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According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve official Barkin stated that some areas related to artificial intelligence are showing inflationary pressures.

According to TechFundingNews, Lightning Capital announced the establishment of a $100 million "AI Ripple Effect" early-stage fund and appointed former Andreessen Horowitz partner Michele Griffin as the fund's managing partner and COO. It is reported that the fund will invest in startups focused on the secondary impact of AI as it transitions from experimentation to implementation on industries, infrastructure, and ways of working, while also providing secondary market and cash management strategies and offering flexible liquidity options for family offices and corporate investors.

According to CoinDesk, digital asset management company Grayscale has suspended its preparations for a public listing in the United States due to the current unfavorable market environment, with the earliest expected restart of the related process being in the fourth quarter of this year. Grayscale is a subsidiary of DCG and is the issuer of several crypto investment products, including the Bitcoin spot ETF GBTC.2026 was originally seen as a peak year for crypto company IPOs, but as trading volumes weaken and the performance of new listings like BitGo falls short of expectations, companies such as Kraken's parent company Payward, ConsenSys, and Ledger have also chosen to delay their listing plans. Meanwhile, Blockchain.com is still advancing its IPO application in the United States.

According to The Block, Standard Chartered Bank believes that the recent sharp decline in ETH prices does not reflect the continuous improvement of internal indicators on the Ethereum network, comparing it to Amazon's phase after the tech bubble burst in 2001. The bank maintains its ETH price targets: $4,000 by the end of 2026 and $40,000 by the end of 2030, and expects the ETH/BTC exchange rate to rebound to about 0.08 by the end of this decade.The bank stated that Ethereum dominates the stablecoin and RWA (real-world asset tokenization) sectors, expecting the market value of both stablecoins and non-stablecoin RWAs to increase to about $2 trillion by 2028, which will drive Ethereum's trading volume and TVL to new highs, pushing ETH prices upward.

Decentralized USDD announced that its yield-bearing token sUSDD officially launched on Pendle's Ethereum chain 91-day fixed income market, marking another breakthrough for USDD in the DeFi yield scenario and capital efficiency layout.This event will take place on May 28 at 8:00 AM (Singapore time), and sUSDD holders can participate by locking in fixed rates, trading yield rights, providing liquidity, and more. During the event, YT users can share over $300,000 in incentives, combined with Pendle's official 30% exclusive rewards, and have the chance to receive random airdrops of TRX.The official stated that they will continue to explore diversified yields in the future, effectively meeting market liquidity demands and promoting USDD's deep integration into the mainstream DeFi ecosystem.

According to the official announcement, Gate ETF will launch LAB3L/USDT, LAB3S/USDT, OKB3L/USDT, and OKB3S/USDT on May 28, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting 3x long/short LAB and OKB. Gate ETF currently supports trading of 350 types of tokens.In addition, Gate ETF will hold an ETF new trading challenge from May 28 at 15:00 to June 6 at 15:00 (UTC+8). Users participating in LAB3L/3S and OKB3L/3S can share a reward of 50,000 USDT. Daily trading volume of ≥1,000 USDT can randomly receive 20--100 USDT, with a maximum cumulative reward of 1,000 USDT; if the total trading volume reaches ≥3,000 USDT, participants can share a reward of 30,000 USDT based on their trading volume proportion, with a maximum individual reward of 200 USDT. Additionally, inviting friends to participate in trading can also win a blind box reward of up to 500 USDT.

According to a video shared by DEGEN NEWS, Nic Carter, a partner at Castle Island Ventures, stated that Solana needs a complete rebuild to defend against quantum attacks. He pointed out, "This will be tricky for Solana because they have highly optimized around a certain variant of elliptic curve and have also made targeted optimizations at the hardware level.The entire core idea of Solana is high throughput. Ultimately, they may adopt lattice-based cryptography, but the speed will slow down, and the throughput may decrease, which is precisely what Solana is all about."

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale Evaded (@ICanPlug) has opened a new short position of 12,600 ETH at 25 times leverage, and still holds a short position of BTC at 30 times leverage, with an unrealized profit exceeding 1.6 million dollars.In addition, Huang Licheng (@machibigbrother)'s 25 times leveraged long position in ETH has been partially liquidated again, and he still holds this position, with a cumulative loss exceeding 33.39 million dollars, and is very close to the next liquidation.

According to CoinDesk, United Texas Bank (UTB) has received approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to convert from a state-chartered bank to a national-chartered bank, becoming one of the first banks to complete the OCC conversion since the Dodd-Frank Act was passed 15 years ago. The bank's CEO Scott Beck stated that this move gives it the same federal license and direct access to the Federal Reserve payment system as large banks like Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.The bank currently clears about $10 billion monthly for global crypto enterprises and has launched the AI-driven real-time payment network UTB Atomic and the compliance platform UTB Prism Sentinel to restore 24/7 crypto liquidity. The bank also plans to launch a digital asset custody and trust services division this summer.

United Texas Bank, headquartered in Dallas, has transitioned from a Texas-chartered bank to a nationally chartered bank approved by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, positioning itself as an institution connecting global cryptocurrency companies with the U.S. banking system. United Texas Bank states that it currently has the same federal licensing and direct access to the Federal Reserve as major currency center banks, and it has been clearing approximately $10 billion in dollar transactions monthly for global cryptocurrency companies.The bank is launching a 24/7 AI-driven payment network, UTB Atomic, in conjunction with its compliance platform, UTB Prism Sentinel, to restore around-the-clock cryptocurrency liquidity and meet emerging federal regulations related to digital assets and stablecoins.

According to Bloomberg, AI programming startup Cognition AI announced the completion of a new funding round of over $1 billion, with a post-funding valuation of $26 billion, more than doubling the valuation from the last funding round in September 2025.This round of financing was co-led by Lux Capital, General Catalyst, and 8VC, with follow-on investments from Ribbit Capital, Atreides Management LP, and Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, among others.

According to CoinDesk, during a recent Senate Banking Committee review, substantial progress was made in advancing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, referred to as the "CLARITY Act," which passed into the Senate full review stage with a vote of 15 to 9.Several bipartisan lawmakers emphasized the urgent need for the United States to establish a unified regulatory framework covering digital assets to clarify asset classification, trading platform regulation, and market structure rules, thereby providing long-term certainty for the industry. Angela Alsobrooks pointed out from a family perspective that the younger generation shows a natural interest in digital assets, and the regulatory system should strike a balance between "opportunity and protection" to avoid technological development being detached from regulatory constraints. Tim Scott emphasized that legislation should be promoted from the perspective of economic opportunity and the American Dream, while Cynthia Lummis stated that the legislative process has already shown a clear foundation for bipartisan cooperation.Supporters believe that digital assets have become an irreversible trend, with approximately 68 million Americans holding related assets, but a significant amount of trading still occurs on overseas platforms. The U.S. urgently needs to establish a domestic regulatory system to enhance market transparency and investor protection levels.Analysis indicates that the CLARITY Act is seen as a key complement following the stablecoin-related legislation (GENIUS Act). Without supporting rules at the market structure level, the U.S. may lose its leading position in the competition for digital financial infrastructure. As the bill advances to the Senate full stage, there is widespread attention on whether it can achieve final legislation based on bipartisan consensus to establish the core rules of the U.S. digital asset regulatory framework.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange information shows that Pop Mart (09992.HK) has welcomed a significant change in major shareholder equity, with Duan Yongping and H&H International Investment, LLC simultaneously increasing their holdings in the company, resulting in a concerted action shareholder ownership ratio of 5.69%, triggering mandatory disclosure requirements.

According to on-chain data, the private key of the StakeDAO deployer was leaked on Arbitrum, and the attacker minted approximately 54.5 trillion vsdCRV, partially exchanging it for 43.7 ETH.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the smart trader 0xfda8 has just bought 7,000 ETH ($14.52 million) and deposited it into Aave. This trader has previously made two profitable swing trades in ETH, with a total profit of $2.04 million.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 tokens with net inflows of smart money in the past 24 hours are as follows:KINS (Tqj8....ump): Net inflow of $1,000, with a 24-hour increase of 186.6%, currently priced at $0.0018.Dogwifgun (GQnX....ump): Net inflow of $733, with a 24-hour increase of 6842%, currently priced at $0.0003.RICH (5hiL....ump): Net inflow of $531, with a 24-hour decrease of -42.5%, currently priced at $0.0009.OAI (56De....ump): Net inflow of $501, with a 24-hour increase of 15%, currently priced at $0.0001.HPSD (3MzQ....ump): Net inflow of $345, with a 24-hour increase of 939.4%, currently priced at $0.0001.

According to official news, the smart DeFi assistant Otomato announced the completion of a $2 million financing led by Improbable. Otomato is a no-code Web3 automation protocol and DeFi assistant that allows users to create, monitor, and automate on-chain operations, with over 3,000 users currently.

Coinbase announced a partnership with Standard Chartered Bank to expand global multi-currency funding channels through Coinbase Prime, supporting Australian dollars, Singapore dollars, Canadian dollars, Swiss francs, euros, and British pounds.Coinbase stated that this move will enhance capital efficiency, reduce foreign exchange friction, and enable institutional clients to seamlessly conduct global market operations on the same platform through Coinbase Prime.