XRP began responding more closely to fundamentals over the past week after triggering Santiment's "social_price_correlation" signal. The shift coincided with Ripple's non-public secondary share price rising 376% all-time to $136.90, alongside multiple U.S. policy and XRPL catalysts in May. Despite the news flow, XRP traded between $1.39 and $1.47 and was still down 26% since the start of 2026.

On May 29, Japan's Datasection said its TAIZA enterprise AI platform has integrated OpenAI's API under a controlled deployment model that routes requests through Datasection's software layer instead of directly calling OpenAI cloud endpoints. The company reported operating more than 20,000 GPUs across Japan, Australia, and Thailand, and its Tokyo-listed shares rose nearly 20% to 6,140 yen after the announcement.

A DTCC collateral eligibility update circulating on social media triggered "delisting" fears around Ripple's XRP, prompting a retail rotation into XLM and pushing XRP below $1.30. The DTCC lists are described as post-trade collateral reference tools rather than instructions to exchanges, and the sell-off was framed as FUD-driven capitulation. On-chain data showed $900 million in weekly realized losses at the peak of the panic, the largest spike since 2022.

Vaneck has rolled out the first U.S. spot BNB ETF, listing VBNB on Nasdaq on May 28 and opening regulated BNB exposure through standard brokerage accounts. The fund started with $1.02 million in net assets and holds BNB in cold storage with Anchorage Digital Bank as custodian. Vaneck said staking rewards are not included at launch but could be enabled later if legal and tax risks are manageable.

Stellar's XLM extended its weekly advance after DTCC and the Stellar Development Foundation said they plan to bring tokenized DTC-custodied assets to the Stellar network, with availability targeted for the first half of 2027. XLM was up more than 50% over seven days and traded at $0.2191 after a 30.60% 24-hour jump, helping it move ahead of Monero (XMR) in market-cap rankings.

On May 29, 2026, Jefferies said crypto and blockchain IPOs could collectively become a $1 trillion public market within five years, pointing to rising institutional focus on blockchain as financial infrastructure. The bank highlighted tokenized real-world assets surpassing $29 billion by April 2026 and cited multiple firms advancing listing plans in 2026 alongside ongoing U.S. regulatory discussions.

Paxos said its subsidiary Paxos Securities Settlement Company (PSSC) has received U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registration to operate as a clearing agency and central securities depository in the United States. The company described the approval as the outcome of seven years of engagement with regulators, building from a 2019 no-action letter and a live settlement program it has run since February 2020.

Bitcoin hovered around $73,500 after slipping back toward the $73,000 area following an unsuccessful push to hold $77,000. Key levels highlighted include support at $72,000 and $68,900, with resistance at $75,000 and $78,000, while a break below $68,900 is framed as a bearish shift toward $66,000 and $60,000.