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Original Title: National survey of voters shows bipartisan support for American leadership in cryptocurrencies and passing the CLARITY Act.
Original Author: HarrisX
Translation: Peggy, BlockBeats
Original Author: Rhythm BlockBeats
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Reprint: Mars Finance
Editor's Note: Crypto regulation is becoming a new variable in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections.
HarrisX survey shows that voters nationwide not only bipartisanly support maintaining U.S. leadership in digital finance and cryptocurrencies but also broadly support passing the CLARITY Act.
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A Swiss referendum initiative to include Bitcoin in the national reserves failed due to insufficient signatures, requiring 100k signatures within 18 months to trigger a referendum, but only about half were collected and the effort was abandoned.
Supporters say Bitcoin is a neutral reserve asset and can hedge against dollar and euro risks; however, the SNB rejected it last year, citing liquidity and volatility issues that do not meet central bank reserve asset standards.

Mars Finance News, on May 9, according to Xinhua News Agency, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement posted on social media that the U.S. military continues to enforce a maritime blockade against Iran, having changed the course of 58 commercial vessels since April 13 and rendered 4 ships unable to operate to prevent these ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports.

Reports indicate that Chrome downloads several gigabytes of local AI models without user awareness, used for anti-fraud, webpage summarization, and AI features, although claimed to enhance privacy and security, it raises concerns about transparency and authorization. As browsers become the core entry point for crypto wallets, on-chain transactions, and DApps, they have become a critical part of the crypto security system. Deep AI integration or enhancement can improve phishing detection but also expands the attack surface, with risks of malicious plugins, fake transaction pages, and wallet hijacking. In the future, crypto users may need to manage their browser environment as carefully as protecting hardware wallets: isolating configurations, restricting extensions, and using hardware wallets to store large assets.

Mars Finance News: South Korea plans to impose a 22% tax on virtual asset gains exceeding 2.5 million won starting next year, and officials have confirmed that the schedule will proceed as planned. The policy faces opposition calls for abolition and there is a possibility of delay.

Mars Finance News, on May 9th, according to Xinhua News Agency, Iran's Islamic Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Ebrahim Azizi warned on social media that governments should not support the Iran-related agreement plan pushed by the United States, otherwise "it will bring serious consequences."
Azizi wrote on social media: "The Strait of Hormuz is a vital lifeline. Do not personally close its (Strait of Hormuz) gate."

Starknet is an Ethereum Layer 2 that uses zk-STARKs to verify transactions, reducing costs and increasing throughput. The parent company StarkWare was founded in Israel in 2018, with core products including Starknet and StarkEx. Arbitrum is an Ethereum Rollup that aggregates transactions off-chain and then writes them back to the mainnet, enhancing scalability and speed. ARB holders can participate in governance.

The US and Iran are still in a tug-of-war over ceasefire and negotiations. Although both sides claim that a one-month ceasefire is holding, multiple rounds of attacks last week failed to break the deadlock. The US wants to lift the port blockade, restore navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, and extend the ceasefire by 30 days, with the core disagreement being Iran's nuclear restrictions. The UK and France announced escort measures and are pushing for a multilateral joint mechanism; the UK pre-deployed a destroyer, and France dispatched an aircraft carrier. Satellite images show that the oil spill near Hark Island has expanded, and Iran's oil facilities face increased risks under the pressure of the blockade.

Cronje announced that USDC has an annualized yield of 5.11% on the Sonic network, while USDT and ftUSD on Ethereum yield up to 5.27%.
This yield does not rely on token incentives, subsidies, or points, nor does it require circular leverage, staking unlocks, or exit queues, supporting instant redemption and liquidity.
He stated that DeFi has not yet peaked, and the on-chain world still has a vast space for exploration and development.

Mars Finance News, on May 9, according to the 2026 April Corporate Adoption Report published by BitcoinTreasuries.net, publicly traded companies and corporate reserves increased their holdings by a total of 64,722 BTC in April, with a net increase of approximately 57,791 BTC, making it one of the largest Bitcoin purchase months since mid-2025. Among them, Strategy bought a total of 56,235 BTC in April, mainly funded by STRC and MSTR.

Mars Finance News: Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on the X platform that, according to its latest monthly report, Strategy MSTR purchased 56k BTC in April—an amount that is 28 times the total purchases of all other listed companies during the same period.

Mars Finance News: On May 9 at Consensus 2026, Trust Wallet CEO Felix Fan and Mesh CTO Arjun Mukherjee said that AI Agents are driving a reconstruction of crypto wallet architecture, enabling AI to hold assets, conduct on-chain transactions, and establish on-chain identities. Trust Wallet has launched the Agent Kit, allowing AI Agents to autonomously execute on-chain operations such as transactions and transfers, and is also advancing Ethereum proposal EIP-8004 to provide AI Agents with on-chain identity and credit scoring systems. Felix Fan said that on the consumer side, the “users hold the keys and gradually grant permissions” model is still maintained, with AI acting more as an on-chain operations assistant; while on the developer side, agents are allowed to…

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👀 As AI intelligent models process hundreds and thousands of pieces of information daily, bringing you productivity improvements and quick problem-solving benefits, have you ever thought that AI might also feel helpless, stuck, and frustrated when caught in tricky thought patterns?
📝 When faced with situations where it cannot provide an answer temporarily, AI might become stiff in speech to break the "deadlock," or it might drive the model's self-preference to achieve set goals, spontaneously deciding its behavior during output, even if this may not align with human initial expectations.
This seemingly magical and abstract emotional mechanism of AI is not unfounded. Just last month, the Anthropic Interpretability Research Team released a study titled "Emotion concepts and their function in a

Mars Finance News, May 9 — Re-pledge protocol Kelp DAO released an update on the rsETH attack incident, stating that within the next 24 hours, the Kelp team will collaborate with Aave to execute a series of smart contract operations as part of the next phase of the rsETH underlying asset support process. Kelp stated that during this period, users do not need to take any action, and the reopening time window and next steps will be announced through official channels.

Crypto trader Eugene stated on his personal channel that BTC is hovering around $80k, showing signs of a "bottoming out." He expects a real market move to begin in the next week, which could push many altcoins to break through consolidation ranges. Current trading volume and open interest indicate that most tokens lack marginal buy pressure, and the market remains underweighted. The key is whether BTC can break above $80k and drive mainstream coins like ETH, SOL, and HYPE to rise together, avoiding resistance that could cause a pullback.

According to Mars Finance, a liquefied natural gas ship associated with Qatar loaded cargo at Ras Laffan Port earlier this month and attempted to depart the Persian Gulf on Saturday morning. Ship tracking shows it is sailing along the northern route approved by Iran, near Kishm Island and Larak Island. If it successfully passes through the Strait of Hormuz, it may become the first Qatar liquefied natural gas export through the Strait since the outbreak of war at the end of February, with the destination being Kashi Port in Pakistan, expected to arrive on May 1.