PANews news on May 18th, according to @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, staunch BTC bull James Wynn (@JamesWynnReal) has accumulated a floating profit of $20.41 million on Hyperliquid long positions. - BTC 40x long position: position value of $393 million, entry price $103,083, liquidation price $95,551, floating profit of $3.15 million - kPEPE 40x long position: position value of $44.97 million, entry price $0.00766, liquidation price $0.0035556, floating profit of $19.03 million - XPR 40x long position: position value of $41.82 million, entry price $2.49, liquidation price $0.55, floating loss of $1.77 million

<Foresight News> report, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that a judge has sentenced an Alabama man to 14 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for participating in the January 2024 intrusion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account, which was used to send a tweet that caused Bitcoin prices to briefly surge by over $1,000. <Foresight News> previously reported that on January 10, 2024, the SEC's official X account was hacked, during which the hackers impersonated the SEC and released false news about Bitcoin ETF approval.

On May 18, according to <Onchain Lens>, a whale transferred 700 BTC to Binance 15 minutes ago, valued at $72.72 million. The whale still holds 4,500 BTC, worth $467.49 million, stored in 2 different wallets.

<Foresight News> report, crypto exchange Kraken posted "KRAK the world", which may hint at the stock code KRAK. <Foresight News> previously reported that Kraken plans to go public as early as the first quarter of 2026.

According to Mars Finance, a crypto KOL <嗯哼> revealed that Bybit platform recently experienced an Apple ID login vulnerability, where a user's real-name authentication information was inexplicably altered, causing face verification issues during withdrawal that prevented the operation and resulted in over $100,000 in funds being stranded. Currently, after verification by <嗯哼> and contact with Bybit's official team, the issue has been resolved, and the user has regained account control.

<PANews> News on May 18th, MapleStory announced that the MapleStory Universe webpage will undergo temporary maintenance, during which access may be unavailable. Maintenance Time: May 19, 2025, from 06:00 to 08:00 (total 2 hours) Maintenance Scope: MapleStory Universe webpage, MapleStory N webpage, MapleStory N game client, MSU market, exchange and transfer functions, MSU explorer, NXPC claiming. Maintenance Content: Server check.

On May 18, Strategy founder Michael Saylor once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker. According to previous patterns, Strategy always discloses additional Bitcoin holdings the day after related news is released.

<AR> Financial News, American billionaire investor Tim Draper said in an interview, "I have been continuously buying more Bitcoin". Previously, Tim Draper stated that Bitcoin will replace the US dollar within 10 years. Tim Draper once bought approximately 29,656 Bitcoins at an auction held by the U.S. Marshals Service in July 2014 for around $19 million.

<Huoxing Finance News>, Hong Kong police launched the "Night Raid" operation to dismantle an active cross-border money laundering criminal group operating in mainland China and Hong Kong. The money laundering group recruited mainland individuals to open bank accounts in Hong Kong to profit from fraud cases, and then arranged for them to withdraw cash and exchange it for cryptocurrency at virtual asset exchange shops to launder money. The operation resulted in the arrest of 12 men and women, involving criminal proceeds of 118 million Hong Kong dollars. Senior Inspector Lo Wan-shan from the Hong Kong Commercial Crime Investigation Unit's Fraud Investigation Team stated that from July 2024 to May 2025, the criminal group recruited mainland individuals as puppet account holders, primarily used to receive proceeds from various types of fraud cases. During this period, they used over 500 bank accounts to launder 118 million dollars. Among these, 10 million dollars have been confirmed as proceeds from 58 reported fraud cases, in which victims suffered losses of approximately 43.2 million dollars. (Hong Kong Commercial Report)

On May 18, according to Cointelegraph, traders remain generally bullish on the current market, expecting Bitcoin to challenge its historical high point again and re-enter a price exploration phase. Analyst Alan stated, "Bitcoin's next target price this week is $116,000. Bitcoin is currently in a converging triangle formation, with continuously declining trading volume, which is a common signal of an imminent breakthrough." Trader Daan Crypto Trades said: "With the recent rally, we have consistently seen a Coinbase spot price premium. This is a positive sign, indicating solid demand."

<Mars Finance> News, on May 18, according to CNBC, Trump's private dinner for TRUMP major holders will be held on May 22 at the Virginia Golf Club in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., with the first 220 TRUMP token holders invited. Documents provided by blockchain analysis company Inca Digital show that many of the top 275 TRUMP token holders have close relationships with international trading platforms like Binance, which are not open to U.S. users, indicating they are likely not U.S. citizens. Bloomberg's analysis points out that among the top 25 wallets, 19 can almost certainly be controlled by individuals from non-U.S. regions. Inca Digital stated that while a total of 560,376 wallets have made a combined profit of $5.2 billion through TRUMP tokens, a total of 592,962 wallets have collectively suffered losses of $3.9 billion.

<Odaily> Planet News: TRUMP token announced on X platform that it will launch exclusive <Non-Fungible Token> and distribute them to all users registered on the TRUMP dinner ranking list. The top 220 users will receive exclusive <Non-Fungible Token> which will be sent to their wallets after the dinner. Any TRUMP holders with tokens matching the final ranking numbers will also receive a limited edition TRUMP <Solana> <Non-Fungible Token> called TRUMP DIAMOND HAND. Additionally, the TRUMP rewards points program has been launched, allowing token holders to connect their wallets to start earning points and join the TRUMP community, with corresponding ranking lists and badge features coming soon.

Mars Finance news, whale James Wynn posted on <X> platform, stating that if Bitcoin falls below $100,000, it would be good as he could add more positions or see further gains, but unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen.

On May 18, MEXC officially launched the Einstein (EIN) Launchpool event. By staking MX or USDT, users can share 50,000,000 EIN airdrop: Activity 1: Launchpool staking event, users can participate in mining by staking USDT or MX, with a total prize pool of 42,500,000 EIN. Activity 2: Complete specified steps and successfully invite new users to share 7,500,000 EIN. Event time: May 18, 2025, 18:00 - July 17, 18:00 (UTC+8).

According to <DeFiLlama> data, the DEX trading volume on the BSC chain exceeded $4.413 billion in the past 24 hours, surpassing the combined total of Solana ($2.769 billion) and Ethereum ($1.392 billion), ranking first.

According to the official announcement, LBank listed KNET U-based perpetual contracts on May 18, 2025, at 16:30 (SGT), with a maximum leverage of 20x.

<Mars Finance News>, according to official information, Gate.io Alpha has now listed LABUBU (LABUBU), Kingnet AI (KNET), Dumpling (DUMP), B (B), What if you could buy Time? (Time), Kill Zero Token (K0), and Boba Oppa (BOBAOPPA) for trading in the APP, and Alpha now supports public chains such as SOL, ETH, BNB Chain, and Base.

Mars Finance reports that on May 18, Nansen stated on social platforms that over the past 7 days, the EVM chains with the most active addresses were: · Base: 9.78 million (+42%) · BNB Chain: 7.88 million (+4.8%) · Ethereum: 2.18 million (+9.2%) · Polygon: 2.08 million (+2.5%) · Sei Network: 1.46 million (+64%)

<PANews> On May 18th, according to DL News, the Texas State Legislature is advancing a bill called the "Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" (officially named SB21). The bill has been submitted to the state House of Representatives and is expected to undergo its second reading on May 20th. If ultimately passed, Texas will become the third state government in the United States to approve the establishment of a Bitcoin reserve, following New Hampshire and Arizona. The bill authorizes the state comptroller to establish a dedicated fund outside the treasury for purchasing digital assets with a market value exceeding $500 billion, currently limited to Bitcoin. Funding sources may include legislative appropriations, airdrops, forks, investment returns, and public or private donations. Reserve assets will be stored in cold wallets and overseen by an advisory committee.

On May 18, a famous cryptocurrency analyst Willy Woo posted on social media, "Bitcoin has long passed the stage of several-fold increases seen in 2017. 2020 was a key year for Bitcoin's 'institutionalization', with enterprises and sovereign institutions beginning to accumulate Bitcoin, with the compound annual growth rate dropping from over 100% to 30 to 40%. Bitcoin is now being traded as the newest macro asset in 150 years, and it will continue to absorb global capital until it reaches a certain 'equilibrium point'. Considering that long-term monetary expansion is about 5% and GDP growth is 3%, I believe Bitcoin's final compound annual growth rate will stabilize around 8%. And before reaching this 'equilibrium point', it may take 15 to 20 years. There are almost no other publicly investable assets that can match Bitcoin's long-term performance."