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General Motors is cutting approximately 500 to 600 salaried employees from its information technology unit, with notifications to affected workers beginning May 11, 2026, according to Bloomberg. The layoffs are part of an overhaul of GM's IT department aimed at reducing costs while adding staff with

BuzzFeed agreed to sell approximately 52% of its shares to Byron Allen's Allen Family Digital for US$120 million, according to Reuters. The deal is expected to close by the end of May and will make Allen the company's next CEO, while founder Jonah Peretti will become president of BuzzFeed AI. The t

According to an official announcement by OpenAI on May 11, OpenAI announced the establishment of its subsidiary, OpenAI Deployment Company (DeployCo), to help enterprises deploy AI systems in critical business processes. DeployCo is wholly owned by OpenAI and will work with 19 global investment institutions and advisory firms; its initial funding of more than $4 billion will be used to kick-start its operations. DeployCo Structure and Operating Model According to OpenAI’s official announcement,

Bitmine chairman Tom Lee said on X on May 12 that over the past year, Ethereum supply has remained in a deflationary (contraction) state, and continued buying and staking by crypto treasury companies have further amplified this trend. According to Bitmine’s disclosure on May 11, the company added 26,659 ETH to its holdings last week, significantly lower than the previous three consecutive weeks’ pace of adding more than 100,000 ETH per week. Background of Bitmine’s Slower Accumulation and Its Ho

According to a post by Telegram founder Pavel Durov on X on May 12, TON Core has launched a unified smart contract toolchain called Acton, which went live on May 8. Durov said Acton increases TON smart contract development speed by 10x, replacing TON’s previously fragmented tool stack with a unified development workflow, and it also supports AI. Acton Toolchain Core Functions and Technical Architecture According to Durov’s announcement on X, Acton is an integrated command-line interface (CLI) to

According to TechCabal's 2026 edition review of luxury mobile devices, the most expensive phone in the world is the Falcon Supernova iPhone 6 Pink Diamond, valued at $48.5 million, featuring an emerald-cut pink diamond set on a chassis coated in 24-carat gold.

Major financial institutions are expanding crypto services across regulated finance, with Bitwise data showing 24 firms active in trading, custody, funds, payments, tokenization, or exchange-traded products. The activity points to wider use of regulated crypto access. Key Takeaways: Major fina

According to a May 12 report by Yahoo Finance, stablecoin issuer Circle (ticker: CRCL) rose nearly 16% on Monday, trading at $131.76, posting its highest closing price since March 18. Earlier, Circle released its Q1 2026 financial report, with USDC in circulation reaching $77B, up 28% year over year. Q1 2026 Key Financial Data According to Circle’s official financial report, the company’s main financial indicators for Q1 2026 are as follows: USDC in circulation: $77B (up 28% year over year; seco

According to The Street on May 11, the daily trading records for Cathie Wood’s Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) show that the largest single buy was 183,298 shares of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions; the largest single sell was 37,836 shares of AMD. May 11 Key Trading Records Based on the ARK ETF’s daily trading records released for May 11, 2026, the main buy transactions are as follows: Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (KTOS): 183,298 shares, amounting to $10,611,121, continuing last week’s

According to BeInCrypto, on May 11, Keith Gill’s verified X account “Roaring Kitty” has 1.6 million followers, woke up after 16 months of silence, and posted a Solana Pump.fun contract address and a short video. Because the post style was vastly different from Gill’s usual market commentary, there were widespread suspicions that the account had been compromised. Roaring Kitty’s X account returns: post details According to reports, posts on the Roaring Kitty X account pointed to a Solana meme coi

According to a May 12 report by Bitcoin.com News, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted conditional approval to Augustus (Augustus), allowing the establishment of Augustus Bank, NA, making it the first AI-native stablecoin settlement bank in the U.S. to reach this stage of approval by the OCC. Founding Team Background and Existing Business According to an official Augustus announcement, the co-founder and CEO of Augustus Bank, NA is Ferdinand Dabitz, 25 years old a

Oracle announced on May 12 that Samsung Electronics will adopt its Java SE Universal Subscription across global software development, according to Chosun Daily. The move aims to standardize application development as Samsung expands engineering work and projects. Subscription Benefits The Java SE

According to a report by Step Security on May 11, the threat group TeamPCP launched a new round of supply-chain worm attacks named “Mini Shai-Hulud,” compromising 84 versions of TanStack npm packages and implanting malicious code, targeting the theft of CI/CD environment credentials. Socket Security marked all malicious versions within six minutes of the release. Attack Method and Propagation Mechanism （Source: Socket Security） According to Step Security’s analysis, the attack used a three-stage

According to Bitcoin.com News on May 11, the digital asset advocacy group Stand With Crypto (SWC) announced that it will conduct a record-based scoring of lawmakers regarding the U.S. Senate Banking Committee’s scheduled vote on HR3633, the “2025 Digital Asset Market Transparency Act” (the CLARITY Act), on May 14; SWC said it represents more than 2.9 million U.S. advocates. Stand With Crypto Advocacy Actions and Lawmaker Rating Program According to Bitcoin.com News, in a May 11, 2026 statement,

Bitcoin (BTC) holds a narrow range of fluctuations; as of May 12, it is temporarily around $81,380, with the liquidation ratio between longs and shorts remaining balanced. According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the bankrupt exchange FTX has de-staked 199,263 SOL. Ripple has obtained a $200 million credit facility from a fund managed by Neuberger Berman to expand its ability to provide loans in its institutional prime brokerage business. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots 1、According to Onchain Lens m

According to an official announcement published on X by 21Shares US on May 12, 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (ticker: THYP) was officially listed and began trading on the Nasdaq on that day. It holds spot HYPE tokens through a grantor trust structure, with an annual sponsor fee of 0.30%, and HYPE staking is available via Figment Inc. to generate yield. THYP ETF Key Terms (Source: 21Shares) Based on 21Shares’ official announcement and prospectus, the main product terms for THYP are as follows: Annual

Vietnamese B2B SaaS firm SoBanHang has secured pre-series A funding to advance its AI-powered financial software for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and expand across Southeast Asia. According to Singapore regulatory filings, the startup has raised US$3.8 million to date, though the company

Shein and Temu, Chinese-founded ecommerce groups selling low-cost fashion, began a trial in London over rival copyright claims that could affect their shared supplier networks and competition with European retailers, according to Bloomberg. Shein sued Temu in 2023, alleging Temu used thousands of Sh

According to Aave’s disclosure on X on May 12, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) modified the prior restraining order issued to the Arbitrum DAO on May 8, authorizing the transfer of the frozen 30,765.667501709008927568 ETH to a receiving address controlled by Aave LLC via on-chain voting through the Arbitrum DAO. Core Terms and Legal Background of the Court Order Amendment According to Aave’s X platform statement and the AIP governance documents, this

As of May 12, Bitcoin has been trading in a tight range of $80,000 to $82,000. According to a report by Axios on May 12 citing three U.S. officials, Trump convened the National Security Council (NSC) on Monday to assess whether to resume military action against Iran, with the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement continuing to face pressure; U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows for 9 consecutive trading days in early May, totaling $2.7 billion. Bitcoin Price Action and ETF Flows According to mark