A whale longed 63 bitcoins, worth approximately $5.1 million

May 5th: Official sources confirm that Tydro—the lending protocol on the Ink ecosystem—announced via social media that its team has suspended all markets following a third-party report of an oracle issue. The action is aimed at safeguarding user funds. The team is currently conducting a thorough investigation and will release further updates as soon as possible.

On May 5th, LookOnChain monitoring data shows a crypto whale has once again boosted its ETH holdings—adding 900 ETH valued at roughly $2.13 million. Additionally, since February 15th, the same whale has accumulated 16,900 ETH total at an average price of $2,110. The holding is now worth approximately $35.67 million, with an unrealized gain of $4.6 million.

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s fintech investment arm, has made a strategic investment in crypto market maker GSR—becoming the first external strategic shareholder in the 2013-founded firm. The deal values GSR at $1 billion. The partnership was officially announced on May 5, 2026. SC Ventures said the investment aims to deepen collaboration in tokenized assets and institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure. GSR CEO Song Xin noted the institutional digital asset market is rapidly maturing, adding the partnership will pair Standard Chartered’s capital markets expertise with GSR’s crypto liquidity management experience to focus on tokenization use cases. The equity investment builds on prior collaboration: last month, GSR led an investment in Libeara, a tokenization platform launched by SC Ventures. SC Ventures CEO Alex Manson emphasized that as the digital asset market evolves, building compliant, scalable liquidity infrastructure has become a top priority for tradition

On May 5th, LookOnChain data shows a newly created address opened a 6x leveraged long position on 768,058 TON tokens—valued at roughly $1.31 million. The entry price was $1.6201, and its liquidation price sits at $1.4213.

May 5th: LookOnChain data shows a trader liquidated a $56.68 million Bitcoin short position 1 hour ago, incurring a $1.94 million loss. Prior to this, the trader had shorted Bitcoin 11 times, netting $1.71 million in total profits—this latest loss has erased all those gains.

On May 5th, per Bitget data, Circle’s stock briefly topped $130—up 8.63% in after-hours trading, and currently trades at $128.88.