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According to a joint statement released May 4 by five banking industry associations, including the American Bankers Association (ABA), regarding a stablecoin yield compromise proposed by Senators Tom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks for the “Clarity Act” (CLARITY Act), each organization said the proposed wording would not be sufficient to prohibit paying stablecoin holders’ returns and interest, and called it a “significant gap that must be addressed.”

Pi Network founders Chengdiao Fan and Nicolas Kokkalis are appearing as featured speakers at Consensus 2026 in Miami this week, according to an announcement from Pi Core Team on May 5, 2026. The appearances mark a strategic repositioning of the project around AI, identity, and ecosystem

During Strategy’s first-quarter earnings call held on May 6, Chairman Michael Saylor said the company may sell some Bitcoin (BTC) to pay dividends, saying the move is intended to “inject a shot of confidence into the market” to signal the company’s normal operations. Strategy reported a net loss of $12.5 billion for the quarter.

According to a statement published by U.S. President Trump on May 6 on the Truth Social platform, Trump announced a suspension of the “Freedom Plan” being carried out in the Strait of Hormuz, citing reasons including requests from countries such as Pakistan and major progress in reaching a comprehensive final agreement with Iranian representatives; Brent crude fell 1.81% to $107.88 per barrel that day, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell 1.72% to $100.51 per barrel.

Angus Fletcher, head of digital assets at State Street, stated that the cryptocurrency industry must develop security solutions before large volumes of real-world assets (RWAs) transition on-chain, according to his remarks on the topic. Fletcher's statement reflects concerns within traditional

According to Microsoft’s annual Work Trend Index report released on May 5, the report analyzed trillions of anonymous Microsoft 365 productivity signals and surveyed 20,000 employees across multiple markets including the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and Japan. The report data shows that only 13% of employees say their employers provide incentives when attempts to improve work with AI do not deliver the expected results.

As reported by Finbold on May 4, based on the 13F quarterly filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by Situational Awareness LP (SALP) and calculated using SanDisk (SNDK)’s May 6 share price of $1,406, if SALP made no sales, the current value of its SNDK holdings would be $1.48B.

According to a May 5 report by the Financial Times, Meta is developing an AI assistant (Hatch) for mainstream consumers, inspired by OpenClaw from OpenAI, with the goal of completing internal testing by the end of June; at the same time, Meta plans to integrate an independent agentic shopping tool into its Instagram service before the fourth quarter of this year.

According to CoinTelegraph, on May 6, the plaintiff Kenneth Kolbrak filed a class action lawsuit in the Manhattan federal court in New York, on May 4. The defendants are rapper Iggy Azalea, and the suit alleges that she made false statements about the actual use and business integration of the meme coin Mother Iggy (MOTHER) based on the Solana blockchain.

According to SoSoValue data, as of May 5, 2026, in Eastern Time, the total net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs reached $467 million, marking a positive capital inflow for the 4th consecutive day; the same day, the total net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs reached $97.5728 million.

According to the New York Post, on May 6, OpenAI CEO Greg Brockman testified in federal court in Oakland, California, on May 5, disclosing that when Musk stepped down from OpenAI’s board in 2018, he delivered an all-hands speech saying that when he pushed AI at Tesla, he “wouldn’t spend time on safety,” and that in 2017 he and OpenAI co-founder negotiated over equity stakes in a tense, close-to-violent confrontation.

South Korean battery makers SK On, LG Energy Solution, and Samsung SDI are experiencing mounting pressure in the US market as major automakers cancel or delay electric vehicle projects, disrupting planned battery supply agreements, according to The Korea Times. US EV Project Cancellations Impact

According to a report by Bitcoin Magazine on May 6, U.S. Republican Senator Bernie Moreno said the Senate will consider the “Digital Asset Market Transparency Act” (CLARITY Act) “next week”; Moreno said: “We will put it on the president’s desk by the end of June, and he will sign it into law before July 4.”

Robinhood's senior vice president Johan Kerbrart stated that overseas demand for U.S. equities is growing, driven by three key factors: tokenization, 24-hour trading, and regulatory shifts. According to Kerbrart, these developments are enabling broader investor access to U.S. markets beyond

Polygon announced on May 5 via its official X account that it has partnered with Hinkal to launch a private stablecoin payment solution based on zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), supporting private transfers of USDC and USDT via the Polygon network. The solution also integrates a transaction review (KYT) mechanism, allowing regulators to verify transaction compliance while protecting transaction privacy.

Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi stated the cryptocurrency exchange is "80% ready" to go public, as the platform announced a new partnership with MoneyGram to address last-mile cash conversion challenges in digital asset access. IPO Readiness According to Sethi, Kraken has made substantial progress

Indian cybersecurity firms including Indusface and Astra Security are adopting AI agents built on large language models to accelerate software vulnerability testing from days or weeks to hours, according to The Economic Times. The shift reflects growing attacker speed and AI tools' emerging ability

According to Cointelegraph on May 6, market data provider Kaiko released a report on Monday saying that ahead of Robinhood’s announcement to list multiple tokens, the perpetual futures market showed abnormal open interest, funding rates, and on-chain trading patterns. In the report, Kaiko research analyst Laurens Fraussen questioned whether the above phenomena reflect that some traders had already positioned themselves before the announcement was released.