This issue presents the market capitalization landscape of various blockchains (ETH, TRON, Solana, etc.) and market dynamics: the White House promotes legislation on the structure of the crypto market, FinCEN/OFAC and FDIC propose AML/CFT frameworks for stablecoins, Tether leads the rescue of Drift and promotes USDC to USDT conversion, Hong Kong's stablecoin initiative and Circle assist with Korean 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 04:18:03

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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 simply tracking 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)

ETH-0.38%

TRX1.15%

SOL0.58%

BNB0.38%

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GateUser-3e7da866

· 4h ago

The White House's pace in pushing the bill can't keep up with the market's small innovations.

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0XNightRun

· 10h ago

On-chain data transparency has been talked about for so many years, and finally someone is taking it seriously.

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Mint-FlavoredGasFee

· 10h ago

The Drift incident: led by Tether—“centralized rescue” of decentralization, packed with biting irony.

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OrigamiMountains

· 10h ago

Once the FinCEN framework is released, compliance costs will rise again.

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OrderbookOtter

· 10h ago

Hong Kong and South Korea are both working on stablecoins; the Asian track is heating up.

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HotAirBalloonCrossingMountains

· 10h ago

The biggest positive is that stablecoins haven't de-pegged; the market is more stable than expected.

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GateUser-99725296

· 10h ago

This move with USDT is pretty interesting, going from being rescued to taking the lead.

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