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According to the official announcement, Binance HODLer airdrop launched the 65th project GeniusTerminal (GENIUS), which is an AI machine intelligence network and open infrastructure layer. From May 11, 2026, 00:00 to May 13, 2026, 23:59 (UTC), users who subscribe BNB to SimpleEarn (flexible and/or locked) and/or on-chain yield products will receive airdrop allocations.

The Trump family's AI infrastructure project WorldClaw and VergeX AI announced a strategic cooperation, with both parties working together to promote the development of next-generation AI-native trading infrastructure and accelerate the construction of the emerging Agentic Trading market.It is reported that VergeX AI will integrate WorldClaw's AI access layer into its Harness-driven autonomous multi-agent trading infrastructure to achieve a more scalable, more accessible, and more cost-efficient professional-grade AI trading system deployment. Currently, VergeX AI is building an autonomous multi-agent trading operating system for the AI-native financial era, with its core Harness architecture serving as the layer for agent collaboration and task orchestration, supporting trading execution across multiple markets including cryptocurrencies, US stocks, foreign exchange, and commodities.In addition, both parties stated that this cooperation aims to lower the barriers to building professional-grade AI trading agents and jointly promote the development of next-generation autonomous financial system infrastructure. The market generally believes that as AI Agents evolve from auxiliary tools to autonomous market participants, autonomous agents, AI-native execution systems, and programmable financial infrastructure are becoming the next trillion-dollar track that the industry is focusing on.

According to The Block, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced that its "Project Agorá" tokenization prototype has successfully verified the feasibility of atomic settlement for cross-border wholesale transactions. The prototype employs a layered architecture, utilizing tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits to achieve "all or nothing" transaction chain execution across multiple currencies and jurisdictions, while allowing central banks to retain operational autonomy.Legal analysis shows that finality of settlement can be achieved in all seven participating jurisdictions, and privacy protection can also be ensured within a compliant framework. The project is jointly initiated by the BIS and the International Financial Association, with participation from seven central banks including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Bank of England, the Bank of France, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of Korea, the Bank of Mexico, and the Swiss National Bank, as well as over 40 private financial institutions. In the next phase, the Bank of Canada will officially join as the eighth central bank member, and the project will advance to the real value testing stage, further expanding private sector participation.

According to Bloomberg, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and its partners are about to launch a real-value transaction test for the digital cross-border payment project Project Agorá. This project involves the BIS, seven central banks, and more than 40 regulated institutions, including the New York Fed, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, as well as JPMorgan, UBS, Deutsche Bank, and others.The prototype adopts the concept of a "unified ledger," utilizing blockchain technology to complete interbank transfers between different countries in seconds, trading in an "atomic" manner. The system retains existing sanctions enforcement and anti-money laundering screening mechanisms. The BIS stated that tokenization can safely and effectively address the inefficiencies of wholesale cross-border payments. The Bank of Canada has joined the project, and more private institutions are expected to join as well.

According to the on-chain analysis platform Bubblemaps, the same address cluster it marked has sold approximately $600,000 worth of CWU tokens, but the related addresses still hold about 85% of the CWU supply. The token previously attracted attention due to support from the former president of Ghana.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted that the internal team of the Ethereum Foundation has been working on a new project called Kohaku for nearly a year. The goal is to achieve both security (including decentralization) and read-write privacy at the Ethereum access layer, making security and privacy a "normal configuration" on Ethereum rather than an advanced option. Earlier today, it was reported that Kohaku, under the Ethereum Foundation, released an SDK for wallet-level privacy integration.

According to the official announcement, BitRing, a selected project from the 10th season of the BNB Chain MVB Accelerator, has announced the upcoming launch of its genesis airdrop test. It is reported that the top 10,000 users in this test will share a reward of 1,000,000 BRT tokens.According to the official introduction, BitRing allows users to participate in "fitness mining" using smart wearable devices such as Apple Watch and WHOOP to earn BRT. Currently, the development progress of the protocol has reached 90%, and the BRT Protocol is about to enter the internal testing phase, where participating users can now receive 100 tBRT test tokens.In addition, the official revealed that a live fitness coach recommendation system will be launched soon, an ambassador program recruitment will be opened, and plans to explore building personalized medical AI models based on real health data.

According to crypto analyst Yu Jin @EmberCN, in the past 11 hours, addresses associated with the ESPORTS project have continuously sold tokens on-chain, with a total of 253 million ESPORTS sold, accounting for 28% of the total token supply. Data shows that this batch of ESPORTS was first exchanged for approximately 26,000 BNB, and then further converted into 17.29 million USDT.Due to the ongoing sell-off, the price of ESPORTS has currently dropped about 95% from its peak, falling from $0.70 to around $0.035.

2U2.ai announced that it has secured a new round of strategic investment, with the specific amount not yet disclosed. The investors in this round include Castrum Istanbul and M2M Capital, which will support 2U2.ai in continuing to advance Meme infrastructure construction and ecological expansion.So far, 2U2.ai has received support from institutions such as Becker Ventures, CGV FOF, Gemhead Capital, K24 Ventures, Castrum Istanbul, and M2M Capital.2U2.ai is building a MemeLayer for Web3, driven by AI for Meme generation, dissemination, and remixing, to create a scalable and incentivized Meme content network. Currently, the platform has launched the Meme Arms Race points system, allowing users to earn points by creating, sharing, and disseminating Meme content, and participate in subsequent ecological incentives on the platform.

The Sui mainnet officially launched the protocol-level stablecoin zero Gas transfer feature on May 20, supporting 7 types of assets including USDC, allowing users to complete transfers for free without holding SUI.In addition, the Premium Exchange incubated by NAVI Protocol is expected to officially go live on May 26 with its new system. These two developments optimize the trading experience from both the underlying protocol and application layer, further lowering the user entry threshold and promoting the development of the Sui ecosystem.

The AI agent toolkit Bankr developer deployer posted on platform X, stating plans to launch the Bankr fund to invest in high-quality projects within the Bankr ecosystem.It expressed hope to complete the first investment in the coming weeks and stated that it will "put real money into Bankr ecosystem projects."

Bankr developer @0xDeployer stated that they are planning to launch the Bankr fund, which will invest real funds into top projects in the Bankr ecosystem. They hope to make their first investment in the coming weeks.Recently, several high-quality AI projects in the Base ecosystem have launched tokens through the Bankr platform. Projects like LFI and GITLAWB have quickly gained market recognition, with a market capitalization exceeding $20 million.

The privacy coin project Monero has released the graphical wallet software GUI 0.18.5 "Fluorine Fermi." This version is the officially recommended update, focusing on fixing multiple vulnerabilities.The core optimization content of this update includes: adjusting the P2Pool installation path on Windows systems to the local application data directory; improving the parsing logic for extreme scenarios of the uniform resource identifier; disabling the offline transaction creation feature under long payment ID mode; adding unsafe text escaping handling in the QR code scanning process; synchronously upgrading the P2Pool program to version 4.15 and correcting multiple minor program faults.Monero officials point out that this version has been open-sourced on GitHub, and users can download the upgrade through official channels to obtain the latest security fixes and stability improvements.

The cross-chain network Everclear officially announced on social media that it has decided to end the operations of the Everclear Foundation and Labs, and to stop product development. Currently, the protocol has been shut down, and the Everclear UI and chain have ceased operation. The team stated that the remaining TVL in the protocol has been fully withdrawn, and to their knowledge, no user funds are trapped.Regarding the reasons for the shutdown, Everclear stated that although the monthly trading volume had previously reached $500 million, the team failed to establish sufficient commercial depth and convert it into effective revenue due to users' high price sensitivity in the cross-chain solver field. Additionally, the team exhausted its funds (runway) during the transition to a B2B2C model over the past six months, and several acquisition proposals explored were also unsuccessful.For future arrangements, Everclear is conducting an orderly liquidation to address outstanding debts. The team stated that if there are remaining funds after the debts are settled, they will explore repurchasing existing tokens, with a potential total repurchase amount estimated between $50,000 and $200,000, but this has not yet been finalized. Furthermore, the foundation is considering open-sourcing the protocol's intellectual property (IP) to give the DAO the option to continue advancing work under new management; currently, the DAO itself is still operational.

According to The Block, the Ethereum Layer 2 project Zero Network announced that it will officially shut down soon, just about 1.5 years after its launch. Zero Network was launched by the Zerion team in November 2024, positioned as the first EVM-compatible gas-free Rollup, aimed at lowering user barriers and promoting mainstream adoption.The team stated that they will focus resources on Zerion's API and wallet business. Users need to bridge out their NFTs, ETH, and other tokens from the Zero Network by the end of July, as the bridging deposit function has currently been suspended.

Syndicate Labs, Everclear, and ZERO Network announced the cessation of operations on the same day, highlighting the deep dilemmas in the blockchain infrastructure sector.Syndicate Labs, a startup supported by a16z and having raised over $27 million, announced its closure after five years of operation, stating that EVM Rollup is no longer the industry standard and the market has fundamentally shifted to custom chains. The cross-chain settlement protocol Everclear (formerly Connext) announced hours later that it would shut down its foundation and lab entities, despite having a monthly trading volume that once reached $500 million, it was unable to convert that volume into revenue, and the CLEAR token dropped about 40% on the same day. The gasless Ethereum Layer 2 ZERO Network built by the crypto wallet Zerion also announced its closure on the same day, with the team shifting focus to the development of Zerion wallet and API products, and users must bridge their funds out by July 31.The common dilemma faced by the three projects is that even with venture capital funding and operational products, it remains difficult to find a sustainable business model to withstand market deterioration.

According to on-chain analyst PeckShield (@PeckShieldAlert), the attacker of the VerusCoin cross-chain bridge has returned 4,052.4 ETH (approximately $8.5 million) to the project team's address (0xF9AB...C1A74), which accounts for 75% of the total stolen amount. The remaining 25% (1,350 ETH, approximately $2.8 million) is retained in the attacker's wallet as a white hat bounty.

According to on-chain analyst PeckShield (@PeckShieldAlert), the VerusCoin cross-chain bridge attacker has returned 4,052.4 ETH (approximately 8.5 million USD) to the project team's address (0xF9AB...C1A74), accounting for 75% of the total stolen amount. The remaining 25% (1,350 ETH, approximately 2.8 million USD) is retained in the attacker's wallet as a white hat bounty.

According to the Financial Times, the Amsterdam company Qivalis has secured support from 37 European banks, including BNP Paribas, ING, and UniCredit, for its yet-to-be-launched euro stablecoin, making it the single euro stablecoin project with the most supporters in Europe.New supporters include ABN AMRO, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Rabobank. Qivalis has applied for a license from the Dutch central bank, aiming to receive approval in the second half of this year and plans to complete operational preparations upon receiving the license.