Echo Protocol confirms being under attack, suspends all cross-chain transactions

On May 19th, Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump, posted on social media that American Bitcoin (ABTC), a Bitcoin mining firm backed by the Trump family, has accumulated over 7,500 Bitcoins—placing it 15th globally among publicly traded companies in terms of total Bitcoin holdings.

May 19: On-chain analyst Auntie Ai (@ai_9684xtpa) reports that a crypto whale has placed four separate short trades on HYPE over the past 24 hours, logging total losses of $747,000 across all positions. Here’s the breakdown of the whale’s HYPE short losses: - The first short was opened yesterday, held for less than 24 hours, and resulted in a $306,000 loss. - A second short was initiated at 6:00 a.m. ET this morning, held for just 29 minutes, leading to a $73,000 loss. - A third short was placed at 8:00 a.m. ET today, also held for 29 minutes, generating an $184,000 loss. - The whale currently holds 224,000 HYPE tokens (valued at roughly $10.63 million) with an unrealized loss of $184,000.

Official sources reveal that BiyaPay has launched its "Pizza Day | BiyaPay Treats You to Free Pizza" event in celebration of Bitcoin Pizza Day. The platform will randomly select lucky community members to receive USDT Pizza Fund rewards. To join the lucky draw, users just need to complete three steps: follow BiyaPay’s official X account, retweet the event post, and leave a pizza emoji in the comment section. The event runs from May 18 through May 22, with winners determined and rewards distributed on May 22—Bitcoin Pizza Day itself. BiyaPay noted that Bitcoin Pizza Day originated on May 22, 2010, a iconic milestone in the crypto industry. The event is designed to honor this classic day, connect with global users to look back on Bitcoin’s early history, and share the unique crypto culture and community spirit that Bitcoin Pizza Day embodies.

On May 19, the "Build X-Agent Hackathon," hosted by X-Agent, wrapped up successfully at the global tech festival Mushanghai. X-Agent is the world’s first agile engine that turns human intent into a working AI Agent. Built on the product philosophy of “Speak to Build, Share to Connect,” it lets anyone create and share their AI applications with just a single sentence. The 7-day event drew millions of views. It had two tracks: the Builder Track for developers, and the X-Agent Track for no-code users. All projects have now been submitted via GitHub PR or an online form, and the winner list will be announced shortly. An X-Agent community leader shared, “Turnout for this hackathon exceeded all expectations. Developers from more than 10 countries built nearly 70 projects to prove one thing — when a tool is simple enough, creativity knows no limits. We’re proud of every participant; that’s exactly what X-Agent is all about. Moving forward, we’ll keep enhancing our product ecosystem, partne

Per data from Onchainlens, a crypto whale spent 1.03 million USDT to buy an extra 299,454 UNI on May 19. The whale currently holds 763,061 UNI in total, valued at roughly $2.7 million.

May 19: According to Hyperinsight’s monitoring, among whales holding tens of millions of Bitcoin (BTC) on Hyperliquid, the address 0x50b309f78e774a756a2230e1769729094cac9f20 is currently closest to its liquidation line. This address has a liquidation price of $74,214, with roughly a $25 million gap to the current market price—equivalent to a 3.31% difference. One day ago, this whale opened a 20x-leveraged long position of 881.6 BTC (valued at approximately $67.6 million) at an average entry price of $77,934. It now holds an unrealized loss of $1.06 million, a 37% decline, making this the largest BTC long position on the Hyperliquid platform.