The total open interest of BTC options on the entire network is $18.87 billion
According to Coinglass data, the nominal value of open positions for BTC options across the entire network is $18.87 billion, while the nominal value of open positions for ETH options is $9.62 billion.
A whale withdrew 1,450 ETH from OKX 8 hours ago and pledged all of it to Lido
According to The Data Nerd, 8 hours ago, whale 0x0D00 extracted 1450 ETH (about 5.5 million US dollars) from OKX and then staked it all in Lido. He has a total stake of 1580 ETH (about 6.03 million US dollars) in Lido.
Ethereum core developer: Biden's veto of SAB 121 shows that the Democratic Party is not really working hard on cryptocurrency
Ethereum core developer eric.eth stated on social media that Biden's veto of SAB 121 shows that the Democratic Party did not really make efforts to develop cryptocurrency. The reason why ETHETF was approved is because the SEC had no reason to reject it, and the Democratic Party's war on cryptocurrency is more fierce than ever before.
ETH breaks through $3,800
The market shows ETH breaking through $3,800, currently reporting at $3,801.99, with a daily increase of 1.58%. The market is fluctuating greatly, please be prepared for risk control.
A certain address deposited 4287 ETH that was opened four months ago into Kraken
According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, as reported by Jinse Finance, a multi-signature address 0x672...2BDC6 withdrew 4287 ETH that were deposited four months ago (January 20th - February 11th) into Spark Protocol and then re-deposited them into Kraken, worth $16.02 million. The average acquisition cost of these ETH was $2392. If all of them were sold, a profit of $5.76 million would be made, with a return on investment of 56%.
SlowMist Cosine: Someone lost nearly $7 million in assets due to offline authorization signature being phished
According to ZachXBT's monitoring, someone lost approximately 1807 Ether.fi-Liquid1 (LQIDETHFIV1), which is equivalent to 6.9 million US dollars, due to a phishing scam. In response, SlowMist founder, Yu Xian, posted on X platform saying, "Another huge amount lost to phishing, nearly 7 million US dollars of ETH and collateral assets...from the old phishing group Inferno Drainer. The reason is still related to the offline authorization signature of the permit that was phished. Is the phishing method of bankrupting with just one click still unknown to many people? I hope the victims can come forward and share their experiences, especially about the wallets they were using..."
The Ethereum Foundation-associated address deposited 200 ETH to Kraken a few minutes ago
blockchain analyst @ai_9684xtpa has monitored that the Ethereum Foundation's associated address 0x9d2...C43B1 deposited 200 ETH worth $740,000 to Kraken five minutes ago. This address has been dormant for six years and woke up for the first time after April 28, 2024. It received 2,000 ETH transferred by the Ethereum Foundation in 2015 and currently has 1,029 ETH remaining.
Investment fund Fasanara Capital withdrew 1,600 ETH from the exchange three hours ago
Fasanara Capital, a UK investment fund, withdrew 1600 ETH worth about $6.2 million from Bybit and Cooper three hours ago. As of now, the fund's wallet holds 5383 ETH worth about $20.16 million.
A single transaction with a transaction fee of 33.77 ETH appeared on the Ethereum chain
According to Whale Alert monitoring, at 14:15 Beijing time, there was a single transaction on the Ethereum blockchain with a transaction fee of 33.77 ETH (worth about $126,700). The on-chain labels of the two parties involved in the transaction were "jaredfromsubway.eth" and "jaredfromsubway: MEV Bot", and a complex set of operations was executed in this transaction.
Bloomberg ETF Analyst: Ethereum Lacks an “Easily Understandable” Voice to Attract Baby Boomers to ETFs
Eric Balchunas, an ETF analyst at Bloomberg, believes that Ethereum lacks an "easy-to-understand" voice to attract the millennial generation to purchase ETFs. He said, "For Ethereum, is there such a simple sentence? If so, what is it? One of the challenges facing Ethereum ETFs in entering the world of the millennial generation with a 60/40 investment portfolio is to refine its purpose/value into an easy-to-understand voice. The potential obstacle to the success of spot Ethereum ETFs is how to resonate with investors aged 60-80."
Whales betting on the ETH ecosystem have withdrawn $7.22 million worth of ETH ecosystem-related tokens from Binance in the past hour
Blockchain analyst Yu Jin has monitored that in the past hour, whales/institutions betting on the Ethereum ecosystem have continued to withdraw Ethereum ecosystem-related tokens worth $7.22 million from Binance: 256,000 UNI ($2.72 million), 12,800 AAVE ($136), 742,000 LDO ($189), and 250,000 FXS ($125).
QCP Capital: ETH options trading volume reached 185 this week, but actual price performance was disappointing
QCP Capital analysis shows that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the 19b-4 form of eight spot ETH ETF issuers, including Blackrock and Fidelity. However, trading cannot begin until the S-1 form is approved. The market is expected to experience a big explosion this week, with options trading volume reaching 185. However, the price trend is disappointing, causing the front-end volatility to drop below 60. Although the trading of ETH spot ETF is only a matter of time, it may take some time. As investors take the opportunity to establish more ETH long positions, the trading platform has continued to see sustained demand for long-term ETH call options.
Ethereum 188th ACDE Meeting: Discussing Pectra Upgrade Details and Scope Changes
Christine Kim, Vice President of Galaxy Research, shared the main contents of the latest conference call by the Ethereum Core Developer (ACDE), where developers discussed and coordinated changes to the Ethereum Execution Layer (EL). This week, the main points discussed by developers include:
Will this cycle skip Ethereum?
Ryan Sean Adams is going to take the perspective of long-term Ethereum bulls, not the obviously wrong dyed in the wool Ethereum is dead haters.
A new wallet deposited 3,700 ETH received by Galaxy Digital into Coinbase 8 hours ago
According to The Data Nerd, 8 hours ago, a new wallet with the address 0x558 received 3,700 ETH (approximately $11.53 million USD) from Galaxy Digital and subsequently deposited it into Coinbase. At the same time, Galaxy Digital also deposited 1,300 ETH (approximately $4.05 million USD) into Bitstamp. The total amount of ETH deposited was 5,000 (approximately $15.58 million USD).
Ethereum on-chain DEX transaction volume yesterday was $1.491 billion
According to DeFiLlama data, the trading volume of DEX on the Ethereum blockchain on May 18 was 1.491 billion US dollars, ranking first. In addition, the trading volume of DEX on the Solana blockchain yesterday was 1.072 billion US dollars, ranking second; the trading volume of DEX on the BSC blockchain yesterday was 429.75 million US dollars, ranking third.
The total open interest of BTC options is $20.42 billion, and the open interest of ETH options is $9.23 billion.
According to Coinglass data, the nominal value of open BTC option positions on the entire network is $20.42 billion, and the nominal value of open ETH option positions is $9.23 billion.
A whale purchased 8,454.3 ETH in 18 hours through revolving loans
The whale who mainly plays with ETH's circular loan has accumulated a total of 8,454.3 ETH (26.34 million US dollars) through circular loans in the past 18 hours since last night at 10 o'clock, with an average price of about 3,079 US dollars, as monitored by on-chain analyst Yu Jin. Currently, the stablecoins he has lent out are worth 17.5 million USDT, and the loan-to-value ratio is 1.24 (his position will be liquidated when the ETH price reaches around 2,364 without increasing collateral).
The total amount of Ethereum beacon chain staked exceeds 32.6 million ETH
According to Dune data, the current total amount of ETH staked on the Ethereum beacon chain is 32,604,101, which accounts for 27.2% of the total ETH supply. Among them, the stake share of the Lido liquidity staking protocol is 28.64%.
The long position of a certain whale has grown to 5,683 ETH
According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, the long funds of a certain whale have increased to 5,683 ETH (worth $17.56 million), with an average long price of about $3,069.
