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A Temple in Seoul Consecrated a Robot as a Buddhist Monk
On May 6, a Buddhist ceremony took place in Seoul, during which a humanoid robot took an oath and became a monk. The robot named Gabi, standing 130 centimeters tall, was developed by the Chinese company Unitree Robotics. At the ceremony, he was dressed in traditional gray-brown Buddhist robes.
“Gabi” means “mercy.”
At the Chogesa Temple, the robot took a vow to dedicate itself to Buddhism. It folded its hands, bowed, and answered questions from monks, confirming its readiness to serve the Buddha and his teachings.
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Anthropic increased Claude's limits after the agreement with SpaceX
Anthropic doubled the five-hour usage limits for Claude Code in the Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.
It also canceled the reduction of Claude Code limits during peak hours for Pro and Max accounts and significantly increased the API speed limits for Claude Opus models.
The changes were made possible thanks to a partnership agreement with SpaceX, which allowed for a substantial increase in computing power.
Anthropic gained access to all the power of the Colossus 1 data center: over 300 MW, or more than 220,000 Nvid

JPMorgan analysts estimate that BTC purchases by Strategy could reach $30 billion this year
Since the beginning of the year, MicroStrategy has acquired 145,834 BTC worth about $11 billion.
In April, the company accelerated its Bitcoin purchase pace, and if the current annual pace is maintained, the total purchase volume in 2026 will significantly exceed approximately $22 billion, which was bought over the entire 2024 and 2025 years.
Currently, Strategy owns 818,334 BTC, which are valued at over $65 billion at current market prices.

🔍 Bitcoin has not yet reached a local minimum: the price still needs to break through several resistance zones with a high concentration of losing positions. This conclusion was made by a CryptoQuant contributor under the nickname IT Tech.
The analyst highlighted three groups of long-term holders who bought cryptocurrency near local highs:
✔️ investors with a 3–6 month horizon: average entry price — $88,888;
✔️ 12–18 months: $93,450;
✔️ 6–12 months: $111,850.
These levels act as barriers to growth. When the price approaches the entry point, market participants aim to break even, creating sell

📈 The market capitalization of tokenized treasuries on Ethereum has reached an all-time high — about $8 billion. Over the past six months, the figure has doubled.
Notable segments include: BUIDL (Securitize), JTRSY (Centrifuge), iBENJI (Franklin Templeton), WTGXX (WisdomTree), USDY (Ondo Finance), and USTB (Superstate).

🧲 Spot Bitcoin ETFs record net capital inflows for the fifth consecutive trading session. Ethereum funds have been in positive territory for the fourth day in a row.

⚡ Hut 8 has signed a lease agreement for the Texas Beacon Point campus with an anonymous tenant for $9.8 billion.
The facilities are planned to be used for training neural networks based on NVIDIA architecture. If all renewal options are exercised, the contract value will exceed $25 billion.
The company's shares increased by more than 35%.
For the first quarter of 2026, Hut 8's net loss was $253 million compared to $134 million a year earlier. Revenue reached $71 million — almost entirely from computing services. At the end of the period, the company had cash and Bitcoin worth $1.3 billion.

🎛️😏 Aave manually liquidated the hacker Kelp's positions on rsETH.
The attacker’s positions were opened on Aave versions on Ethereum and Arbitrum. To liquidate them, a vote was required: more than 90% of community members approved the plan.
The DAO temporarily "adjusted" the rsETH oracle price — just enough to create a deficit in the hacker’s position.
The proceeds will be sent to a multisig wallet managed by the DeFi United fund — for restoring rsETH collateral and compensating the victims.

🚀 TON continues its rally: the price increased by 35% in one day, and by 120% over seven days. With a market capitalization of $7.7 billion, the asset has surpassed Chainlink and Monero.
After the update, TON outperformed other L1 blockchains in finalization speed — transactions in the network are confirmed faster and almost immediately become irreversible.

📈 Over the week, Zcash has gained more than 70%, although it still remains 22% below the $735 mark recorded six months ago.
According to Santiment, private coins are attracting the interest of retail investors — amid declining trust in authorities, tightening requirements for exchanges, and the spread of AI tools for data surveillance.
Analysts note: further tightening of regulations on stablecoins and KYC requirements could boost demand for decentralized networks with privacy features. The low market capitalization of many such assets makes them potentially highly profitable.

🔮Blockchain_com has launched SnapMarkets — a prediction platform for the price change of the first cryptocurrency with 30-second intervals.
Developers position the product as a "skill-based prediction market." Unlike Polymarket or Kalshi, SnapMarkets differs in focus: instead of betting on elections or sports outcomes — only predictions on Bitcoin's price.
The minimum bet is $1 on either increase or decrease.

💰 Morgan Stanley has launched cryptocurrency trading on the E*Trade platform with a 0.5% transaction fee — lower than Coinbase (0.6%), Schwab (0.75%), and Robinhood (from 0.95%).
The service is operating in pilot mode. Full access for all 8.6 million E*Trade users will open later in 2026. Trading is currently limited to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
Morgan Stanley is preparing a tool for converting cryptocurrencies into ETF shares without selling assets, as well as launching tokenized stocks in the second half of 2026.

🌐 Matt Haughan, Director of Investments at Bitwise, named corporate partnerships as the main driver of stablecoin market growth.
DoorDash, in partnership with Stripe, will launch stablecoin payments for couriers in 40 countries. Meta is testing a similar pilot for content creators in Colombia and the Philippines — through the Polygon and Solana networks.
According to Haughan, the key advantage is not low fees, but simplified payment logistics: one wallet replaces dozens of banking systems, providing access to Bitcoin and DeFi protocols.
The sector's market capitalization exceeds $317 billion.

🤝 The Solana Foundation has partnered with Google Cloud to develop a new payment system for AI bots called Pay.sh.
Thanks to an open standard, agents will be able to find APIs, access them, and pay for usage with stablecoins on the Solana network.
The new system uses the x402 protocol — an open payment standard for AI from Coinbase — as a gateway service. It is also compatible with the Machine Payments Protocol.
🔐 Users will be able to link Solana wallets to various AI platforms, including Google Gemini and public systems like Openclaw, as well as top up balances using a credit card or stabl

💰 The Andreessen Horowitz crypto division — a16z — has formed a fund worth $2.2 billion. Over the next decade, the funds will be used to support startups at all stages of development.
The fund's priorities: stablecoins, payments and financial services, decentralized systems, as well as on-chain markets — perpetual contracts, lending, prediction markets, and tokenized assets.
a16z crypto noted that the fundamental indicators of the crypto industry have reached record levels — despite weak market sentiment and capital flowing into the AI sector.