🗓️ Crypto Watchlist: May 4–10, 2026 Here’s what’s shaping the markets this week: 🚀 $SUI — Institutional Firepower Activated CME futures launched May 4, giving institutions a regulated gateway for hedging and exposure. Major announcements expected at Consensus Miami (May 5–7). The “Whale” upgrade targets 200,000+ TPS ahead of schedule. However, 13.17M tokens unlock this month (~40% of circulating supply) — watch liquidity closely. ⚡ $SOL — Accelerate USA Kicks Off The ecosystem event begins May 5 with major announcements anticipated. Quantum-resistant Vault update incoming. DePIN developers revealed $90M in hardware procurement partnerships — signaling real-world adoption momentum. 🌐 $HBAR — HederaCon & Consensus Double Feature HederaCon takes place May 4 in Miami Beach, followed by Consensus sponsorship (May 5–7). Mainnet delivers 10,000+ TPS with sub-3 second finality. BlackRock and Deutsche Telekom are live using Hedera for tokenized money fund settlements — enterprise-grade utility. 🔮 $HYPE — Prediction Markets Go Live First prediction market on mainnet via HIP-4 upgrade. 89,253 units traded in 24 hours vs. Polymarket’s 79,500 on a similar market. Daily volume hit $90K with $85K open interest on day one — early traction is promising. 🛡️ $BASE — Base Azul Upgrade (May 13) Multi-prover system, Stage 2 decentralization, 1-day withdrawals, and burst throughput of 5,000 TPS. The AI payment hub x402 will deploy for automated on-chain transactions — a major infrastructure leap. 🔒 $XMR — Privacy Upgrade (May 6) FCMP++ and Carrot beta stressnet launch, expanding anonymity set from 1-in-16 to 150M+ outputs. Hard fork at block 2,997,100. Binance confirms upgrade support — critical for network integrity. 🔗 $POL — v27.0 Hard Fork Complete (April 29) Visa partners now settling stablecoin payments directly on Polygon — a massive validation of the network’s payment infrastructure. 🥧 $PI — 184.5M Token Unlock in May Pi Browser surpassed 150M active accounts. Physical ...