A trader known as 0x50b3 initiated a $100M+ 23x leveraged short on Ethereum amid rising tension in the Ethereum ecosystem.
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Ethereum will prioritize decentralization and security over chasing high TPS. The Foundation holds 0.16% of ETH and will sell less to ensure longevity. Protocol resilience will rely on AI-assisted verification and FOCIL. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a significant conceptual shift for the Ethereum Foundation. He contends that the organization should no longer be […]
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Ethereum is struggling to stay above $2,100 as the market shows indecision that has left bulls and bears in a standoff without a clear resolution. A brief recovery arrived when President Trump stated that the Strait of Hormuz would be opened following talks with Middle Eastern leaders about Iran and regional peace efforts — markets […]
Ethereum is trading at $2,120 as the final week of May begins, caught in a tug-of-war with the 100-day MA that encapsulates everything frustrating about this cycle. Having briefly reclaimed the moving average in late April for the first time since the correction began, ETH surrendered it again during the May breakdown and is now […]
A tracked onchain wallet has opened a 23x leveraged short position on ether worth $100.33 million via Hyperliquid, with the trade facing automatic liquidation if ETH climbs just $41 from its entry price. A Nine-Figure Bet Against Ether Wallet address 0x50b3 opened a 23x leveraged short on 47,604 ether ( ETH) at an implied entry […]
HYPE has surged above its all-time highs, reaching $65 yesterday in a move that has captured the attention of the broader crypto market at a moment when most assets are struggling under selling pressure. The breakout is significant on its own terms — but data from Hyperliquid has surfaced a detail about who is accumulating the asset that adds a layer of conviction signal to the price action that the chart alone cannot provide. Related Reading: FET Exchange Supply Is Quietly Disappearing – Discover Why Traders Are Watching Closely Garrett Jin — the whale identified as the trader who placed a $735 million short position on Bitcoin immediately before the October 10 market crash, a call that became one of the most discussed and most accurate large-scale trades of the cycle — has been buying HYPE over the past four days. The accumulation totals 145,050 tokens at an approximate cost of $9.05 million. More significantly, Jin has placed a TWAP order — a time-weighted average price execution th
A New York man identified in court documents only as Noah Doe has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York seeking legal ownership of 39,069 abandoned Bitcoin wallets — assets he discovered using a self-developed algorithm, reported to the NYPD in compliance with lost and found property law, and spent over a year attempting to return to their rightful owners before filing suit. Related Reading: American Mega Bank Is Dumping Its Ethereum Holdings, Here’s What It’s Buying The First Amended Complaint, filed May 1, 2026, under index number 153119/2026 and filed through Brooklyn-based law firm Lewis & Lin LLC, lays out one of the most unusual property cases in crypto’s short legal history. Noah Doe is not a hacker. He is not a thief. Under New York Personal Property Law Article 7-B, he is arguing he is a finder — and that title to the abandoned wallets vested in him by operation of law after all reasonable efforts to locate their owners failed. How He Found The Bitcoin