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Strategy founder Michael Saylor stated that the company's goal is to maximize the growth of the credit tool STRC to further expand the scale of Bitcoin purchases and increase the per-share BTC holdings. He also emphasized that the company aims to minimize volatility and uncertainty as much as possible.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a giant whale (0x082...a88) has held a 5x leveraged long position in HYPE since December 5, 2025, during which it once had an unrealized loss of over 26 million dollars, and is currently showing an unrealized profit of over 27.4 million dollars. The address currently holds 1.38 million HYPE, valued at 81 million dollars.

According to BizWatch, FocusAI, the largest shareholder of Busan Digital Asset Exchange, is seeking to acquire Flybit, which is also a cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea. It is reported that the two companies are in the final stages of discussions regarding the details of the transaction, which includes the sale of shares held by Flybit's CEO and largest shareholder Kim Seok-jin.Flybit was registered as a virtual asset service provider in 2021 but exited the KRW-denominated market due to its failure to establish the required real-name account partnerships with banks.

According to the official announcement, the Gate DEX contract has officially launched the "split position holding mode," allowing users to hold four types of independent positions simultaneously in the same perpetual contract market: full position long, full position short, isolated position long, and isolated position short, enabling multi-directional and multi-mode parallel holding. This feature supports a mix of full and isolated positions, with different isolated positions able to set independent leverage, ensuring that positions do not affect each other, further enhancing strategy flexibility and capital utilization efficiency.In addition, the Gate DEX contract recharge function has been upgraded, adding two new channels: "exclusive recharge address" and "fiat currency purchase," along with the existing "connected wallet" method, officially establishing a three-channel deposit system. Users can flexibly choose the recharge method based on different funding sources such as wallets, exchanges, or fiat currency, and once the funds arrive, they will directly enter the contract account without the need for additional transfers.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, Arthur Hayes currently holds 247,334 HYPE, worth 14.5 million dollars, with an unrealized profit of over 6.5 million dollars.Arthur Hayes has publicly expressed his optimism for HYPE multiple times, with a target price of 150 dollars. He believes that Hyperliquid is the leader in decentralized perpetual contracts, capable of providing real price discovery during the off-hours of traditional trading platforms, especially for oil prices, precious metals, and U.S. stocks.According to Gate market data, HYPE is currently priced at 58.72 dollars, with a 24-hour increase of 20.94%.

According to The Block, large trading firm IG Europe has partnered with Bitpanda to expand its digital asset business in the European Union. IG Europe has taken several measures in recent months to grow its cryptocurrency business, including acquiring the Australian cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve and obtaining a MiCA license, allowing it to offer cryptocurrency products and services across the EU.IG also sold its futures trading platform Small Exchange Inc, which it acquired in 2023, to Kraken. IG Europe GmbH is the European subsidiary of the large online trading company IG Group, headquartered in the UK, and is regulated by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) in Germany. Bitpanda, founded in 2014, is one of the cryptocurrency exchanges in Europe, and the company is considering going public this year.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) has shorted HYPE with a scale exceeding 100 million dollars, currently facing an unrealized loss of over 23 million dollars, with a liquidation price of 69.49 dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, as the price of HYPE rises, a certain whale has increased its short position by 5 times to 353,800 HYPE, worth 20 million USD, with an unrealized loss exceeding 1.88 million USD.This whale also sold 61,000 HYPE, with a total sale of 125,400 HYPE, earning 6.5 million USD at an average price of 52 USD.

FOX Business reporter Darren Botelho cited the latest estimates from a threat detection data company, stating that the Iranian government controls approximately $7.7 billion in digital assets. The U.S. Treasury had previously frozen about $500 million in crypto assets related to Iran, with $344 million frozen just last month. The CEO of 250 Digital Asset Management stated that although cryptocurrencies are often seen as tools to evade sanctions, they actually help law enforcement agencies track activities.The report indicates that the U.S. government may increase pressure on Iran by preventing cryptocurrency exchanges from accessing the U.S. banking system.

The cryptocurrency trading platform FameEX has officially launched the "TradFi Crazy Trading Competition Phase 1," which will take place from May 20 to May 31.It is reported that this event mainly targets the CFD (Contract for Difference) trading area on the FameEX platform, supporting trading of commodities tokens such as gold and crude oil, as well as US stock tokens like Tesla, Nvidia, and Apple. During the event, users can unlock multiple benefits by participating in designated currency trading, including a new user first order reward, trading volume achievement rewards, continuous check-in rewards, and a 100% loss subsidy on the first order up to 50 USDT.In addition, the official stated that users participating in the trading competition, if their cumulative trading volume reaches the tiered target, can receive an additional experience fund reward of up to 8,000 USDT per individual.

According to the official announcement, Huobi Leverage officially launched the 1U opening feature on May 20, and from now until May 31 at 23:59 (UTC+8), three exclusive activities will be simultaneously opened. Users who complete their first one-click opening and leverage trading tasks can share a total prize pool of over 40,000 USDT.1U opening is a minimalist opening experience designed by Huobi HTX for new leverage users. With a principal of 1 USDT, users can leverage a position of 10 USDT, with interest-free borrowing. Any losses on the first order will be fully compensated by Huobi HTX, allowing new users to participate without any leverage experience.

According to Globenewswire, cryptocurrency wallet provider Exodus Movement released its operational data report for April. After selling over a thousand Bitcoin reserves in the first quarter to fund the acquisition of a payment business, the company resumed increasing its holdings of BTC, ETH, and SOL in April, with positions growing compared to the end of March. It currently holds 629 BTC, 1,872 ETH, and 19,234 SOL.In addition, Exodus's transaction processing volume in April reached $347 million, with monthly active users remaining at 1.5 million, essentially unchanged from March.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the SpaceX pre-market perpetual contract SPCXUSDT, with a maximum leverage of 5 times. For more details, please check the Bitget official platform.

Binance updated the funding rate for the SPCXUSDT U-based Pre-IPO perpetual contract to 0% on May 21, 2026, at 16:00. If the funding rate for this contract remains at 0% on May 22, 2026, at 00:00, Binance will notify separately. Users holding open positions are advised to reassess their hedging strategies.

According to a report by the blockchain analysis platform Chainalysis, the economic and financial police department of Foggia, Italy, recently uncovered a tax evasion case. The individuals involved are suspected of using the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol and the BRC-20 token standard to create and resell tokens, concealing approximately $1.1 million (€1 million) in capital gains on-chain, with the profits continuously reinvested into new inscription operations.Chainalysis pointed out that although such emerging technological means may seem covert, the inherent transparency of blockchain leaves a permanent and immutable record of transactions. Blockchain intelligence can effectively track tax evasion by reconstructing financial networks and cross-referencing exchange declaration data. The agency warned that as new categories of digital assets continue to emerge, the gap between real on-chain wealth and declared tax status will become a key investigation target for global law enforcement agencies.

The cutting-edge financial infrastructure platform B.AI for the AI era has announced that the recharge function for $HTX and $WBTC is now officially online. After this upgrade, users can conveniently operate through TRON, Ethereum (supporting WBTC and HTX), and BNB Chain (supporting HTX). As of now, the B.AI ecosystem has fully covered 8 major public chains including TRON, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana, and supports up to 15 core crypto assets. B.AI is committed to breaking down cross-chain asset barriers, allowing users to enjoy a fast, secure, and seamless account and payment experience, regardless of their preferred network or asset.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Counter-Strike: 3DMAX vs Liquid (BO3) - CS Asia Championship Group B" on the prediction market Polymarket, the win probability for the sub-market "Match Winner" option "3DMAX" has experienced significant fluctuations, rising from 36.5% an hour ago to the current 58% (a fluctuation of 21.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.