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Samsung Electronics announced on May 6 that it will cease selling home appliances in mainland China, according to the South China Morning Post. The exit covers TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, dryers, vacuum cleaners, and air purifiers, as the company shifts strategic focus to

Reid Hoffman, Greylock partner and LinkedIn co-founder, stated that autonomous agents will need crypto-based trust systems to transact across the open internet, suggesting this development may enable a comeback for NFTs. Hoffman's statement connects the emergence of autonomous agents to the

JPMorgan, Ripple, Mastercard, and Ondo Finance completed a pilot transaction transferring tokenized U.S. Treasurys across borders using the XRP Ledger combined with global banking infrastructure. According to Ripple's announcement on Wednesday, the pilot demonstrates how institutions can execute cro

Senior figures from CoinShares, Calamos, ProShares, and Flow Traders identified persistent infrastructure challenges in the spot Bitcoin ETF market, according to panelists. While spot Bitcoin ETFs have improved market access, the panel flagged three priority issues requiring resolution: custody

Corgi, a US-based business insurance startup, announced on May 6 that it raised $160 million in Series B funding led by TCV at a $1.3 billion valuation, according to TechCrunch. The round also included Kindred Ventures, Leblon Capital, and First Order Fund. This brings Corgi's total funding to $268

Gillibrand Demands Ethics Provision for Crypto Legislation Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand stated on Wednesday at the Consensus Miami conference that cryptocurrency market structure legislation will not advance without an ethics provision. "It is essential — and I want everyone in this room to take this t

According to an X post by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on May 6, the EIP-8250 proposal has been officially put forward. Its core mechanism is a “keyed nonce” system, aiming to enable large-scale parallel private transactions on Ethereum. According to the EIP-8250 proposal document, the system is designed to support up to 500 billion privacy-related records within eight years.

According to a quarterly survey report released by asset management research firm CoinShares in May, among 26 institutional investors managing approximately $1.3 trillion in assets, 63% said their main motivation for allocating to cryptocurrencies was diversifying investments and meeting client needs, up significantly from 36% two years ago; the rationale for speculative allocation fell sharply from its highest share two years ago to 15%.

According to NBC News on May 7, U.S. Representative James Baird secured re-election by winning more than 60% of the vote in the May 6 Republican primary for Indiana’s 4th congressional district. Based on filings with the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC), a political action committee (PAC) associated with Fairshake spent $514k on advertising for Baird in the primary.

According to a16z (Andreessen Horowitz)‘s announcement on May 5, the venture capital firm officially launched its fifth crypto-dedicated fund, “Crypto Fund 5,” with a fundraising size of $2.2 billion. In the same period, a16z announced it will lead investments in AI integration company Tessera Labs, the AI recruiting platform Ethos, and the AI creation platform Glif.

According to an official statement released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on May 7, 20-year-old California man Marlon Ferro was sentenced by a federal court to 78 months in prison for his involvement in a nationwide crypto asset social engineering scam, along with 3 years of supervised release and $2.5 million in restitution. The DOJ statement said the criminal group stole more than $250 million worth of crypto assets from multiple victims.

According to Decrypt reports and related court documents, the now-closed crypto exchange Bittrex filed a motion to dismiss this week in the U.S. Federal Court in Seattle, seeking to overturn its 2023 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and requesting that the SEC refund the $24 million civil penalty it has already paid.

Blockchain security company Blockaid posted on X at 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 6 in the US, disclosing that the decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch’s liquidity provider and market maker TrustedVolumes is facing a sustained attack; as of the time Blockaid’s statement was released, losses have already reached about $5.87 million.

Can a permanent peace agreement between the US and Iran be reached in 2026? Polymarket prediction markets provide a probability distribution across different time milestones, with total trading volume exceeding $78 million.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said at Consensus 2026 on May 6 that if the CLARITY Act reaches consensus on consumer protection, illegal finance regulation, and ethical standards, and if the draft market structure bill can be merged with the version from the Senate Agriculture Committee, and if it ensures the inclusion of ethical standards provisions, the Senate could vote on it by August 10.

According to an announcement from Pi Network’s official X account, Pi Network co-founder Chengdiao Fan delivered a speech at Consensus 2026 in Miami, USA on May 6 on “Practical Integration of Web3, AI, and Blockchain,” while Kokalys participated on May 7 in a discussion titled “How to Prove You’re Human in an AI World.”

According to Aave’s May 7 announcement, the Arbitrum DAO voting to unlock ETH related to the April 18 rsETH incident has reached the quorum, with over 1,600 addresses, receiving unanimous support from the community. On the same day, Aave, following its established governance procedures, completed the liquidation of the remaining rsETH positions in the Aave protocol held by the attacker of Kelp DAO.

According to a BBC report on May 6, Apple submitted a proposed settlement agreement in a federal court in California on May 5, agreeing to pay $250 million (about £184 million) to settle a class action accusing it of false advertising about Apple Intelligence and Siri AI features; Apple denies any wrongdoing in the agreement, which still requires a judge’s approval.