MARKET CLOSE — May 18, 2026
BTC: $77,467 (-0.86%)
ETH: $2,131 (-2.28%)
Total market cap: $2.54 trillion
$814 million liquidated in 24 hours.
123,091 traders wiped out.
88% of them were betting on price going up.
ETH took the hardest hit today.
$305.75M in ETH longs liquidated.
More than Bitcoin. More than anything else.
Worst weekly performer among all top 10 assets.
But here is what institutions did while retail panicked.
Jane Street sold 70% of its Bitcoin ETF position.
Bought $82 million in Ethereum ETF instead.
Wall Street is rotating. Quietly.
ETH Glamsterdam upgrade coming June 2026.
Triples Layer 1 throughput overnight.
Market has not priced this in yet.
Key level to watch: $2,367.
Break above — path to $2,750 opens.
Meanwhile FOLKS is trending today.
$1.39 — up 56% in 7 days.
xChain V2 launching soon.
97% below its all-time high.
Fear & Greed Index: 28 (Fear).
Oil: $107 (Iran tensions).
G7 meeting continues tomorrow.
NVIDIA earnings May 20.
Red day today.
Green week ahead?
Tomorrow decides. Are you positioned?