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05-30

Ukrainian former police officers allegedly kidnap crypto professionals and extort over $2.2 million

BlockBeats report: On May 30, Ukrainian prosecutors concluded their investigation into a violent crime case targeting cryptocurrency professionals. Authorities allege that two former Ukrainian police colonels orchestrated a criminal gang that illegally obtained approximately $2.2 million from multip...

Asana Acquires Stack AI for $75 Million to Enhance Human-AI Collaboration

CoinDesk reports:Enterprise collaboration software company Asana is accelerating its shift toward AI agents. On May 29, the company announced it would acquire the no-code AI agent development platform Stack AI for $75 million—its first acquisition in 18 years. Following the announcement alongside it...

EU Considers Sector-Wide Trade Defenses Against China Amid €360 Billion Deficit

The European Commission is done playing nice with Beijing. On May 29, EU commissioners held preliminary discussions on a sweeping recalibration of trade defenses against China, signaling that the bloc is ready to move beyond targeted product-level disputes and toward sector-wide protectionism.EU ind...

U.S. major stock indices reach new highs, with AI and tech stocks leading the gains.

Huo Xing Finance reports: On May 30, U.S. equities closed higher across the board, setting new all-time highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.72%, marking its first close above the 51,000 level; the S&P 500 gained 0.22%, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.20%. The S&P 500 has now risen for...

NVIDIA invests over $6.5 billion in photonics to address AI data center bottlenecks.

ME AI News: Since March this year, NVIDIA has committed at least $6.5 billion in investments to photonics and optical networking companies to address data transmission and energy consumption bottlenecks in AI data centers. According to reports, NVIDIA has invested $2 billion each in Lumentum, Cohe...

U.S. major stock indices reach new highs, with AI and tech stocks continuing to lead the way.

BlockBeats news, on May 30, U.S. stocks closed higher across the board on Friday, setting new all-time highs: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.72%, marking its first close above the 51,000-point level; the S&P 500 increased 0.22%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.20%. The S&P 500 has now risen...

Ethereum Whales Accumulate to 10-Week High Despite Price Drop

On-chain data shows large wallets on the Ethereum network have continued to accumulate despite the price decline that the asset has faced.Ethereum Holders With At Least 100,000 ETH Now Control 22% Of SupplyAccording to data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment, the Ethereum investors owning at lea...

Bitcoin ETF Outflows Signal Strategic Distribution Amid Tech IPO Frenzy

The IPO pipeline for major tech companies is heating up.Companies such as Databricks and Klarna are among the most anticipated listings, while firms like OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX continue to dominate investor expectations. Market participants expect these mega-IPOs to absorb significant liquidi...

Hedera Surges 10% Amid Hyperledger Tie-Up Buzz, BrandBoost Pilots, and Technical Breakout

Hedera (HBAR) grabbed market attention this week after a sharp short-term rebound, climbing more than 10% in 24 hours to an intraday high of $0.09506. The move was backed by a surge in trading activity, with volume jumping to over $345 million during the same period—signalling that the rally wasn’t ...

Litecoin Rises 2% Amid Nexus Wallet Upgrade and LitVM Speculation

Litecoin (LTC) popped higher on Friday, trading around $51.54 and posting a roughly 2% 24-hour gain, according to CoinGecko — outperforming many large-cap peers while Bitcoin held mostly flat. The move, however, sits against a tougher backdrop: LTC remains nearly 47% lower than a year ago. What’s d...

Wintermute Enters Prediction Markets to Provide Institutional Liquidity

Wintermute, one of crypto’s largest market makers, is moving into prediction markets — a sign that the sector is maturing and attracting professional liquidity providers. The firm said it will post two-sided quotes across active event contracts on leading prediction platforms, aiming to deepen orde...

SOL Spot ETFs See $1.32M Net Inflow on May 29

ME News reports that, as of May 30 (UTC+8), according to SoSoValue data, the total net inflow for SOL spot ETFs on May 29 (Eastern Time) was $1.3167 million.The SOL spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was the Fidelity Solana Fund ETF (FSOL), with a single-day net inflow of $1.2059 million...

Apple's PICO AI image compression reduces file size by two-thirds at the same quality.

How small can an image be compressed?In February 2025, the International JPEG Group (JPEG) announced a quietly celebrated milestone in the industry: the official release of JPEG AI, the first end-to-end learned image coding international standard, after years of development and high expectations.The...

MiniMax Files for A-Share IPO; ARR Exceeds $300M

Zhixidongxi reported on May 30 that, according to the China Securities Regulatory Commission’s official website, MiniMax, a leading AI large model company in Shanghai, submitted its listing counseling filing report to the Shanghai CSRC on May 29, initiating its A-share listing process, with CITIC Se...

Smart Money Bets $284K on Arsenal to Beat PSG in the Champions League Final

Odaily Seer monitoring shows that in the Polymarket prediction event for the “UEFA Champions League Champion,” an account with profits exceeding $3.8 million (address: 0xbddf61af533ff524d27154e589d2d7a81510c684) purchased $284,000 worth of Arsenal to beat Paris Saint-Germain at an average entry pric...

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