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According to Token Terminal data, the tokenized platform xStocks has surpassed a total market capitalization of 100 million USD on Ethereum, growing by approximately 1000% year-to-date, primarily driven by STRCx.In addition, the asset market capitalization of xStocks on the BNB Chain has separately exceeded 30 million USD, mainly consisting of tokenized commodities such as copper, silver, platinum, and palladium.

Binance completed the contract swap for Chiliz fan tokens on the Chiliz Chain (CAP20) network at 10:30 on May 12, and has opened the deposit and withdrawal services for the new Chiliz fan tokens. The tokens have been swapped at a 1:1 ratio.

NEAR Intents announces an upgrade to its cross-chain exchange functionality, allowing users to directly exchange over 100 types of tokens for Zcash (ZEC) through a single transaction process.This upgrade is based on NEAR's intent-based infrastructure, abstracting complex backend routing logic to simplify the user experience for cross-chain interactions. By integrating Zcash into a broader exchange ecosystem, NEAR Intents targets users who wish to consolidate multiple token holdings into a single privacy-enhanced asset without needing to switch between multiple protocols or cross-chain bridges. This move demonstrates NEAR's ongoing commitment to advancing cross-chain interoperability through its Intents protocol.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $4.324 billion, with long positions at $2.129 billion, accounting for 49.24% of the total holdings, and short positions at $2.195 billion, accounting for 50.76%. The profit and loss for long positions is $40.2204 million, while for short positions it is -$72.5609 million.Among them, the whale address 0x6c85..f6 has taken a 20x leveraged long position on ETH at a price of $2265.44, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of $1.8022 million.

AI and Web3 travel platform Staynex has announced that it has agreed to acquire the AI-native enterprise travel software company Helix, with specific terms of the deal not yet disclosed. After the acquisition is completed, Helix founder Gus Fraser will join Staynex as Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO).It is reported that the Helix platform is primarily built around features such as conversational booking, real-time policy enforcement, expenditure visualization, and carbon emission reporting. Through this acquisition, Staynex's business landscape will officially expand from consumer travel services to the enterprise-level travel management sector, covering a complete operational stack including travel search, booking, compliance governance, and payment.Officials stated that the initial focus of the integration will be on Helix's conversational booking, policy engine, and sustainability reporting features. In the future, Staynex plans to apply Helix's core intelligent technology to its existing B2C AI travel assistant to enhance personalized itinerary planning and booking efficiency, and to accelerate the development of various business functions within the group towards an AI-native direction.

According to official news, Consensys submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stating that the SEC's latest interpretive framework for crypto assets may leave regulatory gaps, creating compliance uncertainty for self-custody wallet providers like MetaMask.Consensys requests that the SEC clarify through a targeted safe harbor or other exemption measures that self-custody, user-led interfaces that only support the trading of non-security crypto assets potentially attached to investment contracts do not need to register as broker-dealers.Consensys stated that this move aims to ensure that U.S. users can continue to use open, neutral peer-to-peer blockchain tools.

According to Coinglass data, the current 8-hour average funding rate for ETH across the network is 0.0021%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate on Binance is 0.004%, OKX is 0.0068%, Bybit is 0.0034%, and Gate is 0.0003%.

According to Coinglass data, the current 8-hour average funding rate for BTC across the network is -0.0034%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the funding rate for Binance is -0.0001%, OKX is -0.0056%, Bybit is 0.0016%, and Gate is -0.0076%.

CoW DAO announced that its domain registrar was subjected to a social engineering attack on April 14, during which the attacker briefly controlled the official domain for about 4.5 hours and directed users to a phishing website, thereby inducing them to sign malicious transactions. The project team emphasized that the CoW Protocol itself was not compromised, but some user assets were affected during that time window.In response to this incident, the CoW DAO community governance proposal CIP-86 has been approved, establishing a discretionary compensation fund to reimburse affected users for their losses. The official reminder states that eligible users must submit their claims by May 14, including affected wallet addresses, asset information, transaction hashes, and names, and apply via email at help@cow.fi, with the email subject clearly stating "Discretionary Grant Claim for".

Australia is considering significant reforms to its Capital Gains Tax (CGT) system, planning to replace the current 50% tax discount policy for long-term held assets with an "inflation-indexed" mechanism, covering investment categories such as cryptocurrencies and stocks. The current system allows individuals to be taxed only on 50% of the capital gains if they hold the asset for more than a year, a policy that has been in place since 1999.If the reform is implemented, investors will calculate their gains based on inflation-adjusted cost bases, which may lead to an increase in actual tax burdens during periods of rapid asset price increases. According to the proposal's logic, the new mechanism will only tax "real gains" (the portion after excluding the effects of inflation), but in a low-inflation environment, the indexed deduction may be lower than the current 50% discount, resulting in increased tax burdens for most investors. The impact on cryptocurrency investors is particularly pronounced.The current "hold to reduce tax" mechanism reinforces long-term holding (HODL) strategies, while the new proposal will weaken the advantage of time holding, significantly increasing the tax burden on unrealized gains during periods of high appreciation. The proposal is still in the discussion stage and is expected to face strong opposition from investor groups and the financial industry, with the focus of the controversy centered on the balance between capital formation efficiency and tax system fairness.

Ondo Finance announced that its subsidiary Ondo Global Markets has surpassed a total locked value (TVL) of $1 billion, becoming one of the fastest-growing tokenized stock and ETF platforms in the history of on-chain finance. Official data shows that the platform achieved this milestone in less than 8 months and currently holds over 70% of the tokenized stock market share, with a cumulative trading volume exceeding $18 billion and a user base reaching tens of thousands.Ondo Global Markets currently supports over 260 tokenized stocks and ETFs, covering several popular industries such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, defense, and energy, and has been deployed on multiple public chains including Solana, BNB Chain, and Ethereum. The project team stated that tokenized assets are rapidly expanding into more asset classes, with a growth rate that has surpassed the early stages of stablecoins and tokenized U.S. Treasuries, reflecting a structural change in the way global capital markets are accessed.

According to Coinglass data, the current 8-hour average funding rate for ETH across the network is 0.0025%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate on Binance is 0.0033%, OKX is 0.0052%, Bybit is 0%, and Gate is 0.0029%.

According to Coinglass data, the current 8-hour average funding rate for BTC across the network is 0.0008%. Among the current mainstream exchanges, the rate for Binance is 0.0045%, OKX is 0.001%, Bybit is 0.0019%, and Gate is -0.0015%.

According to GlobeNewswire, IREN announced plans to issue $2 billion of convertible senior notes due in 2033, and grant initial purchasers an additional option to purchase up to $300 million. The notes are unsecured senior debt, expected to mature in December 2033, with proceeds partially used for capped call hedging transactions and the remainder for general corporate purposes and working capital.At the same time, IREN also plans to simultaneously unwind part of the capped call hedging positions related to the convertible bonds maturing in 2029 and 2030. The company stated that hedging institutions may engage in derivative and spot trading around IREN stock, which could affect the stock price and the initial conversion price of the new notes.Previously, IREN has become one of the most aggressive companies in the U.S. stock market in expanding AI data center and Bitcoin mining infrastructure, and this large-scale financing may further enhance its capital expenditure and expansion capabilities.

According to The Block, Rob Nichols, the CEO of the American Bankers Association (ABA), sent a letter to bank executives on Sunday evening urging them to contact senators to further tighten the provisions related to stablecoin rewards before the Senate Banking Committee's markup vote on Thursday.Nichols warned that the current draft fails to effectively prevent crypto companies from offering "interest-like rewards" to users, which could lead to significant outflows of bank deposits, threatening economic growth and financial stability.The current draft, negotiated by Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Thom Tillis, prohibits paying interest or returns to users holding stablecoins but allows rewards linked to real activities or transactions, a provision that has received support from Coinbase. The banking industry groups believe that the related exceptions contain loopholes that could be exploited and jointly sent a letter on May 8 to Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Democrat Elizabeth Warren, requesting technical revisions to the wording of the provisions.

According to Gate market data, at the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.12%, the S&P 500 index fell by 0.16%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 0.44%. AI chip stocks showed mixed trends, with Qualcomm rising nearly 6%, Intel rising nearly 5%, and Nvidia falling by 0.3%.

Binance released its latest security report, addressing the current industry situation of rapidly spreading AI scams. The platform has deployed over 24 AI security programs and equipped more than 100 AI models to build an intelligent defense system against various types of cryptocurrency fraud.Statistics show that from early 2025 to the first quarter of 2026, Binance has protected over 5.4 million users and intercepted potential fund losses of $10.53 billion. In Q1 2026, the platform successfully intercepted 22.9 million scam and phishing attacks, protecting user funds amounting to $1.98 billion, with an average of over 9,600 real-time risk alerts pushed daily, and a total of 36,000 malicious on-chain addresses blacklisted.The report pointed out that deepfakes, voice cloning, and phishing bots have become mainstream scam tactics, with the overall scale of cryptocurrency fraud reaching $17 billion in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 30%. In terms of risk control, Binance's AI system handles 57% of fraud detection work, reducing the credit card fraud rate to 60%-70% of the industry average; it has upgraded AI anti-counterfeiting KYC reviews, with review efficiency improved by up to 100 times.The AI trading tool Binance Ai Pro uses an isolated account structure, only allowing trading permissions and prohibiting withdrawals, with the platform intercepting 12% of high-risk third-party AI plugins. Additionally, in 2025, Binance assisted in recovering $12.8 million in scammed funds, handled 48,000 cases, and collaborated with law enforcement to freeze $131 million in illegal assets.

According to Coinglass data, the current holdings of whales on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $4.282 billion, with long positions at $2.087 billion, accounting for 48.75% of the holdings, and short positions at $2.195 billion, accounting for 51.25%. The profit and loss for long positions is $42.3485 million, while for short positions it is -$78.44 million.Among them, the whale address 0xa5b0..41 has taken a 15x leveraged long position on ETH at a price of $2265.48, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of $2.5684 million.