Mustafa Shabbir is a crypto journalist at Nonce Media. His writing focuses on the operators, protocols, and capital flows shaping digital asset markets, with attention to the on-chain detail behind the headlines.
Western Union launched USDPT, its first stablecoin, on the Solana blockchain via Fireblocks on May 4, targeting 24/7 cross-border settlement across 200-plus.
Coinbase has integrated DFlow as its primary **Solana** [(SOL)](https://www.noncemedia.com/asset/sol) transaction router, a move the exchange says will cut.
Strategy has paused **Bitcoin** [(BTC)](https://www.noncemedia.com/asset/btc) purchases ahead of Tuesday earnings, with analysts focused on unrealized losses.
Pi Network's PI token trades at $0.18 on May 1, 2026, with a $1.9 billion market cap as its mobile mining model and ecosystem utility face ongoing scrutiny.
**Solana** [(SOL)](https://www.noncemedia.com/asset/sol) held at $83 on May 1 with $2.6 billion in daily volume and a $48 billion market cap as newer Layer 1.
Zcash gained 8.7% to $383 on May 1 with $814 million in daily volume, landing on CoinGecko trending as privacy coin interest picks up across the market.
Collector Crypt's CARDS token gained 34% in 24 hours to May 1, 2026, reaching a $29.4M market cap as its Solana-based trading card tokenization platform lands.
Unibase (UB) surged 38% in 24 hours to reach a $226M market cap on May 1, 2026, landing on CoinGecko trending as its on-chain database pitch draws speculative.
Unibase surged 105% in 24 hours to May 1, 2026, landing in CoinGecko trending at rank 134 with a $338 million market cap as on-chain database interest grew.
