Virtuals Protocol has launched EconomyOS
EconomyOS is a full-stack identity and financial suite built specifically for autonomous AI agents, giving them their own Visa card, onchain wallet, email identity, and verifiable web identity without borrowing or fragmening from existing human infrastructure.
Virtuals, which powers 18,000+ agents, has been building toward a full autonomous agent economy where AI agents independently request services, negotiate, execute, and settle payments.
👉 x.com/virtuals_io/status/2054008696251052096?s=20
EconomyOS is a full-stack identity and financial suite built specifically for autonomous AI agents, giving them their own Visa card, onchain wallet, email identity, and verifiable web identity without borrowing or fragmening from existing human infrastructure.
EconomyOS is designed as the substrate every agent runs on: covering non-custodial wallets, virtual payment cards for real-world checkout, dedicated email identities, wallet-funded compute access, and optional onchain tokenization.
Virtuals, which powers 18,000+ agents, has been building toward a full autonomous agent economy where AI agents independently request services, negotiate, execute, and settle payments.
👉 x.com/virtuals_io/status/2054008696251052096?s=20
Mapping the Tokenized Active Strategies Sector
RWAs are evolving from simple tokenization into actively managed onchain products. Tokenized active strategies now account for over $1B in distributed value, highlighting growing demand for institutional-grade yield and portfolio management onchain.
RWAs are evolving from simple tokenization into actively managed onchain products. Tokenized active strategies now account for over $1B in distributed value, highlighting growing demand for institutional-grade yield and portfolio management onchain.
Tea Protocol Confirms TEA TGE for June 4 via Aerodrome
Tea Protocol confirmed the TEA launch on Aerodrome, with the TGE scheduled for June 4. The team also said CEX listings are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
Tea hosted a CoinList Public Sale in late September 2025, with a $0.0005 TEA price, a 100B total supply, a 4B sale allocation (4%), and 100% unlock at TGE.
Tea positions TEA as the incentive layer for open-source software contribution, supply-chain security, and decentralized governance, with permissionless liquidity access as the stated end goal.
👉 x.com/teaprotocol/status/2054204299182330367?s=20
Tea Protocol confirmed the TEA launch on Aerodrome, with the TGE scheduled for June 4. The team also said CEX listings are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
Tokenomics allocation is split across Incentives & Airdrops (28.0%), Ecosystem & Governance (21.8%), Protocol Development (18.6%), and Early Supporters & Advisors (15.6%). The remaining supply is allocated to Reserve Sale (8.0%) and Liquidity Provision (8.0%).
Tea hosted a CoinList Public Sale in late September 2025, with a $0.0005 TEA price, a 100B total supply, a 4B sale allocation (4%), and 100% unlock at TGE.
Tea positions TEA as the incentive layer for open-source software contribution, supply-chain security, and decentralized governance, with permissionless liquidity access as the stated end goal.
👉 x.com/teaprotocol/status/2054204299182330367?s=20
Ebay Rejects Gamestop’s $56B Takeover Bid As Not Credible
eBay rejected GameStop’s unsolicited proposal to acquire the marketplace for $56 billion, saying the offer is “neither credible nor attractive.” The bid outlined a $125-per-share cash-and-stock structure, despite GameStop being far smaller by market cap than eBay.
Rating agencies and analysts also pushed back, with Moody’s calling the transaction credit negative for eBay due to the leverage implied by the deal. Analysts questioned synergies, and eBay reiterated confidence in its current strategy and leadership, pointing to recent progress and ongoing capital returns.
GameStop’s Ryan Cohen said he’s willing to take the proposal directly to shareholders if eBay won’t engage, pitching cost cuts and using GameStop’s U.S. store footprint for authentication, fulfillment, and live commerce hubs.
👉 cnbc.com/2026/05/12/ebay-rejects-gamestops-takeover-ryan-cohen.html
eBay rejected GameStop’s unsolicited proposal to acquire the marketplace for $56 billion, saying the offer is “neither credible nor attractive.” The bid outlined a $125-per-share cash-and-stock structure, despite GameStop being far smaller by market cap than eBay.
eBay cited major concerns around financing uncertainty, operational execution risk, and the potential debt burden the deal would create. While GameStop said it has a $20 billion financing commitment and roughly $9 billion in cash, the remaining gap and conditions attached to financing were viewed as significant hurdles.
Rating agencies and analysts also pushed back, with Moody’s calling the transaction credit negative for eBay due to the leverage implied by the deal. Analysts questioned synergies, and eBay reiterated confidence in its current strategy and leadership, pointing to recent progress and ongoing capital returns.
GameStop’s Ryan Cohen said he’s willing to take the proposal directly to shareholders if eBay won’t engage, pitching cost cuts and using GameStop’s U.S. store footprint for authentication, fulfillment, and live commerce hubs.
👉 cnbc.com/2026/05/12/ebay-rejects-gamestops-takeover-ryan-cohen.html
Bitcoin Ordinals Explorer Ord & Trading App Zap to Shut Down June 1
Ord io, one of the primary explorers for Bitcoin Ordinals and inscriptions, and Zap, its associated self-custodial memecoin trading app, are both closing on June 1. Creator Leonidas King cited running out of funding with no path forward as the reason for the shutdown.
The team plans to upload the full history of upvotes, replies, and public profiles to GitHub to preserve a record of Bitcoin culture from the platform's run. King also said the team is open to another entity taking over and continuing operations.
The closures arrive as Ordinals activity has cooled sharply from its 2023 peak, when inscriptions were generating millions of dollars in daily Bitcoin fees.
👉 theblock.co/post/400855/ord-io-shuts-down
Ord io, one of the primary explorers for Bitcoin Ordinals and inscriptions, and Zap, its associated self-custodial memecoin trading app, are both closing on June 1. Creator Leonidas King cited running out of funding with no path forward as the reason for the shutdown.
Launched in 2023, Ordio grew into a full-featured platform with community upvotes, Satributes for tracking rare satoshis, and Block Vision for real-time Runes minting data, and has accumulated over 1 million users. Zap, built by the same team, aimed to let users buy and trade Bitcoin memecoins in under 30 seconds, a benchmark the team says it hit, but without enough traction to sustain the business.
The team plans to upload the full history of upvotes, replies, and public profiles to GitHub to preserve a record of Bitcoin culture from the platform's run. King also said the team is open to another entity taking over and continuing operations.
The closures arrive as Ordinals activity has cooled sharply from its 2023 peak, when inscriptions were generating millions of dollars in daily Bitcoin fees.
👉 theblock.co/post/400855/ord-io-shuts-down
Binance’s CMO Rachel Conlan Joins Incrypted Conference 2026
Rachel Conlan, Global CMO at Binance, has been confirmed as an offline speaker at Incrypted Conference 2026, taking place June 13 in Kyiv, Ukraine. As head of marketing for the world's largest exchange, overseeing communications to hundreds of millions of users, her in-person appearance in Ukraine is a notable signal of the market's standing on the global Web3 map.
Incrypted Conference 2026 is the flagship event of Ukrainian Blockchain Week 2026 and the largest crypto event in Eastern Europe, with 3,000+ attendees, 50+ speakers, 75+ companies, and 100+ media outlets expected across the day.
👉 x.com/incrypted/status/2054145946506674505?s=20
Rachel Conlan, Global CMO at Binance, has been confirmed as an offline speaker at Incrypted Conference 2026, taking place June 13 in Kyiv, Ukraine. As head of marketing for the world's largest exchange, overseeing communications to hundreds of millions of users, her in-person appearance in Ukraine is a notable signal of the market's standing on the global Web3 map.
Binance Ukraine is joining the event as Diamond Partner, deepening the exchange's integration into the local ecosystem ahead of the conference.
Incrypted Conference 2026 is the flagship event of Ukrainian Blockchain Week 2026 and the largest crypto event in Eastern Europe, with 3,000+ attendees, 50+ speakers, 75+ companies, and 100+ media outlets expected across the day.
👉 x.com/incrypted/status/2054145946506674505?s=20
Binance plans to delist 5 crypto assets on May 27th
Automata (ATA), Harvest Finance (FARM), Enzyme (MLN), Phoenix (PHB), and Syscoin (SYS) trading will be ceased at 3:00 UTC. Users will be able to withdraw assets till July 28th.
👉 x.com/binance/status/2054487570411573565?s=20
Automata (ATA), Harvest Finance (FARM), Enzyme (MLN), Phoenix (PHB), and Syscoin (SYS) trading will be ceased at 3:00 UTC. Users will be able to withdraw assets till July 28th.
Prices of respective tokens were hit significantly
– Automata (ATA): -30.1%
– Syscoin (SYS): -30.1%
– Enzyme (MLN): -27.7%
– Phoenix (PHB): -24.4%
– Harvest Finance (FARM): -22.7%
👉 x.com/binance/status/2054487570411573565?s=20
Crypto Compliance Leader Elliptic Closes $120M Series D funding
Founded in 2013, Elliptic spent over a decade building the deep proprietary dataset in the industry, spanning 65+ blockchains; a structural data advantage the company has used to build an AI-native compliance platform at enterprise scale, introduced in 2025.
The round will accelerate Elliptic's push to deliver enterprise-grade onchain compliance infrastructure for the world's largest banks, fintechs, government agencies, and crypto companies.
👉 elliptic.co/media-center/elliptic-secures-120-million-investment
Founded in 2013, Elliptic spent over a decade building the deep proprietary dataset in the industry, spanning 65+ blockchains; a structural data advantage the company has used to build an AI-native compliance platform at enterprise scale, introduced in 2025.
Round was led by One Peak, with Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank, British Business Bank joining; existing investors AlbionVC, Evolution Equity Partners, and J.P. Morgan also participating.
The round will accelerate Elliptic's push to deliver enterprise-grade onchain compliance infrastructure for the world's largest banks, fintechs, government agencies, and crypto companies.
👉 elliptic.co/media-center/elliptic-secures-120-million-investment
Ethereum Foundation has introduced Clear Signing
Clear Signing is an open standard that replaces opaque hex strings in transaction prompts with plain-language descriptions, making human-readable transactions the default across Ethereum wallets and signing interfaces.
👉 x.com/ethereumfndn/status/2054232916763263148?s=20
Clear Signing is an open standard that replaces opaque hex strings in transaction prompts with plain-language descriptions, making human-readable transactions the default across Ethereum wallets and signing interfaces.
The effort builds on existing clear signing work pioneered by Ledger and extends it into a unified, ecosystem-wide open standard. Contributors span the full Ethereum stack: wallets and hardware (Ledger, Trezor, MetaMask, WalletConnect, zkNox), security (Cyfrin), infrastructure (Fireblocks, Zama), and tooling (Sourcify, Argot).
👉 x.com/ethereumfndn/status/2054232916763263148?s=20
Magic Eden Commits $75M to iGaming Venture Dicey
Magic Eden announced a $75M commitment to Dicey, its newly launched iGaming venture offering a casino and sportsbook. The capital will fund Dicey's bankroll, operations, and marketing.
👉 x.com/MagicEden/status/2054252220686762221?s=20
Magic Eden announced a $75M commitment to Dicey, its newly launched iGaming venture offering a casino and sportsbook. The capital will fund Dicey's bankroll, operations, and marketing.
Dicey's roadmap includes conventional casino and sportsbook offerings alongside proprietary innovations. The flagship feature, "Be The House," enables players to take positions on both sides of the table, taking on house risk alongside standard player positions.
👉 x.com/MagicEden/status/2054252220686762221?s=20
Osero Raises $13.5M to Scale Stablecoin Yield Infrastucture
Osero, a stablecoin savings infrastructure startup incubated by Stablewatch, raised $13.5M in a SAFT round led by Sky Ecosystem and Plasma. The project is focused on expanding adoption of USDS and sUSDS by giving users and platforms easier access to the Sky savings rate.
$10M of the raise is allocated to reserve requirements, serving as a protection buffer for users and for Sky Protocol. Each deployment must pass Sky’s internal risk framework, modeled after Basel III banking standards.
👉 x.com/OseroHQ/status/2054216133692252634?s=20
Osero, a stablecoin savings infrastructure startup incubated by Stablewatch, raised $13.5M in a SAFT round led by Sky Ecosystem and Plasma. The project is focused on expanding adoption of USDS and sUSDS by giving users and platforms easier access to the Sky savings rate.
$10M of the raise is allocated to reserve requirements, serving as a protection buffer for users and for Sky Protocol. Each deployment must pass Sky’s internal risk framework, modeled after Basel III banking standards.
The company is building three products:
- App for direct access to savings rates
- Earn for wallets, exchanges, custodians, and neobanks to offer yield without managing DeFi strategies
- Foundry for asset managers bringing structured products and tokenized assets onchain.
👉 x.com/OseroHQ/status/2054216133692252634?s=20
21Shares Launches First Hyperliquid ETF on Nasdaq
21Shares launched Hyperliquid ETF (THYP) on Nasdaq, giving traditional investors direct exposure to HYPE through banks and brokerage accounts.
The fund is physically backed and structured as a grantor trust, meaning it holds actual HYPE tokens rather than synthetic exposure. This structure also allows part of the holdings to be staked, with staking rewards distributed to shareholders.
THYP recorded around $1.8M in first-day trading volume and $1.2M in net inflows. A second product, TXXH, also launched with 2x leveraged exposure to HYPE and a 1.89% fee, expanding institutional access to Hyperliquid through traditional ETF rails.
👉 x.com/21shares_us/status/2054192747741856050?s=20
21Shares launched Hyperliquid ETF (THYP) on Nasdaq, giving traditional investors direct exposure to HYPE through banks and brokerage accounts.
The fund is physically backed and structured as a grantor trust, meaning it holds actual HYPE tokens rather than synthetic exposure. This structure also allows part of the holdings to be staked, with staking rewards distributed to shareholders.
Custody is handled by Anchorage Digital and BitGo, while staking is supported through Figment. Around 30–70% of HYPE holdings may be staked, with the option to increase that share depending on fund conditions.
THYP recorded around $1.8M in first-day trading volume and $1.2M in net inflows. A second product, TXXH, also launched with 2x leveraged exposure to HYPE and a 1.89% fee, expanding institutional access to Hyperliquid through traditional ETF rails.
👉 x.com/21shares_us/status/2054192747741856050?s=20
Charms Closes $1.5M to Build AI Character Economy
Charms ai is building a platform where AI characters function less like chatbots and more like digital assets with memory, personality, ownership, and their own economies. The startup has now raised $1.5M in pre-seed funding from Lattice, JME, Base Ecosystem Fund, and Gidorah via Echo.
Instead of renting access to characters inside closed platforms, creators on Charms keep ownership while fans can participate in the character’s growth.
Fees are shared between creators, the platform, referrers, and the character itself, with part of revenue going into a treasury that helps fund its ongoing AI compute and long-term presence.
Before public launch, Charms reached 6,000 users, generated over 100,000 chats, and recorded more than $1M in market activity, showing early demand for AI-native creator economies.
👉 x.com/charmsai/status/2054224448585072796?s=20
Charms ai is building a platform where AI characters function less like chatbots and more like digital assets with memory, personality, ownership, and their own economies. The startup has now raised $1.5M in pre-seed funding from Lattice, JME, Base Ecosystem Fund, and Gidorah via Echo.
Instead of renting access to characters inside closed platforms, creators on Charms keep ownership while fans can participate in the character’s growth.
Fees are shared between creators, the platform, referrers, and the character itself, with part of revenue going into a treasury that helps fund its ongoing AI compute and long-term presence.
Before public launch, Charms reached 6,000 users, generated over 100,000 chats, and recorded more than $1M in market activity, showing early demand for AI-native creator economies.
👉 x.com/charmsai/status/2054224448585072796?s=20
Agentic Finance Ecosystem: Mapping the AI-Crypto Stack
As AI continues transforming industries worldwide, crypto is becoming one of its most native and practical applications through on-chain agents. These systems can analyze data, move capital, and execute strategies in real time, redefining user experience.
As AI continues transforming industries worldwide, crypto is becoming one of its most native and practical applications through on-chain agents. These systems can analyze data, move capital, and execute strategies in real time, redefining user experience.
Wells Fargo Boosts Ethereum ETF Holdings By 63% To 1.1M Shares In Q1
Wells Fargo significantly increased its exposure to Ethereum ETFs during Q1 2026, raising its stake in BlackRock’s ETHA ETF by over 63% to nearly 1.1M shares. The bank also boosted its holdings in Bitwise’s Ethereum ETF by 37%.
While slightly trimming its position in BlackRock’s IBIT, Wells Fargo expanded exposure to other Bitcoin products, including Bitwise’s BITB and Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF, signaling a more diversified crypto allocation strategy.
The latest filing highlights how major institutions continue refining their crypto exposure through a mix of ETFs, infrastructure firms, and Bitcoin-linked equities.
👉 news.bitcoin.com/wells-fargo-raises-blackrock-ether-etf-stake-to-1-1m-shares-in-q1
Wells Fargo significantly increased its exposure to Ethereum ETFs during Q1 2026, raising its stake in BlackRock’s ETHA ETF by over 63% to nearly 1.1M shares. The bank also boosted its holdings in Bitwise’s Ethereum ETF by 37%.
While slightly trimming its position in BlackRock’s IBIT, Wells Fargo expanded exposure to other Bitcoin products, including Bitwise’s BITB and Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF, signaling a more diversified crypto allocation strategy.
Outside ETFs, the bank more than doubled its stake in Strategy, increasing holdings to around 726,000 shares. At the same time, Wells Fargo sharply reduced its Galaxy Digital position by nearly 97%.
The latest filing highlights how major institutions continue refining their crypto exposure through a mix of ETFs, infrastructure firms, and Bitcoin-linked equities.
👉 news.bitcoin.com/wells-fargo-raises-blackrock-ether-etf-stake-to-1-1m-shares-in-q1
Notion Launches Agent Orchestration to Build and Manage AI Workflows
Notion enables users to connect, coordinate, and manage multiple AI agents directly inside their workspace, without switching between tools or writing custom code. At launch, Notion has partnered with Claude, Codex, Cursor, Warp, and other leading agent tools.
👉 x.com/NotionHQ/status/2054601077346246695?s=20
Notion enables users to connect, coordinate, and manage multiple AI agents directly inside their workspace, without switching between tools or writing custom code. At launch, Notion has partnered with Claude, Codex, Cursor, Warp, and other leading agent tools.
Users can trigger agents, pass context between them, and monitor workflows, all from within the familiar Notion interface they already use for notes, docs, and project management.
👉 x.com/NotionHQ/status/2054601077346246695?s=20
Hermes Agent Hits 140K GitHub Stars, Becomes the Most Popular AI Agent Framework
Hermes, developed by Nous Research, became the most-used agent in the world in under three months, positioning it as the leading successor to OpenClaw in the open-source agentic AI ecosystem.
👉 blogs.nvidia.com/blog/rtx-ai-garage-hermes-agent-dgx-spark?linkId=100000421902973
Hermes, developed by Nous Research, became the most-used agent in the world in under three months, positioning it as the leading successor to OpenClaw in the open-source agentic AI ecosystem.
4 capabilities distinguish Hermes from existing frameworks:
– self-evolving skills (the agent writes and refines its own skills with each new task or piece of feedback)
– contained sub-agents (short-lived isolated workers assigned to individual sub-tasks with minimal context overhead)
– reliability by design (every skill, tool, and plugin is curated and stress-tested by Nous Research so Hermes functions reliably even with 30B-parameter local models)
– active orchestration layer that consistently outperforms competing frameworks using identical underlying models
👉 blogs.nvidia.com/blog/rtx-ai-garage-hermes-agent-dgx-spark?linkId=100000421902973
TG Mini-App Studio Dropee will hold its TGE on May 27th
Dropee is the the world's first tool to create, deploy, and distribute mini-apps on Telegram at scale, positioning DROPEE as the central asset powering rewards, boosts, VIP features, and tooling purchases across its entire ecosystem of Telegram experiences.
👉 x.com/dropee_app/status/2054598862241710566?s=20
Dropee is the the world's first tool to create, deploy, and distribute mini-apps on Telegram at scale, positioning DROPEE as the central asset powering rewards, boosts, VIP features, and tooling purchases across its entire ecosystem of Telegram experiences.
Dropee has 12M total users, 4M monthly active users, 300K daily active users, and $400K in monthly recurring revenue.
👉 x.com/dropee_app/status/2054598862241710566?s=20
Code4rena Shuts Down; Immunefi Steps In to Absorb Customers and Researchers
Auditing platform Code4rena has announced it will wind down operations, with Immunefi stepping in to absorb its bug bounty customers. All contests and bounties will be completed, and active engagements will be seen until the platform fully shuts.
👉 theblock.co/post/401179/immufefi-absorb-code4rena-bug-bounty-customers-shutdown-decision
Auditing platform Code4rena has announced it will wind down operations, with Immunefi stepping in to absorb its bug bounty customers. All contests and bounties will be completed, and active engagements will be seen until the platform fully shuts.
The shutdown arrives less than two years after security firm Zellic acquired Code4rena in 2024, having previously raised $6M from Paradigm in 2023 to fund auditor incentives.
👉 theblock.co/post/401179/immufefi-absorb-code4rena-bug-bounty-customers-shutdown-decision
Coinbase Becomes Hyperliquid’s Official USDC Treasury Deployer
Coinbase has been appointed as Hyperliquid’s official treasury deployer for USDC, replacing USDH as the platform’s native stablecoin under the aligned quote asset framework.
Coinbase called the move the “deepest onchain deployment of a stablecoin” so far. Since launching its mainnet in November 2024, Hyperliquid has grown into the leading onchain perpetuals trading platform powered by its custom Layer 1.
👉 theblock.co/post/401233/coinbase-hyperliquid-official-deployer-usdc
Coinbase has been appointed as Hyperliquid’s official treasury deployer for USDC, replacing USDH as the platform’s native stablecoin under the aligned quote asset framework.
As part of the transition, Native Markets will wind down USDH and grant Coinbase rights to acquire the USDH brand assets. Users will be able to redeem USDH for USDC or fiat without fees during the migration period.
Coinbase called the move the “deepest onchain deployment of a stablecoin” so far. Since launching its mainnet in November 2024, Hyperliquid has grown into the leading onchain perpetuals trading platform powered by its custom Layer 1.
👉 theblock.co/post/401233/coinbase-hyperliquid-official-deployer-usdc
ZachXBT Alleges Insiders Control 95%+ Of LAB Supply
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT published a thread claiming insiders control over 95% of LAB’s token supply and worked with an unknown market maker to push the AI trading terminal token to a ~$6B FDV.
ZachXBT highlighted alleged OTC/loan structures offering steep discounts and high monthly rates, plus claims of unilateral changes to public sale terms and delayed creator payouts. He also traced large LAB movements via Bitget, alleging coordinated distribution through multiple addresses consistent with prior market-making playbooks.
He urged Bitget, Binance, and Gate to freeze alleged insider profits or delist, while noting his findings are not a recommendation to short due to potential price manipulation.
👉 theblock.co/post/401290/zachxbt-alleges-95-insider-control-of-lab-token-in-investigation-into-ai-terminal
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT published a thread claiming insiders control over 95% of LAB’s token supply and worked with an unknown market maker to push the AI trading terminal token to a ~$6B FDV.
He said retail can’t reliably verify LAB’s float, ownership, or vesting, pointing to inconsistent supply data across aggregators and a lack of clear breakdowns in LAB’s docs. ZachXBT also referenced the team’s prior project Eesee, alleging investors were left behind after the team moved on.
ZachXBT highlighted alleged OTC/loan structures offering steep discounts and high monthly rates, plus claims of unilateral changes to public sale terms and delayed creator payouts. He also traced large LAB movements via Bitget, alleging coordinated distribution through multiple addresses consistent with prior market-making playbooks.
He urged Bitget, Binance, and Gate to freeze alleged insider profits or delist, while noting his findings are not a recommendation to short due to potential price manipulation.
👉 theblock.co/post/401290/zachxbt-alleges-95-insider-control-of-lab-token-in-investigation-into-ai-terminal