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Cointelegraph posted on the X platform that the governor of South Carolina has signed Bill S.163. The bill protects the self-custody rights of Bitcoin, prohibits discriminatory taxes on Bitcoin, and safeguards the rights of proof-of-work mining in the state.

GitHub has updated the details of the investigation into the unauthorized access incident of its internal repositories: GitHub detected and contained an incident yesterday involving an employee's device being compromised, which involved a maliciously implanted VS Code extension. GitHub removed the malicious extension, isolated the affected terminals, and immediately initiated an incident response. Current assessments show that only GitHub's internal repositories experienced data exfiltration, and the approximately 3,800 repositories claimed by the attackers are roughly consistent with the investigation results. GitHub has prioritized rotating critical credentials, is analyzing logs, verifying credential rotations, and monitoring subsequent activities, with a complete report to be released after the investigation is concluded.Additionally, Slow Mist's Chief Information Security Officer 23pds commented on this incident, stating: "By analyzing leaks from cybercrime forums, hackers may have used Anthropic's Mythos security AI to precisely breach GitHub's defenses and steal information from about 4,000 core internal repositories: including the source code for Copilot, the algorithms for CodeQL, the Actions runtime, and the entire billing system. Further analysis of this code could lead to subsequent attacks, having a profound security impact on the integration of the open-source community."

On-chain analyst Darkfost stated that the current loss amount of long-term Bitcoin holders (LTH) has reached 5.7 million coins, comparable to the bear market peak levels of 5.96 million in 2015, 5.8 million in 2019, and 6.8 million in 2022. Nevertheless, the current BTC price has dropped about 52% from its historical high, far lower than previous bear market declines, indicating that the losses are mainly concentrated among younger LTH groups, possibly due to a large number of transactions in the $80,000-$125,000 range.

According to token unlocking data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, Walrus (WAL) will unlock approximately 38.33 million tokens at 10:00 AM Beijing time on May 27, worth about 2.5 million USD.

The "whale" first set 10 big goals and closed the Bitcoin short position, making a profit of 12.61 million dollars.

According to a message posted by Aave founder Stani Kulechov on X, Aave V4 is being gradually launched in phases, introducing a brand new dual-layer isolation market architecture. This architecture separates collateral into independent Hubs, with each Hub further divided into Spokes, implementing selective cap control for liquidity sharing between the Spokes within each Hub.The initial market structure is organized around three Hubs: Prime, Core, and Plus, with more Hubs expected to be launched in subsequent phases. This architecture achieves more refined collateral isolation and liquidity supply management compared to Aave's previous market design. The phased launch allows Aave to progressively deploy V4 while continuously monitoring performance and risk parameters under the new market structure before a full launch.

According to Decrypt, digital asset market infrastructure provider Prometheum has officially completed its first batch of cryptocurrency transactions after nearly a decade of establishment and raising approximately $100 million, currently only supporting Ethereum transactions.Prometheum has been controversial in the industry for supporting the compliance path and regulatory stance of the U.S. SEC during Gary Gensler's tenure, and in 2023 became the first company to obtain a Special Purpose Broker-Dealer (SPBD) license from the U.S. SEC and FINRA, allowing it to custody digital asset securities under a federal regulatory framework. However, with Gary Gensler's departure, the U.S. SEC's withdrawal of lawsuits against companies like Coinbase, and the regulatory framework shifting to a more lenient model, the compliance and custody license advantages that Prometheum has built over the long term are being weakened.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), there is a significant divergence between bulls and bears in the current HYPE market. The whale address Loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) holds a 5x short position in HYPE with an unrealized loss of over 7 million dollars, while simultaneously opening a new 1 million dollar 3x long position in LIT, and continues to add to the position.

According to Bits.media, the Central Bank of Russia aims to prohibit Russian citizens from trading on cryptocurrency exchanges that comply with international sanctions. Ekaterina Lozgacheva, head of the Central Bank's Strategic Development Department, stated that the Central Bank plans to ban Russians from trading on foreign cryptocurrency exchanges that adhere to international sanctions. Russians can only trade cryptocurrencies on foreign platforms through Russian brokers, provided that these foreign platforms do not comply with international sanctions.The country's central bank will establish its own standards for foreign platforms that Russian brokers and investors can use. Lozgacheva noted that even trading cryptocurrencies abroad through Russian intermediaries is subject to foreign regulation, posing additional risks. The annual purchase limit for non-professional investors is set at 300,000 rubles, and they can only access the most liquid cryptocurrency assets through domestic brokers. A test must be completed before trading, and qualified investors are not subject to the limit but must also undergo testing. Relevant restrictions will be included in the second reading version of the draft "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law," with key provisions expected to take effect on July 1.

The open-source data visualization tool Grafana has released the latest progress on the investigation of the security incident on May 16. The investigation found that this incident was limited to the GitHub environment of Grafana Labs, including both public and private source code as well as internal GitHub repositories, and did not affect customer production systems, operations, or the Grafana Cloud platform. The downloaded content, in addition to the source code, also included some repositories used by the team for collaboration and storage of internal operational information and business details, involving business contact names and email addresses, rather than data from production systems or the cloud platform.Grafana Labs has made it clear that the codebase was downloaded but not tampered with, and currently, customers and open-source users do not need to take any action. The incident originated from a TanStack npm supply chain attack conducted through the Mini Shai-Hulud campaign. Grafana Labs detected malicious activity on May 11 and initiated an emergency response, but a credential was overlooked, allowing the attacker to gain access. After receiving a ransom demand on May 16, the company decided not to pay the ransom and has rotated automated credentials, implemented enhanced monitoring, audited all commits since May 11, and significantly strengthened GitHub security configurations. The company has notified federal law enforcement, and the investigation is ongoing.

According to Cointelegraph, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden stated that tokenization can reduce settlement costs, speed up processes, and promote competition, provided that trust and interoperability are ensured. Breeden emphasized that even in the context of private sector innovations such as tokenized deposits and regulated stablecoins, central bank money will remain the cornerstone of the monetary system. She mentioned that the Bank of England is working with industry, government, and regulators to build a framework that supports innovation without compromising financial stability.Breeden stated that, in addition to traditional bank deposits, people should also be able to make payments using tokenized deposits, regulated stablecoins, and retail central bank digital currencies, and that increased competition in technologies and business models will lower user costs and improve functionality. The Bank of England also proposed on Monday to extend the operating hours of its core settlement infrastructure to nearly 7x24 hours to support cross-border payments and securities settlement.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the "Spurs vs. Thunder" event, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Isaiah Hartenstein: Rebounds O/U 1.5" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 66.5% an hour ago to the current 49% (a fluctuation of 17.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, the Anchorage associated wallet address has withdrawn 121,099 HYPE from Bybit again, worth approximately 5.87 million dollars. In the past month, this address has accumulated the purchase and withdrawal of 2.34 million HYPE, with a total value of about 112 million dollars, which has now all been used for staking.

According to Jinshi News, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that a rate cut would only be appropriate if there are new developments in reducing inflation, provided that the labor market remains balanced.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the current policy interest rate is appropriate and continues to exert downward pressure on inflation.

According to Jin Shi's report, CME's "Fed Watch" shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged until June is 99%, and the probability of a cumulative rate cut of 25 basis points is 1%. By July, the probability of keeping interest rates unchanged is 84.4%, the probability of a cumulative rate cut of 25 basis points is 0.8%, and the probability of a cumulative rate increase of 25 basis points is 14.8%.

According to Jin Shi reports, ECB Governing Council member Kocher stated that if the situation of the Iran war does not improve, an interest rate hike is expected in June.

The financial report for the first quarter of 2026 released by the Zcash Foundation shows that as of March 31, the foundation's total current assets were approximately $36.7 million, with net current assets around $36.68 million. This includes about $12.11 million in cash (USD), 506,556 USDC, 85,412 ZEC (approximately $21.2 million), 41.8 BTC (approximately $2.85 million), and 12.02 ETH (approximately $25,000).In addition, the foundation's average monthly operating expenses for the first quarter were approximately $272,500, with the Protocol / Zebra project accounting for the highest proportion at 50.4%. Zcash Foundation Executive Director Alex Bornstein stated that the focus for Q2 will continue to advance the NU7 upgrade, Z3 technology stack development, and Zebra performance optimization.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost tweeted that the realized profits of BTC across the entire market have almost been completely wiped out. Data shows that the current weekly average realized profit is only about $1.7 billion, which is close to the lows seen at the end of the last bear market. When Bitcoin first broke through $72,000 in March 2024, the weekly realized profit exceeded $25 billion, nearly 15 times the current level. Darkfost pointed out that this reflects a significant redistribution of Bitcoin holdings over the past two years.