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ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, Bitwise co-founder and CEO Hunter Horsley said at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami in response to the "recent negative sentiment in the DeFi sector", "I think DeFi is still alive and well". The recent specific incident is an operational security issue, not a smart contract being breached by hackers. He also believes that the crypto industry is rapidly entering the mainstream, and both DeFi and on-chain treasury need to respond to this moment. Treasuries have only been around for two years, and "not all treasuries are equally reliable, and those who enter first need to do more homework." eToro co-founder and CEO Yoni Assia also said that DeFi is "the inevitable future." During the roundtable discussion, several guests made predictions about DeFi TVL in the next five years: eToro CEO Yoni Assia gave $5 trillion; Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley gave $500 billion; Guy Wuollet, a partner at a16z Crypto, declined to give specific numbers, only stating that "my numbers are up, right."

According to the CatcherPredict channel, the new "Which blockchain will Polymarket migrate to in 2026" on the prediction market Predict.fun? "Predicting events, the total volume has reached $1.701 million. Among them, the migration probability of the "new Polymarket chain" is temporarily reported at 67%; the probability of "no migration in 2026" is temporarily reported at 26%; Arbitrum probability is temporarily reported at 2%; Avalanche, Base, MegaETH, Monad, Solana, BNB Chain and other chains have a probability of 1% for the time being. The settlement source of this event is the official Polymarket (press release, Shayne Coplan, or official X account) announcement of the migration and launch, non-test transactions on the new chain, and the underlying L1 is not Polygon. If the migration is not completed by 23:59 (ET) on December 31, 2026, the resolution will be "No migration in 2026".

According to official news, MGBX will list the QCOMUSDT perpetual contract trading pair at 18:00 (SGT) on May 8, 2026 Trading Open: May 8, 2026, 18:00 (SGT) Leverage: Supports up to 20x

According to ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, ECB President Lagarde said that even euro-denominated stablecoins pose risks to financial stability and monetary policy transmission, questioning the necessity of introducing such tools. She pointed out that while euro stablecoins may reduce the cost of financing in the eurozone and enhance the euro's global appeal, the cost is significant and outweigh the short-term gains. Lagarde emphasized that stablecoins are not an effective way to enhance the euro's international appeal. Lagarde referred to a March working paper by the European Central Bank that warned that widespread adoption of stablecoins would pose significant risks to eurozone banks and monetary sovereignty. She said Europe's task is not to "replicate tools developed elsewhere" and continues to push forward with the introduction of a digital euro.

According to ChainCatcher, the New York State Pension Fund added $41 million in Bitcoin exposure by increasing its holdings of MicroStrategy shares.

Binance EN: Binance Will Support the Chiliz Fan Tokens Contract Swap on Chiliz Chain (CAP20)

ChainCatcher news, artificial intelligence is driving US economic growth: investment in software and IT equipment contributed +134 basis points to US GDP growth in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 2.0%, the largest quarterly contribution in history. This means that 67% of economic growth in the previous quarter was driven by AI. In other words, without AI-driven tech investments, GDP growth in the first quarter would be close to flat. This contribution is also about 10 basis points higher than the 1999 record. Over the past five quarters, investments in software and IT equipment have contributed an average of +90 basis points per quarter, the highest contribution for any five consecutive quarters on record. The U.S. economy is already highly dependent on artificial intelligence.

According to official news, OKX Agent Trade Kit has launched a "one-click quick connection" function, which supports AI Agents such as Claude, Codex, and OpenClaw to directly connect to OKX accounts for market analysis, trade execution, and currency-making management. Users do not need to manually generate or configure API keys, they only need to initiate a connection request in the AI Agent, log in to OKX through a browser, and check the authorization scope to complete the access. "One-click quick connection" supports the free combination of three types of permissions: reading, trading and earning, if the user only opens the earning permission, the AI can only perform earning-related operations. If the authorization is not used for 7 days, it will automatically expire, and all authorizations can be viewed and revoked on the "Third-Party Authorization Management" page on the OKX official website. It is reported that OKX Agent Trade Kit is an MCP trading toolset launched for AI Agents and professional traders, and has been launched with multiple capability suites such as market screening and position analysis, sentiment radar, smart money signals, and smart money earning.

According to a Reuters survey, nonfarm payrolls may only increase by 62,000 in April, following an increase of 178,000 in March, with institutional forecasts ranging from a decrease of 15,000 to an increase of 150,000. The U.S. labor market has been trapped in what economists and the Federal Reserve call "slow hiring, slow firing." The impasse has been blamed on Trump's trade and immigration policies, as well as the recent war in Iran. Economists say it is too early to see the impact of the US-Iran conflict on the labor market. RSM Chief Economist Joe Bruzuelas said the labor market status quo remains unchanged. Labor needs are often determined months before actual hiring, so the impact of war on labor demand is not yet apparent. The Fed will focus on wage data, and most importantly, the unemployment rate, which will confirm the new consensus that interest rates will not be cut this year due to a weak labor market. (Jin Shi)

Odaily Planet Daily News Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSM. N): Revenue in April was NT$410.73 billion, compared to NT$415.19 billion in the previous month. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, the plenary session of the South Korean National Assembly passed an amendment to the Foreign Exchange Act, requiring enterprises engaged in cross-border transfer of virtual assets to register with the Ministry of Finance and Economy to include cross-border flows of virtual assets such as stablecoins in the management system of foreign exchange authorities. The amendment newly defines "virtual asset transfer business", which covers the transfer of virtual assets between South Korea and foreign countries through buying, selling, and exchanging. Virtual asset exchanges and custodians are also included in the registration. The amendment also reorganizes the foreign exchange business system, integrating the original foreign exchange and small overseas remittances into "ordinary foreign exchange industry" and "overseas payment and settlement industry". For violations of foreign exchange trading procedures for the purpose of obtaining improper benefits, the penalty has been increased from the previous fine of up to 50 million won to fixed-term imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to 100 million won.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, the mysterious whale associated with Erik Voorhees had previously bought 123,184 ETH ($266 million) and just spent another 6.67 million USDT to buy 2,920 ETH at a price of $2,284.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, Balcony, an RWA infrastructure based on the Avalanche blockchain, announced the completion of a $12.7 million seed round of financing, led by Blockchange Ventures, with a total of $14 million raised so far. The new funds will be used to deploy its real estate on-chain transaction and asset settlement service platform in the U.S. market, consolidating fragmented property records into tamper-proof digital registers, while leveraging AI detection technology to combat title fraud.

ChainCatcher news, according to Gate market data, US President Trump released a picture late at night local time, which reads: "Trump's stock market hits a new high!" The S&P 500 has surpassed 7,300 points. ”

According to ChainCatcher news, AI company Anthropic is considering launching a new round of financing this summer, with a financing scale of up to $50 billion, with a pre-financing valuation of about $900 billion, and is expected to surpass OpenAI to become the world's most valuated AI company. At present, Dragoneer, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners and other institutions have taken the initiative to express their investment intentions. According to sources, Anthropic's annualized revenue is about to exceed $45 billion, an increase of about five times from $9 billion at the end of last year; The round is expected to close within two months and pave the way for an IPO within the year.

Odaily Planet Daily News Coinbase exchange has been down for more than 2 hours, and its status page jumps users to the AWS status page.

ChainCatcher news, Movement makes a strategic investment in Stableyard, a full-stack stablecoin business infrastructure. The investment will provide operational support for Stableyard, including merchant introduction and ecosystem docking, and plans to fully integrate Stableyard's payment stack on the Movement network to drive practical applications of stablecoins in compliant, non-sense, and high-scale scenarios. In addition, Stableyard's consumer app, DopePay, is currently open for waiting lists, supporting QR code scanning and tap-to-pay payments.

According to ChainCatcher news, the Arbitrum DAO voted to approve the release of the frozen ETH proposal, with a 90.96% approval rate. The proposal includes requesting Arbitrum governance approval to release 30,765.67 ETH frozen by the Arbitrum Security Committee on April 21 and transferring funds to a 3/4 multisig wallet jointly controlled by Aave Labs, KelpDAO, EtherFi, and Certora, which will be dedicated to recovery work after receiving the ETH frozen by Arbitrum.

According to ChainCatcher news, the Japan Crypto Asset Business Association (JCBA) officially released the "Best Practices for Crypto Asset Staking Business" guidelines, covering operational requirements, emergency response, information disclosure, compliance management, external audits, tax accounting, etc., aiming to improve the security and transparency of domestic staking services.