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Bitget Wallet has announced the completion of its RWA trading upgrade and integrated xStocks as a new source of tokenized stocks, providing users with global tokenized stock trading capabilities. From May 19 to June 14 (Beijing time), Bitget Wallet users who complete tiered trading tasks can receive up to $264 in rewards, with a total prize pool of $100,000. Additionally, users who hold, add liquidity to, or participate in the lending market for any xStocks token will receive a 20% exclusive xPoints bonus.Through this upgrade, users can now trade over 300 types of RWA tokens across Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain, covering various assets such as US stocks, ETFs, oil, precious metals, and country indices. The service supports 24/7 trading, low transaction fees, and gas-free execution, with trading starting from $0 and no minimum threshold requirement. Currently, Bitget Wallet supports a dual RFQ + AMM trading mechanism, enabling instant execution and effectively reducing spread slippage. It has also integrated AI market signals to assist in trading decisions.xStocks is developed in collaboration between Kraken and Backed. Its tokenized stock products adopt a 1:1 full collateral mechanism with underlying assets. Since its launch in June 2025, the platform has processed a cumulative trading volume exceeding $30 billion. This integration will further advance Bitget Wallet's "Everyday Finance, Onchain" strategy, aiming to enable users to conduct daily trading of traditional financial assets through on-chain wallets, breaking down the geographical and entry barriers imposed by traditional financial infrastructure.
Bybit has officially launched its new “Hold USD1 to Earn Tokens” campaign. Users only need to complete Level 1 KYC verification and hold at least 1 USD1 in their Bybit account to share daily WLFI rewards—no subscription or lock-up required; rewards are earned simply by holding. The campaign begins on May 19, 2026, at 10:00 UTC. During the campaign period, users can earn up to a 20% annualized return and compete for a total reward pool of up to 45,000,000 WLFI—climbing the USD1 Holding Leaderboard. USD1 is a regulated stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial, fully backed 1:1 by short-term U.S. Treasury securities and cash equivalents, and strictly pegged to the U.S. dollar. WLFI is the governance token of the World Liberty Financial ecosystem, enabling holders to participate in protocol governance and influence the ecosystem’s strategic direction. In this campaign, WLFI rewards will be distributed daily to USD1 holders on the Bybit platform. During the campaign, the system will take a snapshot of each user’s eligible USD1 balance once every hour—24 snapshots per day. WLFI rewards are expected to be credited to users’ main account funding wallets by approximately 06:00 UTC the following day.
Canaan Inc. announced its first-quarter 2026 financial results. The report shows total revenue of $62.7 million, in line with prior guidance; net loss amounted to $88.7 million. As of March 31, 2026, the company’s cryptocurrency reserves reached a record high of 1,807.60 bitcoins and 3,951.53 ether. Operationally, the aggregate installed hash rate capacity across the company’s ten co-mining projects reached approximately 11 EH/s, representing a 10.7% sequential increase; the company mined 257 bitcoins during the quarter. Strategically, Canaan acquired a 49% equity stake in the ABC project located in West Texas from Cipher Mining; the project-level operational hash rate stands at approximately 4.4 EH/s. Additionally, the company deployed a “hash-rate-to-thermal-energy” project in Northern Europe, with a planned total capacity of approximately 8 megawatts. Canaan expects total revenue for the second quarter of 2026 to range between $35 million and $45 million.
According to an announcement by HTX, HTX will enable ZEST deposits starting at 18:00 (GMT+8) on May 19. ZEST/USDT spot trading and grid trading will go live at 21:00 (GMT+8) on May 19. ZEST withdrawals will be enabled at 21:00 (GMT+8) on May 20. Additionally, HTX Margin will introduce new isolated-margin ZEST/USDT (10x) leveraged trading at 21:00 (GMT+8) on May 19. Zest Protocol is a Bitcoin lending protocol that enables Bitcoin liquidity providers to earn Bitcoin yield through professionally managed lending pools.
According to the official announcement, Bybit has today launched perpetual contracts for three new assets: the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXLUSDT), the Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAMUSDT), and Cerebras Systems (CBRSUSDT). These contracts cover popular sectors including leveraged ETFs, semiconductor memory, and AI chips. All are USDT-margin based, support both long and short positions, and remain tradable even during related market holidays. Users can also enjoy a limited-time fee discount: from now until 10:00 UTC on May 31, 2026, maker fees are 0%, and taker fees are reduced by 50%. With exposure across multiple high-potential sectors, now is the ideal time to enter at these low fees.
According to The Block, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has officially approved a policy proposal to build a next-generation national financial system based on blockchain and AI. The proposal also supports advancing tokenized deposits and yen-denominated stablecoins. The report notes that this initiative is being formally advanced at the ruling party level and involves strategic directions for Web3 and financial infrastructure development.
Bitget PoolX will soon list the ILY project, with a total airdrop of 220,000 ILY tokens. This event will open 2 BTC staking pools, with the staking channel open from 19:00 on May 19 to 19:00 on May 25 (UTC+8).Among them, the BTC static staking pool is allocated 97,000 ILY, with a personal staking limit of 30 BTC; the BTC dynamic staking pool is allocated 123,000 ILY, where the tiered staking cap will be unlocked based on the user's trading volume in the past 15 days, with a maximum personal staking of 50 BTC.Additionally, during the event, users with a positive net BTC deposit can receive a 2% BTC wealth management booster coupon after the event ends; users participating in PoolX for the first time who meet the net deposit conditions can receive a 10% BTC booster coupon. The net deposit statistics period is from 17:00 on May 19 to 17:00 on May 24 (UTC+8). For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
According to The Block, WLFI treasury company AI Financial released its financial results for the quarter ended March 28, 2026, reporting a net loss of $271.5 million, compared to a net loss of $2.4 million in the same period last year; the company stated that its financial condition raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern over the next year. Revenue for the same period totaled $4.7 million, entirely derived from its crypto payment fintech business. AI Financial holds 7.28 billion WLFI tokens, with a fair value of approximately $706 million—markedly down from over $1 billion at the end of December 2025—and recognized an unrealized loss of $348.3 million. The company also noted that certain WLFI tokens are subject to lock-up restrictions, and its liquidity improvement, revenue growth, and ability to secure future financing will impact its continued operations.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched perpetual contracts for JPM/USDT, V/USDT, BRKB/USDT, and FLNC/USDT on May 19, with a maximum leverage of 10x for all. Additionally, HTX is hosting a JPM, V, BRKB, and FLNC contract trading party from 15:00 on May 19 to 15:00 on May 26 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to $20,000.
X Platform has launched its Active Follower Analytics feature, enabling users to view the number of followers who were actually active within the past 24 hours. Nikita Bier, X’s Product Lead, announced that the feature is now officially live and showcased the new “Account Analytics” interface. In addition to total follower count, this interface separately displays verified followers and active followers—helping creators, advertisers, and project teams more intuitively assess genuine influence and user engagement.
According to CoinDesk, decentralized exchange Ostium has announced it is the first on-chain trading platform to offer perpetual contracts on individual U.S. equities powered by Nasdaq data, enabling users to gain exposure to U.S. stocks via blockchain infrastructure. Built on Arbitrum, Ostium focuses on perpetual futures pegged to real-world assets, supporting trading in equities, stock indices, foreign exchange, and commodities. Official data shows that since its launch in 2024, the platform has recorded over $50 billion in cumulative trading volume and attracted more than 26,000 traders. This partnership reflects the growing adoption of equity perpetual contracts in on-chain markets and highlights Nasdaq’s accelerated efforts to build tokenized stock trading infrastructure.
Binance Alpha will list Zest Protocol (ZEST), with trading set to officially go live on May 19, 2026, at 21:00 (UTC+8). Users holding 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 points every 5 minutes. Please note that claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha event page within 24 hours, otherwise, it will be considered forfeited.
According to CoinPost, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Digital Society Promotion Headquarters’ “Next-Generation AI & On-Chain Finance Vision Project Team” released a policy proposal on May 19, advocating the integration of AI and blockchain to automate and enable 24/7 operation of decision-making, financing, and asset management—and designating finance as the “18th Growth Investment Sector.” Specific measures proposed in the document include: advancing tokenization of demand deposits at the Bank of Japan (including wholesale CBDC), with conceptual frameworks to be finalized by year-end; joint issuance of a stablecoin by Japan’s three major banks, targeting the launch of live operations by March next year; and promoting on-chain tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs), such as accounts receivable and real estate. At the international cooperation level, the proposal calls for establishing an “AI & On-Chain Finance Asia Policy Dialogue Framework” and advancing cross-border settlements using yen-denominated stablecoins, thereby realizing the “Global SC Corridor Vision.”
Odaily News ZachXBT stated that choosing to gamble on Spartans itself is an IQ test, questioning that the operators behind Spartans have long-term plans to harvest retail investors. ZachXBT pointed out that Gurhan Kiziloz, a figure associated with Spartans, previously operated BlockDAG Network, which failed to launch its mainnet or miner products for years yet still promoted its presale with claims of 300x returns, raising at least $350 million from inexperienced retail investors. ZachXBT further indicated that BlockDAG has recently shifted its focus to casino operations and suspects that the related casino platform may be used to legitimize BlockDAG's capital sources, including circulating funds by paying high fees to employees and KOLs. Previously, multiple community members and content creators also publicly questioned Spartans' marketing model and operational transparency, warning users of potential rug pull risks.
According to official announcements, the Gate CFD contract zone has launched 53 CFD trading pairs: SHLD (GLOBAL X Defense Technology ETF), DRAM (Roundhill Memory ETF), GME (GameStop), NBIX (Neurocrine Biosciences), BAX (Baxter International), KMI (Kinder Morgan), CFG (Citizens Financial Group), Z (Zillow Group), DVN (Devon Energy), ADP (Automatic Data Processing), ADM (Archer-Daniels-Midland), GPN (Global Payments), SIRI (Sirius XM), ECL (Ecolab), MPC (Marathon Petroleum), MDLZ (Mondelez International), BKR (Baker Hughes), EL (Estée Lauder Companies), LVS (Las Vegas Sands Corp), LHX (L3Harris Technologies), VALE (Vale), A (Agilent Technologies), FOXA (Fox Corporation), TJX (TJX Companies), CLX (The Clorox Company), CCI (Crown Castle International), FAST (Fastenal), HLT (Hilton Worldwide), HOG (Harley-Davidson), DLR (Digital Realty Trust), PPG (PPG Industries), MTCH (Match Group), PLD (Prologis), EMR (Emerson Electric), KODK (Eastman Kodak), SWKS (Skyworks Solutions), AEP (American Electric Power), MDT (Medtronic), OMC (Omnicom Group), NSC (Norfolk Southern Railway), GFI (Gold Fields), BMY (Bristol-Myers Squibb), ROK (Rockwell Automation), LEN (Lennar Corporation), ETSY (Etsy), ADI (Analog Devices), CHTR (Charter Communications), NTRS (Northern Trust), NBR (Nabors Industries), EDU (New Oriental Education & Technology Group), VFS (VinFast), SENS (Senseonics), ETD (Ethan Allen Interiors). These contract trading pairs support 4x fixed leverage.In addition, the Gate CFD Stock Contract Zone will launch the new coin airdrop Phase 4 event from 16:00 on May 19 to 16:00 on May 29 (UTC+8). During the event, registered users can receive 300 USDT and share a prize pool of 900,000 USDT by participating in trading the newly listed assets, with a maximum reward of 31,300 USDT per person.
According to Cointelegraph, Republican lawmakers are pushing to include a provision in the 21st Century Housing Act that would permanently ban a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC). The current Senate version of the bill only imposes the ban until the end of 2030. Representative Mike Flood has introduced an amendment to make the ban permanent; the revised bill is expected to be voted on in the House this week. Representative Warren Davidson warned that the 2030 deadline effectively leaves a window open for CBDC implementation.
DeFi lending protocol Alchemix has completed an update to its cross-chain infrastructure, with its old alUSD/alETH cross-chain bridges on Optimism and Arbitrum officially taken offline and replaced with a new cross-chain bridge compatible with v3 Alchemist. Alchemix disclosed that the DVN (Cross-Chain Transaction Verification) configuration has been updated synchronously, maintaining a 2/3 multi-signature confirmation mechanism for cross-chain transactions. Additionally, it has introduced Deutsche Telekom as a verification service provider to enhance the reliability of the cross-chain verification infrastructure.
SUN.io has announced the completion of the Universal Router contract upgrade, further optimizing system performance and on-chain transaction experience while maintaining the same contract interface invocation method. After the upgrade, the new Universal Router contract immediately qualifies for up to a 99% energy subsidy; the deprecated legacy contract will gradually phase out its energy subsidy, while subsidy policies for other business-related contracts remain unchanged. This upgrade does not affect normal user operations. SUN.io will continue delivering a more stable, secure, and efficient on-chain trading environment.
: An opinion piece published in the French media *Le Monde* points out that France may have only about 6 months to seize the new wave of industrial revolution led by "agentic AI". Otherwise, it risks being marginalized in the global digital financial system. Several French crypto industry insiders argue that online transactions driven by AI agents are growing rapidly, with most settlements already completed via stablecoins. According to the *State of Crypto* report by Andreessen Horowitz, the annual transaction volume of stablecoins has reached approximately $46 trillion, nearly three times that of Visa and 20 times that of PayPal, establishing them as a key infrastructure in the global payment system.The article further points out that the x402 standard, promoted by Coinbase and adopted by Cloudflare, Google, and Visa, already supports AI agents in automatically completing payments via stablecoins, with cumulative transactions exceeding 119 million to date.However, in terms of the tax system, France's current provisions are criticized as being unable to adapt to this trend. The complex tax treatment between stablecoin exchanges and fiat withdrawals is believed to discourage the flow of funds back into the banking system, causing a large volume of digital asset transactions to remain within the stablecoin ecosystem for extended periods. As AI agents and stablecoin payments gradually converge, the global financial infrastructure is being restructured. If France fails to promptly adjust its regulatory and tax framework, it may miss out on the dividends of this new wave of the digital economy.
according to the official announcement, BitMart Futures will launch the SAMSUNGUSDC perpetual contract at 15:00 (UTC+8) on May 19, 2026, supporting up to 10x leverage.