Shangwei New Material announced on May 26 that Zhiyuan Innovation is one of its indirect shareholders, but their operations and core technology development are independent of each other. According to Jin10, the company stated that there are no other related transactions with Zhiyuan Innovation that need disclosure. Shangwei New Material maintains independent operations in terms of personnel, finance, assets, business, and institutions, ensuring its capability to operate in the market independently. Peng Zhihui, the company's chairman, does not hold any senior management or administrative positions and does not participate in specific research and development activities. The company's consumer-grade embodied intelligent robot business is still in the research and development stage, and transitioning from new product development to mass production requires a certain cycle and validation process. The success of product development, the timing of product launch, and the market promotion after the product launch are uncertain. There are risks of slowed research progress, changes in market conditions, increased competition, insufficient market promotion, and customer development, which may lead to product benefits falling short of expectations. The company cannot yet predict the impact on revenue and profitability for the year 2026.

More than 80 countries are actively reducing their reliance on the US dollar by utilizing the yuan, rupee, and ruble for trade settlements within the BRICS bloc. According to NS3.AI, BRICS trade in 2026 is projected to account for approximately 20.4% of global trade turnover. Additionally, the bloc's GDP share, measured on a purchasing power parity basis, is expected to reach 36.8% by 2024.

Machi Big Brother has increased his Ethereum long position using 25x leverage, according to Hyperbot data. The position is valued at $14.48 million, indicating a significant investment in the cryptocurrency market. According to NS3.AI, this move reflects a bullish sentiment towards Ethereum's future performance.

AIW3, a Web3 AI infrastructure company, has announced receiving strategic investment from Liquid Capital. According to ChainCatcher, AIW3 focuses on integrating AI agents with on-chain transaction execution. The company aims to develop intelligent execution infrastructure for the next generation of Web3 through a modular agent collaboration network, on-chain strategy scheduling system, and Vault fund coordination mechanism. AIW3 has completed the deployment of its core protocol for real-time verification and plans to expand its decentralized agent network capabilities, fostering the development of an AI-driven on-chain execution ecosystem. Liquid Capital emphasized that AIW3 is reconstructing trading infrastructure for the AI-native era, rather than merely adding AI concepts.

Ether (ETH) is currently exhibiting a 'bear pennant' pattern on its daily chart, a technical formation often linked with downward momentum. According to Cointelegraph, this setup, combined with a decrease in total value locked (TVL), could indicate a continuation of ETH's correction towards $1,800. The cryptocurrency has experienced a 13% decline from its multi-month highs above $2,400, breaking a significant trend line that had supported its price since early February. A video posted by Chain Mind on X highlighted the potential for ETH/USD to drop further after falling below this ascending trend line. Chain Mind emphasized the importance of reclaiming the support level to avoid a decline to below $1,800. The bear pennant pattern, characterized by price consolidation between two converging lines following a sharp drop, suggests that a break below the lower trend line at $2,060 could lead to a further decline. This would set a target for ETH/USD at $1,800, representing a 14% decrease from its current price. Crypto analyst Alex Marzell noted that a drop below $2,050 would increase the likelihood of ETH moving towards the next support zone at $1,800. In addition to the bearish technical outlook, Ether faces several challenges, including recent departures from the Ethereum Foundation, weakening social media sentiment, and a significant decline in TVL across its DeFi protocols. Ethereum's TVL has decreased to $116 billion, a level last seen in April 2025, marking a 55% drop from its all-time high of $258 billion in August 2025. The decline in TVL is particularly pronounced in Ethereum's layer-2 (L2) networks, with Ether.fi experiencing a 32% drop over the past 30 days. According to CryptoRank, Arbitrum, zkSync, and Linea have seen the sharpest corrections, with declines of 63%, 64%, and 98%, respectively. This trend highlights the liquidity sensitivity to incentive programs and short-term reward mechanics, undermining the 'unified liquidity pool' effect envisioned by early L2 development models. The ongoing decrease in TVL indicates weakening on-chain demand, which adds downward pressure on ETH and raises the risk of further price declines in the near term.

Sean Bill announced that Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company intends to significantly increase its Bitcoin holdings per share. According to NS3.AI, Bill stated that BSTR plans to actively utilize Bitcoin in the market by leveraging capital markets and maintaining an efficient capital structure.

Singaporean prosecutors have charged Zhu Juntao with making false statements regarding Hodlnaut's exposure to Terra/UST. According to NS3.AI, authorities allege that Zhu instructed employees to assert that the company had no direct exposure to UST and incurred no losses. This development highlights ongoing scrutiny in the cryptocurrency sector, particularly concerning transparency and accountability in financial disclosures.

If Web3 solved the problem of "who can issue assets", then Exchange OS aims to solve the problem of "who can create markets".

A third-party crypto module carrying the “Squid” name drained roughly $3.2 million from 86 Gnosis Safes across Ethereum and Base, triggering confusion across the DeFi ecosystem after users initially believed the exploit was tied to Squid itself.

Ant Group has launched AI payment tools that let AI agents handle purchases and subscriptions using Alipay. The system is already used across apps and devices, with over 100 million users and 300 million transactions.

Today it's Claude revolution, tomorrow Codex is awesome, the day after tomorrow Gemini is long live—is this embracing revolution, or just rushing to catch up?

Nathan Allman, the founder and CEO of Ondo Finance, has unexpectedly passaway at the age of 32, marking a major loss for one of crypto’s fastest-growing sectors: real-world asset tokenization.

The rsETH technical crisis ended after 37 days, but the Aave market crisis continues.

The Blackstone fund redemption crisis exposed liquidity shortages; can on-chain lending avoid similar risks?

Starting in Silicon Valley in 2024, a strange wristband began to appear. It had no screen, didn't display the time, didn't pop up messages, and didn't even have an LED.

Hyperliquid has launched prediction markets for US inflation and other real-world events using its HIP-4 system. Validators now settle outcomes directly, and the first CPI market has already started trading.

On May 24, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin published a 3,000-word article that shook the entire crypto industry.