The United States and Israel may start war with Iraq as soon as next week! U.S. bond yields soared, BTC fell below 78,000, CME pushed to regulate Hyperliquid, CZ made $5 billion by betting heavily on SpaceX, Luo Yonghao angrily criticized fake Meme coins, and Bhutan is suspected of selling tens of billions

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Welcome to check out today’s summary of currency news. Today is May 16, 2026. With the aftershocks of U.S. inflation data and the rekindling of expectations for a rate hike by the Federal Reserve, the conflict between the U.S. and Iran may worsen sharply next week, and global risk assets are facing a severe test. The crypto market has suffered heavy losses under macro pressure. Bitcoin fell below $78,000, spot ETFs experienced an outflow of nearly $1 billion in a single week, and many giant whales are on the verge of liquidation. At the same time, the news that SpaceX was about to go public made CZ, which had made a heavy bet, make an astonishing profit, while traditional exchanges began to "attack" the popular decentralized platform Hyperliquid. The following is a summary of today’s core content and podcast title recommendations for you: 1. Macro-Thunder: The United States and Israel may go to war with Iran next week, U.S. bond yields are soaring, SpaceX has finalized its listing, and the U.S.-Iraq war is imminent and the Strait charges: Senior Israeli officials and U.S. Pentagon sources revealed that the United States and Israel are preparing to resume military operations against Iran, and may even launch more intense bombings or even send special forces into Iran to seize nuclear materials as early as next week. At the same time, the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has arrived in the Arabian Sea to prepare for escort. Iran refused to back down and announced that it was ready with a mechanism to manage the Strait of Hormuz. It would charge fees for passing merchant ships and directly close the channel to the US "Freedom Plan". Expectations of the Federal Reserve's "interest rate hike" have increased and major asset classes have plummeted: Affected by the retaliation in inflation, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond has officially exceeded 4.55%. Interest rate futures show that the market expects that the probability of the Federal Reserve restarting interest rate hikes by January next year has exceeded 50%, and expectations of interest rate cuts have been completely ruled out. Affected by this, U.S. technology stocks generally fell, and the safe-haven asset spot silver fell more than 9% during the day and fell below the $76 mark. SpaceX listing carnival and Trump's stock trading exposure: SpaceX, with a valuation of up to US$2 trillion, will be listed on Nasdaq (code SPCX) as early as June 12, and has passed a 1-for-5 stock split plan. In addition, official disclosure documents show that US President Trump conducted stock transactions ranging from US$220 million to US$750 million in the first quarter of this year, frequently buying and selling technology giants such as Nvidia and Apple. 2. Crypto market and giant whales: BTC fell below 78,000 US dollars, ETF lost 1 billion in a single week, CZ made a huge profit of 5 billion, market pressure and tens of billions of liquidation warning: Bitcoin fell below 78,000 US dollars in a short period of time, hitting a new low since May. The U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF was sold off this week, with a cumulative net outflow of US$995.5 million, and the Ethereum ETF also had a net outflow of more than US$255 million for five consecutive days. The analysis pointed out that if BTC falls below US$76,000, the intensity of long order liquidation on mainstream CEX will reach US$628 million. The speed of life and death of the long and short whales: Huang Licheng, the "big brother of Maji" who continues to be long, has lost more than 2.7 million US dollars in the past month. His Ethereum long orders were only 9 US dollars away from the liquidation price, and he was forced to reduce his position in a thrilling way. However, addresses suspected to be associated with Bitmine are still building positions on a large scale against the trend, buying more than 89,000 ETH (approximately US$197 million) in a single day; BlackRock addresses also withdrew US$140 million worth of BTC from Coinbase. CZ’s 100-fold return myth: According to disclosure estimates, CZ and Binance invested US$500 million in Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in 2022. After the merger of xAI and Bhutan’s “Sell-Off” Rashomon: On-chain data shows that about US$1 billion in BTC has flowed out of wallets associated with the Bhutanese sovereign fund in the past year, triggering a sell-off panic. However, the Bhutanese official denied this, saying that he did not remember any recent sales. 3. Industry reshuffle and regulatory game: The CLARITY Act is facing a decisive battle in the Senate, and CME is targeting the Hyperliquid CLARITY Act, which is facing a tug of war: The bill has passed the committee and will be submitted to the plenary session of the Senate for consideration. However, partisan differences remain serious, with the Democratic Party uncompromising on ethical provisions and stablecoin earnings. If the Republicans want to pass the bill, they still need to win over at least seven Democratic congressmen to defect. Traditional giants "encircle and suppress" Hyperliquid: Bloomberg reported that CME (CME Group) and the New York Stock Exchange are pushing US regulators to conduct regulatory reviews of Hyperliquid, the leader in decentralized derivatives, on the grounds of "market manipulation and sanctions evasion." Affected by this news, the HYPE token fell for a short time, and some giant whales took the opportunity to transfer nearly 8.82 million USDC for highly leveraged short selling; however, the Hyperliquid lobbying organization strongly responded that its concerns were "baseless", and Lianchuang Jeff has been actively mediating in Washington. Kraken lays off employees and rushes to go public: Payward, the parent company of the crypto trading platform Kraken, announced that it will lay off 150 people and conduct business integration. It is currently seeking a new round of financing with a valuation of US$20 billion in preparation for its IPO. 4. Focus events and counterfeiting: Luo Yonghao angrily criticized Binance’s fake Meme, THORChain was stolen, and Luo Yonghao defended his rights against fake Meme coins: In response to the appearance of the “Luo Yonghao” Meme coin that used his avatar and name in the Binance Web3 wallet, Luo Yonghao publicly shouted to CZ to ask for its removal, and mocked, “If I were shameless, I would have bought an island to retire in 2018 by cutting leeks.” Currently, Binance Wallet has urgently blocked searches for the coin of the same name. THORChain was hacked: The cross-chain protocol THORChain confirmed that its Asgard vault was attacked, and the network has suspended related activities. The loss is expected to be about 10.7 million US dollars. However, the official emphasized that only the protocol's own funds were affected, and no user losses were caused. There is no refund airdrop plan.