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According to ChainCatcher news, U.S. Senator Warren asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate the cryptocurrency companies of the U.S. President Trump family.

According to ChainCatcher news, according to the Wall Street Journal, British AI chip startup Fractile announced the completion of a $220 million Series B financing, led by Factorial Funds, Accel and Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. Founded in 2022, the company focuses on the research and development of AI inference chips to improve the speed of large models in responding to user queries. Founded by Walter Goodwin, an engineer with a background at the University of Oxford, Fractile says its chip and memory architecture can improve bandwidth efficiency while reducing latency, with the goal of achieving "faster and cheaper" computing power in AI inference scenarios. Anthropic is rumored to have initially engaged with Fractile regarding the procurement of its AI inference chips.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created address (0xbDa... 0bCD) deposited 1.868 million USDC into HyperLiquid, bought 4,638 XMR at a price of $403, and then transferred the funds to a new address (0xed1... 4d8a)。

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, the Federal Reserve Schmid said that persistent inflation is the most urgent risk facing the economy, and the inflation level is obviously still too high.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, 13F filings show that JPMorgan Chase & Co. significantly increased its Bitcoin ETF holdings in the first quarter, with its holdings in BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) increasing from about 3 million shares to 8.3 million shares, an increase of 174%. In addition, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has significantly increased its holdings in other Bitcoin spot ETFs such as Fidelity FBTC and Bitwise BITB, and slightly increased its Strategy (MSTR) holdings. On the altcoin ETF front, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been in mixed hands: buying the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) for the first time, accumulating Ethereum-related ETFs, while completely liquidating XRP ETFs.

According to ChainCatcher news, Spiral, the Bitcoin open source development division of Block, has launched Loupe, a free AI vulnerability scanning tool for open source Bitcoin projects, which supports continuous security scanning and aims to help small and medium-sized development teams improve their security auditing capabilities.

According to ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum officially announced that Coinbase's x402 protocol is now live on the Arbitrum network, supporting developers to allow AI agents to directly use stablecoins to pay for APIs, services, and software fees. The x402 protocol, named after the unused HTTP 402 "payment required" status code, allows websites, APIs, and AI bots to request and receive instant micropayments through blockchain and traditional payment channels. The protocol is managed as an open standard by the x402 Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation, and is supported by more than 20 institutions and crypto companies, including Cloudflare, Stripe, AWS, Google, Visa, Base, Circle, Solana Foundation, and more.

ChainCatcher news, cryptocurrency payment network MoonPay announced the launch of its native cryptocurrency payment platform, MoonPay Headless Onramps. It replaces MoonPay's previous brand-managed component model with pure API integration, providing partners with a fully white-label, customizable checkout experience, with payment channels, compliance reviews, and authentication handled by MoonPay in the background. MoonPay says the product supports Apple Pay, card payments, and Google Pay, covering the United States, the European Economic Area, and more than 100 countries. Other similar headless payment solutions are currently limited to mobile payments in the United States.

According to ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin custody platform Onramp has completed a $12.5 million Series A financing, valuing the company at $135 million after this round. Onramp focuses on helping large Bitcoin holders decentralize their assets across multiple institutions, eliminating the need for users to rely on a single custodian or manage their private keys themselves.

ChainCatcher news, TownSquare, an infrastructure focused on institutional yield and cross-chain lending brokerage services, announced the launch of a $100 million USD1 token liquidity program, which aims to promote institutional income and cross-chain income to more users through institutional yield strategies through the USD1 stablecoin powered by the World Liberty Financial platform. Previously, TownSquare had collaborated with the World Liberty Financial DeFi team to bring USD1 tokens to Monad, a high-performance EVM chain, with official incentives from the Monad Foundation. The team officially stated that this new liquidity plan marks TownSquare's continued commitment to expanding the application scope of DeFi and bringing institutional strategy returns to more assets. At present, the cross-chain lending function has been launched on the official website of the project, and the interest-bearing bank product is about to be launched. According to official information, the project has previously completed a round of financing, supported by angel investors from Monad, a16z, Aptos, Solana Bonk, as well as other European and American angel investors and a number of VCs. The team was founded by people from Coinbase, Meta, Accenture, and market maker backgrounds. The new round of financing information for the project has not yet been announced.

Odaily Planet Daily News BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said that the global demand for computing power is so huge that traders can one day trade in the computing power futures market.

Odaily Planet Daily News Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has increased this week, but analysts warn that more ships have turned off the Automatic Identification System (AIS) tracking signal during passage. According to Lloyd's List, tanker owners are preparing for long-term shipping disruptions as regional risks remain high. Current traffic is still well below pre-conflict levels. At the time, about 130 ships passed through the strait every day, carrying about 20% of the world's oil and gas supply. (Jin Shi)

According to ChainCatcher news, USDC issuer Circle announced that it has further deepened its cooperation with Hyperliquid, becoming the technical deployer of USDC in Hyperliquid, and positioning USDC as an Aligned Quote Asset. Hyperliquid is expanding from perpetual contracts to results-based markets as a high-performance on-chain trading platform, and USDC will continue to support liquidity, collateral management, and cross-chain capital flows as the primary collateral and quote asset. Circle is responsible for providing reliable infrastructure for minting, redemption, and cross-chain transfers, allowing USDC to play a more central role in the new market. Circle also announced increased financial investment in the Hyperliquid ecosystem: following the initial purchase of HYPE tokens in September 2025, it will stake another 500,000 HYPE to further bind the interests of both parties and move towards becoming a validator.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending May 9 was 211,000, exceeding market expectations of 205,000. The previous value was revised from 200,000 to 199,000.

Odaily Planet Daily News Iranian Vice President Reza Aref: We will never lose the Strait of Hormuz, no matter what the cost. The Strait of Hormuz is ours; It has always been our property, but for a while we have not been able to put it to good use. (Jin Shi)

According to ChainCatcher news, Gate Research Institute recently released the "Cryptocurrency Market Review in April 2026" report, pointing out that the cryptocurrency market as a whole showed a volatile upward pattern in April, with the total market capitalization significantly higher than in March, and the overall trading volume of BTC and ETH ETFs maintained high fluctuations. The report shows that the ecological activity of major public chains continues to differentiate. Solana's daily trading volume remains in the range of around 90 million to 110 million, maintaining its lead. In terms of hot tracks, the report pointed out that Pokemon TCG RWA has become one of the fastest-growing segments of on-chain RWA and entered the secondary outbreak stage in April. The trading volume of major trading platforms exceeded $220 million in a single month, and the weekly revenue once approached $6 million, setting a new all-time high. Meanwhile, Aave experienced the worst liquidity shock in its history in April, with TVL outflows reaching tens of billions of dollars in a few days and net outflows of more than $9 billion for the entire month. In terms of financing and security incidents, the Web3 industry completed a total of 51 financings in April, with a total amount of approximately US$834 million, and funds were further concentrated in the leading financial and infrastructure tracks. Among them, Payward ranked first in a single month with $200 million in financing. At the security level, Web3 security incidents lost approximately $306 million in April, an increase of approximately 858% month-on-month, mainly driven by a single cross-chain infrastructure attack of approximately $293 million by Kelp DAO. The report believes that in the context of market recovery, on-chain activity and capital liquidity have increased simultaneously, but the security risks of cross-chain infrastructure and high-leverage protocols are still worthy of continued attention.

AggrNews: COINBASE BECOMES OFFICIAL USDC TREASURY DEPLOYER ON HYPERLIQUID, ACQUIRES USDH BRAND ASSETS

According to TASS and Reuters, Kremlin spokesman Peskov said at a press conference on the 14th that Russian President Vladimir Putin is about to visit China and relevant preparations are ready. According to reports, when asked if the date of Putin's visit to China has been clarified, Peskov responded, "We will announce a specific date in the near future." The visit is being prepared. It can be said that all preparations, including the final finishing touches, have been completed. The visit will take place soon. (Global Network)

Odaily Planet Daily News Emerging market stocks rose for the third consecutive trading day this week, with technology companies continuing their strong gains, supported by optimism about the market's increased demand for AI-related hardware and services. The benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose 0.7% and has accumulated gains of more than 7% this month. Among them, TSMC, Alibaba and Samsung Electronics together contributed 105% of the index's gains, which means that without the pull of these three stocks, the index as a whole would actually be in a state of decline. Chipmakers have been leading the market rally since early April, with higher corporate earnings largely offsetting inflation concerns caused by the Iran war. While the information technology sector rose 1.4% on Thursday, sectors such as utilities, energy and industrials fell, highlighting the stark divergence between Asian tech stocks and other emerging market sectors. (Jin Shi)