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VEST, incubated by Anubis Labs and with investment participation from industry institutions such as CoinChief, will officially open registration for global users on May 20, 2026, at 13:14.It is reported that VEST is a PGC capital community based on an algorithmic adaptive balance minting protocol, built on Anubis Chain. It aims to connect real assets, co-build liquidity, digital rights, and global community governance through on-chain protocols, creating an on-chain capital community for the digital capital era.As the global registration channel is about to open, the VEST genesis entry will also be approaching. The platform will open participation channels for global users, ecological co-builders, and long-term participants to jointly promote real value into the digital capital era.

The digital asset financial services platform BIT announced that its subsidiary Matrixport Technologies Ltd has been approved by the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC) to obtain a Class 2 investment business license (arranging investment transactions) under the Securities and Investment Business Act (SIBA), and has completed VASP registration under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act (VASP Act).According to the scope of approval, Matrixport Technologies Ltd can conduct regulated investment business activities involving arranging investment transactions in accordance with BVI SIBA, supporting institutional and professional market operations and other financial services activities within the scope of the license; at the same time, it can conduct regulated virtual asset business under the BVI VASP framework.BIT stated that this approval comes after nearly three years of regulatory communication and preparation, marking an important milestone in the company's process of building a globally compliant digital asset platform.

Ju.com Foundation announced a formal strategic investment of $10 million in the blockchain value e-commerce platform SuiXi, further enhancing the integration of "AI + blockchain" applications and the layout of Web3 consumer scenarios.This round of funding will focus on upgrading on-chain traceability, smart contract settlement, and distributed rights systems, while also promoting the construction of core capabilities such as AI intelligent recommendation and automated supply chain scheduling, improving platform operational efficiency and user experience. In addition, SuiXi will leverage this strategic investment to accelerate its expansion into high-growth markets such as Southeast Asia and the Middle East, promoting a global business layout.Ju.com stated that in the future, it will rely on its advantages in digital asset liquidity, blockchain technology, and global resource integration to provide ecological, technical, and globalization support for SuiXi. Both parties will engage in deep collaboration around Web3 e-commerce, digital consumption, and the integration of the physical industry.

Cathie Wood's investment firm Ark Invest bought approximately $4.4 million worth of Bullish stock through three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the trading days on Monday and Tuesday.According to Ark's daily trading disclosures and the closing prices on those days, Ark purchased 52,308 shares on Monday and 69,712 shares on Tuesday, involving the three ETFs: Innovation ETF (ARKK), Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW), and Blockchain and Financial Technology Innovation ETF (ARKF). This purchase occurred after Bullish's stock price had been declining consecutively. Over the past five trading days, Bullish's stock price has dropped a total of 15.4%, with a rebound of 1.88% on Tuesday, closing at $36.23. Despite the slight recovery, the stock has still fallen 16.7% over the past month.Ark actively adjusts its ETF holdings to ensure that no single stock accounts for more than 10% of the fund's portfolio. When certain asset values fluctuate significantly, a rebalancing of weights is conducted, and this increase in holdings falls under that routine management operation.On the fundamental side, Bullish disclosed mixed results for the first quarter last week. The company reported a net loss of $604.9 million, nearly doubling the loss from the same period last year, but adjusted revenue increased from $62.4 million a year ago to $92.8 million. CEO Tom Farley pointed out that the recent acquisition of Equiniti for $4.2 billion is a potential growth catalyst, aimed at integrating Bullish's tokenization technology stack with regulated agencies to create a comprehensive blockchain-enabled issuance service provider.Background information shows that Bullish went public in August 2025, issuing 30 million shares at a price of $37 per share. According to Bitcoin Treasuries data, the company remains the sixth largest publicly traded holder of Bitcoin, holding approximately 24,300 BTC.

The cryptocurrency asset management company Bitwise stated that Hyperliquid's native token HYPE is "one of the most distorted assets in pricing in the current crypto market," despite its price significantly outperforming the market this year. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan noted in a report on Tuesday: "Hyperliquid is one of the most important crypto projects in years. Its native token HYPE is the best-performing large-cap crypto asset of 2026, having risen 77% year-to-date. But I still believe investors underestimate its influence and value."Hougan believes that part of the pricing distortion of HYPE is due to the market viewing Hyperliquid merely as a perpetual cryptocurrency futures exchange, whereas it should actually be priced as a "global super app." He pointed out that the Hyperliquid platform supports trading of assets beyond mainstream crypto perpetual futures, including stocks and prediction markets, with nearly half of its trading volume currently related to non-crypto assets.Bitwise launched the HYPE exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the New York Stock Exchange last Friday. The previous week, 21Shares also launched a similar HYPE fund, but it only attracted $1.2 million in net inflows on its first day, which is relatively low compared to the debut performances of other altcoin ETFs. Hougan added that Hyperliquid has gradually become the "super app" envisioned by SEC Chairman Paul Atkins—a "platform not regulated by the SEC" that provides investors with exposure to multiple asset classes. However, he also noted that the platform "still needs to mature," is not yet open to U.S. users, and needs to integrate into the U.S. regulatory framework.

GitHub has updated the details of the investigation into the unauthorized access incident of its internal repositories: GitHub detected and contained an incident yesterday involving an employee's device being compromised, which involved a maliciously implanted VS Code extension. GitHub removed the malicious extension, isolated the affected terminals, and immediately initiated an incident response. Current assessments show that only GitHub's internal repositories experienced data exfiltration, and the approximately 3,800 repositories claimed by the attackers are roughly consistent with the investigation results. GitHub has prioritized rotating critical credentials, is analyzing logs, verifying credential rotations, and monitoring subsequent activities, with a complete report to be released after the investigation is concluded.Additionally, Slow Mist's Chief Information Security Officer 23pds commented on this incident, stating: "By analyzing leaks from cybercrime forums, hackers may have used Anthropic's Mythos security AI to precisely breach GitHub's defenses and steal information from about 4,000 core internal repositories: including the source code for Copilot, the algorithms for CodeQL, the Actions runtime, and the entire billing system. Further analysis of this code could lead to subsequent attacks, having a profound security impact on the integration of the open-source community."

According to a report by Shangguan News, on May 17, 2026, an elderly man in his 70s, Mr. Gong, from Shuxin Town, Chongming, Shanghai, was deceived by a scammer posing as an "investment mentor" on a short video platform. He was lured into investing in Bitcoin with the bait of "low investment, high returns" and attempted to withdraw 100,000 yuan in cash for transfer at different bank branches twice.After noticing the unusual behavior, the bank teller activated the anti-fraud warning mechanism and coordinated with the police to intervene and dissuade him. The police explained to the elderly man, using real cases, that virtual currency trading and speculation are explicitly prohibited in the country, and that so-called "Bitcoin investments" are all scams. They helped him delete the fraudulent software and block the scammer on WeChat on the spot. After two rounds of patient persuasion from the police and the bank, the elderly man ultimately recognized the scam and gave up the transfer.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a16z (@a16zcrypto) may have become the sixth largest entity holding HYPE and could be the largest external holding institution if the top five are all part of Hype's own ecosystem.Data shows that a16z began a large-scale accumulation mode in August 2025, accumulating a total of 9.18 million HYPE (approximately $356 million), with an average purchase price of $38.77; after deducting the portion transferred to exchanges and market makers, there are still 8.844 million HYPE remaining, stored across dozens of addresses.In just the past 11 hours, a16z has added 206,000 HYPE (approximately $9.95 million) to its holdings; since April 16, it has accumulated a total of 2.35 million HYPE (approximately $10.2 million); since 2026, it has accumulated a total of 4.92 million HYPE (approximately $183 million). Based on the current price, its unrealized profit per coin has reached $7.929 million.

Mastercard has abandoned its investment plan for the cryptocurrency infrastructure company Zerohash, which had previously agreed in March to acquire the UK stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK for $1.8 billion. Mastercard had considered a strategic investment in Chicago-based Zerohash in January of this year. At that time, Zerohash was seeking to raise $250 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion, while the company is currently advancing a new funding round at a higher valuation. Founded in 2017, Zerohash primarily provides APIs and developer tools for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenized products.Meanwhile, recent transactions involving Kraken's parent company Payward and Bullish indicate that consolidation in the digital asset infrastructure sector is ongoing. In terms of stablecoin payment arrangements, Mastercard has acquired BVNK for $1.8 billion and may pay an additional $300 million in performance-based compensation. BVNK currently serves payment and payroll platforms like Worldpay and Deel for cross-border payments, fund settlement, and financial management.Mastercard plans to integrate BVNK's technology into its Mastercard Move network to support 24/7 stablecoin settlement for payment institutions and merchant acquirers, and to explore adding stablecoin checkout functionality in payment gateways. Analysts believe that this transaction will further intensify the competition between Mastercard and Visa in the networked strategy of payment networks and accelerate the evolution of traditional cross-border clearing systems towards stablecoin settlement models.

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.

GitHub has officially stated that it is investigating an unauthorized access incident involving its internal code repository. GitHub claims that there is currently no evidence to suggest that customer data stored in enterprise, organization, or code repositories outside the GitHub platform has been affected, but the company is continuously monitoring its infrastructure to prevent further abnormal activities.GitHub stated that if it is later confirmed that user data or services are affected, it will notify customers through existing incident response and notification channels.

Strive CEO Matt Cole disclosed on social media platforms that he increased his holdings by approximately $30.3 million to 382 bitcoins, with an average purchase price of about $79,348 per bitcoin, bringing the total bitcoin holdings to 15,391.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission issued a notice reminding the public to remain highly vigilant against scams that impersonate the Investor Compensation Fund. These scams often cause victims to suffer secondary losses. Scammers contact individuals who have previously suffered investment losses and falsely claim that the victims are eligible to recover losses from the compensation fund, demanding that they only need to pay an additional "deposit" or "fee" to arrange for the compensation fund to provide "compensation," resulting in many victims being defrauded a second time.The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission reminds the public that the Commission will not contact investors through social media or instant messaging platforms to request payments related to compensation claims.

Public company Hut 8 announced an agreement with West Feliciana Parish in Louisiana to invest approximately $16 million to expand the local water system capacity in conjunction with the development of its River Bend AI data center campus. This investment includes the construction of new water wells and approximately 8 miles of water supply main, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026 and will be transferred to the parish at no cost.The first phase of the River Bend campus represents a multi-billion dollar capital investment, and once fully operational, it is expected to support a total of 268 jobs. The campus will utilize a closed-loop cooling system to reduce the demand on local water resources.

According to the Korea Economic Daily, South Korea's seventh-largest pension relief company Bumo Sarang invested 59.5 billion won of operating funds last year into the Ethereum-themed stock Bitmine's daily double return leveraged ETF, incurring a loss of 49.3 billion won (approximately 32.73 million USD).A comprehensive review of the 2025 audit reports of 75 pension relief companies shows that 42.7% of the companies have total assets below the advance payments that should be made to clients, meaning that if all clients were to terminate their contracts simultaneously, the companies would be unable to refund the full amount.

According to the Times of India, a well-known private doctor in Guntur, India, lost approximately 1.3 billion rupees (about 1.5 million USD) due to a cryptocurrency investment scam. The police have launched an investigation based on the victims' reports and are tracking the flow of related funds and the cybercrime gang.The report states that the scammers promoted high returns on cryptocurrency investments to victims through online platforms and initially displayed false profit data to gain trust. The doctor then continued to invest more and even persuaded friends and family to invest together. It was only when attempting to withdraw funds that the platform began to delay or refuse withdrawals for various reasons. Although the account page still showed significant "profits," the funds could not be withdrawn, and the victims eventually realized they had been scammed.The police suspect that the case involves an organized cross-border cyber fraud group and are currently investigating related bank accounts, digital wallets, and transaction records.

The Federal Reserve released the "2025 Report on the Economic Conditions of American Households," showing that generative AI is rapidly entering the American workforce. The survey indicates that about 25% of American workers used generative AI at work in the past month, with a significantly higher usage rate among those with higher education. Most AI users believe it can enhance efficiency and career development rather than directly replace jobs.The report also points out that cryptocurrency usage remains primarily for investment purposes. In the "Banking and Payments" section, the Federal Reserve continues to list cryptocurrency as a key area of observation and tracks its usage in investment, payments, and financial services.Additionally, the report shows that the overall financial condition of American residents is relatively stable, but financial pressure has increased among younger groups, low-income families, and the Black community. Inflation remains the primary financial concern, while employment anxiety has further increased compared to 2024.

According to Cointelegraph, the latest report from the Federal Reserve shows that 10% of Americans will use or invest in cryptocurrencies by 2025, the highest level since 2022.

According to data from CryptoQuant, the participation of retail investors (holding less than 1 BTC) in the Bitcoin market is continuously declining, almost "disappearing" from on-chain active addresses. Currently, the monthly average inflow of BTC from retail investors on Binance has dropped to a historical low of only 314 BTC.

According to BBX data, yesterday's corporate Bitcoin reserve expansion and the divergence in Wall Street institutional crypto allocations both landed simultaneously, with the core dynamics as follows:Strategy, Inc. (NASDAQ: $MSTR) submitted SEC Form 8-K, disclosing that the company purchased an additional 24,869 BTC between May 11 and May 17, with a total expenditure of approximately $2.01 billion, at an average price of about $80,985, marking the second-largest weekly purchase scale in 2026; the funds for this purchase came from the sale of 19.5 million shares of STRC preferred stock (net proceeds of about $1.949 billion) and 430,000 shares of MSTR common stock (net proceeds of about $83.7 million); as of May 17, the company's total holdings rose to 843,738 BTC, with a total acquisition cost of about $63.87 billion (average price $75,700), yielding 12.6% BTC since the beginning of 2026.Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: $GS) submitted Q1 2026 Form 13F to the SEC, disclosing that the company completely liquidated all XRP ETF holdings during Q1 2026 (previously held about $153.8 million, distributed among four issuers: Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, Grayscale, and 21Shares) and all Solana ETF holdings (previously about $108 million); simultaneously, it reduced its Ethereum ETF holdings by about 70% to approximately $114 million; retained Bitcoin ETF holdings of about $700 million (of which iShares Bitcoin Trust $IBIT is about $690 million and Fidelity FBTC is about $25 million), a slight reduction of about 10% from the previous quarter; meanwhile, the 13F showed that Goldman increased its holdings in Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: $CRCL), Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: $GLXY), and Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: $COIN) during Q1, signaling a shift from "altcoin ETFs to crypto infrastructure stocks."