On Thursday, spot bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows of $100.82 million, while ether ETFs recorded a $32.58 million decline for a ninth straight session. In contrast, XRP ETFs brought in $8.88 million led by Canary's XRPC, and Solana ETFs added $3.86 million via Fidelity's FSOL. Trading value totaled $1.58 billion for bitcoin ETFs and $416.16 million for ether ETFs, with net assets ending at $101.06 billion and $12.21 billion, respectively.

On Wednesday, spot bitcoin ETFs posted $70.47M in net outflows, marking a fourth straight session of redemptions led by BlackRock's IBIT at $61.45M. Ether ETFs also stayed negative, losing $28.14M for an eighth consecutive day, while XRP ETFs logged a small $1.45M inflow and Solana ETF flows were flat. Despite withdrawals, trading remained active with $1.36B traded in bitcoin ETFs and $350.41M in ether ETFs.

Wintermute has unveiled Armitage, a DeFi vault-curation platform built to apply institutional-style trading, liquidity, and risk controls to onchain lending. Two USDC-denominated vaults are already live on Morpho, with plans to expand to more chains and lending venues. Wintermute says it processes over $10 billion in average daily trading volume across 70+ venues and 10 blockchain networks.

On Tuesday, spot bitcoin ETFs registered $331.05 million in net outflows, dominated by a $325.58 million withdrawal from Blackrock's IBIT. Ether ETFs also stayed negative, shedding $62.30 million for a seventh consecutive losing session. By contrast, solana and XRP ETFs posted net inflows of $3.78 million and $1.48 million, respectively, alongside smaller but steady trading activity.

Solana’s tokenized real-world assets rose 43% quarter over quarter in Q1 2026 to $2.01B, led by Blackrock’s BUIDL and additional growth from PRIME and ONyc. Over the same quarter, “Chain GDP” application revenue stayed nearly flat at $342.2M even as SOL fell 33% and Solana DeFi TVL slipped 22% to $6.16B. Developers are also preparing the Alpenglow upgrade, which targets 150ms finality in 2026.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposed framework that could allow tokenized versions of publicly listed stocks to trade on blockchain-based crypto platforms as early as this week. The tokenized stock sector has grown to $1.43 billion across more than 2,200 assets, with monthly transfer volumes at $3.10 billion and about 267,710 holders. Ondo leads with $888 million in tokenized equity value, while DTCC has said it plans limited production trades starting in July 2026.

BNB Smart Chain developers completed a large-scale test of post-quantum cryptography on a live-style blockchain setup, swapping transaction signatures to NIST’s ML-DSA-44 and upgrading vote aggregation with pqSTARK proofs. The shift lifted average transaction size from about 110 bytes to roughly 2.5KB and expanded blocks from ~130KB to nearly 2MB at similar load, while throughput declined 40%-50%. The team said the results show quantum-safe migration is feasible with today’s standards, despite clear performance trade-offs.

Capital B said it purchased 192 BTC for about $15 million (€13 million) after completing capital raises totaling roughly $20 million (€17.15 million). The French firm reported total bitcoin holdings of 3,135 BTC and an overall acquisition cost of approximately $330 million (€283.6 million). It also disclosed a year-to-date BTC yield of 1.82% and a quarterly yield of 1.09%.

In Q1 2026, Goldman Sachs exited positions tied to XRP and Solana ETFs and reduced its ether ETF exposure by about 70%. By the end of March, the bank's spot bitcoin ETF holdings totaled roughly $700 million, while ether-linked exposure stood near $114 million. The filing also showed increased stakes in crypto-related equities such as Coinbase, Circle, and Galaxy Digital, alongside trims in Strategy and several bitcoin miners.