ChainCatcher

ChainCatcher 消息，据《南华早报》报道，香港财经事务及库务局局长许正宇表示，黄金可作为传统金融与新金融之间的潜在桥梁，香港需为数字资产市场提供更多发展机会，以支持其可持续增长。他还称，基于传统金融与创新金融的“ 融合 ”趋势，香港未选择设立独立的数字资产监管机构。许正宇提到，市场上已同时出现黄金 ETF 及基于区块链的代币化黄金产品。 此前， HSBC 与 Hang Seng Investment 已于 4 月在 HashKey Exchange 推出香港首个代币化非上市 Hang Seng Gold ETF 类别产品。

ChainCatcher 消息，据官方消息，币安 Alpha 上线 Nexus (NEX)，Alpha 上线及交易将于 2026 年 5 月 20 日 22:00 开始。持有至少 210 个币安 Alpha 积分的用户可申领代币空投。 用户可在 Alpha 活动页面申领 20,000,250 枚 NEX 代币空投，先到先得。若活动未结束，分数门槛将每五分钟自动降低 5 分。

ChainCatcher 消息，据 Coin Desk 报道，前美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）主席 Timothy Massad 表示，尽管特朗普曾公开承诺反对央行数字货币（CBDC）及政府支持的美元稳定币，但在全球代币化金融发展推动下，美国最终仍可能推出政府支持的链上数字美元方案。 Massad 称，白宫正闭门研究相关基础设施，美国也已参与国际清算银行（BIS）的 Project Agora 项目。美联储支付业务主管 Mark Gould 则表示，数字美元目前不在美联储职责范围内，但若推出政府支持的数字美元，将由美联储负责。

ChainCatcher 消息，周三美、布两油均跌超 2%，原因是美国总统特朗普再次声称与伊朗的战争将很快结束，不过由于中东地区供应持续受阻，投资者对和谈的结果仍持谨慎态度。伦敦证券交易所集团高级石油研究分析师 Emril Jamil 表示，随着市场在衡量地缘政治局势，基准油价因达成协议的可能而走软。 但即使达成协议，油价仍可能有一定的上涨空间，因为供应不太可能立即恢复至战前水平。Fujitomi Securities 分析师 Toshitaka Tazawa 表示，由于美国的立场每天都在变化，投资者正在密切关注美国和伊朗能否真正找到共同点并达成和平协议。考虑到美国可能再次对伊朗发动打击，以及即便达成和平协议，原油供应也不会迅速回到战前水平，油价可能仍将维持在高位。

ChainCatcher 消息，据 @ai_9684xtpa 监测，a16z (@a16zcrypto) 于 2 分钟前再次从 Gate 提取 44,500 枚 HYPE，价值 216 万美元。

ChainCatcher 消息，据 Hyperinsight 监测显示，Hyperliquid 上一疑似因 Robinhood 上线 HYPE 前大举做多而受关注的巨鲸地址，目前所持 HYPE 多单浮盈由 1,181.79 万美元扩大至 1,385.35 万美元，收益率由 90.64% 升至 103.03%。 该地址当前持仓规模约为 6,722.74 万美元，开仓均价为 38.68 美元，HYPE 当前价格为 48.71 美元，清算价格为 38.93 美元。

ChainCatcher 消息，据 GMGN 监测显示，Base 生态代币 GITLAWB 在 1 小时内上涨 30%，市值高点达 3,750 万美元，暂报 3,660 万美元，近 24 小时涨幅 39%，同期成交量约 330 万美元。 ChainCatcher 提醒用户，链上交易波动巨大，多依赖市场情绪和概念的炒作，投资者需注意风险。

ChainCatcher 消息，据 DefiLlama 数据显示，稳定币供应量达到历史新高，超过 3230 亿美元。

ChainCatcher 消息，据 Arkham 监测，高盛出售 1.52 亿美元 XRP、5 亿美元 ETH 及 4.5 亿美元 BTC，并买入 HYPE。

ChainCatcher 消息，分析师 Murphy（@Murphychen888）于社交媒体发文表示，5 月 15 日至 19 日，比特币连续五个交易日下跌。此前一度担心踏空的市场情绪迅速转向，部分投资者开始预期价格将回落至 4 万至 5 万美元区间。然而，从链上筹码结构来看，大资金的态度呈现出不同图景。 根据 5 月 15 日的数据，6.6 万美元和 7.8 万美元是换手最为集中的两个价位，清晰反映了大资金的入场位置。值得注意的是，8 万至 8.2 万美元区间的筹码柱则较为低矮。尽管比特币价格在该区间停留了近一周时间，但换手稀少，表明价格回到 8 万美元上方后，资金开始趋于谨慎。 至 5 月 19 日，随着价格下跌，7.8 万美元的筹码柱不仅没有减少，反而有所增加。变化最为明显的是 7.6 万美元这一价位，此前价格突破该位置时，该价位筹码仅约 20 万枚出头，而在此次价格跌回该位置时，筹码已增至约 38 万枚。分析认为，这表明在 7.8 万美元进场的资金并未因跌破成本而恐慌出逃。当价格跌至 7.6 万美元时，新的资金选择入场承接，显示出明确的态度。 从筹码结构来看，合理的回调区间大致在 78,000 美元至 66,000 美元之间。二次回踩进入该区间并完成换手，有望使结构具备更强的抗打击能力。尽管最终价格低点尚难预判，但从资金在 7.6 万美元附近即开始出手截胡的态度来看，市场下方承接意愿较为明确。

Vitalik Buterin posted on social media, listing several native privacy initiatives that Ethereum is currently promoting, including the combination of AA and FOCIL (providing top-notch support and strong packaging guarantees for privacy protocol transactions), the Keyed Nonces scheme, and access layer-related work (covering features such as Kohaku and private reads).

According to The Wall Street Journal, manufacturing startup SendCutSend has completed a $110 million financing round, co-led by Sequoia Capital, cryptocurrency venture capital fund Paradigm, and Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison, bringing its valuation to $1 billion.It is reported that Paradigm was originally a top-tier crypto-native venture capital firm, managing approximately $12.7 billion in assets. However, since 2023, the firm has begun to adjust its strategic direction: it removed references to "crypto" and "Web3" from its official website, and co-founder Matt Huang publicly stated, "The development of AI is too interesting to ignore." Against this backdrop, investing in SendCutSend aligns with Paradigm's logic of expanding towards "AI + robotics + advanced manufacturing."

According to GoPlus monitoring, the hacker group TeamPCP claims to have obtained the source code from about 4,000 private repositories within GitHub and is selling it for $50,000 on underground forums, offering sample verification. If no one buys it, this batch of data may be publicly released for free later.Previously, GitHub officials confirmed that they are investigating the issue of "unauthorized access to internal repositories," suspecting that malicious VS Code/AI Coding plugins were installed on GitHub employee devices.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain trader opened long positions in BTC and ETH with 20x leverage, with a total position value of 36 million dollars.

According to The Block, the lightweight mobile crypto wallet Sorted Wallet has completed a $4.4 million seed round financing, of which $3.4 million is equity financing, co-led by Tether and Gnosis, with participation from individual angel investors such as Movement, Angel Invest Group, and the founder of RWA.io. An additional $1 million comes from strategic support from Vox Solutions.Sorted Wallet was launched in 2022, with an installation package of only 10 MB, making it the lightest crypto wallet. It has been downloaded 500,000 times, with the fastest-growing markets including Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Bangladesh, and Madagascar.

According to the Hunan Daily, on February 9 at around 8 PM, the public security agency in Baojing, Hunan Province, China, received a report from a victim, Mr. Liu, from another province who had been scammed. He claimed that he was defrauded while purchasing virtual currency USDT online, with a total loss of 100,000 yuan. After receiving the report, the Baojing County Public Security Bureau dispatched a team of elite officers to form a special investigation group and began investigating the case overnight.The investigating officers used various investigative methods to ultimately identify the suspect as Shi. Upon investigation, it was found that the suspect Shi had no fixed income and did not possess qualifications for virtual currency trading. To defraud others, he collected screenshots of others trading coins online, forged false profit records, and impersonated a senior "coin dealer" to gain their trust. Victim Mr. Liu believed him and transferred 100,000 yuan to the account designated by Shi. After receiving the payment, Shi did not deliver the virtual currency; instead, he used part of the funds for gambling and squandered the rest, splitting and hiding the remaining funds.The investigating officers quickly identified Shi's identity and activities by accurately analyzing the flow of funds and comprehensively securing evidence related to the case. They decisively acted on the night of the report and successfully apprehended Shi. The next day, the case was officially filed for investigation. After solving the case, the police consistently adhered to the principle of "solving the case and recovering losses equally," patiently conducted legal policy education, and actively mobilized the suspect's family to cooperate in the restitution, ultimately recovering the full amount of 100,000 yuan involved in the case. On the morning of May 14, the 100,000 yuan of fraudulently obtained funds was fully returned to victim Mr. Liu. Currently, the suspect Shi has been subjected to criminal coercive measures for suspected fraud, and the case is under further investigation.

According to the threat intelligence released by Slow Fog, several high-frequency npm packages including AntV and Echarts-for-react, as well as the Python SDK durabletask, have recently been targeted by the Mini Shai-Hulud "mini sandworm" supply chain attack. The npm account atool was compromised, and the attacker automatically published 637 malicious versions within 22 minutes, affecting 317 packages. The attacker continuously uploaded durabletask versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.3 within 35 minutes, bypassing normal release controls and impersonating an official Microsoft release.The large-scale leak of GitHub tokens and the ransomware attack on Grafana Labs are likely related to this supply chain attack. Affected components include high-frequency components such as AntV and Echarts-for-react in the npm ecosystem, as well as Python packages durabletask 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and 1.4.3. Attackers can steal cloud and local credentials, gain unauthorized access to internal repositories and sensitive cloud infrastructure, move laterally to developer machines and CI/CD pipelines, sell and exploit leaked GitHub tokens, and implement ransom and data leak threats.Slow Fog recommends immediately rotating all exposed credentials, replacing affected packages, isolating potentially infected systems, and implementing strict dependency review policies. Previously, it was reported that the "mini sandworm" worm had recently completed widespread infection in open-source code repositories, and developers should be vigilant in checking for issues.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, a trader (0xd21d9) closed 11,080 CRCL short positions in the past 24 hours, ultimately incurring a loss of $683,000. Meanwhile, yesterday coincided with well-known investor Duan Yongping disclosing his Q1 investment portfolio, having newly acquired 200,000 shares of Circle at an average price of $95.41.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, a trader shorted 9,220 shares of SpaceX (SPCX) on Hyperliquid with 3x leverage, with a position size of $1.88 million; simultaneously, they shorted 18,130 shares of Cerebras (CBRS) with 3x leverage, with a position size of $5.63 million, currently facing a total unrealized loss of over $50,000.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, two wallets simultaneously opened long positions on PEPE with 10x leverage, holding a total of 924.7 million kPEPE (3.37 million USD).

According to The Information, Goldman Sachs will serve as the lead underwriter for the SpaceX IPO, responsible for coordinating the entire listing process, including pricing, roadshows, and stock allocation among other core aspects.

The "whale" first set 10 big goals and closed the Bitcoin short position, making a profit of 12.61 million dollars.

Documents from the U.S. Department of Justice show that Trump has reached an unusual settlement agreement with the federal government, terminating a $10 billion lawsuit filed by him and his businesses against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and further expanding the relevant terms.The agreement states that the IRS will be "permanently prohibited" from investigating or continuing existing audits related to tax returns previously submitted by Trump, his businesses, and family members. The Department of Justice stated that this restriction only applies to the scope of existing audits.Meanwhile, the U.S. government has agreed to establish a "Deweaponization Fund" of up to $1.8 billion to compensate individuals or groups claiming to have been improperly treated during government investigations. This arrangement has been criticized by some Democratic lawmakers as a "disguised transfer of benefits," and has also raised questions within the Republican Party.Former IRS Commissioner pointed out that there has never been a precedent showing that the tax agency would permanently waive its right to review the historical filings of specific individuals or businesses, emphasizing that tax enforcement principles should remain consistent for all taxpayers. The Senate indicated that there are still many unresolved issues with this agreement, which is expected to continue to spark political controversy and regulatory discussions.

Upbit announced that due to the Filecoin (FIL) network upgrade, the deposit and withdrawal services for FIL will be suspended starting from May 27, 2026, at 18:00 (KST), until the network stability is confirmed and restored.The announcement indicates that the suspension only involves the on-chain deposit and withdrawal functions of FIL, and trading services will not be affected and can proceed normally.Upbit stated that during the upgrade period, deposits of the relevant assets may not be credited properly or may experience delays. Some transactions may still occur at the network level, but the platform will confirm and process the credits uniformly after the maintenance is completed.In addition, functions such as withdrawal address registration and deposit refunds will also be temporarily suspended, and the recovery time will be notified through subsequent announcements.

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko publicly supports the development of a native perpetual contract DEX on the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), directly challenging Hyperliquid's leading position in on-chain derivatives trading.Anatoly believes that Solana needs to build its own perpetual contract infrastructure with atomic composability, showing that the ecosystem views perpetual contracts as key to retaining user activity and on-chain trading volume. Specific project details or launch timelines have not yet been disclosed. In recent months, a large volume of perpetual contract trading has migrated to Hyperliquid, which has become the dominant protocol in the on-chain perpetual contract space.Meanwhile, Hyperliquid co-founder Jeffrey Yan is in Washington engaging with policymakers on regulatory pathways, including discussions around the CLARITY Act legislation concerning crypto derivatives regulation, which could provide an advantage to Hyperliquid if the bill passes. The Solana native alternative will directly compete by leveraging its speed and cost advantages, but Hyperliquid's existing network effects and liquidity create high barriers to entry.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a16z (@a16zcrypto) may have become the sixth largest entity holding HYPE and could be the largest external holding institution if the top five are all part of Hype's own ecosystem.Data shows that a16z began a large-scale accumulation mode in August 2025, accumulating a total of 9.18 million HYPE (approximately $356 million), with an average purchase price of $38.77; after deducting the portion transferred to exchanges and market makers, there are still 8.844 million HYPE remaining, stored across dozens of addresses.In just the past 11 hours, a16z has added 206,000 HYPE (approximately $9.95 million) to its holdings; since April 16, it has accumulated a total of 2.35 million HYPE (approximately $10.2 million); since 2026, it has accumulated a total of 4.92 million HYPE (approximately $183 million). Based on the current price, its unrealized profit per coin has reached $7.929 million.

According to a message posted by Aave founder Stani Kulechov on X, Aave V4 is being gradually launched in phases, introducing a brand new dual-layer isolation market architecture. This architecture separates collateral into independent Hubs, with each Hub further divided into Spokes, implementing selective cap control for liquidity sharing between the Spokes within each Hub.The initial market structure is organized around three Hubs: Prime, Core, and Plus, with more Hubs expected to be launched in subsequent phases. This architecture achieves more refined collateral isolation and liquidity supply management compared to Aave's previous market design. The phased launch allows Aave to progressively deploy V4 while continuously monitoring performance and risk parameters under the new market structure before a full launch.

According to The Block, the on-chain RWA market capitalization has exceeded $65 billion, an increase of about 44% from approximately $45 billion at the beginning of the year. Among them, Ethereum currently holds about 33% market share and remains the primary deployment network for institutional tokenized assets; Provenance Blockchain accounts for about 27%, while BNB Chain, XRP Ledger, and Solana each account for about 6%.The report points out that as traditional asset management institutions accelerate the push for asset tokenization on-chain, various public chains are competing around institutional issuers. The liquidity of RWA is highly sticky; once institutions complete the deployment of tokenization infrastructure on a specific chain, the cost of migration is usually high.

According to Decrypt, digital asset market infrastructure provider Prometheum has officially completed its first batch of cryptocurrency transactions after nearly a decade of establishment and raising approximately $100 million, currently only supporting Ethereum transactions.Prometheum has been controversial in the industry for supporting the compliance path and regulatory stance of the U.S. SEC during Gary Gensler's tenure, and in 2023 became the first company to obtain a Special Purpose Broker-Dealer (SPBD) license from the U.S. SEC and FINRA, allowing it to custody digital asset securities under a federal regulatory framework. However, with Gary Gensler's departure, the U.S. SEC's withdrawal of lawsuits against companies like Coinbase, and the regulatory framework shifting to a more lenient model, the compliance and custody license advantages that Prometheum has built over the long term are being weakened.

In response to the unauthorized access event of the internal code repository disclosed by GitHub, Zhao Changpeng reminded, "If the code contains an API Key, even if it is in a private repository, it should be reviewed and replaced immediately."

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reviewing the surge in crude oil futures trading that occurred before Trump postponed action against Iran in March, and the CFTC has expressed concern about at least three companies.

According to Slow Fog's Yu Xian monitoring, multiple user wallets of Bankr have been stolen. @bankrbot replied that the incident was a social engineering attack targeting the trust layer between automated agents, specifically involving the interaction between Grok and Bankrbot, which led to unauthorized transaction signatures.

Mastercard has abandoned its investment plan for the cryptocurrency infrastructure company Zerohash, which had previously agreed in March to acquire the UK stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK for $1.8 billion. Mastercard had considered a strategic investment in Chicago-based Zerohash in January of this year. At that time, Zerohash was seeking to raise $250 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion, while the company is currently advancing a new funding round at a higher valuation. Founded in 2017, Zerohash primarily provides APIs and developer tools for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenized products.Meanwhile, recent transactions involving Kraken's parent company Payward and Bullish indicate that consolidation in the digital asset infrastructure sector is ongoing. In terms of stablecoin payment arrangements, Mastercard has acquired BVNK for $1.8 billion and may pay an additional $300 million in performance-based compensation. BVNK currently serves payment and payroll platforms like Worldpay and Deel for cross-border payments, fund settlement, and financial management.Mastercard plans to integrate BVNK's technology into its Mastercard Move network to support 24/7 stablecoin settlement for payment institutions and merchant acquirers, and to explore adding stablecoin checkout functionality in payment gateways. Analysts believe that this transaction will further intensify the competition between Mastercard and Visa in the networked strategy of payment networks and accelerate the evolution of traditional cross-border clearing systems towards stablecoin settlement models.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale spent 1 million USDT to buy 11,206 AAVE at an average price of 89.24 dollars, and deposited it into Aave V3. This whale also holds 5,007 ETH, worth 10.56 million dollars.

According to Gate market data, the Nikkei 225 index fell by 2.00% during the day; the South Korean KOSPI index touched down at 7100 points, with a daily drop of 2.37%.

GitHub has officially stated that it is investigating an unauthorized access incident involving its internal code repository. GitHub claims that there is currently no evidence to suggest that customer data stored in enterprise, organization, or code repositories outside the GitHub platform has been affected, but the company is continuously monitoring its infrastructure to prevent further abnormal activities.GitHub stated that if it is later confirmed that user data or services are affected, it will notify customers through existing incident response and notification channels.

According to Jinshi Data, informed sources revealed that SpaceX is expected to advance the acquisition of the artificial intelligence coding startup Cursor 30 days after its company begins the IPO.

AI patent startup Stilta announced the completion of a $10.5 million seed round financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Y Combinator and individual investors from companies such as OpenAI, Legora, Sana, Lovable, and Listen Labs.The new funding will primarily be used for hiring engineers, patent experts, and marketing teams. The company plans to expand its team to about 10 people over the next 3 to 6 months and aims to establish an office in New York by the end of this year or early 2027.Stilta focuses on AI Agent-driven patent management software, primarily targeting scenarios such as patent infringement identification, patent licensing opportunity exploration, and patent litigation defense. Its platform can analyze hundreds of millions of patents, research papers, and historical web data to help companies and law firms manage patent assets.The company was founded this year by former McKinsey members Oskar Block, Petrus Werner, Tobias Estreen, and Oscar Adamsson, and was selected for the YC Winter 2026 incubation program. Currently, about two-thirds of its clients are from the corporate sector, while the rest are from law firms.According to reports, Stilta is developing hundreds of AI Agents to perform various tasks such as infringement analysis and patent invalidation analysis, with customized adjustments for highly specialized fields like pharmaceuticals. In recent years, a16z and YC have continued to increase their investments in the legal tech sector. Previously, a16z has invested multiple rounds in the AI legal assistant Harvey; YC has also recently invested in legal AI companies such as Legora, PointOne, and Parlai.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, the Anchorage associated wallet address has withdrawn 121,099 HYPE from Bybit again, worth approximately 5.87 million dollars. In the past month, this address has accumulated the purchase and withdrawal of 2.34 million HYPE, with a total value of about 112 million dollars, which has now all been used for staking.

On Tuesday local time, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order requiring the federal government and the Federal Reserve to review the existing regulatory framework to promote deeper integration of digital assets and financial technology into traditional financial services and payment systems. The executive order mandates U.S. financial regulators to review current rules within the next three months and identify any "unreasonable barriers" to cooperation between fintech companies and federally regulated financial institutions. Within six months, regulators must also take measures to encourage financial innovation. Among other things, the order specifically requires the Federal Reserve to reassess the eligibility of uninsured deposit institutions and non-bank financial companies for payment accounts and payment services.The document also requests the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks to study whether they can independently open payment accounts to relevant institutions without relying on the approval of the Federal Reserve Board. Analysts believe this policy may benefit special purpose deposit institutions in Wyoming and similar structures for cryptocurrency companies. Previously, Kraken's Wyoming SPDI had obtained a limited version of "master account" authority from the Kansas Federal Reserve, and other cryptocurrency institutions are also seeking similar qualifications. Reports indicate that the Federal Reserve is currently also studying a more formal "streamlined master account" mechanism and had announced related proposals last December.

Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart revealed that Truth Social, the social platform owned by Trump, has withdrawn its application for a spot Bitcoin ETF. Seyffart stated that the reasoning given in the official press release "is not very reasonable." He pointed out that there are inherent differences in regulatory protections between 33 Act ETPs and 40 Act ETFs, which is common knowledge in the crypto ETF market, and "there are no new changes." He believes that a more likely reason is that competition in the spot Bitcoin ETF market has become extremely fierce, especially after Morgan Stanley launched its MSBT with a fee of only 14 basis points, further compressing market space.Seyffart also noted that Truth Social seems to still plan to launch a more flexible crypto-related ETF strategy and adopt a 40 Act fund structure. He stated, "Does the market really need a 14th spot Bitcoin ETF? But more differentiated products still make sense."

OpenAI co-founder and former Tesla AI director Andrej Karpathy officially announced his joining of Anthropic, stating, "I believe the next few years will be a particularly critical phase for the cutting-edge development of large language models (LLM). I am very excited to join the team here and return to research and development work.I remain passionate about the field of education and plan to continue advancing related work at the appropriate time in the future."

The financial report for the first quarter of 2026 released by the Zcash Foundation shows that as of March 31, the foundation's total current assets were approximately $36.7 million, with net current assets around $36.68 million. This includes about $12.11 million in cash (USD), 506,556 USDC, 85,412 ZEC (approximately $21.2 million), 41.8 BTC (approximately $2.85 million), and 12.02 ETH (approximately $25,000).In addition, the foundation's average monthly operating expenses for the first quarter were approximately $272,500, with the Protocol / Zebra project accounting for the highest proportion at 50.4%. Zcash Foundation Executive Director Alex Bornstein stated that the focus for Q2 will continue to advance the NU7 upgrade, Z3 technology stack development, and Zebra performance optimization.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost tweeted that the realized profits of BTC across the entire market have almost been completely wiped out. Data shows that the current weekly average realized profit is only about $1.7 billion, which is close to the lows seen at the end of the last bear market. When Bitcoin first broke through $72,000 in March 2024, the weekly realized profit exceeded $25 billion, nearly 15 times the current level. Darkfost pointed out that this reflects a significant redistribution of Bitcoin holdings over the past two years.

According to Cryptonomist, Standard Chartered announced a large-scale restructuring plan on Tuesday, aiming to cut more than 7,000 jobs by 2030, which accounts for 15% of the total workforce in the company's functional departments.Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters described the layoffs as a technology-driven long-term transformation, focusing on replacing low-value-added jobs with automation and artificial intelligence, rather than merely reducing costs. The report states that the plan primarily affects back-office support departments in locations such as Chennai and Bangalore in India, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Poland.

According to Reuters, Polymarket has partnered with Nasdaq to launch a prediction market for private companies, where users can trade based on valuation, IPO timing, and secondary market valuation.

According to Fortune magazine, Eisen announced the completion of a $10 million Series A financing round, led by MissionOG, bringing its total funding to $18.5 million. Previously, the company completed an $8.5 million seed round, led by Index Ventures, which had not been publicly disclosed. Institutions such as First Round Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Homebrew, and Restive Ventures also participated.Eisen provides a service to financial service platforms for handling the "unclaimed property transfer" process, while also helping to locate clients and prevent funds from being transferred to state governments in the U.S. after becoming unclaimed. The company's co-founder Osgood (formerly a product manager at Coinbase) is particularly focused on the field of crypto assets. An increasing number of states are beginning to view crypto assets as transferable unclaimed property. Although the amounts may be small individually, the overall scale is quite substantial: U.S. states collectively hold about $70 billion in funds through the escheatment mechanism, which are assets legally turned over to state governments after accounts have been inactive for a long time.

Canaan Inc. announced its financial report for the first quarter of 2026. The report shows that the company's total revenue was $62.7 million, in line with the previous guidance range; net loss was $88.7 million. As of March 31, 2026, the company's cryptocurrency reserves reached 1,807.60 bitcoins and 3,951.53 ethers, setting a new historical high.In terms of operations, the total hash power of the company's ten joint mining projects reached approximately 11 EH/s, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 10.7%; the first quarter output was 257 bitcoins. In terms of strategic layout, the company acquired a 49% stake in the ABC project in West Texas from Cipher Mining, with the project's operational hash power reaching approximately 4.4 EH/s; at the same time, it deployed a "hash power to thermal energy" project in Northern Europe, with a planned total capacity of about 8 megawatts.Canaan Inc. expects total revenue for the second quarter of 2026 to be in the range of $35 million to $45 million.

Research firm Bernstein released a report stating that as the demand for AI data centers explodes, Bitcoin mining companies are becoming important participants in large-scale computing infrastructure, with a positive outlook on the future performance of miners such as IREN, Riot Platforms, CleanSpark, and Core Scientific.The report points out that major cloud providers, AI cloud service providers, and chip companies have announced over $90 billion in AI infrastructure collaborations, involving approximately 3.7 GW of power capacity. Bernstein states that "Follow the Gigawatts" is becoming the core of competition in AI infrastructure, and the large-scale power resources controlled by mining companies hold strategic value.Analysts have given IREN, Riot, CleanSpark, and Core Scientific an "outperform" rating, with a target price of $100 for IREN, indicating about a 98% upside potential from the current stock price; CleanSpark has a target price of $24, corresponding to about a 78% upside potential.The report states that Bitcoin mining companies currently control over 27 GW of planned power capacity, and in some areas of the United States, the new 1 GW power connection cycle may take up to 50 months, making existing mining sites important locations for the expansion of AI data centers.Bernstein also mentioned several AI collaboration cases, including IREN planning a 5 GW AI computing park based on NVIDIA's AI Factory architecture, and Riot reaching a collaboration with AMD for an AI data center of up to 200 MW.However, analysts also warned that the industry still faces challenges such as environmental reviews, grid capacity, and regulatory approvals. Additionally, if mining companies overly shift their computing resources towards AI, they may miss out on future gains during the Bitcoin bull market cycle.

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of the Base chain meme coin TSG has surged past 6 million USD, currently reported at approximately 5.96 million USD, with an intraday increase of over 300 times.According to market news, meme coin prices are highly volatile, and investors should be aware of the risks.

According to Lookonchain, trader 0x082e went long on 1.38 million Hyperliquid HYPE with 5x leverage over 6 months ago, with a position size of about 66.3 million USD, becoming the largest on-chain HYPE bull holder at one point.As the price of HYPE fell, his paper loss once exceeded 25 million USD; however, after a recent significant rebound in HYPE, the position has turned profitable, with currently unrealized profits of about 12.9 million USD.

VanEck analyst Matthew Sigel, whose managed assets total $200 billion, stated that the digital credit market could expand to $2.5 trillion in the next decade, while the price of BTC is expected to reach $1 million. Matthew Sigel noted that this goal is "absolutely within reach."

The X platform has launched the "Active Followers" data feature, allowing users to view the number of actual active followers in the past 24 hours.X product manager Nikita Bier announced that this feature has officially been released and showcased the new "Account Analytics" interface. This will not only display the total number of followers but also separately count "Verified followers" and "Active followers." This feature will help creators, advertisers, and project parties more intuitively assess real influence and user activity, rather than relying solely on the total number of followers.

Binance will delist the following spot trading pairs on May 22 at 11:00: AVAX/ETH, CHZ/BTC, FET/BNB, IOTA/BTC, UNI/ETH, UNI/FDUSD, XLM/BTC, and XLM/FDUSD. Users can still trade the related underlying assets and quoted assets on other trading pairs.

According to the official announcement, Binance Alpha will open trading for Zest Protocol (ZEST) on May 19, 2026, at 21:00 (UTC+8). Users with at least 240 Binance Alpha points can claim an airdrop of 800 ZEST tokens on a first-come, first-served basis.If the reward pool is not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 every 5 minutes. Please note that claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha activity page within 24 hours, or it will be considered a forfeiture of the claim.

Binance tweeted that the participation threshold for the Zest Protocol (ZEST) airdrop has been announced. Users need to reach 240 Alpha points to participate. Participating in this event will consume 15 points, decreasing by 5 points per minute. The event will start today at 21:00.

Bank of America disclosed an increase in holdings of 117,374 shares of Strategy stock, valued at 19.6 million dollars, now holding a total of 3.96 million shares of Strategy stock, with a total value of 664 million dollars.

The Federal Reserve released the "2025 Report on the Economic Conditions of American Households," showing that generative AI is rapidly entering the American workforce. The survey indicates that about 25% of American workers used generative AI at work in the past month, with a significantly higher usage rate among those with higher education. Most AI users believe it can enhance efficiency and career development rather than directly replace jobs.The report also points out that cryptocurrency usage remains primarily for investment purposes. In the "Banking and Payments" section, the Federal Reserve continues to list cryptocurrency as a key area of observation and tracks its usage in investment, payments, and financial services.Additionally, the report shows that the overall financial condition of American residents is relatively stable, but financial pressure has increased among younger groups, low-income families, and the Black community. Inflation remains the primary financial concern, while employment anxiety has further increased compared to 2024.