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According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $4.464 billion, with long positions totaling $2.171 billion, accounting for 48.62% of the holdings, and short positions totaling $2.294 billion, accounting for 51.38% of the holdings. The profit and loss for long positions is $69.4524 million, while the profit and loss for short positions is -$11 million.Among them, the whale address 0xa5b0..41 has a 15x leveraged long position on ETH at a price of $2265.48, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of $2.0164 million.

Decentralized USDD released its monthly transparency report for April 2026.The report shows that the total supply of USDD peaked at 1.558 billion in April, an increase of approximately 10.87% month-on-month; as of April 30, 2026, the total value of collateral assets reached 2.16 billion USD, with an overall collateralization rate maintained at 146% at the end of the month. Smart Allocator's cumulative earnings exceeded 16.24 million USD, with new monthly earnings of approximately 2.46 million USD.In addition, USDD achieved further optimization of its reserve structure this month, adding a WBTC Vault, which increased the proportion of non-endogenous collateral assets. At the same time, new MCP functionality and machine-readable documents for large language models (LLMs) were introduced to support the development of the AI Agent ecosystem.USDD officials stated that in the future, they will focus on strengthening stability, optimizing the earnings system, upgrading transparency, and expanding the ecosystem, and are committed to becoming a trusted stablecoin infrastructure in the AI Agent economy and decentralized finance scenarios.

According to official news, the total payment amount of Base in the first quarter of 2026 for x402 has exceeded 100 million USD. At the same time, Base accounts for over 90% of the on-chain Agentic stablecoin trading volume.

According to Coinglass data, the current 8-hour average funding rate for ETH across the network is 0.0039%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate on Binance is 0.0043%, OKX is 0.0064%, Bybit is 0.004%, and Gate is 0.0076%.

According to Coinglass data, the current 8-hour average funding rate for BTC across the network is -0.001%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate on Binance is -0.0038%, OKX is 0.0042%, Bybit is -0.0016%, and Gate is 0.0001%.

According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF has recorded six consecutive weeks of net inflows, marking the longest consecutive record since August 2025. This round of inflows has continued from the week of April 2 to this Friday, totaling $3.4 billion. The week of April 17 saw the strongest inflow at $996 million, while the most recent week had an inflow of $623 million, and the week of April 2 had the lowest inflow of only $22.34 million.The last longer consecutive record was a seven-week continuous inflow from June 13 to July 18, 2025, totaling approximately $7.57 billion. Notably, there was a pullback in the latter half of this week, with outflows of $278 million and $146 million on Thursday and Friday, respectively, after strong inflows of $532 million and $467 million on Monday and Tuesday. Regarding Ethereum ETFs, as of the week of May 8, there was a return to net inflows of $70.49 million, reversing the previous week's net outflow of $82.47 million.

Prediction market Kalshi announced a partnership with the sports venue Madison Square Garden, becoming its official prediction market partner. The sixth-floor concourse of Madison Square Garden will officially be renamed Kalshi Concourse, which is primarily used for merchandise sales, dining, and bars.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $4.531 billion, with long positions at $2.207 billion, accounting for 48.71% of the total holdings, and short positions at $2.324 billion, accounting for 51.29%. The profit and loss for long positions is $81.6361 million, while for short positions it is -$11.9 million.Among them, the whale address 0xa5b0..41 has a 15x leveraged long position on ETH at a price of $2265.48, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of $2.0004 million.

The decentralized stablecoin USDD has announced the launch of a VIP program aimed at providing exclusive value-added services for high-net-worth users and deeply engaged participants in the ecosystem. Members who join this program will periodically receive ecosystem benefits, including merchandise, gift packs, whitelist privileges, and will have access to in-depth strategic content, ecosystem and market analysis reports, as well as the opportunity to communicate directly with the official team.It is reported that this program is primarily targeted at users with a single account holding of 1 million or more USDD (or equivalent sUSDD). Eligible users can apply by sending a private message to the official X account @usddio, and after asset verification, they can join. Successfully inviting users to join will also yield corresponding rewards.

According to Jinshi reports, Bank of America’s latest forecast shows that the Federal Reserve will delay interest rate cuts until the second half of 2027, primarily due to high inflation levels and strong employment growth. Bank of America economists stated, "We no longer expect the Federal Reserve to cut rates this year." At the same time, they pointed out that multiple shock factors affecting the economy, including the Iran war, tariffs, and the rise of artificial intelligence, make predicting interest rate changes more difficult.

Former Singapore Navy personnel Zhang Rongxuan (35 years old, phonetic) was sentenced to six years and ten months in prison after stealing 1.7 million Tether (nearly 2.3 million Singapore dollars) from a friend's cold wallet, which he spent on luxury watches, gambling, and paying off a mortgage.It is reported that Zhang Rongxuan was a member of the Naval Diving Unit at the time of the incident, holding the rank of captain. After getting to know the victim, he also co-managed a non-fungible token trading platform with friends, which is affiliated with Upstairs Research Pte Ltd and owned by DiGi Selection Holdings Pte Ltd. After security companies tracked the cryptocurrency wallet, Zhang Rongxuan admitted that he committed the crime due to suffering significant losses from the collapse of the FTX exchange.

According to a Reuters report, Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, stated during her testimony in the Senate that the design work for Canada's stablecoin regulatory framework is fully underway and is expected to be launched in mid to late 2027.She noted that the previously planned target for early 2027 was rather ambitious.

According to market news, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company MARA Holdings has initiated a holder consent solicitation process regarding Long Ridge Energy's $600 million senior secured notes to amend the relevant covenant terms.MARA had previously signed an agreement on April 29 to acquire 100% of the parent company of Long Ridge. Since this transaction would trigger the "change of control" clause in the notes, it theoretically requires a cash buyback of all outstanding notes at 101% of the price. MARA is seeking the consent of the noteholders to exclude this transaction from the definition of "change of control" and to list MARA and its affiliates as "permitted holders."

According to Globenewswire, NASDAQ-listed company IREN announced its latest financial report and disclosed that it has signed an AI cloud contract with NVIDIA worth $3.4 billion. IREN will deploy air-cooled Blackwell GPU infrastructure for NVIDIA, with a contract duration of 5 years.The financial report also showed that IREN is accelerating its transition from Bitcoin mining to AI cloud business, with the construction of data centers related to the $9.7 billion contract with Microsoft progressing. As of April 30, IREN held $2.6 billion in cash, and its revenue for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $144.8 million, down from $184.7 million in the previous quarter, with a net loss of $247.8 million impacted by non-cash impairment related to the elimination of mining machines.

Bitcoin mining company DMG Blockchain has established a new subsidiary, DMG Infrastructure, for future artificial intelligence/high-performance computing (AIHPC) business operations, and plans to drive its data centers towards AI/HPC business transformation.DMG Blockchain also disclosed that it mined a total of 21 BTC in April, down from 23 BTC in March. As of the end of April, it holds 389 BTC, a decrease of 9 BTC from the previous month, with a current hash rate of 1.54 EH/s, down from 1.63 EH/s in March.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time May 8), the total net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $3.5747 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday was Blackrock Staked ETH ETF ETHB, with a single-day net inflow of $3.5747 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETHB has reached $82.7645 million.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $13.732 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (the market value as a percentage of the total market value of Ethereum) is 4.94%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $12.087 billion.

As the first CEX platform to connect with Polymarket, Gate's data shows that in the prediction event related to "What will the price of gold (GC) be by the end of June 2026," the overall market expectation remains relatively strong. Among these, the probability of the gold price exceeding $5,000 is 51%, the probability of exceeding $4,900 is 68%, and the probability of reaching $4,600 is about 80%; meanwhile, the probability of being below $4,500 is 55%. Overall, the market maintains a high level of attention on the medium to long-term trend of gold, with some divergence in capital expectations.Gate's performance in the Polymarket collaboration channel continues to lead, currently ranking in the top two, with a significant increase in user participation scale, reflecting the growing activity and depth of participation of platform users in the prediction market. Users can directly access the prediction market through the Gate App, entering the Polymarket page from the platform's homepage Alpha, and participate in event predictions using USDT in their exchange accounts. This integration marks a key step for Gate in merging the cryptocurrency trading ecosystem with the prediction market, providing users with a diversified market experience from expectation judgment to trading participation.

According to market news, since December 2025, more than 12 cryptocurrency and fintech companies have applied for or obtained national trust bank licenses from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), including Coinbase, Ripple, Circle, BitGo, as well as Morgan Stanley and Fidelity Digital Assets.Kraken's parent company Payward has also submitted an application to establish Payward National Trust Company, which will provide bank-grade cryptocurrency custody and trust services for institutional and individual clients. The OCC's auditor stated that new entrants into the federal banking sector are beneficial for consumers, the banking industry, and the economy, and the OCC will continue to provide pathways for traditional and innovative financial services. The national trust bank license allows companies to manage assets under a single federal regulation, reducing reliance on external banking partners. However, most companies are still in the conditional approval stage, with only Anchorage Digital Bank being the sole fully operational national trust bank.Another major unresolved issue is access to the Federal Reserve's payment infrastructure. Federal Reserve governors have indicated they are exploring ways to simplify account structures, but no formal framework has been established yet.

The People's Court of Haidian District, Beijing, disclosed a case involving virtual currency "box opening." The defendant illegally obtained citizens' personal information through encrypted communication tools and other channels, unlawfully acquiring over 900 million pieces of information data, building a "social engineering database" website storing over 170 million pieces of citizens' personal information, and profiting by selling it in exchange for virtual currency. Additionally, they used encrypted communication tools to establish a "box opening hang person" group to publish illegal information that infringes on privacy.The court sentenced the principal offender, Lin, to 7 years in prison for the crime of infringing on citizens' personal information and the crime of illegally using information networks, and imposed a fine of 70,000 yuan.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $4.515 billion, with long positions of $2.213 billion, accounting for 49.01% of the total holdings, and short positions of $2.302 billion, accounting for 50.99%. The profit and loss for long positions is $83.3248 million, while the profit and loss for short positions is -$11.8 million.Among them, the whale address 0xa5b0..41 has a 15x leveraged long position on ETH at a price of $2265.48, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of $1.9404 million.