Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said the Alpenglow consensus upgrade going live on a community test cluster supports the view that Solana's base architecture is working as intended. The overhaul replaces Proof of History and TowerBFT with Votor and Rotor, aiming to cut finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds and to make delay-based MEV strategies more costly for validators. The upgrade is described as targeting mainnet as soon as Q2 2026 after previously clearing the validator set with more than 98% support in September 2025.

THORChain (RUNE) was exploited on May 15, with losses exceeding $10 million across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, and Base. More than 36.75 BTC (over $3 million) and $3.54 million in ETH were reported lost, while the attacker reportedly consolidated assets by swapping tokens into ETH and sending them to one wallet. After the incident, the protocol paused trading via an emergency halt, and RUNE fell over 15%, with market cap dropping by more than $27 million to around $182 million.

XRP is hovering near the psychological $1.50 area as a market supply squeeze builds, fueled by U.S. spot ETFs holding 1.34% of the circulating supply. In the past 24 hours, these ETFs recorded $18.52 million in net inflows on $46.78 million in trading volume. Whales with at least 10 million XRP reportedly control 68.5% of supply, with technical levels mapped from $1.50–$1.55 up to $3.28–$3.50 if momentum continues.

On May 14, crypto investigator ZachXBT alleged the LAB token’s ecosystem is dominated by insiders and private OTC arrangements, saying they likely control over 95% of the circulating supply even as the project topped a $6 billion fully diluted valuation. He also pointed to reported OTC discounts of up to 80% and vesting terms he said were not clearly disclosed to retail traders. By May 15, LAB traded at $4.11, down 24.4% in 24 hours and 9.1% on the week, while its 30-day gain cooled to 833.3%.

Cryptopolitan projects SUI could top out at $2.07 by the end of 2026 and forecasts wider ranges through 2032, including $10.47–$12.10 in 2028 and $33.01–$40.39 in 2031. As of May 15, SUI was $1.14 with $700M in 24-hour volume, after a 4.25% daily drop and a 22.60% gain over 30 days. Technical signals described in the report lean bearish near $1.09 support after a pullback from $1.40 resistance.

RUNE slid about 15% within minutes after on-chain investigator ZachXBT said THORChain likely suffered a fresh exploit. The reported incident is estimated at over $7.4 million and allegedly involved activity across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Base. RUNE moved from above $0.58 down to a two-week low near $0.50, where it later saw some support.

Santiment data shows XRP wallets holding at least 10 million XRP have lifted their combined balance to the highest level since May 2018, as XRP trades near the top of a recent range around $1.50. Those wallets control 45.83 billion XRP—about $68.5 billion—and represent 68.5% of supply. Separately, Santiment said the XRP Ledger hit 332,230 wallets holding 10,000+ XRP, after a brief drop of more than 4,500 wallets between Feb. 6 and Feb. 8.

Hyperliquid's HYPE surged more than 20% at one point to $47, adding roughly $2 billion in market cap and nearing the top 10 altcoins by capitalization. The move followed Coinbase expanding USDC support on Hyperliquid under its AQA framework, alongside the debut of a 21Shares HYPE ETF and an upcoming Bitwise launch. Analysts using TD Sequential and other models warned a pullback could target $36, $33, or lower if resistance near $46 holds, while a break above $50 could invalidate the bearish view.