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According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, a certain whale holds a 5x leveraged long position on HYPE, with a position of 1.38 million tokens. Valued at approximately $48 per token, the position is worth $66 million. The current unrealized profit exceeds $12.7 million, with $2.3 million already paid in funding fees. The entry price is $40.44, and the liquidation price is $37.96.
: An opinion piece published in the French media *Le Monde* points out that France may have only about 6 months to seize the new wave of industrial revolution led by "agentic AI". Otherwise, it risks being marginalized in the global digital financial system. Several French crypto industry insiders argue that online transactions driven by AI agents are growing rapidly, with most settlements already completed via stablecoins. According to the *State of Crypto* report by Andreessen Horowitz, the annual transaction volume of stablecoins has reached approximately $46 trillion, nearly three times that of Visa and 20 times that of PayPal, establishing them as a key infrastructure in the global payment system.The article further points out that the x402 standard, promoted by Coinbase and adopted by Cloudflare, Google, and Visa, already supports AI agents in automatically completing payments via stablecoins, with cumulative transactions exceeding 119 million to date.However, in terms of the tax system, France's current provisions are criticized as being unable to adapt to this trend. The complex tax treatment between stablecoin exchanges and fiat withdrawals is believed to discourage the flow of funds back into the banking system, causing a large volume of digital asset transactions to remain within the stablecoin ecosystem for extended periods. As AI agents and stablecoin payments gradually converge, the global financial infrastructure is being restructured. If France fails to promptly adjust its regulatory and tax framework, it may miss out on the dividends of this new wave of the digital economy.
According to an official announcement from Odaily, Binance is expected to suspend token deposits and withdrawals on the Moonbeam (GLMR) network at 20:00 on May 20, 2026 (UTC+8) to support its network upgrade. The project team will conduct the network upgrade at block height 15,689,298 (estimated at 21:00 on May 20, 2026, UTC+8).
According to chart analysis released by independent analyst Markus Thielen on May 19, the current market capitalization of USDT has reached $189.8 billion, while that of USDC stands at $76.9 billion—both exhibiting long-term upward trends. However, since Bitcoin entered a correction phase in October last year, the total market capitalization of stablecoins has remained largely flat, indicating relatively limited inflows of new capital into the crypto market. Thielen noted that although there is a widespread belief that stablecoins will fully replace traditional payment networks, their primary use cases remain concentrated on crypto trading and portfolio management—still far from achieving mainstream payment adoption. While U.S. policy broadly supports stablecoin development—partly because their reserve assets are often reallocated into U.S. Treasury securities—the gap between current usage and true mainstream payment application remains substantial.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale spent 1.03 million USDT to buy 299,454 UNI. The whale currently holds 763,061 UNI, worth $2.7 million.
According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), yesterday’s Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $84.14 million. Among them, iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) by BlackRock saw the largest outflow at $55.4 million—accounting for approximately 65.8% of the total outflow; Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH) recorded an outflow of $14.7 million; Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust (ETH Mini) saw an outflow of $10.08 million; Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) recorded an outflow of $3.96 million; and BlackRock Staked Ethereum Trust (ETHB) saw a negligible outflow of around $10,000. Products offered by Bitwise, 21Shares, Invesco, Franklin, and VanEck registered zero net inflows or outflows on the day.
According to CoinDesk, the total value locked (TVL) in ETH lending protocols has declined from a year-to-date high of $32 billion to $23 billion—a drop of approximately 28%. The oracle vulnerability incident involving KelpDAO triggered a market confidence crisis, and combined with overall bearish market sentiment, led to roughly $9 billion in outflows from the DeFi lending sector.
According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), yesterday’s net outflow from Bitcoin spot ETFs totaled $649 million—the third-largest single-day outflow in 2026. Among them, BlackRock’s IBIT recorded the largest outflow at $448 million; ARKB (ARK Invest) saw an outflow of $110 million; Fidelity’s FBTC experienced an outflow of $63.42 million; Franklin’s EZBC recorded an outflow of $6.65 million; VanEck’s HODL saw an outflow of $7.59 million; Invesco’s BTCO had an outflow of $3.82 million; and Bitwise’s BITB posted an outflow of $9.16 million. Valkyrie’s, Grayscale’s, and Morgan Stanley’s products reported zero net inflows or outflows on the day.
that, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a large-scale long-short confrontation has emerged in HYPE. The TOP1 and TOP2 whale positions are acting as counterparties to each other, with a total scale exceeding $60 million, as the market enters a critical phase of the game. Details are as follows:Whale Loracle holds a 5x leverage short position of 1.44 million HYPE, valued at approximately $68.43 million, with an entry price of about $42.55. It is currently facing an unrealized loss of roughly $7.004 million.Meanwhile, address 0x082…dca88 holds a 5x leverage long position of 1.38 million HYPE, valued at approximately $65.37 million, with an entry price of about $38.67. It is currently showing an unrealized profit of roughly $11.98 million.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai_9684xtpa), a “smart money” address—previously accumulating 11,004 ETH at an average price of $3.45 in 2016 and ultimately realizing $30.38 million in profit—has been aggressively buying ETH on-chain over the past three days. Just 10 hours ago, this address purchased another 1,344.18 ETH (approximately $2.83 million). Its total accumulation over the past three days now stands at 6,627.79 ETH, valued at roughly $14.276 million. The average entry price for this newly accumulated portion is $2,153.95, resulting in a current unrealized loss of approximately $165,000; all on-chain USDC has been fully deployed into this accumulation.
: Bitcoin financial services company Swan Bitcoin (along with its operating entity Electric Solidus Inc. named as defendants) is facing a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, with claims approaching $1 billion.The lawsuit was filed by PCT Litigation Trust, aiming to recover crypto assets related to the 2023 collapse of Prime Trust. The plaintiff accuses Swan of using "material non-public information" to transfer funds out of Prime Trust before its failure, thereby avoiding significant losses.According to the court filing, Swan had transferred assets including approximately 11,992 Bitcoin (currently valued at around $917 million) out of Prime Trust before it filed for bankruptcy, along with roughly $22.4 million in fiat currency, $5 million in stablecoins, and 91,444 XRP tokens.The plaintiff also alleges that Swan had ties to a senior executive at Prime Trust, who also served as an external consultant for Swan. This individual is suspected of providing Swan with information prior to regulatory meetings, thereby helping the company withdraw its assets early.Swan Bitcoin responded, stating that the relevant assets belong to client trust property and should not be used for bankruptcy liquidation, expressing confidence that the court will ultimately support its position. (Decrypt)
data shows the number of wallets holding at least 100 Bitcoin (BTC) has risen to 20,229, representing an increase of approximately 11.2% compared to a year ago. The data indicates that amid market volatility, whales and institutional investors continue to accumulate Bitcoin, reflecting sustained confidence in medium-to-long-term holdings. (Cointelegraph)
According to Onchain Lens, whale Loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) has further increased its 5x leveraged short position on HYPE to 1.44 million coins, with a position value of $69.3 million and a liquidation price of $69.64. The current unrealized loss stands at approximately $8 million.
According to on-chain analyst Ember monitoring, over the past 2 months, the multi-sig wallet of the Ondo project has cumulatively transferred more than 328 million ONDO (worth $98.42 million) to exchanges such as Coinbase.
Odaily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale has opened 20x leveraged long positions on ETH and BTC, currently holding 4,600 ETH and 1,182 BTC, as well as a 10x leveraged long position on DGE, currently holding 19.47 million DGE.
According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (May 18, Eastern Time), HYPE spot ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $4.418 million in a single day.The HYPE spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (THYP), posting a daily net inflow of $2.3734 million. Its total historical net inflow has now reached $12.901 million.Following that was the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP), with a single-day net inflow of $2.0446 million, bringing its total historical net inflow to $2.0446 million.As of press time, the total net asset value of HYPE spot ETFs stands at $185.854 billion, with a net asset ratio of 0.17% for HYPE. The cumulative historical net inflow has reached $69.428 billion.
According to on-chain analyst PeckShield (@PeckShieldAlert), Echo Protocol was hacked on Monad. The attacker minted 1,000 $eBTC out of thin air (valued at approximately $76.7 million), then deposited 45 $eBTC (approximately $3.45 million) into Curvance and used it as collateral to borrow roughly 11.29 $WBTC (approximately $867,700). The attacker subsequently bridged the $WBTC cross-chain to Ethereum, swapped it for $ETH, and laundered 384 ETH (approximately $821,700) via Tornado Cash.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Echo Protocol on Monad has been attacked. The attacker minted 1000 eBTC, worth $76.7 million, and withdrew the funds through Curvance via a previously tested attack path.As of now, the attacker has deposited 45 eBTC as collateral into Curvance and borrowed approximately 11.29 WBTC, worth $867,700; the attacker then cross-chained this portion of WBTC to Ethereum, swapped it for ETH, and transferred 385 ETH (worth approximately $818,000) to Tornado Cash. The attacker currently appears to still control a large amount of the minted eBTC.
according to Onchain Lens monitoring, over the past 24 hours, the mysterious ShapeShift whale purchased 4,677 ETH for $9.94 million. This whale currently holds 133,700 ETH, valued at $281 million.
According to on-chain analyst Yujin (@EmberCN), the amount of SOL transferred from PumpFun to Kraken has increased to 174,400 SOL, valued at approximately $14.76 million.