Ripple Labs' RippleX introduced the XRP Ledger AI Starter Kit on June 10, rolling it out in stages to help developers build agent-powered apps and enable autonomous payments on XRPL. The toolkit adds support for the X402 web payments protocol, allowing AI agents to pay for services using XRP and Ripple USD (RLUSD). It also includes an MCP server so tools like Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Cursor can query XRPL documentation directly.

Worldcoin (WLD) extended its rally after OpenAI filed a confidential IPO with the U.S. SEC on June 8. WLD moved from $0.41 on June 7 to about $0.52 on June 9, up 24% in 24 hours, with market cap near $1.75 billion and volume at $913 million (+41%).

XRP Ledger (XRPL) addresses climbed to a new record of 8,347,232 on June 9, 2026. The count rose from 7,921,350 at the start of the year, adding more than 425,882 addresses YTD for a 5.38% increase. Despite weak price sentiment, network activity and stablecoin usage metrics also showed growth.

As of June 8, Chainlink (LINK), Internet Computer (ICP), NEAR Protocol (NEAR), OriginTrail (TRAC), and Livepeer (LPT) led an AI and big data crypto list ranked by developer activity. Over the past 30 days, LINK posted a developer activity score of 127.93, ahead of ICP at 106.57 and NEAR at 43.4. The report also noted mixed 2026 YTD performance, including NEAR up over 45% to about $2.21, while LINK was down over 34% to about $8.

Peter Schiff said Strategy Inc. bought 1,550 Bitcoin for $101 million on Monday, June 8, framing the move as "damage control" aimed at easing investor concerns. He tied it to Strategy’s May 26–May 31 sale of 32 BTC for $2.5 million and to a $100 million cash-reserve increase that lifted total cash to $1 billion. Strategy’s 8-K shows 1,409,600 MSTR shares were sold for $181 million net, with $101.3 million used for BTC and about $80 million allocated to cash.

Ethereum balances held on major exchanges fell by roughly 475,000 ETH during the first week of June. Binance, OKX, Gemini, and Bitfinex each reported lower reserves across late May and June 7, with OKX posting the largest percentage drop over June 4–June 7. The moves coincided with ETH trading near $1,664 and a market capitalization of about $201.5 billion at the time referenced.

Cardano’s network activity rose on June 5, with active addresses reaching 28,459 as ADA traded under renewed selling pressure. The increase in on-chain usage arrived alongside a 2026 high in social dominance and broadly bearish sentiment, while ADA previously touched a local peak near $0.16 on Friday. Separately, a June 30 outlook from Finbold’s AI Agent projected ADA could fall to $0.109 by month-end.

Bitcoin network usage has weakened, with the 60-day moving average of active addresses sitting just above 600,000 as of June 4. The long-running decline since the end of the 2021 bull market has coincided with renewed selling pressure, while BTC was down more than 26% year-to-date and traded around $63,950 at the time of reporting.

Arthur Hayes said he has fully sold his Hyperliquid (HYPE) and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) positions and is now holding Worldcoin (WLD) ahead of the anticipated SpaceX IPO. On June 4, he moved 247,334 HYPE—valued at about $18.02 million—to exchanges including OKX, Bybit, and Flowdesk. In the same week, WLD rose over 62% to $0.479, while NEAR traded near $2.44 and HYPE around $66.51.