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According to a report by Reuters citing the German newspaper Handelsblatt, the European Union is planning to impose fines in the hundreds of millions of euros on Google's parent company Alphabet in response to its alleged violations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Sources indicate that a related decision is nearing completion and is expected to be announced before the summer recess, potentially becoming the largest fine issued by the EU under the DMA.The investigation officially began in March 2025, focusing on whether Google prioritizes its own services in search results, thereby harming fair competition in the market. The European Commission stated that its primary goal is to ensure corporate compliance rather than simply imposing penalties, but if the corrective measures do not meet regulatory requirements, enforcement procedures will continue. Google responded that the adjustments made to its search products in accordance with DMA requirements have significantly impacted user experience and expressed a desire to reach a resolution with regulators.

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, on the eve of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee's review of the "Clarity Act," committee members submitted over 100 amendments last night. The DeFi advocacy organization @fund_defi characterized some of these amendments as "anti-DeFi amendments," believing they would harm the rights of DeFi technology, users, and developers, and called on supporters to urgently lobby senators to oppose them.It is reported that the aforementioned amendments were jointly proposed by Democratic senators Cortez Masto, Andy Kim, Chris Van Hollen, Warren, and Jack Reed, targeting the core DeFi protection provisions in the bill, including the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), non-controlling software developer protections, DeFi front-end protections, tokenization provisions, and proposed expansions of BSA/AML compliance obligations for developers and digital asset businesses.

Since BIT (formerly Matrixport) launched its U.S. stock business in February 2026, the user asset scale (AUM) has exceeded $200 million. According to the platform's records over the past 12 weeks, 98% of the capital inflow comes from stablecoin deposits (without card deposits).BIT builds a compliant path through licensed brokers, eliminating the cumbersome process of opening bank cards, allowing users to open a U.S. stock account in just 5 minutes and buy real U.S. stocks on the same day.Elio Cui, head of BIT's brokerage business, stated, "AI has made U.S. stocks the strongest asset for global wealth effects once again. Thanks to over 7 years of institutional service experience and the accumulation of compliance licenses, BIT has successfully bridged the gap between digital assets and traditional finance, helping investors quickly seize investment opportunities. Global asset allocation and capital deployment capabilities are becoming a fundamental skill for every investor. Those lacking this capability may be excluded from core asset opportunities."

Binance released its latest security report, addressing the current industry situation of rapidly spreading AI scams. The platform has deployed over 24 AI security programs and equipped more than 100 AI models to build an intelligent defense system against various types of cryptocurrency fraud.Statistics show that from early 2025 to the first quarter of 2026, Binance has protected over 5.4 million users and intercepted potential fund losses of $10.53 billion. In Q1 2026, the platform successfully intercepted 22.9 million scam and phishing attacks, protecting user funds amounting to $1.98 billion, with an average of over 9,600 real-time risk alerts pushed daily, and a total of 36,000 malicious on-chain addresses blacklisted.The report pointed out that deepfakes, voice cloning, and phishing bots have become mainstream scam tactics, with the overall scale of cryptocurrency fraud reaching $17 billion in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 30%. In terms of risk control, Binance's AI system handles 57% of fraud detection work, reducing the credit card fraud rate to 60%-70% of the industry average; it has upgraded AI anti-counterfeiting KYC reviews, with review efficiency improved by up to 100 times.The AI trading tool Binance Ai Pro uses an isolated account structure, only allowing trading permissions and prohibiting withdrawals, with the platform intercepting 12% of high-risk third-party AI plugins. Additionally, in 2025, Binance assisted in recovering $12.8 million in scammed funds, handled 48,000 cases, and collaborated with law enforcement to freeze $131 million in illegal assets.

According to BBX data, this week the outflow channels of cryptocurrency infrastructure and the forward-looking financial reports of mining companies are advancing on two fronts, with the core dynamics as follows:Kraken (parent company Payward, Inc.) and the global payment network MoneyGram announced the establishment of a global strategic partnership through PR Newswire on May 5. Kraken users can withdraw cash exchanged for cryptocurrency in hundreds of fiat currencies at nearly 500,000 MoneyGram physical locations covering over 100 countries; initially focusing on cryptocurrency outflows, with plans to expand to local bank deposits and cross-border remittance flows; Kraken is responsible for customer identity verification, while MoneyGram provides licensed remittance services and compliance frameworks. Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi confirmed in an interview with Fortune that the company's IPO progress is "close to 80%," having previously submitted its confidential S-1 filing to the SEC. Bloomberg estimates the current valuation at approximately $13.3 billion based on a $200 million equity investment from Deutsche Börse.MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: $MARA) officially announced on ir.mara.com on May 4 that its Q1 2026 financial report will be released after the market closes on May 11, with a conference call scheduled for 5:00 PM (ET); analyst consensus expects an EPS of approximately -$2.34 and revenue of about $184.2 million. As of the end of 2025, the company holds 53,822 BTC, with full-year revenue for 2025 at $907 million (up 38% year-on-year) and a hash rate of 66.4 EH/s; during Q1 2026, the price of BTC fell from about $87,000 to around $68,000, putting pressure on the mining company's total costs. The market will focus on the progress of its AI/HPC data center transformation and the rollout pace of the Starwood JV, which exceeds 1 gigawatt capacity.The U.S. Department of Labor released the April non-farm employment data on May 8, showing an increase of 115,000 jobs, nearly double the market expectation; Bitcoin maintained a range of $79,000---$80,000 after the data was released, with the market interpreting this "soft landing" signal as favorable for risk assets—an unheated job market means an increased probability of the Federal Reserve maintaining current interest rates, keeping the mid-term liquidity environment for cryptocurrency stable. The monthly net inflow for Bitcoin spot ETFs in April was approximately $2.44 billion, the strongest single month data of the year; April's monthly close rose by 16%, and if May's closing price remains above $76,000, it will confirm three consecutive months of positive monthly closes for Bitcoin, which Fundstrat founder Tom Lee defines as a "bear market ending signal."

According to crypto analyst Wazz, hundreds of wallets (many of which have been dormant for over 7 years) have been emptied on the ETH mainnet by the same address.Aragon team member @TheTakenUser also posted to confirm that funds in their wallet were transferred for unknown reasons. The initial cause of this incident has not yet been determined, and community analysis suggests it may be due to leaked old mnemonic phrases, private keys, or storage like LastPass from 2017-2020, or previous dangerous authorizations, rather than a new smart contract vulnerability.

The People's Daily of China published an article titled "Disrupting the Capital Market, These Chaos of Financial Self-Media Accounts Need to Be Vigilant," which specifically names certain accounts that attract traffic for virtual currency trading by posting false profit information such as "hundred times coin" and "making millions a month from trading coins."The article again cites a previous notice from the central bank and eight other departments, emphasizing that activities related to virtual currencies are considered illegal financial activities. It points out that accounts and platforms providing traffic and technical services for illegal virtual currency trading are suspected of violating laws and regulations, which may threaten financial security and anti-money laundering efforts.

According to the New York Post, Meta is laying off hundreds of employees in Silicon Valley while the tech giant is heavily investing in artificial intelligence and considering cutting more than 20% of its total workforce. According to the latest state government filings, the parent company of Facebook will lay off nearly 200 employees in the San Francisco Bay Area. The layoffs will affect 124 employees in Burlingame, California, and 74 employees in nearby Sunnyvale. The documents indicate that these layoffs will take effect in late May, and all affected positions will be permanently eliminated.Experts say this move indicates that Meta is undergoing a major strategic transformation—from a labor-intensive operational model to a machine-driven system. Meta's recent AI-related initiatives include plans to invest $10 billion in building data centers in El Paso, Texas.Meta is also considering larger layoffs. Senior employees have been informed to prepare for layoffs that could affect more than 20% of the company's workforce—about 15,000 employees. In response to this plan, a Meta spokesperson stated, "This is speculative reporting about a theoretical proposal."If the layoffs proceed, it would be the largest layoff at Meta since more than 20,000 employees were cut during Zuckerberg's push for the company's "year of efficiency" in 2022 and 2023. In a Meta earnings call, Zuckerberg stated that due to the application of AI tools, Meta has begun to "see projects that previously required large teams now being completed by a very talented individual."

On-chain detective ZachXBT disclosed today that a collaborative network consisting of at least 10 accounts is generating traffic on social platform X by creating panic-inducing content related to wars and ultimately directing it to cryptocurrency scam projects.This network acquires accounts with an existing follower base, frequently posts sensational "apocalyptic" content, and amplifies dissemination by having multiple secondary accounts retweet each other, quickly gaining millions of views and significant interactions. Investigations show that these accounts also utilize AI to generate fake personas, such as fabricating an "Asian version of Mario Nawfal" to enhance credibility. After gaining traffic, the relevant accounts promote fake airdrop events or cryptocurrency project scams, including a concentrated promotion of a pump-and-dump project named ORAMAMA on February 22, 2026, which is then no longer mentioned.On-chain data indicates that this operation has brought six-figure profits to the team behind it. Meanwhile, many genuine large accounts inadvertently engage in interactions through comments and retweets, further amplifying the content dissemination effect. ZachXBT warns that this combination model of "traffic farms + AI content + cryptocurrency scams" has become highly mature and is easily replicable. If similar mechanisms are exploited by higher-level organizations, their potential impact will far exceed the realm of financial fraud and may even evolve into a tool for public opinion manipulation.ZachXBT calls for platforms to strengthen regulation, implementing bans and legal accountability for such manipulative behaviors. He also advises users to carefully verify account histories and information sources before engaging in interactions to combat the increasingly rampant phenomenon of false content and "interaction bait."

Huobi HTX "New Year's First Lesson" series course fifth lecture (advanced course) will officially start tonight at 7 PM, featuring special guest Chloe Zheng, Senior Researcher at HTX Research, with the course theme "Surge! Seizing the Hundredfold Track in Advance".The core focus of the course revolves around three major highlights:Understanding new regulatory rules: clarifying compliance boundaries and seizing the bonus window brought by institutional entry;Identifying potential tracks: breaking down the logic of stablecoins and RWA explosions to pinpoint hundredfold targets;Mastering practical paths: teaching you to use ETF/ETP + RWA tokenization tools to low-risk ambush high-certainty opportunities.This advanced course requires completing one public class's study and answering questions to earn credits; after completing the questions, you can secure your course seat.

According to GMGN monitoring, Cobie, the founder of Echo XYZ, tweeted about "Copper Inu" today on platform X, leading to the emergence of several meme coins named "COPPERINU" on the Solana chain. The token with the highest market cap quickly surged to $12 million and has now retraced to about $9 million, with a price of approximately $0.009.In the tweet, Cobie stated, "You don't have to worry about waking up one day to find Copper Inu has taken all of copper's market share. They won't pop up like some digital assets do, with new products emerging every few seconds to disrupt existing value."Additionally, GMGN monitoring indicates that the address ranked first in holdings (A1EC...) belongs to Equation founder himgajria's publicly disclosed on-chain address. This address invested about $10,000 when COPPERINU's market cap was only around $80,000, and it currently has an unrealized profit exceeding 10,000%. Although some has been sold, the total profit still reaches approximately $740,000.

易理华发文表示："Recently, the market has been quite volatile. From our investment research perspective, the bears have entered the most frantic phase of selling, but this does not affect the overall bullish trend, especially with the continued strength of the U.S. stock market and the backdrop of the U.S. crypto national strategy. We will not be influenced to change our investment strategy. Moreover, we achieved nearly 2.5 times returns in the last round of ETH and experienced a correction from 2800 to 2100 due to the Middle East black swan event. A few hundred dollars of fluctuation is within the normal range. As the recent bulls have been jokingly referred to across the internet, a single night's sleep can result in fluctuations of hundreds of millions of dollars, resembling a roller coaster. However, the bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish. Furthermore, there is no such thing as guaranteed profits in investing. As always, our ongoing strategy is to accumulate more ETH by deploying various strategies at lower prices. Recently, risk-averse funds have been flowing into the gold and silver markets, but there will definitely be moments for profit-taking and capital return. The lowest tide in the crypto industry will eventually pass."

According to monitoring by ZachXBT, currently, hundreds of wallets have been subjected to small-scale thefts (with each victim losing less than $2,000) across multiple EVM chains, but the root cause has yet to be determined.So far, these wallets have been drained of approximately $107,000, and the total losses continue to rise.

A traffic police officer in Ufa, Russia, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for stealing approximately 20 million rubles (equivalent to several hundred thousand dollars) in Bitcoin. The case dates back to 2022, when the officer illegally obtained access to the mobile phones of two detainees while handling a case, transferring BTC through a messaging app and a cryptocurrency wallet, accompanied by violent evidence collection. The court sentenced him to 7 years in a regular security prison, ordered him to compensate the victims approximately 20 million rubles, and stripped him of his police rank.

Hangzhou Yunshen Technology Co., Ltd. has completed hundreds of millions of RMB in Pre-IPO financing. This round of financing was led by the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Fund, with participation from a major internet company.

Confidential computing network Arcium member @milianstx posted that using Tornado Cash can result in user wallets being flagged across hundreds of applications, rendering these applications unusable.@milianstx calls on users not to mix their funds with North Korean hackers.

According to Cryptoslate, the U.S. SEC approved a universal listing standard for cryptocurrency ETPs last September, shortening the product launch time to 75 days. Bitwise predicts that over 100 cryptocurrency ETFs will be launched by 2026, but Bloomberg senior analyst James Seyffart warns of a significant number of liquidations.The biggest risk lies in the highly concentrated custody: Coinbase holds the vast majority of cryptocurrency ETF assets, claiming to account for as much as 85% of the global Bitcoin ETF share, posing a single point of failure risk. Additionally, authorized participants (APs) rely on a few platforms for pricing and borrowing, making it difficult for altcoins to hedge due to a lack of derivatives depth.ETFs for mainstream coins like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana will reinforce their dominant positions, but smaller funds face pressures such as liquidity exhaustion, persistent premiums and discounts, and fee wars. Analysts predict that the first wave of liquidations will occur from late 2026 to early 2027, with high-fee, homogenized products and niche index funds with assets below $50 million being the most vulnerable. The universal standard has addressed the approval time issue but has not resolved the liquidity dilemma.

According to market news, Danny / Meech, also known as Danish Zulfiqar (Khan), is suspected to have been arrested by law enforcement and had cryptocurrency assets seized. Currently, assets worth $18.58 million are stored at address 0xb37d617716e46511E56FE07b885fBdD70119f768.This threat actor was involved in the $243 million Genesis creditor theft case carried out in August 2024 alongside Malone, Veer, Chen, and Jeandiel, as well as the Kroll SIM Swap incident in August 2023, which led to the leakage of PII of BlockFi, Genesis, and FTX creditors, resulting in over $300 million in losses. Multiple addresses associated with this actor, tracked by zachxbt, have pooled funds to the 0xb37d address a few hours ago, with a pattern similar to other law enforcement seizure actions.