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The Hurun Research Institute today released the "2026 Global Unicorn List." Driven by the AI wave, the total value of global unicorns surged by 43% to $8 trillion. Among them, the AI sector accounts for 36% of the total value, with Anthropic ($965 billion), OpenAI ($852 billion), and ByteDance ($480 billion) taking the top three spots on the global list; Chinese company DeepSeek entered the top 15 with a valuation of $50 billion, becoming the highest-ranked new unicorn.In the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector, there are currently 67 existing unicorn companies worldwide. Among them, the cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance saw its valuation increase by $35 billion this year, reaching a total valuation of $70 billion, marking its first entry into the global top ten (ranked 8th). Additionally, the report noted that cryptocurrency companies such as Circle, BitGo, Gemini, and HashKey have exited the unicorn sequence through successful IPOs in the past year.

According to TechFundingNews, the blockchain trading platform Ekiden announced the completion of a $2 million seed round financing, with the company's valuation reaching $20 million.This round of financing was led by Unicorn Factory Ventures and P2 Ventures, and also attracted angel investors who have previously invested in projects such as GSR, Pyth, Aptos, LayerZero, and Cube Exchange.It is reported that Ekiden is committed to bringing institutional-level trading on-chain, providing efficient and secure trading solutions through blockchain technology.

ChainCatcher news, Virtuals announces the launch of a new launch model, Unicorn. Compared to the previous Genesis model, Unicorn no longer solely pursues fairness but emphasizes early belief and long-term value. Each Unicorn project starts with a low valuation, allowing early participants to gain asymmetric returns. The founding team only receives funding when the project actually grows, ensuring responsibility and long-term development.The launch process includes the creation phase, early trading phase, and a transparent team allocation mechanism, with anti-bot measures and ecological airdrop rewards for VIRTUAL holders and active community members. The Unicorn model will gradually replace the Genesis points system, with the reward mechanism shifting from points to VIRTUAL staking and ecological activities. Each Unicorn Launch will allocate 5% of the total supply to true community members: 2% to VIRTUAL stakers; 3% to active participants in the Virtuals ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Cycle Network officially launched the UniCall section on the UnicornX platform, with an intraday peak increase of 294.47%.It is reported that Cycle Network announced a strategic investment from Diamond Hands Capital Unicorn Verse, providing support for Cycle Network's secondary market and its subsequent development. Cycle Network will focus on advancing its core business: building a "VisaNet" in the cryptocurrency field, providing efficient, secure, and seamless settlement and trading experiences for various blockchain assets, while further enhancing multi-chain settlement capabilities and ecological layout.

ChainCatcher news, Cycle Network officially announced a strategic partnership with UnicornX. After becoming the latest project of Unicall, the market capitalization of $CYC reached a new high, with an intraday peak increase of 294.47%, and FDV exceeding 100 million USD.Recently, Cycle Network completed a strategic upgrade, aiming to become the "VisaNet of seamless connections in the crypto space," further enhancing its multi-chain settlement capabilities and ecological layout.UnicornX is not only a DEX but also a hub for integrity-driven projects and resources. With the support of the liquidity strategic investment institution UnicornVerse, it provides acceleration channels for projects at different stages through flagship features UniCall and XCall. Since the launch of UniCall, projects that have gone live on UniCall have achieved an average growth rate of +507.3%, aiming to reshape the trust mechanism in Web3 and become the core hub for singularity exchanges and long-term growth.

ChainCatcher news, Bitget on-chain trading has recently launched projects showing an upward trend. Among them, UNICORN reached a maximum increase of 1066% after its launch, LuckyCoin reached 921%, and H reached 405%.Bitget on-chain trading aims to seamlessly connect CEX and DEX, providing users with a more convenient, efficient, and secure on-chain trading experience. Users can directly use their Bitget spot account (USDT/USDC) to trade popular on-chain assets. Currently, it supports popular public chains such as Solana (SOL), BNB Smart Chain (BSC), and Base.

ChainCatcher news, according to the announcement from Huobi HTX, Huobi HTX will open the deposit service for UFD on May 12 at 16:00 (GMT+8). UFD/USDT spot trading will be available on May 12 at 17:00 (GMT+8). The withdrawal service for UFD will be opened on May 13 at 17:00 (GMT+8).It is reported that Unicorn Fart Dust (UFD) is a meme coin on the Solana chain, initiated by an elderly person (boomer) who believes in "gold and silver supremacy." After hearing that the market value of Fartcoin soared to $500 million, he decided to launch his own meme coin as a social experiment to "prank" the crypto community. His view is that cryptocurrency is equivalent to "a fantasy of unicorn fart dust."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Austrian crypto unicorn Bitpanda has received a MiCA license issued by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), becoming the second crypto asset service provider (CASP) to obtain this license. The license is effective immediately, allowing Bitpanda to operate in all 27 member states of the EU.Bitpanda CEO Eric Demuth emphasized that the EU needs to learn from the U.S. experience and strengthen the enforcement of MiCA regulations to prevent non-compliant platforms from continuing to operate. He pointed out that the U.S. is rapidly positioning itself as a global crypto hub, and the EU needs to take more proactive measures to maintain its competitive advantage.

ChainCatcher news, liquidity strategic investment company Unicorn Verse announces the acquisition of Sweepy. Sweepy will officially be renamed UnicornX. UnicornX aims to become an on-chain trading ecosystem, committed to leading industry development through innovation.