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05-20

Variational Completes $50M Series A Funding for On-Chain Derivatives Trading

According to Fortune, the decentralized derivatives trading protocol Variational announced the completion of a $50 million Series A round led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Coinbase Ventures, and others. Previously, its seed round of $10.3 million was led by Bain ...

NanoClaw Team Rejects $20M Acquisition, Completes $12M Seed Round

CoinMarketCap reports:The development team behind the AI agent tool NanoClaw declined an acquisition offer and instead chose to pursue independent funding to advance commercialization. According to TechCrunch, the new company has completed a $12 million seed round, after previously turning down an a...

Nairobi Launches Bitcoin and Computing Infrastructure Hub Node NBO

CoinDesk reports:Nairobi, Kenya has recently launched Node NBO, a physical collaborative space dedicated to Bitcoin, energy, and computing projects. The announcement states that the venue will provide co-working, experimentation, and event space for multiple African Bitcoin and infrastructure organi...

Whale opens 218,406 HYPE 10x short positions worth $11.16M

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale opened a 10x leveraged short position of 218,406 HYPE over the past two hours, with a position value of approximately $11.16 million and a liquidation price of $60.90. Meanwhile, the whale also sold 64,401 HYPE, receiving approximate...

U.S. Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded net outflows on May 20.

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Lookonchain monitoring, today U.S. Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of 4,374 BTC, Ethereum ETFs a net outflow of 35,904 ETH, and Solana ETFs a net inflow of 27,115 SOL.

Whale opens 10x short position on HYPE, liquidation price at $60.9

PANews, May 20: According to Onchain Lens, within the past two hours, a whale address opened a 10x leveraged short position of 218,406 HYPE tokens, with a notional value of approximately $11.16 million and a liquidation price of $60.90. Simultaneously, the address sold 64,401 HYPE tokens, receiving ...

Whale opens a 10x leverage short position on HYPE, holding 218,406 HYPE

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, over the past two hours, a whale opened a 10x leveraged short position on HYPE, currently holding 218,406 HYPE tokens with a position value of $11.16 million and a liquidation price of $60.98. The whale also sold 64,401 HYPE tokens i...

The U.S. EIA Strategic Petroleum Reserve reduced its holdings by 7.863 million barrels, marking the largest weekly decline on record.

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that, on May 20, the U.S. EIA crude oil inventory for the week ending May 15 decreased by 7.863 million barrels, compared to expectations of a 2.942 million barrel decline and a prior value of a 4.306 million barrel decline. The U.S. EIA strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) dr...

Jupiter (JUP) Price Rises 8% Amid $2.94B TVL and Metis V8 Launch

Jupiter price traded between $0.19 and $0.21, up 8% in the past 24 hours.TVL rose to $2.94 billion, and Jupiter launched Metis V8 to reduce execution drift.The technical picture included a daily RSI at 52 and an upsloping.Jupiter (JUP) rose more than 8% in the past 24 hours, with prices respecting a...

South Carolina Passes Crypto-Friendly Bill and Bans CBDC Use by State Agencies

CoinDesk reports:South Carolina has enacted a digital assets bill that further clarifies the use of cryptocurrency assets such as Bitcoin within the state. The bill not only affirms the rights to make payments with digital assets and self-custody, but also imposes restrictions on the use of central ...

RWA tokenization surpasses $33.8 billion, up 16x in two years

ChainCatcher report, according to The Kobeissi Letter, the total value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) has reached a record $33.8 billion, representing approximately a 1600% increase over the past two years, with adoption continuing to accelerate. The growth is primarily driven by on-chain pla...

U.S. EIA Strategic Petroleum Reserve reduces 786.3K barrels, largest weekly decline on record

BlockBeats report: As of the week ending May 15, the U.S. EIA crude oil inventory decreased by 7.863 million barrels, compared to expectations of a 2.942 million barrel decline and a prior figure of 4.306 million barrels. The U.S. EIA strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) drawdown last week marked the l...

Zhipu AI Launches AutoClaw iOS App with Dual-Mode Task Execution

AIMPACT Update: On May 20 (UTC+8), according to monitoring by Beating, Zhipu AI recently launched the AutoClaw app on the App Store, just two months after its PC debut. The new version enables real-time account synchronization between mobile and PC, allowing users to edit profiles, create group chat...

Real-world asset tokenization surpasses $33.8 billion, up 16x in two years

Huo Xing Finance reports, according to The Kobeissi Letter, the total value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) has reached a record $33.8 billion, representing approximately a 1600% increase over the past two years, with adoption continuing to accelerate. This growth is primarily driven by on-cha...

Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs and Shifts Focus to AI Infrastructure

Meta just cut roughly 8,000 jobs, approximately 10% of its workforce, in one of the largest layoff rounds in the company’s history. The company also canceled around 6,000 open roles, effectively removing about 14,000 positions from the org chart in a single stroke.Meta reported record Q1 2026 revenu...

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