Iran's Revolutionary Guard Takes Tough Stance: Enemy Aircraft Found in Airspace, Authorized to Respond to Violations of Ceasefire Accord

May 26: Per LookOnChain monitoring, the whale Evaded has reentered a short position of 525.34 Bitcoin (valued at $40.32 million) with 40x leverage. The liquidation price for this short trade is $77,413.63. Additionally, Evaded maintains a long position of 53,500 ZEC worth $32.92 million, which is currently sitting at a $1.87 million loss.

On May 26, Bitcoin’s expected volatility plummeted to a nine-month low. The Bitcoin VIX Index—which tracks 30-day expected volatility derived from option prices—dropped to 36.11, hitting its lowest level since September last year and nearing the 2023 low point. Weak trading activity, paired with speculative capital shifting away from Bitcoin to other assets, has eased demand for options as a protective hedge. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s price has pulled back to levels close to its September 2023 lows, with the broader crypto market entering a "breather" phase. Market sentiment remains relatively calm, and short-term volatility is expected to stay suppressed at low levels moving forward.

OKX announced on May 26 that it will delist the MAJOR/USD and MAJOR/USDT trading pairs on June 2, and the J/USDT trading pair on June 5. All corresponding trading services for these pairs will be suspended effective May 30.

On May 26, CoinShares released its latest weekly report. Digital asset investment products posted a net outflow of $1.47 billion last week—marking the second straight week of negative performance and the third-largest single-week outflow of 2026, with total outflows over the two-week period hitting $2.54 billion. Breaking down by asset class: Bitcoin led with $1.315 billion in outflows, its largest single-week exodus so far in 2026. Year-to-date cumulative inflows for Bitcoin have fallen from $3.9 billion to $2.6 billion. Ethereum saw outflows of $223 million, nearly unchanged from the prior week. Some altcoins posted modest inflows: XRP took in $31.8 million, Near picked up $9 million, and Solana received $7.7 million. By region, the outflow trend was dominated by U.S. outflows of $1.425 billion in a single week. Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong recorded smaller outflows of $16.2 million, $12.5 million, and $12.2 million, respectively. Risk aversion sentiment shifted last week fro

May 26 (Reuters) – Isabel Schnabel, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Executive Board and a contender for ECB president, said even if the U.S. and Iran reach a peaceful agreement, the ECB should still begin hiking interest rates in June. She argues the ongoing energy shock has lasted far longer than expected, as damage to energy infrastructure and supply chain disruptions push high energy costs to ripple across the broader economy. Schnabel noted Eurozone inflation has climbed to 3%, with additional upside risks ahead. Inside the ECB, officials are concerned that elevated energy costs are driving up prices for goods and services via a "second-round effect," which is creating stickier inflationary pressures. She stressed the ECB’s prior baseline forecasts already factored in two interest rate hikes, and a single move may not be enough to meet the inflation control target. Markets have already priced in expectations for two upcoming increases to the ECB’s deposit rate, and

May 26 – According to blockchain monitoring service @whale_alert, at 15:48 GMT today, a transaction of 800 BTC was sent from an unknown wallet address to Binance. At the time of the transfer, this sum was valued at approximately $61.32 million, with an on-chain transaction fee of roughly 0.000042 BTC. The sending address previously held around 1,400 BTC. After transferring 800 BTC to Binance via this transaction, the address now has about 300 BTC remaining.