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AMIKO announced the completion of the full-platform Agent runtime upgrade, with the underlying platform migrated to the self-developed open-source architecture OpenHermit. According to information from the project team, existing users have completed the system transition, and new users will directly operate on the OpenHermit architecture after registration. Meanwhile, the AMIKO ecosystem development segment has officially entered the open phase.AMIKO is an identity and social infrastructure aimed at the AI Agent era, focusing on four aspects: identity, productivity, social interaction, and economy, with the goal of enabling users to have AI Twins, Companions, Assistants, and Experts that can represent them in actions, communication, and collaboration. OpenHermit is AMIKO's self-developed open-source Agent runtime, designed for large-scale production-level deployment scenarios, supporting stable hosting and low-cost continuous operation of a large number of Agents.During the internal testing phase, OpenHermit has gained discussions and code contributions within the global developer community, and the related code repository has been opened on GitHub. Documentation and quick start guides can be viewed at openhermit.ai.This upgrade is also seen as a product landing point for AMIKO's recent strategic actions. Previously, AMIKO received strategic investment from the American technology investment firm High Ridge Holdings and reached a strategic equity partnership and comprehensive ecological cooperation with Feixiaohao.With the completion of the underlying architecture upgrade, independent developers and professional teams can develop and deploy products and services within the platform ecosystem based on AMIKO's infrastructure covering identity, productivity, social interaction, and economy. AMIKO stated that its goal is to become a universal Agent infrastructure platform in the AI-native era, allowing the flow of identity, productivity, social interaction, and economy to occur naturally between users and Agents.

BitRing announced the official launch of the red envelope feature. According to the introduction, this feature can directly connect to the red envelope activities of Binance Square and supports real-time reminders to users through wearable hardware devices such as Apple Watch and WHOOP.In addition, this product also integrates KIMI AI technology, aiming to automatically discover and filter high-value red envelope opportunities through AI algorithms, assisting users in obtaining rewards more efficiently. The official statement indicates that BitRing is committed to building a new on-chain lifestyle ecosystem that integrates health, AI, rewards, and community for Web3 digital nomads.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently announced the establishment of the Blockchain Advisory Group (BAG) during the Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris, focusing on optimizing public systems and governance through blockchain technology. The first meeting was chaired by UNDP Deputy Administrator Xu Haoliang, with the initial in-depth topic being inclusive finance and digital finance, discussing obstacles such as fragmented payment systems, limited digital identities, insufficient interoperability, and institutional readiness, while assessing how blockchain can complement existing digital public infrastructure to enhance financial accessibility, efficiency, and transparency.BAG plans to hold two meetings each year to promote cooperation with the blockchain ecosystem around themes such as digital governance and public trust, legal identity and inclusive societies, digital financial services, climate and traceable accountability, digital labor and the future of work. Current members include 26 institutions such as the Ethereum Foundation, Filecoin Foundation, Stellar Development Foundation, Algorand Foundation, Arbitrum Foundation, Celo Foundation, Web3 Foundation, and Kraken.

Former co-founder of Multicoin Capital, Kyle Samani, posted on X revealing: "For those wondering what my next plan is, I am developing a consumer product."It is worth mentioning that Solana founder toly retweeted this post, which may imply that the product has some connection to Solana.

The Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia, Ivan Chebeskov, stated that he does not wish to allow dollar-denominated stablecoins to circulate in the Russian market. Chebeskov pointed out that foreign stablecoin issuers such as USDT and USDC have the ability to freeze users' wallet assets. Once the relevant wallets engage in transactions with platforms licensed by the Central Bank of Russia, the risk of asset freezing for holders will significantly increase.He revealed that there have already been cases where dollar stablecoins held by Russian legal entities were frozen by the issuers, while Bitcoin and Ethereum have not encountered similar situations due to the lack of relevant technical means. The Russian Ministry of Finance believes it is necessary to establish a regulatory framework specifically for stablecoins and to prioritize the development of stablecoins pegged to the ruble and the currencies of friendly countries, while also granting the Central Bank of Russia the authority to adjust the list of relevant assets.

Gate Europe successfully held the "Capital Social at Money20/20 Europe" industry exchange event. The event was jointly organized by Gate Institutional, Gate Fiat, and Gate Pay, attracting over 150 professionals from the fields of payment, OTC, institutional trading, and fintech to discuss the integration trends of digital assets and traditional finance, as well as opportunities for institutional market development.During the event, the senior team of Gate and industry guests engaged in discussions on topics such as the integration of fiat currency and digital assets, institutional liquidity, cross-border payments, and institutional-level settlement. Partner Utexo conducted specialized discussions on institutional liquidity, fiat infrastructure, and payment collaboration. In a roundtable discussion themed "Everything Capital," attendees focused on topics such as capital flow efficiency, the construction of institutional payment networks, the evolution of OTC market structure, and innovations in cross-border settlement.This event provided a deep communication platform for traditional financial institutions, payment companies, and participants in the digital asset industry.Currently, Gate Group's Malta entity Gate Europe has obtained European MiCA and PI licenses under the supervision of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), continuously advancing its compliance layout in Europe and strengthening its infrastructure capabilities in institutional payments, fiat channels, and cross-border settlement. As the industry moves towards a higher level of compliance and institutional development, Gate will continue to deepen global industry collaboration and promote the integration of digital assets and traditional finance.

The decentralized finance protocol Ethena announced a partnership with Coinbase, and both parties will jointly develop on-chain financial and savings products for Coinbase's over 100 million users, with the first growth plan set to launch next week.Meanwhile, Coinbase Ventures has completed its initial investment in Ethena (ENA) in the public market.

The DeFi protocol Radiant announced that after experiencing a hacker attack in October 2024, and after 18 months of continuous efforts, the DAO no longer has a viable path to continue operations and will gradually enter the "sunsetting" phase.Currently, the project has no progress in recovering funds, no new capital injection, and lacks the funds and development space to maintain normal operations, thus it cannot continue responsible long-term operations.

Michael Saylor posted on the X platform, stating that CFTC guidelines promote the development of the Bitcoin capital market, including around-the-clock trading, BTC collateral, perpetual futures, options, and regulated access. This will benefit BTC holders, support the MSTR engine, and facilitate the development of STRC as Bitcoin-backed digital credit.

Visa has invested in the AI programming platform Replit to promote the development of agentic payments and explore how developers and AI agents can directly receive payments within the platform.

According to AdaStat data, the Cardano Developer Experience Initiative has been officially approved through treasury voting. The proposal for treasury withdrawal requests related to developer tools and onboarding received 67.90% of the votes in favor, with approximately 3.72 billion ADA voting in support, while the opposition accounted for about 1.76 billion ADA, resulting in an opposition rate of 32.10%.The proposal is supported by IO Global, and following the approval of the vote, the related ecological development work will officially advance. This governance vote coincides with Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson publicly focusing on advancing ADA and the privacy blockchain platform Midnight.

In response to the pain points of trading US stock tokens on crypto platforms, Xie Jiayin recently expressed his views, stating that after Bitget entered UEX in the third quarter of last year, its market share of US stock tokens once reached 90%. However, the early products had shortcomings in liquidity, dividend distribution, and stock split experience.To address this, Bitget is about to launch its self-developed product Reality, aimed at solving the above issues. According to the introduction, this product has the following three major features:Direct connection to broker liquidity: Provides a trading experience with no price difference and high liquidity;Supports dividend distribution: Dividends can be directly distributed to user accounts;Enhances capital utilization: US stock tokens can be used as margin and support participation in strategy trading and lending wealth management, etc.In addition, Xie Jiayin revealed that rToken will officially launch on Bitget in early June.

According to Slow Fog's disclosure, the security agency MistEye detected a cross-registry supply chain attack incident, where attackers targeted developers in the fields of cryptocurrency, DeFi, Solana, Sui/Move, and AI by publishing malicious packages on npm, PyPI, and crates.io. This attack activity includes more than 34 malicious packages and over 384 related versions. The attackers may steal cryptocurrency wallets, SSH keys, cloud credentials, GitHub/AWS tokens, browser data, environment variables, and developers' confidential information.Some of the malicious payloads also attempted to achieve persistence through .cursorrules, CLAUDE.md, Git hooks, shell hooks, cron, systemd, and SSH. Developers are advised to immediately remove the affected packages, isolate the affected systems, retain logs, rotate exposed credentials, rebuild CI environments and developer machines from clean images, and review GitHub, cloud services, SSH, and wallet activity logs.

XRPL developer Wietse Wind has issued a latest security warning to the XRP community, stating that recent scam activities targeting Xaman Wallet users are on the rise. Scammers are currently promoting fake desktop wallet applications and counterfeit airdrop activities to lure users into connecting their wallets or downloading malicious programs, thereby stealing funds. Wietse Wind reminds users not to connect their wallets to suspicious websites and not to download any unofficial applications to avoid asset loss.

XRPL developer Wietse Wind has issued a latest security warning to the XRP community, stating that there has been an increase in scam activities targeting Xaman Wallet users. Scammers are currently promoting fake desktop wallet applications and counterfeit airdrop activities to lure users into connecting their wallets or downloading malicious programs, thereby stealing funds.Wietse Wind reminds users not to connect their wallets to suspicious websites and not to download any unofficial applications to avoid asset loss.

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.

According to the Securities Times, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference today. At the meeting, Li Chao, deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that the commission is planning to introduce supporting documents to accelerate the implementation of artificial intelligence and further strengthen resource guarantees.At the same time, we will continue to promote central state-owned enterprises to open high-value application scenarios, creating benchmark applications for artificial intelligence across various industries, fields, and regions, and accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence into all aspects and links of business management.

Paradigm officially announced the open-sourcing of Centaur, a self-hosted AI Agent Runtime developed jointly by Paradigm and Tempo that supports multi-user collaboration and secure operation. Paradigm stated that since January of this year, the fund has been using Centaur internally, which has completely transformed the way the team works, covering various task scenarios such as investment, engineering, design, recruitment, events, and customer service.Centaur can be understood as a "shared Agent" that can call tools, run continuously for hours or even days, continue working after a system restart, and perform operations using real credentials without ever touching the raw secrets. Users can communicate with it via Slack or call it through an API.