Germany's 10-year Government Bond Yield Rises to 3.187%, Hits Fresh High Since 2011

On May 18, Chain.info reports that a whale holding 132,000 ETH borrowed 10.6 million USDT from both Spark and Aave three hours prior. The whale subsequently used those borrowed funds to purchase 5,001 ETH at an average price of $2,120. Currently, this whale holds a total of 137,400 ETH, valued at roughly $290 million, including leveraged positions through Aave and Spark. The liquidation price for these positions is approximately $1,324.

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."

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