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XRPLRipple is actively promoting the addition of a layer of lending infrastructure on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), enabling institutions to use on-chain tokenized assets as collateral for financing, while the loan terms are automatically executed by the protocol, with credit assessments and lending decisions still made by off-chain institutions.According to reports, the proposal is named the XRPL Lending Protocol (corresponding to the XLS-65 and XLS-66 standards), which is currently still in the technical draft stage and must be approved through validator voting before it can go live on the mainnet, but it is already available for developer testing on the test network.The design of the protocol splits the lending process into two parts: on-chain mechanisms responsible for fund pool management, interest calculation, repayment execution, and default handling; while borrower credit assessments and loan term settings remain with traditional financial institutions to meet compliance requirements in different jurisdictions.Ripple states that this mechanism is primarily aimed at institutional short-term liquidity needs, such as in cross-border payment scenarios, where temporary financing is obtained through stablecoins or collateralized assets before settlement, to enhance capital efficiency.Analysts believe that this solution attempts to introduce a "rule-based lending infrastructure" similar to traditional finance while maintaining the open network attributes of XRPL, but it still faces competition from established on-chain lending protocols like Aave, Compound, and Maple.

Early space fintech company Nebex, founded by former Axiom Space CEO Tejpaul Bhatia, announced the completion of a $30,000,000 seed round financing, led by Google Ventures, a subsidiary of Alphabet.

According to a report by The Paper, the embodied intelligence company Zhi Ping Fang has recently completed a series of new financing, with a total amount of nearly 5 billion yuan (approximately 700 million USD), and a valuation exceeding 20 billion yuan, making it the first embodied intelligence company in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to officially surpass a valuation of 20 billion yuan. Zhi Ping Fang stated that after the completion of this financing, it will accelerate the iteration and large-scale production process of the "robot brain," further solidifying its integrated capabilities of "model × hardware × scenario."

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) warned in its latest annual report that the bursting of the AI bubble, a rebound in inflation, and sovereign debt pressures are the three core risks currently threatening global economic prosperity. The report pointed out that if the returns on investment in the AI sector fall short of expectations, it could lead to the current capital expenditure boom evolving into a long-term investment contraction, triggering significant macroeconomic turbulence.The BIS specifically cautioned about the complex "circular financing" model within the AI industry chain, such as cross-shareholding and computing power binding procurement agreements between chip manufacturers and AI laboratories or cloud service providers. The institution emphasized that such transactions often lack transparency and pose the risk of the same asset being mortgaged multiple times. In addition, energy shocks caused by geopolitical conflicts could trigger a secondary rebound in inflation, compounded by high-leverage arbitrage trading by hedge funds in the government bond market, which would further exacerbate the fragility of the global financial system.

Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua posted that the current Bitcoin trend represents the third wave of decline since the peak of 1011. According to volatility theory and cyclical patterns, this may be the final major drop.Yi Lihua pointed out that the main influencing factors for this round of decline include the performance of the U.S. stock market and Strategy, while closely monitoring the Federal Reserve's response to CPI data to see if it will change interest rate cut or hike expectations, which could trigger a continued pullback in the U.S. stock market. Additionally, black swan or explosive events often occur at the tail end of past bear markets, which have not yet appeared and still require ongoing observation.He believes that based on Bitcoin's peak of $126,000, a 60% drop would bring it down to about $51,000, and a 66% drop would bring it down to about $43,000. Regardless of where the final bottom lies, July and August may be the last bottoming area of this cycle and the most noteworthy time window for bottom fishing in the next three years.

According to CoinDesk, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated in an interview with CNBC that he remains optimistic about Bitcoin but believes that Strategy's model of financing Bitcoin purchases through preferred stock has harmed the crypto market.Garlinghouse said, "Financial engineering will not drive long-term value." He believes that the long-term value of any digital asset comes from its utility and stated, "Michael Saylor's team is not focused on the right things, which harms the overall market."The focus of Garlinghouse's criticism is the financing mechanism used by Strategy to accumulate Bitcoin. For about the past year, Strategy has raised funds through the issuance of preferred stock to continue purchasing Bitcoin. Its STRC stock has an annual dividend yield of 11.5%, designed to trade close to $100.Garlinghouse pointed out that STRC is currently about 25% below that level, which is a "harsh denial" of the strategy. STRC hit an all-time low on Thursday, at one point trading about 26% below par value. Meanwhile, Strategy's common stock fell to its lowest level since February 2024, closing around $82 on Friday; Bitcoin dropped below $59,000.This week, Strategy's financing model is facing more pressure. CryptoQuant stated that Strategy should pause Bitcoin purchases and rebuild cash reserves. The coverage period for STRC dividend payments has shrunk from over 7 years to about 14 months. When STRC falls below $100, the mechanism of issuing stock and purchasing Bitcoin will stall, which is also the reason for the company to pause this mechanism.Benchmark-StoneX analyst Mark Palmer believes that Strategy's financing engine has simply become "less efficient," rather than having failed, and opposes comparing STRC to assets that have completely collapsed.

According to official news, AI-assisted development of the Web3 infrastructure layer Canopy has completed a $8.5 million seed round financing, with participation from Arrington Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Borderless Capital, and SNZ Capital.The raised funds will be used to support its mainnet launch, expansion of the engineering team, and the development of native AI development tools.

According to Jinshi, the final value of the U.S. inflation rate expectations for June 5 to ten years is 3.3%, which is in line with expectations, and the previous value was 3.4%.

Cardano wallet service provider SecondFi released the latest update on the theft incident, stating that the team has completed the final balance snapshot of affected users' assets. Previously, multiple snapshots were continuously recorded during the incident response as a basis for subsequent asset recovery and verification.SecondFi stated that the engineering and security teams are advancing the asset recovery plan, with the expectation that asset returns could begin in about two weeks. One week will be used to reach a feasible technical solution, and one week will be used for testing and review, with specific timing potentially adjusted as progress is made. The platform will resume operations only after passing a comprehensive security review. Currently, users only need to submit support requests through the official website ticketing system, with no additional actions required.

The Sui ecosystem lending protocol Suilend officially announced that the DeFi development team Bluewater Labs will acquire Suilend and its ecological products SpringSui and STEAMM (AMM), and will take over its subsequent development and operational work. In addition, Bluefin co-founder Zabi will serve as the new CEO of Suilend.The announcement stated that after the acquisition is completed, Suilend will continue to operate as an independent platform, retaining its own brand, product direction, and underlying infrastructure. During the transition period, the team will adopt a security-first strategy, and users will not need to take any action; all current protocol functions such as deposits, lending, staking, and trading will continue to operate as usual.

Stablecoin native payment company Daya has completed a $2.4 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Hivemind Capital, with participation from Lattice, Alliance, Globelink, and the Aptos Foundation. Daya was co-founded by Nigerian entrepreneurs Aleph L and Paul Joe, who previously co-founded Helicarrier (an early African crypto exchange and stablecoin remittance platform) and have worked at Circle, Microsoft, and Lyrik Ventures. It is reported that Daya aims to build a financial operating layer for cross-border businesses in Africa, integrating local banks, foreign exchange, crypto withdrawals and deposits, and payment processors through a single dashboard to achieve automated routing of optimal payment paths.

Former Ren Protocol founder Loong Wang announced the launch of the tokenized financial product settlement network Metal and completed a seed round financing co-led by Airwallex and Capital49, with Airwallex also joining as the first design partner. Metal was co-founded by Loong Wang and former Libra project partner lead Catherine Porter, aiming to build an institutional-grade full-stack infrastructure for tokenized financial products, natively supporting AI agents, authentication, and authorization, while providing global withdrawal and recharge channels covering 200 countries and 90 currencies.

The AI infrastructure project Orthogonal announced the completion of a $4.3 million financing round, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Decasonic, and other institutions.

According to Jinshi, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against a Rwandan gold refinery and a network facilitating the trade of conflict minerals.

According to PR Newswire, the AI Agent infrastructure project Orthogonal announced the completion of a $4.3 million seed round financing, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Decasonic, Blast, Outbound, Surreal, and others.Orthogonal positions itself as the underlying infrastructure for internet discovery, orchestration, and payment aimed at AI agents, providing a full suite of capabilities for service retrieval, cross-tool task automation, and on-chain instant payments.It is reported that the funds raised in this round will be used for core platform iterative development, expanding the engineering and marketing teams, continuously increasing the scale of platform developers, and improving the interconnectivity ecosystem for AI agents.

According to PR Newswire, AI Agent infrastructure company Sail Research announced the completion of $80 million in seed and Series A financing, led by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Redpoint Ventures, CRV, Theory Ventures, and others.Sail Research focuses on building infrastructure for AI Agents, aiming to address the computational power, cost, and operational limitations of current artificial intelligence systems in long-duration, multi-step tasks. Its API is compatible with OpenAI interfaces and supports mainstream open-source models such as DeepSeek and Gemma.

According to PR Newswire, AI infrastructure company Neurometric AI announced the completion of a $4 million financing round, with participation from Betaworks, ex-Ante, Everywhere.vc, and others.The company disclosed that it has officially launched an automated Token engineering platform to optimize the cost and performance management of AI Agent workloads, and the new funds will be used to expand the engineering and AI research teams.

According to Jinshi, the final value of the GDP price index for the United States in the first quarter is 3.6%, higher than the market expectation of 3.5% and the previous value of 3.5%.