Price Discovery Board: Zest (ZEST)
ZEST trading starts tomorrow, backed by $3.5M in private funding and $87.1M in TVL. This board compares potential FDV scenarios using benchmarks from other lending projects like Clearpool, Folks, Venus, and Kamino.
ZEST trading starts tomorrow, backed by $3.5M in private funding and $87.1M in TVL. This board compares potential FDV scenarios using benchmarks from other lending projects like Clearpool, Folks, Venus, and Kamino.
Anthropic Pre-IPO Offering Goes Live on Buidlpad
Users can access Anthropic’s pre-IPO exposure on Buidlpad through a cash-settled stablecoin product tied to the company's future public listing, with no direct equity transfer.
Participants do not receive shares, voting rights, or ownership in Anthropic. The product is a contingent payout instrument issued by Buidlpad, with settlement in stablecoins at least 180 days after a qualifying liquidity event, such as an IPO.
👉 x.com/buidlpad/status/2056294699472998740?s=46
Users can access Anthropic’s pre-IPO exposure on Buidlpad through a cash-settled stablecoin product tied to the company's future public listing, with no direct equity transfer.
🔎Offering details:
- Valuation: $950B FDV
- Target raise: $3M
- Min / Max allocation: $5K – $1M
-Accepted assets: USDT / USDC on Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and Sui
- Offering close: May 20, 15:59 UTC or earlier if fully allocated
Participants do not receive shares, voting rights, or ownership in Anthropic. The product is a contingent payout instrument issued by Buidlpad, with settlement in stablecoins at least 180 days after a qualifying liquidity event, such as an IPO.
💸 Fees & Settlement:
- Subscription fee: 20%
- Management fee: 0%
- Performance fee: 20% on net gains
- Refund: full refund if the target raise is not met or the deal is not completed
👉 x.com/buidlpad/status/2056294699472998740?s=46
Treasuries & ETFs Board. Crypto Accumulation and Capital Flows
After six consecutive weeks of inflows totaling around $3.4B, the streak finally snapped. This week brought a clear shift, with both BTC and ETH ETFs moving into net outflow territory.
Alt ETF flows:
- SOL ETFs: +$58.2M
- XRP ETFs: +$60.5M
While majors saw capital step back, SOL and XRP ETFs continued to attract steady inflows.
On the corporate side, activity remains muted so far. No major additions, just selective accumulation.
Weekly snapshot (May 11–15):
- BTC ETFs: -$995M
- ETH ETFs: -$255M
After six consecutive weeks of inflows totaling around $3.4B, the streak finally snapped. This week brought a clear shift, with both BTC and ETH ETFs moving into net outflow territory.
Alt ETF flows:
- SOL ETFs: +$58.2M
- XRP ETFs: +$60.5M
While majors saw capital step back, SOL and XRP ETFs continued to attract steady inflows.
Treasury activity:
- Capital B added 192 BTC, about $15.0M, bringing total holdings to roughly 3,135 BTC, around $241M
- Strategy bought 24,869 BTC ($2.01B), total now 843,738 BTC (~$63,9B)
- Bitmine: +71,672 ETH, 5.28M ETH in total holdings
On the corporate side, activity remains muted so far. No major additions, just selective accumulation.
Nof1 Raises $15M to Build AI Models for Financial Markets
Nof1 raised $15M in an early-stage round co-led by SUI Group Holdings and Karatage Opportunities. The company focuses on frontier AI systems designed for trading, execution, and financial decision-making.
At the center of this research is Alpha Arena, a public benchmark where frontier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and others trade real capital across crypto and equities.
👉 x.com/officialSUIG/status/2055278027509010708?s=20
Nof1 raised $15M in an early-stage round co-led by SUI Group Holdings and Karatage Opportunities. The company focuses on frontier AI systems designed for trading, execution, and financial decision-making.
Its approach is based on reinforcement learning inside live market environments, where models train through real trading conditions
At the center of this research is Alpha Arena, a public benchmark where frontier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and others trade real capital across crypto and equities.
The round will be used for Season 2 of Alpha Arena and development of proprietary trading agents for execution, portfolio automation, and treasury management.
👉 x.com/officialSUIG/status/2055278027509010708?s=20
Tether Invests In Remittance Fintech LemFi To Expand USDT Settlement Across Africa And Asia
Tether has invested in fintech platform LemFi as the stablecoin issuer pushes deeper into cross-border payments and remittance infrastructure across emerging markets.
The integration aims to reduce reliance on traditional networks like SWIFT by enabling faster, cheaper, and more transparent transfers for users sending money internationally.
👉 theblock.co/post/401666/tether-invests-remittance-fintech-lemfi
Tether has invested in fintech platform LemFi as the stablecoin issuer pushes deeper into cross-border payments and remittance infrastructure across emerging markets.
Founded in 2021, LemFi says it serves over 1M users and has raised $85M to date. As part of the deal, the platform will integrate Tether’s settlement rails and use USDT as a settlement layer across key corridors in Africa and Asia.
The integration aims to reduce reliance on traditional networks like SWIFT by enabling faster, cheaper, and more transparent transfers for users sending money internationally.
👉 theblock.co/post/401666/tether-invests-remittance-fintech-lemfi
HIVE Digital Technologies Rallies 35% After Unveiling 320MW AI Gigafactory in Toronto
HIVE Digital Technologies shares surged as much as 40% after the company announced a major expansion into AI infrastructure. The move follows a $58M land acquisition in Toronto aimed at building an industrial-scale AI data center.
The company continues to pivot away from pure Bitcoin mining and into AI workloads, supported by a recent $115M capital raise. Bitcoin remains part of its legacy business, but HIVE now emphasizes data centers across Canada, Sweden, and Paraguay.
In total, HIVE reports over 850MW of global power capacity, including 450MW already operational and another 400MW pipeline expected by 2027. The strategy reflects a broader industry trend of miners transforming into AI infrastructure providers.
👉 coindesk.com/business/2026/05/18/hive-buys-usd58-million-ai-facility
HIVE Digital Technologies shares surged as much as 40% after the company announced a major expansion into AI infrastructure. The move follows a $58M land acquisition in Toronto aimed at building an industrial-scale AI data center.
The planned facility targets around 320MW of capacity and over 100,000 GPUs once fully deployed. HIVE is positioning the site as one of Canada’s largest AI “gigafactories,” marking a deeper shift from crypto mining toward high-performance computing.
The company continues to pivot away from pure Bitcoin mining and into AI workloads, supported by a recent $115M capital raise. Bitcoin remains part of its legacy business, but HIVE now emphasizes data centers across Canada, Sweden, and Paraguay.
In total, HIVE reports over 850MW of global power capacity, including 450MW already operational and another 400MW pipeline expected by 2027. The strategy reflects a broader industry trend of miners transforming into AI infrastructure providers.
👉 coindesk.com/business/2026/05/18/hive-buys-usd58-million-ai-facility
HypurrFi to Wind Down, Migrating Markets to Euler Finance
HypurrFi has officially announced it will shut down its operations, with users instructed to withdraw funds by May 28. The project confirmed there is no exploit or security breach, calling the move a structured wind-down of its Pooled and Legacy markets.
The HypurrFi Pooled Market will be deprecated over the coming weeks, with borrowing frozen and lending caps gradually reduced to encourage orderly repayment. Assets like HYPE, USDC, and USDT0 remain available during the transition period to support unwind activity.
All positions are stated to remain solvent, with a migration tool integrated into the UI to help users move exposure into Euler markets. The full settlement process is expected to conclude by July 15, 2026, marking the end of HypurrFi’s branded ecosystem.
👉 x.com/HypurrFi/status/2055303646716236273?s=20
HypurrFi has officially announced it will shut down its operations, with users instructed to withdraw funds by May 28. The project confirmed there is no exploit or security breach, calling the move a structured wind-down of its Pooled and Legacy markets.
As part of the transition, Euler Finance will take over maintenance and operations of the “Mewler” markets on Hyperliquid EVM. The migration positions Euler as the new home for Prime, Yield, and future lending activity, while Clearstar Labs continues to act as risk curator.
The HypurrFi Pooled Market will be deprecated over the coming weeks, with borrowing frozen and lending caps gradually reduced to encourage orderly repayment. Assets like HYPE, USDC, and USDT0 remain available during the transition period to support unwind activity.
All positions are stated to remain solvent, with a migration tool integrated into the UI to help users move exposure into Euler markets. The full settlement process is expected to conclude by July 15, 2026, marking the end of HypurrFi’s branded ecosystem.
👉 x.com/HypurrFi/status/2055303646716236273?s=20
Top 10 Biggest Digital Asset Treasuries (DAT)
Corporate crypto treasuries are turning public companies into long-term crypto whales. Hundreds of firms now hold BTC on their balance sheets, collectively controlling millions of coins across corporate reserves.
Corporate crypto treasuries are turning public companies into long-term crypto whales. Hundreds of firms now hold BTC on their balance sheets, collectively controlling millions of coins across corporate reserves.
AEON Raises $8M to Build Settlement Layer for AI Agents
AEON has raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led by YZi Labs, with participation from IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, Stanford Blockchain Builders Fund, and Oak Grove Ventures. The funding structure and valuation were not disclosed.
The company recently launched an AI payment product enabling agents to connect with over 50 million merchants globally. It has also partnered with BNB Chain to launch the x402 Facilitator, enabling verifiable onchain transactions and immutable receipts.
AEON says it is also exploring deeper integrations with ecosystem players like Coinbase, as AI agentic infrastructure becomes an increasingly active narrative across crypto, alongside recent moves like MoonPay’s AI expansion.
👉 theblock.co/post/401601/aeon-raises-8-million-yzi-labs
AEON has raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led by YZi Labs, with participation from IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, Stanford Blockchain Builders Fund, and Oak Grove Ventures. The funding structure and valuation were not disclosed.
The project is building a settlement layer for the “agentic economy,” focusing on enabling AI agents to transact and exchange value autonomously. AEON aims to create the financial backbone for agent-to-agent interactions as AI-driven economic activity expands.
The company recently launched an AI payment product enabling agents to connect with over 50 million merchants globally. It has also partnered with BNB Chain to launch the x402 Facilitator, enabling verifiable onchain transactions and immutable receipts.
AEON says it is also exploring deeper integrations with ecosystem players like Coinbase, as AI agentic infrastructure becomes an increasingly active narrative across crypto, alongside recent moves like MoonPay’s AI expansion.
👉 theblock.co/post/401601/aeon-raises-8-million-yzi-labs
Airdrop Farming Matrix: Effort vs Reward
We mapped the current airdrop landscape across 4 quadrants: easy with high potential, crowded but worth it, easy but limited, and hard with asymmetric reward. 24 active campaigns ranked by effort required and expected upside.
We mapped the current airdrop landscape across 4 quadrants: easy with high potential, crowded but worth it, easy but limited, and hard with asymmetric reward. 24 active campaigns ranked by effort required and expected upside.
Musk Loses OpenAI Lawsuit, Vows Immediate Appeal
Musk filed the lawsuit in 2024, accusing Altman of committing a "breach of charitable trust" by converting OpenAI from a nonprofit into a for-profit entity, enriching investors and insiders while abandoning its mission to develop AI for the benefit of humanity.
👉 bbc.com/news/articles/cewpyv79pw1o
Musk filed the lawsuit in 2024, accusing Altman of committing a "breach of charitable trust" by converting OpenAI from a nonprofit into a for-profit entity, enriching investors and insiders while abandoning its mission to develop AI for the benefit of humanity.
OpenAI, now valued at $852B, called the lawsuit a competitive weapon. The jury agreed, just not in the way that matters for the underlying question of whether OpenAI actually betrayed its founding mission.
👉 bbc.com/news/articles/cewpyv79pw1o
BNB Chain has launched BNBAgent SDK on Mainnet
BNBAgent SDK is a modular, open-standard framework giving developers everything needed to build production-ready AI agents with verifiable identity, structured commerce, autonomous payments, and persistent memory.
👉 x.com/BNBCHAIN/status/2056345773760225721?s=20
BNBAgent SDK is a modular, open-standard framework giving developers everything needed to build production-ready AI agents with verifiable identity, structured commerce, autonomous payments, and persistent memory.
Agents can now maintain persistent onchain identity, participate in escrowed work agreements, pay for services autonomously & retain memory across runtimes. 4 modules: Identity (ERC-8004) | Commerce (ERC-8183) | Payment (MPP + x402) | Memory (BNB Greenfield).
👉 x.com/BNBCHAIN/status/2056345773760225721?s=20
Revolut Launches its First Physical Crypto Card
The card supports 200+ cryptos and integrates with Apple Pay and Google Pay, with a £100,000 per-transaction limit and a cap of 100 exchanges within a 24-hour window. It will be a Dogecoin-themed and feature an LED light-up display.
👉 x.com/Revolut/status/2056286669733585173?s=20
The card supports 200+ cryptos and integrates with Apple Pay and Google Pay, with a £100,000 per-transaction limit and a cap of 100 exchanges within a 24-hour window. It will be a Dogecoin-themed and feature an LED light-up display.
The card will be usable anywhere Visa and Mastercard are accepted, and will first roll out firm in the UK and European Economic Area, excluding Hungary, Switzerland, and Portugal.
👉 x.com/Revolut/status/2056286669733585173?s=20
Top Spot DEXs by 30-day Trading Volume growth
Among the top performers are Rise rich, the first floor-backed token launchpad on Solana, Kumbaya, a decentralized exchange on MegaETH, and Fluxion, a RWA-optimized Native DEX on Mantle.
Among the top performers are Rise rich, the first floor-backed token launchpad on Solana, Kumbaya, a decentralized exchange on MegaETH, and Fluxion, a RWA-optimized Native DEX on Mantle.
Mapping TVL Flows. Winners & Losers in the last 30 days
Tracking TVL changes helps identify where liquidity is consolidating and where it is leaving the market. While some protocols attract inflows, DeFi overall has lost $9.81B in TVL in the last 30 days.
Tracking TVL changes helps identify where liquidity is consolidating and where it is leaving the market. While some protocols attract inflows, DeFi overall has lost $9.81B in TVL in the last 30 days.
Dropee Confirms May 27 TGE As ChainGPT Public Sale Goes Live
Dropee confirmed its TGE for May 27, while launching the subscription period of its Public Sale on ChainGPT Pad.
The raise targets $250,000 at $0.02 per DROPEE ($20M FDV). Dropee positions DROPEE as the core token powering its Telegram mini-app creation and distribution ecosystem.
Dropee claims 13M+ users, 4M MAU, and $2.5M+ revenue generated, backed by Tioga Capital. The team highlights upcoming releases, including the litepaper and “Dropee Create,” a tool aimed at enabling no-code (or “vibe-code”) Telegram mini-app deployment.
👉 x.com/dropee_app/status/2054598862241710566?s=20
Dropee confirmed its TGE for May 27, while launching the subscription period of its Public Sale on ChainGPT Pad.
The commitment window runs from May 18, 12:00 UTC to May 25, 12:00 UTC, with USDC as the accepted currency. Allocations are calculated after the window closes, and a 1-hour refund window is available for participants.
The raise targets $250,000 at $0.02 per DROPEE ($20M FDV). Dropee positions DROPEE as the core token powering its Telegram mini-app creation and distribution ecosystem.
Dropee claims 13M+ users, 4M MAU, and $2.5M+ revenue generated, backed by Tioga Capital. The team highlights upcoming releases, including the litepaper and “Dropee Create,” a tool aimed at enabling no-code (or “vibe-code”) Telegram mini-app deployment.
👉 x.com/dropee_app/status/2054598862241710566?s=20
Bubblemaps Uncovers Suspected Insider Trading Ring on Polymarket
Blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps revealed a new investigation tied to Polymarket, uncovering 9 connected accounts that allegedly generated over $2.4M in profit with a 98% win rate by betting on US military-related events involving Iran.
According to Bubblemaps, the accounts placed more than 80 highly accurate bets, often days before major geopolitical developments, including US military strikes, the reported elimination of Ayatollah Khamenei, and the US–Iran ceasefire agreement.
Bubblemaps stated that the case highlights the unprecedented transparency of onchain prediction markets, arguing that platforms like Polymarket allow independent investigations into suspicious activity because every trade, timestamp, and wallet connection remains publicly visible.
👉 x.com/bubblemaps/status/2056315247775125913?s=20
Blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps revealed a new investigation tied to Polymarket, uncovering 9 connected accounts that allegedly generated over $2.4M in profit with a 98% win rate by betting on US military-related events involving Iran.
According to Bubblemaps, the accounts placed more than 80 highly accurate bets, often days before major geopolitical developments, including US military strikes, the reported elimination of Ayatollah Khamenei, and the US–Iran ceasefire agreement.
The investigation began with a bubble map tied to the Feb. 28 US strike market, where analysts identified a previously unnoticed cluster of wallets. Bubblemaps later linked 4 accounts to 5 additional wallets using timing and size analysis, with funds reportedly routed through centralized exchanges into shared wallet networks.
Bubblemaps stated that the case highlights the unprecedented transparency of onchain prediction markets, arguing that platforms like Polymarket allow independent investigations into suspicious activity because every trade, timestamp, and wallet connection remains publicly visible.
👉 x.com/bubblemaps/status/2056315247775125913?s=20
Kraken Expands Into Ukraine as xStocks, Ink & Krak Power A New Financial Ecosystem
Kraken’s Chief Growth & Marketing Officer highlighted the official launch in Ukraine as a major milestone for both the company and the local Web3 ecosystem, despite hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian users already being active on the platform organically for years.
Kraken’s Ukraine launch includes lower trading fees, welcome bonuses, and a localized Ukrainian onboarding with faster verification and easier fiat funding. Users also get access to xStocks, Krak, and Ink, expanding beyond trading into tokenized equities, payments, and DeFi.
The company also pointed to its long-term commitment to Ukraine, referencing its $10M aid pledge in 2022 as the foundation of its continued regional expansion. The 2026 launch marks the next phase of that strategy, focusing on accessibility, trust, and regulatory alignment.
👉 x.com/incrypted/status/2056719453098824065?s=20
Kraken’s Chief Growth & Marketing Officer highlighted the official launch in Ukraine as a major milestone for both the company and the local Web3 ecosystem, despite hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian users already being active on the platform organically for years.
Ukraine ranks among the top global crypto adoption markets (#8 worldwide, #1 in Eastern Europe), with strong real-world usage driven by financial instability and cross-border payment needs. Kraken now aims to formalize its presence with localized infrastructure, fiat on/off-ramps, and a full product suite tailored to regional demand.
Kraken’s Ukraine launch includes lower trading fees, welcome bonuses, and a localized Ukrainian onboarding with faster verification and easier fiat funding. Users also get access to xStocks, Krak, and Ink, expanding beyond trading into tokenized equities, payments, and DeFi.
The company also pointed to its long-term commitment to Ukraine, referencing its $10M aid pledge in 2022 as the foundation of its continued regional expansion. The 2026 launch marks the next phase of that strategy, focusing on accessibility, trust, and regulatory alignment.
👉 x.com/incrypted/status/2056719453098824065?s=20
Polymarket partners with Nasdaq Private Market to Launch Private Company Prediction Markets
Polymarket launched its first prediction markets tied to private company performance through an exclusive partnership with Nasdaq Private Market, giving retail traders exposure to milestones of companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Anduril.
👉 reuters.com/legal/government/polymarket-debuts-prediction-markets-tied-private-companies-2026-05-19/
Polymarket launched its first prediction markets tied to private company performance through an exclusive partnership with Nasdaq Private Market, giving retail traders exposure to milestones of companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Anduril.
The new markets cover three categories of events: valuation milestones, IPO timing, and secondary market activity. For example, whether OpenAI will surpass a $1 trillion valuation in 2026, or whether Anthropic reaches a $500B valuation in 2026.
👉 reuters.com/legal/government/polymarket-debuts-prediction-markets-tied-private-companies-2026-05-19/
Wintermute Launches Armitage, an Institutional Vault Curation for DeFi
Armitage is a dedicated vault curation arm that brings institutional-grade risk management and liquidity infrastructure directly to onchain DeFi yields. Two USDC vaults are live on Morpho at launch, Prime and Select, each targeting a different risk-return profile.
👉 x.com/wintermute_t/status/2056722776241902065?s=20
Armitage is a dedicated vault curation arm that brings institutional-grade risk management and liquidity infrastructure directly to onchain DeFi yields. Two USDC vaults are live on Morpho at launch, Prime and Select, each targeting a different risk-return profile.
Wintermute USDC Select targets 5–8% APY by expanding beyond Prime's foundation into vetted higher-yield markets, including cbBTC/USDC, wstETH/USDC, wBTC/USDC, stUSDS/USDC, and v-wmtUSDC/USDC, while maintaining the same institutional risk framework.
👉 x.com/wintermute_t/status/2056722776241902065?s=20