Shiba Inu (SHIB) has risen nearly 2% over the past 7 days, pushing into the $0.00000650 area while derivatives open interest climbed above 6 billion tokens. The setup now hinges on SHIB holding the $0.00000650-$0.00000667 demand zone as short positioning slightly outweighs longs, even as Binance users skew more bullish. On the supply side, exchange reserves have dropped to 82.2 trillion coins from 170 trillion two years ago, a shift that could tighten liquidity if demand returns.

In Q1 2026, Jane Street reduced several Bitcoin-linked positions while increasing exposure to Ether ETFs and select crypto-related equities. It cut BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust to about 5.9 million shares ($225 million) and trimmed Fidelity's spot Bitcoin ETF to roughly 2 million shares ($115 million), while lowering Strategy (MSTR) from about 968,000 shares to around 210,000. Over the same period, the firm expanded positions in Ether ETF products and increased stakes in names such as Riot, Coinbase and Galaxy Digital.

On May 13, 2026 at 8 a.m. ET, bitcoin traded around $80,550, consolidating beneath the $82,000-$82,800 resistance band. The asset showed higher lows from the April bottom near $70,480, while support was tracked around $79,000-$80,000 and a key reclaim level was cited near $81,500. Market metrics at that time put BTC’s market cap at $1.61 trillion with 24-hour volume at $40.58 billion.

Charles Schwab began rolling out Schwab Crypto accounts on Tuesday, enabling selected retail clients to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum directly within its platform alongside traditional assets. The service is broadly available across the U.S. but excludes New York, Louisiana, and U.S. territories for now, and it is not yet open to users outside the United States. Schwab Crypto is set to charge a 75-basis-point trading fee.

Ether withdrawals for KelpDAO users impacted by the rsETH incident are expected to restart within 24 hours after the attacker's rsETH on Arbitrum was burned and the bridge lockbox began being refilled. The exploit started April 18 with the minting of 116,500 unbacked rsETH, and the recovery process included liquidating eight Aave V3 positions on May 6 and steps to restore 1:1 ETH backing.

BlackRock sent 861 BTC and 44,691 ETH to Coinbase in two deposits worth about $173 million. The move drew attention because Coinbase is custodian for BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) and spot Ethereum ETF (ETHA), and an on-chain deposit alone does not confirm selling. Market watchers are now focused on whether the assets remain in custody or later move to trading-linked wallets.

Euro-denominated stablecoins expanded from $69 million to $777 million in monthly volume between January 2025 and March 2026. The increase was reported in TRM Labs’ Q1 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, published on April 23, as MiCA implementation advances and bank-led consortium Qivalis targets a euro stablecoin launch in the second half of 2026.

Large, low-activity "conviction buyers" have expanded their Bitcoin holdings by nearly 300% year-to-date in 2026, reaching about 4 million BTC. The group added roughly 3 million BTC this year after gradually taking profits from February 2023 through October 2025, valuing the 2026 additions at around $243 billion at the time of analysis.