Balance (EPT) will be listed on Binance Alpha and Binance Futures

On May 21st, per Onchain Lens monitoring, HYPE has reached a new high, with on-chain FOMO buying remaining relentless. A newly created address just withdrew 198,535 HYPE from Bybit, worth $11.62 million.

May 21st saw on-chain HYPE long and short positions ride a wild rollercoaster, fueled by the token’s ongoing surge. As of press time: The largest HYPE short, held by wallet loracle.hl, is currently carrying an unrealized loss of $25.9 million. The trader shorted 1.82 million HYPE tokens (worth $108 million) at an average price of $45.1, while the token’s latest liquidation price stands at $68.8. On the flip side, the largest HYPE long position is now sitting on an unrealized gain of $28.64 million. This trader went long with 1.38 million HYPE tokens (valued at $82 million) back in November, entering at $38.6 and holding the position for seven months.

May 21: Per HTX market data, HYPE surged above its prior high of $59.3, now trading at $59.6978, hitting a new all-time high after eight months.

May 21 — According to Bitget market data, during U.S. trading hours, both WTI and Brent crude oil continued to climb. WTI crude hit $106 per barrel, rallying 3.39% intraday. Brent crude is currently trading at $105.81 per barrel, up 3.26% so far on the day.

May 21st: U.S. Markit’s preliminary May PMI data shows the Services PMI came in at 50.9, missing the market consensus estimate of 51.1 and lower than the prior reading of 51. Meanwhile, the preliminary May Markit Manufacturing PMI for the U.S. printed at 55.3, beating expectations of 53.8 and the previous figure of 54.5.

May 21: Per Bitget market data, the three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.27%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.39%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.5%. Microsoft was a standout gainer, rising 1.1% on news that AI startup Anthropic is in talks with the company to use its artificial intelligence chips. This morning, Nvidia— which reported its first-quarter (Q1) earnings after the prior session’s market close—edged down 1%. Conversely, cryptocurrency-focused stock Circle outperformed peers, surging over 2%. Separately, the U.S. quantum computing sector posted sharp gains, fueled by word of U.S. government financial support. D-Wave Quantum jumped 16%, Rigetti Computing rose 14%, Infleqtion rallied 25%, the broader quantum computing stock group gained 9%, and Ionq added 3.1%.