Summary Whale positions on Hyperliquid total $3.4 billion, with $1.737 billion in longs (51.08%) and $1.663 billion in shorts (48.92%), putting the long–short ratio at 1.04. Aggregate P&L shows longs down $153 million while shorts are up $161 million, indicating whales are currently being paid for being net short into recent moves. A key whale…
Polymarket has integrated Pyth Network as the resolution source for a new slate of financial prediction markets, further extending the crypto-native platform into stocks, commodities, and equity benchmarks. The rollout includes daily direction and closing price markets tied to major equity indices, gold, silver, WTI crude, natural gas, and a group of US-listed stocks including…
Over $968 million of ETH sell orders hit Binance alone as Trump’s remarks sparked volatility. Several crypto assets declined on Friday after Donald Trump’s speech triggered panic across global markets. Defying expectations for restraint, Trump outlined plans for potential military action against Iran over the next two to three weeks. Ethereum, for instance, saw…
Summary French tokenized exchange Lise plans to list aerospace parts maker ST Group in what is expected to be Europe’s first fully on-chain IPO. Lise operates under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime and is backed by institutions including BNP Paribas, CACEIS and Bpifrance. ST Group forecasts about $68 million in potential project revenues over the…
Ripple Prime, the institutional brokerage arm that grew out of Ripple Labs’ acquisition of Hidden Road, has received BBB issuer ratings from the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) for both its holding company and primary operating subsidiary, the firm said Thursday. This just in: global credit rating agency Kroll has assigned @Ripple Prime an investment…
UK-based Monument Bank tokenized £250 million in real customer deposits on Cardano’s Midnight protocol in early 2026 – the first time a regulated bank has moved live customer funds onto a privacy-preserving blockchain infrastructure. That’s not a pilot announcement or a whitepaper commitment. That’s £250 million of actual deposits, shielded via zero-knowledge proofs, running on…
Metaplanet’s climb to third place was partly handed to it by MARA, which sold 15K BTC in March, cutting its holdings to 38,689. Metaplanet has acquired 5,075 Bitcoin for $405.48 million during Q1 2026 at an average price of $79,898 per BTC, to bring its total holdings to 40,177. The purchase has moved the…
Solana price fell nearly 9% following a major exploit on its Drift Protocol DeFi platform that drained nearly $300 million in digital assets. Summary Solana price dropped about 9% after a $285 million exploit on Drift Protocol, one of the largest hacks in the network’s history. Broader market weakness tied to escalating U.S.–Iran tensions and…
Iran’s army chief warned of “total destruction” if a ground invasion occurs. Odds for US forces entering Iran by April 30 are at 52% YES, down from 57% a day ago. This warning hit two markets. The US forces entering Iran by April 30 market dropped 5 points, showing traders’ uncertainty about ground operations. The…
The total crypto market cap dumped by approximately $100 billion from top to bottom. Bitcoin was rejected at $69,200 yesterday and plunged toward $66,000 earlier this morning after Trump’s latest statement that the war against Iran will continue with more strikes. The altcoins are in the red as well, with ETH dropping to $2,050,…
