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According to official news, the total payment amount of Base in the first quarter of 2026 for x402 has exceeded 100 million USD. At the same time, Base accounts for over 90% of the on-chain Agentic stablecoin trading volume.

Bitget officially launched a new educational series called "Panoramic Trading Room UEX Roundtable." This series focuses on advanced traders, with the core concept of "Beyond the Chart," covering professional topics such as advanced technical analysis, cross-asset allocation strategies, order flow interpretation, and risk control system construction. The series invites industry veteran analysts to deeply analyze real trading cases, helping traders overcome the critical threshold from "reading charts" to "execution," gradually establishing a more systematic trading framework.The product manager of Bitget UEX stated: The crypto market is never short of information; what is truly scarce is a mature trading system. Most traders are overwhelmed by a vast amount of market signals daily, making it difficult to efficiently identify and apply them. The "UEX Roundtable" adheres to a theme for each session, relying on practical case analysis methodology to ensure that the content is understandable, reusable, and applicable.The first episode of "Panoramic Trading Room UEX Roundtable" premiered on YouTube and is simultaneously covered on community channels such as X platform and Telegram. At the same time, a topic voting mechanism for the audience is open, encouraging content co-creation and continuously delivering professional content that aligns with market dynamics and focuses on practical application, empowering advanced traders continuously.

According to BusinessWorld, the Central Bank of the Philippines has warned the public and cryptocurrency users not to trade with unauthorized virtual asset service providers, as this may lead to financial losses due to fraud, security vulnerabilities, and operational failures.The central bank stated that unauthorized VASPs also pose risks such as lack of legal recourse, absence of consumer assistance mechanisms, poor service quality, false advertising, improper handling of private keys, cybersecurity incidents, and data privacy issues. Additionally, access may be restricted due to government enforcement actions against illegal operations. The Central Bank of the Philippines has committed to continuing cooperation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Telecommunications Commission, and other departments to restrict access for Philippine users to unauthorized VASP platforms, and urges consumers to protect personal information, maintain cybersecurity hygiene, and only trade with licensed institutions.

According to Bits.media, the Moscow Exchange announced that it will launch new settlement futures trading for three digital asset indices: Solana, Ripple, and Tron, starting on May 14, limited to qualified investors.These instruments are settled in Russian rubles and do not involve physical delivery of digital assets. The quotation unit for Solana index futures is in US dollars, with a minimum price fluctuation and fluctuation value of 0.01 dollars; the minimum price fluctuation for Ripple and Tron index futures is 0.0001 dollars, with a fluctuation value of 0.01 dollars. The contract duration is one month, with the last trading day being the last Friday of each month. Contracts expiring in June, July, and August will be available starting May 14. Additionally, the Moscow Exchange will begin calculating and publishing indices for four cryptocurrencies: Solana, Ripple, Tron, and BNB on May 13.

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq 100 index has increased by 1%. Intel (INTC.O) strengthened in early trading, now up by 5%, with a market value approaching $580 billion.

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

Coinbase stated that the system detected a high error rate in multiple services, subsequently pinpointing the failure to the AWS US-EAST-1 availability zone use1-az4. The Coinbase system originally had single availability zone fault tolerance, but this failure affected multiple availability zones, resulting in a prolonged interruption of core trading services.The main issues have now been fully resolved, and the team will conduct a comprehensive analysis of this incident and provide further updates after AWS releases the official review report.

UPBIT will launch trading for Pharos (PROS) on May 8 at 20:30, supporting KRW, BTC, and USDT markets. Users are advised that the deposit service will be available 1 hour and 30 minutes after the announcement is made.

Binance will launch the GALA trading volume competition on May 8, 2026, at 18:00. Eligible users will have the chance to share a prize pool of 150,000 USDC token vouchers. The event will run from May 8, 2026, at 18:00 to May 15, 2026, at 18:00. Participating users must accumulate at least $500 equivalent in valid trading volume in the eligible trading pairs GALA/USDT and GALA/USDC.

According to the official announcement, all markets on the Coinbase exchange have resumed trading.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Grapefruit Trading has staked 33,370 ETH ($76.13 million) to Eth2.

Coinbase experienced service interruptions due to rising temperatures at the AWS US-EAST-1 data center. Trading will first resume in "cancel only" mode, with full trading recovery coming soon.

According to The Block, Bitcoin mining company turned AI infrastructure firm IREN Limited has reached a strategic partnership with NVIDIA to accelerate the deployment of next-generation AI data centers.The two parties plan to deploy up to 5 gigawatts of NVIDIA DSX architecture AI infrastructure within IREN's global data center network, targeting AI-native, startup, and enterprise customers. As part of the agreement, IREN grants NVIDIA warrants to purchase up to 30 million shares at $70 per share over the next five years; if fully exercised, NVIDIA will pay $2.1 billion. NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang stated that AI factories are becoming the infrastructure of the global economy, and large-scale deployment requires full-stack deep integration.Future deployments will focus on IREN's 2-gigawatt Sweetwater campus in Texas, serving as the flagship project for NVIDIA's DSX architecture. IREN co-CEO Daniel Roberts noted that this collaboration combines NVIDIA's leadership in AI systems with IREN's expertise in power, land, data centers, and GPU operations. IREN's stock price rose over 25% to above $71 in after-hours trading on Thursday.

Coinbase released its first-quarter financial report, recording a net loss of $394.1 million, due to a significant drop in cryptocurrency prices during this period, resulting in substantial losses on the digital assets held on the exchange's balance sheet. The company reported a loss of $482 million on crypto assets held for investment purposes.Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong remains optimistic, stating that "all finance" will eventually move on-chain, and the company is built to capture this transformation. Armstrong said, "Despite the downturn in the crypto market, the fundamental growth of the on-chain economy remains strong." He also mentioned that Coinbase is transitioning from a "spot-focused crypto platform" to a platform where users can trade a variety of asset classes, including derivatives, commodities, futures, and contracts for predicting market events.In the first quarter of 2025, Coinbase (COIN) recorded a net profit of $66 million. The latest quarter marks Coinbase's second consecutive quarter of net losses, with the previous quarter recording a net loss of $667 million. Coinbase's total revenue for the first quarter of 2026 was $1.41 billion, a 31% decrease compared to the same period in 2025; trading revenue fell 40% year-on-year to $756 million; subscription and services revenue saw a smaller decline, down 14% to $584 million. The first quarter experienced significant volatility in crypto prices, with the market heavily selling off, causing Bitcoin to drop from over $97,000 in January to around $63,000 in early February. By the end of the period, BTC remained below $70,000, dragging down the entire crypto market.Coinbase attempted to downplay the quarterly losses and revenue decline by highlighting some achievements during the quarter, including its global crypto trading market share reaching 8.6%. The company also recorded an adjusted EBITDA of $303 million, down from $930 million in the first quarter of 2025. According to Yahoo Finance, the company's stock price fell about 6% in after-hours trading, to $182 per share.

According to the Nikkei, several major banks and securities companies in Japan plan to issue Japanese government bonds in the form of digital securities and manage them on the blockchain by 2026, enabling 24/7 trading of government bonds.Relevant institutions will introduce yen-denominated stablecoins that can circulate on the blockchain for fund settlement, aiming to reduce settlement costs, accelerate delivery speed, and enhance the efficiency of institutional investors' fund usage. The digital government bond scheme will allow government bonds to circulate outside traditional market trading hours, with relevant infrastructure and system design being jointly promoted by financial institutions.

According to Bloomberg, Poland's largest digital asset trading platform Zondacrypto has stated that it is on the verge of bankruptcy after attracting approximately $100 million in deposits from Polish users and has stopped providing services for customer accounts.The Polish national prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into suspected fraud against it. The report notes that Zondacrypto is registered in Estonia, and its bankruptcy crisis is putting political pressure on Donald Trump's allies in the Polish presidential office.

Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder of Mysten Labs, stated during Consensus 2026 that the Sui network has processed over $1 trillion in stablecoin transactions since last year and plans to launch zero-fee stablecoin transfers and privacy payment features.Abiodun expressed that Sui aims to become "the default network for future capital flows," noting that the current traditional cross-border payment systems have excessively high fees; for example, transferring $100 to Nigeria may incur a $35 fee. The future financial system should not be completely transparent like social media, and users need stronger privacy protection capabilities.Sui is developing a storage layer that supports the intent of crypto transactions to accommodate AI Agent-driven automated payments and future refund and fraud handling mechanisms. Additionally, Sui is currently testing quantum-resistant signature technology on its testnet, aiming to complete deployment before the EU's quantum security requirements are implemented by 2030.Abiodun also expressed willingness to coordinate with the Bitcoin ecosystem and open-source related research. However, Sui has recently faced challenges with technical stability, as its mainnet experienced several hours of downtime in January 2026. The current price of SUI is approximately $0.99, down about 81% from its historical high of $5.35 set in 2025.

The trading platform Aster announced that at 18:00 Beijing time today (10:00 UTC), it will launch the U-based perpetual contract (AGTUSDT) for Alaya AI (AGT).It is reported that to coincide with the launch of the new contract, Aster will simultaneously open a trading reward event from May 7 to May 14. During the event, AGTUSDT contract trading will enjoy a 1.2 times bonus, and participating users will share a total prize pool of $50,000 in ASTER based on their proportion of generated transaction fees. The participation condition is that the transaction fee must be greater than $5, and the individual reward cap is 3% of the total prize pool.According to reports, Alaya AI is an open Web3 data sampling and automatic labeling AI infrastructure driven by a decentralized community, aimed at transforming data into on-chain user-owned assets.