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According to SoSoValue, as of May 15 in Eastern Time, the XRP spot ETF saw a daily net inflow of approximately $10.8661 million. Among them, the Bitwise XRP ETF had the highest net inflow for the day, at approximately $6.8953 million, with cumulative net inflows of $460 million; the Grayscale XRP Trust ETF (GXRP) had a net inflow of approximately $1.6677 million for the day, with cumulative net inflows of $129 million. At present, the total net asset value of XRP spot ETFs is approximately $1.184 billion, and the net asset ratio is 1.33%. The historical cumulative net inflows are approximately $1.385 billion.

Coin World News: On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces launched an attack in the Khan Yunis area, killing Ihab Khrizim, the head of Hamas’s core funding transfer network. In addition, during this strike, the IDF also killed Mohammed Al-Habash, a squad commander at Hamas’s production headquarters.

U.S. regulatory authorities have launched an antitrust investigation into Arm Holdings, focusing on chip technology and its market influence. As a leading global semiconductor IP designer, Arm’s architecture is widely used in mobile devices, data centers, and other fields. This investigation could have far-reaching implications for the competitive landscape in the chip industry. Arm, which is affiliated with SoftBank, is drawing close attention.

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Mars Finance News: According to Cryptopolitan, cybersecurity analysts have discovered a new fileless remote access Trojan (RAT) called RemotePE. It is believed that the Lazarus Group, a cybercriminal organization linked to North Korea, is using this Trojan to attack banks and cryptocurrency companies. The Trojan runs entirely in memory, making it difficult for traditional antivirus and forensic tools to detect. Attackers impersonate employees of trading companies via Telegram and use forged Calendly and Picktime links to carry out social engineering attacks. The malware is loaded in a chained sequence of three stages—DPAPILoader, RemotePELoader, and RemotePE—through which the entire process avoids touching the file system, using process hollowing, anti-analysis checks, and encrypted C2 communication to evade detection. The malicious

Euler Labs announces that the market coverage of the HyperEVM network will be integrated into its own ecosystem for direct operation, and HypurrFi authorized deployments of Mewler and Hyperliquid will be consolidated into the Euler interface. Clearstar Labs will continue to serve as the Curator for markets such as Prime and Yield on HyperEVM. This is an operational transition and not a security incident; users holding HypurrFi positions should follow the migration process.

ME News reports that xAI has officially launched two standalone audio APIs: Grok STT and Grok TTS. Grok STT features high accuracy, low latency, supports REST batch processing, WebSocket real-time transcription, with word-level timestamps, speaker separation, multi-channel, and intelligent reverse text normalization, covering over 25 languages; batch pricing is $0.10 per hour, streaming is $0.20 per hour, with word error rates better than many competitors. Grok TTS offers fast, natural, and fine-grained controllable speech through tags, priced at $4.20 per million characters. Both are based on the same technology stack, used by Grok Voice, Tesla, and Starlink.

Zuckerberg promotes AI transformation, with Bosworth strongly pushing for the Model Capability Initiative on employee computers, recording keyboard, mouse, and screen screenshots, sparking protests from over a thousand employees. Employees worry that training through daily operations will replace their jobs and that they cannot opt out of data collection. Internal memos show that in the future, AI agents will handle tasks, with humans responsible for guidance and review; after defending at the April conference, layoffs in May made core employees realize that high performance also cannot guarantee security, with data value being extracted before departure.

Wu said that the on-chain development startup Syndicate, backed by a16z, announced that after five years of development, due to a fundamental shift in the Rollup market and a significant contraction in market size (EVM Rollup is no longer the mainstream standard), Syndicate Labs has decided to shut down its operations. The official clarification stated that this decision is unrelated to the recent cross-chain bridge attack incident, and affected customers and all SYND holders on Commons Chain have been fully compensated through treasury reserves. Previously, Syndicate had raised over $27 million in funding.

Crypto news, Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong stated that the company is using AI to update compliance processes and has rebuilt nearly all related workflows. Among them, the account restriction lifting time has been shortened by approximately 90%. Armstrong also mentioned that AI now handles most repetitive tasks, while human employees still verify all results to maintain security and optimize the model, allowing more time for higher-level decision-making.

French media Le Journal du Dimanche reports that Sebastien Borget, co-founder and chief operating officer of The Sandbox, was the victim of an attempted kidnapping at his home in Seine, France, this week. The suspect disguised himself as a delivery person to trick him into opening the door, then five masked accomplices rushed in and attempted to forcibly push him into a vehicle. The assailants scattered after neighbors heard his cries for help and intervened. Currently, two suspects (born in 2009 and 2010 respectively) have been arrested by the police and found in possession of imitation pistols, plastic zip ties, and masks, while four others remain at large. Preliminary investigations suggest that the attack was related to cryptocurrency. (TheBlock)

The Federal Reserve Board (Fed) released a notice of proposed rulemaking and solicited public comments on Wednesday, proposing to establish restrictive "skinny master accounts" for financial technology and crypto-related banks that meet legal requirements. The proposal aims to provide non-bank financial institutions with narrower payment pathway access, but these accounts will not have the backing support typical of traditional banks, limited to clearing and settlement functions, unable to earn interest, and unable to use central bank tools such as discount window or intraday credit. (Cointelegraph)

ME News, April 17 (UTC+8): French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said that Europe needs more euro-denominated stablecoins and encouraged EU banks to explore tokenized deposits. Lescure also supports initiatives from, including, BBVA, ING, UniCredit, and BNP.