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According to Bijie.com, the Bitcoin halving is 100,000 blocks away and is expected to occur at the 1,050,000th block in mid-2028. This will be the first full halving cycle dominated by spot ETFs. According to halving trackers such as CoinGecko and IG, the next Bitcoin halving is expected to occur at block 1,050,000, with the block reward reduced from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC, and the annualized issuance halved again. Data providers estimate there are about 100,000 blocks left until the event, expected to occur between April and May 2028. This milestone will mark the midpoint of the 2024-2028 cycle, with spot Bitcoin ETFs playing a central role in absorbing new supply. Historically, halving events have slowed the rate at which new coins are created, driving up Bitcoin's supply-to-flow ratio, reducing miner selling pressure, and laying the groundwork for bull markets.

According to Coinworld.com, Moment, an AI trading startup founded by the former quantitative team of Citadel Securities, recently completed a $78 million financing, led by Index Ventures. The company, which helps banks, brokers, and wealth managers automate fixed income and equity trading workflows, has signed partnership agreements with major wealth managers such as Edward Jones, LPL Financial, and Hightower Advisors. Since its inception in 2022, Moment has raised more than $100 million.

According to CoinWorld.com, the total supply of stablecoins has exceeded $300 billion, but the overall growth has slowed down significantly. In the past month, Tether's USDT supply has increased by more than $5 billion, while the combined supply of USDC, USDE and PYUSD has decreased by about $4.2 billion, and the total stablecoin supply has increased by only about $900 million, an increase of about 0.3% month-on-month. The report pointed out that the current new stablecoin funds mainly flow to USDT, rather than driving the overall market expansion. At the same time, Ethena's USDE supply has fallen by 28% in the past month and nearly 34% during the year, mainly due to the decrease in income attractiveness due to the compression of perpetual contract funding rates. Sky's USDS and World Liberty Financial's USD1 absorbed some of the inflows. PYUSD's supply has also dropped by 13% in the past month.

According to ChainCatcher news, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on May 18, stating that the agency has improperly granted national trust licenses to at least nine crypto companies since December 2025. Elizabeth Warren pointed out that these companies plan to conduct business beyond the limited functions that the National Trust Bank is legally allowed to perform, and are essentially crypto banks that seek to circumvent the bank's basic safeguards and obligations. It is reported that companies that have received or received conditional approval include Ripple, Circle, Paxos, Fidelity, BitGo, Coinbase, Stripe's subsidiary Bridge, and Crypto.com. The American Bankers Association urged the OCC to slow down licensing approvals in February, a move that Elizabeth Warren warned would weaken consumer protections and pose regulatory arbitrage risks.

According to ChainCatcher news, Deloitte announced on Tuesday that it has acquired crypto infrastructure company Blocknative through mergers and acquisitions based on talent acquisition. According to the announcement, the Blocknative team will be "focused on driving Web3 innovation in Deloitte's customer system" in the future. Currently, Blocknative's official website has shown an announcement stating that the company is "gradually ceasing operations." Its Blocknative API and Gas Network services will also be gradually shut down and are expected to continue operating until June 19. Founded in 2018, Blocknative is a blockchain infrastructure company focused on real-time mempool monitoring, gas fee forecasting, and transaction management. The company provides APIs and related tools for optimizing on-chain transactions; Its Gas Network is a decentralized oracle network that provides real-time gas fee data. This move comes amid a wave of overall integration in the crypto ecosystem. This has also been accompanied by traditional companies like Deloitte increasing their crypto exposure. Deloitte now provides accounting, auditing, and other enterprise services to crypto companies.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Moment is a fintech company founded by a former quantitative trader and researcher at Citadel Securities. After signing partners such as Edward Jones, LPL Financial and Hightower Advisors over the past year, the company closed $78 million in funding, led by Index Ventures, with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Avra. Moment helps financial institutions automate fixed income and equity trading technology. The company's last funding round was in July last year, when it raised $36 million.

The United Nations raised its global inflation forecast for 2026 from 3.1% to 3.9%. (Jin Shi)

According to MSX data, the U.S. semiconductor sector staged a "V-shaped" reversal intraday, and the decline of many stocks narrowed sharply or even turned up. Cerebras Systems (CBRS) performed well, surging over 11%; Micron Technology rose more than 4%, SanDisk rose more than 3%, Intel rose nearly 2%, and Nvidia and TSMC have both risen slightly and turned red. Individual stocks that had previously fallen sharply also ushered in a strong recovery: AMD's decline narrowed sharply to less than 0.5% (previously down nearly 6%), Qualcomm's decline narrowed to about 3.2%, and Western Digital, Coherent and others also narrowed to less than 2%.

According to Coin.com, before becoming chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Walsh had sold most of the financial assets he promised to divest. The latest government documents show that this is an important step in defusing the controversy over its nomination process. As one of the richest Fed officials in history, Walsh received a "divestiture certificate" issued by the U.S. Government Ethics Office (OGE). Documents show that he has sold several investment holdings worth at least $100 million, but the underlying assets of these investments have not been previously disclosed. However, the document omitted two assets that Walsh had previously promised to sell before taking office, each worth between $250,000 and $500,000. According to the financial disclosure documents submitted by Walsh during the nomination process, his assets are at least $192 million, but due to the range format of the declaration, it is widely believed that his actual wealth may be higher.

According to Alhadath_Brk news, Israel's assessment shows that Trump has decided to attack Iran, and it is only a matter of time before it is implemented.

ChainCatcher news, centralized exchanges Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini have urged U.S. Senate members to remove specific provisions in the Digital Asset Market Structure Act. This provision restricts trading platforms from listing tokens that are susceptible to market manipulation. The exchange submitted a proposed amendment to remove the restriction, arguing that this regulatory standard, derived from traditional commodity futures, would hinder the listing of small-cap tokens with low liquidity on compliant exchanges, limiting innovation in the industry.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to official sources, Aave Pro now supports users monitoring any Ethereum address without needing to connect to that address. This feature provides read-only views of Aave V4 positions, balances, and activities, and supports custom names and avatars.

Odaily星球日报讯 OpenAI 联合创始人 Andrej Karpathy 宣布加入 Anthropic。（xcancel）

Odaily Planet Daily News US President Trump: (Talking about Iran and high oil prices) will not last long. US President Donald Trump: Iran has learned a lesson this time, the Strait of Hormuz is international waters, not their private territory. US President Donald Trump: Whether by military means or by reaching an agreement, the situation will soon begin to improve. (Jin Shi)

According to ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale withdrew 85,226 HYPE from Bybit, worth $4,080,000. The address has purchased a total of 2,220,000 HYPE in the past month, worth $105.75 million.

According to Coin World News, OnchainLens reported that a wallet associated with Anchorage withdrew 85,226 HYPE from a platform, worth about $4.08 million. In the past month, the wallet has purchased a total of 2.22 million HYPE, worth approximately $105.75 million. The address is 0x4c6b8e7d1a5dec99aa726240e1957f8df657f828.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the "Dota 2: Team Falcons vs. Tundra Esports (BO3) - DreamLeague Playoffs" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the submarket's "total kills exceeded 72.5 in Game 2? The win rate of the "over" option fluctuated wildly, soaring from 0.5% 1 hour ago to the current 50.45% (volatility of 49.95%). Please be aware of the impact of breaking messages.

Odaily Planet Daily News Crypto companies are pausing their long-awaited IPO plans due to weak trading volumes and macro pressures weighing down valuations. Companies such as hardware wallet maker Ledger and MetaMask developer ConsenSys have both postponed their IPOs. Ledger had previously planned to list on the New York Stock Exchange at a valuation of $4 billion. According to Sean Farrell, head of digital asset strategy at Fundstrat, crypto trading volume has fallen by about 75% this year, putting pressure on the valuation of publicly listed crypto companies. In contrast, AI-related technology companies still have strong demand for listings. In addition, Bitcoin miners transforming AI infrastructure have emerged as a better performing area in the crypto market. Sean Farrell also noted that Hyperliquid is one of the outperforming crypto ecosystems in 2026, with approximately $850 million in revenue over the past 12 months, and a recent partnership with Coinbase to make USDC the platform's normative stablecoin. （coindesk）