Top XRP holders reduced exposure over the past 30 days, with the top 100 XRPL wallets posting a net outflow of 481,409,805 XRP valued at about $693,229,719. Over the last 24 hours, the same cohort trimmed 27,085,842 XRP worth roughly $38,003,612, while XRP traded around $1.45 after failing to hold above $1.50.

XRP's derivatives leverage on Binance climbed to about 0.179 on May 15, marking a two-month high. The move coincided with XRP retesting supply near $1.50, increasing the odds of forced liquidations if momentum flips. XRP was down nearly 2% over the past 24 hours to around $1.44 at the time of reporting.

Bitcoin has repeatedly failed to hold above $82,000, but analyst Michaël van de Poppe said on May 15 that BTC could still move toward $90,000 in the next few days. He pointed to a rebound from the 21-day moving average, which he described as key support since early April, while flagging $71,438 to $73,408 as a critical liquidity support zone.

As of May 14, a $1,000 purchase of XRP made at the start of 2026 would be valued at $802.09, based on 541.95 XRP acquired at that time. The token is down 19.79% year-to-date, a drop of $0.3639 per XRP. The position remains below break-even after a sharp early drawdown and a lengthy period of consolidation around $1.40.

On May 14, on-chain metrics indicated that Cardano (ADA) whale addresses holding at least 1 million tokens continued accumulating even as price weakened. Whale wallets held 25.09 billion ADA worth about $6.52 billion at press time and controlled roughly 67.47% of the total supply.

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below the $80,000 level on May 13 after repeatedly failing to break above $82,200 over the prior seven days. It was trading around $79,340 at press time, down nearly 3% over the week, while more than $91.5 million in crypto positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours, including over $77.5 million in longs.

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.

Bitcoin’s on-chain activity has accelerated, with the daily transaction count climbing to about 831,000 over the past three days. The pickup in transfers comes as BTC traded around $80,170, while analysts flagged a sell wall near $82,200 and pointed to macro risks such as U.S. CPI at 3.8% and an upcoming Clarity Act markup vote.

Finbold's AI Agent projects Bitcoin (BTC) may finish May trading on May 31, 2026 at $79,325 after failing to decisively clear resistance near $82,200. The estimate implies a drop of nearly 2% from May 12, while model outputs also span a potential move up to about $82,483 or down to $76,976 over the same window.