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Analyst: Significant institutional fund rotation in Bitcoin; institutional demand remains intact

According to The Block, Bitcoin continued trading below $78,000 on Monday, following net outflows of $1.26 billion from spot Bitcoin ETFs during the week of May 18–22—the second consecutive week of outflows exceeding $1 billion. Nevertheless, Timothy Misir, Research Head at BRN, noted that institutional demand has not vanished but is rotating: during the same period, the XRP ETF attracted $22 million in inflows, the Solana ETF drew $16 million, the newly launched Hyperliquid HYPE ETF garnered $72 million, while the Ethereum ETF saw outflows of $216 million. Ethereum also faced pressure due to the SEC’s delay of its tokenized stock trading initiative, though it posted a modest rebound on Sunday amid heightened optimism surrounding the Iran deal. On the options front, for Bitcoin expiring on May 29, the largest open interest concentrations were at the $75,000 put and $80,000 call strikes; for Ethereum, the largest open interest concentration was at the $2,100 put strike. On the macro front, U.S. and European markets were closed for public holidays, and analysts warned of low market liquidity. Should the Iran deal materialize, it could trigger a sharp drop in oil prices and push equity markets to new highs.

A major whale opens a 23x ETH short position worth $100 million

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale has opened a short position of 47,604 ETH with 23x leverage; the position’s value is approximately $100 million, and its liquidation price is $2,149.84.

The address holding ETH worth $10 million has added another 967.01 ETH, with an unrealized profit of $114,000

according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the address that purchased 3,845 ETH at $2,074 yesterday has added another 967.01 ETH. Since yesterday, this new round of trading has accumulated 4,812.03 ETH, with a total value of $10 million. The average withdrawal price is $2,078.91, and the current unrealized profit stands at $114,000.

A whale sold 15,000 ETH in the past 24 hours, cashing out $31.12 million.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale sold 15,000 ETH in the past 24 hours, cashing out $31.12 million. Over the past three days, this whale has sold a total of 35,000 ETH, amounting to $72.3 million in proceeds, at an average selling price of $2,066 per ETH.

An address opened a long position on 3,845 ETH at $2,074, valued at $7.97 million

Odaily reports, according to Ai Yi's monitoring, an address opened a long position on 4,386 ETH at $2,377 on May 5, then stop-lossed at $2,314, incurring a loss of $277,000; early this morning, the address opened a long position on 3,845 ETH at $2,074, valued at $7.97 million.

Strategy's counterparty ETH long positions fully liquidated, BTC short positions partially liquidated

according to Hyperbot data, all newly opened ETH long positions held by the counterparty of Strategy were fully liquidated this morning. Its 40x leverage BTC short positions were partially liquidated and reduced. Currently, it holds only 8.332 BTC, and the overall position has turned from profit to loss, with a current return on investment of -73.05%.

A whale placed a limit buy order for ETH in April to buy the dip, and 3,942.3 ETH has been filled today

that, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, an address placed a limit buy order for ETH on Cowswap on April 20th, with a price range of $1,840.9 to $2,076.38 and a total value of $20.68 million. From early this morning until now, 3,942.3 ETH of this order has been filled, with a transaction amount of $8.15 million and an average price of $2,067. At the time of the order placement, the ETH price was approximately $2,276.

Hyperliquid's largest long position holder is now facing an unrealized loss of $27.92 million on their 120,000 ETH long position

According to on-chain analyst EmberCN's monitoring, as ETH has fallen near the $2,000 mark, the largest long position holder on Hyperliquid is now facing an unrealized loss of $27.92 million on their 120,000 ETH ($2.71 billion) long position. The average entry price for this 120,000 ETH long position is $2,261, and ETH is now approaching a drop below $2,000. The liquidation price for two of the addresses is around $1,750, while the liquidation price for the other two addresses is around $1,350.

Maji closed most of his ETH long positions but still holds 1,700 ETH.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), as the market declined, Ma Ji (Lee-Mac Huang) has closed most of his 25x leveraged long ETH positions and suffered partial liquidations again during the process. He currently holds 1,700 ETH, with only a $23 price drop away from the next liquidation. Data shows his cumulative losses have approached $33 million.

Santiment: Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows on 9 of the past 10 days; Ethereum’s negative sentiment is at its lowest level since 2023.

Santiment released its weekly market summary, noting that Bitcoin ETFs experienced net outflows on 9 of the past 10 trading days, with Bitcoin’s current price around $77,500; it interprets this as a sign of weakening retail investor confidence. Meanwhile, Ethereum market sentiment has fallen to its lowest level since 2023, though its number of non-zero addresses stands at 192.92 million—more than three times Bitcoin’s approximately 59 million. Santiment also pointed out that the current Bitcoin bullish-to-bearish commentary ratio has risen to 2.23, the highest level within 2026; historically, such elevated sentiment often precedes short-term pullbacks.

A whale sold 20,000 ETH at an average price of $2,059 over the past hour, worth $41.18 million.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale sold 20,000 ETH at an average price of $2,059 over the past hour, worth $41.18 million.

Suspected Bitmine address increases ETH holdings by another 60,000 ETH, valued at approximately $125.9 million

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), Tom Lee’s associated entity Bitmine is suspected of purchasing another 60,000 ETH, valued at approximately $125.9 million. On-chain data shows that two newly created wallets are likely linked to Bitmine and collectively received 60,000 ETH from Kraken and BitGo.

BlackRock Deposits 1,587 BTC and 17,815 ETH into Coinbase, Worth Approximately $160.34 Million

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), BlackRock deposited 1,587 BTC—worth approximately $122.55 million—and 17,815 ETH—worth approximately $37.79 million—into Coinbase, for a total value of approximately $160.34 million.

Whale nemorino.eth gets 225 million USD loss after covering short on ETH

Odaily Odaily Odaily Odaily According to on-chain analyst Ember CN, the whale nemorino.eth (0x8ae...e0d) withdrew 8,424 ETH from Spark 1 hour ago and sold them at $2,124, worth $17.9 million, losing $2.25 million. At the beginning of this month, when ETH rebounded, the address borrowed stablecoins from Spark to leverage long ETH, with an average purchase cost of $2,391. After clearing the position and repaying the loan, the remaining 11.71 million USDC was deposited back into Spark.

GreeksLive: Today, 21,000 BTC options and 129,000 ETH options expire.

According to GreeksLive, today 21,000 BTC options expire, with a Put/Call Ratio of 0.66, maximum pain at $78,500, and notional value of $1.6 billion; 129,000 ETH options expire, with a Put/Call Ratio of 0.92, maximum pain at $2,200, and notional value of $280 million. This week, BTC concluded a one-and-a-half-month rally amid muted market conditions; expiring BTC and ETH options each account for only ~5% of total open interest. BTC’s maximum pain level lies close to the current spot price, implying relatively strong gamma/pin risk; ETH’s expiry volume is half that of last week, and its current spot price sits below maximum pain—short-term implied volatility (IV) is highly likely to decline post-expiry. IV across all major maturities declined broadly: BTC IV fell below 35%, ETH IV fell below 50%, and the Volatility Risk Premium (VRP) rose slightly. On the large-trade front, whales concentrated positions in bearish put spreads (5,000-lot 75K/71K puts expiring end-May), totaling nearly $200 million in notional value. Overall, volatility expectations remain low, and market activity falls short of expectations.

Whale Avoided $7.5M in Unrealized Gains Over 4 Days, Then Opened a $38.63M ETH Long Position with 25x Leverage

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), the whale Evaded (@ICanPlug) holds long positions of 36,875 ZEC (approximately $24.15 million) and 287,618 HYPE (approximately $20.94 million), generating unrealized profits exceeding $7.5 million in less than four days. Today, this address opened another long position of 18,100 ETH with 25x leverage, valued at approximately $38.63 million.

Yesterday, Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net outflow of $32.55 million.

According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), yesterday’s Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $32.55 million. Among them, BlackRock’s ETHA saw an outflow of $38.01 million—the largest outflow on the day; Bitwise’s ETHW posted a net inflow of $2.14 million, and BlackRock’s staking version ETHB recorded a net inflow of $3.32 million; Fidelity’s FETH, 21Shares’ TETH, Invesco’s QETH, Franklin’s EZET, VanEck’s ETHV, Grayscale’s ETHE, and Grayscale’s Mini ETH all reported zero net flows for the day.

Ethereum Layer 2 project Zero Network announces shutdown; multiple protocols cease operations in succession

According to The Block, Ethereum Layer 2 project Zero Network has announced its imminent official shutdown—just about 1.5 years after launch. Launched by the Zerion team in November 2024, Zero Network positioned itself as the first EVM-compatible rollup offering fully gas-free transactions, aiming to lower barriers to entry and drive mainstream adoption. The team stated it will now focus its resources on Zerion’s API and wallet business. Users must bridge their NFTs, ETH, and other tokens out of the Zero Network by the end of July; the bridge’s deposit functionality is currently suspended.

PeckShield: The VerusCoin cross-chain bridge attacker has returned 4,052.4 ETH to the project team’s address.

According to on-chain analyst PeckShield (@PeckShieldAlert), the VerusCoin cross-chain bridge attacker has returned 4,052.4 ETH (approximately $8.5 million) to the project team’s address (0xF9AB...C1A74), representing 75% of the total stolen amount. The remaining 25% (1,350 ETH, approximately $2.8 million) is retained in the attacker’s wallet as a white-hat bounty.

Whale Evaded Increased Its ETH Long Position with 25x Leverage, Valued at Approximately $38.5 Million

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the well-known whale Whale Evaded (@ICanPlug) has increased their 25x leveraged long ETH position to 18,100 ETH (approximately $38.5 million), while maintaining their 10x leveraged long positions in ZEC and HYPE. Their current unrealized profit exceeds $7.6 million.