U.S. CFTC Acting Chairman: Enforcement Division Restructured, Refocused on Combating Fraud

On May 18, a spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Pakistan-mediated negotiation process remains ongoing. (FXStreet)

May 18 — A spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry told Iranian state media that technical teams from Iran and Oman met in Oman last week to discuss a mechanism for ensuring secure passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

May 18 — According to monitoring from LookOnChain, an address tied to a16z bought another 372,000 HYPE tokens in the last three hours, valued at roughly $16.91 million. Since April 14, this address has accumulated 2.11 million HYPE tokens overall, with a total value of around $90.87 million.

May 18: Musk said he hopes to push SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) forward "soon."

On May 18, the yield on Germany’s 10-year government bond rose to 3.187%, hitting its highest level since 2011. (FX168)

May 18th. New data from DefiLlama shows trade.xyz—an on-chain platform focused on TradFi asset perpetual contracts—is reinforcing its leading position in on-chain stocks, indices, commodities, and Pre-IPO perpetual markets. The platform’s total open interest (OI) has surpassed $23.8 billion, with weekly trading volume hitting $12.542 billion and 30-day trading volume reaching $52.014 billion. Its protocol revenue over the past 30 days stands at $1.89 million, further solidifying its dominance in the on-chain TradFi perpetual space. Trade.xyz’s rapid rise is closely tied to its innovative pricing mechanisms. For example, Pre-IPO perpetual contracts lack consistent external pricing, so the platform has adopted an "Internal Impact Price + EMA Dynamic Smoothing" system. Once the underlying assets go public, it seamlessly switches to external oracle pricing, enabling true 24/7 price discovery. During recent CBRS-related events, trade.xyz’s Pre-IPO prices accurately reflected post-IPO marke