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Bitget Launches the “Code 0511” New User Campaign, Running from May 11 to May 18. During the campaign period, users who complete KYC verification will receive 1–5 USDT; those who complete their first deposit and futures trading task—each totaling at least 100 USDT—will receive an additional 10 USDT. Moreover, new users whose futures trading volume reaches specified thresholds can claim further rewards, with a maximum cumulative reward of 641 USDT. Full campaign rules are published on the official Bitget platform. Eligible users must click the “Join Now” button to register before participating.
BitMart's "BM Discovery" zone launched LO0P (LO0P) at 10:30 AM (UTC+8) on May 11. The trading pair LO0P/USDT is now available.LO0P is a lending AMM protocol on Ethereum based on Uniswap V4 Hook, allowing users to borrow ETH without selling their tokens. Users purchase LOOP on a bonding curve and lock it as collateral to withdraw funds from the liquidity pool's ETH reserves.
following the Kelp security incident, Tether's asset interoperability protocol USDT0 has disclosed details of its protocol security architecture. It stated that the system currently utilizes a proprietary DVN (Decentralized Verification Network) with message veto authority, and requires 3 independent validators, operating on different codebases, to reach a 3/3 consensus before cross-chain messages can be settled. The current verification nodes include the USDT0 proprietary DVN, LayerZero, and Canary, with future plans to expand to 4/4 and 5/5 verification mechanisms.USDT0 also stated that all multi-signature transactions must undergo multiple reviews by internal teams, external security teams, and auditing firms before signatures are submitted. The relevant contracts have been audited by firms such as Guardian and OpenZeppelin, and a $6 million bug bounty program has been launched on Immunefi.
according to official sources, Gate has now launched PROS perpetual contract trading (USDT settlement), supporting 1-20x leverage.
WEEX Exchange announces the launch of its “Bounty Hunter Program”—trade WXT to earn rewards easily. Event Period: May 8, 18:00 – May 18, 17:59:59 (UTC+8). During the event: - New users who make a net deposit ≥ 100 USDT receive a 200 WXT reward. - First spot trade using WXT earns up to 700 WXT. - First participation in WE-Launch airdrops doubles the reward. - Users with cumulative futures trading volume ≥ 10,000 USDT and ≥ 2 trades receive a $5 USDT trial bonus. All users: - Highest net WXT purchase rewards up to 600 WXT. - Net WXT purchases ≥ 500 WXT per day for 3 consecutive days qualify for a shared pool of 50,000 WXT. - The top 30 “Bounty Kings” on the leaderboard share a grand prize pool of 100,000 WXT.
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list PROS trading pairs against KRW, BTC, and USDT.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched perpetual contracts for SPACEX/USDT, OPENAI/USDT, and ANTHROPIC/USDT on May 8, with a maximum leverage of 10x for all. Concurrently, HTX is hosting a SPACEX, OPENAI, and ANTHROPIC contract trading party from 15:00 on May 8 to 15:00 on May 15 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to $20,000. During the event, users who register and trade SPACEX/USDT, OPENAI/USDT, or ANTHROPIC/USDT perpetual contracts—accumulating a total effective trading volume of ≥$5,000—will be eligible to share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking. Additionally, new contract traders who complete trades in SPACEX/USDT, OPENAI/USDT, or ANTHROPIC/USDT perpetual contracts will receive exclusive benefits.
JUST’s official Twitter account released its April core metrics report: JustLend DAO’s GasFree feature enables users to transfer USDT on the TRON network without holding TRX in advance—the transaction fee can be paid directly using USDT held in the user’s wallet, further lowering the barrier to on-chain interaction. Throughout April, GasFree served over 287,000 users and processed 725,000 transactions, facilitating seamless fund flows totaling $11.3 billion. By streamlining the user journey and ensuring transparent, controllable costs, this initiative is significantly accelerating the large-scale adoption of stablecoin payments.
Bitget has launched a Mother’s Day appreciation campaign, running from May 8 at 12:00 to May 10 at 23:59 (UTC+8). During the campaign period, users who register and meet specified futures trading volume thresholds will receive corresponding tiered rewards. This campaign features multiple thoughtful gifts, including USDT as well as physical items such as Lancôme lipsticks, Chow Tai Fook gold carnation pendants, and Panasonic massage chairs. Full campaign rules are available on the official Bitget platform. Eligible users must click the “Join Now” button to complete registration in order to participate.
BitMart's "BM Discovery" zone has strongly launched Hantavirus (HANTA) at 11:00 on May 8 (UTC+8), with the HANTA/USDT trading pair now available.Hantavirus (HANTA) is a meme coin on the Solana blockchain themed around the Hantavirus outbreak, featuring a Resident Evil-style brand design.
Odaily Odaily Tether AI Research Group has released a new generation of medical AI model QVAC MedPsy, which is designed to run locally on low-power hardware such as smartphones and wearable devices, without relying on cloud servers. Simultaneously, it outperforms several larger state-of-the-art (SOTA) models across multiple medical benchmarks.Official data shows that the 1.7 billion parameter version of QVAC MedPsy achieved an average score of 62.62 on seven closed-set medical benchmarks, surpassing Google's MedGemma-1.5-4B-it by 11.42 points, despite having fewer than half the parameters. In real-world clinical tests like HealthBench Hard, this model even outperformed MedGemma 27B, which has nearly 16 times more parameters.Furthermore, the 4 billion parameter version achieved an average score of 70.54, surpassing several large models nearly 7 times its size in multiple medical reasoning evaluations. Tether stated that the model achieves "small model, high performance" through post-training medical reasoning optimization, reinforcement learning, and training on high-quality medical data.Compared to traditional cloud-based AI architectures, QVAC MedPsy also significantly reduces inference costs. Its 4 billion parameter version generates approximately 909 tokens on average, far fewer than the 2953 tokens of comparable systems, enabling lower latency and lower computational costs. The model also offers a GGUF quantized version suitable for local deployment on mobile and edge devices.Paolo Ardoino stated that the core goal of this model is to improve model efficiency, rather than simply increasing parameter scale, enabling medical AI to run directly on hospital local systems or terminal devices, thus avoiding uploading sensitive medical data to the cloud.
Bitget has officially launched its global community campaign, “Fan Story.” From now until May 20, users can share their authentic experiences using Bitget—and their holistic UEX trading journey—via图文 or video posts on platforms including X, Telegram, Reddit, LinkedIn, or Discord. Submissions must include the hashtag #BitgetFanStory and be submitted through the official form. Participants may use AI tools to assist with image generation or video editing, provided the content is based on real-life experiences. This campaign aims to showcase users’ growth journeys on Bitget, highlighting diverse groups such as early adopters, long-term traders, and community contributors. The prize pool features a dynamic growth mechanism: it expands every time 500 new participants join, with a maximum cap of 100,000 USDT. All winners will also receive exclusive merchandise from the Bitget Fan Club.
Odaily Odaily BitMart's "BM Discovery" zone has launched sato (SATO) at 18:00 on May 7 (UTC+8), with the SATO/USDT trading pair now available.sato is an ERC-20 asset on Ethereum, minted and repurchased via Uniswap v4 Hook. It is issued using an index bonding curve, with no pre-sale, migration, or operator intervention.
According to the HTX (formerly Huobi) announcement, HTX has enabled deposits for TWT and BILL tokens as of May 7 at 16:00 (GMT+8). Spot trading and grid trading for TWT/USDT and BILL/USDT will go live on May 7 at 18:00 and 19:00 (GMT+8), respectively. Withdrawals for TWT and BILL will be available on May 8 at 18:00 and 19:00 (GMT+8), respectively. Trust Wallet is a popular cryptocurrency hot wallet that allows users to retain full control over their funds. Its core feature is an integrated DApp browser offering a curated selection of decentralized applications, enabling direct staking and token trading. Billions Network is a universal “human-and-AI” collaboration network. It enables anyone to prove, in seconds, that they are a real and unique individual on-chain—without revealing any underlying personal data—providing humanity with a way to rebuild trust in every digital interaction and securely leverage AI agents.
Bybit’s U.S. stock perpetual contracts continue to expand, adding three new popular underlying assets today—Micron Technology (MU), iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY), and iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ)—offering users more diversified exposure to global equity assets. All three contracts support long and short trading with USDT margin and operate 24/7.
According to the official announcement, HTX has launched perpetual contracts for AMD/USDT, USAR/USDT, BILL/USDT, and IO/USDT on May 7. The maximum leverage for AMD/USDT and USAR/USDT is 10x, while the maximum leverage for BILL/USDT and IO/USDT is 20x.
Odaily Planet Daily, according to an official announcement, Binance Futures will list the BILLUSDT perpetual contract on May 7, 2026, at 16:15 (UTC+8), supporting up to 20x leverage. The contract is settled in USDT, with a minimum price change of 0.00001, a minimum trading volume of 1 BILL, a minimum notional value of 5 USDT, a funding rate cap of ±2.00%, and settlement every four hours. Additionally, copy trading functionality will be supported within 24 hours after the contract's listing.
According to the official announcement, HTX has launched the DOGS/USDT perpetual contract on May 6, supporting long and short positions with leverage ranging from 1x to 20x.
Odaily reports, according to an official announcement, Binance will adjust the collateral ratios for assets such as DOGE and SOL at 14:00 Beijing time on May 8, 2026. At 14:30 Beijing time on the same day, it will update the leverage and margin tiers for contracts like CELOUSDT, and adjust the position limits for contracts including HOMEUSDT.
According to the official disclosure by Drift Protocol, all affected wallets impacted by the April 1 attack will receive Recovery Tokens—representing their verified losses and proportional claims against the Recovery Pool—where each Recovery Token corresponds to $1 of verified loss. The Recovery Pool’s initial funding is approximately $3.8 million, sourced from converting the protocol’s remaining assets into USDT. It will be further replenished through a portion of quarterly net exchange revenue, partner contributions, and up to $127.5 million in matching deployment from Tether. Once the Recovery Pool exceeds $5 million, users may begin redeeming Recovery Tokens; the redemption price will be calculated as the Recovery Fund’s value divided by the outstanding supply of Recovery Tokens. Drift stated that the Insurance Fund was unaffected by the attack; any release of related funds requires governance proposals and DAO voting. The exchange plans to relaunch in Q2 2026, focusing primarily on perpetual contracts and a select set of markets. Additionally, it will replace its programs and addresses, rotate keys, reconstruct its community multisig, remove durable nonces and the Earn product, and implement operational security upgrades.