CME's XRP futures have logged nearly $63 billion in notional trading volume since trading opened on May 19, 2025, with totals measured as of May 15, 2026. The exchange listed both a 50,000-XRP standard contract and a 2,500-XRP micro contract, and reported 1.32 million contracts traded over the period. Despite reported inflows of over $98 million into US spot XRP ETFs so far in May, XRP was down over 26% year to date and traded around $1.35 at the time of writing.

US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan ARMA bill on Thursday to formalize a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a separate digital asset stockpile under the US Treasury. The proposal would aim to acquire up to 1 million Bitcoin over five years via budget-neutral strategies and would require BTC to be held for at least 20 years unless sold to reduce the national debt, which topped $39 trillion on Wednesday.

DoubleZero (2Z) led altcoin gains in the past 24 hours, up more than 21% at press time after breaking above a long-held demand zone. The move came alongside a 264% jump in trading volume to over $28 million, while max supply slipped from 10 billion 2Z to 9.998 billion and holders climbed to 6.79K. On charts, bulls pushed above the $0.10–$0.12 area, with $0.15 cited as the next level if $0.10 holds.

Coinbase Derivatives will introduce perpetual-style equity index futures in U.S. regulated markets on June 8, 2026, offering four thematic contracts tied to AI, Chinese equities, defense, and broad tech. The products use a funding-rate mechanism, are cash-settled, and represent 1x exposure to their underlying indexes, with retail availability expected in the coming months.

Bitcoin options markets are focusing heavily on the $82,000 strike as the May 29 expiry approaches, with nearly $6 billion in contracts set to roll off. Positioning is skewed toward calls, a setup that could amplify volatility and, via dealer hedging dynamics, add upward momentum if spot prices move closer to $82,000.

Ethereum rebounded from support near $2,080 and recovered above $2,120–$2,125, but it remains capped below $2,150 and the 100-hour simple moving average. The hourly ETH/USD chart shows a contracting triangle with resistance around $2,150, with upside levels at $2,176 and $2,220 if a breakout occurs. If the $2,150 barrier holds, downside supports are seen at $2,110, $2,065 and $2,020.

On May 19, Ripple said Ripple Prime integrated with EDX Markets and EDXM International to add EDX liquidity for institutional clients across digital asset spot and perpetual futures markets. The setup provides a single prime-brokerage access point that combines trading, credit intermediation, net settlement, and collateral and margin workflows. Ripple also said the collaboration is intended to support future use of its U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD for settlement and collateral on EDX.

A public petition seeking to fully remove South Korea's taxation on cryptocurrency gains has surpassed 50,000 signatures, which sends it into a mandatory review stage inside the National Assembly. The next step is consideration by a relevant standing committee, but no hearing schedule or vote timeline has been confirmed.