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According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,338, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.517 billion. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,119, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $828 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $83,119, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $2.069 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $75,575, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $821 million.

The tokenized financial market infrastructure Digital Asset Clearing Center (DACC) announced the completion of a $10 million strategic financing round, with participation from Conflux, Global InfoTech, Fosun International, Blockstone, Avior Capital, Fintech World, Satoshi Ventures, and BridgeTower. DACC currently provides end-to-end "Clearing-as-a-Service" for financial institutions, and the new funds will support its construction of compliant financial settlement and clearing infrastructure.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, address 0x519...96a47 has now shorted 300,000 HYPE at 10 times leverage, worth 13.2 million dollars, with an opening average price of 43.398 dollars, currently facing an unrealized loss of 187,000 dollars.An hour and a half ago, he deposited 8.825 million USDC as margin into Hyperliquid, and the historical cumulative profit of that address is 5.965 million dollars.

THORChain has announced that one Asgard vault has been attacked, and trading has been suspended. Initial signs indicate that user funds are safe, and only the protocol's own funds are affected. THORChain stated that the network automatically detected abnormal behavior and suspended signing activities to prevent further fund transfers. The estimated loss is currently around $10.7 million.The announcement mentioned that one of the six Asgard vaults is suspected to have been breached, and related nodes have triggered the RUNE staking penalty mechanism due to unauthorized transfers. The current network has suspended Churn activities, and new connections and related operations will also be postponed until the investigation and repairs are completed.THORChain stated that preliminary investigations show that users' personal exchange transactions have not been affected, and all node operators have been asked to immediately check their infrastructure, key management systems, and operating environments for any anomalies.

Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart stated on the X platform that the 2x leveraged Cerebras Systems ETF (ticker: CBRG) has officially begun trading, while its underlying asset CBRS only started trading the previous afternoon, meaning that the launch of the leveraged ETF was completed just hours apart, setting a record for the rapid product launch pace.This "fast-follow" ETF issuance model is accelerating, and in the future, leveraged ETFs around non-public or high-demand assets such as SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI may also emerge with similar rapid replication issuance paths, reflecting a significant increase in the productization speed of the ETF market for new asset exposures.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,313, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.163 billion. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,126, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $461 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $82,530, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $2.318 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $75,630, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $601 million.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened down 327.39 points on May 15 (Friday), a decrease of 0.65%, at 49,736.07 points; the S&P 500 opened down 78.22 points, a decrease of 1.04%, at 7,423.02 points; the Nasdaq Composite opened down 421.28 points, a decrease of 1.58%, at 26,213.94 points.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. interest rate futures indicate that the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by January next year exceeds 50%.

According to Bloomberg, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are pressuring U.S. regulators to impose oversight on the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid, citing concerns about market manipulation and violations of sanctions.

According to the official announcement from Huobi HTX, the platform has officially launched the "Crypto Pizza Festival" series of activities, covering multiple gameplay options such as task challenges, holiday red envelopes, and lucky draws, with a total prize pool exceeding 200,000 USDT, including physical grand prizes like the iPhone 17 Pro Max, 10 grams of gold, and pizza vouchers.The task challenge competition runs from May 14 to May 25. After signing up, users can complete any one of the five tasks: earning coins, spot trading, contract trading, learning to earn coins, or holding $HTX to light up "Fire Treasures" and receive tiered rewards such as USDT earning interest vouchers, contract experience gold, and spot trading fee cashback vouchers. Collecting all Fire Treasures allows participation in a lucky draw to share a prize pool of 100,000 USDT, thousands of pizza vouchers, and USDT 10% earning interest vouchers.From May 18 to June 19, the pizza carnival red envelope activity will also be launched, with a total prize pool of 100,000 USDT. On the birthday of Fire Treasures (May 18) and Bitcoin Pizza Day (May 22), users can visit the event post to receive no-threshold red envelopes. Completing daily interactions or referral tasks can unlock subsequent red envelope qualifications, and checking in for 7 consecutive days can unlock large red envelopes.The lucky draw activity will start on May 18. During the event, accumulating a spot trading volume of ≥100 USDT or a single contract trading volume of ≥2,000 USDT will grant a chance to enter the draw. The prize pool includes an iPhone 17 Pro Max in Starry Orange (1TB), Keron 4 GT, 10 grams of gold, BTT/NFT/WIN/SUN tokens, and contract experience gold, among others.

According to Jinshi reports, major European stock indices continued to decline, with the German DAX30 index and the Italian FTSE MIB index falling more than 2%, the UK FTSE 100 index and the Euro Stoxx 50 index dropping nearly 2%, and the French CAC40 index down 1.6%.

"On-chain detective" ZachXBT stated that the hacker "Dritan Kapplani Jr" transferred approximately $2.59 million in assets, including 1.99 million DAI and 259 ETH. The related funds were transferred from address 0x4487...bba6 to address 0x67ec...125d, and the stolen funds are currently in a stagnant state.ZachXBT indicated that it released an investigation report on May 12, detailing the connections between Dritan Kapplani Jr and Trenton (Trent) Johnson in a social engineering theft case involving 185 bitcoins (approximately $13 million).

According to Crowdfund Insider, digital bank Revolut announced that its trading division, Revolut Trading Ltd, has received an extension of permissions approved by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to launch more comprehensive investment and wealth management services in the UK market.Under the newly approved Variation of Permissions (VoP) license, Revolut can now manage investment portfolios for clients and participate in certain transactions as a principal. This means that the platform will be able to offer leveraged investment products, professionally managed portfolios, and customized wealth management services for high-net-worth users in the future, all of which will be integrated into its mobile application, alongside everyday banking and payment tools.It is reported that Revolut plans to further introduce AI-driven portfolio recommendation tools, continuing its transformation into a "one-stop financial platform." Earlier this year, Revolut officially obtained a full banking license in the UK. Analysts believe that the FCA's approval indicates an increase in its maturity as a regulated financial institution, while also reflecting that fintech companies are accelerating their competition with traditional banks and wealth management institutions.

According to CoinDesk, after the cryptocurrency trading platform Gemini, founded by the Winklevoss brothers, announced its Q1 2026 financial report, its stock price rose over 25% in pre-market trading. The financial report showed that the company's revenue for the quarter increased by 42% year-on-year to $50.3 million, while the net loss narrowed by 27% year-on-year to $109 million, but still exceeded market expectations of a loss of $0.61 per share.The report indicated that Gemini's operating expenses increased by 73% year-on-year to $144.5 million, with employee compensation costs rising by 91%, which included approximately $6.5 million in severance pay; sales and marketing expenses also doubled year-on-year to $19.1 million.The company stated that it is currently driving its business transformation through layoffs, business contraction, and a $100 million Bitcoin injection from Winklevoss Capital Fund, and is seeking to achieve profitability.In February of this year, Gemini closed its operations in the UK, EU, and Australia, laying off about 25% of its staff, and shifted its focus to the U.S. market and prediction market business. In April, the company received approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission for its Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) license, officially entering the cryptocurrency prediction market field. Boosted by these developments, the company's stock price has recently rebounded and is now above $6.6.

According to official news, Kraken announced that its Kraken Pro will increase the maximum leverage for Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual contracts from 50 times to 100 times, applicable to the PF_XBTUSD and PF_ETHUSD USD cash-settled perpetual contracts, with products continuing to support 24/7 trading.According to the announcement, 100 times leverage is currently available to international users in eligible regions without the need to migrate accounts or apply additionally; existing Kraken Pro contract users can use it directly. The leverage mechanism adopts a tiered model: for BTC contracts, the first $1 million nominal position can use up to 100 times leverage, while any amount above that will automatically drop to a lower leverage tier; for ETH contracts, the first $500,000 nominal position offers up to 100 times leverage. The platform emphasizes that the leverage adjustment is not a "one-size-fits-all" switch, but rather a dynamic tiered calculation as the position size increases.

According to GlobeNewswire, Nasdaq-listed HYPE Treasury Company Hyperion DeFi has released its Q1 financial report, disclosing a net profit of $8.8 million for Q1, an improvement from a net loss of $39.8 million in Q4 2025. Since the end of Q1, it has increased its holdings by approximately 60,000 HYPE tokens, bringing its total HYPE token holdings to over 2 million. Its validator nodes have been delegated 10.2 million HYPE, ranking among the top six validator nodes, second only to the Hyperliquid Foundation.In addition, the company also holds 1.92 million KNTQ tokens and 10 million HPL tokens.

According to official news, OKX will close the unified order book function on USDT/USD at 17:00 on June 2, 2026.From that time on, USDT/USD will operate only as an independent trading pair, and users will not be able to submit new orders for trading with USDC, USDG, or RLUSD on this trading pair, but trading with USD will still be available. Please make sure to check current strategy orders to avoid accidental cancellations.

According to The Block, the Myanmar military government has released a draft of the "Anti-Online Fraud Act," which proposes the death penalty for those who force others to engage in online fraud and life imprisonment for those who operate fraud centers or commit cryptocurrency fraud.The draft also proposes the establishment of a special committee responsible for international cooperation to combat fraud activities. The Myanmar parliament is expected to review the bill in early June.Previously, the U.S. Department of the Treasury had imposed sanctions on multiple entities suspected of cryptocurrency investment fraud in Myanmar and Cambodia in September 2025. FBI data shows that losses related to cryptocurrency fraud reached as high as $11.4 billion in 2025, accounting for more than half of all internet crime losses.