The platform tracks users' content interactions on platforms such as X, TikTok, and YouTube through browser plug-ins, and obtains crypto rewards in the form of "clicking on popcorn", using zkTLS technology to protect privacy. T-Rex expects to launch plug-ins this summer and expand content creator and IP cooperation within the year.

In May 2025, the People's Bank of China announced a reduction in the reserve requirement ratio and policy interest rate, and promoted high-level economic and trade talks between China and the United States, bringing optimism to the global economy.

According to The New York Times, investors discussed a round of financing of around $20 billion. This round of financing comes on the heels of OpenAI announcing a financing round at a $300 billion valuation.

The decentralized computing network Acurast will start the token sale on CoinList at 1:00 am (Beijing time) on May 16, and the tokens will be 100% unlocked. Acurast uses smartphones to build a decentralized computing platform, and more than 65,000 devices have been connected. The total sales volume is 60 million ACUs, with a unit price of $0.09 and an estimated value of $90 million. The "bottom-up" distribution mechanism is adopted to give priority to small buyers. The sale is not open to specific regions such as the United States and Canada.

The U.S. Senate rejected the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin regulatory framework bill, by a vote of 48 to 49, due to the collective opposition of the Democrats, who said that the Trump family's involvement in cryptocurrencies posed a corruption risk. Although the Republicans held a majority, they did not reach the 60-vote procedural threshold.

Coinbase released its Q1 2025 financial report, with revenue of US$2.034 billion, lower than the expected US$2.12 billion; earnings per share of US$0.24, far lower than the market expectation of US$1.93.

The charges include commodity fraud and manipulating the price of the platform token CEL. In addition, he must pay $48 million and confiscate nine assets, and must go to jail no later than September 12 this year.

Coinbase executives said the company has agreed to acquire Deribit, the world's largest Bitcoin and Ethereum options trading platform, for about $2.9 billion. The deal still needs regulatory approval, and Coinbase will also take over Deribit's operating license in Dubai.

While developing Botanix, we kept asking ourselves a question: Can a system built on top of Bitcoin really be called a sidechain or layer 2 (L2)?

Security company SlowMist said on the X platform that Ethereum's Pectra upgrade (EIP-7702) is now live - this is a major leap forward, but new features also bring new risks. Here are the things users, wallet providers, developers and exchanges should pay attention to:

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) will release the Bitcoin Standard Model 2025 to help enterprises adopt Bitcoin.