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Multiple crypto brands have rolled out marketing strategies targeting the retail market for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. On May 27, the Phemex exchange announced the launch of the “2026 Ultimate Championship” promotional event, offering a total prize pool of 7 million USDT. Phemex has clearly confirmed that the event has no official affiliation with FIFA. The 7 million USDT Promotion Mechanism and Golden Ball Points System Confirmed by Phemex In its announcement, Phemex confirmed that “2026 Ultimate

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is about to be held, but none of the seven FIFA global cooperation partners or the eight official 2026 World Cup sponsors include any cryptocurrency company. The crypto industry’s activity has shifted to regional sponsorship deals with national football associations, prediction markets, and FIFA’s own blockchain experiments. Confirmed Crypto Sponsor Lineup for the Argentine FA The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has secured the following confirmed crypto collaboratio

Orca, one of the largest decentralized exchanges on Solana, announced on May 27 the launch of “permissioned pools” infrastructure for tokenized real-world assets trading entities with higher compliance requirements. Orca confirmed that the mechanism is mainly aimed at the U.S. market. Its design is intended to help issuers comply with identity verification and “accredited investor” qualification requirements under securities laws. Only accredited investors who pass KYC screening can trade and ho

Pi Network’s core team announced on May 27 that all mainnet nodes must complete the mandatory upgrade to version 24.1 by the June 2 deadline, or they may lose access to the Pi mainnet 2026 ecosystem. At the same time, community forum moderators have bulk-blocked accounts related to the aggressive GCV (Global Consensus Value) promotion activities. The team confirmed that it has never endorsed any fixed GCV pricing model. Confirmation of Technical Details for the Protocol 24.1 Upgrade Pi Network’s

According to a report by First Financial on May 28, Futu and LongBridge have begun clearing two types of accounts and processing account closures: accounts opened using fake or suspicious proof materials, and empty accounts with no assets or positions. Confirmation scope of clearing for the two types of accounts and updated guidance for overseas identity users Futu NiuNiu customer service confirmed to First Financial that the scope of accounts to be closed in this cleanup is limited to two categ

According to monitoring by BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Strive’s preferred shares SATA set a record for its largest single-day increase in Bitcoin holdings since its IPO on May 27. It bought an additional 402.11 BTC through a market-price subscription program, accounting for 51% of SATA’s total over the five trading days of the previous week. This increase occurred during SATA’s ex-dividend week. Confirmed operational logic of SATA’s ATM mechanism during the ex-dividend week SATA’s ATM issuance mechan

Rain Foundation announced on X on May 27 that it injected $100 million into the Rain Prediction Markets Protocol, with the funds flowing directly into a smart contract. After the injection, the RAIN token surged 44% within a few hours to a new all-time high of $0.01195. Rain Foundation confirmed that the injection drove the protocol’s TVL to jump to third globally in prediction markets, timed to coincide with the FIFA World Cup. Rain Foundation Confirms Injection Details: $100 Million Allocation

Samsung Electronics narrowed its global market capitalization ranking gap with Bitcoin to just one position as of January 28, according to data from CompaniesMarketCap. Bitcoin held 13th place globally with a market cap of approximately $1.489 trillion (₩2,240 trillion), while Samsung Electronics ra

Castle Island Ventures partner Nic Carter said in a video shared on DEGEN NEWS on May 28 that Solana needs a complete rebuild to withstand quantum attacks. He pointed out that Solana’s architecture is highly optimized at the hardware level around elliptic-curve cryptography, and that adopting post-quantum cryptography solutions will inevitably affect throughput. Nic Carter’s Direct Quote: Elliptic-Curve Optimizations and the Throughput Cost In the video, Carter said: “This will be tricky for Sol

Manta’s incubated AI platform Superfortune suffered a security incident: recently, a token unlock was hijacked. Kenny said the investigation is ongoing, and no technical details, attacker identity, or loss amount has been disclosed yet. GUA is trading at $0.3044 on the BNB Chain, down 75.8% over the past 24 hours. The official has confirmed that Superfortune is incubated by Manta Network, and that a portion of the GUA supply is allocated to air drop for MANTA stakers.

On May 27, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it, together with Gemini Trust Company LLC, has filed a motion with the court seeking to vacate the prospective provisions of the consent order in the CFTC v. Gemini case. The case was originally filed in June 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the parties reached a settlement agreement in January 2025. Six Key Enforcement Issues Confirmed in the CFTC Official Statement In its r

On May 27, Miles Suter, the head of Bitcoin product at the mobile payments platform Cash App under Block, Inc., announced on social media that Cash App users can now send and receive the USDC stablecoin on four blockchains: Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum. Users do not need a separate wallet, and no fees are charged. USDC four-chain functionality details confirmed by Cash App In his social media post, Suter confirmed that Cash App’s USDC support covers Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbi

U.S. President Trump posted on Truth Social on May 28, claiming that former SEC Chair Gary Gensler and his so-called “anti-crypto army” nearly destroyed the U.S. crypto industry, but that he saved it all. Trump pledged to develop a “future-facing” digital asset market structure framework, so that crypto opponents would not be able to easily overturn it, and said the United States has become the “crypto capital of the world.” Full verbatim excerpt of Trump’s Truth Social post In the post, Trump w

Polymarket's Engineering Vice President Josh Stevens responded on X on May 28 to The Information regarding a report that “Polymarket plans to require all users to complete KYC,” confirming that the report is false. Stevens confirmed on X that the company is rolling out a new beta product that allows a small group of users to try it out; KYC requirements apply only during this test period. Beta details confirmed by Stevens on X and the current KYC status of the existing platform Stevens’s origina

Opening The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced on January 27 (local time) a partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) to tokenize real-world assets (RWAs) held by its subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company (DTC), on the Stellar public blockchain. The

Grayscale Research published a report titled《Hyperliquid Breaks the Mold》on May 27, positioning Hyperliquid as a benchmark platform for DeFi to enter the exchange-scale market. As of the report’s release, the Hyperliquid protocol has cumulatively repurchased about $1.16 billion worth of HYPE tokens. Grayscale Report’s Key Arguments and Direct Quotes In the report, Grayscale compares Hyperliquid with traditional exchanges, while clearly pointing out the legal differences between token ownership a

On May 28, the OpenAI Foundation announced that it will invest $250 million to help societies manage the economic turmoil brought on by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). The statement, co-written by Wojciech Zaremba, an OpenAI co-founder, confirms three core investment directions: understanding how AI is reshaping the economy, supporting workers in dealing with recent shocks, and building new structures to broadly share the long-term benefits of automation. OpenAI Foundation’s

DeFi Development Corp, the first Solana finance company listed on the US Nasdaq, filed documents with the SEC on May 26 confirming that the company has moved its registration from Delaware to Nevada. The board approved the re-registration on May 21, with a resolution passed by management holding 81.94% of voting power. Common shareholders learned about the change only through SEC filings and do not need to vote or provide consent. Super-voting structure: Shares and voting ratios confirmed in the