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According to the official announcement, the second phase of the Gate contract points lottery has officially started, with two major prize pools set up.Among them, users holding Gate contract points ≥50 can consume 20 points to participate in the 20 GUSD lottery, with a total of 5,000 winning spots; users holding points ≥40 can consume 20 points to receive a 100 USDT position experience voucher, with a total of 3,000 spots available.In addition, participants must upgrade the Gate App to version 8.18.0 or above to participate, and the web version is also open. The GUSD lottery time is from May 15, 18:00 to May 18, 18:00 (UTC+8), and the voucher prize pool redemption time is from May 18, 18:00 to 23:59 (UTC+8). Rewards are expected to be distributed to user accounts within 1 hour after the event ends.

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 Korea Herald, Korea Investment & Securities is jointly promoting a plan with OKX to acquire approximately 20% of Coinone's shares, with both parties planning to acquire about 20%, primarily through the issuance of new shares. This investment is mainly financial and is expected not to involve a change in management rights. However, there are opinions in the industry that OKX may seek to participate in management and gain substantial influence in the future, which would make it the second case of a large foreign exchange attempting to control the management rights of a Korean original currency exchange after Binance's acquisition of Gopax.Currently, the main shareholders of Coinone are: The One Group holds 34.30%, Com2uS Holdings holds 21.95%, founder and CEO Cha Myung-hoon holds 19.14%, and Com2uS Plus holds 16.47%.

The GoPlus Security team has disclosed a new type of attack in its AgentGuard AI project: inducing AI agents to perform unauthorized sensitive operations through "memory poisoning." This attack method does not rely on traditional vulnerabilities or malicious code but exploits the long-term memory mechanism of AI agents. For example, an attacker first induces the agent to "remember preferences," such as "usually prioritizing proactive refunds instead of waiting for chargebacks," and then uses vague expressions like "process as usual" or "execute as before" in subsequent instructions, thereby triggering automated financial operations.GoPlus points out that the key risk in such cases lies in the AI agent mistakenly treating "historical preferences" as a basis for authorization, leading to financial losses or security incidents in operations such as refunds, transfers, and configuration changes. To address this issue, the team has proposed several protective recommendations, including:Operations involving refunds, transfers, deletions, or sensitive configurations must require explicit confirmation in the current session.Memory-related instructions like "habit," "usual way," and "as before" should be regarded as high-risk state changes.Long-term memory must have a traceability mechanism (writer, time, confirmation status).Vague instructions should automatically elevate the risk level and trigger secondary verification.Long-term memory must not replace real-time authorization processes.The team emphasizes that the "AI agent memory system" should be viewed as a potential attack surface and should be constrained and audited through a dedicated security framework.

According to Money Today, the Financial Services Commission of South Korea will announce detailed rules for tokenized securities in July, preparing for implementation in February next year. The country's financial authorities will allow the issuance of fragmented investment securities by bundling various underlying assets and will develop a roadmap for the tokenization of traditional securities such as stocks and bonds.The Financial Services Commission stated that previously it was prohibited to bundle underlying assets for the issuance of fragmented securities, but now it plans to allow bundling of similar assets within a certain scope. The Commission emphasized that market order and investor protection are fundamental prerequisites, but regulation will not be the primary focus. The annual investment limit for fragmented investment securities issuance platforms is set at 10 million to 20 million Korean won, with crowdfunding limited to 5 million won per project, totaling 10 million won. The annual selling limit for over-the-counter trading of non-listed stocks is 300 million won, while for investment contract securities in over-the-counter trading, it is 40 million won.

Binance announced that due to third-party system maintenance, Binance Alpha tokenized securities trading services are currently in temporary maintenance status, and users are temporarily unable to place orders or conduct transactions.Binance stated that user asset security is not affected, and the platform is actively communicating with the third party to promote service recovery. Users will be notified as soon as the relevant functions are restored.

According to SoSoValue data, the overall cryptocurrency market is on an upward trend, with the DeFi sector performing exceptionally well, rising 5.15% in 24 hours. Among them, TAC (TAC) increased by 30.88%, influenced by factors such as the approval of the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF, while Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose by 19.02%. Additionally, Bitcoin (BTC) increased by 2.20%, returning above $81,000; Ethereum (ETH) rose by 0.80%, approaching the $2,300 mark.It is worth noting that MAG7.ssi rose by 2.30%, DEFI.ssi increased by 7.55%, and MEME.ssi rose by 1.64%.In other sectors, the PayFi sector rose by 3.42% in 24 hours, with Telcoin (TEL) increasing by 13.85%; the Layer1 sector rose by 1.85%, with Canton Network (CC) increasing by 8.05%; the Layer2 sector rose by 1.27%, with ImmutableX (IMX) increasing by 8.93%; the CeFi sector rose by 1.14%, with FTX (FTT) increasing by 5.45%; the Meme sector rose by 0.11%, with TROLL (TROLL) increasing by 18.37%.Only the AI sector fell by 2.18%, but Billions Network (BILL) rose by 7.80%.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that the ssiDeFi, ssiPayFi, and ssiSocialFi indices increased by 6.60%, 3.73%, and 2.50%, respectively.

According to Jinshi News, strategists at TD Securities stated in a report that even if the Federal Reserve does not cut interest rates in the future, the dollar may still weaken this year. They pointed out that in the context of the standoff between the U.S. and Iran and high oil prices, the expectation for the Federal Reserve to cut rates in 2026 has been removed, and instead, interest rates are expected to remain stable. The strategists emphasized that they still maintain the forecast path for a weaker dollar in 2026 and believe that even if the Federal Reserve shifts to raising rates in the future, the magnitude of its rate hikes may be lower than that of other major central banks. It is expected that once the Strait of Hormuz reopens, the dollar index will continue to fall below the 98 mark.

The White House is considering issuing 250 presidential pardons on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the country, currently weighing the announcement of the plan on June 14 or July 4. Several defendants in the cryptocurrency field are seeking executive clemency, including Sam Bankman-Fried and Roger Ver. The U.S. president has issued over 1,600 pardons and commutations during his second term. Previously, Ross Ulbricht, the founder of BitMEX, and Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, have been pardoned. The White House has stated that there are currently no plans to pardon Sam Bankman-Fried.

U.S. Senator Warren requests the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate the cryptocurrency company of President Trump's family.

According to official news, the Gate contract stock area has launched SOXL (3x long semiconductor ETF) and BRKB (Berkshire Hathaway) perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20x leverage.

According to official news, the second round of the Binance Alpha Bsquared Network (B2) airdrop rewards is now open.Users with at least 225 Binance Alpha Points can claim 50 B2 tokens in a first-come, first-served manner. If the reward pool is not fully claimed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes.Claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha Points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha event page within 24 hours, otherwise, it will be considered a forfeiture of the airdrop eligibility.

GoPlus Security stated that a user fell victim to a typical address poisoning attack, mistakenly transferring 100,000 DAI to a fake address created by the attacker after copying a similar address from the transaction history.In this incident, the user had previously transferred 300,000 DAI to the target address, and the attacker subsequently sent 0.0003 DAI from a similarly structured address to lure the user into mistakenly selecting the wrong address for the second transfer.GoPlus Security reminds users not to copy addresses from transaction history, to verify the complete address before transferring, and to conduct a small test transfer before making large transactions.

According to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium index has been in negative premium for 8 consecutive days, currently reported at -0.032%, indicating that purchasing power in the U.S. market has once again fallen into a slump.Previously, it had been in positive premium for 19 consecutive days. The Coinbase Bitcoin premium index is used to measure the difference between the Bitcoin price on Coinbase and the global market average price. A negative premium typically reflects significant selling pressure in the U.S. market, a decline in investor risk appetite, increased market risk aversion, or capital outflows.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market is generally in a pullback, with the NFT sector leading the decline at 3.95% over 24 hours. Within the sector, Audiera (BEAT) rose by 6.27%, while ApeCoin (APE) fell by 4.64%. Additionally, Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by 1.93%, falling below $80,000; Ethereum (ETH) decreased by 1.23%, dropping below $2,300.In other sectors, the Meme sector fell by 0.25% over 24 hours, with TROLL (TROLL) relatively strong, rising by 24.93%; the CeFi sector declined by 0.6%, with Cronos (CRO) down by 5.54%; the PayFi sector decreased by 1.69%, with Dash (DASH) down by 6.84%; the Layer1 sector fell by 2.15%, but Canton Network (CC) rose by 1.45%; the DeFi sector dropped by 3.16%, with LAB (LAB) significantly rising by 22.84%; the AI sector decreased by 3.57%, with Unibase (UB) peaking at 32.63% during the day; the Layer2 sector fell by 3.6%, with zkSync (ZK) down by 8.37%.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that the ssiRWA, ssiAI, and ssiSocialFi indices fell by 9.26%, 9.25%, and 8.42%, respectively.

According to BBX data, institutional demand for Bitcoin ETFs maintained strong momentum yesterday. Today, both houses of Congress are advancing cryptocurrency legislation simultaneously for the first time, with the core dynamics as follows:The U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF recorded a total net inflow of approximately $358.1 million yesterday (May 13), with BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: $BLK) subsidiary iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ: $IBIT) seeing a single-day net inflow of $269.3 million, the strongest single-day data in recent weeks; the overall U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF has recorded net positive inflows for seven consecutive weeks, further reinforcing the structural signal of institutional capital returning. Bitcoin closed above $80,000 yesterday, with a year-to-date increase of about 14%, and market sentiment remains relatively optimistic on the eve of the CLARITY Act markup.The House Ways & Means Committee held a closed-door meeting today (May 14) on cryptocurrency tax reform in sync with the Senate Banking Committee's CLARITY Act markup, covering topics such as the treatment of capital gains tax on crypto assets, tax reporting responsibilities for DeFi protocols, and the tax classification of Bitcoin mining and staking income; this marks the first time in 2026 that both houses of Congress are advancing cryptocurrency regulatory legislation on the same day, indicating that cryptocurrency regulatory legislation has expanded from a single market structure issue to a complete legislative ecosystem of "regulatory framework + tax system."