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U.S. SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins stated during a speech at the 2026 Reagan National Economic Forum that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is advancing the "New Era of the SEC" regulatory reform, focusing on modernizing digital asset regulation, promoting the development of on-chain capital markets, and supporting the U.S. to become a "global crypto hub."Paul Atkins criticized the previous SEC's "regulatory hostility" towards the digital asset industry, stating that a large amount of crypto innovation was forced to move overseas as a result. He mentioned that with the support of the Trump administration, the SEC has launched "Project Crypto" and is collaborating with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to promote on-chain market infrastructure and coordinate crypto regulation.The SEC has recently clarified which digital assets are considered securities and which are not, and is advancing an innovative exemption mechanism for "tokenized listed securities," while also studying how on-chain trading systems can fit within the existing regulatory framework.In addition, Paul Atkins emphasized that the SEC will reduce "over-disclosure" and regulatory burdens, promoting the "Make IPOs Great Again" reform, which includes lowering compliance costs for listed companies, increasing IPO flexibility, and formally proposing the repeal of climate disclosure rules introduced during the previous administration. The future of the U.S. capital markets should be built on a foundation of "free markets and innovation-driven" principles, and the role of regulatory agencies should be to provide clear rules and legal certainty, rather than suppressing technological development.

According to Cointelegraph, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, ICE, is calling on regulators to create a fair competitive environment that allows licensed institutions to launch around-the-clock on-chain perpetual contracts. ICE executives stated that platforms like Hyperliquid are already conducting related trades, while traditional institutions are unable to follow suit due to regulatory restrictions.ICE has begun discussions with Hyperliquid to explore the collaborative space between traditional finance and the cryptocurrency industry. In addition, ICE recently partnered with OKX to launch oil-related perpetual contracts and is working with institutions to build a blockchain securities trading system, fully laying out a 7×24 hour on-chain trading business.

According to Finance Feeds, payment giant Mastercard has partnered with the decentralized oracle protocol Chainlink to establish a direct fiat-to-cryptocurrency gateway for its global users.This collaboration allows Mastercard cardholders to bypass centralized exchanges and directly acquire digital assets within on-chain smart contracts. The initial card transaction layer is handled by Shift4 Payments, while Zero Hash is responsible for compliance tracking, custody routing, and instant settlement from fiat to cryptocurrency. Ultimately, the funds are pushed to a public distributed ledger through Chainlink's infrastructure and integrated into the Swapper Finance platform, which utilizes XSwap to obtain liquidity from decentralized exchanges like Uniswap.This integration compresses card processing, regulatory review, cross-chain messaging, and AMM Swap into a single continuous transaction.

Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge posted on the X platform that the team will make some adjustments to ApeCoin. Yuga Labs and ApeCo previously adopted a parallel coordination model due to unclear regulations, resulting in lower efficiency.As the regulatory environment changes, the team has decided to simplify the structure and eliminate the independent ApeCo leader role. ApeCo leader Cam will depart, and the core technology and BD teams of ApeChain will work directly with Yuga Labs, while other members will also leave, with the transition to be completed by June 5.

According to PRNewswire, the stablecoin issuer Paxos announced that its subsidiary Paxos Securities Settlement Company, LLC (PSSC) has received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to officially register as a clearing agency, providing securities clearing and settlement services under the Securities Exchange Act.It is reported that this registration makes PSSC the first blockchain-native approved registered clearing agency in the United States, capable of providing clearing and settlement services as a Central Securities Depository (CSD) for qualified securities transactions.

According to the "Urban Renewal '14th Five-Year' Plan" issued by the State Council on May 22, 2026, the State Council clearly proposed to promote the empowerment of blockchain technology in housing transactions, property registration, and other fields to enhance the intelligence and refinement of urban governance.The plan simultaneously deploys the construction of a City Information Model (CIM) basic platform, creating a compact, unified, data-integrated, and efficient collaborative urban digital foundation. It aims to improve the CIM basic database and standard system, advance the coding of housing construction and municipal facilities, build a national basic information database for housing construction and municipal facilities, and establish a three-tier urban operation management service platform system at the national, provincial, and city levels, promoting a "one network for unified management" of urban operations.

According to on-chain monitoring data, in the past ten days, the Gate hot wallet has transferred out a total of over 453,486.74 HYPE, valued at approximately 25.18 million USD based on the price at the time of transfer.

On-chain data shows that at 17:26 Beijing time, USDC Treasury minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana chain.

According to official news, Gate DEX has launched a rookie exchange competition from May 26 at 19:00 to June 11 at 19:00. The event is aimed at new users who are using Gate Swap for the first time, fully supporting EVM-compatible networks and the Meme Go area. Any rookie who accumulates a trading volume of 500 USDT will be ranked based on trading volume and completion time to win 500 fixed bonus rewards: Top 1-10 will receive up to 40 USDT, and Top 11-500 will receive 1-10 USDT. Spots are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.The Gate DEX trading competition area, launching on December 23, 2025, is a fair and transparent trading arena designed specifically for on-chain users. Relying on the powerful aggregated liquidity of Gate Swap, it aims to provide users with a superior experience of low slippage and rapid transactions. Users can participate in designated currency trading with one click using the Gate DEX wallet, flexibly competing in three major event types: trading volume, yield, and newcomers. After the competition, bonuses will be automatically airdropped, and users can earn substantial token rewards based on their trading strength, fully enjoying the value-added pleasure of on-chain trading.

A recent report from blockchain analysis company Chainalysis points out that compliance standards in the cryptocurrency industry are tightening significantly, with about 47% of organizations entering the market in 2026 having pre-warning standards that can reach the strict levels of the top 10% of the industry in 2020. This indicates that the entire ecosystem is maturing rapidly, with newcomers equipped with more aggressive monitoring measures from the outset.The report shows that companies' "direct monitoring" of funds coming directly from known illegal sources has become consistent and strict, but there is still a significant gap in "indirect monitoring" of funds flowing through intermediary addresses. For example, the indirect risk warning thresholds for categories such as ransomware and fraudulent stores on cryptocurrency trading platforms are often 10 to 100 times higher than direct thresholds. The Chainalysis team points out that this gap between direct and indirect monitoring creates opportunities for illegal actors. Companies that can bridge this gap will not only enhance their regulatory defenses but also distinguish themselves as trustworthy counterparties.The report suggests that this indicates the industry is in a transitional period, having achieved specialization in direct risk management but not yet treating indirect risks with the same rigor. The elevation of industry compliance standards is a response to increasingly stringent regulations and ongoing threats from entities such as North Korean hacker groups. In 2025 alone, hackers linked to North Korea caused approximately $2 billion in cryptocurrency losses.

The Heima team has officially submitted an on-chain proposal to burn 16.5 million HEI tokens from the ecological allocation. This proposal has passed the council vote and will enter the community voting phase in two days, during which community members can participate directly in the voting.The Heima team stated that they will focus on transparency and continue to build long-term value for the ecosystem.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the Stellar Development Foundation announced a partnership to implement DTC custody asset tokenization services on the Stellar network, with related assets scheduled to officially launch in the first half of 2027.DTCC had already received a no-action letter from the U.S. SEC in December 2025, allowing it to engage in real-world asset tokenization business. The two parties will focus on advancing the on-chain conversion of highly liquid assets such as Russell 1000 constituents, mainstream index ETFs, U.S. Treasury bonds, and various types of bonds.This collaboration relies on the Stellar network to build a compliant on-chain channel, marking an important advancement for traditional financial infrastructure to embrace blockchain, and will further broaden the application scenarios for real-world asset tokenization.

According to CoinDesk, the cryptocurrency exchange platform Kraken announced the launch of the Bitcoin Vault product, allowing users to maintain exposure to Bitcoin prices while earning BTC-denominated yields through DeFi strategies. This product is now available on Kraken Earn.Kraken stated that Bitcoin Vault is primarily aimed at long-term Bitcoin holders, enabling users to automatically participate in on-chain yield strategies through the platform without having to operate complex DeFi protocols themselves.

According to Globenewswire, the publicly listed Bitcoin mining company DMG Blockchain announced its financial report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, revealing plans to advance its AI data center transformation, currently focusing on two strategic directions: core data center business and digital asset financial services. In the future, its AI and computing power platform will provide relevant infrastructure and services to Canadian government agencies, enterprises, and research institutions.In addition, DMG Blockchain reported that it mined a total of 69 Bitcoins in the second quarter, which is basically flat compared to the previous quarter but represents a 25% decrease compared to the same period last year.

According to the official announcement, Binance Wallet has launched a brand new DeFi experience, integrating three core functions: DeFi earning, DeFi lending, and liquidity pools, supporting over 40 protocols including BNB Chain, Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum, as well as more than 1000 pools. Users can view staking, liquidity pools, and lending positions on the same interface, and directly operate to add/remove liquidity, collect fees, and borrow through protocols like Venus.To celebrate the launch, Binance Wallet will kick off the DeFi Season event with a total prize pool of $2 million starting from May 28, 2026, covering three main themes: Staking, lending, and liquidity pools.

Gate announced the completion of a new round of product upgrades for Gate Pay for AI Agent and the launch of multiple new features, further enhancing the payment and automatic execution capabilities in AI Agent scenarios. This upgrade focuses on core capabilities such as service discovery, automatic payment, pay-per-use billing, high-frequency micro-payments, multi-wallet collaboration, and automatic settlement, further integrating the payment mechanism into the AI workflow.The upgrade emphasizes enhancing the service discovery and automatic payment capabilities of Gate Pay for AI Agent. Within the scope of user authorization, AI can automatically complete payments, signatures, and result retrieval based on payment requirements during the service invocation process, reducing the need for frequent user intervention and allowing complex tasks to be completed continuously within a unified process. At the same time, Gate Pay for AI Agent supports aggregated payments and automatic settlements for high-frequency, small-value calls, thereby reducing payment overhead and improving overall execution continuity, significantly enhancing execution efficiency and reducing transaction friction.In the future, Gate will continue to promote the capability development of Gate Pay for AI Agent in the directions of automated payments, on-chain settlements, and AI service collaboration, further connecting AI Agents, digital assets, and real commercial scenarios, providing more open and efficient infrastructure support for the next generation of AI-native economy.