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The Ethereum institutional privacy technology company EthSystems has officially launched and received strategic funding support from ecosystem backers such as Bitmine, Sharplink Gaming, Joe Lubin, and SNZ Holding.EthSystems focuses on developing privacy technologies for banks, asset management companies, and other regulated entities, enabling institutions to execute financial transactions on the Ethereum network at scale while protecting sensitive information such as transaction details and client identities.The company was founded by the core team of the Institutional Privacy Task Force (IPTF) of the Ethereum Foundation. The team has previously conducted a year-long open-source research and development publicly on the EthSystems website and has established partnerships with several central banks, regulatory agencies, large banks, and asset management institutions. EthSystems stated that while institutions have begun exploring stablecoins, tokenized assets, and Ethereum-based settlement solutions, large-scale adoption still faces privacy and compliance challenges.Financial institutions need more than just access to blockchain networks; they require a complete infrastructure that meets business confidentiality protection, regulatory requirements, and compatibility with existing financial systems. The goal is to create a "selective disclosure" privacy architecture that allows transaction participants to view only the information they are authorized to access, while retaining the core advantages of Ethereum's decentralization, security, and openness, and complementing two other organizations: Ethlabs, which focuses on the research and development of Ethereum's core protocol and infrastructure; Ethereum Institutional, responsible for institutional collaboration, education, market research, and ecosystem coordination; and EthSystems, which focuses on application layer technology, transforming institutional needs into practical privacy protocols and financial systems.

According to the Associated Press, Anthropic's Mythos model has discovered vulnerabilities in the U.S. government's classified systems.

At the ISC High Performance Computing Conference held in Hamburg, Germany, the latest edition of the global supercomputer TOP500 and energy efficiency Green500 rankings was officially released. The data shows that NVIDIA technology has powered more than 400 of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers, accounting for 81%, and nearly 90% of the newly ranked systems.In terms of hardware distribution, the list includes 376 systems that utilize NVIDIA networking technology, 238 systems accelerated by its GPUs, and another 26 systems that use Grace CPUs. In the Green500 ranking, which measures green energy efficiency, the top 8 positions are all driven by NVIDIA GPUs, with the KAIROS system based on the Grace Hopper superchip taking the top spot. Additionally, supercomputing systems based on the new Blackwell architecture (B200 and GB200) have also made their debut on this ranking.

The AI Agent project AIVIVE has officially completed a new round of institutional financing, with a total amount of 8 million USD. Among them, VegaVentures led the investment with 3 million USD; Greenwood Global Capital, Echo3 labs, UZ Capital, and Bluemount co-invested 5 million USD.The funds will be used for AIVIVE to launch its self-developed proprietary framework agreement (AVVP), supporting intelligent routing and coordination across data and execution environments, and comprehensively upgrading AI infrastructure. This agreement enables real-time scheduling of multi-source data and seamless interaction in heterogeneous environments, further enhancing the automation and decision-making efficiency of A to A business.

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.

The open-source data visualization tool Grafana has released the latest progress on the investigation of the security incident on May 16. The investigation found that this incident was limited to the GitHub environment of Grafana Labs, including both public and private source code as well as internal GitHub repositories, and did not affect customer production systems, operations, or the Grafana Cloud platform. The downloaded content, in addition to the source code, also included some repositories used by the team for collaboration and storage of internal operational information and business details, involving business contact names and email addresses, rather than data from production systems or the cloud platform.Grafana Labs has made it clear that the codebase was downloaded but not tampered with, and currently, customers and open-source users do not need to take any action. The incident originated from a TanStack npm supply chain attack conducted through the Mini Shai-Hulud campaign. Grafana Labs detected malicious activity on May 11 and initiated an emergency response, but a credential was overlooked, allowing the attacker to gain access. After receiving a ransom demand on May 16, the company decided not to pay the ransom and has rotated automated credentials, implemented enhanced monitoring, audited all commits since May 11, and significantly strengthened GitHub security configurations. The company has notified federal law enforcement, and the investigation is ongoing.

B.AI announced full access to China's mainstream payment systems, with WeChat Pay, Alipay, and UnionPay now open to users. Starting today, users can complete the entire process of account recharge, subscribing to AI services, and accessing top AI models and Agent services in a familiar payment environment. This payment upgrade lowers the usage threshold, allowing individual developers and enterprise clients to more conveniently experience cutting-edge AI capabilities, making the entire usage process smoother, more natural, and localized. B.AI will continue to optimize the product experience in the future, committed to integrating smarter and more efficient artificial intelligence services into everyone's daily work and life.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Parallel Web Systems, an AI infrastructure company founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has completed a $100 million Series B financing round, with a post-money valuation of $2 billion.This round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from existing investors such as Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. Parallel provides efficient web search and access control infrastructure for "long-cycle" AI agents, having raised a total of $230 million, with around 50 employees, serving over 100,000 developers and enterprise clients. The current focus is on expanding the sales, marketing, and R&D teams, continuously laying out the enterprise-level "AI agent web" scenario.

According to the official announcement, the Gate TradFi stock section has launched 52 contracts for difference trading pairs including GIS (General Mills), MPWR (Monolithic Power Systems), HSY (Hershey), COTY (Coty Inc.), CTSH (Cognizant), INFY (Infosys), SO (Southern Company), ALK (Alaska Airlines), BAP (Credicorp), CIB (Grupo Cibest), SYY (Sysco), DD (DuPont), DTE (DTE Energy), PSX (Phillips 66), AON (Aon), MCO (Moody's), CHT (Chunghwa Telecom), GT (Goodyear Tire & Rubber), GFS (GlobalFoundries), MAR (Marriott International), WYNN (Wynn Resorts), SYF (Synchrony Financial), EPD (Enterprise Products Partners), CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange Global Markets), IVZ (Invesco), MLM (Martin Marietta Materials), EXC (Exelon), PNC (PNC Financial Services Group), AMT (American Tower), BDX (Becton Dickinson), WMB (Williams), AIG (American International Group), CPRI (Capri Holdings), HBAN (Huntington Bancshares), SYK (Stryker), ZTS (Zoetis), BMRN (BioMarin Pharmaceutical), APD (Air Products and Chemicals), STT (State Street), XLE (State Street Energy Select SPDR ETF), IBIT (iShares Bitcoin Trust), ASTS (AST SpaceMobile), AUPH (Aurinia Pharmaceuticals), PTON (Peloton Interactive), CRON (Cronos Group), GPRO (GoPro), OPFI (OppFi), RIG (Transocean), XRX (Xerox), MANU (Manchester United), URA (Global X Uranium ETF), LIT (Global X Lithium Battery ETF), supporting 4x fixed leverage.In addition, the Gate TradFi stock section will launch the second phase of the new coin airdrop from April 29 at 16:00 to May 8 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can register to receive 30 USDT and can share a prize pool of 100,000 USDT by participating in the trading of newly listed assets, with a maximum individual reward of 3,130 USDT.

The Chief Information Security Officer of Slow Fog Technology, 23pds, forwarded a message from the dark web intelligence account Dark Web Intelligence (@DailyDarkWeb), stating that the hacker group ShinyHunters claims to have infiltrated internal systems related to the Anthropic Mythos model and has shared screenshots of the user management panel, AI experiment dashboard, model performance, and cost analysis. The authenticity of this information has not yet been confirmed by Anthropic.Given that many companies have previously applied to trial the related models, if the news is true, it could pose indirect security risks to leading tech companies and those in the cryptocurrency industry.

Vercel announced a security incident analysis, stating that some of its internal systems were accessed without authorization. This was caused by a third-party AI tool, Context.ai, used by an employee being compromised, allowing the attacker to take over their Google Workspace account and access some environment configuration data.The initial impact is that a small number of environment variables not marked as "sensitive" (such as API Keys, Tokens, etc.) may have been leaked. Relevant users have been notified and advised to rotate their credentials immediately. There is currently no evidence that data marked as "sensitive" or the supply chain (such as npm packages) has been tampered with.Vercel stated that the attacker possesses a high level of technical skill and has partnered with Mandiant and several security agencies to investigate, and has reported the incident to law enforcement. They also emphasized that platform services are still operating normally. Additionally, users are advised to enable multi-factor authentication, comprehensively rotate potentially leaked environment variables, and check account activity logs and deployment records to prevent further risks.

According to official news, the cloud hosting platform Vercel has confirmed that a security incident has occurred, involving unauthorized access to some internal systems.Currently, only a small number of customers have been confirmed to be affected, and Vercel is communicating directly with the relevant customers. Vercel stated that its services are still operating normally, and it has initiated an investigation and hired incident response experts to assist in handling the situation, while also notifying law enforcement.Vercel recommends that all customers review their environment variables and use the sensitive environment variable feature to enhance security protection.

According to official news, Circle has released its vision for the development of the internet financial system in 2026, proposing to focus on building cross-chain interoperability infrastructure, liquidity orchestration capabilities, and an institutional-grade asset issuance system to promote the efficient flow of value in a multi-chain ecosystem.In terms of cross-chain infrastructure, Circle stated that it will launch features such as "Fast Transfer" in the future, achieving second-level settlement without waiting for final confirmation from the source chain, thus improving the efficiency of fund utilization. In the asset expansion layer, the CCTP plans to extend to more assets beyond USDC, including EURC, USYC, and cirBTC, and support the issuance and circulation of real-world assets (RWA) across multiple chains.In addition, Circle is advancing cross-chain process coordination, simplifying multi-chain operational processes through tools such as Bridge Kit, Deposit Kit, Fee Service, and Workflows, achieving "one-click" cross-chain interaction, reducing development complexity, and enhancing user experience.

Cryptocurrency ATM operator Bitcoin Depot disclosed that it lost approximately 50.9 bitcoins in a cybersecurity incident, equivalent to about $3.7 million at current prices. According to documents submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the attack occurred on March 23, with hackers obtaining credentials related to the company's enterprise-level bitcoin wallet, allowing them to breach some internal systems. Bitcoin Depot stated that customer accounts, the platform, and personal data were not affected.

The Solana Foundation stated that it is launching a series of security enhancement initiatives, including a STRIDE security assessment and monitoring system led by Asymmetric Research, as well as a SIRN response network for handling security incidents.Among them, STRIDE will conduct independent assessments of ecological protocols and provide ongoing operational security (opsec) and proactive threat monitoring, offering formal verification support for projects with a TVL exceeding $100 million. SIRN is composed of multiple security agencies and research teams to collaboratively carry out real-time security incident responses.

According to CoinDesk, Jon Herrick, Chief Product Officer of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), stated at the New York Digital Assets Summit that the NYSE is committed to integrating blockchain technology into the existing market infrastructure rather than replacing traditional systems. Herrick emphasized that the exchange is pursuing "interoperability" and exploring the application scenarios of tokenized assets within the existing system, including real-time or near-real-time settlement and extended trading hours.He also pointed out that existing mechanisms such as central clearing still have irreplaceable risk management value and should be retained. Herrick predicted that the boundaries between traditional assets and tokenized assets may gradually disappear within the next decade. In addition, the NYSE's parent company, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), made a strategic investment in the cryptocurrency exchange OKX earlier this month, and the two parties will collaborate in the fields of crypto futures and tokenized stocks.