1. 🔬 Attention-worthy opportunities

2. ❇️ DeFi

a. New projects from the past day

  • GemSwap by Golden Swan Solutions --- RWA (Sei, 1.32 million)

  • Voltage Lending --- Lending (Fuse, 70,000)

  • SPICE Protocol --- RWA (Plume Mainnet, 0 million)

  • Silent Protocol --- Privacy (Ethereum, 10,000)

  • Revert Lend --- Lending (Arbitrum, 7.88 million)

  • Alterscope --- Risk Curators (Ethereum, 12.57 million)

  • AIDApp --- Launchpad (CORE, 0 million)

b. Project list

c. Related projects

  • SOON will launch IDO on May 22

  • Defi App launches its governance token HOME, unlocking exchange-level utility through DAO

  • Uniswap dismisses Bancor's patent infringement lawsuit

  • Lido V3 white paper draft published, plans to finalize by mid-summer this year

3. 🌏 Macro

  • Former member of the Bank of Japan: The window for interest rate hikes is narrowing

  • Ethereum spot ETF saw a total net inflow of $64.889 million yesterday, marking three consecutive days of net inflow

  • Trump's direct pressure was ineffective, some House Republican members remain skeptical about the tax bill

  • Bitcoin spot ETF saw a total net inflow of $329 million yesterday, marking five consecutive days of net inflow

  • QCP: Japan's debt crisis is brewing, Bitcoin is facing liquidity tests at high levels

4. 🐳 Whale movements

a. Institutions, large investments, whale behavior

  • Whales deposit $16 million USDC in Hyperliquid and go long on BTC with 40x leverage

  • James Wynn and '50x insider whale' open opposing positions on Hyperliquid, attracting market attention

  • U.S. publicly listed company BTCS increases its holdings by 3,450 ETH, total ETH holdings approximately 12,500

  • A certain whale increases its holdings by another 1,500 BTC, having added 6,111 BTC over the past week

  • Three whales go long on Bitcoin on Hyperliquid, total position size reaches $1.03 billion

  • Whale James Wynn increases long positions again, value of holdings returns above $700 million

b. DeFi, NFT, On-chain activities

c. Exchange-related capital flows

5. 📃 Industry

a. NFT & GameFi & SocialFi & DID & DAO & Content creation

  • U.S. Vice President Vance and other officials confirm attendance at Bitcoin 2025 conference, MyStonks.org will participate and exhibit

b. Exchanges/Wallets

  • Crypto.com obtains EU license to launch cryptocurrency financial derivatives in the European Economic Area

  • Bitcoin Suisse receives principle approval from the Abu Dhabi Financial Services Regulatory Authority

  • Binance HODLer airdrop launches Haedal (HAEDAL)

  • Binance Alpha launches BUILDon (B)

  • Binance Wallet will launch ALLO TGE on May 22

c. Public chain/L2

  • Solana Mobile's second phone Seeker will ship on August 4, launching the native token SKR

  • Ethereum DEX trading activity surges, Uniswap's market share exceeds 97%

d. Investment and financing

  • Theta Capital completes $175 million crypto fund financing to invest in blockchain startups

  • Wen Acquisition Corp completes $300 million IPO and lists on Nasdaq, plans to expand stablecoin business

  • World completes $135 million financing through WLD token sales, to be used for expansion in the U.S. and globally

  • Astar Network receives strategic investment from Animoca Brands, accelerating the development of the Web3 entertainment ecosystem

e. Regulation

  • U.S. SEC acknowledges BlackRock's physical redemption of the Ethereum spot ETF

  • U.S. SEC Commissioner Peirce: NFT royalty mechanisms do not make tokens securities

  • South Korea will allow non-profit organizations and exchanges to sell cryptocurrencies under new FSC rules

  • SEC sues Unicoin and its executives for securities fraud, involving over $100 million

  • Texas legislature passes Bitcoin Reserve Bill, awaiting the governor's signature to take effect

  • New York City Mayor announces the establishment of a cryptocurrency advisory committee

  • SEC Chairman questioned in Congress regarding Trump's Meme coin and Justin Sun's related issues

6. 🤖 AI-related

  • Story empowers the Virtuals ecosystem AI music platform MUSIC, enabling one-click generation of on-chain music IP from Twitter hot posts

  • DeFAI Market Benchmark Report: The current state and trends of AI × DeFi protocols

7. 🔧 Tools

  • Dune launches multi-chain real-time developer platform sim, providing a complete set of API endpoints for wallets and portfolios

8. 💡 Views

  • EIP-7918 discussion focus: Why replace transaction benchmark fees with point verification costs?

  • U.S. stablecoin strategy: Reshaping dollar hegemony and the government bond market landscape

  • Never underestimate the significance of U.S. stablecoins (Genius Act)

  • Matrixport: The Bitcoin market structure is evolving, with long-term funds gradually becoming the dominant driving force

  • CryptoQuant CEO: XRP has a capital market expert feel, recent trends seem very sharp

  • Bitwise CIO: The stablecoin bill may pave the way for a multi-year bull market in the crypto market

  • BitMart market report: BTC's intraday fluctuations are widening, high-level fluctuations may be the main trend recently

  • Interpreting Virtuals Genesis data: Average return of 32 times for new issues, over-subscription level is strongly correlated with returns

  • Some thoughts on Solana's new consensus protocol 'Alpenglow'

  • Cryptocurrency prices halved, gold mining is cooling down, is Web3 Adventure Island still worth participating in?

  • Bitcoin is becoming a new favorite in corporate finance, why is everyone rushing to emulate Strategy?

  • 1kx: Investment logic and development path of decentralized social graphs

  • Arthur Hayes: Japan's government bond yields soar, central bank interest rate hike plans may face 'heavy blows'

  • Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin may rise to $200,000, U.S. Treasury policies are the key driving force