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The prediction market platform Kalshi announced a partnership with Interactive Brokers.According to the cooperation details, Interactive Brokers has integrated the Kalshi prediction market into its existing trading platform, allowing users to manage prediction market positions and traditional portfolios on the same interface, and supporting real-time viewing of positions, liquidity, and price data.The initially launched prediction markets will mainly cover topics such as election results, climate events, and economic indicators.

Anthropic announced that starting from June 15, 2026, a new billing policy for the Agent SDK will be implemented. According to the new regulations, third-party Agent tools such as OpenClaw will be allowed to access the Claude subscription version again, but they must use a separate "exclusive monthly quota," which will no longer be shared with the regular chat quota.Previously, Anthropic had restricted third-party tools from accessing the Claude subscription quota in April of this year to prevent abuse. This adjustment is seen as the final solution to the related controversy, which is to reopen third-party access while completely isolating Agent calls from the regular chat quota.Specifically, Pro users will receive a monthly exclusive quota of $20; Max 5x and advanced Team versions will receive $100; Max 20x and advanced Enterprise versions can receive up to $200. The relevant quotas can only be used for third-party applications, self-built Agent projects, and claude-p backend command calls, with quotas refreshing monthly, and any excess must be paid at the standard API rate.

Matthew Sigel, the head of digital asset research at VanEck, stated in an interview with CNBC that he expects Bitcoin to reach its historical high again within the next 12 months. He pointed out that the current correlation between BTC and the Nasdaq is close to a five-year high, and the resilience of the U.S. stock market has driven this round of rebound. However, the derivatives market still lacks significant optimism, with the futures and options markets reflecting more short covering and hedging demand. Therefore, from a contrarian perspective, there may still be room for the market to continue.Matthew Sigel also mentioned that this year, a central bank has announced it will include Bitcoin in its foreign exchange reserves, which means BTC is gradually turning into a global asset used for large cross-border transaction settlements. He believes this is a major trend. In terms of investment direction, he is more optimistic about the increase in Bitcoin's market share and Bitcoin mining companies benefiting from the trend of AI integration. He stated that mining companies are becoming important beneficiaries of AI infrastructure, and as AI business grows, the pressure on mining companies to sell BTC for fundraising is decreasing. Additionally, Matthew Sigel believes that if the CLARITY Act is passed, it could reignite sentiment in the altcoin market, but currently, institutional investors remain cautious about most altcoins due to regulatory and investor protection issues.

According to a report from the British police, former world athletics championships 4×100 meter relay gold medalist, British sprinter CJ Ujah, along with nine others, has been charged with "conspiracy to defraud" in connection with a cryptocurrency scam.The police stated that the criminal gang impersonated police and cryptocurrency company personnel to carry out phone scams against multiple victims, inducing them to disclose key wallet security information, including seed phrases. They then transferred the victims' cryptocurrency assets, with one victim losing over £300,000. This case was cracked by the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) after a joint investigation across Kent, Essex, and London. Ten suspects have appeared in court, with Ujah granted bail until a further hearing on May 28.The 32-year-old Ujah won the world championship 4×100 meter relay gold medal representing the British team in 2017 and also claimed the Diamond League title that same year. He was banned for 22 months in 2022 due to a doping issue, later determined to be a result of supplement contamination leading to a false positive. In addition to Ujah, another British sprinter, Brandon Mingeli, is also on the arrest list and is currently in custody awaiting trial.

Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, stated that the price of Bitcoin is expected to reach $1 million in the next 5 years.He likened the adoption path of Bitcoin to video games: gradually moving from early niche groups to widespread popularity, especially optimistic about the continued increase in allocation by young investors. However, this prediction is still considered aggressive compared to the current price of about $80,000, and similar optimistic views in the market also largely come from institutions with holdings.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve official Kashkari stated that before the outbreak of the war, he believed inflation might decline and that it was necessary to cut interest rates again this year. However, the changes in March were not sufficient to prompt a revision of the policy statement.

According to Crowdfund Insider, Ripple and the digital asset trading platform Bullish announced an expansion of their long-term partnership, with Bullish's Bitcoin options market opening to Ripple Prime institutional clients.According to the announcement from both parties, this integration will allow Ripple Prime users to directly access Bullish's regulated BTC options market. Bullish stated that its platform is currently the second largest cryptocurrency settlement Bitcoin options market in the world by open interest and supports spot, perpetual contracts, and futures trading.In addition, both parties revealed that OKX has reached a strategic partnership with Ripple to introduce the stablecoin RLUSD (Ripple USD) in the compliant market. Ripple Prime, as one of the largest non-bank prime brokers globally, has exceeded a clearing scale of $30 trillion in 2025 and can provide multi-asset brokerage, clearing, and financing services.

Messari's latest Pulse report provides an in-depth analysis of the early implementation progress of the Bitget AI trading system. The report points out that Bitget has built a four-layer AI product architecture that includes GetAgent (market analysis), GetClaw (autonomous execution), Agent Hub (developer access), and Gracy AI (strategy interaction). Data shows that Gracy AI attracted over 460,000 users just 11 days after its launch, generating more than 2.6 million replies and achieving an exposure of 390 million; GetAgent has surpassed 450,000 registered users, achieving over 100 million exposures during its early invitation testing phase and accumulating more than 25,000 waiting users.Messari emphasizes the infrastructure capabilities of Agent Hub in the report, noting that Bitget is currently the only trading platform that supports a complete calling system for MCP Server, REST/WebSocket API, Skills, and CLI. Currently, Agent Hub has integrated 5 analytical AI Skills and over 15 data tools, covering macro, technical, sentiment, and intelligence analysis comprehensively. The execution layer, GetClaw, builds a risk control defense line through sub-account isolation, sandbox drills, and funding limits, and has now integrated with Telegram, with plans to expand to Discord and app platforms in the future.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that AI is becoming a core component of modern trading infrastructure, and early data indicates that users increasingly expect a complete integration of analysis, execution, and strategy within a single platform. Bitget is committed to lowering the professional trading threshold through AI technology, providing institutional-level trading experiences and decision support for 150 million users worldwide.

VanEck analysts Matthew Sigel and Patrick Bush wrote an analysis stating that Bitcoin has shown two historically bullish signals: negative funding rates and a decline in hash rate concentration, while volatility has cooled down.As tensions between the U.S. and Iran eased, Bitcoin's realized volatility dropped from 56% to 41%, while the 7-day average funding rate turned negative to -1.8%, marking the lowest level since 2023.Historically, negative funding rates typically indicate strong future returns: since 2020, the average 30-day return for Bitcoin during periods of negative funding rates has been +11.5%, compared to an overall return of +4.5%, with a hit rate as high as 77%. Funding rates below -5% have brought a +19.4% return over a 30-day period.Additionally, hash rate has fallen to the 16th percentile in the past 30 days, marking the most concentrated decline since the mining ban in 2021. In the last 7 instances of hash rate decline, Bitcoin's price increased 6 times after 90 days, with a median increase of +37.7%.

According to The Block, AWS Marketplace has integrated data services such as Chainlink's Data Feeds, Data Streams, and Proof of Reserve, supporting developers in connecting AWS's computing, storage, database, and API capabilities with blockchain smart contracts.AWS stated that the Chainlink oracle infrastructure provides a secure two-way connection between AWS resources and on-chain smart contracts, making it easier for institutions to develop applications that interact with tokenized assets and smart contracts in a familiar AWS environment.

India is promoting the application of the digital rupee through about 10 welfare pilot projects, distributing part of the approximately $80 billion in subsidies and food benefits via e-rupee to reduce fund leakage and corruption, and to provide a clearer use case for central bank digital currency.At the same time, the Reserve Bank of India is pushing for a cross-member CBDC interconnection plan to be proposed at the 2026 BRICS summit, aiming to enhance the efficiency of cross-border trade settlements and reduce reliance on the US dollar. Currently, there are about 10 million e-rupee users, with a cumulative transaction amount of approximately $3.6 billion, which is still significantly lower than the UPI system that processes about $300 billion in transactions monthly in India.

KuCoin announced the launch of KuCard in Australia, allowing users to use cryptocurrency assets for daily consumption at merchants worldwide that accept Mastercard, with payment options through Apple Pay and Google Pay. The service initially supports 37 USDC trading pairs, covering mainstream digital assets such as BTC, ETH, and USDT, with real-time conversion to fiat currency during the settlement process. KuCoin stated that this move is an important step in enhancing compliance and transparency in the cryptocurrency payment experience, and it is the latest progress in promoting the real-world application of cryptocurrency assets after completing its registration with AUSTRAC as a digital currency exchange (DCE).

The Web3 asset data platform RootData has outlined the Web3 business partners of Zero Hash, whose partners cover key areas such as asset management institutions, payment channels, public chain infrastructure, and stablecoin systems, and are building a cooperative network centered on **compliance clearing** and **asset access**. Structurally, Zero Hash is committed to becoming a B-end crypto financial infrastructure provider, offering institutions a one-stop capability of "**fiat currency → crypto assets → multi-chain circulation → stablecoin settlement**": Upstream, it connects asset management and financial platforms such as Morgan Stanley, Franklin Templeton, and Republic; on the funding entry side, it interfaces with payment and fiat channels like Stripe, Ramp, and Transak; at the infrastructure level, it covers multi-chain infrastructures such as Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Avalanche, and Aptos; at the same time, it connects with stablecoin systems like Circle, Tether, Paxos, as well as PYUSD and RLUSD, completing clearing and settlement support. In addition, Zero Hash, as one of the few infrastructure providers holding money transmission licenses (MTL) in multiple U.S. states and possessing complete regulatory framework adaptation capabilities, has a very clear common characteristic among its partners: funding entry (banks/payments), asset carriers (stablecoins/public chains), or distribution platforms (financial products/applications). Related collection 【[Zero Hash Web3 Partner Network Collection (Continuously Updated)](https://cn.rootdata.com/Archives/detail/zerohash%20Crypto%20Business%20Partner?k=NDc1NzIy)】 Crypto projects actively showcasing their partner networks has become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 project parties to [claim data](https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/submit?ft=claimApply) and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has continuously released multiple versions of the crypto project ecosystem map, nominating Web3 ecological partners for upstream clients such as Visa, Mastercard, and Coinbase. **If you wish to nominate your project in future ecosystem maps, please fill out the 【[RootData 2026 Industry Ecosystem Mapping](https://forms.gle/tWArmXcpSfZJkh1r8)】 form to supplement your important clients and partners.**

Lido stated on platform X that its EarnETH treasury was affected by the theft of 116,500 rsETH (approximately $29.2 million) from the Kelp DAO cross-chain bridge on April 18.EarnETH holds approximately $21.6 million in rsETH risk exposure through leveraged positions in rsETH/ETH on Aave, accounting for about 9% of the total assets in the treasury. The EarnETH team is currently actively deleveraging to reduce risk, and the outcome depends on the final decisions made by Kelp, LayerZero, and Aave regarding loss sharing and bad debt handling.Lido further stated that EarnETH has a $3 million "first loss protection mechanism" funded by the Lido DAO treasury, which will be used to cover losses if necessary. The treasury has currently suspended redemption processing to assess the losses. This incident does not affect stETH and wstETH, and the core staking protocol of Lido is not involved.

According to official news, Gate has integrated with the Kasplex L2 network and has opened up Kaspa (KAS) token deposits and withdrawals on the Kasplex L2 network. Users can now transfer KAS from Kaspa L1 to the Kasplex L2 wallet through Gate, significantly lowering the entry barrier and enhancing asset circulation efficiency and on-chain interaction experience.Kasplex is a Layer 2 network built on the Kaspa ecosystem, aimed at improving smart contract compatibility and transaction processing efficiency, supporting a wider range of decentralized applications (dApps) to operate securely and efficiently within the Kaspa ecosystem. As an L2 network ordered by Kaspa L1, Kasplex still uses KAS as its sole network token.

Binance Co-CEO He Yi responded to community questions at the BNB Chain event in Hong Kong, stating that when trading memecoins on BSC, one should not "nitpick" (picking apart He Yi or Big Brother's Twitter content) and deceive oneself.He Yi mentioned that she is not a narcissistic person and does not tweet every day to create hype. Some coins discussed at the Binance Alpha event are popular not because she tweeted about them, but because they have inherent popularity, which creates a false cycle.She emphasized that BNB Chain is a public chain, and just as one does not question the Ethereum Foundation about the quality of projects on Ethereum, everyone trading memecoins on BSC should have the correct understanding. Binance's mission is to protect users, but that does not mean that every investment on the BNB Chain will necessarily be profitable."99.9% of memecoins will go to zero," He Yi stated, noting that most projects will fail, and investors must be clear about what they are doing and not be misled by others. One cannot assume that any memecoin "picked out" by He Yi will definitely be listed on Binance; otherwise, it would contradict the reputation of "protecting users," and this understanding is misguided.

At the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum held in Hong Kong, guests including KiteAI's Asia Pacific head Laughing, Sentient's Asia Pacific head Anita, Brevis content director Nic Tang, Mentis product head Jerry, and Predict.fun's Asia Pacific BD head Ah Huang Ricardo engaged in a roundtable discussion on the theme "AI × Crypto --- The Foundation of the Next Generation Digital Economy."Regarding whether the outbreak of open-source AI Agents (such as "raising lobsters") is a short-term sentiment or a long-term trend, Laughing believes this marks a paradigm shift of AI from "conversational" to "executive," signaling the beginning of a long-term trend. However, Agents lack a physical identity, making it difficult for merchants to trust their trading behavior, and issues of data leakage and uncontrollability remain obstacles that must be overcome for scaling. Jerry pointed out, based on his own usage experience, that current Agents face security risks such as memory fuzziness, token consumption in dead loops, and accidental file deletion. Although newly emerged Agents have improvements, they still have shortcomings. Ah Huang Ricardo stated that behind the short-term sentiment is real user demand, but truly reproducible profitable trading Agents are still very rare, and there is a long way to go.Addressing core bottlenecks such as trust, security, and verifiability, Nic Tang emphasized that the current execution process of Agents is like a black box, where users cannot verify whether their decisions are executed as promised. Zero-knowledge proof technology can mathematically prove the source of an Agent's output and compliance with behavior, while not exposing privacy. Anita added that Sentient is committed to building an open and collaborative AI agent network, promoting the deep integration of AI and blockchain in identity, data, and incentive layers, providing foundational support for the next generation digital economy.Regarding the application scenarios that are likely to scale first, the guests generally believe that the programming field is relatively mature, and Agents in prediction markets perform better than humans in specific tracks due to their rationality and lack of emotions. In the short term, they are optimistic about API Marketplace and cross-platform consumer shopping Agents, while in the medium term, they are optimistic about content creation AI (such as AI influencers). Agent-to-Agent interaction and the Agent/Skill Marketplace are seen as important future trends.

At the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum held in Hong Kong, Tencent Cloud's industry architect Alan Nie delivered a keynote speech titled "Cloud + AI Dual Engine: Tencent Cloud Empowers New Growth in Web3."Alan Nie pointed out that Web3 enterprises face three major bottlenecks in global infrastructure, R&D efficiency, and business intelligence. Tencent Cloud deeply integrates the "Cloud + AI" dual engine to provide low-latency infrastructure covering the globe. Among them, the Singapore data center is the only cloud provider in the world that offers four availability zones, and the self-developed TDSQL-C database can achieve elastic scaling in seconds, with Redis single-node performance reaching over 300,000.In terms of AI empowerment, Tencent Cloud launched CodeBuddy (AI Pair Programmer) and WorkBuddy (Personal AI Assistant), which can automatically generate code, batch process office documents, organize meeting minutes, and support multi-agent parallel execution of complex tasks. In financial scenarios, the automation research report reproduction cycle has been shortened from three days to half a day; in on-chain data analysis scenarios, storage costs have been reduced to one-tenth of the original, with query responses reaching millisecond levels.Alan Nie stated that Tencent Cloud is committed to using the "Cloud + AI" dual engine to help Web3 enterprises build the next generation of smart economic infrastructure.

The Web3 asset data platform RootData has outlined 78 business partners of Anchorage, including over 30 DeFi protocols, more than 20 blockchain infrastructure projects, as well as various stablecoins and payment settlement networks, covering the complete path from asset issuance to on-chain operations. Represented by institutions like BlackRock, products such as ETFs bring funds into the crypto market, after which Anchorage assumes custody and compliance responsibilities. These assets are then deployed on-chain, participating in liquidity operations and yield generation through DeFi protocols, stablecoin systems, and infrastructure networks. Ultimately, they flow back into the traditional financial system through OTC, trading, and clearing paths. In this process, Anchorage's role is not just "custody," but a key node throughout the entire lifecycle of funds, with its upstream and downstream including crypto-native institutions such as A16z, Blockchain Capital, Electric Capital, and Defiance, as well as DeFi protocols, L1/L2 networks, stablecoins, and clearing and settlement systems, along with fintech companies like AngelList and Series Financial, as well as payment companies and core banking systems. Anchorage's partner strategy emphasizes "key path coverage," ensuring that funds have corresponding infrastructure at every stage. As compliant entry points like ETFs gradually open up, the crypto market shifts towards asset allocation-driven strategies, and bridge-type institutions like Anchorage are moving from the background to the core. Related compilation: [Anchorage Web3 Partner Network Compilation (continuously updated)](https://cn.rootdata.com/Archives/detail/Anchorage%20Crypto%20Business%20Partner?k=NDc1MTgz) Crypto projects actively showcasing their partner networks have become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 project parties to [claim data](https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/submit?ft=claimApply) and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has continuously released multiple editions of crypto project ecological maps, nominating Web3 ecological partners for upstream clients such as Visa, Mastercard, and Coinbase. **If you wish to nominate your project in future ecological maps, please fill out the [RootData 2026 Industry Ecosystem Mapping](https://forms.gle/tWArmXcpSfZJkh1r8) form to supplement your important clients and partners.**