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On May 18, investor fears of accelerating inflation triggered a global bond market sell-off, pushing yields on U.S. long-term Treasuries to their highest levels in nearly three years. U.S. President Donald Trump has been pressuring Iran to reach an agreement to avoid a potential military conflict, and this pressure has kept oil prices climbing. As a result, the yield on the 30-year Treasury note rose by 4 basis points to a peak of 5.16% at one point—its highest level since October 2023. The yields on the 10-year and 2-year Treasury notes touched 4.63% and 4.10% respectively, marking their loftiest levels since February 2025. Across the Pacific, Japan’s 30-year Japanese Government Bond (JGB) yield surged 20 basis points to 4.2%, hitting its highest point since the bond’s introduction in 1999. Bond traders frequently view the 5% yield threshold on the U.S. 30-year Treasury as a key "line in the sand"—a level they believe will draw bargain hunters into the market. Gunit Chadha, Head of U

May 18th — On-chain data analyst Murphy noted that the evolving relationship between cost basis and price behavior is one of the most effective frameworks for tracking Bitcoin’s (BTC) bottom structure formation, with the "1-3 month short-term holder cost basis" (1-3m_RP) serving as the most reliable reference. He explained that every bear market bottom formation in prior cycles was accompanied by a gradual shift in this short-term holder cost basis (marked by the yellow line), citing these historical examples: - During 2015-2016, BTC first broke above its short-term holder cost basis and then traded around that level for an extended period. - In 2019-2020, BTC made an aggressive breakout above this cost basis before entering a small bull market. - In 2022-2023, BTC broke above the short-term holder cost basis, retraced twice to find support, and rebounded higher afterward. In the current cycle, BTC broke above the short-term holder cost basis on April 15 and has held above that level c

May 18 — Samsung Electronics’ stock price rose 6% as concerns over a strike eased, per market data. Earlier, a South Korean court partially approved Samsung Electronics’ request for an injunction to block the union’s planned strike action.

On May 18th, the crypto market saw a flash crash this morning, with Bitcoin plunging below the critical $78,000 support level and extending its downward trajectory. A wave of widespread liquidations swept the entire network, totaling $579 million in liquidations over nearly four hours—most hitting long positions. Notably, amid the market panic, some crypto whales chose to counter-trend by adding to their long positions. BlockBeats has compiled the key details below: The so-called ShapeShift mystery whale was the first to buy the dip post-drop, pouring $5.88 million into 2,656 spot ETH. The whale now holds 129,667 ETH, valued at $274.78 million. Previously, this whale was believed to be linked to ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees, but Voorhees has since publicly denied that connection. A whale associated with BIT aggressively expanded its futures positions. Starting on May 16th, the whale built its ETH long positions across four separate addresses. As of press time, it holds 120,000 ET

News Flash: Per an official announcement released on May 18, Bithumb will list the AIGENSYN/KRW trading pair, with trading set to launch at 4:00 PM local time on Monday, May 18, 2026.

May 18: Analyst Yu Jin notes current market trading enthusiasm is far lower than it was at the trough of the last bear market in December 2022. BTC: During the prior cycle’s bottom, Binance’s BTC/USDT pair averaged $20 billion in daily trading volume; today, that figure sits at only around $5 billion. Based on the retracement levels from the last bear market, the estimated bottom of this current cycle for Bitcoin is roughly $31,000. ETH: At the last cycle’s low point, ETH/USDT’s average daily trading volume was about $4 billion, while it’s now closer to $2 billion. BNB: Back at the prior cycle’s bottom, BNB/USDT’s average daily volume reached ~$50 million—nearly identical to its current level. A critical observation: Bitcoin’s current price is far higher than it was at the last bear market’s bottom. When measured in Bitcoin terms, the market’s trading enthusiasm appears even more pessimistic. BlockBeats points out that while crypto bear markets are torturous, two main factors driv