SideShift.ai Weekly Report | 7th - 13th April 2026

Welcome to the one hundred and ninety-ninth edition of the weekly stats report - your one-stop shop for all things SideShift.ai.

Highlights

• Gross volume came in at $4.19m (-20.3%), with the $50k+ shift band providing a bright spot, ticking up to $425k on the week.
• USDT(TRC20) reclaimed first place at $1.21m, displacing BTC which slipped to $1.06m, its lowest weekly total in nearly a quarter.
• ETH had its strongest showing since mid-February at $883k (+18.7%), with users buying into the coin with conviction.
• All three top affiliates grew individually, led by first place at $355k (+47.7%), reshuffling the leaderboard entirely from last week.
• XAI stakers received 146,622.50 XAI ($12,545.55) at a 5.53% average APY, with XAI closing the week up 4.5%.

General Business News

Crypto markets ended the week on a positive note, with BTC touching $74.8k, up +9% on the week and nearing a one-month high after weeks of being pinned in extreme fear. The week had its turbulent moments, with the ongoing US-Iran conflict keeping risk appetite in check and contributing to some intraweek chop, but the recovery through the back half dragged the total crypto market cap up +4.41%, a quiet but meaningful shift in tone. Meanwhile, the week's wildest sideshow belonged to RAVE — the token of Web3 music project RaveDAO — which posted a 6,000%+ monthly surge and briefly cracked the top 30 by market cap, before on-chain data pointing to a coordinated short squeeze somewhat stole its thunder.

SideShift recorded $4.19m in gross volume (-20.3%), with user shifting at $3.36m and liquidity shifting at $829k, combining for a daily average of $598k. The top pairs told a quiet story — L-USDT/USDT(TRC20) led at $151k, followed by USDC(ERC20)/ETH at $128k, and BTC/USDT(BSC) at just $94k. That last figure is perhaps the most telling of the week: BTC failed to crack $100k in any single pair, a sharp contrast to recent weeks where it comfortably anchored the top spots with figures double and triple that. Pair volume remained dispersed across the platform, and while the broader numbers were soft, the $50k+ band was a quiet exception, rising to a gross $425k as larger participants stayed modestly present even as activity elsewhere cooled.

Shift count came in at 6,291 (-15.7%) for a daily average of 899. Last week's recovery in lower mid-sized shifts proved to be a one-week blip rather than any kind of turning point, with that cohort nearly halving back toward where it sat before the bounce. Sub-$100 shifts also pulled back to 3,803, their lowest count in the past few months, though at that size the contribution to overall volume is limited. The over $10k count held relatively flat at 80 shifts, consistent with the modest whale volume uptick — those participants were present, just not in numbers sufficient to offset the lulls noted elsewhere.

USDT(TRC20) climbed to first place at $1.21m (-5.0%), reclaiming the top spot from BTC which had held it for a six-week stretch — and it did so despite deposit volume nearly halving, with settlements at $509k picking up the slack and carrying the coin across the line. Meanwhile, BTC slipped to second at $1.06m (-37.9%), its lowest weekly total in nearly a quarter, and with settlements at $291k, users showed little appetite to accumulate even as price pushed toward a monthly high. L-USDT was one of the brighter spots, climbing to third at $973k (+28.0%) with deposits and settlements both growing in a week where that kind of balance was hard to come by.

ETH was the week's standout, rising to fourth at $883k (+18.7%) against the broader tide. User settlements reached $468k against deposits of $246k — users were buying, and with more conviction than last week when the two figures sat almost side by side. It's the coin's strongest performance since mid-February and one of the few genuinely positive signals in this week's data. USDT(ERC20) rounded out the five at $418k (-31.7%), with users rotating away from it after a recent stretch of heavier stable activity. Outside the top five, USDT(BSC) continued its collapse to $327k, difficult to ignore given it was commanding $1.49m as recently as three weeks ago, while L-BTC quietly climbed to $359k, its best showing in several weeks.

Alt networks combined for $3.01m (-25.8%), with the Ethereum network holding relatively steady at $2.13m (-5.5%). The Tron network held its ground at the top of the alt stack with $1.27m, though it's worth noting it has been on a long, gradual slide from the $5.9m it was putting up earlier in the year — a trend that continues to quietly define the platform's network mix. Solana had a tough showing, dropping to $661k and its lowest point in this window, while the BSC network followed a similar path to $490k, now a fraction of the gross $1.86m it generated late last month. Arbitrum was the week's most encouraging alt story, more than tripling to $225k, still modest in the grand scheme but a genuine step in the right direction after weeks of laying low. Polygon held consistent at $204k, the Base network was virtually flat at $126k, and Avalanche dropped sharply to $29k after last week's $255k, with the native shifting activity that had briefly inflated its numbers nowhere to be seen this time around.

In listing news, SideShift has added support for a handful of new tokens, including SIREN, BP, WPOL, and BRLA, with more additions on the way. 

Affiliate News

Affiliate volume pulled back to $1.03m (-44.2%), with the saving grace being that the top three all grew individually — and in doing so, reshuffled the leaderboard entirely from last week. First place led at $355k (+47.7%) with 369 shifts, second followed at $143k (+8.6%) with 420 shifts, and third posted $135k (+61.0%) with 273 shifts, a solid set of performances against a period where the broader platform was trending the other way. The swing in the combined figure came from further down the pool, where some of the more volatile partners carry enough weight that their quieter weeks are felt across the platform's gross volume. On the steadier end, one affiliate grew both volume to $122k and count to 333 shifts, its highest count in the window we track — the kind of consistent contribution that doesn't make headlines but adds up.

Combined, the top affiliates accounted for 27.65% of platform volume, down from 35.03% last week.

XAI Weekly Performance & Staking

XAI stakers received 146,622.50 XAI ($12,545.55) this week at an average APY of 5.53%, with April 10th proving the most rewarding day at 25,942.74 XAI distributed and a 6.88% APY on the back of $649k in daily volume. XAI itself saw a brief moment of life mid-week, spiking around 6% from its weekly open before settling back to $0.0872, closing the week up +4.5% with the market cap ticking up to $13.94m (+6.99%).

Additional XAI updates:

Total Value Staked: 142,420,328 XAI (+0.10%)
Total Value Locked: $12,396,838 (+4.09%)

That’s all for now - thanks for reading and happy shifting.