Three masked men in Paris has made the brazen attempt to abduct the daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, the co-founder and CEO of French crypto exchange Paymium in broad daylight.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to official news, LBank has launched Axelrod by Virtuals (AXR) at 11:00 (SGT) on May 15, and opened the AXR/USDT trading pair. Currently, the deposit service is open, and the withdrawal service will be open at 11:00 on May 16.

Ethereum price extended its increase above the $2,720 zone. ETH is now correcting gains and might revisit the $2,500 support zone. Ethereum started a fresh increase and cleared the $2,720 resistance. The price is trading above $2,520 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average source: https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/eth/ethereum-price-dips-2650/

Legendary crypto trader Arthur Hayes said on Thursday that he still believes Bitcoin will hit $1 million, but he’s not riding that train with his eyes closed. In a new essay titled Fatty Fatty Boom Boom, Arthur explained why he’s taking short positions even while holding onto his long-term conviction. He used obesity and the […] source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/arthur-hayes-shorting-bitcoin-on-the-way-up/

Since May, there have been continuous positive macro factors, inflation data has cooled down beyond expectations, the tariff war has gradually eased, and the Federal Reserve has released net liquidity in stages. Bitcoin has returned above $100,000, and mainstream assets such as ETH and SOL have strengthened simultaneously.

Odaily Planet Daily News On May 15, according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market sectors generally pulled back. The Layer2 and GameFi sectors, which rose sharply yesterday, fell by 7.02% and 6.99% respectively. In the Layer2 sector, Starknet (STRK) fell by 9.64% in 24 hours, and Celestia (TIA) fell by 9.72%. In the GameFi sector, Axie Infinity (AXS) and Decentraland (MANA) fell by 9.05% and 10.65% respectively. In addition, Ethereum (ETH) broke through $2,700 yesterday and began to fall back, falling 3.52% in 24 hours and falling below $2,600. Bitcoin (BTC) fell by 0.68%, but still remained around $103,000. In other sectors, the PayFi sector fell 1.85%, and the CeFi sector fell 1.99%. Among them, LEO Token (LEO) and Amp (AMP) rose 2.00% and 13.75% against the trend respectively; the Layer1 sector fell 4.53%, and TRON (TRX) rose slightly by 0.55%; the Meme sector fell 4.60%, the DeFi sector fell 4.86%, and Ethena (ENA) fell 8.85%. The crypto sector index reflecting the historical market conditions of the sector shows that the ssiLayer2, ssiGameFi, and ssiSocialFi indexes fell 7.89%, 7.11%, and 6.02% respectively in 24 hours.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to official news, the subscription of Gate.io Launchpad's first project Puffverse (PFVS) is in progress, and the total investment amount has exceeded 41 million USDT in 48 hours. In order to enhance the flexibility of participation and optimize the user experience, Gate.io has simultaneously launched the "repurchase" function, allowing users to replenish funds unlimited times during the project subscription period. According to DefiLlama data, driven by this Launchpad subscription activity, Gate.io's net inflow in the past 24 hours ranked second among global trading platforms.

There was only one substantive consensus reached - to cancel the "spiraling" 91% tariffs on each other and suspend the 24% tariffs for 90 days.

In a move that feels both futuristic and kinda inevitable, Ukraine is working on a law that would let it officially hold Bitcoin as part of its national reserves. If they pull this off, they’ll be one of the first countries in Europe to go beyond crypto-friendly buzzwords and actually put digital assets to work. source: https://99bitcoins.com/news/bitcoin-btc/ukraine-eyes-bitcoin-for-national-reserves-in-first-for-europe-move/

Odaily Planet Daily News Dan Tapiero, CEO of crypto venture capital firm 10T Holdings, pointed out at the Toronto Consensus Conference that too many crypto startups pursue valuations far exceeding their revenues, making it difficult for venture capital to get returns. Tapiero said: "For some reason, founders and CEOs think they should raise funds at 50 to 80 times their revenues. This makes it difficult for us to create returns for liquidity providers." Tapiero revealed that his agency has rejected more than 200 projects due to overvaluation, including the bankrupt FTX, BlockFi and Celsius. 10T Holdings' investment criteria are corporate valuations of more than $400-500 million and a price-to-sales ratio of no more than 10 times. Despite concerns about valuation bubbles, PitchBook data shows that crypto venture capital transaction volume in the first quarter of 2025 increased by more than 100% month-on-month to $6 billion. Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead, who was also in the discussion, suggested that venture capital adopt a combination investment strategy of "equity + tokens". 86% of the projects invested by his institutions have achieved profitability, and 22 have become unicorn companies. (Coin telegraph)

Odaily Planet Daily News: Solana Ecosystem Multi-Signature Protocol Developer Squads announced the launch of Altitude, an enterprise-level stablecoin account service that allows companies to open and manage US dollar accounts directly on the blockchain, completely bypassing the traditional banking system. Squads CEO Stepan Simkin introduced that the service is based on smart contracts and can ensure the three core advantages of fund ownership, programmability and transparency. The most prominent feature of the Altitude service is that corporate users no longer need to rely on traditional banks or US physical institutions, and all funds will be managed by on-chain smart contracts. The project has received strategic investment support from Haun Ventures, and the specific amount has not yet been disclosed.

JPMorgan has partnered with Ondo Finance and Chainlink to complete a groundbreaking pilot transaction that bridges traditional finance with blockchain.

Ethereum just made a bold move that shows it’s thinking way, way ahead. The Ethereum Foundation has announced its “Trillion Dollar Security” initiative, or 1TS for short, and the name pretty much says it all. The goal? Make sure Ethereum is secure enough to handle the kind of money and user volume that traditional financial. source: https://99bitcoins.com/news/ethereum/ethereum-foundation-launches-trillion-dollar-security-initiative/

European law enforcement in January arrested 17 suspects of a “mafia crypto bank” who are said to have laundered over 21 million euros ($23. 5 million) in crypto for criminal entities in China and the Middle East. The money laundering services were allegedly carried out on behalf of other criminal networks engaged in migrant smuggling and drug trafficking, Europol said in a May 14 statement. Spanish authorities said the criminal organization ran a secret informal money transfer system called hawala and was often compensated in crypto source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/europol-dismantle-mafia-crypto-bank-17-arrested?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss%3Fnocache%3D1710693569692&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Fully on-chain games store all of their logic (including assets, rules, and state) on the blockchain or Rollup.

Pragmatic AI+Crypto projects, real users+income repurchase mechanism, may bring investment opportunities to ordinary people.

When it comes to crypto assets, Bitcoin is king, but history suggests that investors may benefit from holding a basket of crypto assets.

Golden Finance launches the 2699th issue of "Golden Morning 8" - a morning report on the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

How could a cryptocurrency with an absurd name and no application scenarios become one of the few mainstream currencies that rose against the trend in the first quarter of this year? It even broke through the circle on Wall Street, and traditional investors were overwhelmed.

Golden Finance launches "Golden Web3.0 Daily" to provide you with the latest and fastest MEME, DeFi, DAO, NFT and Metaverse industry news.