Following a dual boost from the OpenAI and SB Energy IPO plans, SoftBank's stock price soared by nearly 20%.

On May 21st, NVIDIA (NVDA) released its Q1 FY2027 earnings report after the U.S. market closed on Wednesday. The chipmaker posted revenue of $81.6 billion, exceeding market consensus estimates of $78.672 billion, with its data center division leading growth at $75.2 billion—also topping projections of $72.8 billion. NVIDIA also announced an $80 billion stock repurchase plan and a quarterly dividend increase, lifting the cash payout from $0.01 per share to $0.25 per share. Currently, NVIDIA’s stock trades at $223.47, giving the company a market capitalization of $5.43 trillion. As a core bellwether for global AI assets, its earnings results and stock price fluctuations remain closely watched by the market. With cryptocurrencies growing more integrated into U.S. stock trading landscapes, top AI stocks have emerged as important targets for crypto users seeking cross-market trading opportunities. BiyaPay, meanwhile, enables users to trade a range of assets—including U.S. stocks, Hong Kon

On May 21, Tor-based peer-to-peer multi-signature decentralized exchange (DEX) RetoSwap announced via social media that the trading protocol of its upstream open-source project, Haveno, had been hacked. In response, RetoSwap banned the attacker’s onion address and suspended trading by enforcing a client version restriction, clarifying that the core team itself was not targeted. The breach primarily impacted large cryptocurrency transactions, while fiat trades remained unharmed, according to the update. Blockchain security firm PeckShield monitored the incident and reported that RetoSwap users lost roughly 7,000 Monero (XMR), equivalent to about $2.7 million. The RetoSwap team is currently assessing solutions to help affected users recover their funds.

May 21 — Per monitoring from Hyperinsight (https://t.me/HyperInsight), HYPE saw a sharp rally this morning, briefly topping the $57 mark. The largest on-chain short holder for HYPE, trader “Loracle,” now has unrealized losses that have swelled to $20.1 million. Currently, he holds a short position on 1.711 million HYPE with 5x leverage, bringing his total position size to $96 million. Amid ongoing market headwinds, this whale added to his short position against the prevailing trend between last night and early this morning. As of press time, he has accumulated an additional 268,000 HYPE shorts (valued at roughly $15.27 million), pushing his average entry price up from $42.55 to $44.3, while his liquidation price sits at $69.7. Wallet address: 0x8def9f50456c6c4e37fa5d3d57f108ed23992dae

May 21: According to Coinglass data, even as Bitcoin posted a minor price gain, current funding rates across major centralized (CEXs) and decentralized exchanges (DEXs) point to a distinct bearish shift in the market. Specific funding rate figures are laid out in the chart below. BlockBeats Note: The funding rate is a fee set by crypto exchanges to keep perpetual contract prices aligned with the price of their underlying asset. It serves as a payment mechanism between long and short traders—exchanges do not pocket this fee. The rate adjusts to balance the costs and profits of traders holding open contracts, ensuring contract prices stay tightly correlated to the underlying asset’s market value. For context: A funding rate of 0.01% is the baseline threshold. Rates above 0.01% typically signal bullish market sentiment, while rates below 0.005% generally indicate bearish conditions.

May 21: Per Bitget market data, South Korea’s KOSPI index extended its gains to 7% in the trading session. SK Hynix surged 11%, Samsung Electronics climbed 6%, and LG Electronics rallied a sharp 24%.

On May 21st, GMGN monitoring shows that the Base ecosystem token NOOK (nookplot) saw a sharp jump in market capitalization this morning, hitting a new high of $8.6 million and currently trading at $7.5 million. The token has surged 77% over the past 24 hours, with a trading volume of $1.7 million. The project is reported to be a P2P protocol for an AI agent network. BlockBeats reminds users that on-chain transactions are highly volatile, often driven by market sentiment and concept-based speculative trading. Investors should be aware of the associated risks.