ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform Party in the UK, will unveil a cryptocurrency policy plan similar to Donald Trump's style at the Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas this Thursday evening, in an attempt to attract more support from young British voters.According to the speech content disclosed in advance by the Reform Party, Farage will announce that if the Reform Party wins the next UK election, it will submit a new "Cryptocurrency Bill" to Parliament, aiming to make the UK a "crypto powerhouse."The bill includes: significantly reducing the capital gains tax on crypto investments from the current 24% to 10%; establishing a two-year regulatory sandbox to assist London’s financial district in crypto innovation; and prohibiting restrictions on services that accept crypto payments, thereby protecting the rights of consumers using cryptocurrencies.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, on the morning of May 23 local time, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Trump held a phone call to discuss topics such as U.S. tariff measures. Both sides agreed to coordinate their schedules for a face-to-face meeting during the G7 summit to be held in Canada in mid-June.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi hinted at the establishment of a city-level Bitcoin reserve in a post after meeting with two Bitcoin policy leaders from El Salvador. Mizrachi posted the message about "Bitcoin reserves" on the social platform X after meeting with El Salvador's Bitcoin advisor Max Keiser and the head of the Bitcoin office Stacy Herbert. The three discussed how Panama and El Salvador could leverage renewable energy to promote the development of Bitcoin mining. Additionally, Panama City will incorporate El Salvador's financial literacy textbook "What is Money?" into its online library system.

ChainCatcher news, renowned semiconductor analyst Dylan Patel stated that the United States has signed two landmark agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), which will significantly alter the balance of power. These agreements have profound implications for the economy, geopolitics, and national security, and will solidify the United States' leadership in the field of artificial intelligence.Dylan Patel believes that these agreements are transformative and will elevate the accessibility of U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure to a new level while alleviating bottleneck issues such as power supply. All U.S. infrastructure providers will benefit, from GPU manufacturers to AI laboratories to cloud computing, and more.Dylan Patel's views have been shared by David Sacks, the White House's cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence director.

ChainCatcher news, as the presidential election on June 3 approaches, the South Korean Democratic Party has made cryptocurrency regulation one of the core campaign issues, establishing a "Digital Asset Committee" aimed at centralizing the authority for cryptocurrency policy-making in the presidential office. The committee held its first meeting on May 13 at the National Assembly in Seoul, bringing together legislators, government officials, and representatives from local exchanges such as Upbit, Bithumb, Coinbit, and Gopax. Committee Chairman Min Byeong-deok stated that the current "one exchange, one bank" system restricts the development of cryptocurrency businesses and needs reform.The committee is drafting key legislation known as the "Second Phase Bill," which aims to establish a digital asset framework for South Korea, covering regulatory innovation and user protection. Additionally, the regulation of stablecoins has become a focal point of discussion, especially stablecoins pegged to the Korean won. Democratic presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung advocates for a swift market launch and proposes the issuance of a won-pegged stablecoin. However, the Bank of Korea (BOK) insists that discussions must involve early-stage participation to prevent instability in national monetary policy.This reform aims to promote the development of the cryptocurrency industry and attract the support of young voters. Reports indicate that over 16 million people in South Korea are involved in cryptocurrency trading.

ChainCatcher News, former U.S. Secretary of State Blinken stated in an interview that current President Trump only respects strongman leaders.He also mentioned that Trump now views Europe as weak and divided, urging European leaders to bravely confront the White House.Blinken said: In my view, when Trump examines the world, he focuses on several aspects. From his perspective, he looks for strong leaders or powerful countries. To be honest, when he looks at Europe, I think he sees a continent that is not strong and not united, a weaker actor. Therefore, I believe that for Europe to gain the attention of President Trump, part of the challenge lies in demonstrating greater cohesion, higher unity, and clearer common goals, as this is how Europe will be taken more seriously.

ChainCatcher message, at the HK Web3 Club event on May 10, COPX project leader Vango introduced that the total supply of COPX tokens is 1 billion, with 70% allocated for trading mining, and the remaining portion allocated to the team, community, and private investment.He pointed out that COPX adopts a DAO governance mechanism, with governance tokens bound to partner-designated wallet addresses, providing proposal and voting rights, enhancing governance transparency and efficiency. Currently, the platform has over 73,000 registered users, with daily trading volume exceeding 50 million USD and daily gross profit exceeding 1,000 USD.According to the plan, the platform will launch the COPX DAO basic contract and App Dapp products in Q4 2024, and will initiate the deployment of traditional financial products such as funds and insurance, accelerating the construction of a more complete Web3 financial ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on social platform X that the U.S. Senate failed to advance the "GENIUS Act," which is a "missed intergenerational opportunity to expand the dominance of the dollar and the influence of financial innovation."He warned that in the absence of a unified federal regulatory framework, stablecoins will develop amidst fragmented state regulations, which is detrimental to the U.S. maintaining its global leadership and may push digital asset innovation overseas.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, sources have revealed that G7 leaders may discuss North Korea-led cyberattacks at next month's summit in Canada. However, the agenda for the summit has not yet been finalized, and discussions on other geopolitical issues such as the Ukraine war may take priority.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Move Industries today announced the formation of a new leadership team by early employees of Movement Labs, with @torabyou serving as CEO and Ecosystem Architect, and @livingwithwill as President and Chief Marketing Officer. The new team will focus on improving governance transparency, strengthening audit mechanisms, and centering on technology and community building. The company will soon launch projects such as MoveDrop and Parthenon, along with significant technical upgrades.Previous news, Movement Labs announced the dismissal of Rushi Manche from his position.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, senior IRS official Trish Turner will take over as head of the Digital Assets Office. Trish Turner has served at the IRS for over 20 years and previously worked as a senior advisor in the Digital Assets Office.Previous news, two key crypto project leaders at the IRS, Seth Wilks and Raj Mukherjee, left last Friday to accept the government's proposed "DOGE Deferred Departure Program." Both came from the crypto industry and joined the IRS in 2024 to develop crypto tax policies and lead the development of the new 1099-DA tax form.

ChainCatcher news, according to Politico, Maxine Waters (Democrat from California), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, plans to obstruct the joint hearing on the cryptocurrency market structure bill on May 6. Since the joint hearing requires unanimous consent, this move could lead to the meeting's failure. Waters subsequently plans to hold a "shadow hearing" with some Democratic members, focusing on the Trump family's entanglements with the cryptocurrency industry.This confrontation stems from a regulatory framework draft for the cryptocurrency market pushed by Republicans, which proposes to allocate regulatory authority over digital assets to different market regulatory agencies. Last Saturday, Waters called Republican committee chairman French Hill (Republican from Arkansas), demanding that provisions targeting the Trump family's cryptocurrency business be included in the legislation, or she would obstruct the hearing.The cryptocurrency positions of the Democratic and Republican parties in the U.S. are diverging. Republicans insist that legislation should remain neutral, with Wisconsin Congressman Bryan Steil emphasizing that "the bill imposes uniform requirements on all issuers." Meanwhile, Democrats continue to use "potential conflicts of interest involving the Trump family" as a reason to delay the Republican-led friendly legislation process for the cryptocurrency industry. The hearing was originally scheduled to discuss the Republican proposal to establish the first comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptocurrency assets in the U.S. The Trump family's recent business activities in the cryptocurrency space—including their official meme coin TRUMP and related DeFi project investments—are becoming a primary target for Democrats to attack the legislative motives of Republicans.

ChainCatcher news, New Hampshire House Majority Leader Jason Osborne posted that New Hampshire is expected to become the first state in the U.S. to establish a Bitcoin strategic reserve. Currently, states are competing. The first governor to sign the bill will make history.

ChainCatcher news, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, chair of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets, praised Senate Majority Leader Thune for accelerating the vote on the Guidance and Establishment of the U.S. Stablecoin National Innovation (GENIUS) Act, which establishes a clear regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) infrastructure project Mind Network has officially launched DeepSeek Hub, as the first Advance Hub within the AgenticWorld ecosystem, marking the transition of agents from the training phase to the working phase.In DeepSeek Hub, users can delegate their owned agents to participate in task execution, experience encrypted conversations based on DeepSeek R1, and earn FHE rewards based on their contributions. Through fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) and on-chain consensus mechanisms, DeepSeek Hub has achieved a secure working environment for collaborative encrypted agents with model verification, verifiable inference, and collaboration.Mind Network is the first FHE project integrated with DeepSeek. Official data shows that since the launch of AgenticWorld, Mind Network has deployed over 60,000 AI agents, completing more than 6 million hours of training.The Mind Network ecosystem token $FHE has been launched on platforms such as Binance Alpha, Kraken, and Binance Contracts, featuring multiple functions including governance, staking, and payments, continuously leading the FHE and AI sectors.

ChainCatcher news, according to Binance Alpha data, the fully homomorphic encryption infrastructure project Mind Network's token $FHE has risen approximately 35% in the last 2 hours, currently priced at 0.082 USDT, with a 24-hour increase of 47%.The surge may be related to the Ethereum community's ongoing focus on privacy and security issues, following Vitalik's lengthy article discussing privacy infrastructure and mentioning FHE. Today, the Ethereum Foundation reiterated the importance of privacy. Additionally, Mind Network announced the launch of DeepSeek Hub yesterday, as the first Advance Hub. Users can delegate Agents to participate in work and earn FHE rewards. Mind Network is the first FHE project integrated by DeepSeek.According to official data, Mind Network has deployed over 53,000 AI Agents since its TGE, completing over 1 million hours of training. The current limited-time staking activity offers an APY (annual percentage yield) of up to 400%. FHE is the core ecological token of Mind Network, with multiple utilities including governance, staking, and service payments, and has been listed on Binance Alpha, Contract, and Kraken among other platforms.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by the BBC, the X account of UK House of Commons leader Lucy Powell was hacked and used to promote a fraudulent "House of Commons" cryptocurrency. A series of now-deleted posts on Powell's X account described the "HCC" token as "a community-driven digital currency that brings the power of the people to the blockchain."The MP's office confirmed that her account was hacked on Tuesday morning and stated that "swift action has been taken to secure the account and remove misleading posts." Recently, several public figures with large followings, including BBC journalist Nick Robinson, have also experienced similar cyber hacking attacks.CoinShares senior researcher Luke Nolan stated that the hack of Powell's account is an example of "pump and dump," as the token only had 34 transactions, which may have generated about £225 in profit.