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According to Jinshi reports, Citigroup strategists have stated that the excessive bullish positions in U.S. tech stocks are putting investors at risk of a market reversal.The Citigroup team pointed out that the ongoing enthusiasm for artificial intelligence has pushed bullish market bets to the limit, particularly making the Nasdaq 100 index vulnerable to shocks. Since hitting a bottom in late March, the S&P 500 index has risen by 20%, and the Nasdaq 100 index has soared by 33%.

According to The Block, Standard Chartered Bank believes that the recent sharp decline in ETH prices does not reflect the continuous improvement of internal indicators on the Ethereum network, comparing it to Amazon's phase after the tech bubble burst in 2001. The bank maintains its ETH price targets: $4,000 by the end of 2026 and $40,000 by the end of 2030, and expects the ETH/BTC exchange rate to rebound to about 0.08 by the end of this decade.The bank stated that Ethereum dominates the stablecoin and RWA (real-world asset tokenization) sectors, expecting the market value of both stablecoins and non-stablecoin RWAs to increase to about $2 trillion by 2028, which will drive Ethereum's trading volume and TVL to new highs, pushing ETH prices upward.

According to Cointelegraph, VanEck CEO Jan Van Eck stated that he remains optimistic about Bitcoin in the long term, but warned that 2026 is historically a down year in the four-year halving cycle. He noted that institutional adoption has fundamentally remained unchanged, lacking catalysts for significant price increases.

Michael Widmer, Managing Director and Head of Metal Research at Bank of America, stated that gold prices will face pressure in the short term due to a decline in market expectations for U.S. interest rate cuts. However, the bank maintains a bullish outlook on gold and reiterates its forecast for gold prices to rise to $6,000 per ounce in the next 12 months.The current pressure on gold is related to the market's repricing of inflation risks and the path of U.S. interest rates against the backdrop of rising energy prices due to the Middle East conflict. Despite these pressures, gold is expected to continue rising, supported by ongoing purchases by central banks, a rebound in investor demand, and weakening economic growth indicators.

According to Cointelegraph, cryptocurrency market analyst Michaël van de Poppe stated that Bitcoin has fallen below the key support range of $75,000 to $76,000. If it cannot recover above $76,600, it will be difficult to support expectations for new highs, and the price may drop to the $60,000 range. He also pointed out that there are several CME Bitcoin futures gaps above, with the highest being above $79,000, and that market pullbacks that occur on Fridays often turn bullish again.

Cathie Wood's investment firm Ark Invest bought approximately $5 million worth of Bullish stock through its three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Thursday, despite the stock closing lower that day.According to Ark's daily disclosed trading data, Ark purchased a total of 139,117 shares of Bullish stock through its Innovation (ARKK), Next Generation Internet (ARKW), and Blockchain and Fintech Innovation (ARKF) ETFs on Thursday. Based on the closing price that day, this transaction was valued at approximately $5 million.

Cathie Wood's investment firm Ark Invest bought approximately $4.4 million worth of Bullish stock through three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the trading days on Monday and Tuesday.According to Ark's daily trading disclosures and the closing prices on those days, Ark purchased 52,308 shares on Monday and 69,712 shares on Tuesday, involving the three ETFs: Innovation ETF (ARKK), Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW), and Blockchain and Financial Technology Innovation ETF (ARKF). This purchase occurred after Bullish's stock price had been declining consecutively. Over the past five trading days, Bullish's stock price has dropped a total of 15.4%, with a rebound of 1.88% on Tuesday, closing at $36.23. Despite the slight recovery, the stock has still fallen 16.7% over the past month.Ark actively adjusts its ETF holdings to ensure that no single stock accounts for more than 10% of the fund's portfolio. When certain asset values fluctuate significantly, a rebalancing of weights is conducted, and this increase in holdings falls under that routine management operation.On the fundamental side, Bullish disclosed mixed results for the first quarter last week. The company reported a net loss of $604.9 million, nearly doubling the loss from the same period last year, but adjusted revenue increased from $62.4 million a year ago to $92.8 million. CEO Tom Farley pointed out that the recent acquisition of Equiniti for $4.2 billion is a potential growth catalyst, aimed at integrating Bullish's tokenization technology stack with regulated agencies to create a comprehensive blockchain-enabled issuance service provider.Background information shows that Bullish went public in August 2025, issuing 30 million shares at a price of $37 per share. According to Bitcoin Treasuries data, the company remains the sixth largest publicly traded holder of Bitcoin, holding approximately 24,300 BTC.

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.

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.

ARK Invest, led by Cathie Wood, submitted its Q1 2026 13F report, which shows a significant increase in holdings of Circle, Robinhood, Bitmine, and Bullish, while reducing its position in Coinbase.Specifically, ARK Invest significantly increased its holdings in Circle (CRCL) by approximately 368,000 shares, raising its total to about 4.5 million shares, with a market value of approximately $430 million, accounting for 3.34%; it also increased its holdings in Robinhood (HOOD) by about 1.19 million shares, with a market value of approximately $416 million; Bullish (BLSH) and Bitmine (BMNR) saw increases of about 1.74 million shares and 240,000 shares, respectively. Additionally, ARK Invest reduced its position in Coinbase (COIN), currently holding about 2.37 million shares, with a market value of approximately $414 million, accounting for 3.22%.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, address 0x082...dca88 longed 1.38 million HYPE (worth 63.47 million USD) with 5x leverage, with an opening price of 38.676 USD. This position nearly gave back all profits when the HYPE price dropped to around 38 USD, and has currently recovered to a floating profit of over 10.21 million USD.

According to CoinDesk, the crypto platform Bullish (BLSH) announced its performance for the first quarter of 2026, with adjusted revenue of $92.8 million, below analysts' expectations of $94.9 million; adjusted EBITDA was $35.1 million, also below the expected $38 million; the net loss reached $604.9 million, equivalent to a loss of $3.85 per share, with the loss widening compared to the same period last year. Due to sluggish digital asset trading activity, BLSH's stock price fell by 7.9% in pre-market trading, reporting at $38.51.

Despite Bitcoin's pullback of about 2.5% since reaching a peak of $82,800, market analysts generally believe that its overall upward structure remains intact and has re-entered the "full bull market momentum" range. Swiss wealth management firm Swissblock pointed out that Bitcoin has re-entered the price expansion range, the Bull Market Support Band has turned into support, and the 21-week EMA has crossed above the 20-week SMA, with the trend structure turning bullish again. Currently, Bitcoin's price is consolidating around $80,000, where the "real market average" and short-term holding costs constitute key support, while the realized price around $85,000 forms an upper pressure zone.Whale and institutional-led spot buying are strengthening, while the proportion of derivative speculation is decreasing. Similar structures historically correspond to sustainable upward trends. If this indicator continues to maintain positive values, it may further drive Bitcoin to continue its upward cycle. In terms of liquidity, the Stablecoin Supply Ratio (SSR) has rebounded from historical lows to a key range, indicating that stablecoin funds are flowing back into the market. This signal has corresponded to phase bottom rebounds in mid-2021, 2022, and mid-2023. Meanwhile, the Binance stablecoin supply ratio oscillation indicator (SSR Oscillator) has risen to 2.8, reaching a 12-month high, showing a significant increase in stablecoin purchasing power.On-chain activity is also strengthening. Bitcoin's daily transaction volume has increased by 116%, reaching 831,400 transactions, a 20-month high; the number of active addresses has increased by 7.1% to 707,700, and total transaction fees have grown by 37% to $279,300, indicating a significant increase in network usage activity. In terms of funding structure, the 90-day spot Taker CVD has turned into a sustained positive value, indicating that spot buying is dominating the market. Glassnode data shows that this indicator has further risen to $62 million compared to a week ago, reflecting an increase in market proactive buying sentiment.In summary, the price structure, liquidity indicators, and on-chain demand all indicate that Bitcoin is currently still in a "strong trend expansion phase," and the bull market momentum has not yet ended.

As the first CEX platform to connect with Polymarket, Gate's data shows that the overall market expectation for the "WTI Crude Oil May Price" related prediction event remains strong. Among them, the probability of WTI crude oil prices exceeding $110 is 51%, the probability of exceeding $105 is 67%, and the probability of exceeding $100 is as high as 94%. Overall, the market maintains an optimistic outlook on the short-term trend of oil prices, with funding expectations continuously leaning towards an upward direction.Gate's performance in the Polymarket partnership channel continues to lead, currently securing a spot in the top three, with a significant increase in user participation scale, reflecting the growing activity and engagement depth of platform users in the prediction market. Users can directly access the prediction market through the Gate App, entering the Polymarket page from the platform's homepage Alpha, and participate in event predictions using USDT in their exchange accounts. This integration marks a key step for Gate in merging the crypto trading ecosystem with the prediction market, providing users with a diversified market experience from expectation judgment to trading participation.In addition, Gate will launch the "Polymarket 100 USDT Battle God Challenge" social media event from May 11, 15:00 to May 20, 15:00 (UTC+8), where users can participate in prediction market trading with a maximum of 100 USDT and compete for the earnings leaderboard and quality content creator rewards by sharing profit reports, trading strategies, and review content. The total prize pool of the event includes 66 content reward slots and a 1,000 USDT Battle God earnings prize pool.

According to 10x Research analysis, since mid-January, the total gamma exposure of Bitcoin has remained negative, currently reaching -3.2 billion dollars at the strike price of 82,000 dollars. In a negative gamma environment, market makers are forced to trade in the direction of the trend, accelerating buying during price increases and accelerating selling during price decreases, which exacerbates price volatility.As the options expiration on May 29 and June 26 approaches, the negative gamma suppression effect is expected to gradually dissipate, and the downward bias of Bitcoin will subsequently ease. Currently, the market demand for call options is significantly higher than for put options, and institutions expect that market sentiment will shift from bearish to bullish at that time.

Bitcoin bulls have high expectations for the year-end options expiring on December 25, involving about $6 billion in funds. Since the year’s low of $60,130 on February 6, the BTC price has risen by 33%, which has largely driven the return of bullish sentiment in the market. However, the large number of call (buy) options with target prices pointing to $115,000 and above has also raised questions about whether the bulls are overly optimistic.The Deribit trading platform holds a 92% market share in December Bitcoin options open interest, reaching $5.5 billion. On Deribit, put (sell) options have decreased by 56% compared to call options, as crypto traders have traditionally favored bullish positions, with the put-call ratio typically skewed. Even so, the open interest for call options at $115,000 and above amounts to $1.85 billion, which is still a considerable size. However, the number of put options at $55,000 and below is also significant, with total open interest of $1 billion. This indicates that both sides are viewed as having a similar proportion of bets deemed unlikely to materialize, each accounting for about 50% of their respective open interest segments. If the bulls are seen as overly optimistic, the bears also seem to be equally extreme in their pessimism.The options skew indicator more clearly reflects professional traders' comfort levels regarding upside and downside price risks. Put options are trading at a 9% premium relative to equivalent call options, indicating moderate concern about Bitcoin's downside price volatility. Under neutral conditions, the skew indicator should be between -6% and +6%. According to derivatives indicators, investor optimism has not been materially affected during Bitcoin's rise to $80,000. Ultimately, the $1.85 billion in call options for December should not be interpreted as a signal of excessive confidence from the bulls.

Solana's official tweet stated that Bullish has tokenized its entire cap table by putting 151 million shares on-chain to Solana after completing the acquisition of Equiniti.Bullish CEO Thomas Farley announced this news at the Consensus 2026 conference and demonstrated a real-time wallet-to-wallet share transfer live using the Phantom wallet.

On-chain data platform Glassnode shows that Bitcoin whales' net long positions on Hyperliquid have risen to a new high for 2026. The data indicates that whales have been continuously increasing their long positions recently, continuing the trend of going long after last month's Bitcoin price breakout. Currently, the total positions of whales on the platform are approximately $3.5 billion, with longs slightly outnumbering shorts.Analysis suggests that the movements of Hyperliquid whales are often seen as a market sentiment indicator; the current overall liquidation scale is relatively low and mainly concentrated in short positions, reflecting a bullish market atmosphere.