Echo Protocol reported a security incident on Monday and paused all cross-chain transactions while the case is investigated. Onchain findings said an attacker allegedly minted 1,000 eBTC (about $76.7 million) and moved funds through Ethereum, with 385 ETH later sent to Tornado Cash. After the disclosure, ECHO fell more than 12% and traded around $0.0049 at the time of writing.

Bitcoin fell under $77,000 on Monday as market risk-off sentiment intensified, with on-chain indicators showing mounting capitulation pressure. Data shows 6–12 month holders have a realized cost basis near $110,851, and exchange inflows have risen since May 14 alongside short-term holders selling at a loss. The setup suggests a fast V-shaped rebound is less likely until the excess selling supply is absorbed and sentiment steadies.

CoinGecko analyzed Bitcoin's forward returns from May 1, 2013, to May 8, 2026, and found U.S. holidays delivered higher average next-day gains than non-holidays. The dataset shows holidays averaged a 0.77% next-day return versus 0.19% on regular days, outperforming in 11 of the 14 calendar years studied.

Ethereum (ETH) has given back most of its earlier-month gains as broader selling pressure returns. Analyst Ali Martinez says a weekly TD Sequential sell signal is active, with potential supports at $1,900, $1,565 and $1,090, while $1,071 is framed as a possible buy zone. Separately, US spot Ethereum ETFs posted four straight outflow days from May 11 to May 14, including $130.6 million on May 12.

Cardano (ADA) traded around $0.26 while millionaire-tier wallets continued to add tokens, lifting their combined holdings to 25.09 billion ADA for the first time. Those wallets now control 67.47% of circulating supply, even as ADA's market cap fell more than 70% over the past nine months. Analyst Ali Martinez flagged $0.25 as a key historical support zone, with upside targets of $0.36 and $0.53 if the level holds.

On April 23, 2026, blockchain investigator ZachXBT said a Discord call in which Dritan Kapllani Jr. displayed an Exodus wallet helped link him to a broader social-engineering theft network exceeding $19 million. The investigator connected the shown Ethereum address to a March 14, 2026 Bitcoin theft of 185 BTC (about $13 million at the time) and alleged the wallet later received roughly $5.3 million, with nearly $1.6 million spent or laundered within six weeks.

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.

Revised language under the CLARITY Act framework has advanced in the Senate Banking Committee, raising attention on how U.S. market-structure rules could classify major tokens such as XRP. Standard Chartered has estimated that if XRP ultimately receives commodity-like treatment, XRP ETFs could draw $4 billion to $8 billion in inflows by the end of the year. That scenario has also refocused interest on where institutional XRP capital could be deployed, including Flare-based XRPFi via FXRP.

Digital asset investment products logged $857.9 million in weekly inflows, extending a six-week streak of positive flows, with Bitcoin drawing $706.1 million. Short-bitcoin products saw $14.4 million in outflows as CoinShares pointed to a pullback in hedging amid improved market confidence. The U.S. led regional totals with $776.6 million, while Ethereum, Solana, and XRP also posted weekly inflows.