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ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood stated on the X platform that capital outflows from globally less stable countries will bring new upward momentum for Bitcoin and other digital assets.She pointed out that artificial intelligence is leading a technological revolution and "drawing a lot of attention and liquidity" in the investment field, but AI cannot replace the role that digital assets play in the current global environment—especially as a "wealth insurance tool."Cathie Wood emphasized that against the backdrop of rising macro uncertainty, the demand from investors for asset preservation and cross-border allocation tools is increasing, and digital assets are gradually becoming an important means of meeting this demand.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Williams stated that the standing repo operations are a key tool to curb interest rate pressures.

The prediction market infrastructure platform Fortune announced the achievement of another important milestone: its core AI products AI Bot and Sports Agent have officially debuted.It is reported that Fortune AI is positioned as the "AI operating system" for prediction market traders, capable of real-time detection of news dynamics, market sentiment, and arbitrage signals, and performing selective operations through a structured decision-making and execution pipeline, achieving comprehensive intelligence in prediction trading.Previously, Fortune successfully integrated the prediction market liquidity of the Predict.fun platform, significantly enhancing users' trading options and depth. With the launch of the AI Bot automated trading tool, Fortune further refined its "liquidity + intelligence" dual-driven layout. Fortune officials stated that they will always adhere to the user-centric principle and are committed to providing a convenient and efficient one-stop prediction experience for global users.

According to Business Insider, Worldcoin developer Tools For Humanity previously hired two law firms to investigate internal financial irregularities, employee classification, and whether there were violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in its operations in Thailand.The report also stated that the investigation involves allegations of senior management approving large payments to foreign companies to boost the performance of Worldcoin tokens. The company stated that after the investigation, it has terminated its relationships with Thai partners and strengthened internal compliance policies and due diligence processes, and currently has not found sufficient evidence to prove that the company or its employees violated relevant anti-bribery laws.

Uniswap announced on Wednesday the addition of a no-code token auction tool in its web application, allowing any team to configure and launch on-chain token sales directly through the browser without writing code. This tool operates based on Uniswap's Continuous Clearing Auction (CCA) mechanism, where bids accumulate over multiple blocks and settle at a uniform clearing price each time.Bidders set a total budget and a maximum price per token, with everyone paying the same final clearing price. Since the auction spans a time distribution rather than being completed in a single block, it eliminates the speed advantage of bots and last-minute sniping. After the auction ends, liquidity is directly injected into the Uniswap pool, achieving an integrated process for price discovery and trading pair guidance.Previously, Aztec raised $59 million through CCA from 17,000 bidders across 191 countries, with the clearing price exceeding the reserve price by 60%; Cap Labs' auction attracted 1,002 independent bids, with a 5.5 times oversubscription, and a clearing FDV of $106 million.

BlackRock stated on platform X that the role of Bitcoin in investment portfolios is evolving and may be seen as a complementary diversification tool.BlackRock believes that a moderate allocation (typically around 1-2%) could influence the return potential of a portfolio while maintaining an appropriate risk tolerance.

Bitget announced the integration of the AI trading platform MATRIX[ON] under ClaudeTrader™. Users can access a professional trading environment that integrates AI analysis, risk management, and market intelligence with one click, without the need to manually configure APIs or migrate data across platforms, achieving a seamless connection from market access to intelligent decision-making.MATRIX[ON] consolidates tools that were previously scattered across multiple platforms or limited to professional institutions into a single interface, covering whale tracking, clearing monitoring, hedge execution, account health analysis, and AI-driven market intelligence, providing traders with a complete view of market conditions and risk assessment.MATRIX[ON] CEO Kyriacos Adamantos stated that true trading analysis tools have long been limited by high costs or institutional barriers, and through this collaboration, every trader worldwide can gain equal access to top-tier tools.

According to The Block, French Bitcoin treasury company Capital B is planning to launch a Bitcoin credit product for the European market, similar to Strategy's STRC and Strive's SATA. Alexandre Laizet, a member of the Capital B board, stated that this move aims to provide digital credit tools tailored for Europe, changing the market landscape.The product is designed to utilize the company's holdings of 3,139 BTC as the underlying asset, achieving double-digit returns while keeping volatility in the single digits. Capital B is listed on the pan-European exchange and positions itself as the largest Bitcoin reserve company in Europe, aiming to accumulate 1% of the total Bitcoin supply by 2033 and hold 15,000 BTC by the end of 2027.

WeChat Pay officially announced the launch of the AI Access Toolbox version 2.0, aimed at providing merchants and global developers with a more efficient and smooth integration experience.It is reported that this update mainly includes five core upgrades: First, it supports precise adaptation of WeChat Pay's native concepts in 9 languages including Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean, lowering the threshold for overseas integration; Second, it achieves comprehensive product knowledge coverage and incorporates two AI experts in technology and finance-level R&D, providing full-link Q&A and code security review; Third, it adds CLI dynamic troubleshooting capabilities, allowing developers to query order and refund status in real-time through natural language without leaving the coding environment; Fourth, it fully converts document charts into Mermaid format, enhancing the understanding of large models while reducing token consumption by 50%; Fifth, it supports automatic comparison and synchronization of local Skill knowledge bases with the latest official versions.

Humanity released an independent investigation report by Quantstamp, which disclosed that in the H token security incident, the attacker used tools and methods characteristic of North Korean hackers, disguising themselves as communication from the Bithumb exchange through phishing emails, inducing project directors to click on malicious attachments, thereby deploying a remote control Trojan on their devices, ultimately gaining full desktop control and wallet private keys. Subsequently, on Ethereum and BNB Chain, they launched on-chain attacks: on the Ethereum side, by stealing keys to upgrade contracts and transferring approximately 141.18 million H tokens, and on the BSC side, by taking over the ProxyAdmin contract and minting new tokens. The stolen assets were then continuously sold on Uniswap and PancakeSwap for about 8 hours, causing significant impact on liquidity and market prices.Currently, the H token contract on the Ethereum side has been frozen, the mainnet bridge remains unaffected, but the BSC deployment has been controlled by the attacker and still has minting permissions. The team is working with exchanges and security parties to advance subsequent disposal and recovery plans, while reminding users to be wary of false "compensation/claim" links, and stated that further progress will be announced through official channels.Previously, the Humanity Protocol was attacked, resulting in the leak of a private key from a member of the Humanity Foundation, leading to over 31 million dollars in funds being stolen.

According to CoinDesk, Ripple is attempting to introduce XRP along with its stablecoin Ripple USD into the AI agent payment market, aiming to penetrate the on-chain micropayment system currently dominated by the USD stablecoin USD Coin. It has released the "XRPL AI Starter Kit," providing developers with a toolkit to build AI Agent payment capabilities, enabling agents to complete payments, check balances, and perform wallet operations on the XRP Ledger, and supporting automated payment processes based on the x402 protocol.However, Ripple has not yet disclosed any scaled landing customers or real production-level AI Agent payment transaction data; the solution is still in the early exploratory stage of infrastructure and developer ecosystem.

Thomas Eichenberger, Chief Strategy Officer of Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum, stated on Thursday that institutional clients are no longer waiting for a single stablecoin to prevail, but are instead demanding the integration of tokenized deposits, regulated stablecoins, and tokenized money market funds within the same infrastructure to achieve interoperability, allowing treasury departments to flexibly switch between permitted settlement, 24/7 cross-border flows, and on-demand liquidity yields.Sygnum has already launched a Swiss franc stablecoin testing project this year in collaboration with Swiss banking institutions such as UBS, PostFinance, Raiffeisen, and Zürcher Kantonalbank. At the infrastructure level, Eichenberger pointed out that most institutional discussions still default to using private chains, but actual operators are leaning towards a "public but permissioned" model, which combines public infrastructure with regulated access control.In addition, the Qivalis alliance, composed of 37 major banks from the European Union, plans to launch a digital euro by the end of this year, with the banking industry's autonomous push directly challenging European Central Bank President Lagarde's stance on central bank-led digital currencies.

According to The Block, Ripple announced a toolkit for developers to build "proxy payment" applications on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), supporting AI agents to execute automated financial transactions.Ripple stated that AI agents are no longer a concept of the future but are actively participating in paying computational costs, settling invoices, and completing transactions without human intervention. As the application of AI agents expands, the market is accelerating the construction of payment infrastructure for machines, including wallets and stablecoin payment channels, enabling AI to autonomously complete service payments and asset transactions.This week, Robinhood also launched related plans, allowing users to try stock trading executed by AI agents, with plans to expand into the cryptocurrency space in the future; MetaMask also released a non-custodial wallet solution for AI agents.Ripple pointed out that traditional payment systems mainly serve human-initiated and approval processes, while AI agents require infrastructure that enables fast settlement, predictable outcomes, and no human approval. It emphasized that its new toolkit also supports payment capabilities based on the x402 protocol, allowing settlements using XRP and Ripple USD (RLUSD).Meanwhile, the IC3 team, composed of researchers from several universities, stated that although AI combined with blockchain can achieve automated trading, AI agents still heavily rely on humans and underlying infrastructure, lacking complete independence.

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin and gold fell simultaneously as the market bets on rising interest rates pressuring non-yielding assets. Bitcoin dropped about 7% this week, while gold fell below $4,200 per ounce.The rebound was mainly driven by short covering, with over $500 million in bearish bets liquidated in the past week, while spot demand has not yet returned significantly. Traders are focusing on Wednesday's U.S. inflation data and the policy stance of the new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh. If inflation remains high, it could prompt interest rates to stay elevated, further pressuring risk assets. The rare simultaneous decline of Bitcoin and gold undermines their rationale as macro hedging tools.

According to The Block, regarding the gradual shutdown of the Cardano ecosystem data analysis and infrastructure platform TapTools, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson responded that TapTools is another loss in the ecosystem following JPG Store, and warned of a potential "wave of failures," expecting more projects to shut down, DeFi operations to cease, and industry consolidation in the second half of the year.He stated that some older projects no longer have investment value, resources to support struggling projects are limited, and he lacks direct control over ecosystem funding decisions and treasury allocation.

According to Cointelegraph, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce defended cryptocurrency privacy tools, calling them legitimate financial infrastructure, and warned regulators not to be skeptical of privacy-enhancing technologies.

According to The Block, Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the company behind the open-source privacy identity verification tool ZKPassport. Its co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou, along with their team, will join Aztec Labs to continue developing ZKPassport and related applications.Aztec Labs is building the Ethereum privacy layer two network Aztec Network, which raised approximately $60 million worth of ETH through the AZTEC token sale last year, and previously secured about $125 million in venture capital.ZKPassport allows users to read passports or government documents via mobile NFC, generating cryptographic signatures locally for verifying age, nationality, and "real identity" without exposing full privacy. It has been used for ticketing at the Devconnect conference and for compliance identity verification in the Aztec community token sale. Aztec stated that it will continue to keep the ZKPassport protocol and iOS application open source.

OpenSea announced the launch of the Ethereum open standard ERC-8257 (Agent Tool Registry), positioning it as the "app store for AI agent tools," allowing developers to register tools on-chain, declare access rules and pricing, and support AI agents in autonomously discovering, purchasing access rights, and invoking tools without human intervention.OpenSea stated that this standard is layered and combined with protocols such as ERC-8004 (Agent Identity), MCP (Tool Discovery), and x402 (Payment Protocol), collectively forming the operational infrastructure for AI agents on-chain. Currently, ERC-8257 is still in the draft stage, and OpenSea invites developers to participate in refining the specification.

According to CoinDesk, Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2 network Base has launched an AI integration tool called Base MCP, which allows users' Base accounts to connect to AI clients such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor. Users can complete transfers, token exchanges, check balances, view transaction records, and interact with DeFi applications through natural language.