Enhanced is a decentralized yield layer that uses derivatives strategies to enable users to earn more rewards.
Ethereum Improvement Proposal EIP-8222 plans to leverage STARK-based cryptographic mechanisms to separate staking deposits from withdrawals and re-anonymize validators, aiming to reduce the traceability of validator activity. Currently, approximately one-third of all ETH is staked. Thibault Dubuis, Head of Staking and Decentralized Finance Products at Sygnum Bank, stated that current deposit addresses, validators, and withdrawal credentials form visible links, making institutional holdings sizes, entry timings, and staking strategies nearly public. The proposal remains in the discussion phase, with no deployment timeline yet announced. Its design may involve fixed deposit denominations, asset withdrawal waiting periods, and other arrangements, potentially requiring institutional users to bear higher execution costs, process delays, and compliance overhead.
Odaily News According to the official announcement, Binance has introduced the Expression of Interest (EIO) mode on Capital Connect, the industry's first portfolio marketplace connecting professional trading teams with institutional investors. The EIO mode provides a compliant pathway for trading teams to showcase their track records to institutional investors, while enabling investors to discover emerging strategies at an early stage before they become investable. EIO portfolios are only accessible to whitelisted investors and do not support investment. Investors can submit non-binding expressions of interest, and trading teams will receive anonymous demand signals via email. Enhanced performance metrics, portfolio composition data, and trading team information are also provided on a quarterly basis.
India's 2026 tax filing season imposes stricter compliance requirements on crypto investors. Although the tax framework has not undergone drastic changes, enforcement intensity and reporting details have significantly tightened, making the potential consequences of filing errors more severe.India has implemented the new Income Tax Act (2025) effective April 1, 2026, replacing the original 1961 Act. For the FY2025-26 tax year, crypto assets (VDAs) still need to be reported under the existing framework, but the execution requirements have been further refined. Specifically, Schedule VDA requires investors to report on a "per-transaction" basis rather than merely aggregating net gains, covering records of each transaction, exchange, and asset disposal. For users involved in cross-platform trading, DeFi operations, and multi-wallet transfers, data integrity and consistency have become core challenges.Analysis indicates that failing to fully report any crypto asset exchange or transaction could trigger compliance risk reviews, as regulators are increasingly demanding data matching and on-chain/exchange record verification. (Times of India)
Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte responded to the major security breach affecting Drift Protocol on April 1, which resulted in over $270 million in stolen funds. He stated that open financial systems must be built upon foundations of legal accountability, shared security, and rules that evolve in real time with emerging threats. Circle freezes USDC funds only when legally required—a measure reflecting its compliance obligations and safeguarding users’ assets and privacy rights. He emphasized that openness and accountability must be balanced, and all participants across the ecosystem—including protocols, wallets, infrastructure providers, exchanges, and stablecoin issuers—must jointly shoulder responsibility for security and accountability. Circle is collaborating with U.S. and international policymakers to advance stablecoin legislation, including the GENIUS Act, to establish a more modern legal framework enabling lawful, rapid intervention against illicit activities while protecting property rights and privacy—ensuring the continued resilience and robust growth of open financial systems.
: Asset management firm Fidelity Investments announced the expansion of its institutionally managed Separately Managed Account (SMA) product line, adding 6 custom strategies and 2 model strategies for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) and brokerage clients, aiming to enhance personalized investment services for high-net-worth clients.The newly added strategies include the Fidelity Institutional Tax-Managed Enhanced Equity strategy and the Fidelity Institutional Tax-Managed Fundamental Equity strategy. Both strategies cover large-cap core, growth, and value investment styles, combining Fidelity's long-term active management capabilities with customized SMA service models.Among them, the Enhanced Equity strategy employs a benchmark-tracking framework, seeking excess return opportunities through diversified alpha factors; the Fundamental Equity strategy is based on a systematic portfolio construction process combined with high-conviction individual stock selection.Fidelity stated that the above strategies are now available to RIA firms through its customized SMA platform. This platform integrates with the Fidelity Wealthscape brokerage platform, helping wealth management firms handle client account opening, strategy customization, execution, and portfolio monitoring.Amanda Robinson, Head of Wealth Advisor Management Solutions Distribution at Fidelity, noted that as investor demand for personalized investment experiences continues to grow, particularly with the expanding base of ultra-high-net-worth clients, wealth advisors require more flexible and customized asset management tools. By combining active management, direct indexing, and factor strategies, Fidelity provides advisors with deeper portfolio customization and tax management capabilities.Since launching its institutional customized SMA product line in 2022, Fidelity has expanded the number of standardized SMA strategies to 50, while also supporting advisors in combining multiple indices or strategies to form custom allocation solutions based on client needs.Additionally, Fidelity launched two equity model SMA strategies, including the Fidelity Institutional Blue Chip Growth Focused Model SMA and the Fidelity Institutional Small Growth Focused Model SMA. These are available to RIA and brokerage clients and can be integrated into a Unified Managed Account (UMA) structure to achieve more comprehensive and tax-optimized investment management.Currently, Fidelity offers 8 active equity model SMA strategies covering U.S. equities, sectors, and international stock markets. Additionally, 5 factor model strategies and 2 index model strategies are available through the Fidelity Managed Account Xchange (FMAX) and third-party platforms.Fidelity stated that its SMA strategies are developed by the Quantitative Research and Investments team within Fidelity Asset Management. This team comprises over 250 quantitative analysts, data scientists, and technologists, leveraging long-accumulated proprietary da
: Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas revealed that BlackRock has submitted the fourth and possibly final S-1 amendment for its Bitcoin Yield-Enhanced ETF, the "iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA)," disclosing for the first time a management fee of 0.65%, significantly higher than the spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT (0.25%).
WEEX Exchange has officially launched the third edition of its interactive trading card game, “Joker Cards.” Users can earn playing cards by completing tasks such as registering for the event, depositing funds, trading, or inviting friends. Playing cards earns points, and users share a USDT prize pool daily based on their point share. Compared to the first two editions, the third edition features enhanced Lucky Buffs and larger overall rewards. Drawing the “Lucky Card of the Day” unlocks additional rewards, including token airdrops, position airdrops, contract trial funds, and trading fee credits. Event period: June 1, 12:00 – June 10, 23:59:59 (UTC+8).
JUST’s 6th Anniversary × GasFree Super Carnival Month – Rewards Keep Growing! From May 25 to 31, users who create or log in to a GasFree wallet address using one of the designated wallets (TronLink Wallet, Klever Wallet, Guarda Wallet, or NOW Wallet), deposit USDT into their GasFree address, and conduct USDT transfers via GasFree are eligible to share in a $10,000 USDT prize pool. The more transfers you make, the higher your ranking—and the greater your chance to receive transaction fee reimbursements, up to $66 USDT per wallet address. Additionally, users who use GasFree for the first time during the campaign and successfully qualify for reimbursement will receive an extra “Easter Egg” reward of $20 USDT. Meanwhile, the first round of GasFree’s “Lucky 6” Golden Fish Campaign has already begun (May 25, 18:00 – May 26, 18:00 SGT). If your transfer falls at position #6, #66, #166, or other lucky numbers, you’ll instantly win $20 USDT. This campaign runs through May 29. Also, follow @DeFi_JUST and retweet with engagement—10 lucky winners will be randomly selected to share an additional $200 USDT in rewards. Create or log in to your GasFree wallet now and start your zero-gas-fee transfer journey—unlock multiple surprise rewards today!
The study suggests that AI’s currently observable applications in crime are primarily concentrated on low-barrier, high-frequency activities such as mass-produced SEO spam content, romance scams, voice cloning, image generation, and low-cost AI-powered nude image generation services.
Axelar Network stated that the hacker attack and theft of funds undermine users’ overall trust in blockchain systems and slow down the adoption of the global ledger it envisions. Axelar expressed its support for the LayerZero team in navigating this difficult situation and rebuilding trust. Regarding this approximately $290 million attack, Axelar emphasized that—pending final forensic findings—the incident once again highlights the need for multi-layered security in cross-chain bridge construction. This includes ensuring operational security for bridge operators, validators, and validating nodes; providing proper incentives and training; and removing validators whose technical capabilities are not adequately demonstrated. Additionally, operators must be sufficiently numerous, structurally heterogeneous, diverse, and geographically distributed to prevent ultimate control by a single entity.
Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte responded to the major security breach affecting Drift Protocol on April 1, which resulted in over $270 million in stolen funds. He stated that open financial systems must be built upon foundations of legal accountability, shared security, and rules that evolve in real time with emerging threats. Circle freezes USDC funds only when legally required—a measure reflecting its compliance obligations and safeguarding users’ assets and privacy rights. He emphasized that openness and accountability must be balanced, and all participants across the ecosystem—including protocols, wallets, infrastructure providers, exchanges, and stablecoin issuers—must jointly shoulder responsibility for security and accountability. Circle is collaborating with U.S. and international policymakers to advance stablecoin legislation, including the GENIUS Act, to establish a more modern legal framework enabling lawful, rapid intervention against illicit activities while protecting property rights and privacy—ensuring the continued resilience and robust growth of open financial systems.
DeepSeek officially launches the public beta of version V4-Flash-0731. Through post-training and Agent framework optimization, DeepSWE benchmark scores have improved from 7.3 to 54.4, Cybergym scores have doubled to 76.7, and performance on some hard benchmarks approaches Claude Opus 4.8. The new version does not increase parameters, prices remain unchanged, it natively supports the Responses API, and existing user APIs will automatically switch to the new version. Currently, only the Flash API is updated; the V4 Pro official version is still under development.
Ethereum Improvement Proposal EIP-8222 plans to leverage STARK-based cryptographic mechanisms to separate staking deposits from withdrawals and re-anonymize validators, aiming to reduce the traceability of validator activity. Currently, approximately one-third of all ETH is staked. Thibault Dubuis, Head of Staking and Decentralized Finance Products at Sygnum Bank, stated that current deposit addresses, validators, and withdrawal credentials form visible links, making institutional holdings sizes, entry timings, and staking strategies nearly public. The proposal remains in the discussion phase, with no deployment timeline yet announced. Its design may involve fixed deposit denominations, asset withdrawal waiting periods, and other arrangements, potentially requiring institutional users to bear higher execution costs, process delays, and compliance overhead.
: Asset management firm Fidelity Investments announced the expansion of its institutionally managed Separately Managed Account (SMA) product line, adding 6 custom strategies and 2 model strategies for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) and brokerage clients, aiming to enhance personalized investment services for high-net-worth clients.The newly added strategies include the Fidelity Institutional Tax-Managed Enhanced Equity strategy and the Fidelity Institutional Tax-Managed Fundamental Equity strategy. Both strategies cover large-cap core, growth, and value investment styles, combining Fidelity's long-term active management capabilities with customized SMA service models.Among them, the Enhanced Equity strategy employs a benchmark-tracking framework, seeking excess return opportunities through diversified alpha factors; the Fundamental Equity strategy is based on a systematic portfolio construction process combined with high-conviction individual stock selection.Fidelity stated that the above strategies are now available to RIA firms through its customized SMA platform. This platform integrates with the Fidelity Wealthscape brokerage platform, helping wealth management firms handle client account opening, strategy customization, execution, and portfolio monitoring.Amanda Robinson, Head of Wealth Advisor Management Solutions Distribution at Fidelity, noted that as investor demand for personalized investment experiences continues to grow, particularly with the expanding base of ultra-high-net-worth clients, wealth advisors require more flexible and customized asset management tools. By combining active management, direct indexing, and factor strategies, Fidelity provides advisors with deeper portfolio customization and tax management capabilities.Since launching its institutional customized SMA product line in 2022, Fidelity has expanded the number of standardized SMA strategies to 50, while also supporting advisors in combining multiple indices or strategies to form custom allocation solutions based on client needs.Additionally, Fidelity launched two equity model SMA strategies, including the Fidelity Institutional Blue Chip Growth Focused Model SMA and the Fidelity Institutional Small Growth Focused Model SMA. These are available to RIA and brokerage clients and can be integrated into a Unified Managed Account (UMA) structure to achieve more comprehensive and tax-optimized investment management.Currently, Fidelity offers 8 active equity model SMA strategies covering U.S. equities, sectors, and international stock markets. Additionally, 5 factor model strategies and 2 index model strategies are available through the Fidelity Managed Account Xchange (FMAX) and third-party platforms.Fidelity stated that its SMA strategies are developed by the Quantitative Research and Investments team within Fidelity Asset Management. This team comprises over 250 quantitative analysts, data scientists, and technologists, leveraging long-accumulated proprietary da
Odaily News According to the official announcement, Binance has introduced the Expression of Interest (EIO) mode on Capital Connect, the industry's first portfolio marketplace connecting professional trading teams with institutional investors. The EIO mode provides a compliant pathway for trading teams to showcase their track records to institutional investors, while enabling investors to discover emerging strategies at an early stage before they become investable. EIO portfolios are only accessible to whitelisted investors and do not support investment. Investors can submit non-binding expressions of interest, and trading teams will receive anonymous demand signals via email. Enhanced performance metrics, portfolio composition data, and trading team information are also provided on a quarterly basis.
WEEX Exchange has officially launched the third edition of its interactive trading card game, “Joker Cards.” Users can earn playing cards by completing tasks such as registering for the event, depositing funds, trading, or inviting friends. Playing cards earns points, and users share a USDT prize pool daily based on their point share. Compared to the first two editions, the third edition features enhanced Lucky Buffs and larger overall rewards. Drawing the “Lucky Card of the Day” unlocks additional rewards, including token airdrops, position airdrops, contract trial funds, and trading fee credits. Event period: June 1, 12:00 – June 10, 23:59:59 (UTC+8).
According to Xinhua News Agency, U.S. President Trump told the media at the White House on the 8th that the United States may resume the “Freedom Operation,” aimed at facilitating the passage of vessels stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, and expected to receive Iran’s response that evening to the U.S.-Iran agreement proposal put forward by the United States. Trump stated that he believed the “Freedom Operation” was a good idea, but “there are other solutions.” If no progress is made, the U.S. side may restart the “Freedom Operation.” However, “it would be an upgraded version—the ‘Enhanced Freedom Operation’—meaning additional measures beyond the original plan.”
DeepSeek officially launches the public beta of version V4-Flash-0731. Through post-training and Agent framework optimization, DeepSWE benchmark scores have improved from 7.3 to 54.4, Cybergym scores have doubled to 76.7, and performance on some hard benchmarks approaches Claude Opus 4.8. The new version does not increase parameters, prices remain unchanged, it natively supports the Responses API, and existing user APIs will automatically switch to the new version. Currently, only the Flash API is updated; the V4 Pro official version is still under development.
Ethereum Improvement Proposal EIP-8222 plans to leverage STARK-based cryptographic mechanisms to separate staking deposits from withdrawals and re-anonymize validators, aiming to reduce the traceability of validator activity. Currently, approximately one-third of all ETH is staked. Thibault Dubuis, Head of Staking and Decentralized Finance Products at Sygnum Bank, stated that current deposit addresses, validators, and withdrawal credentials form visible links, making institutional holdings sizes, entry timings, and staking strategies nearly public. The proposal remains in the discussion phase, with no deployment timeline yet announced. Its design may involve fixed deposit denominations, asset withdrawal waiting periods, and other arrangements, potentially requiring institutional users to bear higher execution costs, process delays, and compliance overhead.
: Asset management firm Fidelity Investments announced the expansion of its institutionally managed Separately Managed Account (SMA) product line, adding 6 custom strategies and 2 model strategies for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) and brokerage clients, aiming to enhance personalized investment services for high-net-worth clients.The newly added strategies include the Fidelity Institutional Tax-Managed Enhanced Equity strategy and the Fidelity Institutional Tax-Managed Fundamental Equity strategy. Both strategies cover large-cap core, growth, and value investment styles, combining Fidelity's long-term active management capabilities with customized SMA service models.Among them, the Enhanced Equity strategy employs a benchmark-tracking framework, seeking excess return opportunities through diversified alpha factors; the Fundamental Equity strategy is based on a systematic portfolio construction process combined with high-conviction individual stock selection.Fidelity stated that the above strategies are now available to RIA firms through its customized SMA platform. This platform integrates with the Fidelity Wealthscape brokerage platform, helping wealth management firms handle client account opening, strategy customization, execution, and portfolio monitoring.Amanda Robinson, Head of Wealth Advisor Management Solutions Distribution at Fidelity, noted that as investor demand for personalized investment experiences continues to grow, particularly with the expanding base of ultra-high-net-worth clients, wealth advisors require more flexible and customized asset management tools. By combining active management, direct indexing, and factor strategies, Fidelity provides advisors with deeper portfolio customization and tax management capabilities.Since launching its institutional customized SMA product line in 2022, Fidelity has expanded the number of standardized SMA strategies to 50, while also supporting advisors in combining multiple indices or strategies to form custom allocation solutions based on client needs.Additionally, Fidelity launched two equity model SMA strategies, including the Fidelity Institutional Blue Chip Growth Focused Model SMA and the Fidelity Institutional Small Growth Focused Model SMA. These are available to RIA and brokerage clients and can be integrated into a Unified Managed Account (UMA) structure to achieve more comprehensive and tax-optimized investment management.Currently, Fidelity offers 8 active equity model SMA strategies covering U.S. equities, sectors, and international stock markets. Additionally, 5 factor model strategies and 2 index model strategies are available through the Fidelity Managed Account Xchange (FMAX) and third-party platforms.Fidelity stated that its SMA strategies are developed by the Quantitative Research and Investments team within Fidelity Asset Management. This team comprises over 250 quantitative analysts, data scientists, and technologists, leveraging long-accumulated proprietary da
Odaily News According to the official announcement, Binance has introduced the Expression of Interest (EIO) mode on Capital Connect, the industry's first portfolio marketplace connecting professional trading teams with institutional investors. The EIO mode provides a compliant pathway for trading teams to showcase their track records to institutional investors, while enabling investors to discover emerging strategies at an early stage before they become investable. EIO portfolios are only accessible to whitelisted investors and do not support investment. Investors can submit non-binding expressions of interest, and trading teams will receive anonymous demand signals via email. Enhanced performance metrics, portfolio composition data, and trading team information are also provided on a quarterly basis.
The official website of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China published an article over the weekend stating that prosecutors are calling for more proactive and targeted law enforcement approaches to money laundering activities involving cryptocurrency.
India's 2026 tax filing season imposes stricter compliance requirements on crypto investors. Although the tax framework has not undergone drastic changes, enforcement intensity and reporting details have significantly tightened, making the potential consequences of filing errors more severe.India has implemented the new Income Tax Act (2025) effective April 1, 2026, replacing the original 1961 Act. For the FY2025-26 tax year, crypto assets (VDAs) still need to be reported under the existing framework, but the execution requirements have been further refined. Specifically, Schedule VDA requires investors to report on a "per-transaction" basis rather than merely aggregating net gains, covering records of each transaction, exchange, and asset disposal. For users involved in cross-platform trading, DeFi operations, and multi-wallet transfers, data integrity and consistency have become core challenges.Analysis indicates that failing to fully report any crypto asset exchange or transaction could trigger compliance risk reviews, as regulators are increasingly demanding data matching and on-chain/exchange record verification. (Times of India)