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According to ChainCatcher, Chainlink saw 282,170 and 264,090 unique active LINK addresses on May 9-10 respectively, the highest level since September 2025. The surge in on-chain activity coincides with major institutional DeFi projects announcing migrations to Chainlink CCIP for cross-chain

Japan's Economy Minister Akasawa Ryo and U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent discussed energy and critical mineral issues on Tuesday.

According to ChainCatcher, XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows of $25.79 million today, based on SoSoValue data. Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) led with $13.62 million in single-day inflows, bringing its historical total net inflows to $371 million. Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP) recorded $7.59 million in daily inflows w

The China Containerized Freight Index (Europe Route) main contract rose over 2.00% intraday today, reaching 2,495.0 points.

According to ChainCatcher, Aptos announced it will become the first Layer 1 blockchain to offer a native encrypted mempool following governance approval. The feature provides complete transaction intent confidentiality

According to The Block, American Bankers Association CEO Rob Nichols sent a letter to bank executives on Sunday night, urging them to contact their senators ahead of a Senate Banking Committee vote scheduled for Thursday on landmark cryptocurrency legislation. Nichols argued that the bill does not d

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the first batch of illegal tariff refunds will begin distribution on May 12, with some American enterprises receiving reimbursements. The refunds cover tariffs previously collected but later ruled unlawful by the U.S. Supreme Court. Over 330,000

According to PANews, TRC20-USDT issuance surged to 89.3 billion on May 12, marking a new all-time high. The network has added 8 billion USDT since the start of 2026. Meanwhile, data from PaymentScan showed that global crypto card transactions reached $6.5 billion in April, with Tron capturing 32% of

According to BlockBeats, on May 12, Monad distributed airdrop tokens to active traders' wallets. Users confirmed receipt of MON tokens.

According to a NewsGuard/YouGov poll released on May 12, 24% of Americans believe the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25 was staged, while 45% think the incident was real and 32% are

According to GoPlus, two private key leaks occurred in the past 36 hours, resulting in combined losses of $238,000. The address 0xUnihax0r lost $200,000 and had previously uploaded trading bots and Telegram access. The second compromised address is linked to a larger private key exposure event

According to Token Terminal data, xStocks' Ethereum market cap has surpassed $100 million year-to-date, up approximately 1,000% since the start of 2026, driven primarily by STRCx. The platform's assets on BNB Chain have separately exceeded $30 million, consisting mainly of tokenized commodities

According to Shanghai Metals Market, MMLC battery-grade lithium carbonate (morning session) was quoted at 195,650 yuan/ton on May 12, up 250 yuan/ton from the previous day's 16:30 price.

LPG futures contracts jumped 6.00% intraday on May 12, reaching 6,074 yuan per ton.

According to CoinDesk, Bored Ape Yacht Club launched a P2P marketplace today (May 12) where users can trade BAYC apparel, collectibles, art, and exclusive club items directly using APE tokens on ApeChain.

According to a May 12 memo from CEO Bill Staples, GitLab announced it will cut jobs, trim management layers, and reduce the number of countries it operates in as it shifts spending toward AI agents. The software development tools company will reorganize its research and development teams to use AI a

According to Chosun Daily, on May 12, Taiwan chipmaker TSMC joined Applied Materials' US$5 billion EPIC Center in Silicon Valley, set to open in 2026. TSMC joins Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron at the facility, which will focus on developing and commercializing AI chip technology. Applied

Arthur Hayes stated in his latest article that the Bitcoin bull market officially launched on February 28 following U.S. military action in Iran. Hayes expects continued credit expansion in U.S. dollars and Chinese yuan driven by increased AI capital expenditure, energy and infrastructure

According to Ai姨 monitoring, a Ondo Finance team-associated address (0xEA5...675e1) received 150 million ONDO tokens, worth approximately $63.88 million, and transferred $9.157 million worth of ONDO to exchanges over the past 8 hours. Additionally, 21.71 million ONDO was transferred to a

According to Decrypt, Google's threat intelligence team recently confirmed that cybercriminals used artificial intelligence to discover and exploit a zero-day vulnerability in a popular open-source web administration tool that bypasses two-factor authentication. This marks the first time Google