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CryptoWorld News reports that Meta's Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth is strongly pushing a keyboard monitoring tool and refusing employee opt-outs, leading to intense internal turmoil and protests from over 1,500 staff. The monitoring tool is forcibly installed on employees' computers, recording keystrokes, mouse clicks, and screenshots. Angry employees distributed flyers titled "Employee Data Extraction Factory" in the office area, questioning how to disable the monitoring. Bosworth coldly responded that employees have no option to opt out of data collection on company computers. In an internal memo, he explicitly stated that Meta's vision is that future work will mainly be performed by AI agents, with humans playing the role of guiding, reviewing, and assisting in improvements.

A petition in South Korea requests the cancellation of the 22% cryptocurrency investment income tax, which has already surpassed 50k signatures and is now under review by the Finance Committee, with plans to take effect in January 2027. The petition states that the tax rate increases the burden on investors and complicates reporting, affecting young homebuyers' upward mobility; compared to other asset taxes and benefits, it could weaken South Korea's share in the crypto market. In the short term, the tax burden may lead to industry contraction and capital outflows. South Korea is a major crypto hub in Asia-Pacific, with approximately 32% of the population holding cryptocurrencies in March 2025, but the holding rate has declined due to price pressures.

CryptoWorld News: Gulf countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have recently sent a letter to the International Maritime Organization opposing Iran’s establishment of the “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” and the issuance of related nautical notices. The statement said that the five countries refuse to use the shipping routes designated by Iran and refuse to have any dealings with Iran’s “Persian Gulf Strait Authority.” In addition, the five countries also oppose incorporating Iran’s routes and the related authority into the IMO’s relevant maritime passage framework for the safe evacuation of stranded merchant ships.

CryptoWorld News reports that Anthropic states most partners have identified hundreds of vulnerabilities each and hope to expand the Mythos-level model once security measures are in place.

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.

CryptoWorld News reports that a trader shorted SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics with $5.4 million, and the current floating loss has already reached $940,000. As the Samsung strike crisis is temporarily eased by a new performance bonus plan, the stock prices of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix surged in response. The trader simultaneously shorted these two major underlying assets on the Hyperliquid platform with 4x leverage, with a total position size of $5.4 million.

CryptoWorld News reports that Michael Saylor of Strategy stated, "Our company may purchase all the Bitcoin mined from now until 2140." He added, "The credit market itself is absorbing all organic Bitcoin supply from now to eternity."

BlockBeats News, May 21 — According to Onchain Lens monitoring, James Wynn shorted the S&P 500 index 50x, with a liquidation price of 7,474.6.

CoinWorld News reports that trader yixie stated on Chain Wall Street Express that he has increased his long position in MU by 1,472.33 units, approximately $1,095,157.33, with the current holdings valued at $10,905,595.03. The average price has been adjusted from $751.35 to $750.64. The current profit and loss is -$127,855.54, a decline of -3.60%. The current price is $741.94, and the liquidation price is $526.83. Since April, yixie has been building long positions in MU and SNDK on the HyperLiquid platform. During the May rally, he became the biggest beneficiary in the on-chain semiconductor sector, with a monthly profit of $7 million, and AMD is his largest long position.

According to reports, OpenAI and Google are increasing their artificial intelligence investments in Singapore. (Cailian Press)

Chalom states that the Ethereum treasury company is shifting from a strategy of imitation to one focused on staking yields and a simplified balance sheet, reducing leverage, with limited survivors in a bear market. He cites BlackRock calling Ethereum a "tokenized toll road," and points out that the NYSE/NASDAQ promoting 24-hour trading, and DTCC exploring tokenized collateral, will drive tokenized assets into traditional finance. In the future, under the expansion of stablecoins, tokenized assets, DeFi, and AI applications, Ethereum will follow a different path from Bitcoin.