BlockBeats news, on May 16, Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Mike Novogratz stated in an interview with CNBC, "Hyperliquid is a decentralized NASDAQ with transparent profits, appealing to traditional stock investors."

Odaily News Moonshot announced the launch of the Solana on-chain Meme coin XBT, with a current market capitalization of 30.5 million USD and a 24-hour trading volume of 44.5 million USD.

Jin10 reported on May 16 that analysts from Goldman Sachs Credit Research stated in a report that the risk of a U.S. economic recession has dropped, financial conditions are improving, and business optimism is resurfacing, which reduces the likelihood of a "sharp acceleration in default rates." The easing of trade tensions and the decline in borrowing costs have created favorable conditions for U.S. businesses.

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 12 young suspects involved in a $263 million Crypto Assets fraud and Money Laundering case. The criminal gang stole crypto assets through hacking and social engineering, with one victim losing approximately 4,100 Bits. The suspects hid the proceeds in toys for shipping, mainly including Malone Lam, Marlon Ferro, and Conor Flansburg. They were arrested after spending lavishly, with some still fleeing to Dubai.

Jin10 data reported on May 16 that U.S. consumer confidence from the University of Michigan fell slightly in May. Forexlive analyst Adam Button stated that the data is not good. I originally expected some recovery after Trump lifted the tariff on Liberation Day, but it has not happened this time. The suspension of tariffs should be a favorable factor in the coming month.

The first season analyst competition initiated by RootData is ongoing. Participants are required to submit market analysis reports, with a total prize pool of 3000 USDT, and the deadline is May 23 at 14:00 UTC. Winners will share the prize and showcase their works at the RootData media center. The competition encourages data analysis to interpret market trends, explore the value of on-chain projects, and will be judged based on content depth and data insights.

On May 16, Kaichun announced that Wang Li, the controlling shareholder and actual controller, and Xu Lei, who acted in concert, planned to reduce their holdings of the company's shares by a total of no more than 800,000 shares, accounting for 1% of the company's total share capital, through centralized bidding and/or block trading from June 11, 2025 to September 10, 2025. Wang Li plans to reduce her holdings by no more than 630,000 shares, accounting for 0.7875% of the total share capital; Xu Lei plans to reduce his holdings by no more than 170,000 shares, accounting for 0.2125% of the total share capital. The reason for the reduction is the need for capital from shareholders. The reduction price will be determined based on the market price and will not be lower than the issue price of the company's initial public offering.

Siyuan Electric announced that it will repurchase part of its A-shares through centralized Bidding transactions for the purpose of canceling and reducing registered capital. The repurchase fund range is 300 million to 500 million yuan, with a maximum repurchase price of 109.45 yuan/share. The expected repurchase quantity is approximately 2.741 to 4.5683 million shares, accounting for 0.35%-0.58% of the total share capital. The repurchase period will not exceed twelve months.

Odaily News According to market data, ETHS briefly broke through 0.99 USD, with a 24 H rise exceeding 345%. Odaily reminds users that the price of this token is highly volatile, and investors should be aware of the risks.

On May 16, Joanne Hsu, director of consumer surveys at the University of Michigan, said that the consumer confidence index was basically flat this month, down only 1.4 points after four consecutive months of sharp declines. Since January 2025, market confidence has fallen by almost 30%. Nearly three-quarters of consumers spontaneously mentioned tariffs, up from nearly 60% in April; Trade policy uncertainty continues to dominate consumer perceptions of the economy. The investigation was conducted between April 22 and May 13 and ended two days after both China and the United States announced a moratorium on some tariffs. Many survey indicators showed some signs of improvement after the temporary tariff cuts, but these initial upturns were too small to change the overall picture – with consumers continuing to be pessimistic about the economy. So far, the initial reaction has echoed a slight uptick in sentiment following the partial suspension of tariffs on April 9, although sentiment continues to trend downward.

Golden Finance reports that the US Dollar Index DXY has risen by 16 points in the short-term, currently at 100.84. Previously, data showed that inflation expectations have increased and consumer confidence has dropped.

Odaily News The expected initial value of the one-year inflation rate in the United States in May is 7.3%, with a forecast of 6.50% and a previous value of 6.50%. The initial value of the U.S. 5 to 10-year inflation rate expectation for May is 4.6%, expected to be 4.40%, and the previous value was 4.40%. The preliminary consumer confidence index for May from the University of Michigan in the United States is 50.8, expected 53.4, previous value 52.2. (Jin Shi)

According to ChainCatcher news and Jin10 reports, U.S. President Trump stated that many good things will happen in the next month regarding the Gaza issue.

According to BlockBeats news on May 16, the modular blockchain Sophon announced that the SOPH token will be issued in May, and information regarding tokenomics, community allocation, and more will be shared soon.

Odaily News Fidelity Digital Assets stated in a post on the X platform that after experiencing 69 days of low profits and high Fluctuation, the acceleration phase of Bitcoin continues, reinforcing the Fidelity team's argument that Bitcoin may reach a new all-time high before the end of this cycle.

BlockBeats news, on May 16, Believe founder Ben Pasternak posted on social media, "I see a lot of concerns about fees, and there will be more explanations later. But in short: we are receiving a large volume of transactions, which is causing issues in many systems. We are fixing it. I see a lot of misinformation about fees on X. All creators will receive fees as scheduled, and the fix may take some time."

Ethereum researcher Justin Drake pointed out that the cost of attacking Ethereum is much higher than that of attacking Bitcoin, and the PoS mechanism along with community coordination provides additional security guarantees. The community is able to identify and punish attackers, which is an advantage that the PoW mechanism does not possess. The founder of Lightblocks also believes that the security of Ethereum relies not only on cryptography and protocol rules but also on the coordination mechanism of the community.

Jin10 reported on May 16 that Weining Health announced that the shareholder and director Liu Ning's concerted actor, Tongyi private sale fund product, holds 31.6847 million shares of the company, accounting for approximately 1.43% of the company's total share capital. The Tongyi private sale fund product plans to transfer all its held company shares to Liu Ning's spouse, Hou Minghua, through Block Trading within 3 months after 15 trading days from the date of the announcement. This transfer constitutes an internal shareholding change of a member of the concerted action of the company's shareholders. The total number and proportion of shares held by Liu Ning and his concerted actors have not changed, and it does not involve a reduction in holdings in the market.

Jin10 data reported on May 16th that Jiejiayichuang announced in the evening that the company's controlling shareholder and one of the actual controllers, Yu Zhong, plans to reduce his holdings in the company by no more than 1.734 million shares (accounting for 0.5% of the company's total share capital) through Block Trading. The company's controlling shareholder and one of the actual controllers, Liang Meizhen's concerted actor, Jiang Zeyu, plans to reduce his holdings in the company by no more than 968,000 shares (accounting for 0.28% of the company's total share capital) through centralized Bidding, and to reduce his holdings in the company by no more than 5.203 million shares (accounting for 1.50% of the company's total share capital) through Block Trading.

Odaily News According to Arkham monitoring, about 2 minutes ago, Grayscale transferred 13,070 ETH, worth 34.05 million USD, to two unknown Addresses through its Ethereum exchange-traded fund.

BlockBeats news, on May 16, Glassnode stated that the implied volatility of Bitcoin call options has surpassed that of put options. This change indicates a rise in market bullish sentiment, with traders more inclined to bet on price increases rather than hedge against downside risks—this is a risk preference signal supporting a bullish trend for Bitcoin.

Kanglong Huacheng announced that its shareholder, Xinchong Kangcheng, who holds more than 5% of the shares, plans to reduce its holdings by no more than 26.6729 million shares, accounting for 1.50% of the company's total share capital, within 3 months after 15 trading days from the announcement date, through centralized Bidding or Block Trading.

ChainCatcher news, Sentora (formerly IntoTheBlock) stated that due to a significant rise in on-chain activity, the total fees for Ethereum rose by 160% this week.

Odaily News Solana's memecoin launch platform Pump.fun has launched a new Meme coin themed after Eric Trump, the second son of Trump, which has risen over 6,200% in the past 24 hours, raising alarms in the encryption community. Blockchain data platform Bubblemaps posted on X platform, warning about Eric Trump, the second son of Trump.

Odaily News Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, stated in a post on the X platform that the whiskey manufacturer Heritage accepts Bitcoin payments and deposits the profits into the company's treasury, which is a smart strategy. If a company plans to create a Bitcoin reserve, it might as well acquire Bitcoin by accepting Bitcoin payments, thereby increasing sales by allowing loyal Bitcoin supporters to purchase your products, as your company accepts Bitcoin.

PANews May 16 news, according to Ai Yi monitoring, Whale Address 0x348…a40b4 used leveraged circular buying to acquire 8,613 ETH in the past hour, with a total value of approximately $22.43 million, and an average purchase price of $2,612.33. Currently, this address has used all ETH for collateral, borrowing 10 million USDT, with a health ratio of 1.86. If ETH falls to $1,399, liquidation will be triggered.

PANews, May 16 - Sui Chung, CEO of cryptocurrency index provider CF Benchmarks, stated that the recent rise in ETH is primarily driven by short positions being covered, rather than institutions establishing new long positions. The annualized basis for CME Ethereum futures remains in the range of 6%-10%, indicating a lack of leveraged long momentum in the market. Additionally, the US Spot ETH ETF has only recorded net inflows on ten trading days over the past four weeks, with only one instance exceeding $100 million in a single day. Chung noted that this round of rise reflects more of a risk aversion and position adjustment, rather than new market demand.

On May 16, Jinhe Biology announced that the controlling shareholder Jinhe Holdings plans to reduce its holdings of the company's shares by no more than 22,563,400 shares, that is, no more than 3% of the company's total share capital, through centralized bidding transactions and block transactions from June 10, 2025 to September 9, 2025. Among them, no more than 7,521,100 shares were reduced through centralized bidding, accounting for 1% of the total share capital; No more than 15,042,300 shares were reduced through block trading, accounting for 2% of the total share capital. The reason for the reduction is to repay the pledged debt, and the price of the reduction will be determined according to the market price.

Jin10 data reported on May 16th, Fenda Technology announced that the 46.47 million shares held by its controlling shareholder, Mr. Xiao Fen, have been released from stake, accounting for 16.56% of his holdings and 2.59% of the company's total share capital. This release of stake will not result in a change of the company's actual control and will not have a substantial impact on the company's production, operation, and governance.

The rise in Ethereum prices is mainly driven by short positions covering, rather than new bullish bets in the market. The low basis of CME Ethereum futures and the lack of inflows into Spot ETFs indicate that the rise lacks new demand and institutional support.

Odaily News CF Benchmarks CEO Sui Chung stated that the recent rise in Ethereum prices is mainly driven by short positions covering, rather than new long positions getting on board. He pointed out that the CME Ethereum futures premium remains low, and there has been no significant influx of funds into US-listed spot Ethereum ETFs, indicating that the current rise is more due to traders closing short positions rather than active positioning by institutional investors. (CoinDesk)

ChainCatcher news, The Federal Reserve (FED) Bostic stated that due to uncertainty, a rate cut is expected once this year. This year's economic growth rate may be 1% or 0.5%. Economic growth is expected to slow down, but I believe there will not be a recession. (Jin10)

DeFiLlama data shows that Coinshift's stablecoin clUSDL, launched only 4 months ago in January this year, has reached a TVL of $100 million. The market demand for fiat-pegged assets that provide passive income through DeFi protocols is rising. clUSDL is built on Ethereum, earning returns through on-chain lending and U.S. Treasury bonds, based on the USDL issued by Paxos.

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, an unknown Wallet transferred 24,496 ETH to the Crypto Assets custody service provider Ceffu, worth approximately 63.82 million USD.

The Trump family's encryption project World Liberty Financial responded to the U.S. senator's investigation into its stablecoin, stating that it has political motives and emphasizing the transparent operation of the USD1 stablecoin, which complies with regulations. The company stated that its connection with the Trump family is independent and that its investments are compliant. (Summary length: 52 characters)

The head of the Ukrainian President's Office stated that Russia is attempting to link the ongoing negotiations with those of 2022, but emphasized that the only similarity between the two negotiations is the location of Istanbul. The effort to associate the current negotiations with those of 2022 will not succeed. Although there are differences in the fifth round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations, there is a close agreement on key issues, with the Russian side promising to reduce military actions and the Ukrainian side proposing a neutral status. However, the negotiations were interrupted in April of this year.

On May 16, South Korea's presidential election is approaching, and rumors continue that Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, the largest opposition party, is facing assassination threats. Lee Jae-myung's campaign team said on the 16th that it would equip his speeches with bulletproof glass from next week to deal with the "terrorist threat." Voting in South Korea's 21st presidential election is scheduled to be held on June 3, and the campaign for candidates to canvass for votes was officially launched on May 12. According to South Korean media reports, there have been recent rumors that Lee Jae-myung is facing a security threat and that an assassination attempt has been carried out against him. As a result, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPK) has asked the police to step up security for Lee Jae-myung.