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Odaily Odaily reports: In response to Bankless founder David Hoffman's liquidation of his ETH holdings, Uniswap founder Hayden Adams posted a reply on platform X, stating that “ETH is Money” is the correct narrative, though perhaps misunderstood by most.Hayden Adams indicated that in the future, all assets will be tokenized, people will hold the assets they value most, and the most decentralized monetary system will manifest as “an infinite number of forms of money competing with each other.”He believes that with a low-cost, high-efficiency, 24/7 asset exchange system in place, a single unit of account is not necessary. At the same time, he stated that Uniswap, built on Ethereum, is “the best decentralized monetary system,” and that it is still in its early stages.Recommended reading: Bankless Co-founder's Confession on Liquidating ETH: Ethereum Did the Right Things, but “ETH is Money” Has No Future.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), Bitmine has staked another 5,760 ETH, valued at $11.9 million. Its total staked ETH now stands at 4,718,677, valued at $9.76 billion.
Bankless founder David Hoffman posted on X to explain his reasons for liquidating all his ETH holdings.Hoffman wrote: "I am still extremely bullish on the Ethereum network and the entire ecosystem -- Ethereum's architecture is fundamentally designed to maximize the success probability of its applications, L2s, and ecosystem. The 'fat-app' theory implies that applications on Ethereum can capture the vast majority of fee revenue; while the 'rollup-centric' roadmap means that L2s can achieve profit margins as high as 97%. However, for the asset ETH itself, I find it increasingly difficult to see it being structurally rerated by the market -- either upwards or downwards. So, I am selling ETH not because I am bearish on ETH, but because I believe the narrative 'ETH is Money' has essentially played out. I want to allocate my capital to other opportunities I see in the market."
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), the whale address 0x54d…e6029 purchased 2,400.38 ETH—worth $5 million—at an average price of approximately $2,083 per ETH, 9 hours ago. Four minutes after the transaction, it placed a limit order on Cowswap to sell at $2,132. If executed, this order is expected to yield a profit of $117,000.
Bitget has launched a new edition of CandyBomb with a total prize pool of 92,000 SLX tokens. This campaign is exclusively for new futures trading users. Eligible participants can earn up to 920 SLX each by completing specified net deposit and futures trading tasks. Detailed rules have been published on the official Bitget platform. Qualified users must click the “Join Now” button to register before participating. The campaign ends on May 31 at 18:00 (UTC+8).
Wintermute stated that, as of May 25, BTC was trading at approximately $76,600 (down 1.5% weekly), while ETH traded at around $2,140 (down 1.7% weekly). Meanwhile, the U.S. equity market’s S&P 500 Index hit a new all-time high during the same period—highlighting a pronounced divergence between crypto and equities. BTC spot ETFs saw outflows of roughly $1.26 billion for the week, bringing cumulative outflows over two weeks to over $2 billion. Institutional buying—previously instrumental in driving BTC from $70,000 to $80,000—has clearly receded. The ETH/BTC ratio hit a fresh 10-month low, down 35% cumulatively from its August peak. On the macro front, the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index plunged to a historic low of 44.8, while the one-year inflation expectation rose to 4.8%. NVIDIA reported Q1 revenue growth of 85% year-on-year and issued a Q2 revenue guidance of $91 billion—but saw virtually no after-hours reaction, suggesting AI-related trades are already fully priced in. Wintermute noted that BTC’s key support currently lies between $75,000 and $76,000; holding this range could enable a retest of $80,000, whereas a break below would rapidly open the $70,000–$72,000 zone. The near-term direction hinges on whether institutional capital returns to the market.
the latest weekly report from CoinShares shows digital asset investment products recorded net outflows of $1.47 billion last week, marking the second consecutive week of negative growth and the third-largest single-week outflow of 2026. Cumulative outflows over the two weeks have reached $2.54 billion.By asset, Bitcoin saw outflows of $1.315 billion, the largest single-week outflow of 2026, compressing its year-to-date net inflows from $3.9 billion to $2.6 billion. Ethereum recorded outflows of $223 million, roughly flat compared to the previous week. Some altcoins still saw minor inflows, with XRP attracting $31.8 million, Near $9 million, and Solana $7.7 million.By region, the United States dominated the outflow landscape with $1.425 billion in single-week outflows. Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong recorded outflows of $16.2 million, $12.5 million, and $12.2 million respectively, indicating that risk aversion sentiment, which was localized last week, has now spread to most regions globally. CoinShares notes that these outflows are closely linked to heightened geopolitical risks related to Iran. Despite the ongoing legislative progress of the CLARITY Act, market risk aversion continues to deepen.
According to Cointelegraph, phishing ads impersonating the decentralized exchange protocol Uniswap have appeared in Google search results, enabling attackers to steal at least $400,000. On-chain analyst b-block stated that the associated counterfeit websites are draining funds from multiple wallets; the implicated addresses currently hold a combined total of 146 ETH—worth approximately $306,000 at press time. Security Alliance (SEAL) noted that such fraudulent Google ads are a common source of phishing attacks, with attackers either purchasing ad placements or compromising legitimate advertising accounts to impersonate popular crypto protocols in sponsored search results. SEAL also reported that between March 13 and March 30, these attacks resulted in total losses amounting to $1.27 million.
According to Odaily, crypto analyst EmberCN (@EmberCN) reported that 11 hours ago, Kraken redeemed 50,600 ETH from the restaking project EigenCloud (formerly EigenLayer), valued at approximately $107 million.EmberCN noted that the total TVL in the restaking sector has dropped from approximately $31 billion in August 2025 to the current level of around $11 billion. Among them, EigenCloud, as the sector leader, has also seen its TVL decline from about $22 billion to $5.5 billion.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), the ETH swing whale nemorino.eth purchased 7,908.3 $ETH on-chain via CowSwap 13 hours ago, at an average execution price of $2,117.46, totaling approximately $16.74 million. Of this, 2,372.71 $ETH were bought on leveraged margin after borrowing 5 million $DAI via Spark staking.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), the trader who opened a $ETH short position worth over $100 million yesterday has now closed the position, incurring a loss of approximately $260,000. Subsequently, the trader switched to a long position on $BTC, opening a 20x long position on 175.04 $BTC, with a position value of roughly $13.43 million.
据 Onchain Lens 监测，此前沉寂 8 个月后卖出 HYPE 的巨鲸，目前已开设 2839 枚 ETH 的 2 倍杠杆多单，以及 94101 枚 HYPE 的 2 倍杠杆空单，相关仓位总价值约 1175 万美元。数据显示，该巨鲸当前正在同时做多 ETH 并做空 HYPE。
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale who sold HYPE after an 8-month dormancy has opened a 2x long position of 2,839 ETH and a 2x short position of 94,101 HYPE, with a combined value of approximately $11.75 million.
According to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), the whale nemorino.eth purchased 7,908.3 ETH at an average price of $2,113 one hour ago, spending a total of $16.71 million in USDC. The transaction was executed as follows: first, using its own $11.71 million in USDC to buy 5,535.6 ETH; then depositing those ETH into Spark as collateral to borrow $5 million in DAI; and finally using the borrowed DAI to purchase an additional 2,372.7 ETH.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale address beginning with 0xeb17a deposited 5,637 ETH—worth approximately $11.92 million—into OKX.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.