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According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.07%, the S&P 500 down 1.24%, and the Nasdaq Composite down 1.54%. Technology stocks generally fell, with Micron Technology down 6.62%, Intel down 6.18%, NVIDIA down 4.42%, and Tesla down 4.75%.

According to Aastocks, the tokenized financial market infrastructure Digital Asset Clearing Center (DACC) announced the completion of a $10 million strategic financing, with participation from Conflux, Global InfoTech, Fosun International, Blockstone, Avior Capital, Fintech World, Satoshi Ventures, and BridgeTower.DACC currently provides end-to-end "Clearing-as-a-Service" for financial institutions, and the new funds will support its construction of compliant financial settlement and clearing infrastructure.

Grayscale's research director Zach Pandl stated that in the context of rising inflation in the United States, the Federal Reserve may maintain a high interest rate policy for a long time, which will have three core impacts on the cryptocurrency market.He believes that as the U.S. CPI approaches 4%, the new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has almost no room for interest rate cuts, and the market currently expects the first rate cut to be delayed until September 2027.Grayscale pointed out that long-term high interest rates will put pressure on "currency depreciation trades" such as Bitcoin. Since Bitcoin, like gold, is a non-yielding asset, higher real interest rates will increase the opportunity cost of holding dollar-denominated assets. However, it remains optimistic about Bitcoin's long-term prospects and believes that regulatory benefits such as the CLARITY Act can partially offset the related pressures.In addition, it believes that a high interest rate environment will accelerate the tokenization of fixed income assets. Currently, the yields on dollar-denominated fixed income products are higher than those of most DeFi yields; for example, the USDC lending rate on Aave is about 3.6%, while the yield on short-term corporate bonds is about 4.5%.Grayscale also stated that stablecoin issuers will benefit from high interest rates. Since the GENIUS Act prohibits stablecoins from paying interest to users, issuers can retain the income from reserve assets. It estimates that for every 25 basis points increase in short-term rates, Circle's revenue will increase by approximately $190 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, as the market continues to decline, Huang Licheng has closed most of his 25x ETH and 40x BTC long positions, during which both positions were liquidated, and losses have risen to nearly 32 million dollars. Currently, Huang Licheng still holds some positions, with a total value of approximately 10 million dollars.

Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart stated on the X platform that the 2x leveraged Cerebras Systems ETF (ticker: CBRG) has officially begun trading, while its underlying asset CBRS only started trading the previous afternoon, meaning that the launch of the leveraged ETF was completed just hours apart, setting a record for the rapid product launch pace.This "fast-follow" ETF issuance model is accelerating, and in the future, leveraged ETFs around non-public or high-demand assets such as SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI may also emerge with similar rapid replication issuance paths, reflecting a significant increase in the productization speed of the ETF market for new asset exposures.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened down 327.39 points on May 15 (Friday), a decrease of 0.65%, at 49,736.07 points; the S&P 500 opened down 78.22 points, a decrease of 1.04%, at 7,423.02 points; the Nasdaq Composite opened down 421.28 points, a decrease of 1.58%, at 26,213.94 points.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.66%, the S&P 500 down 0.85%, and the Nasdaq Composite down 1.3%. AI chip stocks generally fell, with Intel down over 5%, Baidu down nearly 4%, AMD down 3.5%, and NVIDIA down over 2%.

According to Businesswire, Nasdaq-listed company Datavault AI announced its business update for the first quarter of 2026, revealing that the company has signed over $800 million in tokenized contracts, with approximately $100 million in fees expected to be recognized in 2026, achieving about $75 million in new contract scale for the first quarter, further validating institutional demand for RWA (real-world asset) tokenization platforms.In terms of assets and financing, the company has strengthened its balance sheet through a $60 million private placement and an additional $120 million in non-dilutive financing, while advancing the expansion of the SanQtum AI infrastructure platform across the United States, and plans to expand its quantum-secure GPU edge network by the end of 2026, deploying approximately 48,000 GPUs.

According to Jinshi reports, major European stock indices continued to decline, with the German DAX30 index and the Italian FTSE MIB index falling more than 2%, the UK FTSE 100 index and the Euro Stoxx 50 index dropping nearly 2%, and the French CAC40 index down 1.6%.

According to GlobeNewswire, Nasdaq-listed HYPE Treasury Company Hyperion DeFi has released its Q1 financial report, disclosing a net profit of $8.8 million for Q1, an improvement from a net loss of $39.8 million in Q4 2025. Since the end of Q1, it has increased its holdings by approximately 60,000 HYPE tokens, bringing its total HYPE token holdings to over 2 million. Its validator nodes have been delegated 10.2 million HYPE, ranking among the top six validator nodes, second only to the Hyperliquid Foundation.In addition, the company also holds 1.92 million KNTQ tokens and 10 million HPL tokens.

According to official news, OKX will close the unified order book function on USDT/USD at 17:00 on June 2, 2026.From that time on, USDT/USD will operate only as an independent trading pair, and users will not be able to submit new orders for trading with USDC, USDG, or RLUSD on this trading pair, but trading with USD will still be available. Please make sure to check current strategy orders to avoid accidental cancellations.

According to a16z crypto, on May 14, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted in a bipartisan manner to advance the "Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act" (CLARITY), marking a historic step in the legislative framework for the U.S. crypto market. The CLARITY Act aims to establish a clear regulatory framework for blockchain networks and digital assets, with core content including: clarifying the regulatory boundaries between the SEC and CFTC regarding crypto assets, regulating the operations of crypto exchanges, protecting consumer rights, and providing a clear path for compliant operation of blockchain networks in the U.S.a16z pointed out that the U.S. has relied on "regulatory enforcement instead of legislation" over the past decade, which not only distorts the market and stifles innovation but also gives rise to a large number of regulatory arbitrage activities, leading many crypto projects to move overseas. The bill references the 2024 FIT21 Act and the 2025 House version of the CLARITY Act, and further improves upon them. Currently, the two drafts from the Senate Banking Committee and the Agriculture Committee will be merged into a unified bill, which will be submitted for a full Senate vote, and after passing, will also require approval from the House of Representatives and the President's signature to officially take effect.a16z compares this legislative progress to the historical significance of the 1933 Securities Act and cites the precedent of explosive growth in the industry following the passage of the GENIUS stablecoin bill, believing that once CLARITY is implemented, it will usher in a new wave of innovation for the U.S. crypto industry.

B.AI announced full access to China's mainstream payment systems, with WeChat Pay, Alipay, and UnionPay now open to users. Starting today, users can complete the entire process of account recharge, subscribing to AI services, and accessing top AI models and Agent services in a familiar payment environment. This payment upgrade lowers the usage threshold, allowing individual developers and enterprise clients to more conveniently experience cutting-edge AI capabilities, making the entire usage process smoother, more natural, and localized. B.AI will continue to optimize the product experience in the future, committed to integrating smarter and more efficient artificial intelligence services into everyone's daily work and life.

ARK Invest, led by Cathie Wood, submitted its Q1 2026 13F report, which shows a significant increase in holdings of Circle, Robinhood, Bitmine, and Bullish, while reducing its position in Coinbase.Specifically, ARK Invest significantly increased its holdings in Circle (CRCL) by approximately 368,000 shares, raising its total to about 4.5 million shares, with a market value of approximately $430 million, accounting for 3.34%; it also increased its holdings in Robinhood (HOOD) by about 1.19 million shares, with a market value of approximately $416 million; Bullish (BLSH) and Bitmine (BMNR) saw increases of about 1.74 million shares and 240,000 shares, respectively. Additionally, ARK Invest reduced its position in Coinbase (COIN), currently holding about 2.37 million shares, with a market value of approximately $414 million, accounting for 3.22%.

According to The Washington Post, U.S. President Donald Trump failed to disclose his multi-million dollar stock trades involving companies like Microsoft and Amazon within the legal deadline, with delays lasting several months. He has been fined $200 as a result, according to the latest investment disclosure documents.The report noted that these trades involved several large technology and financial stocks, with disclosure information indicating that the scale of his asset operations reached "the tens of millions of dollars." The delay in related disclosures has raised concerns about whether he strictly adhered to federal financial disclosure regulations.According to the requirements of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, federal officials must report significant financial transactions within the specified deadline, but there are issues with delays in actual enforcement and relatively light penalties.

BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, submitted its Q1 2026 13F report, showing a significant adjustment in its holdings of crypto-related stocks.Among them, it increased its holdings in MicroStrategy (MSTR) by approximately 3.14 million shares, raising its total to 17.75 million shares, with a market value of about $2.216 billion; it increased its holdings in Bitmine (BMNR) by approximately 2.02 million shares, bringing its total to about 11.08 million shares, with a market value of about $219 million.At the same time, it reduced its holdings in Coinbase (COIN) by approximately 330,000 shares, bringing its total to about 16.74 million shares, with a market value of about $2.924 billion; it reduced its holdings in Circle (CRCL) by approximately 610,000 shares, bringing its total to about 5.06 million shares, with a market value of about $483 million.

The Web3 asset data platform RootData has outlined 104 partners of Arc, covering six core sectors: asset issuance, infrastructure, developer tools, trading, financial services, and payments. Compared to most public chains that first develop a developer ecosystem and then seek commercialization scenarios, Arc's path is clearly more aligned with the real financial circulation network. At the asset issuance level, stablecoin issuers such as AllUnity, BDACS, Bitso/Juno, and Stablecorp, as well as tokenized asset players like Centrifuge, Securitize, and WisdomTree have entered the scene, indicating that Arc prioritizes solving the "on-chain asset supply" issue, bringing dollars, bonds, and securities onto the chain. At the infrastructure level, partners like Blockdaemon, Chainalysis, Elliptic, QuickNode, and DRPC provide node services, compliance analysis, and on-chain data support. This means Arc is preparing for institutional funds, rather than following the typical Crypto public chain model of "growth first, compliance later." At the developer tools level, partners such as Axelar, Wormhole, Chainlink, MetaMask, Fireblocks, Privy, Alchemy, LayerZero, and TRM Labs are concentrated, essentially lowering the migration costs for institutions and developers, allowing funds, wallets, cross-chain, and compliance tools to be directly in place. At the trading level, institutions like Coinbase, Bybit, Kraken, Robinhood, Galaxy Digital, and B2C2 are responsible for secondary market liquidity and price discovery. The payment layer is heavily integrated by Visa, Mastercard, PhotonPay, Nuvei, EBANX, and Ramp. At the financial services level, firms like BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, State Street, Aave, Maple Finance, Morpho, and BitGo are appearing simultaneously, indicating that Arc has begun to bridge traditional banking, on-chain lending, and custody systems. On the surface, Arc appears to be a new public chain, but from an ecological structure perspective, it will serve as the new financial infrastructure for the Circle stablecoin era, directly emphasizing USDC gas fees, sub-second final settlement, compliance privacy, and native CCTP integration, aiming to directly penetrate real capital flows and attempt to become SWIFT + Stripe + DTCC. Related compilation: Arc Web3 Partner Network Compilation (continuously updated) Cryptocurrency projects actively showcasing their partner networks have become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 projects to claim their information and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has continuously released multiple editions of the cryptocurrency project ecosystem map, nominating Web3 ecosystem partners for upstream clients like Visa, Mastercard, and Coinbase. If you wish to nominate your project in future ecosystem maps, please fill out the [RootData 2026 Industry Ecosystem Mapping] form to supplement your important clients and partners.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the CBRS short position of loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) has turned from a loss to a profit. This short position had an unrealized loss of 1.3 million dollars yesterday, and currently has an unrealized profit of 584,000 dollars.

Nasdaq-listed company Bit Digital released its Q1 2026 financial report, showing total revenue of $27.9 million, a decrease of 13.6% from the previous quarter, primarily affected by declines in Ethereum staking income, cloud services, and mining business revenue.Among them, ETH staking income fell by 29.4% to $2.3 million, with the company citing reasons including the drop in ETH prices and a reduction in staking scale. Meanwhile, cloud service revenue decreased by 13.1% to $16.8 million, and Bitcoin mining revenue dropped by 32.9% to $3.7 million.During the reporting period, the company's net loss widened to $146.7 million, mainly impacted by non-cash factors such as changes in the fair value of digital assets.As of the end of March, the Ethereum holdings were approximately 154,400 coins, valued at about $327 million. The company stated that it has converted about 70,000 ETH into liquid staking to enhance asset flexibility.In recent years, Bit Digital has continuously shifted from Bitcoin mining to Ethereum staking and digital asset treasury strategies, gradually laying out high-performance computing (HPC) and AI infrastructure business. The company's management indicated that future capital allocation will continue to tilt towards Ethereum and infrastructure.