Tether announced its investment in financial platform LemFi, supporting its integration of USDT as a settlement layer in Africa and Asia, and accelerating the construction of stablecoin infrastructure.

Strategy 上周增持 2.49 万枚比特币，均价约 8.1 万美元，合计耗资约 20.1 亿美元。

Strategy increased its holdings of 24869 bitcoins from May 11 to May 17, 2026, with an average purchase price of $80985 and a total investment of approximately $2.01 billion.

Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered Bank, stated that it is expected that by the end of 2028, the total size of on chain tokenized assets will reach $4 trillion, with stablecoins and real-world assets (RWAs) each accounting for $2 trillion. Kendrick emphasizes the "composability" advantage of DeFi, stating that it can improve asset efficiency. Standard Chartered uses BlackRock's BUIDL product as an example to demonstrate the multiple uses of tokenized assets in DeFi. The report points out that the scale of off chain assets is about 1000 times that of on chain assets, and institutional level asset tokenization may become a growth core. At present, the daily trading volume of stablecoin lending on the chain reaches 1.5 billion to 2 billion US dollars, and the loan scale of Coinbase and Morpho's Bitcoin lending product is about 1.75 billion US dollars, covering 22000 borrowers.

AEON announced the completion of an $8 million Pre Seed round of funding, led by YZi Labs, IDG Capital、HashKey Capital、Stanford Blockchain Builders Fund、Oak Grove Ventures Waiting for participation. The new funds will be used to build a settlement layer infrastructure for AI agent interaction, and the specific valuation and financing structure have not been disclosed.

According to CoinShares' latest weekly report, last week's outflow of funds from digital asset investment products was $1.07 billion, marking the first negative growth in seven weeks and the third largest weekly outflow since 2026. Bitcoin outflows amounted to $982 million, with a cumulative outflow of $3.9 billion since the beginning of the year; Ethereum outflows amounted to $249 million, the largest single day outflow since January 30th. Blockchain stock ETF outflows $133 million. In altcoins, XRP received $676 million, Solana received $551 million, and Ton, Sui, Ondo, Chainlink, and Doge received $7.7 million, $4.7 million, $4.1 million, $3.9 million, and $3.2 million, respectively.

Spot gold rose about $25 in the short term, closing at $4553.22 per ounce; Spot silver rose about $1 in the short term, closing at $76.69 per ounce.

According to sources close to the negotiating team, the United States has accepted the temporary lifting of oil sanctions against Iran during the negotiations in the new text, which was not included in the previous US text.

The Median SOPR of the top 500 currencies has reached the breakeven point (SOPR=1), the highest level since BTC approached historical highs. The market subsequently experienced a large-scale sell-off. Data shows that typical holders of altcoins have been experiencing losses since the end of 2024. （glassnode）

According to the security update released by Galxe, the internal key leak has affected the retired Galxe SpaceStation V2 contract, but user wallets and funds have not been affected. The platform stated that the issue is limited to the contractual level, and the cause has been confirmed and security measures have been updated. The complete report will be released after investigation.

Binance ETH/USDT perpetual trading volume surged 5 times within 10 minutes, with a turnover of 6.68 billion US dollars in the past 24 hours, a decrease of 3.16% A surge in trading volume generally indicates an increase in market trading activity or large-scale fund buying and selling operations, which may be caused by certain important market changes or news announcements. According to AiCoin data, the comprehensive ranking of Binance contracts ranks first in the world

According to Paidun Monitoring, the Adshares cross chain bridge attacker has returned 256 ETH worth approximately $540700 to the project deployer address, accounting for approximately 86% of the previously stolen funds. The Adshares cross chain bridge was attacked on May 17, 2026, resulting in a loss of approximately $628000.

Hyperliquid announced in an article on X platform that the size of open contracts for RWA trading on its platform has risen to a historical high of $2.6 billion, doubling from two months ago. Hyperliquid indicates that the market demand for 7x24 on chain access to real-world assets continues to grow.

Binance has announced the addition of Cerebras Systems Inc. Class A Common Stock (CBRS) to multiple services, including futures contracts, officially launching on 2026-05-19 at 17:30 (UTC+8). Notes: - This contract is not subject to the funding rate interval adjustment rule, and the funding rate settlement interval will always be 8 hours. - Binance may adjust contract parameters, including funding rates, maximum leverage, etc., based on market risk conditions. - In case of discrepancies between the announcement and the FAQ, the announcement shall prevail.

According to the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England, on May 18th, both sides launched a public consultation to solicit regulatory opinions on tokenized wholesale financial markets, covering areas such as tokenized securities, collateral, and settlement instruments. The consultation targets include banks, asset management institutions, trading platforms, etc. The feedback deadline is July 3rd. The two institutions plan to release feedback documents and launch a digital wholesale market roadmap in the summer of 2026. At the same time, the Bank of England is consulting on extending the operating time of RTGS and CHAPS systems, with the goal of achieving synchronous settlement services by 2028.

The Binance contract platform will launch CBRS USDT U-based perpetual contracts on May 19th at 17:30 (UTC+8), with a maximum leverage of 10 times, tracking the price of Cerebras Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRS) A-share common stock.

Binance announced that it will launch CBRSUSDT USD based perpetual contracts on May 19, 2026, to support users in related transactions. （BWEnews）

According to the Q1 13F filing of Situational Awareness LP in 2026, the fund manager of the "25-year-old AI stock god" adopted an aggressive strategy in the first quarter, short selling semiconductors and betting on AI infrastructure. The total value of its put options reached $8.46 billion, accounting for 62% of the total portfolio value. Among them, VanEck Semiconductor ETF put options cost $2.04 billion, Nvidia $1.57 billion, Oracle $1.07 billion, Broadcom $1 billion, AMD $969 million, TSMC $535 million, and ASML $494 million. Compared to the $8.91 million put option in Q4 2025, the position has significantly increased. In terms of long positions, Bloom Energy holds $879 million, SanDisk $724 million, and CoreWeave $556 million. CoreWeave call options were reduced from $774 million to $141 million, while Intel call options were withdrawn and a new $159 million put option was added.

According to monitoring, Blackrock deposited 2221 BTC (approximately $171 million) and 26600 ETH (approximately $56.2 million) into Coinbase. （Onchain Lens）

Bitcoin and ether sank after the U.S. president told Iran the “clock is ticking,” sending oil higher and triggering broad crypto liquidations.