Privacy coins and DeFi tokens were the strongest calculable MarketLens baskets for May 4 to May 10, rising 24.43% and 18.66%, respectively. Meme tokens also gained 4.78%, led by BONK’s 24.63% weekly increase. Stablecoin total supply rose 0.50% to $320.61B, while total crypto market cap stood at $2.78T.Privacy coins and DeFi tokens were the strongest calculable MarketLens baskets for May 4 to May 10, rising 24.43% and 18.66%, respectively. Meme tokens also gained 4.78%, led by BONK’s 24.63% weekly increase. Stablecoin total supply rose 0.50% to $320.61B, while total crypto market cap stood at $2.78T.

MEXC MarketLens: Privacy Coins and DeFi Tokens Lead Weekly Gains as Stablecoin Supply Rises (May 4 to May 10)

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Privacy coins and DeFi tokens were the strongest calculable MarketLens baskets for May 4 to May 10, rising 24.43% and 18.66%, respectively. Meme tokens also gained 4.78%, led by BONK’s 24.63% weekly increase. Stablecoin total supply rose 0.50% to $320.61B, while total crypto market cap stood at $2.78T.

Privacy Coins and DeFi Tokens Lead Weekly Crypto Gains

Privacy coins and DeFi tokens were the strongest calculable MarketLens baskets for May 4 to May 10, rising 24.43% and 18.66%, respectively. Meme tokens also gained 4.78%, led by BONK’s 24.63% weekly increase. Stablecoin total supply rose 0.50% to $320.61B, while total crypto market cap stood at $2.78T.

Privacy coins and DeFi tokens led the strongest calculable MarketLens baskets for May 4 to May 10. The Privacy basket rose 24.43%, led by ZEC’s 40.56% weekly gain, while the DeFi basket gained 18.66%, led by PENDLE’s 25.20% increase. Meme tokens also rose 4.78%, supported by BONK’s 24.63% move.

Price data: 2026-05-04 00:00 UTC to 2026-05-10 23:00 UTC. Market, stablecoin and futures data as of 2026-05-11 UTC.

Sector Snapshot: Privacy Coins and DeFi Tokens Lead

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.

SectorBasket ChangeTop MoverTop Mover ChangeValid Tokens Used
Privacy24.43%ZEC40.56%XMR, ZEC, DASH, SCRT, ROSE
DeFi18.66%PENDLE25.20%AAVE, UNI, LDO, PENDLE
Meme4.78%BONK24.63%DOGE, SHIB, PEPE, TRUMP, BONK

Privacy coins showed the strongest basket-level move this week, with ZEC contributing the largest single-token gain among the tracked privacy tokens. DeFi tokens also posted a broad weekly increase, led by PENDLE, while meme tokens remained positive as BONK outperformed the rest of the tracked meme basket.

Liquidity Snapshot: Stablecoin Supply Rises 0.50%

MetricValueWeekly Change
Stablecoin Total Supply$320.61B0.50%

Stablecoin total supply rose 0.50% to $320.61B, adding $1.61B from the prior week.

Market Cap Context: Total Crypto Market Cap at $2.78T

MetricValue
Total Crypto Market Cap$2.78T

Total crypto market cap stood at $2.78T during the latest available data check.

Futures Snapshot: Futures Open Interest at $53.1B

MetricValue
Futures Open Interest$53.1B
BTC Futures Open Interest$25.6B
BTC Funding Rate Average+0.0058%
ETH Futures Open Interest$12.7B
ETH Funding Rate Average+0.0077%

Futures open interest stood at $53.1B. BTC futures open interest was $25.6B, while ETH futures open interest was $12.7B. BTC and ETH funding-rate averages were slightly positive at +0.0058% and +0.0077%, respectively.

Sources: CoinGecko, DefiLlama, Coinalyze

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