1. 🔬Opportunities to watch

  • SOON: Token airdrop query has launched

  • Olympus Pact will launch globally on May 20

2. ❇️DeFi

a. New projects in the past day

  • v60 --- Dexs (Prom, 280,000)

  • USD AI --- RWA Lending (Arbitrum, 910,000)

  • Phantom SOL --- Liquid Staking (Solana, 8,970,000)

b. Project list

c. Related projects

  • On-chain trading platform MyStonks.org launches three U.S. stock tokens: BTCS.M, DFDV.M, ANTA.M today

  • SOON founder announces live trading product and opens airdrop link

  • COOK will soon be launched on PancakeSwap, prioritized deployment on BNB Chain

  • BounceBit collaborates with BlackRock BUIDL to create 'RWA + CeDeFi' structured products

  • Virtuals: Proxy staking is now online, staking can earn points

3. 🌏Macro

  • Ethereum spot ETF saw a net inflow of $41.59 million last week, with BlackRock ETF ETHA leading at $66.04 million

  • Bitcoin spot ETF had a net inflow of $604 million last week, continuing five weeks of net inflows

  • Federal Reserve's Kashkari: There is significant uncertainty in the economy, and it's unclear when tariffs will be resolved

  • Federal Reserve's Williams: Not immediately worried about foreign investors selling U.S. assets

  • Federal Reserve's Bostic: Moody's downgrade of U.S. credit rating will impact the entire economy and financial markets

  • Federal Reserve's Bostic: More inclined to lower interest rates only once this year

4. 🐳Whale movements

a. Institutions, large investments, whale behavior

  • Whale James Wynn continues to open long positions on BTC with 40x leverage, with a position value reaching $570 million

  • Metaplanet increases its holdings by 1,004 bitcoins, total holdings reach 7,800 bitcoins

  • Hyperliquid whale shorts mainstream coins with profits exceeding $15 million

  • Strategy increases holdings of 7,390 bitcoins at an average price of $103,498

b. DeFi, NFT, On-chain activities

  • USDC Treasury adds 250 million USDC minted on Solana chain

c. Exchange-related fund flows

  • One address transferred 21.31 million LDO to CEX in the past six days

  • A newly created wallet withdrew 500 BTC from Binance, worth $51.58 million

  • A whale deposited 7,000 ETH into Binance, approximately worth $16.87 million

  • Two whales sold 7,300 ETH within three hours, cashing out nearly $18 million

5. 📃Industry

b. Exchanges/wallets

  • MetaMask co-founder confirms native SOL support will be launched in May

  • Binance Alpha will launch SOON, trading starts on May 23 with airdrop distribution

  • Binance Alpha new listing: Xterio (XTER)

  • Binance wallet accounts for nearly 90% of mainstream wallet trading volume, ranking first

  • Revolut plans to invest $1 billion in France and apply for a cryptocurrency license

c. Public chain/L2

  • Sei Labs releases Sei Giga whitepaper, aiming to become an EVM L1 blockchain supporting multiple proposers

  • Cardano founder denies allegations of misappropriating $600 million in ADA and promises to release an audit report

  • Vitalik proposes a new direction for Ethereum L1 scaling, emphasizing local nodes and user privacy

  • HONEY on Berachain has been unable to be redeemed for USDC for a long time, possibly due to treasury USDC depletion

  • Sui network's stablecoin supply surpasses $1 billion

e. Regulation

  • U.S. SEC delays decision on VANECK SPOT SOLANA ETF review

  • Tornado Cash developer's lawyer claims prosecution concealed favorable evidence, requests reconsideration of dismissal motion

  • Coinbase faces class action lawsuit in Illinois for biometric data collection

  • U.S. Senate will hold a key vote tonight on the stablecoin regulation bill GENIUS Act

f. Security

  • Printer company exposed for having drivers with backdoors, leading to 9.3 bitcoins being stolen

  • Australian police seize assets related to hacker cases, including 25 BTC and a seaside mansion

g. Others

  • British listed company Vinanz acquires 16.9 bitcoins at an average price of $103,341

  • Listed fintech company DigiAsia plans to raise $100 million and use 50% of profits to purchase bitcoins

6. 🤖AI-related

  • Sahara AI announces SIWA public testnet will launch tomorrow

7. 🔧Tools

  • Matrixdock launches XAUm 'smart investment' feature, achieving 'dual returns' on gold investments

8. 💡Opinions

  • In-depth exploration of Sei: blockchain performance, compliance, and interoperability

  • Matrixport: Bull-Bear indicator returns to bullish range, Bitcoin may reach new highs

  • 1confirmation founder: Crypto projects that allocate 50% of tokens to insiders will go to zero, ETH will reach $120 trillion

  • Ten questions for Arthur Hayes: When will the altcoin season arrive? Who will be stronger in the future between ETH and SOL?

  • Not just FOMO: The new trends and patterns behind Solana's treasury transformation

  • Strategy faces class action lawsuit, accused of making misleading statements regarding its Bitcoin strategy

  • (Rich Dad Poor Dad) Author: Save physical gold, silver, and BTC to withstand the next crisis, rather than buying ETFs

  • AI × Crypto Thought Framework: How to find clarity in chaos

  • CM: Thoughts on DeFi over the past week

  • Opinion: Although the 'altcoin season' has not yet arrived, institutional investors have begun to increase their holdings of SOL

  • Michael Saylor: In the first 49 days of Q2, MSTR achieved a 4.8% return on BTC

  • JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: Will allow clients to buy Bitcoin but will not provide custody services for it

  • Arthur Hayes: If U.S. Treasury volatility transmits to the MOVE index, it may trigger policy intervention

  • Cycle Capital: Bitdeer (Btdr.US) Q1 2025 performance review