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According to Jinshi reports, the USD/JPY exchange rate is 159.65, reaching a new high since April 30.

According to Digital Asset, WeHub, the holding company of the largest shareholder of Busan Digital Asset Exchange in South Korea, will expand its business into virtual assets by acquiring the cryptocurrency exchange Flybit. WeHub and its largest shareholder, JM Coffee Group Chairman Yang Jae-seok, have agreed to this acquisition deal, the amount of which has not been disclosed. After the acquisition is completed, WeHub will hold a 40% stake in Flybit, Yang Jae-seok will hold 25%, and Flybit CEO Kim Seok-jin will retain 15%.In addition, Flybit's market share has declined due to its failure to obtain a real-name account in Korean won. WeHub is interested in its VASP qualification and stable AML infrastructure, as Flybit was rated as an "excellent" operator in the financial intelligence department's system assessment. After the acquisition, both parties plan to combine Flybit's cryptocurrency trading infrastructure with the physical asset trading capabilities of Busan Digital Asset Exchange to expand into stablecoin and other businesses.

According to the Korea Herald, Samsung Securities has decided through a board resolution to acquire a 2% stake in Dunamu for 306.3 billion won (approximately 204 million USD), which amounts to about 697,000 shares, with an acquisition price of approximately 439,000 won per share. The sellers include Kakao Investment, Kakao Ventures, Kakao Youth Entrepreneurship Fund, and KIF-Kakao Woori Bank Technology Financial Investment Fund, among others. Based on this estimate, Dunamu's overall valuation is approximately 15.3 trillion won (about 10.2 billion USD).Samsung Securities stated that this investment aims to enhance the competitiveness of its digital asset business and expand synergies. Previously, Hanwha Investment & Securities also acquired shares of Dunamu held by Kakao Investment at the same valuation.

According to The Block, the stock prices of Bitcoin mining companies transforming into AI and hyperscale computing continue to rise. IREN rose over 13% on Wednesday, nearing an all-time high, after announcing a $3 billion convertible bond financing, collaborating with NVIDIA to build a 5 GW AI data center, and acquiring Mirantis for $625 million. On Tuesday, it also reached a $1.6 billion agreement with Dell to supply the Blackwell AI system.Cipher and Hut 8 both reached all-time highs, with Cipher rising about 9.5% to $25 and Hut 8 rising nearly 5% to $118, with HUT increasing nearly 600% over the past year. TeraWulf rose over 6% on Wednesday, with a year-over-year increase of about 800%, and its HPC business's quarterly revenue exceeded that of its Bitcoin mining business for the first time. Riot rose 3.3% to $27 on Wednesday, with first-quarter data center revenue of $33 million, primarily from its collaboration with AMD. This year, it has sold part of its Bitcoin holdings to finance AI construction and still holds nearly $1.2 billion in Bitcoin.

According to The Block, Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the company behind the open-source privacy identity verification tool ZKPassport. Its co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou, along with their team, will join Aztec Labs to continue developing ZKPassport and related applications.Aztec Labs is building the Ethereum privacy layer two network Aztec Network, which raised approximately $60 million worth of ETH through the AZTEC token sale last year, and previously secured about $125 million in venture capital.ZKPassport allows users to read passports or government documents via mobile NFC, generating cryptographic signatures locally for verifying age, nationality, and "real identity" without exposing full privacy. It has been used for ticketing at the Devconnect conference and for compliance identity verification in the Aztec community token sale. Aztec stated that it will continue to keep the ZKPassport protocol and iOS application open source.

According to Globenewswire, Bitcoin financial services company Fold announced a four-year secured revolving credit agreement with Encina Lender Finance, securing a credit line of $150 million to support the expansion of its Bitcoin rewards credit card business, facilitating ongoing card issuance and scalable growth.

Coinbase announced a partnership with Standard Chartered Bank to expand global multi-currency funding channels through Coinbase Prime, supporting Australian dollars, Singapore dollars, Canadian dollars, Swiss francs, euros, and British pounds.Coinbase stated that this move will enhance capital efficiency, reduce foreign exchange friction, and enable institutional clients to seamlessly conduct global market operations on the same platform through Coinbase Prime.

According to Jinshi reports, Mizuho's CEO Kihara expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates in June or July to address inflationary pressures.

According to Decrypt, the Digital Chamber has written to OCC Director Jonathan Gould, urging him to stick to the decision to grant national trust bank charters to crypto companies like Coinbase, Ripple, and Circle.Previously, Senator Elizabeth Warren accused the approval of these charters of violating the National Bank Act and posing a threat to the safety of the U.S. banking system. The Digital Chamber countered that Congress has effectively authorized the OCC to extend bank charters to stablecoin businesses through the GENIUS Act, and that the approved companies do not accept FDIC-insured deposits, thus not constituting traditional banking operations.

According to Bloomberg, the Dutch government has blocked the proposed acquisition of Dutch cloud service provider Solvinity Group BV by the American company Kyndryl, citing security concerns. Dutch Minister of Digital Economy Willemijn Aerdts stated in a letter to Parliament on Tuesday, "The proposed acquisition of Solvinity may pose a risk to the public interest." She also announced a "complete ban" on the transaction, which was already close to completion.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on May 25, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the last week was $17.38 million, a decrease of 99.14% compared to the previous week. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) did not purchase Bitcoin last week. The Japanese listed company Metaplanet also did not purchase Bitcoin last week. Additionally, two other companies purchased Bitcoin last week.The Japanese food brand DayDayCook announced on May 21 that it spent $15.8992 million to purchase 200 Bitcoins at a price of $79,496, bringing its total holdings to 2,583 Bitcoins; the UK Bitcoin company The Smarter Web Company announced on May 21 that it invested $1.48 million to purchase 19 Bitcoins at a price of $77,687, bringing its total holdings to 2,859 Bitcoins.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,114,060 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.02% compared to the previous week, with a current market value of approximately $86.03 billion, accounting for 5.6% of the circulating market value of Bitcoin.

According to Bloomberg, quantum computing company Quantinuum Inc. is seeking to raise $1.05 billion through its initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S., leveraging current investor enthusiasm for quantum computing technology to drive the listing process.According to documents the company submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, Quantinuum plans to issue approximately 21 million shares at a price of $45 to $50 per share. Based on the upper limit of the issuance range and the number of shares disclosed in the documents, Quantinuum's market capitalization would reach approximately $12.7 billion. The company, supported by Honeywell International Inc., is one of the most closely watched firms in the current quantum computing field.

WasabiCard announced the official support for the Arbitrum network, further expanding its multi-chain payment infrastructure capabilities. Through this integration, users can directly recharge their WasabiCard accounts on-chain via Arbitrum, achieving more efficient and low-cost capital flow, and further enhancing the global payment experience.As a leading Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, Arbitrum features lower gas fees and higher transaction efficiency. This integration will help users more conveniently convert on-chain assets into funds available for global payments, subscriptions, and cross-border transactions, further connecting Web3 assets with real commercial payment scenarios.WasabiCard stated that it will continue to expand its multi-chain payment capabilities in the future, promoting the practical application of stablecoins and on-chain assets in global payment scenarios.

The UK-listed company The Smarter Web Company announced the additional purchase of 10 bitcoins according to the "ten-year plan," bringing the total amount of bitcoins held by the company to 2869.

According to Bits.media, the Italian energy company Alps Blockchain has partnered with the Bolivian company Qurubiqa to launch Bitcoin mining at a dormant 127-megawatt natural gas power plant in the Cochabamba region of Bolivia. The mining site currently consumes about 27 megawatts of power, with a hash rate of 1.23 EH/s, and plans to increase power consumption to 45 megawatts by the end of the year. The mining equipment directly uses the electricity generated by the power plant and is not connected to the public grid. Due to Bolivia facing a currency crisis and a shortage of US dollars, project participants settle in US dollars.

10x Research published an analysis on platform X, pointing out that as Bitcoin volatility continues to decline, the NAV premiums of most Bitcoin treasury companies have significantly compressed, with some even turning into substantial discounts, and related investor losses have begun to manifest.Historically, Grayscale's GBTC once experienced a 47% discount in December 2022, at which time investors could almost buy Bitcoin through this product at an implied price of less than $10,000. The market mistakenly viewed traditional financial crypto asset packaged products as "Bitcoin leverage tools," but these structures are actually more similar to options products: when volatility rises, implied value expands, while when volatility decreases, valuations are compressed.

According to Jinshi reports, the US dollar against the Japanese yen (USD/JPY) has risen above 159, with an intraday increase of 0.07%.