10 #Bitcoin ETFs outflows 4,964 $BTC(-$458.3M) and 9 #Ethereum ETFs outflows 4,701 $ETH(-$15.21M) yesterday.

On May 18, per monitoring from Onchain Lens, cryptocurrency whale 0xF56 sold 1,733 XAUT units at $4,520 apiece, netting $7.83 million in total proceeds. The whale then deposited 10.2 million USDC into HyperLiquid, where it purchased 103,636 HYPE tokens and opened a 5x leveraged long position on HYPE. Separately, another whale tagged 0x688 transferred 4.87 million USDC to HyperLiquid, buying 102,055 HYPE tokens at an average price of $47.75 each.

May 18 – Per official sources, TradeXYZ’s pre-IPO offering has officially launched on SpaceX, with its ticker code SPCX.

May 18 – Israeli media reported Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call Tuesday to discuss the possibility of resuming military strikes against Iran. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) cited a senior Israeli official, who said the conversation lasted roughly 30 minutes, with the core topic being launching joint airstrikes if the U.S. proceeds with military action against Iran. In a separate interview with Axios news website, Trump warned Iran’s “time is running out,” stating that if the Iranian regime fails to deliver better terms for a deal, “they will suffer a much greater assault than they have ever seen before.” Two U.S. officials confirmed that Trump plans to convene his senior national security team at the White House Situation Room on Tuesday to review military options. Trump told Axios he still believes Iran seeks to strike a deal, adding he is waiting for an updated proposal from Tehran – one

May 18, Darkforst data shows Bitcoin ETFs posted a net weekly outflow of 13,000 BTC, marking their worst week since early February. Ark Invest saw the largest outflows, with over 4,000 BTC withdrawn solely from its holdings.

On May 18, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Ukrainian national Olena Oblamska—accused of operating the cryptocurrency investment platform Forsage—was extradited from Thailand to the U.S. last week. She appeared in a federal court in Oregon and entered a not-guilty plea to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors allege Forsage marketed itself as a smart contract-based investment project on the Ethereum blockchain, but it was actually a Ponzi and pyramid scheme involving roughly $340 million. Oblamska is currently in federal custody pending trial, with her jury trial scheduled to begin on July 14, 2026. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in federal prison.

On May 18, data from Coinglass shows that the total net outflow of Bitcoin (BTC) from centralized exchanges (CEXs) over the past 24 hours reached 5,740.82 coins. The top three CEXs by BTC outflow in this period are: - Coinbase Pro: An outflow of 5,457.2 BTC - Binance: An outflow of 1,022.83 BTC - Gemini: An outflow of 503.83 BTC Separately, OKX recorded a BTC inflow of 530.1 BTC, making it the CEX with the largest net BTC inflow in the same 24-hour window.