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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 The Wall Street Journal, several large banks in the United States plan to launch a tokenized deposit network next year, aimed at addressing the threat posed by stablecoins and cryptocurrency companies that have accelerated their penetration into traditional banking with the support of the Trump administration.The network will connect traditional payment rails with digital asset infrastructure, operated by the real-time payment network company Clearing House, which is jointly owned by several major banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo.

According to GlobeNewswire, Bitcoin treasury company Genius Group announced the official launch of its AI treasury, having completed the first batch of investments in the AGI Infinity Portfolio, purchasing 10,000 shares of Destiny Tech 100 and 800 shares of Fundrise Innovation Fund, marking the first funds allocated towards its goal of a $100 million AI treasury in phases.According to disclosed data, this allocation allows Genius Group to indirectly gain exposure to several leading private AI companies, including Anthropic (approximately 16% of the portfolio), SpaceX (11%), OpenAI (7.4%), Databricks (7.4%), Shield AI (2%), and Anduril Industries (0.7%).Genius Group stated that it will continue to expand the scale of the AI treasury through a monthly investment plan in the future.

Unitas Labs announced a strategic research cooperation intention with the Hong Kong listed company New City Development Group (HKEX: 0456). Both parties will conduct research on RWA asset allocation and blockchain financial management, exploring feasible paths for listed companies to participate in digital asset strategies in a compliant and prudent manner. This cooperation does not constitute any financial product issuance or investment advice.

According to CoinDesk, Citi analyst Alex Saunders stated in a recent report that the recent sale of Bitcoin by Strategy has caused market volatility, but the bigger issue is the lack of demand from new investors.The report pointed out that this sale by Strategy is part of a previously disclosed tax optimization plan and not a strategic shift. What is truly concerning is that the spot Bitcoin ETF has seen net outflows for 11 consecutive days, which is an important signal of weak investor adoption. Analysts estimate that ETF fund flows can explain about 45% of Bitcoin's weekly price fluctuations.In addition, the likelihood of the U.S. crypto market structure bill passing this year is decreasing, reducing potential positive catalysts. The bank believes that in the absence of regulatory progress and new capital inflows, Bitcoin market sentiment will remain subdued.

The global stablecoin payment infrastructure platform WasabiCard today announced the completion of its Pre-A round of financing. Including previous funding, the total amount raised by the company has approached 10 million USD, with participation from four well-known institutions: Vernal Capital, Avenir Group, Vision Plus Capital, and 01VC.This round of financing will be used to build and improve the global payment infrastructure, compliance system, and key market business layout, enhancing cross-border payment service capabilities and global operational capabilities, further promoting the company's construction of a compliant, efficient, next-generation financial infrastructure aimed at the internet era.As stablecoins gradually move from trading scenarios to real commercial applications, the demand from enterprises for global payment, global card issuance, fund management, and cross-border settlement infrastructure continues to grow. WasabiCard currently serves over 500 enterprise clients globally, with a cumulative card issuance exceeding 500,000 cards and a total transaction scale surpassing 1 billion USD.In the future, WasabiCard will continue to expand its global payment network and multi-chain payment ecosystem, promoting the further implementation of stablecoin payments in global commercial scenarios.

According to Globenewswire, Bitcoin treasury company Genius Group announced the official launch of its AI treasury, having completed the initial investments in the AGI Infinity Portfolio, purchasing 10,000 shares of Destiny Tech 100 and 800 shares of Fundrise Innovation Fund, marking the first funding towards its plan to phase in a target of $100 million for the AI treasury.

According to official news, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME Group) has officially launched 24/7 trading for cryptocurrency futures and options. Over the first weekend, a total of more than 7,200 contracts were traded, with a nominal value of approximately $50 million.Bitcoin volatility futures have also been launched simultaneously. Tim McCourt, the Global Head of Equity, FX, and Alternative Products at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, stated that this move meets customer demand for continuous liquidity over the weekend, bridging the gap between traditional regulated venues and the 24/7 nature of cryptocurrencies.

In the latest report titled "Tokenization 2030: Wall Street On-Chain" released by Citigroup, it is estimated that the market size for tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) will grow from the current approximately $17 billion to $5.5 trillion by 2030. Depending on different adoption speed scenarios, the market size range may be between $2.7 trillion and $8.2 trillion.The report predicts that by 2030, approximately 10% of the U.S. short-term treasury market and 3% of the public equity market will be tokenized. At the same time, the expansion of the stablecoin market may bring about $1 trillion in new demand for U.S. treasuries; if 10% of U.S. retail investors shift to digital trading platforms, it is expected to create approximately $2.6 trillion in digital equity demand.Citigroup believes that as traditional financial assets gradually move on-chain, tokenization is expected to become an important bridge connecting Wall Street with blockchain infrastructure and drive the digital transformation of global capital markets.

According to Jinshi reports, sources say that OpenAI has discussed its upcoming IPO with Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and others. The sources indicate that Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase may join Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in preparing for the listing.The sources state that discussions with Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase do not guarantee that they will ultimately participate in this IPO. Other investment banks may also eventually get involved.

According to Globenewswire, the publicly listed Bitcoin treasury company Genius Group announced that its board has approved the expansion of the company's treasury strategy, adding an AI treasury to the existing Bitcoin treasury and launching the AGI Infinity Portfolio. The initial target investment scale is set at $100 million, with a five-year goal to expand to $800 million. The first phase, approximately $20 million, will be allocated through related funds to equity in unlisted AI companies such as OpenAI, SpaceX, Anthropic, Figure AI, Databricks, Anduril, Replit, and Shield AI. The remaining $80 million is planned to be invested in industries such as electricity, computing power, hyperscale cloud, cutting-edge models, and robotics.

According to CoinDesk, the CME Group announced that Bitcoin futures and options will officially be available for 24-hour, 7-day-a-week trading on the Globex platform, with only a 60-minute routine maintenance window from 10 PM to 11 PM UTC on Sunday nights, marking the end of the long-observed "CME weekend gap" that has been widely watched by traders.

The Southern District Prosecutors' Office of Seoul, South Korea, has detained and prosecuted 2 individuals and prosecuted 3 individuals without detention in relation to the Rug Pull case of the Solana meme coin CATFI on decentralized exchanges (DEX). The prosecution stated that this is the first case applying the unfair trading provisions of the Virtual Asset User Protection Act and also the first case to detain and prosecute the main perpetrator of a DEX Rug Pull case.

According to Cryptopolitan, cybersecurity analysts have discovered a new type of fileless remote access trojan (RAT) named RemotePE. It is believed that the cybercrime organization Lazarus Group, associated with North Korea, is using this trojan to attack banks and cryptocurrency companies. The trojan operates entirely in memory, making it difficult for traditional antivirus and forensic tools to detect. Attackers impersonate trading company employees via Telegram, using forged Calendly and Picktime links for social engineering attacks. The malware is loaded in a three-stage chain through DPAPILoader, RemotePELoader, and RemotePE, with the entire process avoiding contact with the file system, utilizing process hollowing, anti-analysis checks, and encrypted C2 communication to evade detection.This malware was first discovered in September 2025. In the first four months of 2026, the Lazarus organization has stolen approximately $577 million in cryptocurrency assets, accounting for 76% of the total global cryptocurrency theft. Since 2017, the organization has accumulated a total theft amount of $6 billion.

According to Jinshi News, UBS Group has raised its S&P 500 index target to 7,900 points by the end of 2026, up from the previous target of 7,500 points; the mid-2027 target is 8,200 points.

According to Tech In Asia, K25.ai, a prediction market and live streaming platform led by former OKX Chief Operating Officer Andy Cheung and based in Singapore, announced that Nasdaq-listed NewGenIVF Group (NIVF) made a preliminary investment of $2 million at a valuation of $100 million. This investment may subsequently increase to $10 million. The deal also grants NIVF an exclusive institutional partnership in the Asia-Pacific region. K25.ai and NIVF plan to expand into markets such as Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The startup stated that it is exploring ways to enter the public market through strategic transactions or reverse mergers, but there is no guarantee that any listing plans will proceed.

MY Group announced the completion of a $3 million strategic round investment in the AI-driven decentralized derivatives infrastructure ClawMax, and both parties have officially reached a deep cooperation.It is reported that ClawMax is a platform focusing on core technological directions such as AI market making, intelligent strategy execution, decentralized copy trading, and on-chain risk management. After this round of investment is completed, ClawMax will continue to operate independently, while MY Group will provide support in areas such as ecological traffic, capital resources, and compliance layout.In addition, the official revealed that MY Group has currently initiated a global capitalization process and is simultaneously advancing its Nasdaq IPO listing. In the future, ClawMax will participate as a key technology partner in the subsequent ecological collaborative construction.

According to official news, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated in a social media post that cirBTC is about to launch. Circle Wrapped Bitcoin (abbreviated as cirBTC) is a tokenized BTC that is 1:1 backed by native Bitcoin (BTC), issued by Circle on the Ethereum mainnet and Arc network.Each cirBTC is supported by a reserve of 1:1 native BTC, which is held in custody by a regulated entity under the Circle group.

According to BBX data, yesterday Blockchain.com submitted a confidential IPO application 15 years after its establishment, accelerating the expansion of traditional European trading platforms into cryptocurrency. The core dynamics are as follows:Blockchain.com Group Holdings Inc. (proposed listing) officially announced through a press release on May 21 that it has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the SEC on the same day, intending to issue Class A common stock. The specific number of shares and price range have yet to be determined, and the IPO timeline will depend on market conditions and the SEC review process, with a target to complete the listing by 2026. The company was founded in 2011 by three early members of the Bitcoin Forum, headquartered in Dallas, with 95 million wallets, 43 million verified users, and has processed over $1.1 trillion in cryptocurrency transactions; its products include consumer wallets and trading, institutional products and services, and it has recently expanded into the African market, launching perpetual contract trading through the Hyperliquid protocol; it has about 500 employees, and Bloomberg cited sources: it has been profitable for three consecutive years after adjustments; Series E financing in 2023 raised $110 million, with a valuation of approximately $7 billion (significantly down from the peak of $14 billion in 2022).IG Group Holdings plc (LSE: $IGG) announced on May 21 through an official statement from CoinDesk that its European division IG Europe GmbH will expand its cryptocurrency spot trading services across the EU through a partnership with the Vienna-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda (privately held, holding regulatory licenses from Germany's BaFin and Malta's MiCA), with Bitpanda providing liquidity, trading connections, and comprehensive market data infrastructure support; IG Group's revenue for Q1 2026 is £331.2 million (approximately $445 million), with cryptocurrency spot trading contributing £2.4 million (approximately $3.2 million), accounting for about 0.7% of revenue; the company has around 1.3 million customers globally and is one of the few traditional financial platforms clearly positioned in cryptocurrency spot trading among the constituents of the FTSE 100 index on the London Stock Exchange. The specific timeline for this expansion has not been disclosed.

According to Businesswire, Nasdaq-listed company SUI Group updated its business operation data, disclosing that the SUI holdings exceeded 108 million, reaching 108,793,779 as of May 19. This holding size corresponds to a market value of approximately 115 million USD (based on the SUI price of 1.06 USD), with an overall staking yield of about 1.8%. Its market value relative to net asset value (mNAV) is approximately 0.91 times, which has narrowed compared to before.