BTC Crashes to 77K, Trump Family’s Big Crypto Exposure, Drake Calls for SBF to be Freed on New Album

BTC Crashes to 77K, Trump Family’s Big Crypto Exposure, Drake Calls for SBF to be Freed on New Album

Author: Decrypt Media May 18, 2026 Duration: 52:36

Crypto majors are red and falling as yields spike, oil jumps; BTC -2.2% at $76.7k; ETH -4% at $2,110; SOL -3% at $84; HYPE +4% at $45.30. Stable (+7%), Dexe (+5%) and KTE (+5%) led top movers. Oil +1% at $102; Gold even at $4,540. Stock futures are slightly red with the Nasdaq down 0.3% as the US-10 year spikes over 4.6%. Aave restored WETH loan-to-value ratios to pre-exploit levels across Ethereum Core, Ethereum Prime, Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, and Linea, allowing users to once again borrow against WETH. Lombard Finance migrated its $1B+ in Bitcoin-backed assets from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP Friday, joining Kelp, Solv Protocol ($700M), Re, and Kraken. Gemini jumped 25%+ in premarket trading Friday after the Winklevoss twins injected $100 million into their company via Winklevoss Capital Fund, purchasing 7.14 million shares at $14 apiece, paid entirely in Bitcoin. SpaceX went live for pre-IPO trading on Hyperliquid, opening at $2.1T on $40M in volume. Powered by https://myriad.markets/markets 


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Crypto majors are red again down 3-5%; BTC -3% at $67.2k; ETH -5% at $1,880; SOL -5% at $75.45; HYPE +1% at $73.05. LIT (+27%), ENA (+22%), and WLD (+21%) led top movers; NEAR and VVV +10% as well. Oil +5% at $96; Gold -…