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DeFi and privacy tokens led the weekly pullback among calculable MarketLens baskets for May 11 to May 17, falling 11.34% and 9.36%, respectively. AI, meme and L1 ex-BTC baskets also declined during the tracked period. BTC exchange netflow shifted from prior-week inflow to a small outflow, while ETH exchange netflow moved from strong inflow to outflow. Stablecoin total supply rose 0.16% to $323.32B.DeFi and privacy tokens led the weekly pullback among calculable MarketLens baskets for May 11 to May 17, falling 11.34% and 9.36%, respectively. AI, meme and L1 ex-BTC baskets also declined during the tracked period. BTC exchange netflow shifted from prior-week inflow to a small outflow, while ETH exchange netflow moved from strong inflow to outflow. Stablecoin total supply rose 0.16% to $323.32B.

MEXC MarketLens: Tracked Crypto Baskets Pull Back as Stablecoin Supply Edges Higher (May 11 to May 17)

Author: MEXC NEWS

2026/05/18 17:31

2 min read

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News Brief

Price data: 2026-05-11 00:00 UTC to 2026-05-17 23:00 UTC. Capital flow and stablecoin data as of 2026-05-18 UTC.

Sector Snapshot: DeFi and Privacy Tokens Lead Weekly Pullback

Sector changes are calculated as market-cap weighted average changes of valid tokens in each fixed MarketLens basket. Only baskets with sufficient weekly price and market-cap coverage are shown.

Sector: L1 ex-BTC

Basket Change: -5.51%

Top Mover: BNB

Top Mover Change: -1.54%

Valid Tokens Used: SOL, BNB, ADA, AVAX

Sector: Meme

Basket Change: -6.10%

Top Mover: DOGE

Top Mover Change: -2.82%

Valid Tokens Used: DOGE, SHIB, PEPE, TRUMP, BONK

Sector: AI

Basket Change: -8.28%

Top Mover: NEAR

Top Mover Change: -3.78%

Valid Tokens Used: RENDER, NEAR, VIRTUAL

Sector: Privacy

Basket Change: -9.36%

Top Mover: ZEC

Top Mover Change: -9.08%

Valid Tokens Used: ZEC, DASH, SCRT, ROSE

Sector: DeFi

Basket Change: -11.34%

Top Mover: PENDLE

Top Mover Change: -5.67%

Valid Tokens Used: UNI, LDO, PENDLE

DeFi recorded the largest basket-level decline this week, followed by Privacy and AI. L1 ex-BTC had the smallest decline among the calculable baskets, supported by BNB’s relatively smaller weekly move compared with SOL, ADA and AVAX. Meme tokens also declined, with DOGE showing the smallest drop among the tracked meme basket.

Capital Flow: BTC and ETH Netflows Shift from Prior-Week Inflows

Metric	Value	vs Prior Week
BTC Exchange Netflow (7d)	-28.56 BTC	Shifted from +2,730.38 BTC inflow
ETH Exchange Netflow (7d)	-65,703.48 ETH	Shifted from +384,903.00 ETH inflow
BTC Exchange Reserve	2,681,383.88 BTC	Down 28.56 BTC from prior week
Stablecoin Total Supply	$323.32B	+$529.21M; +0.16%

BTC exchange netflow moved from a prior-week inflow to a small outflow over the latest available 7-day window. ETH exchange netflow also shifted from strong inflow to outflow, using the closest complete available 7-day window ending May 17. BTC exchange reserves were nearly flat week over week, while stablecoin total supply rose 0.16% to $323.32B.

Sources: CoinGecko, CryptoQuant, DefiLlama

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