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ChainCatcher news, according to Zhejiang Daily, China's Zhejiang Ningbo Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau recently cracked a number of cases of smuggling virtual currency mining machines, eliminated multiple criminal gangs, and seized more than 400 mining machines of Ant L9, Glacier KS3 and other models. According to the report, the gang involved smuggled the mining machine into the country through international express channels by dismantling the mining machine and falsely reporting it as "industrial blocker", and then reassembled it and sold it to China or transported it to mines in Xinjiang, Hunan and other places for hosting mining. According to the case, the gang also used USDT for cross-border payment settlement to circumvent fund supervision.

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said on Sunday that he would seek all options, including emergency arbitration, to avoid a strike at Samsung Electronics and urged the company to reach a compromise in wage negotiations with the union.

According to ChainCatcher news, Peter Brandt, a well-known trader and chart analyst who successfully predicted the Bitcoin crash in 2018, showed the SOL weekly chart and said that it has a 14-week rectangular pattern, "If it breaks through the continuation pattern downwards, it will confirm the $43.7 target price at the top of the massive head and shoulders." ”

ChainCatcher news, according to Crowdfund Insider, recent on-chain data shows that wallets holding at least 1 million ADA tokens hold a total of about 25.09 billion ADA, accounting for about 67% of the total circulating supply, the highest level since July 2020. Despite ADA's significant price drop of over 70% over the past nine months, these big investors continue to accumulate.

According to ChainCatcher news, Firedancer, a Solana validator client developed by Jump Crypto, the crypto arm of high-frequency trading firm Jump Trading, has been launched on the Solana mainnet and has begun producing blocks. Firedancer founding engineer Ritchie Patel said the client has packaged tens of millions of transactions in production, but the team will still take a gradual rollout and don't want validators to switch on a large scale until the security audit is fully complete. In addition, Patel said that the Firedancer architecture borrows heavily from traditional financial high-frequency trading systems, and the team recently completed a public security audit competition with a $1 million bug bounty pool.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, VanEck submitted the fifth amendment to its BNB ETF registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday (May 15), while Grayscale also submitted the second amendment to its Grayscale BNB ETF prospectus on the same day. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart said the simultaneous actions of both parties suggest that both issuers are responding to feedback from the U.S. SEC and may plan for a launch in the near future. James Seyffart speculates that BNB could be the next crypto asset to pass SEC scrutiny and is expected to be listed in the United States. Meanwhile, Canary Capital has separately submitted an amendment to its staked TRX ETF proposal that would package Tron's staking proceeds into a regulated framework.

According to ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, sovereign wealth funds, universities, and banks have recently disclosed their 13F position reports for the first quarter of 2026. In terms of sovereign wealth funds, Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund Mubadala increased its holdings of BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (ticker IBIT), increasing its holdings from 12,702,323 shares to 14,721,917 shares, adding more than $90 million in new holdings, with a total position value of nearly $660 million. Mubadala's Abu Dhabi Investment Commission (ADIC) has kept its IBIT holdings unchanged. It holds 8,218,712 IBIT shares valued at $315.8 million. Endowments from several universities have reported that their holdings in crypto ETFs have remained largely stable. The Harvard University Endowment reported holding 3,044,612 IBIT shares, valued at approximately $117 million. This is a 43% decrease from the 5.35 million IBIT held at the end of 2025, after Harvard University had already reduced its holdings by 21% in the fourth quarter. IBIT is no longer its largest position (surpassed by TSMC, Alphabet, Microsoft, SPDR Gold Trust). Harvard University also fully liquidated its position in the $86.8 million BlackRock Ethereum spot ETF that it opened in the last quarter. Dartmouth College reported that it held 201,531 IBIT shares valued at just over $9 million, unchanged from the previous quarter. The academy moved its Ethereum ETF holdings from the Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust to Grayscale's Ethereum Staking ETF, keeping its 178,148 holdings unchanged. Dartmouth College also disclosed its new position in the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, holding 304,803 shares currently worth nearly $3.67 million. This is the first time that institutional endowments have expressed interest in expanding their investments beyond Bitcoin or Ethereum. Meanwhile, Brown University maintained its 212,500 IBIT holdings, while Emory University reduced its Bitcoin holdings from two to one. The school liquidated its 4,450 IBIT holdings while increasing its share of Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust to 1,354,148 shares from just over 1 million shares previously. Traditional financial institutions are also actively rebalancing and hedging positions. Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) increased its direct stake in IBIT and increased the use of put and call options for hedging. Scotiabank has increased its holdings of 214,370 IBIT shares after liquidating its previous holdings in Trump-linked U.S. Bitcoin stocks. Barclays also disclosed its IBIT holdings, including approximately 4.46 million spot shares and a significant number of put and call positions associated with the ETF. Hong Kong-based Laurore has reduced its IBIT holdings from 8,786,279 to 6,846,279.

According to ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, wallets (0x77a5) associated with WLFI sold 4,870 ETH at an average price of $2,178 8 hours ago, receiving $10.61 million in USDC.

According to Yonhap News Agency on May 17, Samsung Electronics will launch a second round of post-mediation at 10 a.m. local time on the 18th. Previously, the labor side had announced that it would launch an 18-day general strike on the 21st, so whether mediation could reach an agreement to resolve conflicts and avoid strikes has attracted attention. Under the mediation of the Central Labor Committee of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, labor and management conducted marathon negotiations in the early hours of the 11th and 13th, but failed to close the gap of opinions on the payment standard of performance bonuses, leading to the breakdown of negotiations. The committee requested the labor side to resume negotiations on the 16th on the 14th but was rejected, and this time the labor and management accepted the mediation request, and the negotiations will resume after 5 days. Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong returned to Korea after an overseas business trip on the 16th, and when he arrived at the Gimpo Business Aviation Center in Seoul, he called on the labor side to return to the negotiating table. Lee Jae-yong said that at this moment, we should gather our strength and move in the same direction together, so that we can once again do our best to truly be proud of being a "three-star person". Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-hoon also met with labor and management on the 15th and 16th respectively to introduce the government's position and coordinate opinions.

Shenchao TechFlow news, on May 17, according to Red Star News, the police in Linyi, Shandong Province recently destroyed a telecommunications fraud gang targeting minors, seized about 140,000 yuan of illegal gains and 20,000 virtual currencies on the spot, and preliminarily verified that the gang had committed more than 200 frauds nationwide, involving a huge amount of money. The police disclosed that the criminal gang used "free game skins and equipment" as bait to induce minors to use their parents' mobile phones and remotely control the victim's equipment through screen sharing to commit transfer fraud. It is reported that the gang leader has gone to the fraud-related park in Myanmar and has strong anti-investigation experience, and the case is still under further investigation.

On May 17, Grafana, an open-source data visualization tool, posted on the X platform that an unauthorized attacker was recently discovered to obtain a token that could access the Grafana Labs GitHub environment and use it to download the codebase. After investigation, it was confirmed that the incident did not involve the leakage of customer data or personal information, nor was it found that the customer's system or business operations were affected. In addition, Grafana disclosed that the attackers had tried to demand a ransom payment through ransom to prevent the codebase from being made public, but the company ultimately decided to refuse to pay the ransom, and more incident recap information will be released after the investigation is over.

According to TechFlow news, on May 17, market analyst Ali posted on the X platform that Bitcoin is currently showing signs of "overheating", and data shows that the average realized profit margin of traders has risen to 17%, which means that a large number of investors are already in a state of significant profit, and potential profit-taking pressure is rising. The last time a similar situation occurred was in March 2022, when Bitcoin tested the 200-day moving average resistance level while also reaching an average profit margin of 17%, and then the market formed a phased top and re-entered a downtrend.

According to the Nikkei Shimbun on May 17, SBI Securities and Rakuten Securities have made clear plans to sell cryptocurrency investment trust products after the regulatory ban is lifted. Nikkei surveyed 18 major brokerages and found that a total of 11 said they would consider offering related products after the regulatory framework was established, and large brokerages such as Nomura Securities were also actively evaluating and following up. SBI Securities plans to sell funds developed by SBI Global Asset Management, a subsidiary of the group, ETFs and investment trusts covering highly liquid cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, and product development and sales are completed in-house. Rakuten Securities plans to cooperate with Rakuten Investment Management and other group members to develop products independently, and realize convenient trading of crypto investment trusts through smartphone apps.

Odaily Planet Daily News Arthur Hayes said he wants Trump to veto the Clarity Act when it is submitted to his desk, and believes that cryptocurrencies can survive without regulation, and it's all about macroeconomics.

According to Bradley Duke, head of Bitwise Europe, Canaccord Wealth UK, a British wealth management institution with a management scale of $70 billion, has reached an exclusive cooperation with Bitwise to provide Bitcoin and Ethereum ETP products to some high-net-worth customers, with an allocation cap of 5% of the portfolio. The partnership covers the UK and Channel Islands markets.

According to The Block on May 17, a number of sovereign wealth funds, university endowments and traditional banks disclosed their 13F holdings in the first quarter of 2026: Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund Mubadala increased its holdings in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) from 12.7 million to 14.72 million shares, adding more than $90 million to its total holdings of approximately $566 million (up 16% from the previous quarter). Its subsidiary, the Abu Dhabi Investment Commission (ADIC), kept 8.21 million IBIT shares unchanged, worth about $316 million. Several university endowment crypto ETF holdings are largely stable: The Harvard University Endowment holds 3.04 million IBIT shares (worth approximately $117 million), a decrease of 43% from 5.35 million shares at the end of 2025 (previously reduced by 21% in Q4), and IBIT is no longer its largest holding; At the same time, it completely liquidated the $86.8 million BlackRock spot Ethereum ETF established in the previous quarter. Dartmouth College held 201,500 IBIT shares (valued at approximately $7.7 million, unchanged from the previous quarter); Ethereum ETF transferred from Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust to Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF (holding 178,100 shares unchanged); Added 304,800 shares of the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (worth nearly $3.67 million), becoming the first university endowment to publicly show interest in crypto assets other than Bitcoin and Ethereum. Brown University maintains 212,500 IBIT shares; Emory University simplified its Bitcoin fund allocation, liquidated 4,450 IBIT shares, and increased its Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust holdings to 1.35 million shares. Traditional financial institutions are actively rebalancing: RBC overweight IBIT spot and hedge with put/call options; Scotiabank increased its holdings of 214,000 IBIT shares after liquidating Trump-related Bitcoin stocks; Barclays holds approximately 4.46 million IBIT spot shares and allocates a large number of options; Hong Kong-based Laurore reduced its holdings of IBIT from 8.78 million shares to 6.85 million shares.

According to TechFlow news, on May 17, according to the Financial Times, two Fed governors nominated by President Trump, Miran and Bowman, jointly opposed allowing Powell to serve as interim chairman of the Federal Reserve "without time limit." The disagreement highlights the growing political rift within the central bank as the White House continues to put pressure on the Fed. Powell's second term officially ended on Friday, May 15, and he was appointed interim chairman before his official successor, Walsh, took office. Milan and Bowman said in a joint statement that they supported Powell as interim chairman in principle, but the "no time limit" arrangement made them unable to support it. Among them, Milan voted against and Bowman chose to abstain. The two suggested that the arrangement should be limited to a "clear and limited time frame" of at least one week and a maximum of one month.

According to TechFlow news, on May 17, Polish parliamentarians passed the government-backed Crypto Asset Markets Act (No. 2529) at the 57th session of the House of Representatives on May 15 (Friday) with 241 votes in favor and 200 against. The bill aims to formally bring the Polish cryptocurrency market into the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework. Previously, President Carol Navotsky had twice vetoed an earlier version of the bill. Under the bill, the Polish Financial Supervisory Authority (KNF) will receive explicit powers to supervise market participants, impose administrative penalties, and temporarily freeze accounts and transactions. The bill has now been sent to the Senate for consideration, and the president may still exercise his veto power again.