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XRP spot ETFs recorded their largest weekly inflow of the year, attracting a total of $60.5 million this week, U.Today reported. In contrast, BTC spot ETFs saw approximately $1 billion in net outflows, while ETH spot ETFs experienced $65 million in net outflows.

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.

Lookonchain reported that Jeffrey Huang, a BAYC-affiliated NFT whale and famous Taiwanese singer, has been liquidated again amid the recent market downturn, bringing his cumulative losses to $31.99 million (47.9 billion won). He currently holds a 25x long position on 1,275 ETH, worth $2.77 million, with an entry price of $2,192 and a liquidation price of $2,152.

Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe stated on X that Bitcoin's overall trend remains bullish and that the bear market has already concluded. He noted a recurring historical pattern where, after a bear market ends, Bitcoin rallies to its 50-week moving average (MA) before undergoing a correction. With the 50-week MA currently around $93,000, he believes there is still room for further upside. Van de Poppe also pointed out that, with the exception of the 2022 FTX collapse, most market bottoms have formed near the 200-week MA. Therefore, he considers the bear market to have ended with the $60,000 level reached in February. He concluded that bearish scenarios have become overly popular and sees no fundamental factors that would push Bitcoin to a new low at present.

A whale (address starting with 0xa5b0) who opened a 15x long position of 40,000 ETH, worth $87 million, on Hyperliquid is currently facing an unrealized loss of over $3.6 million. The entry price for the position is $2,265, with a liquidation price of $1,347. Over the past two months, this same whale has earned a trading profit of $44.61 million from a cumulative 120,000 ETH in long positions.

Italy's largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, expanded its cryptocurrency investments in the first quarter, holding $235 million in crypto-related ETFs as of March 31, Wu Blockchain reported. The figure represents more than double the $100 million held in the fourth quarter of last year.

Major exchanges have seen $115 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $681 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $78,000. BTC is trading at $77,949.72 on the Binance USDT market.

The Thorchain Foundation, which recently lost approximately $10 million in an exploit, has established a compensation pool of the same amount, Cointelegraph reported. Victims can apply directly for reimbursement. A total of 12,847 wallets on the Bitcoin, BNB Chain, Ethereum, and Base networks are eligible for compensation. Applications will be accepted until June 4, after which any unclaimed funds will be transferred to the protocol's insurance fund.

A smart money investor who made a $30.38 million profit by purchasing 11,004 ETH in 2016 at an average price of $3.45 has begun reinvesting in Ethereum after a one-year hiatus, according to ai_9684xtpa. An hour ago, the investor bought 647.137 ETH on-chain for $1.43 million at an average price of $2,211.49. The investor currently holds 14.19 million USDC, prompting speculation about potential further purchases.

Leading real-world asset (RWA) platform MSX announced that it began accepting subscriptions for its second pre-IPO project, featuring AI firm Anthropic and prediction market platform Polymarket, at 4:00 a.m. UTC on May 16. The initial subscription price for early participants is 855 USDT for Anthropic, based on a $950 billion valuation, and 152 USDT for Polymarket, based on a $15 billion valuation. The platform's first pre-IPO project, AI semiconductor company Cerebras Systems, previously yielded a 300% return for subscribers.

Joseph Shalom, CEO of Sharplink, who is currently accumulating Ethereum, has identified three catalysts for a potential price rebound, Cointelegraph reported. He pointed to the passage of the U.S. Clarity Act, a recovery in risk appetite, and an acceleration in the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). Shalom projects that the RWA tokenization market, currently valued at $32 billion, will grow to between $500 billion and $1 trillion by next year.

Major exchanges have seen $216 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $541 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

The United States and Israel could resume military attacks on Iran as early as next week, with the Pentagon preparing to restart military operations, according to U.S. sources. Negotiations are currently reported to be at a standstill. According to multiple U.S. officials, options under consideration for a renewed military offensive include large-scale bombing of Iranian military and infrastructure facilities and the deployment of special operations forces on the ground to secure nuclear materials. Hundreds of special operations personnel already arrived in the Middle East in March, though U.S. officials have acknowledged that a ground deployment carries significant risks. Furthermore, the U.S. has reportedly resupplied ammunition to its warships and fighter jets in the region since a ceasefire in early April.

Investor confidence in Kelp DAO appears to be recovering, with exchanges seeing a net outflow of 435 rsETH on May 15, according to Santiment. This marks a reversal from the day of the protocol's hack about a month ago, when a net 563 rsETH flowed into exchanges. Santiment attributed the shift to Kelp DAO's full resumption of rsETH withdrawals, bridging, and protocol operations.

Approximately 11% of illicit funds circulating in the global crypto-asset market were seized or frozen in 2025, a recovery rate about 55 times more efficient than that of traditional finance, Binance Research reported. The firm explained that because all crypto transactions are permanently recorded on a distributed ledger, it is significantly easier to trace money laundering routes.

Early Bitcoin supporters, including Gemini co-founders the Winklevoss twins, are accumulating large amounts of Zcash (ZEC), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. They believe that as Bitcoin has become institutionalized, it has lost its original ideals of anonymity and privacy. In their view, Zcash, with its zero-knowledge proof-based "Shielded Transaction" feature, is closer to Bitcoin's initial vision. Grayscale founder Barry Silbert compared the current state of Zcash to Bitcoin in 2013, noting that it is re-igniting the imagination around decentralization and privacy that characterized the early virtual asset market. ZEC has risen approximately 48% over the past 30 days and 1,100% over the last year.

According to Cointelegraph, publicly traded companies have accumulated a total of 369,000 BTC over the past 12 months.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately $290 million in net outflows on May 15, marking a return to net outflows after just one day, according to data compiled by Trader T. - BlackRock's IBIT: -$136.28 million - Fidelity's FBTC: -$39.59 million - Bitwise's BITB: -$11.60 million - Ark Invest's ARKB: -$52.48 million

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $65.64 million in net outflows on May 15, marking the fifth consecutive day of net outflows, according to data compiled by Trader T. - BlackRock's ETHA: -$50.35 million - Fidelity's FETH: -$11.08 million

Druk Holding and Investments (DHI), Bhutan's sovereign wealth fund, has denied rumors that it has been selling its Bitcoin holdings. In an interview with CoinDesk, DHI CEO Ujjwal Deep Dahal clarified that he could not recall the last time the fund had sold any BTC. The statement follows a previous report from Arkham suggesting the Bhutanese government appeared to have sold over $200 million in BTC since the start of the year. Arkham had also projected that at its then-current pace, the government could liquidate its entire BTC position by October.

Optimism surrounding Bitcoin has surged due to progress on the U.S. CLARITY Act, according to Santiment. The analytics firm explained that expectations on social media grew significantly after the Senate Banking Committee passed the bill in a 15-9 vote. However, Santiment cautioned that the market tends to move in the opposite direction when bullish expectations become excessive.

Crypto investment firm Multicoin Capital deposited 286,000 AAVE, worth $26.68 million, into Coinbase Prime approximately five hours ago. The total comprises 98,000 AAVE withdrawn from various exchanges and 188,000 AAVE from the firm's existing holdings.

Bitmine (BMNR), led by Tom Lee, appears to have purchased an additional 89,026 ETH, worth approximately $197.64 million, according to on-chain analysis firm Lookonchain. The firm stated that four newly created addresses, believed to be associated with Bitmine, received the funds from Kraken and FalconX.

BlackRock withdrew 1,768 BTC, worth $140.3 million, from Coinbase five hours ago, according to Onchain Lens. Withdrawals from exchanges are typically interpreted as an intention to hold.