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$ALEO A mainland man lost 500,000 RMB in cryptocurrency investments; intercepted by Hong Kong authorities on May 14
According to Hong Kong media outlet Oriental Daily, a 34-year-old mainland man said on May 14 that he planned to go to Hong Kong to end his life because, on a crypto trading platform where he held ALEO, he had lost about 500,000 RMB and had already exhausted all complaint channels through that platform.
Later that day, police intercepted him at a fast-food restaurant and found a lighter and suspected gasoline among his personal belongings.
Police arrested him on suspicion of pos

Aave Labs increased the bug bounty for Core V3's critical vulnerabilities to $5M . According to BlockBeats, on May 15, Aave Labs proposed restructuring its bug bounty program, splitting different protocol modules into independent initiatives operated by Immunefi, Sherlock, and Cantina. The bug bounty for critical vulnerabilities in Aave V3 will be raised from $1 million to $5 million, while the bug bounty for critical vulnerabilities in Aave V4 will be increased from $500,000 to $2.5 million. The proposal would also transfer the responsibility for the Aave V3 bug bounties on Aptos from Aave La

$DOGE STAR Perpetual Contracts are now live on Gate, supporting up to 20x leverage. Gate News According to an official Gate announcement, Gate has launched STAR/USDT perpetual contract trading, settled in USDT, supporting long and short positions with 1-20x leverage. Users can choose their leverage multiple when placing orders. The STAR perpetual contracts are now open for spot trading, and the platform will adjust trading parameters such as funding rates, minimum price increments, and maximum leverage based on market conditions.

$ETH SoftBank's Q4 net profit soars to $11.6 billion, driven by Vision Fund's $19.7 billion gain from OpenAI, according to Reuters. The SoftBank Group reported on May 13 that its net profit for the January to March quarter rose to 1.83 trillion yen ($11.6 billion), up from 517 billion yen ($3.28 billion) a year earlier. The Vision Fund recorded an investment gain of 3.1 trillion yen ($19.7 billion) in that quarter, mainly driven by valuation increases during multiple funding rounds of OpenAI. SoftBank has committed to reinvesting an additional $30 billion into OpenAI by 2026, bringing its tota

$SOL Japan's Finance Minister declines to comment on the possibility of the Bank of Japan raising interest rates in June. Japan's Finance Minister Kagetsu Katayama stated that it is difficult to make a judgment about the outlook for June, and he also cannot comment on the possibility of the Bank of Japan raising interest rates in June.

$ADA USD/JPY rises to 157, up 0.20% during the trading session. The USD/JPY exchange rate today reached 157, increasing by 0.20% in the day's trading.

$BTC Including Antpool and F2Pool, the seven major Bitcoin mining pools joined the Stratum V2 working group today. According to BlockBeats, on May 10th, seven major Bitcoin mining pools—Antpool, F2Pool, Foundry, Spiderpool, Block, MARA Foundation, and DMND—joined the Stratum V2 working group, marking an accelerated pace toward the next-generation open-source mining protocol. Compared to the current V1 version, Stratum V2 introduces end-to-end encryption and allows miners to build block templates themselves; whereas in V1, the mining pool controls transaction packaging. Testing shows that V2 c

$BTC Japan plans to launch a blockchain-based JGB 24/7 trading system in 2026, according to Nikkei Asia. Japan aims to introduce the blockchain-based Japanese Government Bond (JGB) trading system as early as 2026, to reduce trading costs and improve trading efficiency. Major banks and securities firms will accelerate bond tokenization this year, and regulators expect this initiative to significantly enhance capital utilization efficiency.

$BTC Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded an overnight net inflow of $45.85 million. According to Trader T, yesterday (May 6) Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a net inflow of $45.85 million, with BlackRock’s IBIT leading at $134 million. Other major products saw outflows, including Fidelity’s FBTC outflow of $17.10 million, Bitwise’s BITB outflow of $25.18 million, Grayscale’s GBTC outflow of $38.95 million, and Franklin’s EZBC outflow of $45.85 million.

$ALEO The quantum-resistant sector surged 22.4% within 24 hours, with ZEC rising 26.7%. According to CoinGecko data cited by ChainCatcher, the quantum-resistant sector led all sectors with a 22.4% increase over the past 24 hours. ZEC, the best-performing token in this sector, increased by 26.7%, while GEEQ rose 7.4%, and STRK increased 6.7%.

$BTC Morgan Stanley launches its first bank-issued Bitcoin ETP. Due to regulatory hurdles, Morgan Stanley executive Amy Oldenburg states that Morgan Stanley has launched its first bank-issued Bitcoin ETP. Oldenburg said that although the product marks a milestone, it will still take time for advisors, regulators, and bank balance sheets to adapt before Bitcoin becomes a standard bank asset.

$ETH Buffett describes the current market as a "church with a casino," and states that the gambling sentiment has peaked. According to ZhiTong Finance, Warren Buffett recently characterized the current market as a "church with a casino," distinguishing traditional value investing from the surge in short-term options trading and speculative bets. Buffett said that although more people still remain in the "church" than in the "casino," the appeal of the latter has grown significantly. He described daily options trading as pure gambling rather than investing or speculation, and pointed out that o

$ZEC Zcash Foundation Releases Zebra 4.4.0, Fixing Consensus Layer Security Vulnerabilities
According to the Zcash Foundation, Zebra 4.4.0 was released today, fixing multiple security vulnerabilities related to the consensus layer, and urging all node operators to upgrade immediately.
The vulnerabilities include a denial-of-service flaw that could cause permanent block discovery stoppage; sigops count errors leading to consensus splits; issues with transparent transaction signature hash processing; and risks of memory allocation amplification attacks.
The foundation stated that some of t

The Senate bans members from trading on prediction markets. Following controversy over insider betting by $ALEO , the Senate News Service reports that with S. Res. 708 passing unanimously on Thursday, U.S. Senators are now prohibited from trading on prediction markets. The measure was introduced by Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), amending the Senate's standing rules, and took effect immediately. The ban addresses concerns over insider trading, which were heightened after a Polymarket account wagered that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would "exit" before the end of January, ultimately ear

$DOGE Trump says: The United States will study reducing its military presence in Germany on April 29. According to CCTV News, U.S. President Trump announced on April 29 that the U.S. is considering a possible reduction in the size of its forces stationed in Germany, and a decision will be made soon. The news came after German Chancellor Merz said on April 27 that the U.S. is being “humiliated” by Iran and that there is no clear exit strategy in its policy toward Iran, and the remarks above prompted criticism from Trump. In the past few weeks, Trump has been dissatisfied that NATO allies have n

$ALEO DeFi United Joint Rescue Operation raises over 137,700 ETH, worth $315.45 million Gate News, April 29 — Led by Aave, the DeFi United joint rescue operation has raised 137,708.343 ETH; according to official data, this amount is valued at approximately $315.45 million.

$BTC Block reports $2.2 billion in Bitcoin reserves in the Q1 2026 reserve proof news from Gate, April 28 — Led by Jack Dorsey, the payments company Block released a reserve proof showing that by the end of Q1 2026, it held 28,355.05 BTC, worth approximately $2.2 billion. The holdings include 19,357.16 BTC ( worth about $1.5 billion ) held for customers, and 8,997.89 BTC ( approximately $696 million ) dollars, recorded in the company's treasury reserves.

$BTC The market capitalization of stablecoins has fallen to $320.67 billion, a 0.27% decrease week-over-week. Gate News reports that on April 27—according to DeFiLlama—the total stablecoin market cap decreased to $0 ( from April 21-27), a reduction of $869.39 million, or 0.27%. USDT continues to dominate the total stablecoin market, holding a market share of 59.18%.

Gate News, April 24 — Tom Lee’s Bitmine, the largest Ethereum vault company, staked approximately $ETH million USD worth of Ethereum in the past 24 hours, bringing its total staked holdings to more than 70% of its overall holdings. The latest batch of about 75,600 ETH was transferred for staking to a major CEX on Thursday morning, after previously allocating 61,200 ETH on Wednesday — this was the company’s first batch, roughly about three weeks ago. According to on-chain data, Bitmine has currently staked about 3.5 million ETH, valued at approximately 81 hundred million USD, accounting for 70