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According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Time of Agreement on Permanent Peace Agreement between the United States and Iran," the "Yes" option in the sub-market "June 15" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 49.5% an hour ago to the current 19.5% (a fluctuation of 30%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Decrypt, Dapper Labs announced that its digital collectibles platform NFL All Day, in collaboration with the NFL, will stop issuing new NFTs, but existing collectibles can still be bought and sold on the market. Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou stated that the company has signed a new licensing agreement with the NFL and will announce details as the next season approaches. As part of the adjustments, the platform will offer collectors a "Founding Collector" label and launch a 5% Dapper balance rebate, but the purchased items must be held for one year before they can be released.After the announcement, trading volume on the NFL All Day market surged, exceeding $53,000 on Thursday, with the number of sellers jumping from fewer than 100 last week to over 400 on Thursday. Some collectors complained that their bids were still accepted after the announcement, leading to the purchase of NFTs that significantly decreased in value. Dapper Labs stated that it is working to advance the next phase of NFL digital collectibles development.

According to the Financial Times, Anthropic has reached a term sheet agreement for a $30 billion financing round, which will bring the company's valuation to $900 billion, with the deal expected to close as early as this month.

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, sources say that a bipartisan group of minority senators in the U.S. Senate held discussions last night regarding the CLARITY Act, attempting to push the Democrats to make concessions on at least two outstanding issues, but ultimately failed to reach an agreement.Senator Cynthia Lummis stated that both sides had reached consensus on "99% of the content" of the bill and expressed hope that the Democrats would continue to address the remaining issues after the bill passes committee review; otherwise, if a similar incident to FTX occurs in the future, "they can only blame themselves."Reports indicate that Democratic Senators Adam Schiff and Ruben Gallego have been pushing for a compromise on the ethical standards and conflict of interest clauses involving the president's family before the committee review, making it one of the conditions for supporting the bill.Additionally, some Democratic lawmakers have raised concerns about provisions related to the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA). This provision aims to prohibit lawsuits against non-custodial software developers based on money transfer laws.Sources say that both sides have made substantial progress on ethical and conflict of interest issues, but disagreements over amendments to the BRCA ultimately led to the breakdown of negotiations. The market currently widely expects that this committee review will show clear partisanship.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes tweeted that the rising yield of the 10-year U.S. Treasury (TSY) will force the Trump administration to reach an agreement with China as soon as possible, otherwise the traditional financial markets (TradFi) will face the risk of collapse. He also stated that he is taking this opportunity to buy the dip.

According to Jin Shi reports, the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $30 million settlement agreement with Paypal (PYPL.O).

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, on the prediction market Polymarket, the event "Will the US and Iran reach a permanent peace agreement before...?" is currently among the hottest trades, with a cumulative pool size of 881 million dollars. The option with the highest market consensus is "December 31," corresponding to a winning probability of about 73.5%.

The largest lending protocol Tydro under Kraken's Ink Layer 2 announced yesterday that it will remain in a market pause state until the completion of the Chainlink price oracle migration. On May 4, the risk management agency Chaos Labs notified Tydro that its oracle provider had been attacked, with an attack pattern similar to that of a nation-state actor, and recommended an immediate pause of all markets.Tydro stated that there were no abnormal price feeds to its market before or after the pause, and user positions were unaffected. About 48 hours later, Chaos Labs confirmed that the compromised keys had been rotated, and technically, operations could resume, but Tydro chose to continue the pause until the second push oracle was in place. The completion of the Chainlink migration will trigger a 48-hour time lock, during which a four-hour grace period will also be set, allowing borrowers with health factors below 1 to repay or add collateral without being liquidated. Tydro is a white-label deployment of Aave v3, and the total market size has recently exceeded $700 million.

The Bitcoin-supported digital credit protocol Saturn Credit has completed a $2 million seed round of financing, led by The Spartan Group, with participation from Anchorage Digital and Susquehanna Crypto.It is reported that Saturn Credit is a stablecoin protocol built on the Strategy company STRC, set to launch in March 2026. Saturn Credit adopts a dual-token system: USDat is a non-interest-bearing stablecoin, supported by tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds through the M token, licensed and pegged 1:1 with USDC; sUSDat is an ERC-4626 interest-bearing vault that accumulates STRC dividends, with an exit queue of 3 to 7 days.

According to market news, the closed cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex submitted a motion to a federal judge this week, requesting to withdraw its $24 million settlement agreement with the SEC and asking for a full refund of the fine from the SEC.Bittrex's lawyers pointed out in the motion that when the SEC filed the lawsuit, it claimed that the relevant cryptocurrencies were unregistered securities. However, after the Trump administration took office, the SEC publicly acknowledged that the legal theory was flawed and subsequently dismissed almost all similar cases, with only the Bittrex case remaining unresolved. Bittrex believes this is unfair and is seeking equal treatment.It is worth noting that the SEC has initiated procedures to transfer the $24 million to the Treasury Department for compensation to affected customers by March 2026. Bittrex's lawyers are urgently requesting the court to issue a return order before the funds are transferred. The SEC is currently refusing to comment on this matter.

According to Decrypt, the closed cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has filed a motion to a federal judge to withdraw its settlement agreement with the U.S. SEC and is requesting the SEC to return the $24 million fine.Bittrex was accused by the SEC of offering unregistered securities trading during the Biden administration, ultimately reaching a settlement and paying a fine, and then closed due to the "current U.S. regulatory and economic environment" that made it impossible to continue operations. Bittrex's lawyers pointed out in the latest filing that the SEC's stance on cryptocurrency regulation has fundamentally changed since the Trump administration took office, acknowledging that the legal theory that most tokens are considered securities was incorrect, that the enforcement strategy has been flawed from the beginning, and that almost all lawsuits and investigations against cryptocurrency companies have been withdrawn.Bittrex is asking the judge to order the return of the funds before the SEC transfers the money to the Treasury for compensation. In March of this year, the SEC initiated the process to transfer the fine to the Treasury.

Hut 8, a Bitcoin mining company, saw its stock price rise over 32% after the company signed a $9.8 billion leasing agreement for an AI data center campus designed based on NVIDIA's computing architecture.The deal marks the first phase of Hut 8's commercialization of the Beacon Point data center campus located in Nueces County, Texas. Hut 8 stated that tenants will use this computing infrastructure to support AI training and "large-scale inference workloads." Hut 8 said, "The site was initially underwritten for speed to power logic to serve Hut 8's associated client American Bitcoin Corp (ABTC), but as power demand accelerated and client needs expanded, it has been repositioned as AI infrastructure. Hut 8 has shifted Beacon Point from its original commercialization path with ABTC to deliver an AI data center campus with contracted, investment-grade cash flow, marking the first phase of value creation at the asset level for the campus."Hut 8 also announced its first-quarter financial report on Monday, recording a net loss of $253 million, an increase of 89% compared to a loss of $134 million in the same period last year. On the positive side, quarterly revenue rose to $71 million, primarily driven by $66 million in computing-related revenue.

According to a report by Axios, two U.S. officials and informed sources revealed that the White House believes it is close to reaching an agreement with Iran on a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and establish a framework for subsequent, more detailed nuclear negotiations. The U.S. expects to receive Iran's response on several key issues within the next 48 hours.Sources say this is the closest the two sides have come to an agreement since the outbreak of the war. According to part of the agreement, Iran will commit to suspending uranium enrichment activities, while the U.S. agrees to lift sanctions against Iran and release billions of dollars of frozen Iranian funds. Both sides will also lift restrictions on passage through the Strait of Hormuz.This one-page memorandum, consisting of 14 clauses, is being jointly negotiated by Trump envoy Wittekov and Kushner with several Iranian officials through both direct contact and mediation. According to the current version, the memorandum will declare the end of regional warfare and initiate a 30-day negotiation period to reach a detailed agreement, which includes opening the strait, limiting Iran's nuclear program, and lifting U.S. sanctions. These negotiations may take place in Islamabad or Geneva. A U.S. official stated that during this 30-day period, Iran's restrictions on strait shipping and the U.S. Navy's blockade will be gradually lifted. If negotiations break down, U.S. forces will be able to restore the blockade or take military action again.

The Ink ecological lending protocol Tydro announced on platform X that the team has suspended all markets after receiving a report about issues with a third-party oracle, ensuring the safety of user funds. The team is currently conducting an active investigation and will provide further updates as soon as possible.

According to Jinshi News, OpenAI has finalized a $10 billion joint venture agreement with a private equity giant.

Bitcoin mining company and energy infrastructure platform Hut 8 announced that its subsidiary has reached a $200 million Bitcoin collateralized credit agreement with FalconX, replacing the previous financing arrangement from Coinbase Credit. The new financing has an annual fixed interest rate of 7.0%, a decrease of 200 basis points from the previous 9.0% financing from Coinbase; during the period from December 2023 to March 2025, the financing cost was as high as 10.5%–11.5%, with a cumulative reduction of up to 450 basis points, demonstrating progress in continuously optimizing debt costs.After this refinancing, Hut 8 has approximately 3,300 BTC converted to an uncollateralized state, valued at about $260 million based on the market value as of May 1, 2026, significantly enhancing its balance sheet flexibility and liquidity. Meanwhile, the credit structure maintains key risk control terms, including a limited recourse structure, a no-rehypothecation clause, and a fixed LTV threshold design, preventing additional margin calls triggered by a decline in Bitcoin prices.Hut 8's management stated that this financing not only reduces financing costs but also releases more uncollateralized Bitcoin assets, helping to enhance capital allocation flexibility across different market cycles; FalconX emphasized that this transaction reflects its ongoing expansion capabilities in institutional-level Bitcoin credit solutions.

The U.S. Air Force has agreed to purchase a batch of interceptor drones from a company supported by President Trump's son, with the quantity unspecified. As the U.S.-Iran war enters its third month, this move deepens the connection between the U.S. military and defense contractors associated with the Trump family.Velikovich, co-founder of Powerus, stated that the company will sell these drones to the Pentagon after a demonstration in Arizona, marking Powerus's first contract to sell such weapons to the U.S. military. The company declined to disclose the terms or scale, but the military often engages in such transactions when evaluating new weapon systems. This move aligns with the U.S. strategy of using inexpensive interceptor drones to counter Iranian attack drones rather than relying on expensive missiles. Reports indicate that the U.S. military has deployed 10,000 AI-equipped Merops interceptor drones developed in Ukraine to the Middle East.

The Spark protocol released its financial report for the first quarter of 2026 on April 27.The report shows that the gross protocol return for the quarter was $31.5 million (a 31% decrease quarter-over-quarter), the net protocol return was $6.91 million (a 30% decrease quarter-over-quarter), and the net protocol surplus was $3.46 million (a 47% decrease quarter-over-quarter). The protocol treasury reached a size of $46.1 million at the end of the quarter (a 5.7% increase quarter-over-quarter). Additionally, Spark launched a SPK token buyback program, investing $986,000 to repurchase tokens from the open market.The revenue structure for this quarter has shifted, with distribution rewards becoming the largest net return contributor to the protocol ($3.31 million), surpassing the net income from Spark Liquidity Layer (SLL) for the first time. The average deployed capital for SLL was $1.93 billion, with an average annualized yield of 5.8%. SparkLend continues to support institutional-level lending operations, with its USDT savings treasury continuing to grow. The Spark institutional lending product deployed $150 million at the end of the quarter, with governance approving its $1 billion cap.The report noted that the current unfavorable conditions in the DeFi lending market have led to a narrowing of the SLL interest margin, but the protocol's distribution business has seen significant growth. USDS, as a scalable savings-based return mechanism in a poor market environment, is continuously expanding its distribution channels to multi-chain and various stablecoins.

According to The Block, Bitcoin mining infrastructure company Luxor Technology announced a deepened partnership with MicroBT, committing to invest $100 million in the procurement of WhatsMiner mining machines.As part of the agreement, MicroBT signed a letter of intent to invest in Luxor through its investment management firm Inflection Technology Ltd., with the specific amount undisclosed. In addition, Luxor will support WhatsMiner mining machines through its LuxOS firmware, with new features including power switching completed within 30 to 60 seconds, improved startup speed during power limitation events, and will be rolled out in phases. Mining operators running LuxOS will have access to a complete service system including Luxor mining pool, hash rate derivatives, energy services, and fleet management tools.