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According to the official announcement, Upbit will launch the B3 Korean Won trading pair.

UPBIT will launch the KRW trading pair for B3 on May 7, 2025, at 13:45. Users should note that deposits must be made using the designated network B3-Base, and during the first 5 minutes after trading support begins, buy orders will be restricted, and all non-limit orders will be restricted for the first 2 hours.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the whale nemorino.eth has started a new round of trading.12 hours ago, during the market decline, he bought 2,091.43 ETH on-chain at an average price of $2,386.78, worth $5 million. Currently, the ETH has been deposited in Spark to earn interest.

According to the official announcement, Bithumb will launch the EDGEX KRW trading pair.

According to BBX data, yesterday Wall Street institutions made a significant breakthrough in retail crypto layout, and today the dual verification point of the earnings season is approaching. The core dynamics are as follows:Morgan Stanley (NYSE: $MS) disclosed via Bloomberg on May 6 that its ETrade platform officially launched a pilot for crypto spot trading, with a fee structure of 50 basis points per transaction amount, lower than Coinbase (retail rates vary by tier and payment method, potentially exceeding 50 basis points), Robinhood (approximately 100 basis points, according to media estimates), and Charles Schwab (75 basis points); initially supporting three major assets: BTC, ETH, and SOL, with liquidity, custody, and settlement services provided by Zerohash; the pilot is currently aimed at a select group of users, with plans to open to all 8.6 million ETrade customers by the end of 2026. Head of Wealth Management Jed Finn characterized this move as "reverse disruption of disruptors," and Morgan Stanley is simultaneously advancing its application for a national trust bank license to achieve self-custody, with plans to launch Ethereum and Solana spot ETFs.Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: $COIN) will release its Q1 2026 earnings report after the market closes today (May 7), with the earnings call scheduled for 2:30 PM (PT); analyst consensus expects Q1 revenue of approximately $1.5 billion (a year-on-year decrease of about -26%), and EPS of about $0.23---$0.36 (a significant decline from $1.94 in the same period last year); the relative resilience of subscription and service revenue (including stablecoins, custody, and staking) will be the core metric of most interest today.Block, Inc. (NYSE: $XYZ) will release its Q1 2026 earnings report after the market closes today (May 7), with an earnings call at 2:00 PM (PT); analyst consensus expects revenue of approximately $6.04 billion to $6.11 billion (a year-on-year increase of +5.79%), and EPS of $0.68 (an increase of about 21% from approximately $0.56 in the same period last year); consensus for Bitcoin ecosystem revenue is expected to be about $2.11 billion (down from $2.30 billion in the same period last year); Evercore ISI maintains an "Outperform" rating with a target price of $96 (implying about 35% upside from the current stock price of $70.92), focusing on the recovery progress of the fundamentals of the two major business lines, Square and Cash App.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has filed lawsuits against 21 individuals, accusing them of participating in a nearly decade-long cross-border insider trading scheme, allegedly profiting millions of dollars illegally by using undisclosed material information leaked by several international law firms.The SEC pointed out that Los Angeles mergers and acquisitions lawyer Nicolo Nourafchan and his partner Robert Yadgarov organized and operated this insider trading network. Nourafchan is accused of stealing significant non-public information related to more than 12 corporate merger transactions from his law firm clients and leaking it to other participants, who then profited from the trades and returned a portion of the earnings. The SEC also stated that the two recruited another corporate lawyer to continue obtaining and disseminating more merger insider information for trading.The SEC stated that this enforcement action reflects its determination to "combat large-scale insider trading networks and hold the entire leak chain accountable." Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office has filed criminal charges against all individuals involved. Regulatory agencies from multiple countries, including the FBI, the UK's FCA, and Switzerland's FINMA, are also assisting in the investigation.

According to The Block, Kraken has launched CFTC-regulated crypto spot margin trading services for U.S. retail users just days after its parent company acquired the Bitnomial derivatives platform.Such products have largely been unavailable to U.S. retail users, forcing them to turn to offshore platforms. Kraken stated that users can use their crypto assets as collateral for trading with up to 10 times leverage without having to sell them.This launch follows the announcement made on Monday that Kraken's parent company Payward has completed the acquisition of Bitnomial. Bitnomial is a Chicago-based crypto derivatives exchange that holds licenses as a matching entity, contract party, and clearinghouse issued by the CFTC.Payward stated that this acquisition will ultimately enable it to offer regulated spot margin, perpetual futures, and options products to U.S. users. This move also strengthens Kraken's position in regulated derivatives infrastructure in preparation for a potential public listing.Payward has submitted a confidential S-1 registration draft to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in November. The trading platform is also continuing to expand its institutional and derivatives business in the UK and Europe following its $1.5 billion acquisition of NinjaTrader in March 2025.

According to official news, Coinbase will launch KAIO (KAIO) spot trading on May 6. If liquidity conditions are met and trading is supported, the KAIO-USD trading pair will open later today.

According to the official announcement, the Binance Wallet is launching the "On-Chain Trade & Win Campaign" for the third quarter starting today.The registration period is from May 6, 2026, 12:00 to May 21, 2026, 4:00 (UTC), and the competition period is from May 7, 2026, 4:00 to May 21, 2026, 4:00 (UTC). Users need to register with the Binance Wallet and participate in on-chain trading, with trading tokens based on the BSC or SOL chain, and the trading pairs must include USDT, USDC, USD1, U, BNB, WBNB, SOL, or WSOL.Rewards will be distributed based on the PnL rankings achieved during the competition period, with the top 50 users eligible for BNB or SOL rewards.

According to Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley is piloting cryptocurrency trading services on its E*Trade platform, charging a fee of 50 basis points on each crypto transaction based on the transaction amount, which is lower than major competitors like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Charles Schwab.Approximately 8.6 million E*Trade customers are expected to have access to this feature by the end of the year. The report noted that Morgan Stanley has been continuously expanding in the crypto space over the past year, having launched the lowest-fee Bitcoin ETF, plans to launch Ether and Solana ETFs, and applied for a national trust bank license to provide digital asset custody, with future support for institutional clients trading tokenized stocks.

According to official news, the AI-driven stock and cryptocurrency futures trading platform Stockcoin.ai has completed its seed round financing, led by Amber Group, with participation from angel investors in both the crypto and traditional finance sectors. The platform focuses on bridging on-chain data with the stock market.According to the disclosure, Stockcoin.ai will subsequently launch Hong Kong IPO subscription and US Pre-IPO features.

According to Jinshi, Qualcomm's stock rose over 5% in pre-market trading.

According to official news, Gate Alpha officially launched the 36th Hot Coin Trading Competition on May 6 at 14:00 (UTC+8). Users can participate by trading designated hot coins to share a total airdrop reward worth over $100,000.This event features a dual reward mechanism: on the basic level, users can receive 1 chance to draw a regular blind box for every 200 USDT traded, with a total prize pool of about $30,000, a 100% winning rate, and prizes including iPhone 17, GT tokens, and Alpha fee rebate vouchers; on the advanced level, after reaching a trading volume of 4,000 USDT, users can earn 1 chance to draw a premium blind box for every additional 500 USDT traded, with a total prize pool of about $76,000, and prizes including iPhone 17 Pro Max, high-value GT tokens, and high-value Alpha fee rebate vouchers. Additionally, when inviting friends to make their first trade of 100 USDT, both the inviter and the new user can receive extra rewards. All rewards are distributed in real-time and are available until exhausted.Gate Alpha now supports popular public chains such as SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BNB Chain, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, and Berachain, and allows seamless trading of all-chain tokens through the contract address search function, enabling cross-chain trading and achieving one-click access to on-chain tokens.

According to the official announcement, Gate will launch the 13th Anniversary VIP Welcome Event from April 21, 10:00 to May 20, 23:59 (UTC+8), and the second phase of the VIP Reward Triple Gift from May 6, 12:00 to May 19, 23:59 (UTC+8), providing multiple incentives for new and advanced VIP users. The event includes VIP newcomer packages, trading cashback, GT airdrops, and level acceleration among other benefits.In the VIP Welcome Event, users who upgrade to VIP 5 or above can unlock newcomer packages and multi-track trading rewards, and participate in sharing an 800,000 USDT airdrop prize pool; at the same time, users can also receive a maximum airdrop reward of 1,500 USDT by meeting the standards through contract, spot, and TradFi trading. In the Reward Triple Gift event, users can participate in the trading cashback program and level acceleration mechanism after signing up, with a chance to receive a VIP+2 experience card and a 10% trading cashback voucher.In addition, users who meet the net deposit conditions can also receive GT airdrop rewards. The platform will also launch a VIP Growth Camp to help users quickly advance to VIP levels and unlock more benefits.

OKX will launch EDGE/USDⓈ spot trading on May 6, 2026, at 20:00, to support the development of the USDⓈ ecosystem and meet users' diverse trading needs.

OKX will launch spot trading for EDGE (edgeX) on May 6, 2026, at 19:00. Users can start depositing at 13:00, with the pre-order time from 18:00 to 19:00, and withdrawal time at 21:00.

UPBIT will open trading for dogwifhat (WIF) on May 6, 2025, at 16:00, supporting KRW, BTC, and USDT markets. Users are advised that deposits must be made using the Solana network, and the deposit service will be available 1 hour and 30 minutes after the announcement is made.