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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."

THORChain has announced that one Asgard vault has been attacked, and trading has been suspended. Initial signs indicate that user funds are safe, and only the protocol's own funds are affected. THORChain stated that the network automatically detected abnormal behavior and suspended signing activities to prevent further fund transfers. The estimated loss is currently around $10.7 million.The announcement mentioned that one of the six Asgard vaults is suspected to have been breached, and related nodes have triggered the RUNE staking penalty mechanism due to unauthorized transfers. The current network has suspended Churn activities, and new connections and related operations will also be postponed until the investigation and repairs are completed.THORChain stated that preliminary investigations show that users' personal exchange transactions have not been affected, and all node operators have been asked to immediately check their infrastructure, key management systems, and operating environments for any anomalies.

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 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).

Forward Industries, a Solana treasury company, announced its quarterly financial report for the period ending March 31, 2026, showing a year-on-year revenue increase of 319% to $13 million. However, due to the decline in the fair value of crypto assets, net losses widened to $283.1 million.The company stated that the growth this quarter was mainly driven by increased staking rewards from Solana (SOL). However, during the same period, it recorded a digital asset loss of $201.7 million and an asset impairment of $85.1 million, primarily due to the price volatility of SOL leading to a decrease in the valuation of holdings.The financial report indicated that the company held approximately 7.04 million SOL during the quarter and earned about 201,200 SOL in rewards through staking, with nearly all SOL assets being staked. Solana fell approximately 33.7% during the reporting period, closing at $82.44. Price volatility is considered the core factor dragging down financial performance.Additionally, Forward Industries signed a loan agreement with Galaxy Digital in March and drew the first tranche of $40 million in financing, using fwdSOL as collateral, with a comprehensive annual interest rate of about 3.4%. The company stated that this financing is used to optimize its liquidity structure.Company management indicated that they have adjusted the balance sheet through cost reductions, debt instruments, and stock buybacks to cope with market volatility and enhance long-term value. Despite a significant widening of quarterly losses, the company's stock price slightly declined in after-hours trading following the financial report, but it still recorded a monthly increase recently.

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.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 tokens with net inflow from KOL in the past 24 hours are as follows:REGINALD (GuWq....ump): Net inflow of $2,000, with a 24-hour increase of 160.8%, currently priced at $0.0001.RoyalPop (8Tbn....ump): Net inflow of $2,000, with a 24-hour decrease of -23.3%, currently priced at $0.001.MONET (Uitv....ump): Net inflow of $1,000, with a 24-hour increase of 10591.5%, currently priced at $0.0004.HOTMOMS (FkUk....ump): Net inflow of $674, with a 24-hour increase of 310.6%, currently priced at $0.0001.DouDou (Cyiz....ump): Net inflow of $476, with a 24-hour increase of 125.7%, currently priced at $0.0001.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Multicoin Capital is suspected of stopping losses on AAVE. Multicoin Capital accumulated 338,000 AAVE at a price of $219 last November. An hour ago, it transferred 150,000 AAVE ($14.91 million) to Galaxy Digital and BitGo.Subsequently, these AAVE were dispersed from Galaxy Digital and BitGo to centralized exchanges such as Binance, OKX, Coinbase, and Bybit, likely for sale. Based on a purchase price of $219 and a selling price of $99, it is estimated that their loss on AAVE will exceed $40.56 million (-55%).

Recently, the decentralized AI infrastructure DGrid AI announced its official participation in the "0G AI Alliance Million Token Carnival" event. This event is jointly initiated by NeoSoul, 0G, and several ecological projects, and is now live on task platforms such as Galxe and TaskOn. Users who complete actions such as following, joining communities, and participating in designated tasks will have the opportunity to receive rewards including project tokens, ecological points, SBT, and USDT.As an infrastructure project focused on decentralized AI computing power and model services, DGrid has launched several core products, including the AI Gateway that aggregates mainstream global large models, the AI intelligent entity platform DClaw, the AI model competition platform AI Arena, and the intelligent model assistant Dori, providing developers and users with a one-stop service from model invocation to application experience. This carnival is DGrid's ecological debut aimed at a broader community, welcoming more users to learn about and experience DGrid's products and services through the event.

The TAC team announced that its cross-chain layer's TON side was exploited by external attackers, resulting in a loss of approximately $2.8 million, involving USDT, BLUM, and tsTON. TAC, TON, and all ERC-20 tokens bridged from Ethereum are unaffected. The bridging service remains suspended, and forensic analysis and repair work are ongoing. A complete report with more details will be released within the next 48 hours.The team is actively collaborating with law enforcement, SEAL 911, and security partners to track and freeze the stolen funds. The team stated that its core focus is to sell the foundation's TAC token reserves in a legally structured manner to compensate for user losses and fully restore bridging liquidity. Official channels will continue to update progress.

According to on-chain analyst PeckShield (@PeckShieldAlert), Transit Finance is suspected to have been hacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $1.88 million. The stolen funds are currently stored in DAI form at address 0x8a634DfA2609358849D7D65FFA270C8A57a8abA5.

The Binance contract platform will launch the LITEUSDT perpetual contract on May 15 at 21:30, the ORCLUSDT perpetual contract at 21:35, the DISUSDT perpetual contract at 21:40, the UBERUSDT perpetual contract at 21:45, the CSCOUSDT perpetual contract at 21:50, and the HDUSDT perpetual contract at 21:55, with a maximum leverage of up to 10 times.

Alibaba (09988.HK) mentioned in its financial report that it is continuously expanding the boundaries of AI capabilities through deep innovation. Recently, by launching a series of brand new large language models and multimodal models, we have made significant progress in model intelligence. In March, we released Qwen3.6-Plus, achieving a remarkable overall performance improvement, particularly excelling in programming and agent programming, becoming an industry benchmark in front-end web development and complex warehouse-level tasks.Qwen3.6-Plus also possesses stronger multimodal perception and reasoning capabilities, with a native context window length supporting up to 1 million tokens, further enhancing stability and reliability. In addition to the Qianwen model family, we are also continuously enriching our specialized model layout, including the world model HappyOyster that supports real-time creation and interaction, as well as the multimodal model HappyHorse for video generation, both of which are currently undergoing gray testing.

NeoSoul will collaborate with ecological projects such as 0G, Ghast AI, MoonFun, Primus Labs, GM.town, AllScale, DGrid AI, YOMIRGO, and Cregis to launch the 0G AI Alliance Million Token Carnival. The event is currently live on task platforms like Galxe and TaskOn, with each participating project setting up corresponding Quests, allowing users to participate in the activities.Users can complete simple tasks such as following official accounts, joining communities, visiting project pages, and participating in designated tasks to have the chance to earn various rewards, including project tokens, ecological points, SBT, and USDT.This event aggregates multiple AI × Web3 projects within the 0G ecosystem, covering areas such as AI Agents, AI-native prediction markets, decentralized AI networks, stablecoin payments, and data verification. Users can engage with multiple early-stage projects through a single collaborative event and learn about different AI application scenarios.NeoSoul hopes to enable more users to participate in the 0G ecosystem with a lower threshold through this carnival event. Specific participation methods, reward rules, distribution times, and eligibility requirements will be based on the official announcements of each project.

The OpenAI official status page shows that OpenAI is investigating multiple service outages, with the Codex 5.5 engine experiencing a high error rate, particularly affecting free users. All Codex users have also seen an increase in latency for gpt 5.5.In addition, the Realtime API's SIP/WebRTC process has experienced interruptions, which has been officially marked as "under investigation," and the related issues have persisted for several hours. The official website notes that the impact of the outage varies depending on subscription level and the models and features used.

PANews' in-depth analysis article points out that, in the context of accelerating global cryptocurrency regulation, compliance capability is becoming a key watershed in the competition among CEXs. Trading platforms represented by Gate are strengthening their competitiveness in the mainstream financial system by continuously expanding their global licensing network.Specifically, Gate is promoting its compliance layout through its various operational entities: Gate US achieves compliant operations in 46 jurisdictions by holding 35 state-level MTL licenses in the United States; leveraging the Cyprus CySEC license, MiCA license, and Payment Institution (PI) license, it is deeply developing business in multiple regions in Europe; Gate Japan is entering the highly regulated Japanese market with the FSA license; it is tapping into the rapidly growing Middle Eastern market with the Dubai VARA license; at the same time, it has completed its layout in the Australian market through AUSTRAC registration.The article notes that compared to some platforms that focus on advancing in a single region, Gate prefers to promote its global compliance layout by establishing entities in multiple locations and directly applying for licenses. Although this path takes longer and incurs higher costs, it helps enhance long-term compliance credibility and diversify risks associated with a single jurisdiction. As global regulation enters the enforcement phase in 2026, the industry's model of "expanding first, complying later" is gradually retreating, and compliance is transforming from a cost item into a core asset, becoming a key threshold for platforms to participate in mainstream market competition.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, ETH has dropped back to the average long position price of the "Hyperliquid largest bull," and its previous $10 million floating profit has basically been given back. After returning to the cost line, it has slightly increased its long position by 9,000 ETH, bringing the total position to 108,000 ETH ($245 million), with an opening price of $2,271.

The privacy coin project Monero has released the graphical wallet software GUI version 0.18.5 "Fluorine Fermi". This update is a recommended upgrade version, mainly containing a large number of bug fixes and functionality optimizations.Key highlights of this update include: migrating the P2Pool installation path to LocalAppData on Windows systems, fixing boundary case issues in URI parsing, prohibiting the creation of offline transactions in long payment ID scenarios, escaping untrusted text in QR code scanning to enhance security, upgrading P2Pool to v4.15, and multiple detail bug fixes and stability improvements.Monero's official team stated that this version has been open-sourced on GitHub, and users can download the upgrade through official channels to obtain the latest security fixes and stability improvements.

Despite Bitcoin's pullback of about 2.5% since reaching a peak of $82,800, market analysts generally believe that its overall upward structure remains intact and has re-entered the "full bull market momentum" range. Swiss wealth management firm Swissblock pointed out that Bitcoin has re-entered the price expansion range, the Bull Market Support Band has turned into support, and the 21-week EMA has crossed above the 20-week SMA, with the trend structure turning bullish again. Currently, Bitcoin's price is consolidating around $80,000, where the "real market average" and short-term holding costs constitute key support, while the realized price around $85,000 forms an upper pressure zone.Whale and institutional-led spot buying are strengthening, while the proportion of derivative speculation is decreasing. Similar structures historically correspond to sustainable upward trends. If this indicator continues to maintain positive values, it may further drive Bitcoin to continue its upward cycle. In terms of liquidity, the Stablecoin Supply Ratio (SSR) has rebounded from historical lows to a key range, indicating that stablecoin funds are flowing back into the market. This signal has corresponded to phase bottom rebounds in mid-2021, 2022, and mid-2023. Meanwhile, the Binance stablecoin supply ratio oscillation indicator (SSR Oscillator) has risen to 2.8, reaching a 12-month high, showing a significant increase in stablecoin purchasing power.On-chain activity is also strengthening. Bitcoin's daily transaction volume has increased by 116%, reaching 831,400 transactions, a 20-month high; the number of active addresses has increased by 7.1% to 707,700, and total transaction fees have grown by 37% to $279,300, indicating a significant increase in network usage activity. In terms of funding structure, the 90-day spot Taker CVD has turned into a sustained positive value, indicating that spot buying is dominating the market. Glassnode data shows that this indicator has further risen to $62 million compared to a week ago, reflecting an increase in market proactive buying sentiment.In summary, the price structure, liquidity indicators, and on-chain demand all indicate that Bitcoin is currently still in a "strong trend expansion phase," and the bull market momentum has not yet ended.

Slow Fog issued a security warning stating that Aurellion was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately 455,003 USDC (about $455,000).Analysis pointed out that the root of the vulnerability lies in the lack of effective protection in the initialize(address) function of the SafeOwnable Facet. Since the Diamond contract did not go through the initialize path when setting the owner, the _initialized version slot was not updated correctly, allowing the attacker to reinitialize the contract and override owner permissions.Subsequently, the attacker called diamondCut to inject a malicious Facet and transferred the USDC assets of authorized users through the malicious pullERC20 function, ultimately completing the theft of funds.