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SpaceX plans to proceed with its initial public offering (IPO) next month. If successfully listed, it could unlock an equity return opportunity of approximately $20 billion for D1 Capital Partners, a Wall Street institution founded by Dan Sundheim. The estimate is reportedly based on assumptions of SpaceX’s latest valuation, reflecting its high ownership concentration in the private market and potential paper gains for institutional investors. (Financial Times)
According to The Block, crypto infrastructure provider Zerohash Europe has obtained an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the Dutch Central Bank (DNB), becoming the first company to hold both a European MiCAR license and EMI authorization. Zerohash previously secured its MiCAR license in October 2025; this dual licensing enables it to legally provide crypto-asset services and process traditional electronic money flows across the European Economic Area (EEA), and to directly serve institutional clients such as banks, brokers, fintech firms, and payment platforms. The company is already collaborating with partners including Interactive Brokers Europe and has applied to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national trust bank charter. Additionally, Zerohash is reportedly seeking $250 million in funding at a $1.5 billion valuation.
on-chain perpetual contract trading platform Ostium has announced a partnership with Nasdaq to utilize its U.S. stock market data to support equity perpetual contract products on the platform.Ostium states that this makes it the first on-chain trading venue backed by Nasdaq data to offer equity perpetual contracts. The platform states that users will be able to gain exposure to U.S. stocks through on-chain infrastructure while retaining features such as transparency, instant settlement, and self-custody.Ostium specializes in on-chain leveraged trading of traditional financial assets, covering categories such as stocks, indices, commodities, ETFs, and forex. To date, the platform has facilitated cumulative trading volumes exceeding $50 billion and has over 26,000 trading users.
Bitcoin mining company HIVE Digital Technologies has acquired land in the Toronto area for $58 million, planning to build an industrial-scale AI computing center through its subsidiary BUZZ High Performance Computing. Once fully operational, the facility is expected to support approximately 320 MW of capacity and over 100,000 GPUs—potentially making it one of Canada’s largest computing “super-factories.” Following the announcement, HIVE’s stock surged nearly 45%. Just two weeks earlier, HIVE had raised $115 million to expand its global data center footprint and GPU capacity.
AEON announced the completion of an $8 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by YZi Labs, with participation from IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, Stanford Blockchain Builders Fund, Oak Grove Ventures, and others.The project primarily focuses on developing a settlement layer specifically designed for interactions between AI agents. (theblock)
AEON, focused on the economic settlement layer for AI agents, has announced the completion of an $8 million pre-seed funding round led by YZi Labs, with participation from IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, Stanford Blockchain Builders Fund, and Oak Grove Ventures. AEON stated that it will use these funds to advance the development of its settlement layer tailored for AI agent interactions. The company launched its first AI-powered payment product in May, claiming it connects to over 50 million offline merchants worldwide. Additionally, AEON has partnered with BNB Chain to launch the x402 Facilitator, enabling verifiable transactions, on-chain settlement, and tamper-proof receipts.
Odaily. Bernstein stated in its latest research report that the newly reached compromise on stablecoin yields under the U.S. CLARITY Act is structurally beneficial for Circle and the USDC ecosystem.The report notes that the current version of the bill prohibits stablecoin issuers from paying interest to passive holders that is "economically equivalent" to bank deposits, but allows reward mechanisms tied to actual transaction, payment, and usage activities to continue. Bernstein believes this means Circle's current model, which relies on partners like Coinbase to provide USDC reward programs, will gain regulatory recognition, while also limiting the industry's ability to compete for market share through high yields.Bernstein points out that the bill effectively reinforces the positioning of stablecoins as "payment tools" rather than "deposit substitutes," helping to protect Circle's current business model that relies on reserve income. The firm maintains an "Outperform" rating for Circle with a $190 target price.Data shows that the total global supply of dollar-pegged stablecoins has surpassed $300 billion, with USDT and USDC collectively accounting for approximately 97% of the market share. Bernstein notes that USDC's share in on-chain payments and wallet transfers is steadily increasing, and its share of payments in the AI Agent payment protocol x402 has exceeded 99%.Additionally, Bernstein mentioned that Circle's ARC chain has cumulatively completed 244 million testnet transactions. The ARC token pre-sale previously raised $222 million, with investors including a16z crypto, Apollo Funds, ARK Invest, and BlackRock.However, the report also points out that the CLARITY Act still needs to complete multiple legislative procedures before it takes effect, including a 60-vote threshold in the full Senate and coordination with the House version. Polymarket currently estimates its probability of passage by 2026 at approximately 62%. (The Block)
法国上市比特币财库公司 Capital B 宣布增持 192 枚 BTC，价值约 1300 万欧元（约 1520 万美元），买入均价约为 78948 美元。此次增持后，Capital B 的比特币总持仓量升至 3135 枚 BTC。此前，该公司曾宣布完成 1780 万美元融资，投资方包括 Blockstream CEO Adam Back 及巴黎资产管理公司 TOBAM。数据显示，Capital B 目前为欧洲第二大比特币财库公司，仅次于持有 3605 枚 BTC 的德国 Bitcoin Group SE。尽管公司持续推进比特币财库策略，其股价在公告发布后仍下跌约 2.4%。（Cointelegraph）
According to the official announcement, Websea officially resumed withdrawals on May 18 at 16:00 (UTC+8), marking the platform’s entry into a substantive and comprehensive recovery phase. This withdrawal resumption is proceeding steadily with support from strategic investors. Earlier reports indicated that the platform has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with a Middle Eastern family fund to fully support its long-term operations and development.
According to NADA NEWS, ReYuu Japan, a company listed on Japan’s Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market, announced that, following mutual consultation, it has terminated the basic agreement with Canadian investment firm Universal Digital Inc. regarding a financing framework of up to USD 100 million (approximately JPY 15 billion). The agreement was originally intended to advance external financing arrangements related to ReYuu Japan’s Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) strategy; however, it was not a formal loan agreement, and neither the financing framework nor any actual borrowing had been finalized prior to termination. ReYuu Japan stated that the capital market environment for publicly listed companies pursuing digital asset treasury strategies has changed, with investors adopting a more cautious stance. The termination does not signify the suspension of its digital asset treasury strategy; rather, the company will continue evaluating the strategy in light of market conditions, financial soundness, and shareholder value.
According to CoinDesk, Simone Maini, CEO of blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, stated that the biggest emerging risk to crypto security is not larger-scale hacking attacks, but rather AI-driven financial activity operating at a speed and scale that human compliance teams cannot keep up with. As AI lowers the barriers to hacking, scams, and fraud, security firms like Elliptic are responding by deploying AI agents to analyze on-chain data in real time—sparking an automated arms race between adversaries and defenders. Maini noted that current compliance systems remain heavily reliant on manual review, and the global pool of compliance analysts specializing in digital assets is simply insufficient to meet future demand. Elliptic has raised $120 million in funding—including from Nasdaq and Deutsche Bank—to build an “agent-based compliance system” that leverages AI to automate transaction monitoring and investigation workflows, thereby reducing the cost per alert and per investigation.
According to an official announcement by YZi Labs, it has led a $11 million seed round for the AI education startup VideoTutor.io, supporting the team from idea conception to official product launch. VideoTutor.io is an AI-powered teaching platform whose core functionality not only delivers personalized learning content but also emphasizes “scaling accountability”—strengthening students’ sense of responsibility and enabling effective learning oversight—to deliver a unique learning experience for each student. YZi Labs stated that this project addresses structural pain points in education and represents truly meaningful technological innovation.
, RWA trading platform MSX Maitong has opened subscriptions for the second phase of Pre-IPO projects. This phase's projects include AI company Anthropic and prediction market platform Polymarket. The specific subscription arrangements are as follows:Anthropic subscription opens on May 16, 2026, at 12:00 (UTC+8), with a subscription price of 855U and a valuation of $950 billion.Polymarket subscription opens on May 16, 2026, at 12:00 (UTC+8), with a subscription price of 152U and a valuation of $15 billion.The MSX Maitong Pre-IPO section aims to provide investors with a product entry point for participating in pre-IPO investment opportunities in high-quality enterprises. Users can participate in related Pre-IPO projects with a relatively low barrier using USD stablecoins. Previously, the first phase Pre-IPO project Cerebras ($CBRS.M) completed the closed loop from subscription to spot trading after listing, with subscriber yields once exceeding 300%, providing a case study reference for the feasibility of the Pre-IPO track in Web3 trading scenarios.
: Digital Asset Clearing Center (DACC), a tokenized financial market infrastructure provider, announced the completion of a $10 million strategic financing round. Participants included Conflux, Global InfoTech, Fosun International, Blockstone, Avior Capital, Fintech World, Satoshi Ventures, and BridgeTower. DACC currently offers financial institutions an end-to-end "Clearing-as-a-Service" solution. The new funds will support the construction of its compliant financial settlement and clearing infrastructure. (Aastocks)
Kraken's parent company, Payward, has announced layoffs of approximately 150 employees to streamline its organizational structure and prepare for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO).According to reports, the company is also seeking a new round of funding at a target valuation of around $20 billion, and plans to expand its business footprint through mergers and acquisitions to pave the way for its listing. Analysts suggest that these layoffs and capital moves indicate that Kraken is accelerating its transition towards a traditional public company governance structure to enhance profitability and market competitiveness. (CoinDesk)
: Datavault AI has released its first-quarter 2026 business update, disclosing that the company has signed tokenization contracts worth over $800 million. Of this, approximately $100 million in fees are expected to be recognized in 2026, achieving about $75 million in new contract value in the first quarter, further validating institutional demand for its Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization platform.In terms of assets and financing, the company has strengthened its balance sheet through a $60 million private placement and an additional $120 million in non-dilutive financing. It is also advancing the expansion of the SanQtum AI infrastructure platform across the United States, with plans to expand its quantum-safe GPU edge network by the end of 2026 and deploy approximately 48,000 GPUs. (Businesswire)
Odaily News Hong Kong Web3 service provider Web3Labs Global has filed an IPO application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), planning to issue approximately 6.3 million shares at a price of $4 to $5 per share, aiming to raise about $28 million. Based on the midpoint of the offering range, the company's valuation for this fundraising is approximately $141 million. It is reported that Web3Labs Global plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "MDAT," with Eddid Securities and Futures serving as the underwriter for this IPO. (Renaissancecapital)
Eleutheria, a decentralized finance platform on the BNB ecosystem, has announced the completion of a $5 million strategic funding round, with participation from Alpha Capital. Valuation details have not been disclosed yet. The new funds will support its efforts to build on-chain financial services through trustless code-driven DeFi and immutable smart contracts. (Asksurf)
RWA trading platform MSX has announced that the second phase of its Pre-IPO segment is expected to officially open for subscription on May 16, 2026. The targets listed in this phase are AI large model leader Anthropic and prediction market representative platform Polymarket. The subscription price for Anthropic is 855U, with a valuation of $950 billion. The subscription price for Polymarket is set at 152U, with a valuation of $15 billion.MSX's first Pre-IPO project, Cerebras ($CBRS.M), has completed a closed loop from Pre-IPO subscription to spot trading upon IPO listing. Participating users achieved a yield of over 300% based on a subscription price of 100.35U. For details on the specific subscription quota, fee standards, and subsequent settlement arrangements for the second-phase projects, users can log in to the MSX platform page for more information.
According to CoinDesk, Nasdaq-listed SUI Group and London-based hedge fund Karatage co-led Nof1’s $15 million funding round. Previously, the two firms jointly invested—with TwinPath Ventures—in Recursive Superintelligence, a self-evolving AI startup valued at over $4 billion. Both investments rest on the same core thesis: autonomous AI agents will become the foundational infrastructure of future investment markets, and companies building training environments today may dominate the financial landscape of tomorrow.