According to the latest data, in the past 20 days of May, 62 blockchain or cryptocurrency projects raised a total of $474 million. The blockchain project Sophon, which focuses on entertainment, raised $60 million in node sales, followed closely by Securitize with a funding amount of $47 million. (Bitcoin.com)

On May 21st, Coinglass data showed that the total open position of Ethereum futures contracts on the network rose to 4.01 million ETH (approximately $14.69 billion), an increase of 25.48% in the past 24 hours, reaching a historic high when calculated in USD (there is still a gap from the peak of 5 million ETH in 2022). Among them, Binance's open position for Ethereum contracts was 1.5 million ETH (approximately $5.48 billion), ranking first; the increase in holdings in the past 24 hours was 32.37%. Bybit's open position for Ethereum contracts was 840,490 ETH (approximately $3.08 billion), ranking second, with an increase in holdings of 38.82% in the past 24 hours.

The market shows that ETH has broken through $3,700 and is currently trading at $3,701.85, with a daily increase of 20.7%. The market is volatile, please be prepared for risk control.

According to Hong Kong stock market data, as of the close of trading, the turnover of 6 Hong Kong virtual asset ETFs today was HKD 26.11 million, including:

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 11,040,253 SOL (US $1,911,291,365) was transferred from an unknown wallet to another unknown wallet.

According to defillama data, as of May 18, 2024, the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi has once again surpassed $95 billion. It is currently reported at $95.069 billion, an increase of nearly $12 billion from the low point of $83.04 billion 35 days ago. Among the top five protocols in terms of TVL, Eigenlayer has the highest 30-day increase, with TVL rising by 19.67% to a total of $15.455 billion.

According to Arkham monitoring, someone accidentally sent 90% of their BTC assets to Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet address last night. They were trying to swap Ordinal for PupsToken, but ended up sending almost their entire wallet balance - about $7,000 worth of BTC.

According to official data, within the 7 days ending on May 16th, Circle issued 1.8 billion USDC, redeemed 1.6 billion USDC, and the circulation increased by 200 million. The total circulation of USDC is 33.2 billion US dollars, and the reserve is 33.4 billion US dollars, of which 3.8 billion US dollars are in cash, and Circle Reserve Fund holds 29.6 billion US dollars.

The game is currently available in early access on the Epic Games Store.

Barcelona-based startup GFAL has secured $3.2 million in seed funding from investors including Supercell Ltd and Mitch Lasky. The company plans to use the funds to expand its team and accelerate its game production plans, which leverage AI and Web3 technology for immersive gameplay. GFAL's Elemental Raiders mobile game soft-launched in March 2023, with plans to build on this for a 2024 launch. CEO Manel Sort expressed gratitude for the investment and excitement to work with former colleagues from Digital Chocolate.