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According to the official earnings report released by Coinbase after the market closed on May 7 (Thursday), the company recorded a GAAP net loss of $394.1 million in Q1 2026. Based on the earnings report data, total revenue for the first quarter was $1.41 billion, below analysts’ expectations of about $1.5 billion; after the earnings report was released, Coinbase’s share price fell 4.7% in after-hours trading to below $184.

Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council (NEC), said in an interview with Fox Business on May 7 that the Trump administration is considering requiring AI models to undergo government security review before being publicly released through an executive order, and he likened it to the FDA’s pre-market approval process for drugs. But according to Politico’s May 8 report, a senior White House official later said the remark was “misleadingly excerpted from context.”

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) warned financial firms to strengthen cyber defenses, citing advanced AI models such as Anthropic's Mythos as exposing software flaws, according to Reuters. ASIC Commissioner Simone Constant said firms should act before the threat becomes

The European Union's trade agreement with the United States, reached last year, faces a stalemate in the EU's internal approval process, according to reports from May 7. The European Parliament opposes rushed ratification of the agreement, citing the need for stronger safeguard mechanisms in

Bermuda is transitioning from blockchain experimentation to practical implementation with the announcement of a new USDC stablecoin airdrop and a merchant onboarding program. Key Takeaways: Premier David Burt revealed a new USDC airdrop and merchant program at Consensus Miami 2026 on

On May 8, Musk responded to a controversy on X regarding a discussion about Bernie Sanders’ 45 years of contributions to politics, with the reply content only being “Memes”. According to GMGN market data, Solana ecosystem meme coin BURNIE surged by more than 100% shortly after Musk’s post, then quickly fell back; as of the time of writing, its market cap was $18.07 million.

SlowMist’s Chief Information Security Officer 23pds disclosed on May 8 that Linux systems have a critical privilege escalation vulnerability called Dirty Frag; full details and exploit code have been published. Any local low-privilege user can, without needing specific system conditions, directly obtain root administrator privileges on the affected systems. The emergency mitigation measures are to disable the three modules esp4, esp6, and rxrpc.

Analyze the Iran-Iraq Hormuz Strait clashes, including the event of the Iran-U.S. Hormuz Strait clashes, examine the effectiveness of the ceasefire under Trump’s “minor punishment” classification, and explore the structural impact on volatility in the crypto market and Bitcoin’s safe-haven logic.

According to an X post by Nikita Bier, product lead of the platform, on May 8, the platform has upgraded its Cashtag feature (now called Smart Cashtags), allowing users to directly embed live price charts in their posts and integrate buy and sell action buttons. According to the same announcement, APIs supporting Smart Cashtags can process in real time any assets issued on blockchain networks.

India-based payments firm Razorpay has scaled back plans to expand its offline payments business as it prepares for an initial public offering, according to The Economic Times. Current Point-of-Sale Operations Razorpay's point-of-sale terminal base comprises approximately 600,000 units handling b

According to The Information on May 8, the U.S. Treasury Department has, via a private letter, asked Binance to comply with the monitoring plan stipulated in the $4.3 billion settlement agreement reached between the two parties in 2023. Previously, there were reports that Binance had processed about $1 billion in transactions involving entities related to Iran and that it allegedly fired employees who disclosed this situation to company executives.

According to Forbes, on May 7, Lori Greiner, a star of Shark Tank, posted on Instagram last weekend to warn that Gmail AI under Google is set by default to scan emails. In response, Google has made updates, emphasizing that Gemini will not use users’ emails to train AI models, and that no data is retained after processing.

According to Reuters on May 7, US internet infrastructure and security company Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) announced layoffs of about 20% of its global workforce, or more than 1,100 people, citing business restructuring around the application of AI tools. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said in a statement that the company’s AI usage has increased by over 600% in the past three months.

According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, two affiliated entities under the crypto-backed political action committee Fairshake spent a total of about $7.2 million this week to purchase media ads for political candidates in Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Nebraska, and Kentucky. Primaries in multiple states are scheduled to be held in May, making crypto legislation a key campaign issue.

Polymarket’s 2026 World Cup champion prediction market has already accumulated more than $900 million in trading volume, with France leading at a 17% probability, followed closely by Spain at 15%. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the popular teams and the logic behind the prediction market.

According to monitoring data published by on-chain analytics firm Onchain Lens on May 8, the U.S. government (Brian Krewson seized-funds address) deposited Uniswap (UNI), Cronos (CRO), and Chainlink (LINK) into Coinbase Prime, totaling about $35k.

On Thursday, on-chain investigator ZachXBT publicly accused the founder of the AI trading terminal project LAB, Vova Sadkov, of allegedly manipulating the market, offering a $10k bounty to collect related internal information. ZachXBT and on-chain analyst Specter claim that before the token price surged in early May, the LAB team coordinated deposits of LAB tokens worth tens of millions of dollars to exchanges, forming a suspected “pump-and-dump” scheme.

Airbnb raised its full-year revenue growth outlook to the low to mid teens from 12% following a strong first quarter, though the company warned that geopolitical tensions are creating headwinds. According to CNBC, the company reported Q1 revenue up 18% year on year with net income of US$160

CCN reported on May 7 that BlackRock, ahead of the public comment period deadline for the GENIUS Act, submitted a 17-page public letter to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), requesting that the OCC remove the proposed 20% cap on the proportion of tokenized reserve assets for stablecoin issuers. In the letter, BlackRock directly stated that the restriction is “not related” to the OCC’s considerations of safety and stability.