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[CoinGecko @coingecko]

Bitcoin is now 50% down from its ATH.

[Barchart @Barchart]

BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Housing Market

Home Sellers now outnumber Buyers by 630,000, the largest gap ever recorded 🤯👀

[exQUIZitely 🕹️ @exQUIZitely]

Scratch one German plane!

Red Baron (1990) by Dynamix/Sierra.

Dynamix developed many classics but the "fame and glory" often went a bit under the radar since their games were published under bigger companies with bigger names (Sierra, Activision, Electronic Arts, etc.)

A small selection of their games from the early days:
⭐️ Caveman Ughlympics (1988)
⭐️ MechWarrior (1989)
⭐️ A-10 Tank Killer (1990)
⭐️ Heart of China (1991)
⭐️ Aces of the Pacific (1992)
⭐️ Betrayal at Krondor (1993)

...and of course Red Baron and Red Baron II, both excellent air combat sims.

[Thordan @TheFreshMoney]

@chuckshep @BenVerlander He can't hit home runs anymore either.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump orders US government to update regulations to integrate crypto into traditional finance and payment systems.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today in 1980, Mount Saint Helens erupted in Washington State.

It was the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in US history.

[SolanaFloor @SolanaFloor]

BREAKING: Weekly Perps trading volume on @Solana has surged to a new all-time high, surpassing $20 billion for the first time ever.

[MLB @MLB]

ANDY PAGES, WOW 🤯

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

It’s a summit between two superpowers,
not a Netflix movie.

[SolanaFloor @SolanaFloor]

🚨JUST IN: @ranger_finance co-founder @barrett_io says the project is winding down after delayed funding, treasury liquidation, and the Drift exploit left it unable to cover all payments.

The shutdown follows a turbulent MetaDAO launch, where $RNGR holders later voted to liquidate Ranger’s treasury and return remaining funds to tokenholders.

[Ajit Pai @AjitPai]

Note for less-cultured Europeans: you can only call it Kirkland Cabernet Sauvignon if it comes from the Costco region of the United States.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: The S&P 500 officially hits 7,500 for the first time in history, now up +19% since the March 30th bottom.

That's +$10.9 TRILLION in market cap in 7 weeks.

This truly is one of the best runs ever seen.

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🚨 UPDATE: Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan rejected Iran’s Strait of Hormuz claims.

They condemned Iran’s bid to assert new rules over the Strait of Hormuz.

[Anza @anza_xyz]

Alpenglow is live on the community test cluster

The biggest consensus change in Solana's history, now running on validator infrastructure ahead of mainnet

We’re now inviting more validator operators to participate in the next community cluster👇

[SolanaFloor @SolanaFloor]

📈REPORT: @Solana continues to surpass all other chains combined in tokenized stock trading volume for the 48th consecutive week.

[Solana @solana]

If you were hoping for a quiet few days after Accelerate USA, the Solana ecosystem didn’t get the memo.

From global payment giants and enterprise cloud agents to tokenizing 151M-share cap tables, the shipping didn’t pause.

Here’s everything that happened.

📰 Headline News

- @WesternUnion launched its USDPT stablecoin on Solana via @Anchorage for its global payment network

- @SolanaFndn introduced Pay. sh in collaboration with @googlecloud, delivering a machine-native commerce marketplace for AI agents

- @Bullish tokenized its full 151M-share cap table on Solana following its acquisition of @Equiniti

📰 Launches

- @StateStreet launched SWEEP, its tokenized onchain liquidity fund in partnership with @galaxyhq

- @MoonPay acquired @DFlow to bring an unified onchain consumer experience

- @joinrepublic opened trading for tokenized @animocabrands equity on Solana

- @Securitize partnered with @jumptrading and @JupiterExchange to establish fully onchain and regulated trading for tokenized equities

- @Anchorage and J.P. Morgan Asset Management revealed a solution designed to power cashless stablecoin reserves on Solana

- @jito_sol unveiled @jtx_trade, a self custodial trading platform featuring CEX grade execution

- @RockawayX debuted Zela, an integrated execution stack designed to minimize latency for high-frequency actors

- @reflectmoney overhauled its stablecoin infrastructure with venue-agnostic routing, independent risk analysis and new features

- @altitude introduced the Altitude Card, enabling virtual stablecoin spending for businesses

- @RaposaCoffeeCo announced partnerships with the Miami Heat and Miami Marlins

- @privy_io activated Digital Asset Accounts on Solana

- @SoFi, a regulated US bank expanded its stablecoin SoFiUSD to Solana

- @moonpay shipped a Desktop App + CLI for agentic commerce

- @jump_firedancer initiated the rollout of the Firedancer 1.0 validator client

- @JupiterExchange rolled out Limit Order V2+, featuring off-chain privacy to prevent frontrunning

- @phygitals teased its mobile ahead of its official launch this month

- @SuperteamIN announced India Startup Village 2026, a 10-day residency for builders

- @dflow became the primary Solana liquidity router for Coinbase

- @DeloreanLabs’ DMC and @TAO_dot_com’s TAO launched on Solana via @sunrisedefi

- @formacity transitioned to permanent popup operations with a new location in the UK

- @BAXUSco activated physical RWA vending machines for direct spirits collection and trading

- @Slabzapp debuted an RWA collectibles arcade to gamify the post-pack-opening experience

- @ArcherExchange_ exited private beta after recording $1.5M in volume across 10K+ trades

- @craftsdev announced Solana’s first sealed-bid auction

- @KASTxyz launched stablecoin cashback on global card transactions

- @PhoenixTrade enabled JTO trading with up to 5x leverage

- @VeryAI introduced AG9, a Know Your Agent (KYA) standard giving agents portable identity, credentials, and verification

- Breakpoint 2026 tickets are open with limited early bird tickets

- Hacker Houses is back ahead of BP26 in London for 12 days

📰 Milestones

- Solana set a new ATH for RWA adoption with 200K+ onchain holders

- @PreStocks surpassed $1B in total transacted volume

- @JurassicFi secured $5M+ in commitments for its raise on @futarddotio

- @FWDind and @RockawayX co-led a $5M Series A for @onrefinance

- @solstrategies acquired @houdiniswap

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Artwork by @TrevElViz 🔥

[Thordan @TheFreshMoney]

@CodifyBaseball https://t.co/BXRfWCVw7C

[Skrewdriver 🇻🇦 @skrwdrvr]

@BarryOnHere This was Tatis 1st HR of the 2026 season. 😹

[Thordan @TheFreshMoney]

@CodifyBaseball Tatis is off the drugs and looking like a normal person.

[SolanaFloor @SolanaFloor]

🚨JUST IN: @anza_xyz Head of Research says the first successful Alpenswitch has taken place on the Alpenglow community cluster, with “Solana finalization time improved 100x.”

[Angie G @MomAngtrades]

For anyone not paying attention to what is happening in Utah, one of our Supreme Court judges was sleeping with a redistricting attorney that cost Utah 1 Republican seat

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows on May 6.

BTC: $46.33M
ETH: $11.57M
SOL: $21.3M
XRP: $13.03M