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.

Axiom Protocol's XRP-based prediction market is pricing an 18.1% chance that XRP sets a new all-time high in 2026. The odds arrive after XRP peaked at $3.66 last July and, after a $2.41 high in the first week of 2026, slipped into declines and sideways trading. With XRP around $1.28, it is down over 65% from its mid-July 2025 high, implying a rally of more than 186% would be needed to reach a new record.

DTCC said Wednesday it plans to connect its tokenized securities platform to the Stellar network by 2027, and XLM rallied on the announcement. XLM rose as much as 20%, while its 24-hour trading volume jumped 927% to $934.99 million; the token was last up nearly 17% in 24 hours to $0.172 and up 20% on the week.

Peter Brandt weighed in on an X thread about Bitcoin valuation models, backing the view that market price outweighs theoretical targets. The discussion followed claims that the Bitcoin Power Law model points to $163,500, while BTC was trading above $75,000 and later slipped to $75,797, down 1.58% over 24 hours.

On May 23, 2026, XRP Ledger developer and Xaman wallet founder Wietse Wind warned the XRP community that scammers are impersonating Xaman and pushing fake "desktop wallet" downloads and bogus airdrop claims. He said he is seeing 20+ new X accounts per day and 10+ new domains per day designed to mimic Xaman. Wind urged users to stay vigilant and avoid connecting wallets to unknown sites or installing suspicious apps.

The XRP Ledger is nearing activation of the "fixCleanup3_1_3" amendment in XRPL 3.1.3 after it entered a two-week activation window. The change is expected to go live on May 27, 2026 and has shown an uncommon 100% validator consensus, exceeding the 80% threshold typically required for amendments to pass.

Peter Schiff said on May 23, 2026 that Bitcoin's $60,000 level may not be a lasting bottom, describing it as a "trap door". Bitcoin touched $60,000 on February 6 and later traded at $74,720, down 3.29% over the prior 24 hours. The article also notes cost-basis levels near $78,200 as resistance and $71,400 as a likely near-term support zone.

Hussein Zangana ("Vet"), community director at the XRP Ledger Foundation, said an XRP Ledger software update to version 3.2.0 is currently being developed. He also noted that XRPL 3.1.3 has entered a two-week activation window, with XRPScan data showing an expected timeline of May 27, 2026.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said on May 13 that the U.S. is closer than ever to reaching a key milestone on crypto regulation, pointing to a Senate Banking Committee markup that is scheduled for May 14. He made the comments during a Binance online event alongside Binance co-CEO Richard Teng and Solana Foundation president Lily Liu. Garlinghouse added he is optimistic about the outlook, citing prediction-market odds suggesting roughly 67%–75% for the bill's passage by year-end.