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European Central Bank Governing Council member Wunsch stated that a peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran reached before next week's European Central Bank meeting would not weaken the rationale for interest rate hikes. Wunsch said, "If a peace agreement is indeed reached on the eve of the meeting, it will become part of the discussion.But we cannot know if it is lasting or credible." He hinted at supporting a 25 basis point rate hike by the European Central Bank. He believes that if the conflict remains unresolved, discussions among policymakers before setting rates on June 11 "will be quite easy." If a peace agreement is reached between the U.S. and Iran, the discussions "may be slightly less easy. But the rationale for a rate hike may still exist, just not as strong." He stated, "At some point, we cannot let the market bear everything. We need to take a stand."

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, the final text of the compromise on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), proposed by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, includes a Federal Reserve CBDC ban that was originally part of the housing bill. This text is expected to ultimately become law. Notably, the termination date of the ban has been moved up from December 31, 2030, to June 12, 2029.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced that it will launch the CBRSUSDT, FLNCUSDT, and DRAMUSDT U-based perpetual contract trading pairs today at 11:00 Beijing time (03:00 UTC).It is reported that the newly launched contract trading pairs support full margin, cross margin, and isolated margin modes, and users can experience trading through SuperEx's web and app platforms.

The Binance futures platform will launch the CBRS USDT perpetual contract on May 19 at 17:30, with a maximum leverage of up to 10 times. This contract will track the price of Cerebras Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRS) Class A shares, with the settlement asset being USDT.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the CBRS short position of loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) has turned from a loss to a profit. This short position had an unrealized loss of 1.3 million dollars yesterday, and currently has an unrealized profit of 584,000 dollars.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, trader @ICanPlug opened a 1x leveraged long position of 14,829 CBRS near the high, with a position value of approximately 4.88 million USD, and the current unrealized loss has reached 502,000 USD.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the address "loracle.hl" is currently shorting 29,772 xyz:CBRS with 5x leverage, with a position value of approximately 11.22 million USD, and the current unrealized loss has reached about 1.3 million USD.

According to Jinshi reports, ECB Governing Council member Kocher stated that the June meeting will make a decision between raising interest rates and maintaining the current rate.

According to Arkham monitoring, the well-known KOL "CBB" has just deposited $2 million into Hyperliquid to support his stock perpetual contract trading on the tradeXYZ platform. His largest position is shorting $20 million of Micron Technology (MU), which has currently incurred a loss of $3 million.Since the portfolio peak recorded 40 days ago, he has accumulated a loss of $14.49 million.

According to CoinDesk, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stated in a speech that Europe should not simply replicate the U.S. stablecoin model, but should prioritize building tokenized settlement infrastructure centered around central bank currencies.She pointed out that the $310 billion stablecoin market, dominated by Tether and Circle, poses financial stability risks and could transmit pressure to underlying asset markets during times of crisis. Lagarde believes that the technological advantages of stablecoins can be replicated by central bank infrastructure, while their monetary functions introduce unacceptable financial stability risks. She cited the 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which led to a brief de-pegging of USDC, as an example.Although a consortium of 12 major European banks, including ING, BBVA, and BNP Paribas, plans to launch a private digital euro later this year, citing that Europe faces "dollarization risks," Lagarde still called for EU countries to support the research and development of central bank digital currencies. The European Central Bank aims to launch a digital euro by 2029.

The Japan Crypto Asset Business Association (JCBA) officially released the "Best Practices for Crypto Asset Staking Operations" guidelines, covering various aspects such as operational requirements, emergency response, information disclosure, compliance management, external auditing, and tax accounting, aiming to enhance the security and transparency of domestic staking services.

Coinbase has launched the ERC-20 token cbMEGA on the Base chain, which is backed by MegaETH (MEGA) held in custody by Coinbase at a 1:1 ratio.

According to Blockchain for Europe, the European Blockchain Association, in collaboration with Dr. Ulrich Bindseil, former Director General of Market Infrastructure and Payments at the European Central Bank, and Erwin Voloder, Director of Research and Strategy at the Association, jointly released a report titled "Reforming MiCA to Support Euro Stablecoins."The report recognizes the significance of MiCA as a milestone regulatory framework, but also points out that some of its design choices may place Europe in the unfavorable range of the regulatory "Laffer curve"—excessively stringent requirements could weaken the EU's market competitiveness and drive related businesses outside the EU.The report proposes a series of targeted and pragmatic reform suggestions aimed at fostering a more competitive, resilient, and globally influential euro stablecoin ecosystem under MiCA, and calls on policymakers, industry participants, and various stakeholders to actively engage in discussions to jointly promote the continuous improvement of the MiCA framework.

According to The Block, the new governor of the Bank of Korea, Shin Hyun-song, delivered an inaugural speech promising to promote the development of central bank digital currency (CBDC) and deposit tokens, and will expand related applications through the "Han River Project" Phase Two, while participating in global collaborations such as Project Agora to strengthen the position of the Korean won in the global payment system.It is noteworthy that Shin Hyun-song did not mention the Korean won stablecoin in his speech, despite South Korean legislators actively advancing the "Digital Asset Basic Law" to establish a legal framework for stablecoins, with discussions expected to resume after the regional elections on June 3. Previously, during his tenure at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Shin held a negative attitude towards stablecoins, believing that stablecoins could not replace currency, but it has been reported that his stance has changed, stating that the Korean won stablecoin should coexist with CBDC.

Lion Global Investors, an asset management company under Singapore's OCBC Bank, has launched a tokenized physical gold fund, with the underlying token GOLDX issued on Ethereum and Solana.This product is aimed at institutional investors, hedge funds, and asset management companies, supporting subscriptions and redemptions through stablecoins or fiat currency. GOLDX is linked to the physical gold fund launched by Lion Global, which is set to go live in December 2025, and currently manages assets of approximately $525 million.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, whales/institutions invested $500 million to buy the dip on BTC and ETH at the beginning of February, and this morning transferred the last 2,000 cbBTC ($151 million) to Coinbase.He purchased 4,000 cbBTC at an average cost of $73,837 at the beginning of February, and has now transferred all of them to Coinbase at an average price of $75,181, making a profit of $5.37 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the OTC whale (0xFB7) deposited 1,000 cbBTC (74.02 million USD) into Coinbase, making a profit of 1,970,000 USD.The whale still holds 2,000 cbBTC (149.6 million USD) and 133,200 ETH (31.62 million USD).

According to TheAsianBanker, OCBC Bank in Singapore and its asset management division Lion Global Investors have disclosed plans to issue a physical gold fund token, GOLDX Token, on the Ethereum and Solana chains. OCBC Bank will support the token issuance architecture design, while Lion Global Investors will provide the investment framework and governance structure for the underlying fund.

Coinbase announced the launch of a crypto collateral lending service in the UK, allowing users to use BTC, ETH, and cbETH as collateral to borrow USDC within one minute. The service is supported by the open-source lending protocol Morpho on the Base chain.Coinbase stated that the product was launched ahead of 2025, and as of April 14, 2026, the total amount of loans issued through Morpho via Coinbase has exceeded 2.17 billion USDC. Users can check loan health, historical annual interest rates, and liquidation alerts within the Coinbase App, with rates dynamically adjusted according to market conditions.