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WasabiCard announced that the number of corporate clients has officially surpassed 500, further accelerating the global stablecoin payment infrastructure layout. As a global payment infrastructure platform based on stablecoins, WasabiCard continues to provide services such as card issuance, payments, subscriptions, remittances, payroll, and cross-border fund distribution to global enterprises and users, centered around two core product systems: global card issuance and global remittance.In the past year, WasabiCard has issued over 500,000 cards, covering more than 100 countries and regions, with a total transaction volume exceeding 1 billion dollars. The service scenarios span multiple fields, including AI & SaaS subscriptions, advertising placements, cross-border payroll, Web3 payments, and global fund settlement.WasabiCard stated that as stablecoins gradually enter real commercial scenarios, the demand from enterprises for more efficient, flexible, and programmable global payment infrastructure is continuously growing. The company will continue to strengthen its efforts in stablecoin payments, global fund circulation, and the construction of programmable financial infrastructure in the future.

10x Research published on platform X that amidst the slump in Bitcoin, the mining and AI infrastructure sectors have surged significantly. KEEL rose by 30%, CIFR rose by 29%, IREN rose by 29%, WULF rose by 24%, and HUT rose by 22%, mainly driven by large hyperscale data center transactions, park acquisitions, and new institutional support.This week's catalysts include IREN's $1.6 billion purchase of Dell Blackwell systems, TeraWulf's acquisition of a 1 GW park in Kentucky, and Hut 8 signing a $9.8 billion leasing agreement in Texas, indicating that Bitcoin mining companies' transition to AI infrastructure is accelerating.

The decentralized AI infrastructure network DGrid AI announced the latest data on its Genesis membership program: cumulative revenue has surpassed $20 million, with over 13,000 paid subscribers. Funds are deposited into a publicly verifiable BNB Chain Safe multi-signature treasury wallet, ensuring on-chain transparency.It is understood that the growth is supported by the four core product matrices built by DGrid: AI Gateway unifies API aggregation of mainstream models such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini, offering discounts of up to 55%; AI Arena has over 300,000 participants in blind review competitions, producing high-quality manually labeled data; DClaw supports minute-level local AI assistant deployment, with persistent memory and modular plugin capabilities; a decentralized model marketplace is about to launch, supporting high-quality asset tokenization. The platform also launched the model recommendation agent Dori, which helps developers instantly match the optimal model solutions.On the technical side, DGrid prevents model providers from delivering low-quality models, fabricating data, or hiding computation costs through its self-developed Proof of Quality (PoQ) consensus mechanism, ensuring service quality and pricing transparency at the protocol level. The project has previously received seed round investments from Waterdrip Capital, IoTeX, Paramita VC, and Zenith Capital.

As SpaceX approaches its IPO, speculation in the market about Elon Musk integrating Tesla and SpaceX has intensified. Insiders say that Musk has previously discussed the possibility of merging the two companies with internal personnel, and Tesla has long believed that the two sides may eventually move towards integration.Reports indicate that the two companies have deepened their cooperation in the AI infrastructure field in recent years, sharing executives, technology, and supply chains, and have begun collaborating in areas such as energy storage systems, vehicle procurement, and GPU order allocation. Legal experts state that if a merger is pursued, antitrust resistance may be limited, but valuation, share exchange ratios, and coordination of shareholder interests will be relatively complex.

Investment bank TD Cowen's Washington research team managing director Jaret Seiberg released a report on Tuesday stating that the political environment surrounding the CLARITY Act is continuing to deteriorate, and the likelihood of this cryptocurrency market structure bill passing this year is decreasing. Seiberg pointed out that recent controversies involving President Trump make it difficult for Democrats to support the bill without a conflict of interest clause.Seiberg indicated that these events have increased pressure on Democrats to include a conflict of interest clause targeting the president, while also making Republicans reluctant to push legislation that could force them to vote against related amendments. He anticipates that lawmakers may choose to wait and see, but there is limited room for further delays given the upcoming midterm elections. He previously mentioned that the legislative window could extend until the August recess, and if not resolved this year, the passage time could be pushed back to 2027.

According to official news, YZi Labs announced the launch of the recruitment platform YZi Talent, integrating open positions in Web3, AI, and biotechnology from its portfolio.The first batch of positions includes Backend Chief Engineer at predict.fun, Frontend Staff Engineer, and Founding Business Leader at AgriDynamics Robotics, with more companies set to join in succession.

According to CoinDesk, several researchers in the fields of post-quantum cryptography and blockchain security have stated that AI is accelerating the development of quantum computing and forcing the encryption industry to reassess the reliability of existing security systems.Project Eleven CEO Alex Pruden pointed out that researchers are using machine learning to optimize quantum error correction—one of the biggest engineering bottlenecks in the field of quantum computing. NEAR Protocol co-founder and former Google AI researcher Illia Polosukhin warned that the "harvest now, decrypt later" strategy has become a real threat, where attackers collect encrypted traffic now and decrypt it later when quantum computers mature, "this is likely already happening."Since most blockchain networks rely on the same elliptic curve cryptography as the internet, once quantum computers become powerful enough, they could theoretically derive private keys from public keys, thereby compromising wallets and systems. Researchers noted that the combination of AI and quantum computing is creating a continuous arms race in security, where security measures will no longer be static infrastructure but must continuously evolve and upgrade. Currently, multiple blockchain ecosystems such as Ethereum, Solana, and NEAR are actively promoting post-quantum cryptography migration solutions.

According to the latest report from BlockBeats, as the demand for trading traditional financial assets increases among crypto users, Gate is accelerating the evolution of its crypto trading platform into a multi-asset comprehensive financial platform through the "Unified Account" system. Users can trade and allocate five major types of assets within the Gate App, including CFD contracts, perpetual contracts, spot tokens, Pre-IPOs, and crypto assets, further reducing the barriers to cross-platform capital allocation and trading.The report points out that Gate has currently built a unified margin system around TradFi and on-chain assets. Users can conduct cross-product trading through a single USDT account, enhancing capital efficiency. As of May 2026, Gate has launched over 440 CFD targets, covering asset classes such as foreign exchange, metals, global stock indices, popular stocks, and commodities, while maintaining a high frequency of new listings. Additionally, Gate has partnered with platforms like Ondo and xStocks to launch over 75 tokenized stock targets, supporting 24-hour trading of on-chain metal assets such as gold and silver, continuously expanding its layout in the tokenized stock and RWA market.Furthermore, Gate recently launched the SpaceX Pre-IPO project SPCX, with applications for purchasing shares exceeding $353 million within 24 hours, reflecting the rapidly growing market demand for on-chain Pre-IPO asset allocation. In the future, Gate will continue to promote the layout of the next-generation comprehensive financial platform around the unified account, on-chain infrastructure, and global liquidity network.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley stated, "A new category is emerging in the crypto industry—'revenue chains,' with Hyperliquid and Solana as the current leaders. He believes that while there is some overlap between the two, they each have distinct characteristics and both possess strong communities, use cases, and user bases. He mentioned that in the future, the two may benefit from the structural growth of the mobile internet, much like iOS and Android. Horsley pointed out that for 'revenue chains,' they are benefiting from the trend of capital markets going on-chain. Therefore, whether supporting HYPE, SOL, or both, what truly matters is not the competition between them, but the overall rise of on-chain capital markets. He stated, 'Support the on-chain capital markets. I am glad to see the success of the crypto industry.'"

Keone Hon, co-founder of Monad, posted on the X platform that the Monad network is unaffected and operating normally, while security researchers are investigating the eBTC-related incident of the Echo Protocol. Researchers have determined that the vulnerability led to approximately $816,000 being stolen. Previously, it was reported that the Echo Protocol was attacked on the Monad chain, where hackers minted 1,000 eBTC and withdrew funds via Curvance.

According to The Block, the U.S. Department of Justice sentenced Ohio resident Rathnakishore Giri to nine years in prison for operating a long-running investment fraud scheme that defrauded investors of at least $10 million. Giri pleaded guilty in 2024 to a charge of telecommunications fraud. In a revised plea agreement submitted before the sentencing hearing, Giri admitted to continuing to solicit funds from investors even after pleading guilty.The Department of Justice stated that Giri falsely promised high returns and guaranteed the principal was risk-free, while in reality, he used funds from new investors to pay old investors, which is a typical Ponzi scheme. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission previously accused Giri of operating Bitcoin derivatives schemes through multiple entities since 2019 and initiated enforcement action in August 2022, with the Department of Justice filing five counts of telecommunications fraud against him in November 2022.

According to CoinDesk, Citibank stated in its latest report that the progress of quantum computing technology is faster than the market expected, accelerating the potential security risks faced by cryptocurrencies and internet infrastructure, with Bitcoin being considered one of the assets with the "greatest risk exposure." The report points out that the ECDSA elliptic curve cryptography system currently used by Bitcoin could theoretically be cracked by sufficiently powerful quantum computers. In the future, attackers may be able to derive private keys from publicly disclosed public keys, allowing them to forge transactions and steal assets.Citibank analyst Alex Saunders stated that due to its relatively conservative governance mechanism and slow protocol upgrade speed, Bitcoin is more difficult to quickly complete quantum-resistant upgrades compared to PoS networks like Ethereum. The report estimates that there are currently about 6.5 million to 6.9 million BTC at potential quantum risk due to exposed public keys, accounting for about one-third of the current circulating supply, valued at approximately $450 billion at current prices. This includes some early P2PK addresses and wallets believed to belong to Satoshi Nakamoto.Citibank also warns of the "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" risk, where attackers currently collect encrypted data and wait until future quantum computing power matures to decrypt it all at once.However, Citibank remains optimistic about the long-term adaptability of the cryptocurrency industry, believing that blockchain can still migrate through post-quantum cryptography and protocol reconstruction in the future. The report mentions that the BIP-360 and BIP-361 upgrade proposals currently being discussed by the Bitcoin community are worth paying attention to.

According to Jin Shi's report, DoubleLine Capital CEO Gundlach stated that investors will not see interest rate cuts at the next Federal Reserve policy meeting. He pointed out that although the market had anticipated two rate cuts this year, the inflation market is simply not cooperating. Gundlach mentioned that when the two-year U.S. Treasury yield is nearly 50 basis points higher than the federal funds rate, it is impossible to implement rate cuts. He also stated that Kevin Walsh, who has just been confirmed as the Federal Reserve Chairman, is taking office during a "difficult time" and predicted that the first digit of the next CPI index will be in the "4 range."

According to Asia Economy, Upbit operator Dunamu disclosed that the consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2026 was approximately $157 million, a year-on-year decrease of 55%; operating profit was approximately $59 million, a year-on-year decrease of 78%; and net profit was approximately $46.6 million, a year-on-year decrease of 78%.Dunamu stated that the decline in performance was mainly affected by the global economic slowdown and the decrease in trading volume in the virtual asset market.

According to the Financial Times, several large technology companies, including Alphabet and Amazon, are accelerating their entry into the global bond market, raising funds through large-scale overseas bond issuance to support the expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure and computing power.The report states that this round of financing activities has reached a new high in recent years, reflecting the increasing demand for long-term capital expenditures among tech giants in the AI race, particularly focused on data centers, computing clusters, and cloud infrastructure construction.Analysts believe that against the backdrop of high interest rates, companies are choosing to optimize their financing structure globally, diversifying funding costs and term risks through multi-currency debt markets, further strengthening their capacity for investment in AI infrastructure.

According to The Block, Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom stated that the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are advancing 24/7 trading, and the U.S. Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is promoting tokenized collateral, along with Bullish's acquisition of Equiniti, indicating that the public equity on-chain process may be faster than the market expects.Meanwhile, several Ethereum reserve companies have significantly retreated from their summer 2025 highs, with a noticeable contraction in the market value to net asset value ratio. Chalom mentioned that some companies are under pressure due to prematurely issuing preferred stock or convertible bonds; Sharplink focuses more on equity financing and staking yields while trying to keep the balance sheet simple.He also stated that over the past year and a half, Bitcoin and Ethereum have behaved more like risk assets, but as stablecoins, tokenized assets, DeFi, and AI applications expand on Ethereum, Ethereum may further differentiate from Bitcoin in the long term.

According to CoinDesk, Moody's has awarded the highest rating of AAA-mf to the tokenized money market funds of Fidelity and BlackRock, marking that the products of both institutions meet the highest standards in credit quality, liquidity, and capital preservation.Fidelity's FILQ fund was launched on May 6, built on Sygnum's Desygnate tokenization platform, supporting on-chain real-time cash settlement, and introducing infrastructure support from JPMorgan, Apex Group, and Chainlink; BlackRock's BUIDL fund is set to launch in March 2024 and currently accounts for about 15% of the tokenized government bond market.

PANews' in-depth analysis article points out that, in the context of accelerating global cryptocurrency regulation, compliance capability is becoming a key watershed in the competition among CEXs. Trading platforms represented by Gate are strengthening their competitiveness in the mainstream financial system by continuously expanding their global licensing network.Specifically, Gate is promoting its compliance layout through its various operational entities: Gate US achieves compliant operations in 46 jurisdictions by holding 35 state-level MTL licenses in the United States; leveraging the Cyprus CySEC license, MiCA license, and Payment Institution (PI) license, it is deeply developing business in multiple regions in Europe; Gate Japan is entering the highly regulated Japanese market with the FSA license; it is tapping into the rapidly growing Middle Eastern market with the Dubai VARA license; at the same time, it has completed its layout in the Australian market through AUSTRAC registration.The article notes that compared to some platforms that focus on advancing in a single region, Gate prefers to promote its global compliance layout by establishing entities in multiple locations and directly applying for licenses. Although this path takes longer and incurs higher costs, it helps enhance long-term compliance credibility and diversify risks associated with a single jurisdiction. As global regulation enters the enforcement phase in 2026, the industry's model of "expanding first, complying later" is gradually retreating, and compliance is transforming from a cost item into a core asset, becoming a key threshold for platforms to participate in mainstream market competition.

Despite Coinbase reporting a net loss of $394 million in the first quarter, with revenue of only $755.8 million significantly below expectations, leading to a 6% drop in stock price, Benchmark analysts still reiterated their buy rating on Tuesday and raised the target price from $260 to $270. Analysts believe that Coinbase is transforming from a market-dependent crypto broker to a foundational infrastructure platform for the "onchain economy," having achieved net inflows for 12 consecutive quarters, with a global trading volume share reaching a new high of 8.6%, and possessing 12 monetization businesses, each contributing about $100 million in annualized revenue; additionally, the trading volume of stablecoins on the Base chain has increased tenfold year-on-year, and derivatives revenue has reached a new high, combined with an improving regulatory environment, all seen as long-term growth drivers.

Movement announced that it has completed the acquisition of the on-chain Vault infrastructure project Canopy, further integrating key financial infrastructure within the Movement Network. Canopy has previously been an important part of the Movement ecosystem, primarily responsible for building the Vault layer on the Movement Network, with its smart contracts allowing users to allocate assets and strategize on-chain with independent strategy managers.After this acquisition, Canopy will collaborate more closely with the on-chain credit protocol MovePosition, and Movement is gradually building a complete on-chain financial infrastructure stack covering modules such as Vault, credit, and yield strategies. Movement stated that most public chain ecosystems still rely on third parties to provide core financial primitives, while Movement hopes to achieve deeper technical collaboration between Vault contracts and other components of the network through self-built and internally integrated methods.For developers, this means they can directly integrate core protocols that are continuously iterating; for partners, it means stronger consistency between the underlying infrastructure and the development team; for users, it is expected to provide a more unified on-chain financial product experience. The official also revealed that MovePosition and Canopy will gradually operate as a unified infrastructure, with more integration details to be announced in the coming weeks.