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According to CoinDesk, security engineer Taylor Hornby, who discovered a serious vulnerability in Zcash using the Anthropic Opus 4.8 AI model, stated that Monero (XMR) has been added to the audit queue, and more privacy coin projects will undergo security reviews in the future.Hornby previously discovered a critical vulnerability in the Zcash Orchard privacy pool on May 29, which had gone unnoticed since May 2022 and could theoretically allow attackers to create unlimited undetectable fake ZEC. The development team at Shielded Labs completed an emergency fix before June 1 and subsequently disclosed the details of the vulnerability. As a result of the incident, ZEC dropped by as much as 38% within 24 hours after the news broke, with the market concerned that attackers may have exploited the vulnerability to steal funds from the privacy pool without leaving on-chain traces.Hornby stated that he was commissioned by the nonprofit organization Shielded Labs in April of this year to identify protocol vulnerabilities before attackers could exploit them. Although he had the means to profit from the vulnerability, he chose to report the issue to the development team, stating that "such betrayal is unacceptable." Additionally, Hornby plans to apply for funding from the Zcash community to support subsequent security research efforts.

According to official news, Feixiaohao has invested in the AI Agent infrastructure project AMIKO and has reached a strategic cooperation with AMIKO. The two parties will collaborate on capital support, content dissemination, live events, media promotion, AI search content development, product scenario integration, and multilingual market promotion, aiming to establish a clearer project recognition for AMIKO in the Chinese and international Web3 markets.AMIKO is positioned as a digital identity and social infrastructure for the AI Agent era, attempting to integrate identity, productivity, social interaction, and economic capability within the same system, allowing users to have AI Twins, Companions, Assistants, and Experts that represent their actions, communication, and collaboration. Its technical path involves OpenHermit hosting runtime and OpenClaw BYOA scenarios, focusing on AI digital avatars, social continuity, Agent native identity layers, and economic circulation within the platform.Feixiaohao (Feixiaohao.ai) stated that this investment and strategic cooperation will leverage its Web3 data platform, industry media, live events, and global ecological communication capabilities to help AMIKO reach a broader audience of Web3 users, media, and AI search content scenarios. Previously, AMIKO had received strategic investment from the American AI investment firm High Ridge Holdings for product development, ecological expansion, and international growth.

The DeSci project NanoVita announced that the team has recently continued to optimize the token structure, significantly reducing the market circulation chips to enhance the long-term sustainability of the ecosystem.As of now, the token circulation has been reduced by 98.57%, with the specific data as follows:Total Supply: 14,262,742Current Circulation: 11,429,409The optimization has destroyed the hash (for verification):0xcb562af732e6a5d836d4c55aeb56ff79f3aeb4abd66ca6eb07c0aa310d52fa80With the significant contraction of market circulation chips, NanoVita is entering a new "Low-Float Phase," where the future ecosystem will focus more on long-term holders, research contributors, and DeSci infrastructure construction.NanoVita has previously completed its launch on PancakeSwap and has developed an ecological layout around AI bio-intelligence, nanotechnology, and on-chain health data networks.After this round of optimization, NanoVita's low circulation and high consensus token structure has been further solidified, laying a solid foundation for subsequent long-term value growth and ecological construction.

On-chain capital and prediction market infrastructure project Nova Markets announced the completion of a new round of financing, with participation from Wintermute Ventures, Robot Ventures, Big Brain VC, Cumberland, GSR, Greenfield Capital, Hash3, Bodhi Ventures, and Kairos Research.This round of financing will be used to migrate more perpetual contracts and prediction markets on-chain.Nova stated that the actual number of existing on-chain capital markets is far below the expected level, and the financing will be used to migrate more perpetual contracts and prediction markets on-chain, reshaping the generation and trading structure of related markets.

According to The Block, the monthly transaction volume of crypto venture capital has dropped to about 50 transactions, the lowest level since before 2021. The two historically most active sectors, infrastructure and crypto financial services, have both fallen to multi-year lows. The massive shift of investor attention towards the AI sector, combined with a shortage of early high-quality project supply, is the main reason for the decline in transaction volume.Despite the drop in the number of transactions, the total amount of financing remains relatively high, showing a "few large amounts" characteristic—recently, the prediction market platform Kalshi completed a $1 billion financing, which is a typical example. Analysts point out that the current low-noise environment is actually a window period for projects with clear use cases and real traction. Whether a recovery can be achieved in the second half of 2026 will depend on whether new sectors beyond prediction markets and financial infrastructure can form a consensus for large-scale investment.

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams expressed deep gratitude for the long-term funding and multifaceted support provided by the Ethereum Foundation (EF), but specifically clarified that Uniswap was not incubated by EF, and that he participated as an external grantee with a close personal connection to EF.Previously, EF Chair Aya Miyaguchi and co-founder Vitalik Buterin publicly shared their views on the future direction of the Ethereum Foundation. Miyaguchi stated that part of the reason for proposing the EF mission framework at the end of last year was the issue of deviation in technical discussions.

According to The Block, Gnosis co-founder and CEO Martin Koppelmann confirmed that the Zodiac delay module related to Gnosis Pay is currently under exploitation. Attackers can initiate transactions from Safe wallets that integrate this module, and Gnosis has requested cross-chain bridge validators to pause to control the risk.Koppelmann stated that Gnosis will cover all user losses and will remove the previous announcement urging users to urgently withdraw EURe and GNO, noting that most users are unable to withdraw their tokens independently. The team is working to control most of the losses and ensure that all users receive full compensation. Gnosis emphasized that the vulnerability is within the Gnosis Pay system, and the core contracts of Safe are unaffected.

According to the official announcement, Binance HODLer airdrop launched the 65th project GeniusTerminal (GENIUS), which is an AI machine intelligence network and open infrastructure layer. From May 11, 2026, 00:00 to May 13, 2026, 23:59 (UTC), users who subscribe BNB to SimpleEarn (flexible and/or locked) and/or on-chain yield products will receive airdrop allocations.

The Trump family's AI infrastructure project WorldClaw and VergeX AI announced a strategic cooperation, with both parties working together to promote the development of next-generation AI-native trading infrastructure and accelerate the construction of the emerging Agentic Trading market.It is reported that VergeX AI will integrate WorldClaw's AI access layer into its Harness-driven autonomous multi-agent trading infrastructure to achieve a more scalable, more accessible, and more cost-efficient professional-grade AI trading system deployment. Currently, VergeX AI is building an autonomous multi-agent trading operating system for the AI-native financial era, with its core Harness architecture serving as the layer for agent collaboration and task orchestration, supporting trading execution across multiple markets including cryptocurrencies, US stocks, foreign exchange, and commodities.In addition, both parties stated that this cooperation aims to lower the barriers to building professional-grade AI trading agents and jointly promote the development of next-generation autonomous financial system infrastructure. The market generally believes that as AI Agents evolve from auxiliary tools to autonomous market participants, autonomous agents, AI-native execution systems, and programmable financial infrastructure are becoming the next trillion-dollar track that the industry is focusing on.

According to The Block, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced that its "Project Agorá" tokenization prototype has successfully verified the feasibility of atomic settlement for cross-border wholesale transactions. The prototype employs a layered architecture, utilizing tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits to achieve "all or nothing" transaction chain execution across multiple currencies and jurisdictions, while allowing central banks to retain operational autonomy.Legal analysis shows that finality of settlement can be achieved in all seven participating jurisdictions, and privacy protection can also be ensured within a compliant framework. The project is jointly initiated by the BIS and the International Financial Association, with participation from seven central banks including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Bank of England, the Bank of France, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of Korea, the Bank of Mexico, and the Swiss National Bank, as well as over 40 private financial institutions. In the next phase, the Bank of Canada will officially join as the eighth central bank member, and the project will advance to the real value testing stage, further expanding private sector participation.

According to Bloomberg, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and its partners are about to launch a real-value transaction test for the digital cross-border payment project Project Agorá. This project involves the BIS, seven central banks, and more than 40 regulated institutions, including the New York Fed, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, as well as JPMorgan, UBS, Deutsche Bank, and others.The prototype adopts the concept of a "unified ledger," utilizing blockchain technology to complete interbank transfers between different countries in seconds, trading in an "atomic" manner. The system retains existing sanctions enforcement and anti-money laundering screening mechanisms. The BIS stated that tokenization can safely and effectively address the inefficiencies of wholesale cross-border payments. The Bank of Canada has joined the project, and more private institutions are expected to join as well.

According to the on-chain analysis platform Bubblemaps, the same address cluster it marked has sold approximately $600,000 worth of CWU tokens, but the related addresses still hold about 85% of the CWU supply. The token previously attracted attention due to support from the former president of Ghana.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted that the internal team of the Ethereum Foundation has been working on a new project called Kohaku for nearly a year. The goal is to achieve both security (including decentralization) and read-write privacy at the Ethereum access layer, making security and privacy a "normal configuration" on Ethereum rather than an advanced option. Earlier today, it was reported that Kohaku, under the Ethereum Foundation, released an SDK for wallet-level privacy integration.

According to the official announcement, BitRing, a selected project from the 10th season of the BNB Chain MVB Accelerator, has announced the upcoming launch of its genesis airdrop test. It is reported that the top 10,000 users in this test will share a reward of 1,000,000 BRT tokens.According to the official introduction, BitRing allows users to participate in "fitness mining" using smart wearable devices such as Apple Watch and WHOOP to earn BRT. Currently, the development progress of the protocol has reached 90%, and the BRT Protocol is about to enter the internal testing phase, where participating users can now receive 100 tBRT test tokens.In addition, the official revealed that a live fitness coach recommendation system will be launched soon, an ambassador program recruitment will be opened, and plans to explore building personalized medical AI models based on real health data.

According to crypto analyst Yu Jin @EmberCN, in the past 11 hours, addresses associated with the ESPORTS project have continuously sold tokens on-chain, with a total of 253 million ESPORTS sold, accounting for 28% of the total token supply. Data shows that this batch of ESPORTS was first exchanged for approximately 26,000 BNB, and then further converted into 17.29 million USDT.Due to the ongoing sell-off, the price of ESPORTS has currently dropped about 95% from its peak, falling from $0.70 to around $0.035.

2U2.ai announced that it has secured a new round of strategic investment, with the specific amount not yet disclosed. The investors in this round include Castrum Istanbul and M2M Capital, which will support 2U2.ai in continuing to advance Meme infrastructure construction and ecological expansion.So far, 2U2.ai has received support from institutions such as Becker Ventures, CGV FOF, Gemhead Capital, K24 Ventures, Castrum Istanbul, and M2M Capital.2U2.ai is building a MemeLayer for Web3, driven by AI for Meme generation, dissemination, and remixing, to create a scalable and incentivized Meme content network. Currently, the platform has launched the Meme Arms Race points system, allowing users to earn points by creating, sharing, and disseminating Meme content, and participate in subsequent ecological incentives on the platform.

The Sui mainnet officially launched the protocol-level stablecoin zero Gas transfer feature on May 20, supporting 7 types of assets including USDC, allowing users to complete transfers for free without holding SUI.In addition, the Premium Exchange incubated by NAVI Protocol is expected to officially go live on May 26 with its new system. These two developments optimize the trading experience from both the underlying protocol and application layer, further lowering the user entry threshold and promoting the development of the Sui ecosystem.

The AI agent toolkit Bankr developer deployer posted on platform X, stating plans to launch the Bankr fund to invest in high-quality projects within the Bankr ecosystem.It expressed hope to complete the first investment in the coming weeks and stated that it will "put real money into Bankr ecosystem projects."