Planet Morning News

1. Hong Kong is considering promoting gold tokenization; 2. Bitcoin is favored by hedge funds and banks, and Standard Chartered Bank is optimistic about its long-term growth potential; 3. Tether intends to acquire a majority stake in South American energy company Adecoagro; 4. Michael Saylor: Strategy did not buy any Bitcoin last week and currently holds 478,740 BTC; 5. Crypto security company Blockaid completed a $50 million Series B financing, led by Ribbit Capital; 6. Grayscale launched a single asset crypto investment fund Grayscale Pyth Trust with a management fee of 2.5%; 7. Bitwise donated $150,000 to support Bitcoin open source developers; 8. Altius Labs completed a $11 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Founders Fund and Pantera; 9. Fed Daly: Cryptocurrency is an emerging industry and does not want to suppress innovation due to fear; 10. Spokesperson for Argentine President Milley: There is no plan to fire any officials due to the cryptocurrency scandal; 11. The US SEC has confirmed receipt of Bitwise's application for spot XRP ETF; 12. FTX: The next round of repayment distribution is expected to start on May 30, 2025; 13. Strategy plans to issue $2 billion in convertible senior notes to increase its holdings of Bitcoin; 14. The US Senate confirmed Howard Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce; 15. Crypto custody company BitGo has added over-the-counter trading business and is considering an IPO; 16. Bitcoin financial services company Fold will be officially listed on Nasdaq; 17. Strategy warns that large fluctuations in Bitcoin's market value may lead to risks in the company's profits; 18. The founder of Curve launched a new project Yield Basis and completed a $5 million fundraising.