PANews reported on May 5 that according to community user feedback, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance is currently airdropping BOOP tokens to some users who meet certain eligibility criteria. According to information shared by the community (allegedly feedback from Binance customer service), each eligible account will receive an airdrop reward of 291 BOOPs. The specific screening rules are mainly based on the user's "Alpha" points: if the user's Alpha points are at least 137 points, they can get the airdrop; or, if the user's Alpha points are between 99 and 136 points (including the boundary value), and the last digit of the user ID (UID) of their Binance account is "4", they can also get this airdrop.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to the IOTA official blog announcement, the IOTA Rebased mainnet upgrade was officially launched today (May 5, 2025) at 9 am Central European Summer Time (4 pm Beijing/Tokyo time). This upgrade marks the migration of the network from the original Stardust mainnet to the new IOTA network. The upgrade process was carried out through the "Genesis Ceremony" jointly performed by the IOTA Foundation and 12 initial validators including DLT Green, P2P, Luganodes, KILN, Stakin, etc., involving steps such as shutting down the old network, generating ledger snapshots, verifying data, creating and signing the genesis block, and launching the new network.

PANews reported on May 5 that Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, posted on his X platform account, announcing that a new project called Tether.ai will be launched soon. According to Ardoino's description, Tether.ai's core product "Personal Infinite Intelligence" will be a completely open source AI Runtime.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to CoinDesk, Kyrgyzstan is planning to officially launch a stablecoin named Gold Dollar with a token code of USDKG in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025. Gabriel Guerra, a consultant for the project, said that USDKG will be a stablecoin that is pegged 1:1 to the US dollar, and its value is supported by the physical gold reserves held by the Kyrgyz Ministry of Finance.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to Jinshi Data, US President Donald Trump made it clear in a TV interview (NBC's "Talk to the Press" program) broadcast on May 4 local time that he would not seek to continue serving as president after the end of this term. Trump directly said in the interview: "I will be president for 8 years, two terms.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to the official website, Binance Alpha launched BOOP (BOOP).

PANews reported on May 5 that according to SoSoValue data, Ethereum spot ETFs had a net inflow of $106 million last week (April 28 to May 2, Eastern Time). The Ethereum spot ETF with the largest net inflow last week was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a weekly net inflow of $87.57 million. Currently, ETHA has a total net inflow of $4.2 billion.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to SoSoValue data, Bitcoin spot ETFs had a net inflow of $1.81 billion last week (April 28 to May 2, US Eastern Time). The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest net inflow last week was Blackrock's Bitcoin ETF IBIT, with a weekly net inflow of $2.48 billion. Currently, IBIT's total historical net inflow has reached $43.68 billion.

PANews reported on May 5 that the asset management scale of BUIDL (US Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund), a tokenized fund under BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, has rapidly grown to US$2.7 billion, demonstrating its dominance in the tokenized US Treasury market. Launched in March 2024, the BUIDL fund is a tokenized money market fund for institutional investors. By issuing blockchain tokens anchored 1:1 to the US dollar, it enables investors to invest in highly liquid assets such as cash, US Treasury bonds and repurchase agreements, and obtain daily dividends in the form of tokens.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to data released by asset allocation platform HODL15Capital, in the past week, the spot Bitcoin ETFs listed in the United States purchased a total of about 18,644 Bitcoins. During the same period, considering the mining efficiency after the Bitcoin halving (about 450 Bitcoins per day), global miners only produced about 3,150 Bitcoins in total.

US Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren believes that Trump's efforts to promote the development of stablecoins are suspected of conflicts of interest. It is reported that USD1 will be backed by US Treasury bonds, US dollars and other cash equivalents. The current issuance value has reached about 2.1 billion US dollars, but the identity of its main holder is still unclear. According to Arkham data, an electronic wallet holds USD1 worth 2 billion, and the identity of the wallet holder cannot be confirmed for the time being.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to Wu, TokenTerminal data showed that the Solana ecosystem Meme coin issuance platform Pump.Fun has collected a total of $294 million in protocol fees this year, which has exceeded the fees captured by the Ethereum network during the same period ($249 million). In addition, from a weekly data perspective, Pump.Fun's weekly fee income level has also exceeded Ethereum for nine consecutive weeks.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to Coinglass data, in the past week (approximately from April 28 to May 4), the major cryptocurrency exchanges it tracked had a cumulative net outflow of about 15,710 BTC. Specifically, CoinbasePro and Binance both observed significant BTC outflows during this period, about 10,274 and 7,241 respectively, which were the main components of this net outflow.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to multiple French media reports, French police successfully rescued the father of a cryptocurrency millionaire through a coordinated raid last Saturday night (May 3). The victim was kidnapped in Paris last Thursday (May 1). The report said that after the kidnapping, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of 5 million to 7 million euros in cryptocurrency from the victim's family and cut off one of the victim's fingers to put pressure on them.

PANews reported on May 5 that the OKX exchange announced today a major functional upgrade of the DEX aggregator built into its self-hosted wallet OKX Wallet. The update aims to optimize users' on-chain transaction analysis and execution experience, with the following highlights: Real-time on-chain market analysis: Introducing a trading dashboard across 130+ chains, integrating AI insights, key address (such as smart money, whale) movement tracking, capital flow analysis, and custom alert functions.

PANews reported on May 5 that according to Watcher.Guru, US President Trump commented in an interview that during the recent market crash, the cryptocurrency market performed "much stronger than the stock market." He also said that cryptocurrencies are currently "very popular and very hot."

PANews reported on May 5 that according to the Financial Times, the Maldives government signed an agreement with MBS Global Investments, a family office based in Dubai, on May 4 to invest $9 billion to jointly develop a large cryptocurrency and blockchain center in the capital Male. The move aims to attract foreign direct investment into the blockchain and Web3 technology fields, help the Maldives get rid of its economic dependence on tourism and fisheries, diversify its income, and ease national debt.