Altcoins
All the latest Cryptovolix news on altcoins, from Solana and XRP to emerging tokens.
PENGU Holders Hit Record 856,710 as Token Surges 17%
PENGU holder count hit an all-time high of 856,710 as the token jumped 17%. Technical indicators point to $0.012 if buyers hold the middle Bollinger Band.
August 21, 2026
Shiba Inu Clears $0.000005 as Burns Spike and Whales Buy the Dip
SHIB broke above the $0.000005 level that capped it since July, with token burns and whale accumulation both spiking alongside the move.
August 21, 2026
Star ETH Short Seller Wiped Out for $23.9M — Then a Bundled Meme Coin Surfaces
Hyperliquid trader pension-usdt.eth, once up $49M shorting ETH, was fully liquidated for $23.9M — and on-chain sleuths flagged a bundled meme coin launch.
August 20, 2026
XRP Surges 19% to $1.24 as Ripple Ramps Up RLUSD Minting
XRP broke out of its multi-week range with a 19% surge to $1.24 as Ripple minted tens of millions of RLUSD across the XRP Ledger and Ethereum.
August 20, 2026
ENA Hits Local High as Ethena Posts Record Deposits Despite Fewer Users
ENA touched $0.09 as Ethena's TVL rose to $4.4B, but daily active users fell 48% even as net deposits hit a record $214M, per Artemis data.
August 20, 2026
Grayscale Files Fourth Amendment for Zcash ETF, Targets NYSE Arca
Grayscale's fourth S-3/A amendment moves its Zcash Trust closer to becoming the first US spot ETF for a privacy coin, listing as ZCSH on NYSE Arca.
August 19, 2026
MoneyGram Opens Its 500,000 Cash Locations to Solana Developers
MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo says the company's Solana integration lets any developer plug into cash-in, cash-out access at 500,000 retail locations.
August 19, 2026
BlockDAG, Zcash, Bittensor, Hyperliquid: Four Altcoins' Latest Moves
From Zcash's bug fix to Hyperliquid's Coinbase tie-up, here's what's actually moving BlockDAG, Zcash, Bittensor and Hyperliquid right now.
August 19, 2026
XRP Price Slides Even as Tokenized RWA Value Jumps 102% on Ledger
XRP fell 22% in Q2 even as tokenized real-world assets on the XRP Ledger surged 102.5% to $4.46 billion, exposing a growing fundamentals-price gap.
August 19, 2026
Solana Nears First 'Mini Golden Cross' Since 2025 as SOL Holds $75
SOL is trading near $77 as its short-term moving averages approach a bullish crossover last seen in 2025, backed by fresh ETF inflows and a network upgrade.
August 19, 2026
Arthur Hayes Becomes Flop Labs CEO, Plans FLOP Airdrop Before Chain Exists
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes is now CEO of Flop Labs, promising a fair-launch FLOP airdrop in Q4 2026 months before the network's mainnet even exists.
August 19, 2026
Cypherpunk Technologies Launches World's Largest Zcash Mining Fleet
Nasdaq-listed Cypherpunk Technologies has deployed a Zcash mining fleet controlling 18% of the network's hashrate, funded through a $33.3M Winklevoss deal.
August 19, 2026