1. CEX popular currencies

Top 10 CEX trading volumes and 24-hour price increases and decreases:

• BTC: +0.02%
• ETH: +1.15%
• SOL: +0.89%
• ZEC: +7.29%
• XRP: +0.11%
• DOGE:- 1.84%
• BNB: +0.04%
• BCH: - 5.99%
• SPK: - 0.12%
• TRX: +0.17%

24 H gainer list (data source is OKX):

• RON: +36.56%
• INJ: +16.46%
• CFG: +15.28%
• LIT: +13.16%
• ONDO: +12.1%
• SPACE: +12.03%
• ONT: +11.03%
• KITE: +10.21%
• VINE: +10.03%
• BOME: +9.7%

24-hour currency stock gain list (data source is msx.com):

• HIVE: 33.85%
• BKKT: 22.46%
• VCX: 19.3%
• MPU: 13.26%
• DXYZ: 13.08%
• MNTS: 13.03%
• BKSY: 11.54%
• NOW: 10.92%
• LPTH: 10.59%
• RBLX: 9.87%

2. Popular Meme on the chain (data source is GMGN):

• ETH: sato, AWF
• Solana: PIGEON, Embrace
• BNB: 14, BOG

Headlines

Trump: Cancel the military strike against Iraq scheduled for tomorrow

Odaily Planet Daily News US President Trump said that he has received requests from the Emir of Qatar, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the President of the United Arab Emirates to suspend our planned military strike against Iran scheduled for tomorrow because serious negotiations are currently underway. They believe that an agreement will be reached that will be highly acceptable to the United States and to countries in the Middle East and the wider region. Key elements of the deal will include: Iran must not possess nuclear weapons! Based on my respect for the above-mentioned leaders, I have instructed Defense Secretary Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Daniel Cain, and the U.S. military to cancel the strike against Iran scheduled for tomorrow. However, at the same time, I have further instructed them to be ready to immediately carry out a large-scale comprehensive military strike against Iran if an acceptable agreement cannot be reached. (Golden Ten)

The revised plan proposed by Iran has been forwarded to the United States

Odaily Planet Daily News Pakistani sources said that Pakistan has transferred Iran’s revised plan to end the war to the United States, and the United States has received the relevant plan. (CCTV News)

Source: The United States accepts the temporary lifting of oil sanctions on Iran in the new negotiation text

Odaily Planet Daily News Sources close to the negotiating team revealed that the United States has accepted the temporary lifting of oil sanctions on Iran during the negotiations in the new text, which was not included in the previous US text.

Iran insists that all sanctions against Iran be waived as part of the U.S. commitment, but the U.S. has proposed temporary overseas asset control exemptions until a final agreement is reached.

U.S. official: Iran’s latest proposal is not enough to reach a deal

Odaily Planet Daily News According to US media AXIOS, a senior US official and a person familiar with the matter said that Iran has submitted an updated armistice agreement proposal, but the White House believes that the proposal does not have substantial improvements and is not enough to reach an agreement. U.S. officials say Trump wants a deal to end the war but is considering resuming it as Iran rejects many of his demands and refuses to make meaningful concessions on its nuclear program.

US officials said that if Iran does not change its position, the United States will have to "use bombs" to continue negotiations. The senior U.S. official said: "We haven't actually made much progress. It's time for the Iranians to show sincerity. We need to have a real, solid and detailed dialogue about the nuclear program. If the dialogue cannot happen, we will have to talk through bombs, and that will be a pity." (金十)

Trump will preside over Warsh’s swearing-in ceremony at the White House in a high-profile manner

Odaily Planet Daily News According to the Wall Street Journal, White House officials revealed that Trump will preside over the swearing-in ceremony for incoming Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at the White House on Friday. The ceremony highlighted the high priority Trump attaches to this appointment. Powell, whom Trump nominated to run the Fed during his first term in 2018, was sworn in at the Fed without Trump attending. The last Fed chairman to be sworn in at the White House was Alan Greenspan in 1987. All subsequent ceremonies were held at the Federal Reserve. The last president to attend such a ceremony was George Bush, who attended Bernanke's swearing-in in 2006. Later that year, Warsh was sworn in as a Fed governor by Vice President Dick Cheney in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Friday's swearing-in ceremony will cap an unusually long transition at the top of the Fed. (Golden Ten)

Industry News

Judge dismisses Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman

Odaily Planet Daily News OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman were ruled not liable to Elon Musk by a US jury because Musk filed the lawsuit too late. The jury found that the allegation that OpenAI deviated from its "charitable mission" had expired legally and therefore did not constitute a matter of liability. Elon Musk previously accused OpenAI of betraying its mission of benefiting the public and turning into a for-profit business under Sam Altman. (Golden Ten)

Anthropic will inform global financial regulators about the Mythos model

Odaily Planet Daily reported that the artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to make a special notification to relevant personnel of the Financial Stability Board on its Mythos AI model. This report will focus on the security vulnerabilities in the global financial system’s cyber defense system identified by this model.

Two people familiar with the matter said that the communication was initiated by Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and asked Anthropic to introduce its new Claude Mythos preview AI model to the Financial Stability Board. The Financial Stability Board is compiling a report on compliance application standards for artificial intelligence in the financial industry and plans to release a draft next month for public comment. Both the Financial Stability Board and Anthropic declined to comment on recent communications between the two parties. (Interface)

Meta initiates restructuring and plans to lay off 20% of its employees and allocate 7,000 employees to AI strategy

Odaily Planet Daily News Meta plans to launch a major reorganization on May 20, intending to lay off about 20% of its global employees and allocate about 7,000 employees to artificial intelligence (AI)-related projects. This adjustment is part of Meta’s continued AI strategy and aims to further concentrate resources on developing artificial intelligence business. (Cointelegraph)

The government mediation negotiations between Samsung Electronics and the labor union will continue until tomorrow

Odaily Planet Daily News According to market news: Government mediation negotiations between Samsung Electronics and the labor union will continue until tomorrow.

Nomura has significantly raised the target prices of Samsung and SK Hynix, and AI-driven memory demand has grown exponentially

Odaily Planet Daily News Nomura issued a report stating that the demand driven by artificial intelligence is growing exponentially and the supply of memory is limited. It is expected that memory stocks will usher in a revaluation. The bank significantly raised the target prices of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Samsung's target price rose sharply from the original 340,000 won to 590,000 won, and SK Hynix's target price rose sharply from the original 2.34 million won to 4 million won. Both ratings were "buy." Nomura said memory demand is entering a period of exponential expansion as AI semiconductor demand shifts from training to inference workloads.

In contrast, the bank believes that industry supply growth may still be limited to about 5 to 6 times (compound annual growth rate of about 30%) during the same period, which raises serious questions about whether the structural undersupply of demand can truly be resolved. The bank mentioned that currently, the industry is trying to narrow this growing supply and demand gap through various software and architecture-level optimizations, but Nomura believes that these solutions can only slow down the growth rate, rather than reverse the trend. (Golden Ten)

The 25-year-old AI stock god disclosed Q1 positions: heavy positions in AI power, computing power and mining stocks

Odaily Planet Daily News Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner has updated the stock holdings portfolio of his "Situational Awareness Fund" as of the end of the first quarter of 2026.

Disclosure shows that its main positions are concentrated in AI power, data centers, computing infrastructure and Bitcoin mining companies. Among them, Bloom Energy holds a position of US$878.7 million, Sandisk holds a position of US$724.4 million, and CoreWeave holds a position of US$556.1 million.

In addition, it also holds heavy positions in mining companies and AI infrastructure companies such as Iren Limited, Core Scientific, Applied Digital, Riot Platforms, Cleanspark, Bitdeer, and Bitfarms, and holds semiconductor-related stocks such as AMD, Intel, TSMC, ASML, and Micron.

Goldman Sachs cleared XRP and Solana ETF positions in Q1 and still holds more than $700 million in Bitcoin ETFs

Odaily Planet Daily News Goldman Sachs significantly reduced its exposure to crypto ETFs in the first quarter of 2026 and has completely cleared its XRP and Solana related ETF positions.

Documents show that Goldman Sachs held approximately US$154 million in XRP-related ETFs in the fourth quarter of 2025, including products from Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, Grayscale and 21Shares, and was one of the largest institutional holders of XRP ETFs at the time. In addition, it previously held Solana-related ETFs such as Grayscale Solana Trust ETF, Bitwise Solana Staking ETF and Fidelity Solana Fund, all of which have now been withdrawn.

However, Goldman Sachs still retains larger BTC and ETH ETF positions. Among them, it holds approximately $690 million in BlackRock IBIT and approximately $25 million in Fidelity FBTC, although both positions decreased by approximately 10% from the previous quarter. At the same time, its BlackRock ETHA position has shrunk by about 70%, leaving about 7.2 million shares worth about $114 million.

In addition, Goldman Sachs increased its holdings in crypto-related stocks such as Circle, Galaxy Digital, Coinbase, Robinhood and PayPal, while reducing its positions in mining and infrastructure companies such as Strategy, Bit Digital, Riot Platforms and IREN. (Cointelegraph)

BlackRock increased its holdings of 3.14 million shares of Strategy stock, raising its total position to US$3 billion

Odaily Planet Daily News According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, asset management giant BlackRock has increased its holdings of 3.14 million shares of Strategy (MSTR), with the new position worth approximately US$535.6 million.

Currently, BlackRock holds a total of 17.75 million Strategy shares, with a total value of approximately US$3.02 billion, an increase of 21.5% from the previous position.

Korea FSC examines whether Hana Bank's acquisition of Dunamu shares violates regulatory rules

Odaily Planet Daily News South Korea’s Financial Commission (FSC) is examining whether Hana Bank’s acquisition of Dunamu shares violates the “separation of financial and virtual assets” regulatory rules.

The Virtual Assets Department of the South Korean Financial Commission stated that Hana Bank indirectly holds Dunamu equity through the acquisition of Kakao Investment shares, which is essentially an investment in a virtual asset trading platform and will therefore be reviewed according to the same regulatory standards.

Reports indicate that since 2017, the South Korean government has been restricting financial institutions through administrative guidance from holding and purchasing virtual assets or making equity investments in related companies. If violations are ultimately found, transactions related to Hana Bank may not be completed.

In addition, Mirae Asset Consulting is currently promoting the acquisition of the operating rights of Kobit, while Korea Investment Securities remains cautious about related businesses. Hana Bank had previously announced plans to acquire approximately 6.55% of Dunamu's shares, but did not negotiate with regulatory authorities in advance. (iNews24)

Justin Sun raised another 41.99 million SPK financial rewards, transferring a total value of US$19.08 million to the exchange

Odaily Planet Daily News According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ai Ai, Sun Yuchen withdrew 41.99 million SPK financial rewards from Spark, worth US$1.23 million, and then recharged them all into HTX. Since September 2025, Justin Sun has transferred a total of 610 million SPKs to exchanges, worth $19.08 million.

Project News

Galaxy obtains New York BitLicense and will provide digital asset services locally

Odaily Planet Daily News Galaxy Digital announced that it has obtained the BitLicense and remittance license approved by the New York State Department of Financial Services to provide digital asset services in New York State.

The license applies to its subsidiary GalaxyOne Prime NY, which will provide trading and custody services to New York residents, institutions and businesses.

Galaxy said that New York has the deepest institutional capital pool in the United States, and digital assets are gradually entering the mainstream allocation range. With this approval, the company will be able to serve New York institutional clients more directly.

Telegram founder: Telegram launches inter-Bot conversation function and supports AI Agent interaction

Odaily Planet Daily News Telegram founder Pavel Durov posted on the X platform that Telegram has launched a dialogue function between Bots, and autonomous agents now have a communication layer that can be viewed by humans.

Tempo integrates DeFi lending market Morpho

Odaily Planet Daily News Tempo announced the integration of DeFi lending market Morpho, bringing the US$7.5 billion lending market to its network. The main business of this project is to provide financial technology companies and enterprises developed on the Tempo chain with the ability to lend directly on the chain and earn income from idle stablecoins.

Morpho’s lending system on Tempo will be powered by a custom marketplace by venture firms Gauntlet and Sentora, and will be priced using RedStone oracles. (CoinDesk)

Verus: The network is now suspended, and the attacker is willing to provide a bug bounty if he returns the funds

Odaily Planet Daily News Verus issued a document on the The Verus network is now suspended. Most of the block-producing nodes have taken the initiative to go offline after encountering the consequences of the attack. The development team is fully investigating the scope of the incident, the attack path and subsequent solutions, and will announce the progress after confirming more information. Verus stated that it is willing to cooperate with relevant law enforcement agencies to pursue legal responsibilities; however, if the attacker returns the funds in full, the project team is willing to provide a bug bounty and will not pursue further liability.

Verus also reminds anyone who claims to be a member of the Verus team or community in public channels, private messages, or other channels and offers "payouts" or "compensation plans" is a scammer. Officials emphasize not to interact with anyone who claims to have a compensation project or to provide compensation, and please report relevant accounts to Discord or X platform in a timely manner.

Echo Protocol was attacked. The attacker minted 1,000 eBTC and extracted it through Curvance

Odaily Planet Daily News According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Echo Protocol on Monad was attacked. The attacker minted 1,000 eBTC worth $76.7 million and withdrew the funds via Curvance via a previously tested attack path.

So far, the attacker has deposited 45 eBTC as collateral into Curvance and lent approximately 11.29 WBTC, worth approximately US$867,700; and then cross-chained this WBTC to Ethereum, converted it into ETH, and transferred 385 ETH to Tornado Cash, worth approximately US$818,000. The attackers currently appear to still control a large amount of minted eBTC.

ZachXBT: Offering a reward of up to $10,000 for evidence of market manipulation by market maker Heisenberg Guru

Odaily Planet Daily News ZachXBT stated that it is offering a reward of up to US$10,000 for information related to Hong Kong market maker Heisenberg Guru (also known as HSBG), which is accused of being related to market manipulation incidents on multiple centralized exchanges, including RIVER.

Sion and Chao are members of the HSBG core team and said that chat records, contracts, internal communications and other materials may be eligible for rewards, and they called on anyone with information to contact them via X private message.

Investment and Financing

Bain Capital announced the completion of the final fundraising for its sixth fund in Asia, with a total scale of US$10.5 billion

Odaily Planet Daily News Bain Capital announced on May 18 that its sixth Asian fund ("Asia Fund VI") has completed final fundraising, with a total scale of US$10.5 billion, of which approximately US$9.1 billion came from external investors, exceeding the previous fundraising target of US$7 billion. Yuji Sugimoto, partner at Bain Capital and head of Asia's private equity business, said that he is still optimistic about the vast opportunities in the Asian market and will increase efforts in talent development, technology empowerment and platform comprehensive capability upgrades to achieve business scale development at a steady and prudent pace. Currently, Bain Capital focuses on technology, industry, consumer, medical and health, business and financial services and other fields. (一财)

Tether invests in LemFi

Odaily Planet Daily News Tether announced its investment in financial platform LemFi.

The investment is intended to support LemFi’s integration of USDT as a settlement layer in its key channels, enable near-instant low-cost settlement in Africa and Asia, and accelerate the construction of LemFi’s stablecoin infrastructure, gradually expanding it into a wider product range.

AEON completed US$8 million in Pre-Seed round of financing, led by YZi Labs

Odaily Planet Daily News AEON announced the completion of an $8 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by YZi Labs, with participation from IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, Stanford Blockchain Builders Fund, Oak Grove Ventures and others.

The main business of this project is to develop a settlement layer specifically designed for interaction between AI agents. (The Block)

Regulatory policy

The U.S. SEC may launch a regulatory framework for tokenized stocks as soon as this week, and Wall Street is accelerating the deployment of on-chain securities

Odaily Planet Daily News The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing to launch a new regulatory framework for tokenized stock trading, which may be announced as soon as this week. It is reported that the SEC is studying an "innovative exemption" mechanism to allow trading platforms to provide on-chain digital version transactions of listed securities under more relaxed regulatory conditions. The move is seen as an important signal that U.S. regulators are moving further toward supporting tokenized securities.

Currently, many Wall Street institutions have accelerated their deployment of related businesses. The Depository Trust and Clearing Company (DTCC) of the United States plans to launch limited production trading of tokenized assets in July and expand promotion in October; Nasdaq is developing a blockchain-based stock issuance framework; Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is promoting tokenized stocks and crypto-related products through cooperation with OKXOKX.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins previously stated that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering formulating formal rules for on-chain trading systems, blockchain settlement infrastructure and encrypted custody models, and believes that existing securities regulations are difficult to adapt to on-chain protocols that integrate trading, clearing and settlement. (CoinDesk)

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee urges Trump to fill four vacant CFTC seats as soon as possible

Odaily Planet Daily News The leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee has urged U.S. President Trump to fill four vacant seats on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as soon as possible.

Relevant lawmakers warned that if the CLARITY Act is passed and gives the CFTC greater cryptocurrency regulatory responsibilities, the current institutional configuration is not ready. (Cointelegraph)

White House Encryption Advisor: CLARITY Act can meet about 90% of industry regulatory needs

Odaily Planet Daily News White House Encryption Policy Advisor Patrick Witt said that if the Clarity Act is successfully passed, it will be able to provide about 90% of the regulatory framework and policy certainty needed for the encryption industry. The bill is regarded as one of the most critical pieces of legislation in the current US encryption regulatory system and is expected to achieve an important balance between compliance, market structure and industry development. (Cointelegraph)

Director of the Democratic Party of Korea: Taxation of crypto assets should proceed as planned, and the policy stance will be significantly tightened

Odaily Planet Daily News Jeong Tae-ho, secretary-general of the Democratic Party of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Korean National Assembly, said that the taxation of encrypted assets (digital assets) has been postponed many times before, and now "since it has been postponed, it should be implemented as planned." When the tax reform plan is submitted to the Finance Committee, formal discussions will begin within the party, but issues regarding system supplementation will be re-evaluated at the specific review stage.

It is worth noting that this position is significantly tougher than its statement in April that "digital asset taxation should be viewed comprehensively" and is consistent with the direction of the government. South Korean finance department officials have previously confirmed that the digital asset-related income tax plan will be implemented as scheduled from January 1, 2027.

At the same time, many people within South Korea's ruling party have also strengthened their stance on taxation, which is in opposition to the opposition party's policy direction of abolishing taxation. The game on South Korea's crypto tax system may further escalate during the year-end budget and tax system discussions. (Digital Asset)

Character*Voice

Tom Lee: Rising oil prices suppress the short-term trend of ETH, and structural drivers still point to strength in 2026

Odaily Planet Daily News Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee posted on the X platform that the recent selling pressure on Ethereum mainly comes from short-term macro factors, among which rising oil prices are the biggest negative disturbance at present. Oil prices have continued to rise over the past 6 weeks, and ETH has an all-time high inverse correlation with oil prices (rising oil prices correspond to falling ETH). If oil prices fall back, ETH prices are expected to recover accordingly.

Tom Lee emphasized that such fluctuations are short-term trading noise, while the long-term core driving force of ETH still lies in asset tokenization and the development of "Agentic AI" applications. He expects ETH to perform even stronger around 2026 as structural trends continue to advance.

Yi Lihua: Waiting patiently for the opportunity to buy bargains, the next step may be the most panic stage in the currency circle

Odaily Planet Daily News Yi Lihua, founder of Liquid Capital, posted on the