This issue presents the market capitalization landscape of various blockchains (ETH, TRON, Solana, etc.) and market dynamics: the White House promotes legislation on the crypto market structure, FinCEN/OFAC and FDIC propose AML/CFT frameworks for stablecoins, Tether leads the rescue of Drift and promotes USDC to USDT conversion, Hong Kong stablecoin initiatives and Circle assist Korea in issuance. Overall, the stablecoin market continues to grow and reach new highs, with no signs of de-pegging; regional policy drivers and on-chain data transparency have become key focus points.

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2026-05-21 00:36:03

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ME News Report, April 17 (UTC+8), according to CoinFound data:

Distribution of Market Capitalization by Chain

Ethereum: $169.27 billion
TRON: $85.55 billion
Solana: $15.77 billion
BNB Chain: $12.74 billion
Arbitrum: $7.30 billion
Base: $4.54 billion
Polygon: $3.53 billion
Avalanche: $1.37 billion
Aptos: $1.08 billion
Stellar: $300 million

Market Dynamics:

The White House accelerates the advancement of the crypto market structure bill, possibly related to the midterm election window
US FinCEN/OFAC and FDIC propose AML/CFT and sanctions compliance frameworks for stablecoin issuers
Tether leads a $148 million rescue funding round for Drift and promotes switching from USDC to USDT for settlement
Hong Kong stablecoin initiative continues to advance + Circle plans to support Korean institutions in issuing stablecoins

Summary:

The stablecoin market overall shows stable growth and reaches new all-time highs, with no major de-pegging events or sharp fluctuations, demonstrating strong "regional policy-driven" and "underlying data transparency" trends. Compared to just total market cap changes, the focus has shifted to the flow paths of funds on the chain and penetration into the Asia-Pacific compliant markets, which have become the core highlights during this period. (Source: CoinFound)

ETH1.61%

TRX0.97%

SOL3.01%

BNB2.45%

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GweiGossip

· 2h ago

Hong Kong and South Korea are both working on stablecoins; is the regulatory race in Asia about to begin?

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GateUser-4590f4c6

· 2h ago

Solana ecosystem DeFi is being saved this time by Tether, the relationship is quite delicate.

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SymbolsInTheReflection

· 2h ago

TRON's market value holding steady is quite surprising; Brother Sun has a solid management approach.

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GateUser-6319729f

· 2h ago

The White House promotes the Market Structure Act, and election-year crypto policies are indeed accelerating.

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GateUser-a365d15f

· 2h ago

On-chain data transparency is a good thing, but what about Tether's reserve audits? Still the same old issue.

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MintedAtDawn

· 2h ago

FinCEN+OFAC+FDIC trio, the US stablecoin framework finally has a clear outline.

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SushiLatency

· 2h ago

Tether's move is quite interesting, rescuing Drift while simultaneously grabbing USDC market share, full marks for business logic.

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