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According to Jinshi, the S&P 1500 Asset Management Company Index fell by 1.8%, reaching a new low since April.

According to Jinshi reports, the USD/JPY exchange rate has risen above 160, marking the first time since April 30.

According to Jinshi, the number of JOLTs job openings in the U.S. significantly increased in April, rising from 6,890,000 in March to 7,620,000, reaching the highest level in nearly two years. At the same time, the number of layoffs decreased to 1,690,000, indicating a strong labor market. Although the number of job openings is still below the levels seen during the pandemic reopening, this stability may weaken the rationale for interest rate cuts, and Federal Reserve officials are beginning to discuss the possibility of interest rate hikes.

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin has continued to be under pressure after failing to break through $83,000, dropping to its lowest level since early April, currently reported at $73,526, with a 24-hour increase of only 0.07%. This pullback extends the downward trend of the past three weeks and forms a series of lower lows since October of last year, seen as a potential bear market signal.Ethereum has also weakened, briefly dropping to $1,965 before slightly rebounding above $2,000. Meanwhile, U.S. stocks continue to outperform the crypto market, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures both rising 0.15%, approaching historical highs.

According to Jinshi reports, the annual core PCE price index in the United States for April is 3.3%, in line with market expectations, but higher than the previous value of 3.2%.

According to Jinshi, the U.S. April PCE price index month-on-month was 0.4%, lower than the market expectation of 0.5%, and the previous value was 0.7%.

According to Jinshi, the U.S. April PCE data will be released at 20:30 Beijing time tonight, and the market generally expects the year-on-year increase to rise to a three-year high. With the impact of energy prices not yet dissipated and inflation in the service sector remaining sticky, if the data confirms the acceleration of inflation, the Federal Reserve's return to a hawkish stance will gain strong support.

According to Jinshi reports, the USD/JPY exchange rate is 159.65, reaching a new high since April 30.

According to BBX data, yesterday (May 26), the largest publicly traded company holding Ethereum announced the latest SEC filing, with Strive's weekly increase of 1,109 coins maintaining a steady pace, and the SATA financing flywheel continuing to operate. The core dynamics are as follows:Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: $BMNR) submitted Form 8-K to the SEC on May 26, disclosing that as of that date, the company's ETH holdings reached 5.39 million coins (accounting for 4.47% of the total ETH circulation, with a target of 5%, currently completed 89%), with a total of approximately $12.3 billion in combined crypto assets, cash, and strategic equity investments; among which 4,712,917 ETH has been staked (valued at approximately $10.1 billion at $2,134 per coin), with a 7-day staking annualized yield of 2.75%, and an estimated annualized income of approximately $276 million based on full staking; the company's self-operated validation node platform MAVAN has also opened staking services to external institutions. Chairman Tom Lee pointed out in a statement that if the ETH closing price in May is above $2,100, it will be the first time there has been a positive monthly close for three consecutive months, "which has never happened in a crypto bear market." The average daily trading volume of $BMNR over the past 5 days is approximately $572 million, making it the 193rd most actively traded stock in the U.S.Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) disclosed in its 8-K on May 26 the asset changes from May 18-22: BTC holdings increased from 15,391 coins to 16,500 coins (a net increase of 1,109 coins), cash increased from $87.3M to $93.3M (+$6M), and STRC holdings increased from $49.8M to $50.1M; during the same period, Class A common stock increased by approximately 2.23 million shares (conversion of SATA preferred stock), and the total amount of SATA preferred stock increased by approximately 515,000 shares. Strive uses the issuance of SATA preferred stock as its main financing tool, continuing the systematic accumulation of BTC; the BTC yield from 2026 to date is approximately 18.4% (as of May 19).

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain address placed a limit buy order for ETH on Cowswap on April 20, with a price range of $1840.9 to $2076.38, totaling a value of $20.68 million. From early this morning until now, 3942.3 ETH have been traded from this buy order, with a transaction amount of $8.15 million and an average price of $2067. When the order was placed, the price of ETH was approximately $2276.

According to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin negative premium is currently at -0.1011%, falling to its lowest level since April. Analysis indicates that although Bitcoin has recently rebounded due to the easing situation in Iran, the recently expanding negative premium levels show that U.S. investors are accelerating their exit.

According to Globenewswire, cryptocurrency wallet provider Exodus Movement released its operational data report for April. After selling over a thousand Bitcoin reserves in the first quarter to fund the acquisition of a payment business, the company resumed increasing its holdings of BTC, ETH, and SOL in April, with positions growing compared to the end of March. It currently holds 629 BTC, 1,872 ETH, and 19,234 SOL.In addition, Exodus's transaction processing volume in April reached $347 million, with monthly active users remaining at 1.5 million, essentially unchanged from March.

Ionic Digital released an unaudited mining and operational update report for April 2026, disclosing that 20.45 bitcoins (BTC) were mined in April, a decrease of 27.1% compared to the previous month. The average daily hash rate was 1.51 EH/s, a month-on-month decrease of 26.2%, mainly due to the complete shutdown of its hosting facility in GXD, Oklahoma, which is currently out of operation.Currently, the company has only four mining sites in Midland still operating, which contributed all 20.45 BTC output in April. During the same period, global network hash rate decreased by 2.1%, but block output remained basically stable, with a month-on-month increase of 0.5%. In terms of finances, Ionic Digital maintained a zero-debt status, having not sold any BTC in April. As of April 30, the company held 2,836.4 BTC, an increase of approximately 19.9 BTC compared to the previous month.

Gate, a global leading digital asset trading platform, released its transparency report for April 2026. As the on-chain infrastructure continues to improve and capital efficiency increases, the synergy between on-chain trading, financial products, and payment scenarios has further enhanced, maintaining a steady upward trend in overall ecosystem activity.In terms of on-chain network, the number of transactions on Gate Layer exceeded 36.3 million, with a month-on-month growth of over 11%. The proportion of non-API trading on Perp DEX is close to 90%, reflecting a continued recovery in retail participation. On the capital and product side, the peak TVL of Yubibao approached $1.8 billion, the scale of on-chain earning products continues to grow, GUSD's scale has increased to over $190 million, and the crypto payment scenario has further extended into daily consumption through Gate Card, with the user base continuously rising.In addition, Gate has joined the Mastercard crypto partner program and is deepening cooperation around crypto cards, stablecoin payments, and cross-border settlements, promoting the accelerated integration of digital assets into the global mainstream payment system.The platform ecosystem is also continuously evolving, with approximately 2.5577 million GT tokens burned on-chain in the first quarter of 2026, with a destruction value exceeding $20.68 million. As of now, the cumulative burn of GT has exceeded 187 million tokens, accounting for about 62.46% of the initial supply.On the basis of adhering to the stable execution of the established burn plan, the long-term supply contraction trend of GT has become clearer, providing a foundation for its scarcity and value support. Gate is continuing to strengthen the integrity and global connectivity of its multi-asset financial infrastructure through the synergy of on-chain ecosystem expansion and asset management.

Global leading digital asset trading platform Gate released its transparency report for April 2026. As AI capabilities continue to iterate and the RWA asset system expands, the platform is accelerating its evolution towards a multi-asset financial infrastructure, further enhancing its collaborative trading capabilities across spot, derivatives, and tokenized assets.Currently, Gate has served over 53 million users, with more than 4,600 assets listed, and continues to expand its product matrix with TradFi and tokenized stocks, covering over 430 CFDs and more than 70 tokenized stocks. After the AI system completed its V3 upgrade, a unified entry architecture was formed among Web, App, Bot, and independent sites, and the newly launched in-depth research and intelligent push features will significantly enhance user trading and decision-making efficiency.At the same time, the platform continues to strengthen its global brand building and ecological influence. Gate has officially become the official sleeve sponsor of the Inter Milan U23 youth team and has held several large brand events in Hong Kong to celebrate its 13th anniversary, including the "Racing the Future" cross-border exhibition at Victoria Harbour, a blue carpet ceremony, and the GATE GALA anniversary dinner, attracting hundreds of industry representatives, media, and global users.Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han released an open letter during the 13th anniversary, participated in the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, and gave speeches and exchanges at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Han stated that infrastructure-driven development will become the core of industry competition in the next phase and proposed the concept of "Move Everything On-Chain." In the future, Gate will focus on building infrastructure capabilities, promoting deep integration of RWA, TradFi, DeFi, and AI, and accelerating the construction of a more unified and efficient global financial infrastructure system.

On-chain data analyst Murphy stated that the change in the relationship between cost basis and price behavior is one of the best perspectives for observing BTC forming a bottom structure, and the "1-3 month short-term holder cost basis" (1-3m_RP) is the most effective reference.The formation of each round of bear bottom structures is accompanied by a gradual shift in the short-term holder cost basis (1-3m_RP, yellow line). Taking previous cycles as examples: in 2015-2016, BTC oscillated around the short-term holder cost basis for a long time after first breaking through it; in 2019-2020, BTC strongly broke through the short-term holder cost basis and then entered a small bull market; in 2022-2023, BTC broke through the short-term holder cost basis, then retested it a second time, and after gaining support, rebounded again.Since BTC broke through on April 15, it has remained above the short-term holder cost basis. However, regardless of how the trend develops next, a bottom will eventually form, and BTC will break through the yellow line and inevitably turn. Analysts believe that the important thing is not to predict the specific trend, but to prepare in advance and allocate positions reasonably. The trends from previous years are only examples and not investment advice.

Gate released the private wealth management report for April 2026. The report indicates that the overall cryptocurrency market is showing a strong fluctuation due to the continuous inflow of ETF funds and expectations of interest rate cuts. In April, BTC and ETH rose approximately 11.9% and 7.3%, respectively. Among them, the net inflow of BTC ETF reached $2.44 billion in a single month, setting a new high in nearly six months, and the total management scale surpassed $100 billion for the first time, indicating a significant rebound in market risk appetite.In terms of product performance, the overall annualized return of Gate's private wealth USDT strategy is approximately 5.6%, continuing its steady performance. The "Interstellar Hedge (USDT)" has achieved a cumulative return of 18.2%, with all 22 cycles generating positive returns, achieving a win rate of 100%; the "Star Core Intelligent Investment (USDT)" has reached a maximum return rate of 9.5% in the past year; the "Gravitational Hedge (USDT)" has maintained a win rate of 100% for two consecutive years, with a maximum drawdown of only 0.01%, demonstrating outstanding risk control capability. Overall, the historical maximum drawdown of each strategy is generally controlled within 0.9%.Looking ahead, the report points out that the BTC RHODL ratio has risen to 4.5, the third highest level in history, while exchange reserves have fallen to a seven-year low, indicating an enhanced trend of long-term holding and continued supply contraction, with a generally optimistic outlook for the medium to long-term market.

According to Gate market data, the euro against the US dollar (EUR/USD) fell to 1.1652, reaching its lowest level since April 9.

The Gate Research Institute recently released the report "April 2026 Cryptocurrency Market Review," indicating that the cryptocurrency market in April showed an overall upward trend, with total market capitalization significantly higher than in March, and BTC and ETH ETF trading volumes maintaining high volatility. The report shows that the activity levels of major public chain ecosystems continue to diverge. Solana's daily trading volume remains in the range of approximately 90 million to 110 million transactions, continuing to lead.In terms of hot sectors, the report points out that Pokemon TCG RWA has become one of the fastest-growing sub-sectors of on-chain RWA and entered a secondary explosion phase in April. Major trading platforms saw monthly trading volumes exceed 220 million USD, with weekly revenue nearing 6 million USD at one point, setting a new historical high. Meanwhile, Aave experienced the most severe liquidity shock in its history in April, with TVL outflows reaching hundreds of billions of dollars within a few days, and net outflows for the entire month exceeding 9 billion USD.Regarding financing and security incidents, the Web3 industry completed a total of 51 financing rounds in April, with a total amount of approximately 834 million USD, with funds further concentrating in leading finance and infrastructure sectors. Among them, Payward ranked first for the month with 200 million USD in financing.On the security front, Web3 security incidents in April resulted in losses of approximately 306 million USD, a month-on-month increase of about 858%, primarily driven by a cross-chain infrastructure attack incident involving Kelp DAO, which amounted to about 293 million USD. The report believes that against the backdrop of market recovery, on-chain activity and capital liquidity have both increased, but the security risks of cross-chain infrastructure and high-leverage protocols still warrant ongoing attention.

According to Cointelegraph, the trading volume of the prediction market platform Polymarket saw a month-on-month decline in April, dropping about 8.9% compared to March, marking the first monthly decline since last August.According to Dune Analytics data, the total trading volume of Polymarket and its U.S. application in April exceeded $10.2 billion, down from $11.2 billion in March. In contrast, competitor Kalshi's trading volume increased significantly by 13% in April, reaching about $14.8 billion.Despite the decline in Polymarket's share, the total trading volume of the entire prediction market still grew from $26.5 billion in March to $29.8 billion in April, a month-on-month increase of 12.4%.