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South Korea's People Power Party Digital Asset Special Committee Chairman Kim Sang-hoon expressed concern at an academic conference about restrictions on exchange equity, calling for the prioritization of the second phase legislation of the Digital Asset Basic Law related to stablecoins to avoid missing the golden legislative window due to equity regulation disputes. He pointed out that the overseas circulation of Korean won stablecoin KRWQ challenges monetary sovereignty, advocating for laws that provide market predictability, offer clear guidance to operators, and establish user safety mechanisms.

CryptoWorld News: Morgan Stanley’s MSBT has recently increased its holdings by 83 Bitcoin (BTC), bringing its total holdings to 3,472 BTC, according to Arkham.

AI costs rising compress IT budgets, with Cummins, FedEx, and others demanding shorter SaaS contracts and the establishment of re-pricing mechanisms. Ralliant reduced five-year contracts to 1–3 years, Ibex renewed for one year. Cummins requires a 90-day modification right, and FedEx set a threshold for renegotiation. National Life Group wants replaceability clauses and to prohibit price increases due to new AI, with the option to exit if standards are not met. EY-Parthenon states that traditional software vendors' net retention rate over six months has dropped by approximately 15 percentage points.

According to Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn's post on the X platform, spot Bitcoin exchange-traded product funds continued to flow out this week, with a net outflow of $1.2 billion, marking the third worst weekly performance since 2026, reflecting rising market risk aversion.

ME News Update, May 15 (UTC+8), Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced a new project, the new BINAES Library in the capital. This futuristic facility combines books, Bitcoin, and family leisure, injecting new vitality into the city. (Source: MLion)

UBS research report states that the Federal Reserve is still on a path of further easing, with Powell downplaying the need for tightening caused by rising energy prices, emphasizing that policy often ignores oil price shocks when inflation expectations are under control. Although a continued decline in core inflation is needed before easing can be achieved, a 50 basis point cut is expected within the year. Since government bond yields are higher than pre-conflict levels, there is still room for movement, with year-end targets for 2-year and 10-year government bond yields at 3.25% and 3.75%, respectively. Source: Jin10.

ME News reports that Alpine Fox Capital's 13F filings as of the first quarter of 2026 show holdings of approximately 3.76M shares of Cipher Mining, with a market value of about $48.4 million, making it the largest position in their disclosed portfolio; the total fund holdings amount to approximately $154 million. They also hold about 750.5k shares of IREN, with a market value of approximately $25.7 million.

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Bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturer Foundation announces completion of $6.4 million in funding, led by Fulgur Ventures with participation from Arche Capital. The new funds will be used to accelerate its business expansion from Bitcoin self-custody wallets to areas such as identity verification, multi-factor authentication, and AI agents (AI agents) authorization. This round of funding brings Foundation's total funding to $16.5 million. (TheBlock)

Nasdaq-listed Intchains Group has pledged a total of 8,040 ETH as of April 16, 2026, including 1,000 ETH on FalconX and 7,040 ETH on GoldshellStake.
Multi-platform staking strategies enhance returns and diversify risks; the company is also advancing AI-powered operational transformation, focusing on automation and intelligence improvements in chip and product development, marketing, sales, and operations.

CryptoWorld News: HYPE short positions increased by 18,021.42 tokens on the hyperliquid platform, approximately $1,016,281.66. The current position size is $5,567,079.06, with an average price adjusted from $58.52 to $58.75. The current profit and loss is -$45,596.38 (-8.19%). The current token price is $59.23, and the liquidation price is $164.36. This address is short on more than 20 tokens, with a position of about $40 million, having accumulated profits exceeding $91 million. The main positions now are short on ZEC and TON.

Mars Finance News, according to Businesswire, Solmate Infrastructure, a Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company, announced that it will issue a total of 2,298,000 shares of Class B common stock through a registered direct private placement. The offering price is $4.97 per share, and it is expected to raise approximately $11.4 million in total. The transaction is expected to be completed around May 27, 2026, depending on customary closing conditions.

According to Bloomberg citing Goldman Sachs data, after a surge driven by AI, hedge funds are taking profits from semiconductor stocks. Over the past month, chip stocks have become the most sold-off sector in the U.S., mainly due to investors reducing long positions rather than shorting. Despite the pullback, the overall exposure of funds to AI-related stocks remains near historic highs, analysts say the sell-off is profit-taking and risk management, not a loss of confidence in the AI boom.

Mars Finance News: On May 21, Zhejiang Oriental announced that the company plans to acquire a 4% stake in Hangzhou United Bank from its controlling shareholder, Zhejiang State International Trade Group, at a price of 10.65 yuan per share. The transaction involves 87,218,518 shares, with a total consideration of approximately 929 million yuan. This transaction constitutes a related-party transaction and does not involve a major asset restructuring. After the transaction is completed, the company will hold a total of 7.94% of Hangzhou United Bank’s shares. This transaction is still subject to approval by the National Financial Regulatory Administration or its dispatched offices, as well as approval by the company’s shareholders’ meeting. (Company Announcement)

CryptoWorld News reports that the US and Israel are divided on the next steps against Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is highly skeptical of negotiations; he hopes to restart hostilities, destroy Iran's critical infrastructure, further weaken Iran's military capabilities, and shake its regime. Trump believes that the US and Iran can reach an agreement, but the US is also prepared to resume military actions. An Israeli source revealed that Netanyahu intends to visit the US in the coming weeks to meet with Trump.

Mars Finance News: According to Onchainlens monitoring, a whale has opened a long position of 40k shares of Nvidia (NVDA) with 10x leverage, valued at approximately $8.8 million, with a liquidation price of $210.6.

ME News Report, April 17 (UTC+8), prediction market data shows that "Vigo Celta vs. Freiburg no win" had a trading volume of $4.5M in the past 24 hours, with market engagement significantly increasing.

Sui announces the launch of gas-free stablecoin transfers, allowing stablecoin transfers without gas fees or additional SUI balance, supporting multiple stablecoins such as USDsui, SuiUSDe, AUSD, FDUSD, USDB, USDC, USDY, and others, based on Address Balances to enhance the convenience and predictability of enterprise payments and AI automation scenarios. Since August 2025, the total stablecoin transfer volume on the Sui network has exceeded 1 trillion US dollars.