 11% below its $83,000 peak. CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju said on Friday that on-chain conditions still resemble a bearish structure and, based on prior PnL drawdown patterns, the cycle could remain pressured until early 2027. Data cited in the report also points to slowing accumulation among whales and “dolphins,” alongside softer spot activity and weaker inflows into exchange-traded Bitcoin products.

XRP’s fee-burn activity dropped 34.97% over a 24-hour period, alongside softer participation on the XRP Ledger. On May 30, fees burned fell to 491 XRP from 755 XRP the prior day, while XRP traded around $1.34 and was down 0.79% over the last 24 hours. The burn slowdown arriving as price attempts a modest rebound was described as a mixed signal for near-term momentum.

On Friday, May 29, crypto ETF flows stayed negative overall as bitcoin ETFs logged a 10th consecutive day of net outflows totaling $125.31 million and ether ETFs posted $17.91 million in outflows. At the same time, demand rotated into select altcoin products, with XRP ETFs taking in $11.88 million, HYPE ETFs adding $9.50 million, and Solana ETFs gaining $1.32 million.

By 30 May 2026, Bitcoin was trading around $74,000, with several indicators suggesting its rebound was losing support. Whale-sized spot activity reportedly thinned after the $80K rejection, aNUPL turned negative again in the mid-$70Ks, and fund holdings fell from about 1.37M BTC to 1.3M BTC after an April peak.