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ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has been at a negative premium for 11 consecutive days, temporarily reported at -0.0545%, and the purchasing power of the US market has once again fallen into a continuous downturn. Previously, it was at a positive premium for 19 consecutive days. The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index measures the difference between the price of Bitcoin on Coinbase relative to the average price of the global market, and the negative premium usually reflects greater selling pressure in the US market, declining investor risk appetite, and rising risk aversion or capital outflows.

According to ChainCatcher, Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund Mubadala has increased its IBIT holdings to nearly $660 million worth of Bitcoin ETF shares.

Odaily Planet Daily News China Telecom has launched a series of trial commercial token packages, including the following three parts. Among them, for developers and small, medium and micro enterprise customers, it provides integrated services of "Token + Connection + Security", and launches two optional packages: Token Plan and broadband uplink speed package and security protection package. For individual and family customers, it provides integrated services of "Token + Connection + Security", and launches two optional packages: Token Plan and Broadband Uplink Speed Package and Security Protection Package. For token ecosystem partners, China Telecom will soon launch Tianyi Token Coin and Token Benefits. (Securities Times)

Odaily Planet Daily News Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Paul Chan, published a blog on the 17th saying that the recent objective recognition of Hong Kong by different international institutions reflects a better understanding of Hong Kong's latest development and future potential. These recognitions not only reflect Hong Kong's positive economic tone and positive outlook, but also help attract more international long-term investment in Hong Kong. Chan said that the International Monetary Fund recently released a new report, affirming Hong Kong's role as an international financial center and a "super connector", and agreed that various policy measures, including the development of the Northern Metropolis, will help Hong Kong develop innovation and technology and high value-added services, and support economic growth and economic structural transformation. International rating agencies Moody's and Fitch also confirmed Hong Kong's credit rating and "stable" outlook. (China News Service)

Odaily Cardano whales currently hold nearly 67% of the total ADA supply, the highest concentration since 2020. （Cointelegraph）

According to ChainCatcher news, YZi Labs said on the X platform that it has led a $11 million seed round of financing for AI education platform VideoTutor and supported its product launch. VideoTutor says its AI products may monitor, teach, and create a unique learning experience for each student.

According to ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Ember monitoring, a whale who bought the bottom of 807 BTC ($54.59 million) at a price of $67,646 in February chose to take profit 1 hour ago and transferred 500 BTC ($39.04 million) to Binance. The whale made a profit of $8.42 million on BTC: it bottomed out at $67,646 in February and moved into Binance at $78,080.

Odaily Planet Daily News KB Financial Group announced that it has completed the technical proof-of-concept of the Korean won stablecoin in payment, settlement and international remittance scenarios. This verification was jointly completed by KB Financial Group, electronic payment company KG Inicis, public chain Kaia, and digital asset solution company OpenAsset, covering complete financial service processes such as Korean won stablecoin issuance, offline payment, merchant settlement, and cross-border remittance. According to the report, the solution migrates the internal settlement system to the blockchain architecture while maintaining users' original financial service usage habits. Among them, the actual payment scenario has been tested through the offline self-service terminal of the chain coffee brand Hollys, and users can pay through QR codes without installing a digital wallet, and the system will automatically execute the on-chain smart contract during the settlement stage. In addition, in the cross-border remittance test, the system first exchanged Korean won stablecoins for US dollar stablecoins through Kaia on-chain liquidity, and then the local partners in Vietnam completed the fiat currency deposit. The entire remittance process takes only about 3 minutes, and the processing fee is reduced by about 87% compared to the traditional SWIFT remittance model. (Yonhap News Agency)

ChainCatcher news, sentiment analysis platform Santiment posted that after the news of the Senate Banking Committee advancing the CLARITY Act, Bitcoin set off a wave of frenzy on social media. This brings BTC and cryptocurrencies one step closer to finally getting passed. Looking at historical data, caution is advised when the number of comments on bullish crypto market cap is 1.55 times that of bearish crypto market cap. Market movements often move against popular expectations. In summary, any move to push for the passage of the CLARITY Act should be seen as a boon for cryptocurrencies in the long run, as it could ultimately lead to clearer rules for the U.S. crypto industry. One of the biggest issues facing the crypto space, especially in 2026, is uncertainty. Many companies, investors, and banks are hesitant to go all-in because they don't know which crypto assets will be recognized as securities in the future, what rules they must follow, and whether regulators will act suddenly. This uncertainty has led to a wait-and-see attitude towards funding. If the CLARITY Act is passed, it is expected that more institutional money and strong investors will enter (or re-enter) the market. This will create higher demand, which will drive up prices. However, don't be surprised if the market value of many of the largest stocks by market capitalization has been "priced in" within a certain range before the CLARITY Act officially takes effect.

Nearly 70 senior officials and nominees in the Trump administration, accounting for more than 20%, have held cryptocurrency or blockchain-related investments, with a minimum disclosed value of $193 million, of which Trump himself holds at least $51 million, and Vice President Vance and several cabinet members also hold millions of dollars. The article also mentioned that multiple tech and crypto industry figures in the Trump administration have entered the government, and the SEC has suspended litigation and pushed for Bitcoin strategic reserves and stablecoin legislation. The article also mentions that critics are concerned about potential conflicts of interest and ethical issues.

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 CoinDesk, on May 17, the stablecoin A7A5, pegged to the Russian ruble, is transforming from a tool to a tool for dealing with sanctions to a long-term settlement tool for trade with Russia. A7A5 executive Oleg Ogienko said the stablecoin could remain competitive even if sanctions are lifted by offering fast, non-dollar cross-border settlements and yields tied to Russia's high interest rates, currently around 13.5%. The current market capitalization of A7A5 is about $500 million. However, its expansion still faces challenges from Western financial infrastructure constraints and draft crypto regulations in Russia. The draft proposes to limit the annual investment of non-qualified investors to 300,000 rubles (about $4,000). Ogienko revealed that A7A5 is participating in consultations on this regulatory framework. He also pointed out that future Russian central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are more focused on budget oversight than commercial use, so they will not compete with A7A5.

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 TechFlow news, on May 17, Elizabeth Warren, a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has formally sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins, urging the agency to launch an investigation into World Liberty Financial, Inc. (WLF), a cryptocurrency company owned by the Trump family. to find out whether it is suspected of misleading investors or violating relevant securities laws. The letter disclosed that in early April this year, WLF borrowed $75 million in assets (including $65.4 million USD1 stablecoin and $10.3 million USDC) through the decentralized lending protocol Dolomite, using approximately $440 million in WLFI tokens issued as collateral. The move caused the price of WLFI to plummet by 10% to a record low and triggered significant liquidity constraints on the Dolomite platform. Additionally, WLF's subsequent announcement of a token unlock plan, which mandates early investors not to sell their positions for at least two years, further sparked an investor outcry. "Securities anti-fraud protection provisions apply to all securities transactions and should not be limited by technical form or the political background of the actor," Warren emphasized in the letter. Currently, Warren has asked the SEC to provide an official response to this investigation request by May 26, 2026.