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According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq 100 Index has turned down, indicating a weakening market sentiment.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on May 18, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $2.03 billion, an increase of 4,403.11% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced an investment of $2.01 billion (an increase of 4,574.4% compared to last week) to purchase 24,869 Bitcoins at a price of $80,985, bringing the total holdings to 843,738 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week.In addition, four other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Asset management company Strive announced on May 12 that it bought 9 Bitcoins, without disclosing the specific amount spent, bringing its total holdings to 15,009 Bitcoins; the UK Bitcoin company The Smarter Web Company announced on May 12 and May 15 that it invested $2.84 million to purchase 25 Bitcoins at a price of $81,592.67 and 10 Bitcoins at a price of $79,662, bringing its total holdings to 2,840 Bitcoins; the French Bitcoin company Capital B announced on May 18 that it invested $15.02 million to purchase 192 Bitcoins at a price of $78,205.4, bringing its total holdings to 3,135 Bitcoins; the Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on May 18 that it invested $390,900 to purchase 5 Bitcoins at a price of $78,180, bringing its total holdings to 3,737 Bitcoins.As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 1,113,841 Bitcoins, an increase of 2.37% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $86.16 billion, accounting for 5.6% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

According to Jinshi News, S&P 500 futures have shown signs of turning upward, and market sentiment has improved.

According to Gate market data, Nasdaq 100 index futures have turned positive, indicating signs of a recovery in market sentiment.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, address 0x860 has currently become the largest loss-making whale among BTC longs on Hyperliquid. This whale entered the market to bottom out BTC 220 days ago, on October 11 last year, after a market crash, using 29x leverage to build a position with an average price of $109,632, with a position size of $13.2 million. In the early stages of building the position, this long position brought considerable floating profits within 10 days, but since BTC fell below its average entry price on October 30 last year, the position has not returned to profit. As of the time of writing, this whale has not closed the position and has held on until now, with current floating losses reaching $3.94 million, about 12 times the initial capital.It is estimated that, considering the overall capital size of tens of millions from this address, this $13.2 million position corresponds to an actual leverage ratio of only about 1.1 times, but the floating losses have still eroded about 30% of the overall capital in the account. Address: 0x8607a7d180de23645db594d90621d837749408d5

According to Gate market data, spot gold has fallen below 4500 USD/ounce for the first time since the end of March, down 0.85% during the day.

According to CryptoBriefing, Iran has launched the state-supported digital maritime insurance platform Hormuz Safe, which provides maritime insurance for vessels passing through the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, settling in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The Iranian government believes that if the platform can capture a significant share of the Persian Gulf shipping insurance market, it could generate over $10 billion in revenue.Hormuz Safe aims to bypass the SWIFT network and Western intermediaries, reducing Iran's reliance on traditional financial infrastructure. The biggest obstacle the platform faces is the issue of international recognition; if shipowners, trading companies, or port authorities interact with the platform, it may trigger secondary sanctions risks.

According to the Ministry of Public Security of China, recently, the police from China, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates conducted international law enforcement cooperation for the first time, jointly combating telecom network fraud crimes in the Dubai area. They successfully dismantled 9 fraud dens and arrested 276 criminal suspects.Investigations revealed that the related fraud gangs established "romantic" relationships with victims through social platforms, deceiving them into trusting them emotionally, and then inducing victims to invest in so-called high-return cryptocurrency projects, resulting in their fraud. A relevant official from the Ministry of Public Security of China stated that this joint crackdown is an important achievement of international law enforcement cooperation by the Chinese police. The Chinese police will deepen practical cooperation with more countries, carry out joint crackdown actions, resolutely eliminate fraud dens, and make every effort to capture suspects involved in telecom fraud, effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of people in all countries.

The sentiment analysis platform Santiment stated that after the news of the Senate Banking Committee advancing the CLARITY Act, Bitcoin has sparked a wave of enthusiasm on social media. This brings BTC and cryptocurrencies one step closer to eventual approval. Historical data shows that when the number of bullish comments on cryptocurrency market value is 1.55 times that of bearish comments, it is advisable to remain cautious. Market trends often go against public expectations.In summary, any efforts to push the CLARITY Act through should be viewed as a positive for cryptocurrencies in the long run, as it may ultimately bring clearer rules to the U.S. cryptocurrency industry. Currently, one of the biggest issues facing the cryptocurrency sector (especially in 2026) is uncertainty. Many companies, investors, and banks are hesitant to fully commit because they do not know which crypto assets will be classified as securities in the future, what rules they must comply with, and whether regulators will suddenly take action. This uncertainty leads to a wait-and-see attitude regarding funding. If the CLARITY Act is passed, it is expected that more institutional funds and well-capitalized investors will enter (or re-enter) the market. This will create higher demand, thus driving up prices. However, if the market value of many of the largest stocks has already been "digested" within a certain range before the CLARITY Act officially takes effect, do not be surprised.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Huang Licheng has deposited 250,000 USDC into Hyperliquid, increasing his 25x leveraged Ethereum long position.

Binance Research released a report stating that cryptocurrencies are not a haven for illegal finance. In 2025, approximately 11% of illegal cryptocurrency transaction volume was seized, which is about 55 times the recovery rate of fiat currency. This data comes from public reports by organizations such as Tether, Interpol, and T3 Financial Crime Unit, rather than estimates from a single entity.For reference, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that less than 1% of illegal fiat currency transaction volume is seized globally each year. Even excluding the Prince Group case (involving approximately $15 billion in Bitcoin), the remaining cryptocurrency seizures in 2025 are still about 10 times that of the traditional financial system. Additionally, SlowMist and PeckShield tracked that the proportion of stolen funds recovered or frozen in 2025 was between 8.3% and 13.2%. This reflects the rapid event response and close coordination among exchanges, issuers, and law enforcement agencies.The report concludes that cryptocurrency crime has not been resolved. However, the view that cryptocurrencies are particularly prone to fostering illegal activities is gradually being misunderstood.

Grayscale's research director Zach Pandl stated that in the context of rising inflation in the United States, the Federal Reserve may maintain a high interest rate policy for a long time, which will have three core impacts on the cryptocurrency market.He believes that as the U.S. CPI approaches 4%, the new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has almost no room for interest rate cuts, and the market currently expects the first rate cut to be delayed until September 2027.Grayscale pointed out that long-term high interest rates will put pressure on "currency depreciation trades" such as Bitcoin. Since Bitcoin, like gold, is a non-yielding asset, higher real interest rates will increase the opportunity cost of holding dollar-denominated assets. However, it remains optimistic about Bitcoin's long-term prospects and believes that regulatory benefits such as the CLARITY Act can partially offset the related pressures.In addition, it believes that a high interest rate environment will accelerate the tokenization of fixed income assets. Currently, the yields on dollar-denominated fixed income products are higher than those of most DeFi yields; for example, the USDC lending rate on Aave is about 3.6%, while the yield on short-term corporate bonds is about 4.5%.Grayscale also stated that stablecoin issuers will benefit from high interest rates. Since the GENIUS Act prohibits stablecoins from paying interest to users, issuers can retain the income from reserve assets. It estimates that for every 25 basis points increase in short-term rates, Circle's revenue will increase by approximately $190 million.

According to The Washington Post, U.S. President Donald Trump failed to disclose his multi-million dollar stock trades involving companies like Microsoft and Amazon within the legal deadline, with delays lasting several months. He has been fined $200 as a result, according to the latest investment disclosure documents.The report noted that these trades involved several large technology and financial stocks, with disclosure information indicating that the scale of his asset operations reached "the tens of millions of dollars." The delay in related disclosures has raised concerns about whether he strictly adhered to federal financial disclosure regulations.According to the requirements of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, federal officials must report significant financial transactions within the specified deadline, but there are issues with delays in actual enforcement and relatively light penalties.

According to the official page, since the Bitget IPO Prime Phase 2 project preOPAI opened for subscription on May 12 at 16:00 (UTC+8), the total number of participants has reached 5,098, with a total investment amount of 106,146,536 USD, currently oversubscribed by about 5 times. This round of subscription will close today at 16:00 (UTC+8), for more details please refer to the Bitget official platform.

Some high-end graphics cards, servers, and other products are gradually landing in JD's self-operated channels. According to JD's data, since May 14, the attention on "NVIDIA" H200 related chips and server workstation equipment launched on JD's platform has significantly increased, with the search volume for NVIDIA H200 related chips increasing 25 times year-on-year, and the search volume for NVIDIA H200 related servers and workstations increasing over 40 times year-on-year.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, 3 whales opened long positions on HYPE, with one whale going long on 145,310 HYPE with 10x leverage, worth 6.78 million USD, and a liquidation price of 44.53 USD; another whale going long on 100,000 HYPE with 10x leverage, worth 4.66 million USD, and a liquidation price of 42.58 USD; and another whale going long on 92,015 HYPE with 5x leverage, worth 4.30 million USD, and a liquidation price of 36.94 USD.

Aave officially announced an update to its bug bounty program to better match the risk characteristics of various parts of the ecosystem and simplify the review process. According to the latest adjustments, the bounty cap for critical bugs in Aave V4 and Core Aave V3 has been increased to five times the original amount.Aave Labs also proposed a reorganization of the bounty framework, placing different subsystems under the management of platforms such as Immunefi, Sherlock, and Cantina. The core components such as Core Aave V3, V2, and GHO will continue to be managed by Immunefi; Aave V4 and Aave App Stack will transition to Sherlock; and Aave V3 on Aptos will be managed by Cantina.

The Binance futures platform will launch the SOXLUSDT perpetual contract on May 15, 2026, at 22:00, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times; on the same day at 22:05, the MRVLUSDT perpetual contract will launch, with a maximum leverage of up to 10 times.Subsequently, Binance futures will launch CRWVUSDT at 21:30, WMTUSDT at 21:35, JPMUSDT at 21:40, VUSDT at 21:45, and BRKBUSDT at 21:50 on May 18, 2026, all with a maximum leverage of 10 times.

According to Arkham monitoring, a certain address purchased ETH for $120 during the Ethereum presale in 2015. Today, it transferred 50 ETH to a new wallet and deposited 350 ETH into Bitstamp. The address has held the assets for 10 years, with a return of over 7500 times. Based on the current price, the value of its ETH holdings is approximately $900,000.