Solana

Shotgun.fun said it launched in New York on June 10, 2026, positioning itself as a trading terminal that can return up to 100% of trading fees to users, starting at 50% and increasing with volume tiers. The platform says it is non-custodial and secured through Turnkey, and it is debuting with Solana support while planning additional chains and agentic trading features.

Mastercard said on Tuesday it introduced Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a protocol meant to let AI agents send, receive, and settle payments across its global card network, including sub-cent microtransactions. The company says more than 30 firms such as Stripe, Coinbase, and Cloudflare are early partners, with agent permissions recorded on Polygon, Solana, and Base. Executives described AP4M as a longer-term push into machine-to-machine commerce rather than a near-term revenue driver.

On June 9, XRP spot ETFs posted $7.44 million in net inflows, topping Solana’s roughly $794,000 while Bitcoin and Ethereum spot products logged $77.44 million and $40.85 million in outflows. Despite the flow advantage, XRP traded near $1.11 after losing the $1.28–$1.30 support area, keeping the chart technically weak even as ETF demand persisted.

XRP perpetual contracts have started trading on Kalshi for U.S.-based users, introducing the platform's "American Perpetuals." The rollout follows CFTC clearance for Kalshi's first truly perpetual Bitcoin futures in the U.S. and a June 1 filing to self-certify derivatives tied to 12 major altcoins. Kalshi said its crypto perpetuals drew $100 million in trading volume within 24 hours.

Solana is weighing SIMD-0550, a validator-backed proposal that would speed up the network’s move toward its 1.5% long-term inflation target, potentially reducing dilution and validator-driven sell pressure. On June 9, 2026, TradingView weekly charts showed SOL/USD at $66.53 while momentum indicators began to improve, even as the broader weekly downtrend remained intact.

On June 9, Bitcoin hovered above $63K as the Fear & Greed Index stayed in "extreme fear," while Sam Bankman-Fried resurfaced in headlines after a formal request for a Trump pardon. Humanity Protocol reported a private-key compromise that drained over $32M from 17 foundation wallets and pushed H from $0.70 to under $0.10. Markets also tracked mixed moves across majors, with BTC at $62,961.60 and ETH at $1,677.59.

Crypto market sentiment has fallen into “extreme fear,” hitting a two-month low, while Solana (SOL) showed relative strength on June 7 with a gain of over 6%. SOL also outpaced Bitcoin’s 4% rise, pushing the SOL/BTC ratio up more than 2.7%, as the market debates whether SOL’s rebound could extend toward $100.

Bitcoin slid to a 2026 low of $59,100 this week and, as of 1 p.m. EDT on June 7, traded more than 50% below its $126,080 all-time high set on Oct. 6, 2026. While a few tokens posted strong 2026 YTD gains, many large-cap altcoins are still down far more than BTC from their peaks, with several sitting 94%–99.7% below ATH.

Circle minted an additional $500 million USDC on Solana, helping push the network's stablecoin market cap toward its $16 billion peak and bringing more than $370 million in weekly inflows. Despite USDC making up over 51% of Solana's stablecoin liquidity and Solana seeing a near 6% weekly supply increase, SOL has slid to multi-month lows and the SOL/ETH ratio fell nearly 3% this week.

Lookonchain said on June 6, 2026 that Michael Saylor's Strategy and Tom Lee's Bitmine were carrying large unrealized losses, estimated at $12.27B and $10.35B, respectively. The report followed a sharp market slide that saw bitcoin fall to $59,000 on Friday, while other corporate holders such as SharpLink, Metaplanet, and Forward Industries were also shown with sizable paper drawdowns.