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1. The European Central Bank opposes the easing of the euro stabilization currency rule

The European Central Bank (ECB) rejected the proposal to liberalize the euro’s currency stabilization requirements, arguing that expanding the euro’s currency stabilization could reduce bank lending and make it more difficult for central banks to control interest rates. Previously, Bruegel, the Brussels economic think tank, recommended relaxing the mobility requirements of encrypted issuers and possibly allowing them access to ECB financing in order to promote the development of local markets outside the United States dollar-stable currency. Central bank officials, including ECB Governor Christine Lagarde, expressed their opposition to the fear that stabilizing currency issuance would lead to an outflow of bank deposits and weaken bank financing. Bruegel warns that “digital dollarization” may be exacerbated if EU regulation is clearly stronger than that of the United States。

2. Grayscale update: regulation will clearly facilitate institutional flows to mainstream block chains

A recent Grayscale study analysed the potential impact of increased regulatory transparency on the block chain industry. Grayscale believes that, as the relevant legal acts advance, block chain applications (especially monetized assets and DeFi) will break out, while institutional capital will be concentrated first to the head chains of the Ether, Solana, BNB Chain and Canton Network. The report emphasizes that these networks now have a significant market share in the chain financial infrastructure and are expected to be the largest beneficiaries of an improved regulatory environment. Other networks such as Avalanche, Arbitrum and Tron are also seen as critical ecosystems with growth potential. This is the Grayscale view and does not constitute an investment proposal。

Minister of Finance of Turkey: the currency of stability is becoming a terrorist financing risk instrument

The Turkish Minister of Finance and Treasury, Mehmet Simsek, at the Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing, held in Paris, stated that encrypted assets had become a new financial crime risk centre, and that stable currencies were increasingly being used by terrorist financiers because of their characteristics of preservation, immediate cross-border transfers and easy access. Simsek stated that Turkey had incorporated virtual asset service providers into its AML and CFT obligations, introduced rules for money transfers and imposed a total ban on encryption ATM; and set a ceiling of $300 per day and $50,000 per month for stable currency transfers. Simsek calls for consistent global implementation of FATF regulatory standards and rapid sharing of hourly intelligence when suspicious wallets are found。

In the case of the British wrench attack, 5 persons were sentenced and Coinbase reported unusual activity to the police

According to a police announcement by Hertford County, 5 men were sentenced in a case of so-called “wrench attack”. After being taken home after drinking in London, the victim was forced by the perpetrator to steal approximately US$ 13 million by means of face-checking access to encrypted currency and bank accounts. According to the police, Coinbase contacted the police because of the unusual activity of the victim ' s account. Four men were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three years and six months to six years and six months for conspiracy to commit robbery, kidnapping and illegal detention, and one person received a community order and compensation for money-laundering。

5. The Financial Services Agency of Japan issued regulations for the regulation of stable currencies, specifying that national debt and deposits can be used as reserve assets

On 22 May, the Financial Office of Japan issued a decree amending the Law on the Settlement of Funds, a Cabinet decree, etc., the relevant rules will be in force or applied as of 1 June. The package covers electronic means of payment, such as stable currency, encrypted assets and electronic means of payment services intermediaries, money transfer operations, etc. Among them, the reserve assets of certain trust-based beneficial electronic means of payment can be used under certain conditions for public debt and early release of fixed-term deposits, with a clear allocation of ceilings and principal protection requirements; the new intermediary industry has also clarified rules for registration, user description and protection。

6. Wu said Zhou was the best candidate: Jia Yongping, Circle, SEC Innovation waiver for dollarized shares, Hong Kong dollar stabilization test completed and Top10 news

This week, Top10

1. SEC proposed to allow third parties to issue tokenized shares and trade on the DeFi platformlink

The US SEC is the fastest, or this week, to introduce an “innovation exemption” framework for monetized shares, allowing market transactions of stock coins linked to the equity prices of listed companies. It has been reported that the SEC tends to allow third parties to issue relevant tokens without the authorization of listed companies and to trade on the DeFi platform; however, if the relevant tokens do not provide shareholders with rights to vote, dividends, etc., the platform may lose its eligibility to go online。

2. White House Digital Assets Adviser: forthcoming official announcement of strategic bitcoin reservelink

Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House Digital Assets Advisory Committee, stated that the United States strategic bitcoin reserve was about to be officially announced and that the Government had made a “break-through” on legal grounds, asset hosting and cross-sectoral reporting mechanisms. Trump signed an executive order on 6 March 2025 establishing the strategic Bitcoin reserve and prohibiting the Ministry of Finance from selling the relevant BTC. The reserve is expected to hold approximately 328,372 BTCs, approximately 1.6 per cent of the total global supply, mainly from the Silk Road, the Bitfinex hacker case and other criminal confiscations。

3. The Central Bank of the United Kingdom to issue draft rules for systematic stabilization currency next monthlink

Sarah Breeden, Vice-President of Financial Stability at the British Central Bank, stated at the City Week 2026 meeting in London that the Bank’s future strategy would focus on monetization to promote financial modernization in the United Kingdom; and that future retail payment systems should include a variety of currency forms that could be swapped, including monetized deposits, regulated and stable currencies, and potential retailing. The British Central Bank plans to publish the draft rules for the systematic stabilization currency next month and finalize them by the end of this year, with the possibility of temporary restrictions on the total amount of currency issued to mitigate early risks. Breeden stated that the BCB would also support AI for responsible use, including agency payments and business; 16 companies were preparing to go online at the Bank-FCA digital securities sandbox from the end of 2026, with the participation of Euroclar, HSBC and London Stock Exchange Group。

4. Hong Kong ' s first officially approved Stabilisation Currency was tested on the ETAlink

According to the Hong Kong Daily Economic Journal, the Monopoly Finance, which is licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKDAP) to issue stabilization coins, has successfully completed the transfer test of HKDAP (“HKD At Par”) as the Hong Kong dollar stabilization currency, in conjunction with the OSL Group (00863), and a licensed trading platform under the banner of Freeway Holdings. This test covers the process of converting statutory Hong Kong dollar funds into reserve assets, with capital and institutional trust services being provided by scum from Hong Kong to ensure full support, and all test tokens having been redeemed after completion. Officially, HKDAP plans to start a phased official launch by the end of the second quarter of this year。

5. TOTAL SUPPLY OF STABLE CURRENCIES EXCEEDED $30 BILLION, USDT GREW BUT OVERALL EXPANSION SLOWEDlink

Over the past month, Tether's supply of USDT has increased by more than $5 billion, while the combined supply of USDC, USDe and PYUSD has decreased by about $4.2 billion, with a net increase in total stable currency supply of only $900 million, or about 0.3 per cent per month. The report notes that the current new stable currency flows are mainly directed to USDT rather than driving overall market expansion. At the same time, Ethena’s USDE supply has declined by 28 per cent in the last month and cumulatively by nearly 34 per cent during the year, mainly due to the reduction in revenue attractiveness due to the compression of the sustainable contract rates; Sky’s USDS and World Liberty Finance’s USSD1 absorbed part of the inflow. PYUSD's supply has also declined by 13% over the past month。

“No interest in stabilization currency” nine months agolink

For the first time in the first quarter of 2026, a prominent investor was released in the SEC 13F document, holding 200,000 shares at an average cost of approximately US$ 95.41, corresponding to approximately US$ 1.908 million, or 0.095 per cent of the market value of its portfolio of approximately US$ 20 billion, as a small observation warehouse. In July 2025, Duan Ping stated in snowball that “I can't see anything without cash flows, I'm not interested in stabilizers”, and nine months later, he bought 200,000 shares of Circle。

7. Brian Armstrong: Coinbase Reconstruct compliance workflows using AI to shift manpower to higher levels of decision-makinglink

Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong stated that the company was using AI to update the compliance process and had rebuilt almost all relevant workflows. Of these, the time limit for lifting the account was reduced by approximately 90 per cent. Armstrong states that currently AI has undertaken most of the repetitive work and that all results will still be validated by human employees to maintain safety and optimize models, while spending more time on higher levels of decision-making。

8. Strategy purchased 24,869 BTCs for approximately $2.01 billion, total warehouse 843,738link

Strategy announced that it had purchased 24,869 BTCs at an average price of approximately US$ 80,985 for approximately US$ 20.01 billion. According to the company, BTC Yield has reached 12.6 per cent since 2026. As at 17 May 2026, Strategy held 843,738 BTCs, with a total acquisition cost of approximately $63,877 million and an average cost of approximately $75,700。

Bitmine (BMNR), with an increase of 7.17 million ETH in the past week, has now increased to 5.27 million ETH warehouses, representing approximately 4.37 per cent of the total supply of ETH, valued at approximately $11.56 billion at current prices. The company's total investments in encrypted assets, cash and “moonshots” amounted to $12.6 billion, including $685 million in cash and approximately $83 million in holdings of Eightco (ORBS). Bitmine has now pledged 4.71 million ETHs and is expected to generate approximately $289 million in annual MCs。

9. a16z Cripto: Wall Street Embracing Block Chain is not based on decentrization, but rather on addressing bottlenecks in multi-stakeholder collaborationlink

a16z Cripto General Partner Guy wrote that, although the financial industry appeared to be highly digitized, the bottom was still operating in a backward structure that was fragmented and highly dependent on manual reconciliation and paper flow. Wall Street and even Washington have recently become keen on using the term “digital assets”, which is essentially going through a digital change similar to the business’s past transition to “unicable services.” The article emphasized that the central driving force of the progressive adoption of block chains by large financial institutions was not the pursuit of encrypted ideologies such as “decentroization” or “financial sovereignty”, but rather the resolution of practical bottlenecks in multi-party trust and collaboration, thereby reducing counterparty risks, ensuring fair sequencing and optimal implementation。

10. Vitalik Release Etheleum short-term path to privacy Figurelink

Vitalik Buterin wrote that Etheleum is advancing original privacy capabilities through a number of short-term efforts, including AA + FOCIL, Keyed nonces, and related improvements at the visiting level. Vitalik states that AA + FOCIL can provide greater security in agreements, such as privacy protocol transactions, as “first class transactions”; Keyed nonces can provide stronger protocol support for privacy programs and could be an early attempt at Etheum's new state expansion strategy; access layers include Kohaku, Private reads, etc。

Focused financing events

• Tether announces investment in cross-border finance platform LemFilink
• YZi Labs Disclosure of Investments AI Agent Business Level Agreement TermiX Seed Wheel Financelink
• Zerohash seeks new financing at over $1.5 billion and Mastercard has withdrawn from the investment planlink
• To the Central Derivatives Trading Agreement, Varial announced the completion of the $50 million A Round Financelink
• Circle, under the banner of Sean Neville, Catena Labs completes the $30 million A round of financinglink
• Former Coinbase employee created Eisen completed $10 million in financinglink
• AEON completes $8 million pre-seed financing, YZi Labslink
• YZi Labs led the AI Education Platform VideoTutur $11 million seed wheel financinglink
• Checker completed $8 million in financing, processed over $3 billion in transactions over the past yearlink
• Encrypted trading platform Ouinex completed $3.5 million in financing to try to avoid using uncentralized order book as a market advantagelink
• Encrypted wallet Sorted Wallet Finished 4.4 Million Dollar Seed Wheel Financelink
• IOTrader announced $3.8 million in strategic financing, led by Animoca Brands and ViaBTC Capitallink
• Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Manufacturers Foundation announced the completion of $6.4 million in financing, Fulgur Ventureslink
• Encryption financial infrastructure Cycles Completion of $6.4 million seed ship financinglink

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