base

According to The Block, Coinbase will launch several perpetual-style stock index futures contracts on June 8 through its CFTC-regulated derivatives platform. These contracts include the Tech100 (TEK), which tracks the top 100 companies on Nasdaq, as well as three thematic contracts corresponding to AI, defense (national security), and the Chinese market.Among them, the AI thematic contract is based on the AI10 index, with major components including Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Oracle, Palantir, and others; the Chinese thematic contract (CHN) tracks 10 American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) of Chinese companies, with major components including Alibaba, Baidu, JD.com, and others.

Web3 fintech startup Jia announced the completion of a $3 million seed round financing, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Stellar Development Foundation, A100x Ventures, TCG, and Hashed Emergent. So far, Jia has raised a total of $7.3 million.Jia currently operates multiple decentralized lending pools and introduces liquidity through networks such as Base, Stellar, Arbitrum, and Polygon, while using stablecoins for cross-border settlements to reduce the cost and time of cross-border remittances. The new funding will be used to expand features such as business bank accounts and cash flow management.

Crypto financial infrastructure Cycles announced the completion of a $6.4 million seed round financing, led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Compound VC, Primitive Ventures, and others. After this round of financing, the total amount raised has reached $8.7 million.The company aims to build a private clearing network for the crypto market and seeks to enhance capital utilization through a "clearing network" mechanism, achieving multi-party net settlement through zero-knowledge proofs and trusted execution environments, thereby reducing counterparty risk and minimizing liquidity consumption.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has now launched the U-based 10000NEX perpetual contract, supporting up to 20x leverage, and the contract trading bot will be opened simultaneously.In addition, you can participate in the NEX CandyBomb event. New contract users who complete net deposits and trading tasks can earn up to 20 million NEX individually, with a total prize pool of 2 billion NEX. The event ends on May 28 at 20:00 (UTC+8), and more details can be found on the Bitget official platform.

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.

The tokenized securities settlement platform Seturion, part of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange Group, is collaborating with Société Générale, its cryptocurrency subsidiary SG-Forge, and online broker flatexDEGIRO to build a blockchain-based securities settlement system in Europe.Société Générale will issue tokenized structured securities on its Seturion platform, such as Turbo warrants and investment certificates. SG-Forge, which holds a crypto asset market license issued by French regulators, will use its CoinVertible euro and dollar stablecoins EURCV and USDCV for transaction settlement. Meanwhile, flatexDEGIRO will connect the platform to its European retail channels for tokenized securities trading.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, approximately 667 BTC (about $51.556 million) were transferred out of Coinbase Institutional and into an unknown wallet.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced that it will officially launch the GEVUSDT and URNMUSDT U-based perpetual contract trading pairs today at 21:30 Beijing time (13:30 UTC).It is reported that the newly launched contract trading pairs support full margin, cross margin, and split margin modes, and users can experience trading through SuperEx's web and app platforms.

Binance updated the funding rate for the SPCXUSDT U-based Pre-IPO perpetual contract to 0% on May 21, 2026, at 16:00. If the funding rate for this contract remains at 0% on May 22, 2026, at 00:00, Binance will notify separately. Users holding open positions are advised to reassess their hedging strategies.

The Binance contract will launch the SPCXUSDT U-based Pre-IPO perpetual contract on May 21, 2026, at 12:45, with a maximum leverage of up to 5 times. This contract will be issued by the Binance RCH clearing program, and users can pay attention to subsequent announcements for more information.

According to official news, Coinbase announced that it will launch spot trading for Nexus (NEX), and the NEX deposit function will be available after the issuer of Nexus opens the transfer function.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock deposited 4,986 BTC and 28,081 ETH into Coinbase, valued at $386.2 million and $59.8 million, respectively.

According to GMGN monitoring, the Base ecosystem token GITLAWB rose by 30% within 1 hour, reaching a market cap high of $37.5 million, currently reported at $36.6 million, with a 24-hour increase of 39% and a trading volume of approximately $3.3 million during the same period.ChainCatcher reminds users that on-chain trading is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and speculative concepts, and investors should be aware of the risks.

According to Arkham monitoring, the U.S. government transferred 319 ETH, 643,000 DAI, and 290,000 USDT from the seized funds of FTX Alameda to Coinbase Prime.

Coinbase announced that it will add MetaDAO (META) and Derive (DRV) to the asset listing roadmap.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the U.S. government sent 319 ETH (approximately $673,000) and $933,774 worth of USDT, DAI, and USDC from the seized funds of FTX Alameda to Coinbase.

On May 18, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) stating that the agency has improperly granted national trust charters to at least nine cryptocurrency companies since December 2025. Elizabeth Warren pointed out that the businesses these companies plan to engage in exceed the limited functions allowed by law for national trust banks, essentially attempting to circumvent the fundamental protections and obligations of banking through crypto banking. It is reported that the companies that have received or conditionally approved include Ripple, Circle, Paxos, Fidelity, BitGo, Coinbase, Stripe's subsidiary Bridge, and Crypto.com. The American Bankers Association urged the OCC in February to slow down the approval of related licenses, and Elizabeth Warren warned that this move would weaken consumer protections and pose regulatory arbitrage risks.

Centralized exchanges Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini urged U.S. Senate lawmakers to remove specific provisions in the Digital Asset Market Structure Bill. The provision restricts trading platforms from listing tokens that are susceptible to market manipulation. The exchanges submitted amendments requesting the removal of this restriction, arguing that this regulatory standard, derived from traditional commodity futures, would hinder the listing of low liquidity small tokens on compliant exchanges and limit industry innovation.