1. 🔬Opportunities to watch

  • B² Network launches Mining Squared DeFi yield strategy, with annualized BTC returns of 2%–5%

  • Details of the latest Aethir node repurchase plan revealed, eATH will be used as a voucher to participate in Aethir Season2&3 AirDrop

  • Jupiter announces that it will launch its lending product “Jupiter Lend” in July

  • Huma Finance announces token economic model: initial airdrop of 5%, creation circulation ratio of 17.33%

2. ❇️DeFi

a. New projects in the past day

  • LuckyFuture --- Derivatives (Solana, 5490万)

  • Avant Protocol --- Basis Trading (Avalanche, 6228)

  • Propchain --- RWA (Polygon, 430万)

  • Lido Impact Staking --- Liquid Staking (Ethereum, 35万)

b. Project List

c. Related Projects

  • Bitcoin Mining Firm MARA Allocates 500 BTC to Two Prime to Expand Profit Strategy

  • Synthetix terminates $27 million acquisition of Derive

  • Binance Alpha will launch Huma Finance (HUMA) airdrop on May 26

  • WLFI announced the purchase of some B tokens to support the BUILDon team

  • BNP Paribas Asset Management issues tokenized money market fund units on Allfunds blockchain

3. 🌏Macro

  • The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond rose to 5.088%, the highest level since October 2023

  • Fed Governor Waller: If tariffs fall, the Fed is expected to cut interest rates in the second half of 2025

  • Today, the US Bitcoin ETF has a net inflow of 5,404 BTC, and the Ethereum ETF has a net inflow of 222 ETH

  • The number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending May 17 was 227,000, while the expected number was 230,000.

  • Japan's 40-year bond yield rose 6 basis points to 3.675%, the highest level since 2007

  • U.S. House of Representatives approves Trump's sweeping tax cut bill

4. 🐳Whale Movements

a. Institutions, large investments, and whale behavior

  • A smart money bought 3.32 million B within one hour after buying WLFI, with a return rate of 117%.

  • James Wynn once again increased his BTC long position, with his position rising to about $720 million

  • A whale invested 14 million USDC an hour ago and went long on Bitcoin with 40x leverage

  • Strategy Bitcoin holdings currently have a floating profit of over $23 billion

  • James Wynn bought 3.3 million SUI with 10x leverage, with a position value of $13.22 million

  • A whale/institution bought and sold 30,000 ETH through Wintermute OTC, making a profit of $23.73 million in 25 days

  • James Wynn recently made a profit of about $40.87 million on BTC long orders

b. DeFi, NFT, On-chain activities

  • A newly created address raised 200,000 SOL and transferred it to JitoSOL for staking

c. Exchange-related fund flows

  • Galaxy Digital deposited 100 BTC to Binance 2 hours ago

5. 📃Industry

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

  • Interactive Tutorial | How to quickly play Cookie.fun?

  • SOON: COMMING SOON NFT claims are scheduled to start on May 23

b. Exchange/Wallet

  • OKX launches packaged Bitcoin asset xBTC to meet BTC cross-chain liquidity and DeFi revenue needs

  • Kraken to offer over 50 tokenized stocks and ETFs, plans to allow non-US customers to trade

  • Ledger launches non-custodial wallet specifically for Solana

  • Bitget Wallet releases its product roadmap after brand upgrade: focusing on four major scenarios: "trading, financial management, payment, and exploration"

  • Binance Launchpool Launches HUMA, Opens BNB, FDUSD, and USDC Mining

  • Binance to List World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) on May 22

c. Public chain/L2

  • Brazilian financial institution Braza Group launches USDB stablecoin on XRPL

  • Linea Product Manager: LINEA Token Economics Enters Final Legal Review Stage

  • Sui: The Cetus team is exploring ways to recover funds and return them to the community

  • Centrifuge Brings RWAs of $400M U.S. Treasury Fund to Solana

  • Ethereum returns to L1 narrative, Solana consensus accelerates

d. Investment and Financing

  • Bitcoin project Roxom Global completes $17.9 million financing, with Borderless Capital and others participating

  • VanEck to Launch New Web3 Private Fund on AVAX in June

  • Stablecoin cross-border trading startup OpenFX completes $23 million financing, led by Accel

  • Strategy to sell 10% preferred stock worth $2.1 billion

e. Supervision

  • US SEC Delays Decision on 21Shares Spot Ethereum ETF’s Collateralization Plan

  • The Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council passed the Stablecoin Bill

  • Michigan lawmakers introduce four new cryptocurrency-related bills

  • Volatility Shares to Launch First XRP Futures ETF on Nasdaq Today

  • US CFTC Commissioner: Cryptocurrency Perpetual Futures Can Be Traded in the US

  • El Salvador’s president reveals his country’s BTC holdings: $386 million in floating profits, never sold so far

f. Security

  • SlowMist CISO: Cetus theft is suspected to be caused by a vulnerability due to calculation accuracy issues

  • Cetus hacked with losses exceeding $150 million

  • SUI Lianchuang: The $160 million stolen from Cetus has been frozen and will be returned to the pool soon

  • ZachXBT: Coinbase data leak hacker provoked on-chain, suspected of laundering $42.5 million

  • SlowMist Cosine: Almost all the unfrozen funds of Cetus hackers have been exchanged for ETH, a total of 23,243

  • SlowMist: Suspicious activities detected on Nexo platform

g. Others

6. 🤖AI related

7. 🔧Tools

8. 💡Viewpoint

  • AVS Architecture Paradigm Explained: How Do Task and Cycle Models Drive Scalable Services?

  • Stablecoin bill GENIUS voted through, which crypto assets will benefit from it?

  • Virtuals Genesis data analysis: The average return on new shares is 32 times, and the degree of oversubscription is strongly correlated with returns

  • Analysis: This round of Bitcoin bull market is driven more by institutions and long-term capital rather than retail speculation

  • Bitwise: The US Stablecoin Bill may trigger a long-term bull market, and assets such as ETH and SOL may benefit

  • Standard Chartered analyst: BTC may reach $200,000 by the end of the year and $500,000 by 2028

  • Analysis: Bitcoin monthly RSI enters overbought range again, Bitcoin rises strongly after two previous overbought periods

  • JPMorgan Chase: Market expectations of stablecoin market value breaking through the trillion dollar mark are too optimistic

  • What are the indicators for judging whether BTC is close to the top of the cycle?

  • Greeks.live: Despite BTC's potential 15-20% pullback, the community remains generally bullish

  • Why this bull run is different than the past? Six charts reveal what’s driving Bitcoin’s rise

  • Analyst: Cryptocurrency rebound partly due to favorable macro environment and institutional influx

  • a16z Crypto proposes a strategy to protect crypto assets after data breaches, emphasizing the importance of ZK technology

  • Analysis: BTC's "huge profit cashing" after reaching a new high is a typical bull market sprint signal

  • Opinion: BTC rises to all-time high, partly because investors seek alternatives to US assets