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According to the official announcement, Gate launched the spot trading of My Pet Hooligan (HOOLI) on May 15 at 18:00 (UTC+8), and My Pet Hooligan (HOOLI) will be available on the swap platform at 19:00 (UTC+8).

ARK Invest, led by Cathie Wood, submitted its Q1 2026 13F report, which shows a significant increase in holdings of Circle, Robinhood, Bitmine, and Bullish, while reducing its position in Coinbase.Specifically, ARK Invest significantly increased its holdings in Circle (CRCL) by approximately 368,000 shares, raising its total to about 4.5 million shares, with a market value of approximately $430 million, accounting for 3.34%; it also increased its holdings in Robinhood (HOOD) by about 1.19 million shares, with a market value of approximately $416 million; Bullish (BLSH) and Bitmine (BMNR) saw increases of about 1.74 million shares and 240,000 shares, respectively. Additionally, ARK Invest reduced its position in Coinbase (COIN), currently holding about 2.37 million shares, with a market value of approximately $414 million, accounting for 3.22%.

According to Jinshi reports. During an interview, Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council at the White House, was asked how long Powell would remain as a board member after Kevin Walsh takes over as the chairman of the Federal Reserve.Hassett stated that he believes Powell might feel he can choose to step down after the Inspector General completes the investigation into the renovation project of the Federal Reserve building. Hassett said, "I guess the opportunity to leave might come when the Inspector General's report is released, and he is satisfied with the results of the investigation."

According to market news, Microsoft's security research team has discovered that attackers have been inducing users to run malicious terminal commands by publishing fake macOS troubleshooting guides since the end of 2025, thereby stealing cryptocurrency wallets, iCloud data, and passwords saved in browsers.These fake guides are published on platforms such as Medium, Craft, and Squarespace, targeting common user issues like freeing up disk space or fixing system errors, and tricking users into copying and pasting malicious commands into the terminal, which automatically downloads and runs malware. This social engineering technique, named ClickFix, bypasses macOS's Gatekeeper security mechanism because the victims are actively executing the commands.The malware families involved include AMOS, Macsync, and SHub Stealer, which can steal cryptocurrency wallet keys from Exodus, Ledger, and Trezor, as well as usernames and passwords saved in Chrome and Firefox. In some cases, attackers also delete legitimate wallet applications and replace them with trojan versions. Apple has added a protective feature in macOS version 26.4 to prevent the pasting of potentially malicious commands.

According to research by OpenSourceMalware, the North Korean hacker group Lazarus has adopted new techniques in malicious activities targeting developers, such as "infectious interviews" and "TaskJacker," hiding the second-stage loader in the pre-commit scripts of Git Hooks. "Infectious interviews" is a series of attack activities where the organization lures developers into cloning malicious code repositories by faking recruitment processes in the cryptocurrency/DeFi field, ultimately stealing crypto assets and credentials.Researchers recommend that developers who are asked to clone code repositories as part of the interview process should be wary of such risks and preferably run in an isolated environment to avoid mounting personal browser configurations, SSH keys, and cryptocurrency wallets.

According to a report by the analysis firm Kaiko on Monday, the open interest, funding rates, and on-chain trading patterns in the perpetual contract market indicate that some traders may have positioned themselves ahead of the announcement of the Robinhood cryptocurrency listing. The report highlights the most obvious case of wallet address 0xa1E, which opened a long position in Lighter (LIT) on Hyperliquid at 11:05 AM on January 15, about an hour before Robinhood announced the listing of the token, and this wallet subsequently closed the position after the announcement.The same address also opened a short position in HOOD a few hours before Robinhood reported lower-than-expected first-quarter revenue on April 28. Several tokens, including ZEC, SNX, and NEAR, experienced abnormal spikes in open interest and funding rates, as well as price drift, before their listing announcements. Researcher Fraussen told Cointelegraph that traders who understand microstructure may have noticed public signals such as rising funding rates and increased trading volume and positioned themselves accordingly, but this type of positioning is statistically consistent and has repeatedly occurred across multiple events, reflecting privileged access to Robinhood's listing pipeline or a highly reliable front-running method based on public signals.

According to CoinDesk, Johan Kerbrat, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Crypto at Robinhood, stated at the Consensus Miami conference that overseas investors' demand for U.S. stocks (especially those related to AI) is growing, but access channels remain limited in many regions.Kerbrat pointed out that features such as tokenization, 24/7 trading, and instant settlement will enable investors to build global portfolios rather than being limited to a single-country strategy. Robinhood has launched tokenized stock products in Europe and plans to expand access to asset classes traditionally limited to accredited investors, such as private equity. Kerbrat emphasized that the goal is to provide investors with the option to participate in investments before new assets go public.

Ark Invest purchased $39 million in Robinhood stock and sold $6 million in spot BTC ETF.

According to BBX data, yesterday the earnings season for cryptocurrency-related stocks and the expansion of stablecoin infrastructure advanced simultaneously, with the following key developments:Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: $HOOD) released its Q1 2026 earnings report and submitted SEC Form 8-K after the market closed on April 28: total revenue of $1.07 billion (up 15% year-over-year), below the analyst consensus expectation of $1.14 billion; adjusted EPS of $0.38, slightly lower than the consensus of $0.39; cryptocurrency trading revenue plummeted 47% year-over-year to $134 million (compared to $252 million in the same period last year), with cryptocurrency trading volume also declining 48% to $24 billion, marking the third consecutive quarter of declining cryptocurrency revenue. Meanwhile, revenue from event contracts (prediction markets) surged 320% year-over-year to $147 million, surpassing cryptocurrency revenue for the first time to become the largest source of trading revenue, with a record contract volume of 8.8 billion for the quarter; affected by the earnings report, $HOOD fell about 13.24% to $71.20 yesterday.Visa Inc. (NYSE: $V) announced on April 29 through an official BusinessWire press release that five new blockchains—Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo—have been added to its global stablecoin settlement pilot, expanding the total supported network to nine (previously Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Stellar); the annualized scale of stablecoin settlements reached $7 billion, a 50% increase from the previous quarter. The pilot allows issuing banks and acquiring banks to settle using stablecoins instead of traditional banking rails, currently covering over 50 countries and more than 130 stablecoin-related card projects, and has expanded to USDC settlements with U.S. banks.Senator Cynthia Lummis publicly confirmed on April 29 that the markup for the CLARITY Act in the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled for May 2026; at the same time, the SEC announced it will hold a roundtable discussion on May 3 regarding issues related to the CLARITY Act, further clarifying the signals of coordination between regulatory and legislative bodies to accelerate the process, providing an official timeline endorsement for the previously anticipated "end of May" market expectations.

According to the Ark Invest Tracker, Cathie Wood's Ark Invest increased its holdings of Robinhood shares by 553,892 shares (approximately $39.43 million) yesterday. Among them:ARKK increased by 469,858 shares; ARKW increased by 55,939 shares; ARKF increased by 28,095 shares.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the number of people who believe the likelihood of interest rate hikes is about the same as that of interest rate cuts has increased.

According to Theblock, despite Robinhood's first-quarter performance falling short of expectations, Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani's team maintains an outperform rating on HOOD with a target price of $130.Analysts pointed out that the weak performance in the first quarter has already been reflected in the stock price. They highlighted that several core metrics of Robinhood remain strong: the margin loan balance reached a record $17 billion (up 93% year-over-year), event contract trading was active in April, predicting the market size is moving towards $3 billion, and Robinhood Gold subscription users increased by 36% year-over-year to 4.34 million.However, the current market shows that Robinhood (HOOD) is down over 10% in pre-market trading.

Robinhood's cryptocurrency business performance significantly declined in the first quarter of 2026. The company reported cryptocurrency revenue of $134 million, a 47% decrease compared to the same period last year; the nominal volume of cryptocurrency trades on the native app was $24 billion, down 48% year-over-year. This decline continues the trend observed since the end of 2025, when Q4 cryptocurrency trading revenue had already dropped by 38%. Robinhood stated in its quarterly report that the acquired Bitstamp trading platform contributed $42 billion in trading volume but did not provide year-over-year data.Despite the weakness in the cryptocurrency business, Robinhood's overall trading revenue still grew by 7% year-over-year to $623 million, mainly due to a 320% surge in prediction market revenue. Options revenue increased by 8% to $260 million, while stock revenue surged by 46% to $82 million. The company's net profit reached $346 million, a 3% increase year-over-year.

According to Cointelegraph, Robinhood users have recently encountered a phishing attack. The attackers exploited the Gmail feature that ignores the "." in email usernames, along with a vulnerability in the Robinhood account creation process, to register accounts that are very similar to the target email addresses. This allowed them to send fake reminder emails with phishing links to the victims' inboxes from the Robinhood official mail server.Cybersecurity researcher Alex Eckelberry stated that the email could pass SPF, DKIM, and DMARC verification, appearing to come from an official address. Robinhood stated that this incident did not involve a system or customer account breach, and that user funds and personal information were not affected, but advised users to delete the related emails and not to click on suspicious links.

Former U.S. President Obama posted a response this morning regarding the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. He stated that although the details of the motive behind the shooting are still unknown, "everyone should reject the notion that violence has any place in our democracy. This is also a thought-provoking reminder that highlights the courage and sacrifice demonstrated by the agents of the U.S. Secret Service every day."

Trump stated in a post: "What happened last night (referring to the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident) is exactly why our great military, Secret Service, law enforcement, and past presidents over the last 150 years have demanded the construction of a large, secure banquet hall within the White House. If it weren't for the military's top-secret banquet hall currently being built at the White House, this incident would not have occurred. The sooner it is built, the better!It is not only beautiful but also equipped with all the highest-level security facilities. Furthermore, it does not have upstairs rooms that allow unauthorized personnel to enter freely, and it is located within the gates of the safest building in the world—the White House. The absurd lawsuit regarding the banquet hall raised by a woman walking her dog must be withdrawn immediately; she is not qualified to file such a lawsuit. Nothing should interfere with the construction of the banquet hall, which is well within budget and progressing far ahead of schedule!"It is reported that the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner occurred at the Washington Hilton. In July 2025, the Trump administration launched a renovation plan for the East Wing of the White House, intending to demolish the existing building and construct a large banquet hall of approximately 8,300 square meters, capable of accommodating about 1,000 people, along with supporting facilities such as an underground hospital and air raid shelter, with a budget of $300-400 million entirely funded by private donations (from tech giants, etc.) to address the severe space shortage of the current state dining room.After the project quickly demolished the East Wing, it faced lawsuits from organizations such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation for bypassing congressional authorization, national historic preservation review, and public opinion solicitation procedures. Federal Judge Richard Leon has repeatedly ruled that the president does not have the authority to unilaterally undertake large-scale renovations of historically significant White House buildings, ordering a suspension of above-ground construction, currently in a legal tug-of-war state of "underground safety facilities may continue, above-ground banquet hall construction suspended."