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CoinShares tweeted that the cryptocurrency market saw a net outflow of $920 million this week. In the short term, macroeconomic headwinds continue to dominate: PPI data came in higher than expected, U.S.-Iran tensions pushed oil prices higher, and the Federal Reserve’s room for rate cuts is constrained—Bitcoin fell 1.4% this week. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee passed the Clarity Act by a vote of 15–9, bringing long-term regulatory direction into sharper focus. CoinShares noted that the market is currently caught in a tug-of-war between short-term macro pressures and long-term regulatory tailwinds.
According to Odaily, Kraken announced that its Kraken Pro platform has increased the maximum leverage for Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual swaps from 50x to 100x. This applies to two USD cash-settled perpetual contracts, PF_XBTUSD and PF_ETHUSD, which continue to support 24/7 trading.Per the announcement, the 100x leverage is now available to international users in eligible regions. No account migration or additional application is required; existing Kraken Pro contract users can access it directly. The leverage mechanism adopts a tiered model: for BTC contracts, up to 100x leverage is available on the first $1 million in notional position size, with automatic reduction to lower leverage tiers for amounts exceeding that threshold. For ETH contracts, the maximum 100x leverage applies to the first $500,000 in notional position size. The platform emphasized that the leverage adjustment is not a "one-size-fits-all" switch, but rather a dynamic tiered calculation based on increasing position size.
Odaily Odaily, Nasdaq-listed HYPE treasury company Hyperion DeFi released its Q1 financial report, disclosing a Q1 net profit of $8.8 million, an improvement from a net loss of $39.8 million in Q4 2025. Since the end of Q1, it has increased its holdings by approximately 60,000 HYPE tokens. Currently, its HYPE token holdings have exceeded 2 million, and its validator node has been delegated 10.2 million HYPE, ranking among the top six validators, second only to the Hyperliquid Foundation. In addition, the company holds 1.92 million KNTQ tokens and 10 million HPL tokens. (Globenewswire)
RWA trading platform MSX has announced that the second phase of its Pre-IPO segment is expected to officially open for subscription on May 16, 2026. The targets listed in this phase are AI large model leader Anthropic and prediction market representative platform Polymarket. The subscription price for Anthropic is 855U, with a valuation of $950 billion. The subscription price for Polymarket is set at 152U, with a valuation of $15 billion.MSX's first Pre-IPO project, Cerebras ($CBRS.M), has completed a closed loop from Pre-IPO subscription to spot trading upon IPO listing. Participating users achieved a yield of over 300% based on a subscription price of 100.35U. For details on the specific subscription quota, fee standards, and subsequent settlement arrangements for the second-phase projects, users can log in to the MSX platform page for more information.
U.S. President Trump concluded his visit to China, and the China-U.S. talks released positive signals, boosting market expectations for trade easing, supply chain stability, and technological cooperation. WEEX Labs noted that U.S. equities linked to the accompanying business delegation—including Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA (NVDA), and Apple (AAPL)—continued their upward trend, reflecting heightened market optimism regarding long-term opportunities arising from AI collaboration, access to the Chinese market, and supply chain optimization. Meanwhile, news of the U.S. rejecting Iran’s ceasefire proposal may further push up energy prices, exacerbating global inflation and volatility in risk assets. Currently, the WEEX TradFi segment supports tokenized trading of U.S. equities, gold, crude oil, and other assets, and has launched a TradFi Spot Trading Competition with a $100,000 prize pool—enabling users to conduct global asset allocation and event-driven hedging in one integrated platform.
According to The Block, Myanmar’s military government has released a draft of the “Anti-Online Fraud Act,” which proposes imposing the death penalty on individuals who force others to engage in online fraud and life imprisonment for those operating fraud centers or committing cryptocurrency-related fraud. The draft also proposes establishing a dedicated committee to coordinate international efforts against fraud. Myanmar’s parliament is expected to review the bill in early June. Earlier, in September 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on multiple entities in Myanmar and Cambodia suspected of involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud. FBI data shows that cryptocurrency-related fraud losses in 2025 reached $11.4 billion—more than half of all internet crime losses.
Odaily According to Trump's latest investment disclosure filing, he sold between $5 million and $25 million worth of Microsoft and Amazon stock this February, and repurchased shares in both companies in March. However, he failed to disclose these transactions within the statutory 45-day window, resulting in a $200 fine. This marks the third time this year he has been penalized for the same violation.Notably, Trump also purchased Nvidia stock on February 10th. Just days later, Nvidia announced a multi-year partnership agreement with Meta, causing its stock price to rise by approximately 2.5%. Furthermore, his purchases of Microsoft and Amazon stock preceded the Pentagon's announcement of contracts to deploy confidential computing network technology with both companies by several months. Trump has not sold any of his stock portfolio during his second term; his assets are held in a trust managed by his children, differing from the blind trust arrangements commonly adopted by previous presidents. Although members of both parties in Congress have repeatedly introduced legislation to prohibit officials from trading stocks while in office, progress on such legislation has stalled. (Washington Post)
Bitget has announced the launch of its new Bitget AI landing page, further showcasing its product strategy for the AI-powered trading ecosystem. Data shows that the Bitget AI ecosystem has surpassed 1 million users, with cumulative trading volume reaching $1.2 billion and support for over 58 trading tools—covering core use cases such as market analysis, trading assistance, strategy development, and automated workflows. Under UEX’s multi-asset trading framework, Bitget AI represents a key initiative embedding intelligent systems deeply into trading scenarios—and marks an important step toward Bitget’s evolution into an Agent Native Exchange. Core products within this ecosystem include GetClaw, a no-installation AI agent delivering real-time market insights; GetAgent, an AI assistant for strategy execution and automated trading; and Agent Hub, a developer platform offering open APIs and model integration capabilities. Together, these three components form a seamless end-to-end intelligent trading loop—“Insight → Strategy → Execution”—delivering frictionless smart trading services to users. Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, revealed that the next phase will introduce new features—including the AI Trading Playbooks currently in closed beta—to complete an integrated AI trading infrastructure spanning strategy creation, backtesting, deployment, and distribution.
AgentKey enables agents to gain full access to web search, web scraping, major global social platforms (X, Reddit, TikTok, Xiaohongshu, Douyin, etc.), and on-chain data—all through a single installation. It offers a unified API, unified billing, and pay-as-you-go pricing.
B.AI has announced full integration with China’s mainstream payment systems—WeChat Pay, Alipay, and UnionPay—are now available to users. Starting today, users can complete the entire workflow—including account top-ups, AI service subscriptions, and invocation of top-tier AI models and Agent services—in their familiar payment environment. This payment upgrade lowers the barrier to entry, enabling individual developers and enterprise customers to more easily access cutting-edge AI capabilities, resulting in a smoother, more natural, and localized user experience. Going forward, B.AI will continue optimizing its product experience, striving to embed smarter, more efficient AI services seamlessly into everyone’s daily work and life.
According to WIRED, Michael Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated that the agency is leveraging artificial intelligence to investigate insider trading on prediction markets such as Polymarket. Over the past year, multiple traders on Polymarket are suspected of using non-public information to place early bets on geopolitical events—including Venezuela’s surprise military action and the Iran war—and reaped substantial profits, drawing widespread attention. Previously, a U.S. Special Forces soldier was arrested for allegedly profiting from betting on the Maduro arrest incident on Polymarket using classified intelligence—marking the first criminal insider trading case involving a prediction market in the United States.
The BTC Pizza Day 2026 campaign is now live. During the campaign period, purchase pizza using your Bybit Card and post about it on X to receive a $20 USDT reimbursement—limited to the first 500 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. The campaign runs from now until May 25, 23:59 UTC. During the campaign, users must purchase pizza using their Bybit Card, record a video of the payment, and post it on X, mentioning @Bybit_Official and @Bybit_ZH. Participants must then complete the submission form with their UID and the link to their X post to be eligible for the $20 USDT reimbursement—limited to the first 500 participants. Rewards will be credited within 7 business days after the campaign ends.
Odaily News: BTC IV at 38%, ETH IV at 53%. ETH Skew shows divergence, with the mid-to-long-term maintaining +2 to +4, indicating strong institutional bullish consensus. The short-term skew has sharply deteriorated to -8 to -12 due to CPI exceeding expectations and Powell's resignation, leading to a surge in short-term hedging demand. BTC/ETH GEX has shifted from a long Gamma, steady bull market strategy to short Gamma, widening short-term volatility and making it difficult for IV to drop significantly. The medium-term bullish structure remains intact, with the current situation appearing more like an event-driven release of short-term risk rather than a trend reversal. In block trades, 2,181.8 lots (worth $176 million) of BTC 5/15 expiry $82K Calls were traded; 11,026 lots (worth $24.97 million) of ETH June $2,100 Puts were traded.Gate has launched an exclusive incentive plan for options VIPs. During the event, users can participate to share a 100,000 USDT prize pool. The platform supports cross-exchange VIP rate matching. By submitting VIP proof or trading volume records from other exchanges, users can apply for lower rates. Rewards are distributed in tiers based on options trading volume; the more you trade, the higher the reward. Additionally, participating users enjoy exclusive service benefits, including VIP customer support, API technical integration, and daily options strategies and data services, providing professional traders with more competitive trading costs and liquidity support.
According to The Block, Forward Industries, the treasury company of Solana, released its Q1 2026 financial report, reporting quarterly revenue of $13 million—a 319% year-on-year increase—primarily driven by SOL staking rewards. However, the company recorded a $201.7 million digital asset loss and an $85.1 million crypto-asset impairment, both stemming from the decline in the fair value of its SOL holdings (SOL fell 33.7% during the quarter), resulting in a net loss of $283.1 million—far exceeding the $1.5 million net loss reported in the same period last year. As of the end of March, the company held approximately 7.04 million SOL and had accumulated 201,200 staking rewards, nearly all of which remained staked. Additionally, in March, the company signed a loan agreement with Galaxy Digital, drawing an initial $40 million, while simultaneously advancing cost-cutting initiatives and share buybacks (reducing basic share capital by 7.4%).
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list IRYS/KRW, IRYS/BTC, and IRYS/USDT trading pairs.
It is reported that Bybit has launched the TradFi Perp Edition campaign today, offering a total reward pool of 50,000 USDT to be shared among users trading U.S. stock perpetual contracts. During the campaign period, users who trade U.S. stock perpetual contracts will receive higher rewards proportional to their trading volume. The campaign runs from now until May 22, 2026, at 10:00 UTC.
According to the official announcement, HTX has launched perpetual contracts for MRVL/USDT and WMT/USDT on May 14, with a maximum leverage of 10x for both. Additionally, HTX is hosting an MRVL and WMT perpetual contract trading party from 15:00 on May 15 to 15:00 on May 22 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to $20,000.
Odaily reports: According to official sources, Gate’s perpetual futures stock zone has launched CBRS (Celeris) perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20x leverage.
According to Money Today, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Korea announced that it will release detailed regulations and guidelines for tokenized securities in July 2026. The proposed framework would permit issuing fractional investment securities backed by a bundle of similar underlying assets and explore raising trading limits on over-the-counter (OTC) exchanges. Regulators will also draw on international precedents to develop a roadmap for tokenizing standardized securities—including equities, bonds, and money market funds—and advance testing and enhancement of infrastructure such as on-chain settlement. Korea’s tokenized securities regime was approved by the National Assembly in January this year and is scheduled to take effect on February 4, 2027.
According to CoinGecko data, BILL has demonstrated consistently strong performance since its launch, rising from an opening price of approximately $0.005 to a peak of $0.227—a cumulative maximum increase of over 45x. Yesterday, its 24-hour global trading volume exceeded $2.18 billion, with the Bybit BILL/USDT trading pair standing out—accounting for over $1.68 billion, or more than 77%, of the total volume, maintaining its position as the top-performing trading pair on centralized exchanges (CEX).