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【Bitcoin Spot ETF Total Net Outflow of $331 Million Yesterday, Net Outflow Continues for 3 Days】 On May 20, according to SoSoValue data, the total net outflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs yesterday (May 19, Eastern Time) was $331 million. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest single-day net outflow yesterday was BlackRock's ETF IBIT, with a single-day net outflow of $326 million. Currently, IBIT's historical total net inflow has reached $65.007 billion. Next is Valkyrie ETF BRRR, with a single-day net outflow of $3.7915 million. Currently, BRRR's historical total net inflow has reached $318 million. $BTC

[Analyst: About 60 whale addresses holding at least 10,000 ETH have liquidated their positions in the past two months] On May 20, it was reported that Ethereum whales seem to be exiting the network. In the past two months, about 60 whale addresses holding 10,000 or more ETH have completely liquidated or consolidated their holdings. When independent entities holding multi-million dollar positions exit the network in such a short time, it usually signals institutional profit-taking and asset reallocation. These large holders are using recent liquidity to de-risk, reflecting a clear lack of medium-term confidence. The decrease in the number of whales perfectly aligns with the recent trend of large capital inflows into exchanges. Data shows that the path of least resistance in the short term remains downward, so attention should be paid to Ethereum's $2000 support level. $ETH

[US Spot Ethereum ETF Had a Net Outflow of $62.27 Million Yesterday] On May 20, according to Trader T monitoring, the US spot Ethereum ETF had a net outflow of $62.27 million yesterday. $ETH

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A whale increased its holdings by 11,000 AAVE at an average price of $89.24 and deposited them into Aave V3 On May 20, according to OnchainLens monitoring, a whale bought 11,206 AAVE with 1 million USDT at an average price of $89.24 and deposited them into Aave V3. The whale also holds 5,007 ETH, valued at $10.56 million.

Viewpoint: Tether and USDC Reserve Structures Resemble High-Risk Hedge Funds More Closely On May 20, Christoph Hock, Head of Digital Assets and Tokenization at Germany's major asset management company Union Investment, stated at the London Digital Money Summit 2026 that USDT and USDC are not truly "stablecoins" in the strict sense; their reserve structures are more akin to high-risk hedge funds. Hock pointed out that Tether holds a large amount of gold and Bitcoin assets in its reserves, making it not purely a low-risk cash equivalent pegged to the US dollar. He believes this structure transmits market volatility risk to corporate finances and institutional investors. He specifically mentioned that USDC experienced a 13% de-pegging event in the past, calling such price volatility "catastrophic risk" for corporate finance departments and asset management institutions that rely on stablecoins for overnight cash settlement. Hock stated that institutional investors cannot bear significant market value losses in cash positions over a short period and criticized that some current stablecoins have deviated from the original intention of being "fiat-pegged digital cash." Data shows that as of January 2026, Tether's gold reserves amount to approximately 148 tons, valued at about $23 billion, surpassing the gold reserves of some sovereign nations. As European regulators continue to strengthen scrutiny over unauthorized stablecoins, transparency of stablecoin reserves and liquidity risk are becoming core concerns for traditional financial institutions.

A certain whale sold 50,000 HYPE tokens while simultaneously opening a 10x short position on 223,404 HYPE tokens. On May 20, according to lookonchain monitoring, whale address 0xde42 sold 50,000 HYPE (approximately $2.41 million) within the past 10 hours, while also opening a 10x leveraged short position sized at 223,404 HYPE (approximately $10.55 million).

【Crypto Market Sees Broad Pullback, RWA Sector Leads with Over 3% Drop】 According to SoSoValue data, the crypto market sectors experienced a broad pullback. The RWA sector, which performed strongly yesterday, led the 24-hour decline with a 3.13% drop. Within the sector, Centrifuge (CFG) fell 8.40%, Ondo Finance (ONDO) and Pendle (PENDLE) dropped 3.02% and 6.08%, respectively. The GameFi sector declined 2.59%, but WEMIX bucked the trend, rising 2.01%. In other sectors, the Meme sector fell 0.73% over 24 hours, though Banana For Scale (BANANA) surged 17.23%, and Siren (SIREN) rose 8.27%; the Layer1 sector dropped 0.87%, with Algorand (ALGO) up 7.52%; the CeFi sector declined 1.03%, while NEXO (NEXO) remained relatively strong, surging 1.61% intraday; the DeFi sector fell 1.49%, with Morpho Token (MORPHO) rising 3.34%; the Layer2 sector dropped 1.80%, with Arbitrum (ARB) down 2.74%; the PayFi sector declined 2.41%, but Telcoin (TEL) rose 4.66%. The crypto sector indices reflecting historical sector performance show ssiNFT up 0.36%, while ssiAI and ssiRWA indices fell 8.73% and 7.71%, respectively.

Knife attack at Shanghai Japanese restaurant: Two Japanese injured Kyodo News reports: A knife attack occurred at a Japanese restaurant in Shanghai, injuring 3 people, including two Japanese nationals.

Current mainstream CEX and DEX funding rates indicate a significant weakening of bearish sentiment in the market On May 20, according to Coinglass data, as Bitcoin remains in consolidation, the current mainstream CEX and DEX funding rates show a significant weakening of bearish sentiment in the market, with specific funding rates shown in the attached chart. Funding rates are fees set by cryptocurrency trading platforms to maintain the balance between the contract price and the underlying asset price, typically applied to perpetual contracts. It is a mechanism for the exchange of funds between long and short traders; the trading platform does not collect this fee. It is used to adjust the cost or profit of traders holding contracts to keep the contract price close to the underlying asset price. When the funding rate is 0.01%, it represents the baseline rate. When the funding rate is greater than 0.01%, it indicates a generally bullish market. When the funding rate is less than 0.005%, it indicates a generally bearish market.