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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 monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction event "Aston Villa FC vs Liverpool FC" on Polymarket, the "yes" option win rate for the sub-market "Aston Villa FC" has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 34.5% an hour ago to the current 57.5% (a fluctuation of 23%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

After KelpDAO was attacked, resulting in a loss of $292 million, the industry's scrutiny of the security of cross-chain infrastructure has intensified. Approximately $4 billion in assets have completed or are in the process of migrating from LayerZero to Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). The DeFi protocol Lombard is the latest project to join this migration trend. The protocol announced it would discontinue the use of LayerZero and migrate over $1 billion in Bitcoin-backed assets to Chainlink CCIP, stating that this decision stemmed from a comprehensive internal security review following the April attack incident.Lombard issues two types of Bitcoin-backed tokens—LBTC and BTC.b—and will prioritize the migration of assets on chains such as Solana, Etherlink, Berachain, Corn, and TAC, while terminating the use of LayerZero on Morph and Swell. Lombard stated that the reason for choosing CCIP is its independent node operators, built-in rate limiting mechanisms, and audited infrastructure. Additionally, the protocol will adopt Chainlink's cross-chain token standard to facilitate asset cross-chain circulation through a burn-and-mint model.Previously, Kelp DAO, Solv Protocol, Re, and the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken have all completed similar migrations, with these projects collectively transferring approximately $4 billion in assets. Chainlink Labs Chief Business Officer Johann Eid stated, "We are witnessing a continued wave of risk-averse migration within the industry."

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.

Kelp announced on platform X that the rsETH protocol has fully resumed normal operation, and the related functions have been re-launched on the mainnet and all Layer 2 networks, with the overall system status restored to normal levels. The rsETH exchange rate has been updated, accounting for all staking reward earnings accumulated during the suspension period. Meanwhile, EIGEN rewards are now open for distribution to rsETH holders, covering the entire suspension period.In addition, the deposit and withdrawal functions have been restored on the mainnet and Layer 2 networks, and the rsETH asset support status has been fully restored to 100% backing. The official emphasized that the current rsETH has achieved complete and sufficient support on the mainnet and L2 networks, and all operational processes have returned to normal.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, Huang Licheng has reduced his Ethereum long position, currently only 9 dollars away from the liquidation price, with losses exceeding 2.7 million dollars in the past month. He currently holds:A long position in ETH worth 8.91 million dollars, with an opening price of 2,314.57 dollars, and an expected liquidation price of 2,220.22 dollars;A long position in BTC worth 7.93 million dollars, with an opening price of 80,864.5 dollars, and an expected liquidation price of 78,748 dollars.

According to the official announcement from Huobi HTX, the platform has officially launched the "Crypto Pizza Festival" series of activities, covering multiple gameplay options such as task challenges, holiday red envelopes, and lucky draws, with a total prize pool exceeding 200,000 USDT, including physical grand prizes like the iPhone 17 Pro Max, 10 grams of gold, and pizza vouchers.The task challenge competition runs from May 14 to May 25. After signing up, users can complete any one of the five tasks: earning coins, spot trading, contract trading, learning to earn coins, or holding $HTX to light up "Fire Treasures" and receive tiered rewards such as USDT earning interest vouchers, contract experience gold, and spot trading fee cashback vouchers. Collecting all Fire Treasures allows participation in a lucky draw to share a prize pool of 100,000 USDT, thousands of pizza vouchers, and USDT 10% earning interest vouchers.From May 18 to June 19, the pizza carnival red envelope activity will also be launched, with a total prize pool of 100,000 USDT. On the birthday of Fire Treasures (May 18) and Bitcoin Pizza Day (May 22), users can visit the event post to receive no-threshold red envelopes. Completing daily interactions or referral tasks can unlock subsequent red envelope qualifications, and checking in for 7 consecutive days can unlock large red envelopes.The lucky draw activity will start on May 18. During the event, accumulating a spot trading volume of ≥100 USDT or a single contract trading volume of ≥2,000 USDT will grant a chance to enter the draw. The prize pool includes an iPhone 17 Pro Max in Starry Orange (1TB), Keron 4 GT, 10 grams of gold, BTT/NFT/WIN/SUN tokens, and contract experience gold, among others.

According to Arkham monitoring, Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund MSBT has once again increased its holdings by 74.536 BTC, worth 5.93 million dollars.As of now, its total Bitcoin holdings have reached 3,389 BTC, worth 273 million dollars.

"On-chain detective" ZachXBT stated that the hacker "Dritan Kapplani Jr" transferred approximately $2.59 million in assets, including 1.99 million DAI and 259 ETH. The related funds were transferred from address 0x4487...bba6 to address 0x67ec...125d, and the stolen funds are currently in a stagnant state.ZachXBT indicated that it released an investigation report on May 12, detailing the connections between Dritan Kapplani Jr and Trenton (Trent) Johnson in a social engineering theft case involving 185 bitcoins (approximately $13 million).

According to Crowdfund Insider, digital bank Revolut announced that its trading division, Revolut Trading Ltd, has received an extension of permissions approved by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to launch more comprehensive investment and wealth management services in the UK market.Under the newly approved Variation of Permissions (VoP) license, Revolut can now manage investment portfolios for clients and participate in certain transactions as a principal. This means that the platform will be able to offer leveraged investment products, professionally managed portfolios, and customized wealth management services for high-net-worth users in the future, all of which will be integrated into its mobile application, alongside everyday banking and payment tools.It is reported that Revolut plans to further introduce AI-driven portfolio recommendation tools, continuing its transformation into a "one-stop financial platform." Earlier this year, Revolut officially obtained a full banking license in the UK. Analysts believe that the FCA's approval indicates an increase in its maturity as a regulated financial institution, while also reflecting that fintech companies are accelerating their competition with traditional banks and wealth management institutions.

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.

The latest disclosed SEC documents show that as of March 31, 2026, Avenir Group holds 18,276,100 shares of BlackRock's IBIT Bitcoin Spot ETF, with a position market value of approximately $702 million based on the quarter-end closing price, a slight decrease of about 0.061% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. Since the second quarter of 2024, Avenir Group has maintained its position as the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin ETFs in Asia for eight consecutive quarters.Since 2026, Avenir Group has been continuously promoting the integration of TradFi and Crypto, including strategic investments in CoinRoutes, leading a $20 million seed round for Inference Research, and signing a cooperation MOU with Tiger Brokers, AMINA Bank, and CoinRoutes during Consensus Hong Kong 2026 to advance the construction of next-generation institutional trading infrastructure.

According to the official Twitter, JUST announced that to celebrate its 6th anniversary, it will officially launch the "GasFree Super Carnival Month" event in collaboration with ecosystem partners such as TronLink, Klever Wallet, Guarda Wallet, and NOW Wallet at 5:00 PM Singapore time on May 18.It is reported that this event is themed around "zero transaction fees (0 Gas) transfers," with a total prize pool of 10,000 USDT for the main activities. The event includes five segments: first-time experience rewards, fee-free transfers and USDT refunds, exclusive benefits for Pizza Festival, hidden egg drops, and quiz completion rewards.In addition, the official announcement stated that a preheating event has been launched from May 15 to 17. Users can complete tasks on social media by following, liking, and sharing their understanding of GasFree while tagging 3 friends. If the comments on the tweet exceed 500, participating users will share a reward of 300 USDT (Note: winners must provide their GasFree wallet address to claim the prize).

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Hanwha Life Esports vs Dplus KIA (BO3) - LCK Round 1-2", the "yes" option in the sub-market "both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Bitget announced the launch of a new Bitget AI landing page, further showcasing its product layout for the AI trading ecosystem. Data shows that the number of users in the Bitget AI ecosystem has surpassed 1 million, with a cumulative trading volume of 1.2 billion USD, and it has supported over 58 trading tools, covering core scenarios such as market analysis, trading assistance, strategy building, and automated workflows.Under the UEX multi-asset trading framework, Bitget AI has become a key layout for the platform to deeply embed intelligent systems into trading scenarios, and it is an important step towards evolving into a native intelligent agent exchange. The core products of this ecosystem include the no-install AI agent GetClaw, which provides real-time market insights; the AI assistant GetAgent, used for strategy execution and automated trading; and the developer platform Agent Hub, which offers open API interfaces and model integration capabilities. Together, these three components build a complete closed-loop process of "insight---strategy---execution," providing users with seamless intelligent trading services.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen revealed that the next phase will gradually introduce new features, including the AI Trading Playbooks currently in internal testing, to enhance the integrated AI trading infrastructure from strategy creation, backtesting, deployment to distribution.

According to Reuters, the Polish parliament has passed a cryptocurrency regulation bill to implement the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), with Poland required to complete the implementation of related rules by July. The legislative backdrop is the alleged large-scale fraud involving the Polish cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto. Polish prosecutors have launched a multi-million dollar fraud investigation, with expected user losses exceeding 350 million zlotys (approximately 95.93 million USD), and thousands of users are currently unable to withdraw their funds.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk previously stated that "Russian funds" and foreign political influence issues may be involved behind Zondacrypto. The exchange's founder Sylwester Suszek went missing in 2022, and the current head Przemyslaw Kral reportedly has gone to Israel. Polish President Karol Nawrocki had previously vetoed the related MiCA implementation bill twice, believing that the regulatory requirements were too burdensome and could lead to the loss of cryptocurrency businesses.

According to the official announcement, Gate launched the spot trading of My Pet Hooligan (HOOLI) on May 15 at 18:00 (UTC+8), and My Pet Hooligan (HOOLI) will be available on the swap platform at 19:00 (UTC+8).

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.