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Crypto World News reports that U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said that there is currently a “fairly reliable” plan, which involves the possibility of Iran “opening the Strait of Hormuz,” as well as “conducting a practical, significant, and time-limited negotiation” on the nuclear issue. Rubio said, “We hope we can successfully achieve this goal. It has broad support in the Gulf region, and it has also gained substantial support worldwide. Every country we’ve visited understands that this is not only very reasonable, but also the right action for the entire world.” In addition, during an interview with reporters during his visit to India, Rubio reiterated that Trump is in no rush to reach an agreement. He said, “The President will not sign a bad deal, so let’s see what happens. Before considering other options, we need to give diplomatic efforts ample opportunity to succeed.”

ME News Report, April 18 (UTC+8), prediction market data shows that within 24 hours, multiple addresses concentrated on the event "Will the United States attack Iran before February 22, 2026?" and selected the outcome "Yes," with a total bet amount of approximately $2.1M, indicating that this result has attracted significant funds in a short period.

Crypto news, xAI's Grok large language model is currently conducting a gradual rollout test for a new user memory feature. According to the test page display, the memory function can automatically record key personal information mentioned by users during conversations and generate a systematic user profile. Users can directly view and edit the personal memory files recorded by Grok, thereby providing continuous contextual background for subsequent conversations and enhancing interaction fluency. In leaked system screenshots, Grok's automatically organized user profile includes multi-dimensional fields such as social accounts, hardware configurations, daily occupations, and subscription versions, and can even automatically identify the user's Discord community administrator status and GitHub open-source project details based on chat history. Currently, xAI has not announced the official launch time or specific scope of the memory feature.

Mars Finance News: On May 20, ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet said the European AI Act needs to be reformed or repealed; “simplification” rules that would limit the technology supply chain must be avoided. (Wide-angle observation)

ME News Report, May 22 (UTC+8), the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference today. During the event, Li Chao, Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that the NDRC is currently planning to introduce supporting documents to accelerate the implementation of artificial intelligence, further increasing element guarantees.
At the same time, we will continue to promote the opening of high-value application scenarios by central state-owned enterprises, creating benchmark AI applications across various industries, fields, and regions, and accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence into business operations and management in all aspects and stages. (Source: ChainCatcher)

Bitcoin's low point yesterday was about $79,300, briefly rebounding to $81,500, up over 2% in 24 hours.
The core drivers are the dual positive signals from U.S. regulation and macroeconomic policies:
Vosh's appointment as Federal Reserve Chair is seen as more friendly to digital assets;
The CLARITY Act passed, rejecting three more strict amendments, allowing banks to hold and trade cryptocurrencies compliantly, easing DeFi regulatory pressure.
Market interprets this as a structural change—Bitcoin is shifting from a high-risk fringe asset to a new global asset with policy legitimacy and institutional allocation, still offering good value.

Glassnode's RHODL ratio rises to 4.5, the third highest in history, indicating that long-term holders are dominating the market. Over the past six months, BTC has fallen about 50%, with short-term speculation sharply decreasing, and the market is closer to a cycle bottom. Historically, the ratio was higher in May 2015 and July 2022, both associated with bottoms, but analysts say that further increases would require extremely shrinking short-term demand, and current rebounds, negative perpetual funding rates, and new highs in the S&P 500 suggest that extreme market conditions are less likely (MLion).

CryptoWorld News: Harvard University's endowment fund disclosed in SEC filings for the first quarter of 2026 that it has sold all of its $87 million Ethereum holdings, making this decision after only holding it for one quarter.

CryptoWorld News reports that the well-known trader Loracle's HYPE short position unrealized loss has narrowed from $24.56M (-115.69%) to $22.4M (-107.72%). The current HYPE average price is $45.26, the current coin price is $57.68, the liquidation price is $80.82, and the position size is $104 million.

CryptoWorld News: U.S. Representative Nick Begich has introduced the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act, aiming for the United States to eventually hold 1 million bitcoins, approximately 5% of the total bitcoin supply.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the BTC OG insider whale injected the last 30 million USDC into Hyperliquid; previously, they planned to buy between $49.725 and $52.36, purchasing $1.15 million worth of HYPE (currently holding $2.48 million in spot), and holding 504.4 units of 5x leveraged long BTC, valued at approximately $38.95 million, with an unrealized loss of about $85k.

The Iranian ambassador to France stated that Iran is in discussions with Oman to establish a permanent toll system to formalize control over maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and he said that providing security and navigation management requires costs, which beneficiary countries should also share; he emphasized that the toll system will be transparent, and if countries hope to ease the situation, they should focus on addressing the root causes.

ME News Report, May 15 (UTC+8), Clanker co-founder Jack Dishman will leave the project and no longer continue development. "Building this project taught me what it takes to truly matter to people and how to operate systems at scale. I look forward to seeing how Clanker evolves in the future with the support of the Farcaster team and the Clanker Ecosystem Fund." (Source: Foresight News)

UBS research report states that if the Middle East conflict is diplomatically resolved, investors will refocus on economic and earnings fundamentals, and global and U.S. stocks remain attractive. U.S. Q1 earnings are optimistic, with EPS growth of about 17%, the fastest since Q4 2021. Long-term ceasefires remain difficult, and the energy market recovery will take time, so Brent crude oil price forecasts have been raised from $90 per barrel to $100 per barrel, and ratings for energy-sensitive markets like the Eurozone and India have been downgraded to neutral.

CoinWorld News reports that market sources say AMD also plans to fully expand its data center CPU product roadmap to TSMC's 2nm process technology.

ME News Report, May 21 (UTC+8), prediction market data shows that within 24 hours, multiple addresses have concentrated participation in the event "Will the United States launch an attack on Iran before February 22, 2026?" and have chosen the outcome "Will the United States launch an attack on Iran before February 22, 2026?", with a total bet amount of approximately $2.1M, indicating that this outcome has attracted significant funds in a short period.

Goldman Sachs research report states that Baidu's cloud business accelerated in the first quarter, with GPU cloud making a significant contribution, and AI-driven business is expected to grow over 30% year-on-year, with AI cloud infrastructure growth exceeding 50%. By the end of 2026, AI-driven business may surpass traditional business. Management states that in the next few quarters, cloud growth will lead the market, with tokens shifting from training to inference to expand customers. The mid-term GPU cloud gross margin target is 35-40%, and CPU/memory gross margin is 25-30%. Baidu strives for AI-driven business to account for over 50%, shortening the holding discount through cloud/chip growth.