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According to The Block, U.S. Senate and House leaders jointly released an updated version of the “Pathway to 21st Century Housing Act,” confirming a bipartisan agreement between both chambers. The bill’s core focus is housing affordability reform, including expanding housing supply and curbing market monopolization by corporate landlords. Notably, an attached provision explicitly prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing or creating a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or any “substantially similar” digital asset before December 31, 2030—a clause spearheaded by Republican members of the House. The Trump administration maintains a consistent stance: Treasury Secretary Bessent has previously stated unequivocally that a CBDC is “not under consideration.” The bill will first undergo a procedural vote in the Senate and is expected to be submitted to the House for consideration after Congress resumes on June 23, following its recess; it will then proceed to the President for signature.
Saudi Al Arabiya TV has published the terms of the 14-point memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US, providing more details than the version released by Iran's Mehr News Agency:1. Iran and the US, along with its allies in the current war, declare an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, upon the signing of this memorandum of understanding. They commit to refraining from any hostile actions against each other from now on, and to not threaten or use force against one another. The final agreement will confirm the provisions of this article and other clauses.(Permanent and immediate cessation of war on all fronts, including Lebanon.)2. Iran and the US commit to respecting each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and commit to non-interference in each other's internal affairs.(The US commits to non-interference in Iran's internal affairs and respects Iran's sovereignty.)3. Iran and the US commit to negotiating and reaching a final agreement within a maximum period of 60 days, which can be extended by mutual consent.(This clause is not included in the version released by Iranian media.)4. Upon the signing of this memorandum, the US will immediately lift the maritime blockade against Iran, preventing any interference or obstruction, and will restore Iran's full shipping capacity within a maximum of 30 days; the volume of vessel traffic should be proportional to pre-war levels. The US also commits to withdrawing its forces from the surrounding region within 30 days of the final agreement being reached.(Complete lifting of the maritime blockade against Iran within 30 days.)(The US commits to withdrawing its forces from around Iran.)5. Upon signing this memorandum, Iran will immediately take measures to ensure the resumption of commercial shipping from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman to pre-war levels within 30 days, while taking into account Iran's need to clear technical obstacles and neutralize naval mines.(Under Iran's arrangement, the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened within 30 days.)6. The US will work with regional partners to develop a comprehensive plan, agreed upon by both parties, for the reconstruction and development of Iran, ensuring the provision of at least $300 billion in financial support. The implementation mechanism for this plan will be established within 60 days within the framework of the final agreement.(The US and its allies must provide Iran with a reconstruction plan worth at least $300 billion.)7. The US commits to terminating all types of sanctions currently in effect against Iran, including those from UN Security Council resolutions, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors resolutions, and all primary and secondary sanctions unilaterally imposed by the US, within a timeframe agreed upon in the final agreement.(Reach a final agreement on the nuclear issue within 60 days, and fully lift all major and secondary US sanctions against Iran, as well as
Sharon AI Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced a six-year strategic computing cooperation agreement with NVIDIA to jointly expand AI infrastructure capabilities in Australia.Under the agreement, the two parties will collaborate to build approximately 72MW of data center computing capacity and deploy infrastructure based on the NVIDIA DSX AI Factory architecture. The plan is to gradually scale up to 40,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs to meet the computing needs of AI startups, enterprise clients, and research institutions.The cooperation model adopts a structure combining revenue generation with credit support: Sharon AI will be responsible for selling cloud services based on NVIDIA's computing power, while NVIDIA, upon receiving hardware and basic product revenue, will also participate in a share of cloud service revenue, forming a sustainable "usage-driven revenue model."Sharon AI stated that this collaboration will significantly enhance its capital efficiency, enabling it to expand AI infrastructure capabilities without relying on traditional heavy-asset financing and accelerate the deployment of "sovereign AI computing power" in Australia. With this partnership, Sharon AI's total AI factory capacity will increase to 132MW, of which approximately 102MW is already contracted by clients. The company expects to deploy over 55,000 NVIDIA GPUs by mid-2027. (Businesswire)
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Canaan Inc. released its Bitcoin mining update for May 2026, disclosing self-mined production of 90 BTC. Additionally, 24 BTC came from customer payments. As of the end of May, the company held 1,867 BTC and 3,952 ETH in its crypto asset reserves. (PRNewswire)
Zcash core developer Sean Bowe posted an update on the progress of the Ironwood upgrade, stating that over the past 48 hours, protocol developers from various organizations have held two meetings and reached consensus on multiple specifications and implementation details for Ironwood. These include disabling Orchard pool bundles in Coinbase transactions, using anchors as authentication data for hardware wallet migrations, and the processing order of ZIPs and specifications.Currently, the Ironwood circuit and the ZIP 2005 integration draft are under review. Valar Group has completed testnet deployment and implemented some wallet-side changes. Meanwhile, formal verification work is progressing, and the development team plans to meet tomorrow to finalize the verification strategy. Additionally, at least three major audit firms are conducting security audits on Orchard, and multiple AI audit tools have been put into use simultaneously. Sean Bowe stated that the overall development progress is running smoothly.
Dragonfly investor Omar posted on X platform, stating that Robinhood released data today showing May was the highest trading volume month in the history of its prediction market, with event contract trading volume reaching 3.9 billion contracts, up 22% month-over-month. Based on a fee of 1 cent per contract, the prediction market’s annualized revenue is approximately $470 million. Additionally, driven by the World Cup being held in the United States, the platform’s June trading volume is expected to hit a historic high.
Odaily Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner CleanSpark released its unaudited operational update for May 2026, disclosing a mining output of 671 BTC in May. However, during the same period, it sold 404 BTC from spot holdings and 250 BTC through option exercises. As of May 31, total Bitcoin holdings reached 13,470 BTC. CleanSpark also announced the appointment of a new Senior Vice President of Finance to strengthen financing capabilities for AI data center projects, aiming to transform into an AI and digital infrastructure platform. (Prnewswire)
The Zcash Foundation released its Q1 2026 report, disclosing total liquid assets of approximately $36.7 million, including roughly $12.11 million in cash, 506,556 USDC, 85,412 ZEC (valued at ~$21.2 million), 41.8 BTC (valued at ~$2.85 million), and 12.02 ETH (valued at ~$25,000). The Zcash Foundation added that, although the first quarter of this year saw personnel changes within the Electric Coin Company’s development team and governance-related disputes, network operations remained unaffected, with transactions and block production continuing normally. On the regulatory front, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded its investigation without taking any enforcement action, thereby resolving long-standing regulatory uncertainty.
Canaan Inc. announced its first-quarter 2026 financial results. The report shows total revenue of $62.7 million, in line with prior guidance; net loss amounted to $88.7 million. As of March 31, 2026, the company’s cryptocurrency reserves reached a record high of 1,807.60 bitcoins and 3,951.53 ether. Operationally, the aggregate installed hash rate capacity across the company’s ten co-mining projects reached approximately 11 EH/s, representing a 10.7% sequential increase; the company mined 257 bitcoins during the quarter. Strategically, Canaan acquired a 49% equity stake in the ABC project located in West Texas from Cipher Mining; the project-level operational hash rate stands at approximately 4.4 EH/s. Additionally, the company deployed a “hash-rate-to-thermal-energy” project in Northern Europe, with a planned total capacity of approximately 8 megawatts. Canaan expects total revenue for the second quarter of 2026 to range between $35 million and $45 million.
In response to the first customized commodity trade completed on the Kalshi platform, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour posted on X platform, "Historically, the bottleneck for institutional risk transfer has been liquidity. The bottleneck for liquidity is the lack of price benchmarks for each type of relevant risk (e.g., WTI for oil). Kalshi has built a large community of top global superforecasters who rank among the world's best at pricing risk. This allows us to create price benchmarks for a broader range of issues faced by people and institutions. Institutions have already begun adopting these price benchmarks by integrating them into traditional asset pricing models. Although work remains, we are seeing rapid expansion in data use cases and integration.""The next phase is utilizing these price benchmarks to transfer risk via block trades and requests for quote (RFQ). This phase is still in its early stages but is beginning to take shape. The market size for risk transfer of non-traditional financial instruments is difficult to estimate. The closest references are the reinsurance market and the derivatives desks of banks: reinsurance is approximately $700 billion; insurance-linked securities and parametric insurance (such as catastrophe bonds) are around $120-135 billion; bank derivatives (structured products, dealer-to-dealer, exotics, etc.) are about $200-400 billion. The current market is roughly $1-1.5 trillion, but most of it is illiquid and traded over-the-counter (OTC, i.e., with a single counterparty). Whenever a major OTC market moves to exchange trading, the market grows significantly due to the establishment of price benchmarks, narrowing bid-ask spreads, the end of Wall Street elite's monopoly on access, and the entry of new participants. For example, interest rate swaps grew 10-15 times, stock options grew 20-30 times, and energy derivatives grew 5-8 times. The institutional use case for prediction markets could form a $10-15 trillion market, with even greater upside potential, depending on the extent to which it democratizes products currently exclusive to Wall Street."
Odaily News Listed US company DDC Enterprise has released its fiscal year 2025 performance report. Full-year revenue reached $39.2 million, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%, setting a new historical high. As of April 21, 2026, the company holds approximately 2,383 Bitcoins, valued at around $182 million, placing it among the top 30 publicly listed companies globally in terms of Bitcoin holdings. DDC also announced the launch of an AI-driven treasury intelligence platform, the "DDC Treasury Intelligence Platform," designed to optimize Bitcoin fund management and capital allocation. (Businesswire)
Canaan Inc. released its Bitcoin mining update report as of March 31, disclosing that it mined 89 BTC in March, holding a total of 1,808 BTC. The company also holds 3,952 ETH. In March, its network added over 10 MW of new installed capacity, bringing its global installed capacity to 266.3 MW.