Odaily Planet Daily News Coin Bureau co-founder Nic Puckrin posted on the X platform that there is still a long way to go before the so-called "altcoin season". The current spot trading volume of the altcoin market is still lower than the levels in January 2025 and March 2024, and far lower than the level in 2021. However, some institutions have begun to increase their holdings of SOL before the arrival of the "altcoin season". For example, DeFi Development Corp's SOL holdings have exceeded US$100 million, and SOL Strategies has recently increased its holdings by more than 120,000 SOL. In addition, the growth of new developers on the Solana chain has just exceeded Ethereum, with a year-on-year increase of 83%. Developers are choosing Solana. Currently, 65% of SOL is pledged, and open contracts are also rising.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to Ember's monitoring, a whale transferred 6,384.5 ETH to Binance in the past 4 hours, obtained 15.549 million USDT, and sold at an average price of about US$2,435. The whale withdrew 6,710 ETH from Binance about a month ago, when the price was US$1,768. Roughly estimated, it made a total profit of more than US$4.26 million in this round of operations.

OKX market data shows that ETH fell below 2400 USDT and is now at 2399 USDT, with a 24-hour drop of 3.45%. (This newsletter is generated with the assistance of AI)

According to BlockBeats, several significant events and data releases are scheduled for this week. On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump is set to hold discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and leaders of NATO member countries. Additionally, Federal Reserve officials Williams, Jefferson, and Bostic are expected to deliver speeches. Jensen Huang will also present at the Taipei International Computer Show. Tuesday marks the beginning of the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting, which will continue until May 22. On Wednesday, the U.S. will release its API and EIA crude oil inventory data for the week ending May 16. The UK will publish its April Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Retail Price Index. Federal Reserve officials Mester, Bostic, Harker, and Daly are scheduled to speak. Thursday's agenda includes the U.S. weekly initial jobless claims, April's annualized existing home sales, and the weekly EIA natural gas inventory report. Federal Reserve's Barkin will participate in the "Fed Listens" event, and the European Central Bank will release the minutes from its April monetary policy meeting. On Friday, Japan will announce its April core CPI annual rate, Germany will release the final annual GDP rate for the first quarter, and the UK will report its April seasonally adjusted retail sales monthly rate. Federal Reserve's Williams will deliver a keynote speech at a monetary policy implementation seminar.

19-5-2025 – Two prominent Ethereum (ETH) whale addresses have recently executed significant profit-taking manoeuvres, capitalising on the asset’s market movements. The first address, identified as 0xD20E, offloaded 4,718 ETH, fetching approximately 11. 53 million US dollars and securing a tidy profit of 3. 18 million US dollars source: https://www.cointrackdaily.com/ethereum-whales-cash-out-17-76m-amid-market-swings/

Odaily Planet Daily News Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, posted on the X platform that Wall Street united to rescue the hedge fund LTCM in 1998, and the central bank rescued Wall Street in 2008. Each crisis will become bigger. The problem began in 1971 when Nixon abolished the gold standard of the US dollar. The next crisis may be triggered by the collapse of $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. For most people, the best way to protect themselves is to save themselves, so they can save spot gold, silver and Bitcoin instead of buying ETFs.

According to BlockBeats, a spokesperson for the U.S. Treasury Department announced that Treasury Secretary Besant will attend the G7 finance leaders' meeting in Canada this Tuesday. The focus will be on addressing trade imbalances and non-market economic practices. Besant plans to discuss strategies for achieving growth driven by the private sector with other officials. Additionally, Besant has pledged to 're-privatize' the U.S. economy by reducing government spending and regulation, expressing concerns over the economy's reliance on the public sector for growth. In April, Besant had initial face-to-face discussions with G7 finance leaders during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings, although no joint statement was issued.

The crypto community strongly supports Durov's decision to dismiss a Western European government’s request to censor political content before Romania’s election. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/crypto-backs-durov-against-eu-censorship/

Odaily Planet Daily News According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale who made more than $15 million in profit on the Hyperliquid platform began to short ETH, BTC, AVAX, SOL and USUAL. The trader also set 100 limit orders in the $2460-2480 range, preparing to continue shorting ETH.

Leading cryptocurrencies rallied sharply on Sunday as investors awaited new all-time highs for Bitcoin. source: https://www.benzinga.com/25/05/45486095/bitcoin-breaks-107000-ethereum-dips-dogecoin-rallies-as-greed-sentiment-takes-over-analyst-predicts-great-6-8-week-period?utm_source=cryptopanic.com&utm_campaign=partner_feed&utm_medium=partner_feed&utm_content=site

Hamster Kombat launches Hamster Network, a gaming-focused Layer-2 blockchain on TON, offering scalable, low-cost Web3 gaming infrastructure. Built on TON’s secure Layer-1, it supports dApps, a wallet, bridge, and DEX. Can this expansion revive its past hype and sustain relevance?

Hamster Kombat has released a teaser trailer for Season 2 of its popular Telegram clicker game, aiming to engage its community. This season will focus on game development and publishing, allowing players to take on the role of CEO and create their own gaming studio.

Telegram's top crypto games, Hamster Kombat (HMSTR) and Catizen (CATI), have seen their tokens drop over 50% from peak values, echoing declines in other gaming tokens like Notcoin (NOT) and Toncoin (TON). The question now is whether they can recover or face a continued decline and possible collapse.