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05-28

Hong Kong and Mainland regulators crack down on offshore investment accounts

Original | Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina)Author | jkOn May 24, Haifang Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, was eerily quiet, almost unsettling.A week ago, this was still a “street for account openings” for mainland investors, with temporary brokerage booths and mobile service vehicles lined up in ...

South Korea Prosecutors Charge CatFi Meme Coin Creators in $600K Rug Pull Case

South Korean prosecutors charged five people linked to the CatFi meme token.The creators are accused of causing 900 million won, or about $600,000, in damages to 256 investors.The case marks South Korea’s first rug pull prosecution under its new Virtual Asset User Protection Act.South Korean prosecu...

edgeX V2 Launches with Trade to Own Season

ChainThink reports that on May 28, according to the official announcement, the decentralized derivatives trading platform edgeX has officially launched its V2 version.This version has been completely rebuilt on EDGE Chain, with systematic upgrades in security, performance, transparency, and scalabil...

UK AI security platform Geordie AI secures $30M in Series A funding at a $155M valuation

ChainCatcher report, according to Fortune magazine, UK-based AI agent security and governance platform Geordie AI has completed a $30 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital, with participation from Crosspoint Capital and additional investments from General Catalyst and Ten Eleven Ventures, ...

Pentagon Awards $9.7B Microsoft Software Licensing Deal to Dell Federal Systems

The US Department of Defense just handed Dell Federal Systems a five-year blanket purchase agreement worth roughly $9.7 billion to consolidate Microsoft enterprise software licensing across the military. The contract, officially called the Core Enterprise Technology Agreement (CETA), is designed to ...

KuCoin Futures Adjusts Max Leverage and Risk Limits for Multiple Perpetual Contracts on May 29

According to Announcement, KuCoin Futures will adjust the maximum leverage and risk limit of multiple perpetual contracts, including BEATUSDT, PIEVERSEUSDT, HFTUSDT, and others, for Isolated Margin on May 29, 2026, between 10:00 and 11:00 UTC. The changes will affect the leverage and risk limit tier...

UK AI safety platform Geordie AI secures $30M in Series A funding at a $155M valuation

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports, according to Fortune magazine, the UK AI agent security and governance platform Geordie AI has completed a $30 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital, with participation from Crosspoint Capital and additional investments from General Catalyst and Ten Eleven Ventur...

Wall Street AI Investor's Fund Holds 5.6% of NEBIUS Shares; NBIS Surges 9.56% in After-Hours Trading

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on May 28, 25-year-old Wall Street AI investing prodigy Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness LP disclosed ownership of 12,410,060 shares of Class A common stock in NEBIUS (NBIS), representing 5.6% of outstanding shares as of March 31, 2026. According to market...

SoFi Launches SoFiUSD for 14.7 Million Users as First Bank-Issued Stablecoin

For years, the dream of merging regulated banking with blockchain-speed payments sat mostly on whiteboards and in conference keynotes. On May 27, 2026, SoFi Technologies transformed that discussion into a product accessible to anyone with a SoFi account. The San Francisco-based fintech has made SoFi...

edgeX V2 Launches with Enhanced Trading Architecture and Trade to Own Season

According to official announcements, edgeX V2 has officially launched. This V2 version is a complete rebuild on EDGE Chain, featuring systemic upgrades in security, performance, transparency, and scalability. On the product side, edgeX V2 now supports 24/7 trading of various derivatives, includin...

$7.5 billion in BTC and ETH options expire tomorrow

Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to Deribit data, options with a notional value of $7.5 billion in BTC and ETH are set to expire tomorrow. Of this, BTC options have a notional value of $6.21 billion, with a put/call ratio of 0.88 and a maximum pain point at $75,000; ETH options have a not...

Digital Chamber Defends OCC's Crypto Bank Charter Approvals Amid Warren's Criticism

The Digital Chamber (TDC) has pushed back against Senator Elizabeth Warren’s claims that national trust bank charter approvals for crypto firms violate the law. In a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the crypto lobby group said, “These approvals represent a legally sound...

sUSDD Launches on Pendle Ethereum Fixed Yield Market with 91-Day Incentives

ChainCatcher report: The decentralized USDD has announced that its yield-bearing token, sUSDD, has officially launched on Pendle’s Ethereum-based 91-day fixed-income market, marking another breakthrough in USDD’s DeFi yield and capital efficiency strategy. The event begins on May 28 at 8:00 AM (Sin...

Garret Jin adds a 5x BTC long position worth $92.38M, with a current floating loss of $4.098M.

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai, Garret Jin has increased his 5x long position in BTC to 1,268.33 BTC, valued at $92.38 million, with an entry price of $76,117, resulting in a current unrealized loss of $4.098 million; his ZEC short position is currently unrealized...

$750 million nominal value of crypto options set to expire tomorrow, with BTC's max pain at $75,000

Huo Xing Finance reports that, according to Deribit data, $7.5 billion in notional value of crypto options will expire and settle tomorrow, including: · BTC options with a notional value of $6.21 billion, a put/call ratio of 0.88, and a maximum pain point at $75,000; · ETH options with a notiona...

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