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Digital payment company PayPal (PYPL) announced its Q1 2026 financial report, with net revenue of $8.35 billion, exceeding market expectations of $8.05 billion; adjusted earnings per share were $1.34, higher than the estimated $1.27.However, the company provided cautious guidance for Q2, expecting adjusted earnings per share to decline by about 9% quarter-over-quarter, with guidance set at $1.34. It also provided full-year guidance for fiscal year 2026, with adjusted earnings per share of $5.32 and revenue of $34.06 billion.Affected by the Q2 guidance falling short of expectations, PayPal's stock price briefly dropped over 10% during trading, but the decline has since narrowed to about 8%.

According to Fortune, Solana ecosystem infrastructure project Jito plans to launch a user-facing trading application JTX in July, officially entering the consumer trading market. The application will initially support spot trading, with plans to later integrate perpetual contracts and prediction market features.Jito CEO Lucas Bruder stated that the company will no longer rely solely on third parties to build products on its infrastructure, but will actively expand user-facing applications. Jito previously received a $50 million investment from venture capital firm a16z Crypto in 2025.

According to PR Newswire, the asset tokenization platform Securitize announced a partnership with Jump Trading Group and the decentralized trading aggregator Jupiter to launch fully on-chain and regulated tokenized stock trading. This integration combines Securitize's end-to-end regulatory infrastructure, Jump's liquidity, and Jupiter's front-end distribution interface, aiming to create a complete market structure stack.This move marks the transition of tokenized stocks from issuance to a scalable and liquid secondary market. Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo stated that the collaboration demonstrates that liquidity, accessibility, and compliance can be achieved within the existing regulatory framework. Jump provides liquidity through its PropAMM deployed on Solana, while Jupiter serves as the user access point. The entire system operates under existing securities regulations.The system offers large-scale liquidity support for issuers, provides a compliant path for distribution platforms to integrate tokenized securities, and indicates to regulators that blockchain-based markets have achieved scalability while enhancing efficiency, transparency, and accessibility.

Bitget has integrated the AI trading platform Coincidence AI, bringing real-time decision support and enhanced risk monitoring capabilities into the platform's trading environment, further improving its intelligent trading infrastructure under the panoramic exchange (UEX) framework.Through this integration, Bitget users can directly utilize the market behavior analysis and position risk assessment features provided by Coincidence AI. The system continuously processes vast amounts of market data based on machine learning, providing more structured decision support for autonomous trading and systematic trading, helping users to identify market changes more timely and optimize position management.In addition, Coincidence AI's "Adaptive Agent" module will also be synchronously connected, aiming to assist traders in managing exposure more flexibly amid market fluctuations.

According to the official announcement, Binance will delist the following spot trading pairs on May 8, 2026, at 11:00: AVA/BTC, BCH/BNB, CFX/BTC, ENA/BTC, HBAR/FDUSD, LA/BNB, MAGIC/BTC, OP/BTC, PUNDIX/USDC, STEEM/ETH, WIN/TRX, and XPL/FDUSD.Users are advised to turn off related trading bot services before the delisting to avoid potential losses.

According to FinanceFeeds, the HIP-4 event contract of Hyperliquid achieved a nominal trading volume of 6.05 million contracts on its first day, equivalent to over 6 million USD, setting a record for opening trading volume of such products.It is reported that HIP-4 is Hyperliquid's native event contract standard, allowing the creation of fully collateralized event market contracts based on specific outcomes.Data shows that the trading volume of this product on its first day accounted for approximately 0.7% of the total trading volume of related prediction markets.

According to Politico, Poland's major cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto is facing a serious fraud investigation. Its former CEO went missing in 2022, taking with him the private keys to a cold wallet containing 4,500 bitcoins (currently worth over $340 million). The current CEO has admitted to being unable to access the wallet and has recently been reported to have fled to Israel. Prosecutors estimate potential losses for customers to be around $97 million.On-chain data shows that the bitcoin balance in the platform's hot wallet has plummeted by 99.7% since mid-2024, with users generally reporting difficulties in withdrawing funds. Polish Prime Minister Tusk estimates that up to 30,000 users may be affected.Tusk publicly accused the platform of being funded by Russian-linked money, used to finance opposition lawmakers to obstruct Poland's cryptocurrency regulatory legislation. He bluntly stated that this is a "Polish version of a Ponzi scheme" and criticized the president for vetoing the localization of the EU MiCA framework twice, making Poland a "paradise for scammers."The platform's board stated that they failed to obtain "verifiable information" from the missing CEO and have collectively resigned. The founder has been missing since 2022, and the previously mentioned "suspect kidnapping allegations" case is still under investigation. This incident is expected to prompt Poland and the EU to strengthen regulatory scrutiny of cryptocurrency exchanges.

The core institution for custody and settlement in the U.S. market, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), announced that it will begin facilitating preliminary, limited real asset production transactions in July 2026, with a full launch of its tokenization services in October. This service was approved at the end of last year through a No-Action Letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), allowing DTCC to provide participants with the ability to tokenize specific high liquidity assets on a pre-approved blockchain during a three-year authorization period. These assets include components of the Russell 1000 Index, ETFs tracking major U.S. stock indices, as well as U.S. Treasury securities, notes, and bonds.DTCC President and CEO Frank La Salla stated, "We believe that tokenization will significantly change the way markets operate, bringing new levels of liquidity, transparency, and efficiency to investors." More than 50 companies are set to participate in DTCC's industry working group, including Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, Kraken's parent company Payward, and Robinhood Markets, while companies like BlackRock and Circle have provided feedback. As financial firms explore bringing traditional assets onto the blockchain, interest in tokenization has surged, and this shift is expected to enable 24/7 trading and faster settlement speeds.

According to official news, Coinbase announced a partnership with the crypto derivatives OEMS (Order and Execution Management System) and PMS (Portfolio Management System) provider Kemet.Through this collaboration, Coinbase Exchange, Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, Coinbase International Exchange, and Deribit will be integrated into the Kemet platform, allowing institutional clients to access Coinbase's trading venues through a single interface, routing order executions between spot, futures, and options.As part of the partnership, Coinbase Ventures will make a strategic investment in Kemet to support long-term collaboration aimed at achieving the goal of supporting large-scale advanced trading. Kemet's platform supports advanced multi-leg options strategies, smart order routing, automated Delta hedging, and spread trading algorithms, all of which are capabilities required for institutional trading desks to execute complex derivatives strategies at scale.Coinbase stated that its goal is to become the most trusted and comprehensive trading platform, continuously expanding the types of assets customers can trade and the ways to execute complex derivatives strategies. Kemet, as an open multi-broker platform, enables institutions trading across multiple venues to seamlessly access and prioritize Coinbase markets.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) officially announced that it will accelerate the development of its securities tokenization services and has formed an industry working group with over 50 financial institutions to jointly promote the construction of digital asset infrastructure. Participating institutions include banks, asset management firms, brokerages, trading platforms, and crypto-native companies, including BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Circle, Ripple Labs, and Kraken's parent company Payward.According to the plan, the service is expected to undergo its first controlled production trading tests in July 2026 and officially launch in October 2026. The first batch of supported assets will include S&P 1000 constituents, mainstream ETFs, and highly liquid assets such as U.S. Treasury bonds.

According to the official announcement, Coinbase will launch BILL (Billions) spot trading. If liquidity conditions are met, the BILL-USD trading pair will open later today in supported trading regions.

According to the official announcement, Bitget's CFD sector has surpassed a daily trading volume of 8 billion USD. Driven by the global macroeconomic environment and asset allocation needs, the activity of gold-related products has surged, contributing approximately 95% of the trading increase, becoming the core engine driving cross-asset trading.From a regional distribution perspective, there is a good trend of global collaborative growth. Among them, the Chinese-speaking region contributed 42% of the trading increase, the European market accounted for 27%, and the Southeast Asian market accounted for 16%, with the three core markets collectively contributing 85% of the incremental share.Leveraging the UEX panoramic model, Bitget CFD allows users to trade commodities, precious metals, foreign exchange, and indices using USDT, enabling users to efficiently capture macro trend opportunities within a single account.

"On-chain detective" ZachXBT posted on platform X, publicly criticizing Tokenlon and imToken, stating that they have become high-risk channels for illegal fund flows, and indicated that further actions will be taken against the relevant platforms.It is claimed that most of Tokenlon's trading volume comes from "pig butchering," investment scams, and various illegal market activities, and he bluntly stated that its co-founder Ben He should "bear legal responsibility for the related actions." He mentioned that investigations and crackdowns on Tokenlon and the imToken system will continue in the future. Tokenlon has almost no real trading demand outside of Southeast Asia, and a significant proportion of its on-chain activities are related to illegal fund flows, a problem that has noticeably worsened since 2022.In addition, ZachXBT also named several so-called "offshore large trading and aggregation platforms," including Butter Network, HiFiSwap, Bridgers / SWFT, and Tokenlon, stating that they should be subject to stricter regulation and crackdowns due to potential criminal activities.

Bitget has launched spot trading for Billions Network (BILL). The trading channel is now open, and the withdrawal channel will open tomorrow at 17:00 (UTC+8).

According to CoinDesk, Coinbase has revealed that it has integrated the trading protocol DFlow as the main trading router for its Solana ecosystem, supporting users in achieving native value exchange for spot and prediction markets on Solana.Coinbase stated that after introducing DFlow, the trading failure rate for its Solana products dropped from about 1/30 to approximately 1/250, an 8-fold decrease. At the same time, this solution has expanded the liquidity coverage, enabling small and mid-cap tokens that were previously unable to trade due to "lack of liquidity" to become tradable, and optimizing user transaction prices.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. stocks of Chinese concept stocks rose broadly before the market opened, with NIO (NIO.N) up 3%, Alibaba (BABA.N) up 2%, and Li Auto (LI.O) up 1%.

According to TechFundingNews, the blockchain trading platform Ekiden announced the completion of a $2 million seed round financing, with the company's valuation reaching $20 million.This round of financing was led by Unicorn Factory Ventures and P2 Ventures, and also attracted angel investors who have previously invested in projects such as GSR, Pyth, Aptos, LayerZero, and Cube Exchange.It is reported that Ekiden is committed to bringing institutional-level trading on-chain, providing efficient and secure trading solutions through blockchain technology.

According to Predictefy data, since the launch of event contracts (prediction market) products on Hyperliquid, the trading volume of Bitcoin price-related event contracts on the platform has exceeded the trading volume of similar markets on Kalshi, Polymarket, and all other prediction markets within the same time frame.

According to the official announcement, Binance has announced an update to the fiat trading market maker program. Starting from May 4, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC+8), the KZT market level will join the fiat market maker program. The percentage requirement for Level 1 maker order trading volume is 0.5%; the percentage requirement for Level 2 maker order trading volume is 1%. After qualifying, the fee rate for Level 1 maker orders is -0.005%; the fee rate for Level 2 maker orders is -0.01%. The new fiat market qualification review will take effect from May 4, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC+8).Market maker accounts will be reviewed weekly based on the new activity review mechanism; starting from May 12, 2026, at 08:00 (UTC+8), maker order fee rebates will be distributed based on the performance of market makers in the designated spot fiat market from the previous week.

According to Cointelegraph, MN Trading Capital founder Michael van de Poppe stated on the X platform that Bitcoin does not need a new narrative or catalyst to return to the psychological threshold of $100,000. He pointed out that "as prices rise, narratives will emerge on their own," believing that the current level is still a good accumulation zone.Van de Poppe also noted that market attention has recently shifted to technology sectors such as AI. As of Friday's close, Nvidia (NVDA) shares have risen 5.08% year-to-date, while Bitcoin has fallen about 10% during the same period. The last time Bitcoin reached $100,000 was on November 13 last year, and it dropped to an annual low of $60,000 in February. At the time of writing, it is at $78,250, having risen 14.49% in the past 30 days.Veteran trader Peter Blandt previously told Cointelegraph that the Clarity Act is a positive development for the industry, but it is unlikely to be the main catalyst for a significant rise in Bitcoin prices. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Faryar Shirzad stated on Friday that after the announcement of new stablecoin yield terms, "it's time" to finalize the Clarity Act. Additionally, White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt mentioned this week at the Las Vegas Bitcoin Conference that a "major announcement" regarding the Trump administration's Bitcoin reserves will be released in the coming weeks.