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Aave announced that its bug bounty program has been updated to better align rewards with the risk status of each part of the ecosystem and to simplify the review process. The maximum reward for critical vulnerability fixes for Aave V4 and Core Aave V3 has now been increased fivefold.

Democratic Senator Jack Reed stated at the CLARITY bill hearing that Iran is using cryptocurrency to procure sensitive goods, and the drones they are acquiring are wreaking havoc in the Persian Gulf. Moreover, most of this funding has turned into stablecoins. If we truly support our military, we should cut off their (Iran's) funding sources.

Aave officially announced an update to its bug bounty program to better match the risk characteristics of various parts of the ecosystem and simplify the review process. According to the latest adjustments, the bounty cap for critical bugs in Aave V4 and Core Aave V3 has been increased to five times the original amount.Aave Labs also proposed a reorganization of the bounty framework, placing different subsystems under the management of platforms such as Immunefi, Sherlock, and Cantina. The core components such as Core Aave V3, V2, and GHO will continue to be managed by Immunefi; Aave V4 and Aave App Stack will transition to Sherlock; and Aave V3 on Aptos will be managed by Cantina.

On-chain detective ZachXBT has released a lengthy article exposing the LAB project and its founder (@vsadkovv), accusing the LAB token's circulation and distribution of being very opaque.ZachXBT stated that Coingecko, RootData, and CMC all reported different circulation figures for LAB, and the official team has not clearly disclosed the token distribution. There is a significant overlap between investors and trading platforms, and most critically: insiders likely control over 95% of the tokens, leaving retail investors completely unaware of the true circulation situation.Additionally, the LAB team unilaterally changed the public sale lock-up period from 3 months to 9 months, while also defaulting on marketing fees, providing special treatment to KOLs and whales, and requiring them to post promotional content. The founder has mixed project funds with personal accounts, with a large amount of funds going directly into trading platform recharge addresses. Insiders can sell off tokens without retail investors being aware at all. ZachXBT calls for trading platforms to conduct a thorough investigation and delist or freeze the related funds.

Delphi Digital published a report stating that the variable rate Series A perpetual preferred stock STRC of Strategy has an authorized issuance limit of approximately $28.3 billion. If this value is reached without expanding the limit, the accumulation rate of Bitcoin by Strategy may slow down.On Monday, Strategy purchased 535 Bitcoins for $43 million, with most of the funds raised through the sale of Class A common stock MSTR. Currently, Strategy's market net asset value is 1.25 times. Researchers pointed out that when mNAV is low, Strategy uses STRC as the main accumulation tool, and if mNAV expands, it may acquire Bitcoin through the sale of MSTR. Strategy has a cash reserve of $2.25 billion, and the next significant cash obligation will mature in September 2027.

Arbitrum official announcement, the x402 protocol under Coinbase is now live on the Arbitrum network, allowing developers to enable AI agents to directly use stablecoins to pay for APIs, services, and software fees. The x402 protocol is named after the unused HTTP 402 "Payment Required" status code, which allows websites, APIs, and AI bots to request and receive instant micropayments through blockchain and traditional payment channels.The protocol is managed as an open standard by the x402 Foundation under the Linux Foundation and has the support of over 20 institutions and crypto companies, including Cloudflare, Stripe, AWS, Google, Visa, Base, Circle, and the Solana Foundation.

According to The Information, the IPO process of AI chip company Cerebras Systems has once again attracted market attention, with key beneficiaries including Foundation, well-known venture capital firm Benchmark, and OpenAI.Cerebras has long been seen as a potential competitor to Nvidia, dedicated to developing ultra-large-scale AI chips, but its commercialization process has faced setbacks. The company withdrew its IPO prospectus in 2025, causing its listing plans to stall for a time. However, as the AI infrastructure boom continues to heat up, the market is refocusing on its potential listing value and early investor returns. Early investment firms, including Benchmark, as well as OpenAI, which has a partnership with the company, may gain substantial benefits from Cerebras' future listing.

TownSquare, focused on institutional yield and cross-chain lending brokerage services, announced the launch of a $100 million USD1 token liquidity program. This initiative aims to promote institutional yield and cross-chain returns to more users through institutional yield strategies using the USD1 stablecoin from the World Liberty Financial platform.Previously, TownSquare collaborated with the World Liberty Financial DeFi team to introduce the USD1 token to the high-performance EVM chain Monad and received official incentives from the Monad Foundation. The team officially stated that this new liquidity program marks TownSquare's ongoing commitment to expanding the application of DeFi and bringing institutional strategy yields to more assets. Currently, the project's official website has launched cross-chain lending functionality, and the yield-generating product is in an upcoming state.According to official information, the project has previously completed a round of financing supported by Monad, a16z, Aptos, Solana Bonk, as well as other angel investors and a number of VCs from Europe and America. The team consists of founders with backgrounds from Coinbase, Meta, Accenture, and market makers. Information about the project's new round of financing has not yet been announced.

USDC issuer Circle announced further deepening of its cooperation with Hyperliquid, becoming the technical deployment partner for USDC on Hyperliquid and positioning USDC as an Aligned Quote Asset. Hyperliquid, as a high-performance on-chain trading platform, is expanding from perpetual contracts to outcome-based markets, with USDC continuing to serve as the primary collateral and quote asset to support liquidity, collateral management, and cross-chain capital flows.Circle is responsible for providing reliable minting, redemption, and cross-chain transfer infrastructure, allowing USDC to play a more central role in new markets. Circle also announced an increase in financial investment in the Hyperliquid ecosystem: following the initial purchase of HYPE tokens in September 2025, it has staked an additional 500,000 HYPE tokens, further aligning the interests of both parties and moving towards becoming a validator.

On-chain detective ZachXBT has released a lengthy article exposing the LAB project and its founder (@vsadkovv). The LAB token has surged to a $6 billion FDV, but the situation is very opaque.The team was founded by Vova Sadkov and Mark, whose previous Eesee project left many investors dissatisfied. Currently, the circulation data for LAB is chaotic, with Coingecko, RootData, and CMC reporting different circulation figures. The official team has not clearly disclosed the token distribution, and there is a significant overlap between investors and trading platforms. Most critically, insiders likely control over 95% of the tokens, leaving retail investors completely unaware of the true circulation situation.Additionally, the LAB team unilaterally changed the public sale lock-up period from 3 months to 9 months, while also defaulting on marketing fees, providing special treatment to KOLs and whales, and requiring them to post promotional content. The founder has mixed project funds with personal accounts, with large amounts of money directly entering the trading platform's recharge address. Insiders can sell off tokens without retail investors being aware.On-chain data shows that insiders recently withdrew over 100 million LAB from trading platforms, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, using tactics similar to those seen in previously manipulated projects. ZachXBT calls for trading platforms to conduct a thorough investigation and delist or freeze related funds. Furthermore, ZachXBT specifically states: this is not a short-selling recommendation. With such high supply control, short-selling instead becomes fuel.

According to a report by Reuters citing sources, the United States has approved 10 Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent, and JD.com, to purchase Nvidia H200 AI chips. Alibaba, Tencent Holdings, and JD.com saw significant intraday gains in Hong Kong stocks due to expectations, but after the related positive news materialized, Tencent has now given back most of its gains, while JD.com remains at a high level.Hyperinsight monitoring shows that on-chain, among the traditional market contracts currently supported by Hyperliquid, BABA (Alibaba mapped contract) is the only option among the relevant targets. This contract surged 11% last night and this morning, then slightly retreated about 4% during the day, currently reported at $140, with a 24-hour trading volume recently surpassing $12 million for the first time. A trader from Hyperliquid preemptively positioned, going long on 2,000 BABA contracts with 10x leverage over the past two days, at an average price of $137, with a position size of about $280,000, currently recording a floating profit of 24.5%.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale opened a long position of 1.79 million TON with 2x leverage, worth approximately 4 million USD.

According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX officially launched the 2026 Global Creator Recruitment Campaign on May 14, inviting external KOLs, community operators, live streamers, and trading experts to join the Huobi HTX creator ecosystem. It offers exclusive benefits such as a 60% permanent invitation commission, 100% return on live stream rewards, and a monthly content mining competition. The first 200 creators who successfully settle in will also receive double traffic support.In addition, from May 14, 0:00 to June 14, 24:00 (UTC+8), the platform will simultaneously launch a new creator invitation trading ranking competition, with a total prize pool of up to 5500 USDT. During the event, newly settled creators will be ranked based on the number of effective new users they invite. If the total trading volume of the invited users reaches the specified threshold during the event, they will receive corresponding rewards, with the champion enjoying a grand prize of 1500 USDT.

According to CryptoQuant data, the unrealized profit margin for Bitcoin traders has risen to 17.7%, the highest level since June 2025.

The Compound Foundation stated that, after closely collaborating with the Aave and KelpDAO teams, the relevant positions of the rsETH exploiters in WETH and wstETH Comet have all been liquidated over the weekend, and all rsETH held by the attackers has been transferred to DeFi United. Compound noted that the swift action effectively mitigated market risks and protected the safety of the protocol's suppliers and reserve funds.Compound also updated that the transfer restrictions for Ethereum WETH and wstETH Comet have now been lifted, and all Comet markets have resumed normal operations. The protocol stated that the top priority remains ensuring the overall safety of the platform and thanked the Aave and KelpDAO teams for their collaboration during the incident handling process.

The Compound Foundation stated that, after close collaboration with the Aave and KelpDAO teams, the relevant positions of the rsETH exploiters in WETH and wstETH Comet have all been closed over the weekend, and all rsETH held by the attackers has been transferred to DeFi United.Compound stated that the quick action effectively mitigated market risks and protected the safety of the protocol's suppliers and reserve funds. Compound also updated that the transfer restrictions for Ethereum WETH and wstETH Comet have now been lifted, and all Comet markets have returned to normal operation. The protocol stated that the top priority remains ensuring the overall safety of the platform and thanked the Aave and KelpDAO teams for their collaborative efforts during the incident handling process.

According to a report by Reuters, the United States has approved the sale of Nvidia H200 AI chips to about 10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance, but no chips have been delivered yet, and the related transactions are at a standstill.The report pointed out that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined the delegation during President Trump's visit to China, trying to promote the sale of H200 chips in China. The U.S. Department of Commerce has also approved some distributors, such as Lenovo and Foxconn, to directly purchase and resell the chips. However, due to strict security, usage, revenue sharing, and legal restrictions imposed by the U.S. on H200 exports, there are conflicts with China's supply chain security policies, leading to stricter order approvals.

According to Jinshi Data, just weeks after Samsung Electronics' market value surpassed the trillion-dollar mark, SK Hynix is also poised to enter this trillion-dollar market value club. Thanks to strong demand in the artificial intelligence sector, South Korea has become the core area of this round of AI boom in Asia. After achieving an astonishing 274% increase in 2025, SK Hynix's stock price has further soared over 200% this year.Once SK Hynix follows Samsung in crossing the trillion-dollar market value threshold, South Korea will become the first market outside the United States to have more than two companies with a market value exceeding one trillion dollars. "The current market trend is mainly driven by 'fear of missing out' (FOMO) sentiment, especially among AI-related concept stocks in Japan and South Korea, where this sentiment is particularly evident," said Fabien Yip, a market analyst at Sydney IG Group.

According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin company Nakamoto announced its quarterly financial report, showing a 500% quarter-over-quarter revenue growth, but a net loss of $238.8 million, primarily impacted by a $107.7 million non-cash impairment related to pre-acquisition options and an unrealized loss of $102.5 million from its holding of 5,058 bitcoins.Of Nakamoto's revenue, over $1.1 million came from its new Bitcoin treasury and derivatives strategy, $800,000 from its media business, $500,000 from healthcare, and $200,000 from asset management services. The company completed its acquisition of Bitcoin news agency BTC Inc. and investment platform UTXO Management in February, which contributed to some of its revenue. The company did not purchase any bitcoins in the first quarter but sold 284 bitcoins on March 31 for operating expenses.Nakamoto's stock price has fallen over 99% this year, with a slight increase of 2.7% to $0.18 in after-hours trading. The company plans to fully divest its healthcare business by the end of the second quarter and utilize its Bitcoin holdings to develop derivative strategies for generating revenue.