On May 20th, Odaily Planet Daily reported that BIT, a digital asset financial services platform, announced that its subsidiary, Matrixport Technologies Ltd., has received approval from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC) to obtain a Type 2 investment business license (arranging investment transactions) under the Securities and Investment Business Act (SIBA) and has completed VASP registration under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act (VASP Act). According to the approved scope, Matrixport Technologies Ltd. can conduct regulated investment business activities involving arranging investment transactions under the BVI SIBA, support institutional and professional market businesses, and other financial services activities within the scope of the license; simultaneously, it can conduct regulated virtual asset business under the BVI VASP framework. BIT stated that this approval, the culmination of nearly three years of regulatory communication and preparation, marks a significant milestone in the company's journey to building a globally compliant digital asset platform.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Evaded (@ICanPlug) opened a short position of 525.34 BTC with 40x leverage, with a notional value of $40.32 million and a liquidation price of $77,413.63. The address also holds a long position of 53,500 ZEC (notional value of $32.92 million), currently showing a floating loss of $1.87 million.

According to official news, Gate Launchpool's 363rd Citrea (CTR) event has upgraded its stablecoin yield structure. GUSD can now enjoy a 3% annualized yield on minting and double rewards from Launchpool mining. GUSD is backed by highly liquid assets such as government bonds, providing stable returns while further enhancing fund security and the sustainability of returns. Gate will launch Citrea (CTR) spot trading on May 26th at 21:00 (UTC+8), and simultaneously list CTR on its flash exchange platform at 22:00. Meanwhile, Launchpool's 363rd Citrea (CTR) event will run from May 26th at 21:00 to June 16th at 21:00 (UTC+8). Users can participate in mining by staking BTC, GUSD, and CTR, sharing a reward of 16,000,000 CTR tokens, with airdrops distributed automatically hourly. This upgrade further improves Launchpool's return structure, enhancing asset allocation efficiency while providing users with a more stable and diversified return experience.

According to CoinShares' latest weekly report, digital asset investment products saw a net outflow of $1.47 billion last week, marking the second consecutive week of negative growth and the third largest weekly outflow in 2026. The cumulative outflow over the two weeks reached $2.54 billion. By asset class, Bitcoin saw an outflow of $1.315 billion, the largest weekly outflow in 2026, with year-to-date inflows decreasing from $3.9 billion to $2.6 billion. Ethereum saw an outflow of $223 million, roughly unchanged from the previous week. Some altcoins still recorded slight inflows, with XRP receiving $31.8 million, Near $9 million, and Solana $7.7 million. By region, the US dominated the outflow pattern with $1.425 billion; Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong saw outflows of $16.2 million, $12.5 million, and $12.2 million respectively, indicating that risk aversion has spread from certain regions to most parts of the world. CoinShares points out that this outflow is closely related to the escalating geopolitical risks associated with Iran. Despite the ongoing legislative process of the CLARITY Act, market risk aversion continues to deepen.

Huoxun Finance reports that Bitcoin volatility has fallen to a nine-month low, indicating a market respite. During Asian trading hours, the Bitcoin Volmex Implied Volatility Index (EVI) fell to 36.11 on Monday, its lowest level since September of last year and close to its lowest level since 2023. This index reflects the market's expected 30-day Bitcoin volatility through real-time crypto option prices. Furthermore, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of approximately $1 billion in May, reversing a two-month streak of net inflows, indicating cooling investor demand. Caroline Mauron, co-founder of Orbit Markets, stated that retail investor interest is shifting towards other trading opportunities. Rajiv Sawhney, Head of International Portfolio Management at Wave Digital Assets, stated that volatility selling has become one of the hallmark trades recently, with long-term holders, miners, and large funds generating returns from their holdings by selling volatility for Bitcoin, which lacks intrinsic returns.

According to Gate.com data, S&P 500 futures rose 0.5%, Nasdaq futures rose 0.7%, and Dow Jones futures rose 0.5%.

According to Huoxun Finance, OKX will delist the MAJOR/USDⓈ and MAJOR/USDT trading pairs at 16:00 on June 2nd, and the J/USDT trading pair at 16:00 on June 5th. Related trading services will be suspended simultaneously at 16:00 on May 30th. Users are advised to cancel pending orders in advance to avoid unnecessary waiting or system operations.

According to Huoxun Finance, Binance will delist nine spot trading pairs—APT/ETH, CTSI/BTC, DOT/ETH, FLOKI/FDUSD, MAV/USDC, S/BTC, SAGA/BTC, STEEM/BTC, and WIF/FDUSD—on May 29 at 11:00 AM. These tokens can still be traded through other trading pairs.

According to CoinShares' latest weekly report, digital asset investment products recorded a net outflow of $1.47 billion last week, marking the second consecutive week of negative growth and the third largest weekly outflow in 2026. The cumulative outflow over the two weeks has reached $2.54 billion. By asset class, Bitcoin saw an outflow of $1.315 billion, the largest weekly outflow in 2026, reducing year-to-date inflows from $3.9 billion to $2.6 billion. Ethereum saw an outflow of $223 million, roughly unchanged from the previous week. Some altcoins still recorded slight inflows, including $31.8 million for XRP, $9 million for Near, and $7.7 million for Solana. By region, the US dominated the outflow pattern with $1.425 billion; Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong saw outflows of $16.2 million, $12.5 million, and $12.2 million respectively, indicating that risk aversion has spread from a localized area last week to most parts of the world. CoinShares points out that the aforementioned outflows are closely related to the escalating geopolitical risks associated with Iran. Despite the ongoing legislative process of the CLARITY Act, market risk aversion continues to deepen.

According to Huoxun Finance, BIT released a chart pointing out that the core of asset price analysis lies in identifying the key factors driving price movements and the turning points. Bitcoin's recent sustained rise is mainly driven by the ebb and flow of institutional demand and market supply. Over the past year, Bitcoin ETFs and Strategy have been the core demand drivers, with Bitcoin prices generally rising in tandem when their net buying accelerated. Currently, their combined net buying amount is only $870 million. Due to significant outflows from ETFs turning into net selling, Bitcoin may maintain a consolidation phase in the short term until ETF inflows stabilize and rebound.

According to a report by Chris Turner of ING Group, the strengthening prospect of a Federal Reserve rate hike will support the US dollar, and even with substantial progress in US-Iran peace negotiations, the downside for the dollar remains limited. He noted that Fed Governor Waller recently warned that further rate hikes are possible if oil prices remain high. Meanwhile, market expectations for rate hikes in the Eurozone and the UK have cooled due to weak economic conditions.

According to Huoxun Finance, Alipay announced that its "AI Payment" has completed 300 million AI-powered payments, supporting 95% of general-purpose AI agent frameworks, making it the world's first large-scale commercially available AI-native payment infrastructure. Simultaneously, it launched the world's first Token Pay service and AI Wallet product, combining these with previously launched AI Pay and AI Pay to build a full-stack AI-native payment system for the quantitative era, covering authorization, management, payment, settlement, security, and trust. Currently, its AI Payment supports general-purpose AI agents such as Qianwen and Claude Code, smart devices such as Qianwen AI Glasses and Rokid, smart cockpits from companies like Li Auto and Chery, and leading AI tool platforms such as TRAE SOLO and Qoder.

According to an official announcement, Binance will delist and cease trading the following spot trading pairs at 03:00 (UTC) on May 29, 2026: APT/ETH, CTSI/BTC, DOT/ETH, FLOKI/FDUSD, MAV/USDC, S/BTC, SAGA/BTC, STEEM/BTC, and WIF/FDUSD. Simultaneously, Binance will terminate its spot trading bot service for these pairs on the same day. Users are advised to update or cancel their bots in advance to avoid potential losses.

According to Coinglass data, Binance saw a net outflow of 39.2091 million USDT in the past hour.

According to Coinglass data, the total open interest of whales on the Hyperliquid platform currently stands at $4.616 billion, with long positions accounting for $2.279 billion (49.37%) and short positions accounting for $2.337 billion (50.63%). Long positions have a total profit of $24.9518 million, while short positions have a total loss of $94.2741 million. The whale address 0x8def..ae went all-in on a 5x leveraged short position in HYPE at $45.3515, and currently has an unrealized loss of $26.2818 million.

According to Huoxun Finance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated on Tuesday that the rapid development and application of artificial intelligence will not trigger a global "job doomsday," nor will it replace a large number of white-collar jobs as he had previously feared. He said that when ChatGPT was launched in 2022, the company's predictions about technological development were largely accurate, but its assessment of the socio-economic impact was quite wrong. Altman admitted that he had initially expected a more severe elimination of entry-level white-collar jobs, and is now glad that this judgment was wrong. He also realized that AI cannot replace the "human aspects" of work that require interpersonal interaction. However, many global companies have already announced that some of their internal positions are being replaced by AI.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Chris Turner of ING stated in a report that the increasing prospect of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike should support the US dollar. Even with news of concrete progress in US-Iran peace negotiations, the dollar should not have much room to fall. He pointed out that Federal Reserve Governor Waller recently warned that if oil prices remain high, the possibility of an interest rate hike cannot be ruled out. Meanwhile, due to economic fragility, investors have lowered their expectations for interest rate hikes in the Eurozone and the UK. (Jinshi)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bitget Wallet has announced a partnership with Stellar to launch the "PayFi Odyssey" campaign, offering a $300,000 XLM reward program to promote on-chain everyday payments in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The campaign, launched in phases starting May 26th, consists of two parts: crypto cards and QR code payments. From 16:00 Beijing time on May 26th to 15:59 on July 7th, Bitget Wallet Card holders can accumulate points by completing purchases and Stellar tasks, sharing a $200,000 XLM reward pool proportionally. The QR code payment campaign will run in two phases, from May 28th to June 30th and from July 1st to July 31st, with users sharing $100,000 worth of XLM for each QR code payment. In addition, the campaign includes a "Crypto Survival Program" open to KOLs who can create real-world everyday payment stories. This event builds upon Bitget Wallet's previous integration with Stellar, aiming to further deepen the collaboration between the two companies in the PayFi field and truly bring on-chain assets into users' daily consumption and payment scenarios.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that BIT released a chart today stating that the key to market analysis often lies in identifying the core factors driving asset price movements and observing when these factors begin to change. In the case of Bitcoin, the recent sustained rise has largely depended on the ebb and flow of institutional demand and market supply. Over the past year, spot Bitcoin ETFs and Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) have been significant sources of this demand. When ETF inflows accelerate and Strategy continues to increase its Bitcoin holdings, the price of Bitcoin typically continues to rise. Currently, the combined net purchases by ETFs and Strategy have fallen to only $870 million, mainly due to significant outflows from ETFs, shifting from net buying to net selling. Until ETF inflows stabilize and rebound, Bitcoin may continue to consolidate in the short term.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Limitless announced on its X platform that Season 3 of Limitless Points has officially ended. Official data shows that the season saw a total trading volume of $4 billion, with over 280,000 active traders and 4.5 million completed trades. Limitless also stated that applications for the Season 3 airdrop will open on May 27th, with further details to be announced later.