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BlackRock, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley have opened dozens of new positions tied to cryptocurrency, blockchain infrastructure, tokenization and digital asset investment products, according to job postings reviewed across LinkedIn and recruitment platforms this week. The positions span tokenized asset

AI Talent Disruption Across Asia AI-related job postings have increased 50% year-on-year, even as the broader job market remains flat, according to Peter Bithos, chief commercial officer of Seek, who discussed the shifting employment landscape in a recent podcast episode focused on how

Indonesia plans to launch electric vehicle incentives in early June 2026 to cut fuel use and reduce oil imports, according to Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa. The government has prepared a budget for the program targeting 100,000 electric cars and 100,000 electric motorcycles this year.

SHIB declined after December 2024 due to weak sentiment and macroeconomic pressure. Shibarium and ecosystem upgrades failed to deliver strong mass adoption or price support. Rising memecoin competition reduced SHIB dominance and investor attention. Shiba Inu once turned heads across

Indian officials have grown increasingly worried about US President Donald Trump's warm relations with Pakistan, approximately one year after the two nations came close to all-out war, according to the report. Officials in New Delhi say Trump's close ties with Pakistan provide diplomatic cover the c

According to the British newspaper Financial Times, on May 8, Claude developer Anthropic is considering launching a new round of fundraising in the summer, aiming to raise about $50 billion, with a pre-investment valuation of about $900 billion; after the deal, the valuation is expected to be close to $1 trillion. Citing five people with knowledge of the matter, the Financial Times said the fundraising talks are still in an early stage, and Anthropic has not yet accepted any offers, with the fundraising expected to be completed within two months.

According to a May 8 announcement by the South Korean National Assembly and reporting by South Korean financial media outlet Edaily, the National Assembly plenary session on May 7 passed an amendment to the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, requiring companies engaged in cross-border transfers of virtual assets to register with the Minister of Strategy and Finance. It also brings cross-border flows of virtual assets such as stablecoins and cross-border transfers of funds between the won and foreign currencies under the foreign exchange supervision regime. The amendment also adjusts the classification framework for foreign exchange businesses and increases the penalties for illegal foreign exchange trading activities.

According to the on-chain monitoring platform Lookonchain, which published a report on May 8, an address marked by on-chain analytics firm Arkham as being potentially associated with ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees purchased an additional 2,920 ETH on that day, worth approximately $6.67 million based on the price at the time.

Ethereum mainnet adopted the Uniswap v4 Hook mechanism, and the token sat1 appeared on May 8. According to GMGN market data, as of the time of this writing, sat1’s market cap is $8.4 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $2.2 million. sato, which is in the same mechanism track, launched about four days ago, and its market cap once neared $40 million.

Flutter Entertainment announced a leadership transition at FanDuel, with Chief Executive Amy Howe departing after five years and Christian Genetski stepping into the CEO role. The departure was confirmed alongside Flutter’s Q1 2026 results. </p> <p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A

Pi Network co-founder Dr. Fan Chengdiao said at the Consensus Miami 2026 conference held in Miami, the United States on May 6 (Wednesday) that the crypto industry has long suffered from a disconnect between token design and actual innovation, and argued that tokens should serve as tools to drive real user engagement and product benefits, rather than as a means for capital raising.

Bitcoin reclaims key support levels as institutional ETF inflows strengthen bullish momentum. Technical breakout above resistance could trigger major upside toward $88K and beyond. Historical channel patterns suggest potential long-term expansion toward ambitious $320K targets. Bitcoin —

SanDisk, a US flash memory and SSD maker spun out of Western Digital last year, closed at US$1,409.98 on May 6, with shares surging nearly 430% this year as investors bet on rising demand for AI server storage, according to Chosun Daily. Long-Term Supply Contracts Secure Revenue The company

Bitcoin-centered DeFi platform Solv Protocol issued an announcement on May 7 (Thursday), announcing the gradual termination of LayerZero’s bridging support for SolvBTC and xSolvBTC, and switching to Chainlink’s cross-chain interoperability protocol (CCIP) as the official cross-chain infrastructure solution, covering an asset scale of more than $700 million.

Ankr, a Web3 infrastructure provider, has partnered with Kite, a Layer-1 blockchain focused on independent AI agents, to launch dedicated RPC services for the Kite Chain ecosystem. According to the announcement posted May 7, 2026, the collaboration aims to provide low-latency blockchain infrastructu

Pi Network co-founder Nicolas Kokkalis said at the Consensus Miami 2026 conference held in Miami, United States on May 7 (Thursday) that the increasing complexity of AI tools is driving an urgent need for crypto platforms to implement human identity verification mechanisms, and that Pi Network’s KYC system has completed identity verification for more than 16 million people, covering more than 200 countries.

Benchmark Equity Research analyst Mark Palmer released a report on May 8 (Thursday), reaffirming his “buy” rating for Bitdeer Technologies Group (ticker: BTDR) and a $27 price target, and said the company’s valuation is relatively low versus its peers.

According to Cointelegraph’s May 8 report, Chaos Labs founder Omer Goldberg disclosed on X on Thursday that the company detected an attack over the early May weekend allegedly initiated by a “state actor,” and has launched a full lockdown. According to Goldberg’s statement, the Chaos Oracle network was never compromised, and the scope of the attack was strictly limited to routine operational wallets.

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet and Security Agency will invest 12 billion won (US$8.31 million) in the 2026 Information Security New Technology Support Project, according to Chosun Daily. The program aims to support 50 companies working on 18 AI security tasks

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) opened an office in Shanghai in 2026 to support outbound deals in China and attract Chinese investment into the kingdom, according to the Saudi Public Investment Fund. The entity was registered in 2025 and began operating under PIF's existing Beijing offic