1. TRON protocol fees reached $82.2 million in Q1 2026
TRON generated $82.2 million in protocol fees in Q1 2026, ranking second only to Hyperliquid among the chains compared. The market cap of USDT on TRON surpassed $85 billion in March, accounting for 46% of the global USDT supply. During the same period, Ethereum generated $39.9 million in fees and Solana generated $69.7 million. Link
3. Circle mints 250 million USDC on Solana
According to Whale Alert, Circle minted 250 million USDC on the Solana network at 23:45 UTC+8 on April 13. The mint points to growing stablecoin supply on Solana and may signal rising demand for USDC transactions on the high-speed blockchain.
📊 Market movements
1. Bitcoin surpasses $72,000 as geopolitical tensions ease
Bitcoin rebounded from a low of $70.5K to $72.1K as weekend geopolitical panic eased. Iran's consideration of giving up highly enriched uranium as a concession helped boost risk assets. $BTC has traded sideways around $60K for 67 days since early February, and analysts expect a possible retest of key support levels.
🐋 Whale movements
878 million $DOGE ($80.6 million) transferred between unknown wallets, indicating a large meme coin movement
A whale opened a 20x long position on 13,000 $ETH ($28.67 million), while also adding another 286K $SOL to a 20x long position
1,114 BTC ($80.2 million) transferred to Coinbase from an unknown wallet