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Executive Summary

Token1M Price (%)Events
Bitcoin (BTC)+10.4%US spot BTC ETFs saw $5.2 billion in net inflows in May. Bitcoin reached an all-time high above $111,800 on 22 May. New Hampshire and Arizona established crypto reserves, and Pakistan is establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
Ether (ETH)+40.4%US spot ETH ETFs recorded $564 million in net inflows in May, the highest monthly net inflow year-to-date. Ethereum’s Pectra mainnet upgrade went live on 7 May.
Cronos (CRO)+20.1%Canary Capital, a digital asset-focused investment firm, submitted an S-1 to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first spot CRO ETF in the US. Crypto.com will serve as a custodian and liquidity provider of the fund.
USD Coin (USDC)N/ACircle launched an initial public offering (IPO) of 24 million shares of its class A common stock and applied for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the ticker ‘CRCL’. Additionally, Circle Payments Network, a blockchain-enabled payments coordination protocol, went live. It allows banks and payment providers to settle global payments, including cross-border remittances and payroll or enterprise payments, using USDC on public blockchains. 
Sky (SKY)+7.0%Sky DAO formally defined the process to upgrade its governance token from MKR to SKY. This includes three phases across a few executive votes: disablement of the SKY to MKR conversion, activating SKY staking, and imposing a delayed upgrade penalty to MKR if it hasn’t upgraded to SKY by 18 September. 
Jupiter (JUP)+12.1%The Jupiter team shared plans to launch Jupiter Lend, a money market on Solana powered by Fluid, in Summer 2025.
Sui (SUI)-9.3%The community and validators of the SUI network voted to upgrade the protocol to freeze and recover stolen funds from the hacked Cetus Protocol by transferring them to a multisig custodial wallet without requiring the hacker’s signature.
As of 6 June 2025 Sources: CoinGecko, Crypto.com Research

Read the full Alpha Navigator report: Alpha Navigator: Quest for Alpha [May 2025]


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Alpha Navigator: Quest for Alpha [May 2025]

Most asset classes increased in May, with crypto leading price increases. Ethereum’s Pectra mainnet upgrade went live on 7 May, and BTC reached an all-time high on 22 May. These coincided with multiple tariff updates in the month.

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