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According to an official announcement, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has announced the immediate suspension of all virtual asset deposits and withdrawals related to the overseas payment platform Heleket, effective May 21, 2026. The announcement states that Heleket is suspected of involvement in illegal activities such as money laundering and terrorist financing. Bithumb stated that this measure is taken to comply with relevant regulations, including the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information and the Virtual Asset User Protection Act, and to safeguard users’ assets. Bithumb also warned that using unverified overseas services may expose users to risks such as hacking attacks and disruptions to deposit and withdrawal services.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale deposited 2.5 million USDC into HyperLiquid and subsequently opened a 2x leveraged long position in ZEC.
According to official announcements, B.AI has added support for $HTX deposits. Public information indicates that B.AI is a financial infrastructure built for the AI Agent era, dedicated to addressing core requirements of AI Agents in areas such as model integration, payments, clearing and settlement, identity management, and collaboration. As the sole designated partner token of Huobi HTX, $HTX’s integration with B.AI is viewed by the market as a further expansion of $HTX into the AI application ecosystem.
According to monitoring by the Hong Kong SAR Government Press Release, Hong Kong police announced a joint operation with law enforcement agencies from nine countries and regions, including Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand, to combat cross-border fraud and money laundering. The operation took place from March 10 to May 7, resulting in the arrest of 3,018 individuals involved in over 138,000 fraud cases, with total losses amounting to approximately $752 million.During the operation, a total of 101,989 bank accounts were frozen, and approximately $161 million in fraudulent proceeds were intercepted. Among these, Hong Kong police arrested 870 individuals and intercepted around HK$539 million. In the largest case, a Singaporean company was defrauded of $36 million. The relevant funds flowed into multiple bank accounts in Hong Kong and other regions, with about half being converted into stablecoins and transferred to various virtual asset wallets. Police successfully froze $20 million of these funds.
According to community user @CaramelCoffee, Loracle unstaked 558,000 HYPE from its second wallet. This address holds a total of 1.598 million HYPE.Loracle recently drew community attention due to an approximate $24 million floating loss from shorting HYPE. Its current short position stands at $103 million, with a liquidation price of $69.1.Note: There are no direct fund transfers between this HYPE staking address and Loracle's contract trading address. The connection between the two is determined by the community.
according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a smart money trader on Binance Futures is facing a floating loss of $1.975 million, ranking first on the 24-hour loss chart.Among them, the ZEC short position has a floating loss of $1.15 million, with an opening price of $410.66; the HYPE short position has a floating loss of $789,000, with an opening price of $42.49; the BTC short position has a floating loss of $158,000, with an opening price of $76,399; the ETH short position is showing a floating profit of $124,000, with an opening price of $2,232.28.
Odaily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale (0x082...a88) has been holding a 5x leveraged long position on HYPE since December 5, 2025. During this period, the position once faced an unrealized loss of over $26 million, and it currently boasts an unrealized profit of over $27.4 million. This address currently holds 1.38 million HYPE, valued at $81 million.
According to Coinbob’s popular address monitoring, after HYPE briefly surged and rose above $58, the largest short seller of HYPE—trader “Loracle”—reversed course and added more short positions within the past hour, accumulating approximately 61,000 additional short contracts. As of press time, this address continues to maintain sell orders above $58. Since last night, the address has accumulated over 329,000 short contracts, valued at roughly $19.2 million.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) has increased its HYPE short position to over $100 million (1.71 million HYPE tokens). Its current unrealized loss exceeds $23 million, with a liquidation price of $69.49—yet it continues to add to its short position.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), as the HYPE price continues rising (currently trading at $53.09), the whale address 0x842 has increased its 5x short position to 353,832 HYPE tokens—valued at approximately $20 million—with a current unrealized loss exceeding $1.88 million. Meanwhile, this whale has cumulatively sold 125,444 HYPE tokens, realizing roughly $6.5 million in proceeds at an average price of approximately $52 per token.
According to GlobeNewswire, cryptocurrency wallet provider Exodus Movement released its April operational data report. After selling over 1,000 BTC from its reserves in Q1 to fund the acquisition of a payment business, the company resumed accumulating BTC, ETH, and SOL in April. Its holdings of all three assets increased compared to the end of March, standing at 629 BTC, 1,872 ETH, and 19,234 SOL. Additionally, Exodus processed $347 million in transactions in April, while its monthly active users remained stable at 1.5 million—nearly unchanged from March.
according to monitoring by Specter Analyst, a high-net-worth investor holding significant assets on Kraken and Coinbase exchanges fell victim to an alleged personal intimidation attack, resulting in total losses of approximately $6.7 million across various assets.The attacker withdrew 1,554 ETH (approximately $3.3 million) and 10.5 BTC from the user's Kraken account. Simultaneously, the attacker also breached the user's Coinbase defenses, withdrawing 34.1 cbBTC. Subsequently, the attacker directly deposited over $5.3 million of the stolen funds into the privacy protocol Tornado Cash to obfuscate the transaction trail. (financefeeds)
B.AI, a cutting-edge financial infrastructure platform for the AI era, has officially launched deposit functionality for $HTX and $WBTC. Following this upgrade, users can now perform seamless operations via TRON, Ethereum (supporting WBTC and HTX), and BNB Chain (supporting HTX). B.AI’s ecosystem now fully covers eight major public blockchains—TRON, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana—and supports up to 15 core crypto assets. B.AI remains committed to breaking down cross-chain asset barriers, enabling users—regardless of their preferred network or asset—to enjoy lightning-fast, secure, and frictionless account and payment experiences.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a newly created wallet (t3TFwP) has just withdrawn 11,827 ZEC (currently priced at $669.21) from Binance, valued at approximately $7.96 million.
the U.S. SEC is seeking public comments on prediction market ETFs and has postponed the approval process for related "new-type ETFs."SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated, "New products bring new questions," indicating that regulators need to further assess the impact of such products. Previously, Bitwise, Roundhill, and GraniteShares have submitted applications for prediction market ETFs, which would track the outcomes of events such as U.S. elections.Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas noted that the SEC is currently evaluating prediction market ETFs cautiously, similar to its previous approach to spot crypto ETFs. (Cointelegraph)
According to hypurrscan data, as HYPE and ZEC continue to rally, the floating profits on whale Evaded's (@ICanPlug) 10x long positions have grown to nearly $8 million. Specifically:10x long ZEC position holds 36,880 ZEC, worth $24.9 million, with floating profits of $5 million;10x long HYPE position holds over 363,000 HYPE, worth over $20.55 million, with floating profits of $2.92 million.
According to Lookonchain monitoring, multiple whales and institutions have been steadily accumulating HYPE recently.Among them, a wallet 0xBED9 associated with Galaxy Digital purchased 158,100 HYPE worth approximately $8.8 million in the past 2 hours.Additionally, a newly created wallet 0x4CBB has withdrawn 536,247 HYPE, worth approximately $29.87 million, from Coinbase over the past two days.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale identified as “0x9e2” opened a long position of 40,000 shares in NVIDIA ($NVDA) with 10x leverage, valued at approximately $8.8 million; the liquidation price is near $210.60.
According to The Block, U.S. spot HYPE ETFs recorded $25.5 million in net inflows on Wednesday—the highest single-day figure since launch—surging significantly from $11 million on Tuesday. Specifically, the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (THYP) saw $16.7 million in daily inflows, while the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP) attracted $8.8 million. Since its May 12 launch, net inflows have totaled $54 million over seven trading days.
Odaily reports, according to Lookonchain monitoring, trader loracle.hl ( @loraclexyz ) currently holds a short position of 1.71 million HYPE tokens, with a position value of approximately $95.79 million. The current unrealized loss is close to $20 million.Data shows that they are continuing to increase their short position, with the current liquidation price estimated to be around $69.78.