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.

PANews reported on May 4 that Token Unlocks data showed that ENA, SPEC, MOVE and other tokens will be unlocked in large amounts next week. Among them: Ethena (ENA) will unlock approximately 171 million tokens at 3 pm Beijing time on May 5, which is 3.10% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$50 million; Spectral (SPEC) will unlock approximately 10 million tokens at 8 am Beijing time on May 6, which is 70.90% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$24.6 million; Movement (MOVE) will unlock approximately 50 million tokens at 8 pm Beijing time on May 9, which is 2.0% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$8.7 million; Neon (NEON) will unlock approximately 53.91 million tokens at 8 am Beijing time on May 7, which is 22.51% of the current circulation and worth US$6.2 million.

PANews reported on May 4 that according to Binance's official blog, Binance has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with the Kyrgyz National Investment Agency to accelerate the development of the country's digital asset industry. It will bring crypto payments to Kyrgyzstan through Binance payments and support educational programs with the expertise of Binance Academy. This cooperation marks an important step towards building a sustainable, innovation-friendly crypto ecosystem in Central Asia.

PANews reported on May 4 that according to Cryptonews, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes recently said that although the US government currently holds about 198,000 bitcoins (worth more than $18 billion), it is unlikely to increase its bitcoin reserves through direct purchases due to two major factors. One is the pressure of national debt, and the other is the public's stereotype of Bitcoin investors (the so-called "Bitcoin bros"). Hayes believes that this negative stereotype will affect the decision-making of policymakers.