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The AI Agent project AIVIVE has officially completed a new round of institutional financing, with a total amount of 8 million USD. Among them, VegaVentures led the investment with 3 million USD; Greenwood Global Capital, Echo3 labs, UZ Capital, and Bluemount co-invested 5 million USD.The funds will be used for AIVIVE to launch its self-developed proprietary framework agreement (AVVP), supporting intelligent routing and coordination across data and execution environments, and comprehensively upgrading AI infrastructure. This agreement enables real-time scheduling of multi-source data and seamless interaction in heterogeneous environments, further enhancing the automation and decision-making efficiency of A to A business.

a16z Crypto published an article analyzing the unique value and challenges faced by prediction markets. Prediction markets allow participants to trade on the outcomes of events, aggregating dispersed information through price signals to provide real-time estimates of the probabilities of future events. Unlike traditional polls, prediction markets have the ability to update in real-time and incentivize participants to bet their capital on their information, thereby improving prediction accuracy.The article points out that prediction markets are used not only by companies for product launches and research experiment forecasts but also by the media as a source of "crowd wisdom," covering a wide range of events from geopolitical issues to AI model performance. Its core advantage lies in providing independent probability estimates for specific events, rather than relying on indirect signals from overall asset price movements. However, prediction markets still face challenges related to infrastructure and market design, including event verification, contract settlement, participant information adequacy, and potential manipulation risks.a16z believes that if these issues are resolved, prediction markets are expected to become important tools for decision-making and information aggregation, expanding financial and societal insights into future events.

WasabiCard announced that the number of corporate clients has officially surpassed 500, further accelerating the global stablecoin payment infrastructure layout. As a global payment infrastructure platform based on stablecoins, WasabiCard continues to provide services such as card issuance, payments, subscriptions, remittances, payroll, and cross-border fund distribution to global enterprises and users, centered around two core product systems: global card issuance and global remittance.In the past year, WasabiCard has issued over 500,000 cards, covering more than 100 countries and regions, with a total transaction volume exceeding 1 billion dollars. The service scenarios span multiple fields, including AI & SaaS subscriptions, advertising placements, cross-border payroll, Web3 payments, and global fund settlement.WasabiCard stated that as stablecoins gradually enter real commercial scenarios, the demand from enterprises for more efficient, flexible, and programmable global payment infrastructure is continuously growing. The company will continue to strengthen its efforts in stablecoin payments, global fund circulation, and the construction of programmable financial infrastructure in the future.

The open-source data visualization tool Grafana has released the latest progress on the investigation of the security incident on May 16. The investigation found that this incident was limited to the GitHub environment of Grafana Labs, including both public and private source code as well as internal GitHub repositories, and did not affect customer production systems, operations, or the Grafana Cloud platform. The downloaded content, in addition to the source code, also included some repositories used by the team for collaboration and storage of internal operational information and business details, involving business contact names and email addresses, rather than data from production systems or the cloud platform.Grafana Labs has made it clear that the codebase was downloaded but not tampered with, and currently, customers and open-source users do not need to take any action. The incident originated from a TanStack npm supply chain attack conducted through the Mini Shai-Hulud campaign. Grafana Labs detected malicious activity on May 11 and initiated an emergency response, but a credential was overlooked, allowing the attacker to gain access. After receiving a ransom demand on May 16, the company decided not to pay the ransom and has rotated automated credentials, implemented enhanced monitoring, audited all commits since May 11, and significantly strengthened GitHub security configurations. The company has notified federal law enforcement, and the investigation is ongoing.

B.AI announced full access to China's mainstream payment systems, with WeChat Pay, Alipay, and UnionPay now open to users. Starting today, users can complete the entire process of account recharge, subscribing to AI services, and accessing top AI models and Agent services in a familiar payment environment. This payment upgrade lowers the usage threshold, allowing individual developers and enterprise clients to more conveniently experience cutting-edge AI capabilities, making the entire usage process smoother, more natural, and localized. B.AI will continue to optimize the product experience in the future, committed to integrating smarter and more efficient artificial intelligence services into everyone's daily work and life.

According to Cointelegraph, the Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil, BCB) issued Resolution No. 561, prohibiting the use of virtual assets for settlement within the regulated international payment and transfer services (eFX) framework, further tightening the regulation of crypto assets in the cross-border payment sector.Under the new regulations, payments and receipts between eFX service providers and their overseas counterparts must be completed solely through foreign exchange transactions or transfers of funds from non-resident Brazilian real accounts, and the use of crypto assets or stablecoins for settlement is not allowed. This restriction also applies to eFX service providers that have not yet been formally included in the approved category but are in a transitional period; these institutions must apply for authorization from the Central Bank of Brazil by May 31, 2027, if they wish to continue operating.This regulation does not constitute a comprehensive ban on crypto asset transfers in Brazil, but rather explicitly excludes crypto assets and stablecoins from the regulated eFX cross-border payment channels, reinforcing that cross-border capital flows must be regulated through the official foreign exchange system.

According to GMGN market information, yesterday afternoon, the Binance Alpha project BSB continued to decline, and by midnight at 11 PM, the drop suddenly accelerated, plummeting over 60% in a short time, with the coin price falling from the $0.9 range to a low of $0.32.The previous day, a suspected team address transferred tokens to the Bybit deposit address, totaling 5 million BSB tokens, with a total value of approximately $3.6534 million. The tokens from this sending address previously originated from the BSB team's multi-signature address. The team has frequently staged sell-offs recently, with the BLESS team, also part of the Binance Alpha project, selling off $5.09 million worth of tokens after a sustained price increase, leading to a price crash. Additionally, team addresses such as LayerZero, AIOT, BIRB, and PUMP have also taken advantage of ample liquidity to sell off some tokens in the altcoin market recently.

On-chain data from Arkham shows that the Vitalik Buterin address (0xAb5...) is intensively selling various Meme tokens, with a transfer frequency reaching several times per minute. The fund flow indicates a continuous inflow of ETH during the same period.The market generally speculates that he is using automated scripts to batch liquidate the airdrop junk tokens in the wallet. The amount per transaction is generally in the range of tens to hundreds of dollars. This type of operation is not the first time. In 2021, Vitalik sold or donated a large number of Meme coins (including SHIB, etc.) that were airdropped to his address, causing significant market fluctuations. It is currently unclear whether this operation is manually triggered or entirely executed by automated programs. Given the market influence of the Vitalik address, holders of related Meme coins need to pay attention to potential selling pressure risks.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Parallel Web Systems, an AI infrastructure company founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has completed a $100 million Series B financing round, with a post-money valuation of $2 billion.This round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from existing investors such as Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. Parallel provides efficient web search and access control infrastructure for "long-cycle" AI agents, having raised a total of $230 million, with around 50 employees, serving over 100,000 developers and enterprise clients. The current focus is on expanding the sales, marketing, and R&D teams, continuously laying out the enterprise-level "AI agent web" scenario.

According to the official announcement, the Gate TradFi stock section has launched 52 contracts for difference trading pairs including GIS (General Mills), MPWR (Monolithic Power Systems), HSY (Hershey), COTY (Coty Inc.), CTSH (Cognizant), INFY (Infosys), SO (Southern Company), ALK (Alaska Airlines), BAP (Credicorp), CIB (Grupo Cibest), SYY (Sysco), DD (DuPont), DTE (DTE Energy), PSX (Phillips 66), AON (Aon), MCO (Moody's), CHT (Chunghwa Telecom), GT (Goodyear Tire & Rubber), GFS (GlobalFoundries), MAR (Marriott International), WYNN (Wynn Resorts), SYF (Synchrony Financial), EPD (Enterprise Products Partners), CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange Global Markets), IVZ (Invesco), MLM (Martin Marietta Materials), EXC (Exelon), PNC (PNC Financial Services Group), AMT (American Tower), BDX (Becton Dickinson), WMB (Williams), AIG (American International Group), CPRI (Capri Holdings), HBAN (Huntington Bancshares), SYK (Stryker), ZTS (Zoetis), BMRN (BioMarin Pharmaceutical), APD (Air Products and Chemicals), STT (State Street), XLE (State Street Energy Select SPDR ETF), IBIT (iShares Bitcoin Trust), ASTS (AST SpaceMobile), AUPH (Aurinia Pharmaceuticals), PTON (Peloton Interactive), CRON (Cronos Group), GPRO (GoPro), OPFI (OppFi), RIG (Transocean), XRX (Xerox), MANU (Manchester United), URA (Global X Uranium ETF), LIT (Global X Lithium Battery ETF), supporting 4x fixed leverage.In addition, the Gate TradFi stock section will launch the second phase of the new coin airdrop from April 29 at 16:00 to May 8 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can register to receive 30 USDT and can share a prize pool of 100,000 USDT by participating in the trading of newly listed assets, with a maximum individual reward of 3,130 USDT.

The Chief Information Security Officer of Slow Fog Technology, 23pds, forwarded a message from the dark web intelligence account Dark Web Intelligence (@DailyDarkWeb), stating that the hacker group ShinyHunters claims to have infiltrated internal systems related to the Anthropic Mythos model and has shared screenshots of the user management panel, AI experiment dashboard, model performance, and cost analysis. The authenticity of this information has not yet been confirmed by Anthropic.Given that many companies have previously applied to trial the related models, if the news is true, it could pose indirect security risks to leading tech companies and those in the cryptocurrency industry.

Vercel announced a security incident analysis, stating that some of its internal systems were accessed without authorization. This was caused by a third-party AI tool, Context.ai, used by an employee being compromised, allowing the attacker to take over their Google Workspace account and access some environment configuration data.The initial impact is that a small number of environment variables not marked as "sensitive" (such as API Keys, Tokens, etc.) may have been leaked. Relevant users have been notified and advised to rotate their credentials immediately. There is currently no evidence that data marked as "sensitive" or the supply chain (such as npm packages) has been tampered with.Vercel stated that the attacker possesses a high level of technical skill and has partnered with Mandiant and several security agencies to investigate, and has reported the incident to law enforcement. They also emphasized that platform services are still operating normally. Additionally, users are advised to enable multi-factor authentication, comprehensively rotate potentially leaked environment variables, and check account activity logs and deployment records to prevent further risks.

According to official news, the cloud hosting platform Vercel has confirmed that a security incident has occurred, involving unauthorized access to some internal systems.Currently, only a small number of customers have been confirmed to be affected, and Vercel is communicating directly with the relevant customers. Vercel stated that its services are still operating normally, and it has initiated an investigation and hired incident response experts to assist in handling the situation, while also notifying law enforcement.Vercel recommends that all customers review their environment variables and use the sensitive environment variable feature to enhance security protection.

According to official news, Circle has released its vision for the development of the internet financial system in 2026, proposing to focus on building cross-chain interoperability infrastructure, liquidity orchestration capabilities, and an institutional-grade asset issuance system to promote the efficient flow of value in a multi-chain ecosystem.In terms of cross-chain infrastructure, Circle stated that it will launch features such as "Fast Transfer" in the future, achieving second-level settlement without waiting for final confirmation from the source chain, thus improving the efficiency of fund utilization. In the asset expansion layer, the CCTP plans to extend to more assets beyond USDC, including EURC, USYC, and cirBTC, and support the issuance and circulation of real-world assets (RWA) across multiple chains.In addition, Circle is advancing cross-chain process coordination, simplifying multi-chain operational processes through tools such as Bridge Kit, Deposit Kit, Fee Service, and Workflows, achieving "one-click" cross-chain interaction, reducing development complexity, and enhancing user experience.

Cryptocurrency ATM operator Bitcoin Depot disclosed that it lost approximately 50.9 bitcoins in a cybersecurity incident, equivalent to about $3.7 million at current prices. According to documents submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the attack occurred on March 23, with hackers obtaining credentials related to the company's enterprise-level bitcoin wallet, allowing them to breach some internal systems. Bitcoin Depot stated that customer accounts, the platform, and personal data were not affected.

The Solana Foundation stated that it is launching a series of security enhancement initiatives, including a STRIDE security assessment and monitoring system led by Asymmetric Research, as well as a SIRN response network for handling security incidents.Among them, STRIDE will conduct independent assessments of ecological protocols and provide ongoing operational security (opsec) and proactive threat monitoring, offering formal verification support for projects with a TVL exceeding $100 million. SIRN is composed of multiple security agencies and research teams to collaboratively carry out real-time security incident responses.