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Bitget CEO Gracy Chen recently elaborated on Bitget's strategic layout in the field of tokenized assets during an online AMA titled "The Future of RWA" hosted by Reality. She revealed that since proposing the Universal Exchange (UEX) strategy in early 2025, Bitget has been accelerating its evolution from a traditional crypto exchange to a platform covering all categories of assets. During a meeting with the COO of BlackRock, she introduced the "10% Vision": it is expected that by 2030, approximately 10% of global financial assets will exist in tokenized form. Currently, the penetration rate of tokenized stocks is only 0.01%, indicating a significant incremental space in traditional financial markets, which is precisely the trend that Reality is built upon.Gracy summarized "why now" as the convergence of five major trends: stablecoins have become a global settlement channel, especially in regions where fiat currencies are weak, creating demand for dollar-denominated investment products; there is a surge in user willingness for diversified asset allocation; blockchain performance, custody, compliance, and market maker systems are maturing; regulatory frameworks in the US, Europe, and Hong Kong are moving from ambiguity to structured clarity; and the market's demand for capital efficiency is driving the release of new liquidity in tokenized assets.When discussing the pain points of the tokenized stock market, Gracy stated that some existing issuers often cause a deviation between the token price and the underlying asset price when handling corporate actions such as dividends and stock splits. The Reality platform is focused on addressing this issue by strictly aligning the Net Asset Value (NAV), supporting the mapping of dividends and corporate actions, and enhancing the consistency between tokenized assets and the real underlying assets. She also revealed that Bitget will continue to expand asset categories and further improve the UEX Universal Exchange ecosystem.

According to Bank Reg Blog, Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi has signed an agreement to acquire a small bank in Wyoming, Summit National Bank, which is in bankruptcy proceedings, for $5.5 million.The bank had previously failed multiple sale transactions. Economist David Beckworth asked whether this move would affect Kraken's streamlined Federal Reserve master account pilot and whether this acquisition would convert the streamlined account into a regular account. Bank Reg Blog responded that no direct impact is expected; the bank does indeed have a regular master account, but this transaction is being conducted in Sethi's personal capacity, rather than Kraken owning the bank.

Terry Duffy, the CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, expressed great concern about the recently approved perpetual contracts by U.S. regulators. Terry Duffy stated that perpetual contracts have almost no practical use for institutional investors, yet expose retail investors to excessive risk. He completely disagreed with the CFTC's decision to approve the first batch of crypto perpetual contracts after a rapid review and mentioned that he had called the CFTC chairman to express his concerns.Terry Duffy warned that perpetual contracts and prediction markets are triggering a speculative frenzy among retail investors, which could lead to an impending disaster. The first batch of perpetual contracts approved by the CFTC is listed by Kalshi, and several U.S. exchanges are also discussing launching their own perpetual contracts.

According to CoinDesk, Reza Bundy, CEO of Atlas Capital supported by "Dr. Doom" Nouriel Roubini, warned that Bitcoin could drop 70% to the range of $26,000 to $30,000 within six months, before rebounding to $150,000 to $500,000 over the next few years. Bundy's pessimistic forecast is based on data analyzed together with Roubini. Roubini accurately predicted the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis and has been bearish on Bitcoin for a long time.Bundy believes that Bitcoin has failed as an inflation hedge and is currently just a highly volatile risk asset, fluctuating in sync with tech stocks. However, Bundy still believes in Bitcoin's value storage properties, with a long-term bullish outlook based on four economic scenarios: if the global economy grows steadily, Bitcoin will reach $150,000 to $250,000; if governments print money to pay off debts leading to high inflation, Bitcoin will reach $250,000 to $500,000; under global conflict, it will prove its safe-haven value; if a deflationary recession occurs, Bitcoin will remain weak until central banks inject liquidity.

Helius CEO mert tweeted that the news regarding the Zcash network outage is inaccurate, and the network is not down. Some browser applications connected to faulty nodes, which caused the browsers to display errors, but the network is functioning perfectly fine.Previously, it was reported that the Zcash network is currently in a stalled state, with no blocks produced in the past 4 hours.

According to BBX data, the global competition between crypto compliance infrastructure and traditional financial capital entered a heated stage yesterday, with brokerage giants and old money on Wall Street clashing over the advancement of legislation. The core dynamics are as follows:Coinbase receives CFTC 16-page no-action letter authorization: Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: $COIN) officially announced that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a 16-page "no-action letter" to its subsidiary CFM. This authorizes CFM to officially offer perpetual contracts and options for "digital commodities" such as BTC, ETH, SOL, and DOGE to U.S. institutional clients through the foreign exchange Deribit FZE, which it previously acquired for $2.9 billion. The letter also allows clients to directly transfer digital assets and stablecoins to Deribit FZE as collateral.Dimon publicly declares war on the CLARITY Act: Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: $JPM), publicly expressed strong opposition to the CLARITY Act currently advancing in the Senate during a Fox Business program. Dimon warned that the act allows crypto companies to pay users "yield rewards" in stablecoins, effectively bypassing the capital and compliance standards of traditional banking. He formed a coalition with the American Bankers Association, publicly committing to "fight to the end" against this legislation.

According to Forbes, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned about the U.S. cryptocurrency market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, stating that if stablecoin issuers are allowed to provide returns to users in a manner similar to bank deposit interest, the related model could eventually collapse.Dimon stated that the bill allows cryptocurrency companies to offer returns similar to deposit interest through stablecoin accounts without the corresponding regulatory protections, and the banking industry would not accept such arrangements. He said, "I am not worried about stablecoins themselves, but if this happens, I will not participate, and it will ultimately collapse."The CLARITY Act aims to clarify the regulatory framework for the U.S. cryptocurrency industry and delineate the responsibilities of regulatory agencies. Previously, Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the U.S. Digital Asset Advisory Committee, stated that the Trump administration planned to push for the bill's passage before July 4. However, Polymarket data shows that the probability of the CLARITY Act passing by 2026 has fallen from nearly 70% to just above 50%.

According to Cointelegraph, Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten stated in an interview that although institutional investors' participation in the cryptocurrency space is increasing, it is very important to pay attention to retail sentiment towards Bitcoin, as Bitcoin holdings are far from being concentrated. "Bitcoin is not monopolized like BlackRock or Fidelity; in fact, it is primarily purchased by numerous retail accounts."

ZeroTier CEO Andrew Gault stated that the potential threat of quantum computing to the Bitcoin industry may not be limited to the security of wallet private keys; encrypted communication and authentication data between institutions also face long-term risks.

According to Coindesk, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has once again harshly criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and warned that if lawmakers do not address traditional banks' concerns about stablecoin regulation, the latest version of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act may ultimately fail. Dimon believes that the bill would allow stablecoin issuers to effectively pay interest on deposits without bank-like protections and predicts that if adopted as is, the bill "will ultimately fail."

According to a report by businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto announced that Chairman and CEO David Bailey spent nearly $1 million to purchase 191,448 shares of the company's common stock in the open market from May 26 to May 28.Nakamoto disclosed that it holds over 5,000 Bitcoins on its balance sheet, and as of now, David Bailey holds approximately 18.25% of the company's outstanding common stock.

Strategy CEO Phong Le stated in an interview with Fox Business that the company purchased $1.6 billion in Bitcoin during the second week of May, which is more than the total holdings of most Bitcoin treasury companies in a week.Phong Le mentioned that the current Bitcoin price is attractive, and the company will continue to buy Bitcoin. Although there may be short-term sales of some Bitcoin due to reasons such as utilizing unrealized tax losses, the long-term strategy is to continuously net increase Bitcoin holdings and focus on enhancing the number of Bitcoin per share.He views Bitcoin as "digital capital," believing it is superior to traditional stocks, bonds, and gold, and emphasized that the company will pass Bitcoin earnings to shareholders, similar to the operating model of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).

According to DEGEN NEWS, Jeff Sprecher, founder and CEO of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), stated that he has met with the Hyperliquid team multiple times to discuss business overlaps and potential collaboration opportunities.He pointed out that Hyperliquid conducts oil trading on weekends when the traditional oil market is closed, which has attracted attention. The platform has also launched derivatives trading for SpaceX, and he expects that on June 11, when SpaceX goes public, it will be very interesting to see whether the prices discovered in the private market will affect the IPO. He also mentioned that, depending on the allowed leverage levels, retail investors may invest a significant amount of money in this IPO, potentially exceeding the size of the IPO itself.

Bit Digital, a Nasdaq-listed company, CEO Sam Tabar posted on X that he has bought more ETH.Sam Tabar explained, "Many people, after seeing ETH's price performance over the past two years, concluded that it is finished. But I believe they have identified the wrong catalyst. The repricing of ETH should never have been based on retail narratives. For an asset supported by such a vast infrastructure, that narrative is inherently too fragile. The real catalyst is institutional demand. And the rhythm of institutional demand never operates according to the emotions on social media. It only occurs when conditions are ripe, such as when the compliance framework is ready, the custody system is established, and the regulatory environment is stable enough for CFOs to sign off. That moment is actually closer than what the market price reflects."He added, "I hold ETH because I have a fiduciary obligation to make smart capital allocation decisions. And based on the price at which I bought, ETH meets that standard."

According to Cointelegraph, VanEck CEO Jan Van Eck stated that he remains optimistic about Bitcoin in the long term, but warned that 2026 is historically a down year in the four-year halving cycle. He noted that institutional adoption has fundamentally remained unchanged, lacking catalysts for significant price increases.

According to Wall Street Journal reports, JPMorgan CEO Dimon stated that JPMorgan may issue stablecoins in the future.