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The cryptocurrency wallet service provider Exodus, listed on the US stock market, announced its operational data for May, revealing that it increased its holdings by 27 bitcoins last month, bringing its total bitcoin holdings to 656; it also increased its holdings by 1,439 SOL, with the current SOL holdings reaching 20,673, but reduced its holdings by 439 ETH, decreasing its Ethereum holdings to 1,433. In addition, Exodus processed $383 million in cryptocurrency transactions in May, up from $347 million in April, with monthly active users reaching 1.5 million, unchanged from the end of April.

Grayscale Research's latest report shows that Aave, as the leading protocol in the DeFi lending space, currently has a reasonable valuation range for the AAVE token of $80 to $100.The report points out that Aave's protocol revenue is expected to grow more than 6.6 times from 2023 to 2025, with an operating profit margin of about 50%, and there is still room for further improvement as the scale expands. The Aave DAO treasury has reached a maximum of $360 million, providing ample capital for the protocol's development.Grayscale believes that the current price of AAVE at around $75 implies an annualized growth rate of about 9% over the next 10 years, which is a relatively conservative expectation. If Aave can achieve an annualized growth rate of 25%, the corresponding price could reach $227; if it reaches 35%, it could reach $444.However, the report also emphasizes that Aave's future performance will still depend on the competitive landscape of DeFi lending, regulatory clarity, and the advancement of stablecoin and RWA tokenization businesses.

According to Coindesk, Bittensor developers have submitted a new proposal called "Root Reborn," which aims to change the revenue distribution mechanism for Root network stakers.Currently, the revenue for Root network stakers is paid by selling subnet tokens for TAO, which continues to create selling pressure on subnet tokens. The new proposal will allow validators to actively choose a combination of supported subnets and reinvest the revenue originally intended for sale into these subnets, forming a basket of assets that compounds over time.This move will convert the ongoing selling pressure into net buying demand for subnet tokens, while transforming validators from passive revenue channels into active selectors similar to fund managers. Stakers will still receive revenue and can exchange subnet assets for TAO at any time.The proposal has currently only been submitted to the testnet and has not yet been deployed to the mainnet. It is reported that TAO has dropped 28% in the past 12 months, and the current annualized yield for Root network staking is approximately 17%.

According to official news, Lighter stated that since the Token Generation Event (TGE), the protocol has programmatically repurchased 15 million LIT tokens, accounting for approximately 6% of the current circulating supply.

Ionic Digital released the mining and operations update for May 2026. The data shows that the company mined a total of 24.77 bitcoins that month, a month-over-month increase of 21.1%; the average daily hash rate was 1.74 EH/s, a month-over-month improvement of 15.3%, mainly driven by the improvement in capacity and operational performance at the Midland mining area.

Bitcoin continues to be under pressure amid macro uncertainty and institutional funds' wait-and-see sentiment, with prices hovering around $64,500, down about 2% for the day. The market is awaiting the results of the Federal Reserve FOMC meeting, which will be chaired by Kevin Warsh for the first time, with widespread expectations that interest rates will remain unchanged in the range of 3.5% to 3.75%. Analysts point out that the focus of this meeting has shifted from "whether to cut interest rates" to "policy path and inflation signals." Current U.S. inflation is still considered to be at a near three-year high, and changes in energy prices and geopolitical situations have kept the market cautious about future policy directions. On-chain and institutional pressure is showing synchronized signs.Concerns surrounding Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) continue to ferment, with its preferred stock STRC dropping to $91.79 on June 16, over 8% below its par value of $100, seen as a signal of weakened corporate Bitcoin buying power. Although the spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a net inflow of about $10.1 million on June 16, with BlackRock's IBIT contributing the main increment, the scale of funds is still significantly lower than in previous phases, indicating limited buying momentum. Market research firms Bitfinex and QCP point out that Bitcoin's recent rebound is more of a "technically driven recovery due to exhausted selling pressure," rather than driven by new demand.In the derivatives market, implied volatility for options has risen, and skew has shifted towards bearish protection, indicating that traders are pricing in tail risks. In terms of price structure, Bitcoin is currently considered to be oscillating in the range of $60,000 to $68,000. If the Federal Reserve signals a more hawkish stance or institutional buying weakens further, it may pull back to the $62,000 to $63,000 range. Overall, the current market presents a combination structure of "macro waiting + institutional marginal weakening + enhanced derivatives defense," with the short-term direction still relying on FOMC policy signals and the situation of ETF and corporate funds flowing back in.

DeFi structured protocol Thetanuts Finance issued a statement in response to the security incident involving its Vault. Preliminary investigations indicate that the relevant Vault is an old version contract that was deprecated and migrated years ago, and it is not associated with any currently running contracts or products. Further details are still under investigation, and a complete post-incident analysis report will be released once more information is available.Earlier reports suggested that Thetanuts Finance may have suffered an attack, with preliminary estimates of losses around $2.1 million.

Plasma announced that the native digital banking application for stablecoins, Plasma One, is officially launched. Users who join within the next 7 days can receive a Core level for free in the first year, valued at over $1000.Plasma stated that users can currently download Plasma One on iOS and create an account, with the Android version launching this month. In addition, the Plasma One platinum card will be available to XPL holders, allowing users to earn up to 10% cashback in categories such as AI and aviation.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction event "San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves" on Polymarket, the "Over" option in the sub-market "O/U 7.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in its win rate, soaring from 57.5% an hour ago to the current 92% (a fluctuation of 34.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The Kanoo family heir Abdulla Kanoo is pushing to migrate a cross-border trade market worth approximately $60 trillion to blockchain infrastructure. Currently, cross-border payments still heavily rely on traditional correspondent banking systems, resulting in long settlement cycles, limited liquidity, and uneven access to US dollars.Kanoo stated that ARP Digital, a digital asset infrastructure company he co-founded, is building a settlement network aimed at facilitating the flow of funds between emerging economies, with the goal of reducing cross-border payment costs and reliance on intermediaries, and accelerating trade financing in the "Global South." According to his estimates, trade between emerging markets will exceed $60 trillion by 2024, accounting for about a quarter of global trade, and is expected to grow to $32 trillion by 2030.

According to The Block, cryptographic technology company Zama, DeFi lending protocol Morpho, and Steakhouse Financial announced a joint launch of the Steakhouse Confidential USDC Prime vault.It is reported that this is the first DeFi yield product for privacy stablecoins on Ethereum. This product allows users to directly deposit privacy token cUSDC, which has been fully homomorphically encrypted (FHE) by Zama, into the Morpho vault to earn yields.

According to The Block, the High Court of Australia unanimously ruled that the fixed income digital asset product Earner launched by Block Earner is classified as a regulated financial product, and providing this product requires holding an Australian financial services license. The court supported the appeal of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and overturned the previous ruling by the lower court that was more favorable to Block Earner.

According to monitoring by Ai Yi, a16z affiliated entities have withdrawn 88,350 HYPE from major exchanges in the past half hour, worth approximately 6.4 million dollars.Since 2026, this entity has reportedly accumulated 7.335 million HYPE, totaling about 340 million dollars, with an average price of 46.46 dollars, currently showing an unrealized profit of approximately 193 million dollars.

The High Court of Hebei Province, China, released typical cases of combating illegal fundraising. A man packaged an investment project with the concept of "metaverse" to promote the virtual goods investment project of the "Newmateworks" platform under the "Yishang United Community" to the public, inducing the public to participate in the investment. He directly introduced 19 investors who invested a total of 15.3936 million yuan, of which 1.1014 million yuan has been returned, while 14.2922 million yuan has not been returned. The court found that this case used emerging technology concepts such as "metaverse" as a cover to implement fraudulent marketing, violating national financial management laws and regulations, with a huge amount involved. The behavior constituted the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits, and he was sentenced to five years and four months in prison and fined.

Binance Co-CEO He Yi responded by stating that CZ has not participated in Binance's operations at all since 2023, and Aster is one of the BNB Chain projects invested by Binance Labs, with CZ serving as its advisor. He Yi also questioned the other party, "Have you ever thought about where the conclusion comes from?"

According to The Block, leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives jointly released an updated version of the "21st Century Housing Road Act," confirming that the two chambers have reached a bipartisan agreement. The core content of the bill focuses on housing affordability reform, including expanding housing supply and limiting market monopolies by corporate landlords. Notably, an additional clause in the bill explicitly prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing or creating CBDCs and any "substantially similar" digital assets before December 31, 2030, a clause driven by House Republicans. The Trump administration has consistently held this position, with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin previously stating that CBDCs are "not under consideration." The bill will first undergo procedural voting in the Senate and is expected to be submitted to the House for review after Congress reconvenes, and then sent to the President for signing.

According to the official announcement, Binance Wallet has launched the Web3 API, which is a comprehensive set of API endpoints that allows developers, institutions, and advanced on-chain traders to access on-chain trading and market data through a single integrated programming interface.The API supports multiple chains (including Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Plasma, Arbitrum, Polygon, Base, Monad, Optimism, Linea, and Solana), providing real-time market data, aggregated exchange quotes, and on-chain trading execution capabilities.Key features include: market data API (real-time token prices, K-line data), trading API (aggregated quotes, token exchanges, built-in MEV protection), non-custodial architecture (does not hold private keys, user local signing), and enterprise-level reliability.Currently, there are zero service fees and zero slippage fees, with all price improvements returned to users. This API is suitable for developers building DApps, on-chain trading bots, and AI agents.

As the final deadline for the European MiCA regulatory transition period approaches, BitGo, regulated by Germany's BaFin, announced that its Crypto-as-a-Service platform provides a more convenient MiCA compliance pathway for European crypto businesses, eliminating the need to build an independent compliance operation from scratch. Companies only need to connect their existing wallets to the BitGo wallet system and complete KYC work that meets MiCA requirements, allowing customer assets to be stored in compliant segregated custody accounts. Meanwhile, companies can still apply for their own CASP license in parallel.In terms of costs, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe stated that the fees are relatively low, with a minimum monthly fee of around several thousand dollars, and two options for billing: based on transaction volume or a fixed rate. According to legal firm Hogan Lovells, as of May 2026, there will only be 194 authorized CASPs in Europe, and it is expected that about 75% of the pre-registered crypto businesses under MiCA will lose their registration eligibility after the transition period ends.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a themed live broadcast titled "Agreement Reached with Imeda, SpaceX Listing: The Dual Impact on Cryptocurrency and Global Finance" today at 20:00 (UTC+8). At that time, crypto KOLs such as OxPink, Zane, 0x31ad.sun, and Crypto.0824 will be invited to discuss the impact of the easing of relations between Iran and the United States on global capital flows, commodities, and risk assets, as well as the potential technology asset revaluation and capital siphoning effect triggered by the SpaceX listing. They will analyze the new opportunities and challenges faced by the cryptocurrency market under the intertwining of geopolitical and technological capital variables.