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Aster has become one of the first DeFi protocols on the BNB Chain to support bStock, allowing users to use bStock as collateral for perpetual contracts. After enabling multi-asset mode, users can deposit bStock into their perpetual accounts, with each bStock counted as margin up to a maximum of 90% of its value.TSLAB, NVDAB, CRCLB, and SNDKB are the first supported bStock assets, with more varieties to be launched gradually. bStock is a tokenized security issued by Binance, backed 1:1 by underlying U.S. stocks held by custodians, and does not represent direct ownership of the stocks.

The AI native oracle Cournot Protocol, invested by YZi Labs, has officially integrated with 42, an event market backed by institutions such as Dragonfly and Coinbase Ventures, becoming its official AI native oracle. Cournot will provide continuous monitoring, evidence endorsement assessment, and a transparent analysis workflow driven by Cournot's "reasoning proof" framework.As the event trading platform expands into sectors such as sports, politics, creator economy, and crypto-native events, building a market adjudication mechanism is becoming a core challenge in the infrastructure domain. Unlike traditional data feed oracles, Cournot continuously tracks external dynamics, aggregates multi-source evidence for cross-examination, and analyzes the settlement conditions of various markets, generating an auditable reasoning chain while outputting adjudication results.The recent integration of the prediction market Myriad Markets by Cournot reflects the macro trend of the industry migrating towards "AI-assisted settlement" infrastructure. Cournot's core capabilities will gradually expand from empowering prediction markets to areas such as Agentic Commerce, complex RWA, card games, and parametric insurance. More and more platforms are realizing that complex real-world outcomes are often not adjudicated by a single API or a price feed, which is precisely why they are beginning to seek new types of oracles.

According to The Information, sources revealed that Tencent has invested in a new AI laboratory founded by Lin Junyang, the former core leader of Alibaba's Tongyi Qwen large model. In Lin Junyang's first round of financing, Tencent invested $20 million, with the total amount raised in the first round reaching several hundred million dollars, and a post-investment valuation of approximately $2 billion. The first round of financing was led by Sequoia China and Gaorong Capital, with both parties investing $100 million each. After completing the first round of transactions, Lin Junyang is already seeking the next round of financing.Before this transaction, Tencent had already invested in several local large model developers in China, including Dark Side of the Moon, MiniMax, and Zhiyu AI, and is currently participating in the latest round of financing for DeepSeek. Lin Junyang left Alibaba in early March this year. Due to disagreements with Alibaba regarding team restructuring, he chose to publicly announce his resignation on the social platform X.

Bitget, in collaboration with Block Scholes, released the RWA perpetual contract liquidity report. The data shows that since 2026, the tokenized stock and commodity markets on Bitget have continued to mature. Taking Nvidia NVDA-USDT as an example, as of mid-May, the order book liquidity within its ±2% price range is approximately $4.1 million, reaching about 75% of the depth of the Bitget Bitcoin spot market.During the high volatility period triggered by geopolitical conflicts in February 2026, although the price spread briefly widened, the liquidity in the related markets quickly returned to normal levels within a few days, demonstrating strong resilience. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that the core competitive point of the current tokenized market has shifted from "access" to "efficiency," and liquidity is becoming one of the important indicators for measuring the tokenized market.

Regarding the suspected attack on the Aztec Router contract on the Ethereum chain, Aztec Labs has officially launched an investigation and clarified that Aztec Connect was deprecated three years ago. Aztec Labs does not hold any administrator keys or control over the system, and currently cannot pause or upgrade it. Therefore, the community is reminded to be vigilant against false "support" accounts and private messages.

The liquid staking protocol Stader Labs announced that it will gradually shut down its Polygon liquid staking token MaticX. As of today, MaticX has stopped accepting new deposits and has fully transitioned to a "claims-only" status.At the same time, the official application front end for MaticX will be officially taken offline on August 3, 2026. Before this date, users can still redeem instantly at a fixed exchange rate through the dApp; after the front end closes on August 3, users can continue to claim their MATIC assets directly through the Etherscan contract page for three years until August 3, 2029.

Ethena's official announcement states that the first product launched in collaboration with Coinbase is now officially online, which is the stablecoin yield pool introduced by SteakhouseFi. This product operates based on USDe on Morpho and is now directly available in the Coinbase App, accessible to users in the United States and overseas.

0G Labs announced a partnership with the AI company MiniMax, aiming to bring cutting-edge AI models on-chain through verifiable and privacy-preserving computing technology.It is reported that the core model integrated in this collaboration is MiniMax's M3 model, which currently ranks first on the open-source model list of Artificial Analysis and tops the OpenRouter trend list. The official statement indicated that to support the launch of this collaboration, a limited-time free operation service for the model will be available from June 15 to 18.

The globally leading digital asset trading platform Gate collaborates with the University of Wollongong in Dubai to host an online Web3 workshop. Through industry sharing, career development exchanges, and simulated trading practices, the workshop provides students with an open course focused on the cutting-edge developments in blockchain and the digital economy.During the event, the Gate team shared insights on topics such as the basics of blockchain, the integration trends of AI and blockchain, industry talent demands, and career development paths. They also introduced the current state and future opportunities of the digital asset industry in conjunction with real business scenarios. In the interactive exchange session, students actively asked questions about industry trends, innovations in digital payments, and career planning, receiving a positive response from the audience. In the simulated trading competition, students experienced the operational mechanisms of the digital asset market through practical exercises, combining classroom knowledge with real-world operations.This collaboration not only provides students with opportunities to engage with cutting-edge technology and industry practices but also further promotes the communication and connection between higher education and industry demands. As a leading platform in the industry, Gate continues to foster communication and collaboration between academia and industry. Its founder and CEO, Dr. Han, has also been invited multiple times to visit campuses to share insights on blockchain, industry innovation, and trends in the digital economy. By deepening the integration of industry and education practices, Gate is injecting more youthful energy into the long-term innovative development of Web3 and the digital economy.

PiggyBank released a detailed report on the LAB incident on June 6, stating that the protocol experienced a net withdrawal of approximately $579,000 on June 6, primarily due to a LAB token basis trade being manipulated by the market.In early May, PiggyBank purchased 142,800 locked LAB tokens (approximately $102,500) through an OTC intermediary while simultaneously opening a perpetual contract short hedge. However, market participants continuously maintained the spot price above the perpetual contract price, resulting in a deeply negative funding rate (annualized -17,000%), and the high hedging costs forced the shorts to close, resulting in a loss of approximately $476,000. The currently locked LAB tokens have a spot value of about $1 million, but due to poor liquidity and lack of hedging, they have been excluded from the NAV calculation.PiggyBank will undergo structural reforms: increasing transparency of on-chain mechanisms, strategy logic, and fund allocation will be publicly verifiable, while basis trading and funding rate arbitrage will be gradually phased out. In terms of compensation, affected users will receive USDC compensation based on actual losses, with funding sources including NAV discrepancies, future LAB sales (expected to unlock from August 14 to October 14, currently valued at approximately $1 million), and 50% of future platform revenue. All users recorded in the snapshot on June 6 are eligible for compensation.

NVIDIA (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang stated that NVIDIA's collaboration with SK Hynix and SK Telecom is expected to bring hundreds of billions of dollars in business opportunities to South Korea in the future.Huang mentioned that as the construction of artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to advance, and the demand for AI chips, memory, and communication technologies grows, the deep cooperation between NVIDIA and South Korean technology companies will become an important driving force for the development of South Korea's AI industry and may create significant economic value.

Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge posted on the X platform that his team has just completed a white hat operation on a vulnerability found in the Flooring Protocol. The following assets are now safely held by Yuga Labs: 29 Bored Apes, 4 Mutant Apes, 1 BAKC, 2 CryptoPunks, 1 Azuki, 2 Elementals; 26 Captains, 1 Moonbird, 2 Doodles.Team Vice President @0xQuit recovered these assets, and @coffeedev discovered that the same vulnerability posed a greater risk to other Flooring collectible series (such as BAYC and CryptoPunks). Figge instructed GrailsOTC trading desk to advance funds and NFTs to rescue the at-risk assets from the protocol. The team will work with the protocol developers to return the assets.

According to Jinshi reports, Goldman Sachs economists stated that due to a stronger-than-expected labor market, they no longer expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year. The bank has pushed back the expected timing of the last two rate cuts from December 2026 and March 2027 to June and December 2027. However, Goldman Sachs' chief U.S. economist, Jan Hatzius, pointed out that the likelihood of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates remains low as inflation "seems unlikely to become self-sustaining."In May, U.S. job growth exceeded all expectations, demonstrating the resilience of the labor market and intensifying market bets that the central bank will raise interest rates. Goldman Sachs continues to believe that the likelihood of a rate hike is low, but has slightly increased the probability of a small rate hike from 10% to 20%. The bank's baseline forecast still anticipates two rate cuts of 25 basis points next year, but the probability has been reduced from 40% to 30%. Goldman Sachs also lowered its U.S. unemployment rate forecast for this year from 4.6% to 4.4%.

According to Jinshi reports, Goldman Sachs economists stated that due to a stronger-than-expected labor market, they no longer expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year. The bank has pushed back the expected timing of the last two rate cuts from December 2026 and March 2027 to June and December 2027. Goldman Sachs' Chief U.S. Economist Jan Hatzius pointed out that although the likelihood of a rate hike is low, the probability of a small rate increase has been raised from 10% to 20%. Goldman Sachs also revised its forecast for the U.S. unemployment rate this year from 4.6% to 4.4%.

The revenue agreement PiggyBank issued a statement acknowledging a serious error in the LAB token basis trading that took place last month. PiggyBank disclosed that the team previously purchased locked LAB tokens at a low price through OTC channels for about $100,000 (accounting for approximately 2% of the portfolio) and simultaneously shorted perpetual contracts for hedging.However, during the holding period, LAB encountered severe market manipulation, liquidity depletion, and deeply negative funding rates, leading to excessively high hedging costs. The team ultimately chose to close the short position to limit downside risk. Based on current prices, the total value of the locked LAB position is $1.35 million. However, due to the lack of liquidity in this position, PiggyBank will exclude it from the net asset value calculation until the first unlock on August 14.Although the situation is still changing and there is still potential for considerable returns, this is the "fairest and most transparent" way for users to manage liquidity. Therefore, today's net asset value will show a decline of approximately 15% in the USDC treasury, about 12% in SPYx, and about 9% in JitoSOL. A detailed report will be released next week, including follow-up processing plans. On-chain investigator ZachXBT previously publicly questioned PiggyBank, accusing it of insider control over more than 95% of the supply.

According to market news, the subscription orders for SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) have exceeded the number of shares available for issuance.

According to Jinshi, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the non-farm payroll employment for March was revised from 201,000 to 214,000; the non-farm payroll employment for April was revised from 115,000 to 179,000.After the revisions, the total number of new jobs for March and April is 93,000 higher than before the revisions.

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen recently elaborated on Bitget's strategic layout in the field of tokenized assets during an online AMA titled "The Future of RWA" hosted by Reality. She revealed that since proposing the Universal Exchange (UEX) strategy in early 2025, Bitget has been accelerating its evolution from a traditional crypto exchange to a platform covering all categories of assets. During a meeting with the COO of BlackRock, she introduced the "10% Vision": it is expected that by 2030, approximately 10% of global financial assets will exist in tokenized form. Currently, the penetration rate of tokenized stocks is only 0.01%, indicating a significant incremental space in traditional financial markets, which is precisely the trend that Reality is built upon.Gracy summarized "why now" as the convergence of five major trends: stablecoins have become a global settlement channel, especially in regions where fiat currencies are weak, creating demand for dollar-denominated investment products; there is a surge in user willingness for diversified asset allocation; blockchain performance, custody, compliance, and market maker systems are maturing; regulatory frameworks in the US, Europe, and Hong Kong are moving from ambiguity to structured clarity; and the market's demand for capital efficiency is driving the release of new liquidity in tokenized assets.When discussing the pain points of the tokenized stock market, Gracy stated that some existing issuers often cause a deviation between the token price and the underlying asset price when handling corporate actions such as dividends and stock splits. The Reality platform is focused on addressing this issue by strictly aligning the Net Asset Value (NAV), supporting the mapping of dividends and corporate actions, and enhancing the consistency between tokenized assets and the real underlying assets. She also revealed that Bitget will continue to expand asset categories and further improve the UEX Universal Exchange ecosystem.

According to The Block, the core development team of the Cosmos ecosystem, Cosmos Labs, announced the acquisition of the Cosmos block explorer Mintscan and the establishment of a new subsidiary, Cosmos Labs Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, to coordinate the construction of several key infrastructures in the Cosmos ecosystem.According to Barry Plunkett, Co-CEO of Cosmos Labs, the transaction negotiations began in October 2025, initiated by the co-founder of the South Korean crypto company Stamper (the legal entity of Cosmostation). Both parties did not disclose the transaction amount, financing method, or whether it involved Cosmos Hub tokens.