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According to Fortune, Catena Labs—founded by Sean Neville, co-founder of Circle—has raised $30 million in its Series A funding round, led by Acrew Capital and a16z crypto, with participation from Breyer Capital, General Catalyst, and QED. Catena Labs focuses on developing tools that enable AI agents to conduct financial transactions securely. The company has applied to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in New York for a national trust bank charter, seeking regulatory authorization to process payments and hold customer funds. Previously, in 2025, Catena Labs secured an initial $18 million financing round led by a16z crypto.
According to Caixin, the global tax “satellite surveillance system,” CRS 2.0, is accelerating its rollout worldwide. Cryptographic assets, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and certain electronic money products have now been included within the scope of financial asset reporting. Hong Kong plans to implement CRS 2.0 by 2028 and simultaneously advance the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF). In the future, cryptocurrency exchanges, brokers, and operators of crypto ATMs will be required to report cryptocurrency–fiat currency conversions, cross-cryptocurrency swaps, and domestic and cross-border transfers of cryptographic assets. Reports must precisely specify the full names of assets—for example, Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Tether (USDT)—and aggregate data by transaction dimension, including total market value, total holdings, and number of transactions. For retail payment transactions, individual transactions exceeding USD 50,000 must be reported separately. Although mainland China has not yet officially announced a timeline for implementing CRS 2.0, since 2025, tax authorities in multiple regions have begun notifying taxpayers—via phone calls and text messages—to self-report overseas income earned between 2022 and 2024 and fulfill their tax obligations accordingly. It is understood that CRS 2.0 will not only fully expose overseas-held cryptographic assets to tax oversight but may also trigger coordinated scrutiny by other regulatory bodies.
As cryptocurrency trading platforms gradually expand from single digital asset trading to traditional asset trading—such as stocks, gold, foreign exchange (FX), and indices—the competitive landscape is shifting beyond “asset coverage” toward “trading entry points, operational workflows, and execution efficiency.” The speed with which users can identify opportunities, enter the market, and complete trades has become a key metric for exchange product experience. Bitget recently launched its “10-Second Gold Purchase Challenge,” inviting users to record the entire process—from opening the Bitget app’s homepage to completing an XAU/USD gold CFD trade—with participants who finish in under 10 seconds eligible for rewards. By capturing real user interactions, the campaign highlights how mobile TradFi trading workflows are evolving—and reflects how crypto exchanges are striving to bring traditional financial asset trading experiences further forward and simplify them. According to Bitget, the platform has already elevated TradFi access to a first-level navigation item on its app homepage, covering trading in gold, stocks, FX, and indices. In contrast to the past, when trading traditional assets typically required dedicated platforms or multi-layered navigation, Bitget aims to enable users to access diverse asset classes more directly within a single platform—via unified entry points and optimized mobile workflows.
non-custodial crypto wallet Sorted Wallet has completed a $4.4 million seed funding round, co-led by Tether and Gnosis with a $3.4 million equity investment. Vox Solutions provided an additional $1 million in strategic support, with angel investors including Movement, Angel Invest Group, and the founder of RWA.io also participating. (The Block)
According to The Block, non-custodial crypto wallet Sorted Wallet has raised $4.4 million in seed funding. Tether and Gnosis co-led a $3.4 million equity financing round, while Vox Solutions provided $1 million in strategic support. Angel investors—including Movement, Angel Invest Group, and the founder of RWA.io—also participated in the round.
According to Stilta’s official press release, on May 19, 2026, Stilta—a litigation-focused, agent-style AI company—announced it had raised $10.5 million in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from founders and operators of Sana, Legora, OpenAI, Lovable, and Listen Labs, as well as Y Combinator. Founded in 2026 by four former members of McKinsey’s AI practice, Stilta’s AI platform performs reasoning and analysis across 180 million patents, 250 million scientific papers, and over one trillion web archives, helping enterprises conduct patent infringement evidence gathering, clear commercialization pathways, and uncover the value of patent portfolios. Since its launch in February this year, Stilta has signed contracts with companies including Roche, Alfa Laval, and Maersk, as well as three of the world’s top five intellectual property law firms.
IDG Capital is planning to raise a growth fund of approximately $2 billion. The fundraising process began about two months ago, with the goal of completing the first round of capital raising by the end of this year. The fund will invest in consumer technology and consumer sector-related companies in China and other regions.
According to CoinDesk, crypto infrastructure firm Zerohash is seeking new funding at a valuation exceeding $1.5 billion. This comes after Mastercard abandoned its investment plans for Zerohash following its $1.8 billion acquisition of UK-based stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK. Founded in 2017, Zerohash provides APIs and embedded development tools to financial institutions and fintech companies, enabling support for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenized products. The company now serves over 5 million users across 190 countries, with clients including Morgan Stanley, Stripe, Interactive Brokers, BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund, and Franklin Templeton. In September 2025, Zerohash closed its $104 million Series D-2 round, valuing the company at $1 billion at that time.
the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Department of Justice have filed a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota and Governor Tim Walz, opposing the state's newly signed ban on prediction markets.The new Minnesota law, set to take effect on August 1, prohibits users from engaging in prediction market trading related to outcomes in sports, weather, company valuations, and government events. In the lawsuit, the CFTC stated this is the first state-level law in the U.S. to explicitly impose a comprehensive ban on prediction markets.The CFTC and the Department of Justice argue that the relevant products fall under federally regulated derivatives and "swap" contracts, over which the CFTC holds exclusive regulatory authority, and that state governments are not permitted to classify them as illegal gambling or prohibit them.This lawsuit further escalates the jurisdictional conflict between federal regulators and state-level gambling oversight authorities. Previously, the CFTC had sued states such as Illinois, Arizona, and Connecticut to oppose their attempts to shut down prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket.
Checker, a stablecoin infrastructure startup, announced the completion of $8 million in pre-seed and seed funding. Participants include Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures, Framework Ventures, Bitso, Airtm, DFS Lab, Onigiri Capital, SNZ Capital, and Velocity. The project's primary business is helping financial institutions launch and scale stablecoins and related products through a single API.It is reported that Checker has processed over $3 billion in transaction volume in the past 12 months. The company plans to use the new funds to expand its financial institution network to Brazil, Kenya, Hong Kong, and the United States, and also intends to launch AI agents for client onboarding, compliance assessment, and treasury operations. (theblock)
According to an official announcement, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed amendments to rules and forms related to registered offerings, aiming to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of public fundraising for listed companies while reducing costs and simplifying the disclosure framework for such companies. Under the proposal, more listed companies would be eligible for shelf offerings; more companies would qualify for registration and communication accommodations previously available only to “well-known seasoned issuers”; broker-dealers would be permitted to provide research report coverage for a broader range of listed companies; and state-level registration and qualification requirements under state securities laws for multi-state registered offerings would be preempted at the federal level. Additionally, the proposal seeks to raise the threshold for “large accelerated filers” from $700 million to $2 billion in public float, and companies would remain excluded from this category for at least 60 months following their IPO, regardless of subsequent changes in public float. The public comment period for both proposals will last 60 days following publication in the Federal Register.
: Due to weak trading volumes and macro pressures weighing on valuations, crypto companies are pausing their long-awaited IPO plans. Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger and MetaMask developer ConsenSys are among the companies that have delayed their IPOs. Ledger had previously planned to list on the New York Stock Exchange with a valuation of $4 billion.Sean Farrell, Head of Digital Asset Strategy at Fundstrat, stated that crypto trading volumes have fallen by approximately 75% year-to-date, putting pressure on the valuations of publicly listed crypto companies. In contrast, demand for IPOs from tech companies related to AI remains strong.Additionally, Bitcoin miners pivoting to AI infrastructure have become one of the better-performing segments in the crypto market. Sean Farrell also pointed out that Hyperliquid is one of the standout crypto ecosystems in 2026, generating approximately $850 million in revenue over the past 12 months. Its recent partnership with Coinbase has made USDC the canonical stablecoin on the platform. (coindesk)
AI social app Status AI has announced the completion of a $17 million seed and Series A funding round, with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator, LightShed Partners, and Abstract.The project primarily focuses on developing a gamified AI social media application that allows users to play any role in a virtual world, transforming social media into an interactive entertainment experience. (TechCrunch)
The latest U.S. data shows that foreign investors collectively reduced their holdings of U.S. Treasury securities in March 2026, with total holdings declining from $9.49 trillion in February to $9.25 trillion. Japan reduced its holdings by approximately $47 billion that month, bringing its total to $1.191 trillion; the United Kingdom, meanwhile, increased its holdings by about $29.6 billion, raising its total to $926.9 billion. The report notes that the U.S.-Iran conflict drove up oil prices and inflation expectations, prompting central banks in multiple countries to sell dollar-denominated assets to stabilize their exchange rates—thereby accelerating the sell-off of U.S. Treasuries. During the same period, foreign investors incurred an estimated valuation loss of approximately $142.1 billion on their long-term U.S. Treasury holdings.
According to Reuters, Polymarket has partnered with Nasdaq to launch a prediction market for private companies, enabling users to trade based on valuation, IPO timing, and secondary-market valuations.
Eisen, a crypto asset recovery service provider, announced today that it has closed an $10 million Series A funding round led by MissionOG, bringing its total funding to $18.5 million. Previously, Eisen raised an undisclosed $8.5 million seed round from investors including Index Ventures, First Round Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Homebrew, and Restive Ventures. The company provides “escheatment processing” services for financial services platforms—helping them identify and transfer unclaimed assets to state authorities—and proactively contacts users before their assets are formally escheated. Eisen focuses specifically on crypto assets that certain U.S. states classify as subject to escheatment. The company says it is currently tracking approximately $700 million in crypto assets expected to enter the escheatment process in 2026.
According to Forbes, cryptocurrency trading platform Ouinex has announced a $3.5 million funding round, bringing its total funding to $9 million. Reportedly, all investors in this round are retail and professional traders from the platform itself—no venture capital firms were involved. The new funds will be used to build a “non-centralized order book (No-CLOB)” model, aiming to prevent and protect retail traders from directly competing with large market makers. The platform employs a quoting mechanism similar to that of foreign exchange and CFD brokers, where market makers provide bid and ask quotes but cannot view users’ orders or execute trades directly with users.
According to GlobeNewswire, Web3 user-generated content (UGC) platform Tomoland has announced a $2 million funding round led by Sky9 Capital, with participation from WAGMI Ventures, Aureus Dealers, and angel investors from Meta, Depinx Capital, NetEase, and Virtuals. The new capital will support the development of a system that integrates user-generated content with Web3 ownership, and accelerate the convergence of gaming ecosystems with the Web3 economy.
According to The Block, three Wall Street firms—Benchmark, TD Cowen, and Mizuho—maintained “Buy” ratings on four crypto-related companies—Bitdeer, DeFi Technologies, Strive, and Gemini—on Monday, noting that the market continues to value these platforms, which have pivoted toward AI infrastructure, capital markets tools, and structured financial products, using trading-business valuation multiples. Benchmark analysts reiterated their “Buy” rating on Bitdeer and $27 price target, highlighting its global power asset portfolio of approximately 3.0 GW and the growth of its AI cloud business’s annual recurring revenue—from roughly $10 million at the end of January to approximately $69 million by the end of April. TD Cowen raised its price target for Strive to $30, forecasting a 26.1% Bitcoin yield for the company in 2026. Mizuho maintained its “Outperform” rating on Gemini but lowered its price target from $12 to $10, noting that although Q1 trading volume declined by over 50%, trading revenue remained largely flat—reflecting higher fee rates and an optimized revenue mix.
according to official data from Gate, the daily trading volume of futures copy trading in the past week increased by 45.1% month-over-month, maintaining over 40% growth for two consecutive weeks. User trading enthusiasm continues to rise, and the copy trading ecosystem has further increased in activity.Amid increasing global market volatility and growing demand for multi-asset trading, a growing number of users are turning their attention to copy trading opportunities covering traditional financial assets. As the first platform in the industry to introduce CFD copy trading, Gate continues to accelerate the expansion of its traditional financial product ecosystem, further broadening multi-asset strategy trading scenarios. Currently, Gate's CFD contracts cover major markets including metals, forex, indices, commodities, and popular US stocks, helping users participate more flexibly in global financial market trading. At the same time, Gate's CFD copy trading service continues to enhance the professional trading experience, complementing existing crypto futures copy trading to offer users a richer selection of strategies. The platform supports lead traders with a maximum profit-sharing ratio of 20% and employs an HWM (High Water Mark) profit-sharing mechanism to ensure fairer and more transparent profit distribution. Whether they are copiers seeking stable returns or professional traders with mature strategy capabilities, all can find greater room for growth and trading opportunities within the Gate copy trading ecosystem.