Odaily Odaily News According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Whale Evaded (@ICanPlug) opened a 40x leveraged short position of 525.34 BTC approximately 1 hour ago, with a position value of about $40.26 million.

Additionally, they opened a 5x leveraged long position of 53,500 ZEC approximately 2 days ago, with a position value of about $33.3 million. This position currently has an unrealized loss exceeding $1.48 million.

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to OKX market data, possibly influenced by OKX's release of news related to Exchange OS, OKB briefly rose above $98, and is currently reported at $97, with 24-hour gains exceeding 17%.

The Exchange OS whitepaper released by OKX today mentions that any eligible entity can become a deployer by staking OKB, gaining independent control over the data sources, risk parameters, and listed assets of their respective markets.

Previous news: OKX Launches Exchange OS: An Open Trading Infrastructure Based on X Layer.

Odaily reports that the official Base account has posted a promotional video on X featuring a blue mascot wearing sunglasses and white gloves. Community users speculate that the video may hint at the completion of a BASE token airdrop snapshot, or serve as a preheating clip for a new payment-related product.

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to OKX market data, possibly influenced by OKX's release of information related to Exchange OS, OKB briefly surged past the $88 mark and is currently trading at $88.33, with a 24-hour increase exceeding 6%.

Previous Report: OKX Launches Exchange OS: An Open Trading Infrastructure Based on X Layer.

According to Odaily, crypto analyst EmberCN (@EmberCN) reported that 11 hours ago, Kraken redeemed 50,600 ETH from the restaking project EigenCloud (formerly EigenLayer), valued at approximately $107 million.

EmberCN noted that the total TVL in the restaking sector has dropped from approximately $31 billion in August 2025 to the current level of around $11 billion. Among them, EigenCloud, as the sector leader, has also seen its TVL decline from about $22 billion to $5.5 billion.

Odaily Odaily reports that Unipeg has announced on the X platform the upcoming launch of the microPEG feature. Users can mint a fully rendered 12×12 microPEG NFT by wrapping 0.1 uPEG.

It is noted that these NFTs can later be traded through the uPEG/mPEG liquidity pool. Unipeg states that every mPEG minted will absorb a corresponding amount of uPEG from circulation, thereby further increasing the difficulty of generating integer uPEG tokens.

Odaily reports, according to official news, OKX has officially released the Exchange OS whitepaper today. It is an open protocol built on X Layer, embedding capabilities such as order matching, margin, clearing, settlement, and unified accounts into the protocol layer. Anyone can independently deploy spot, perpetual contract, and prediction markets on Exchange OS without platform approval. User funds are custodied by protocol smart contracts, and no single entity can unilaterally invoke them. OKX's own market and external markets follow the same set of protocol rules.

Additionally, Exchange OS supports cross-market unified accounts, allowing users to participate in multiple markets simultaneously using the same pool of funds.

Odaily reported that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, concluding his visit to India, told the media today (May 26) regarding the U.S. military's so-called "defensive strikes" on multiple locations in southern Iran this morning that the Strait of Hormuz "must remain open at all costs." Rubio stated, "The strait must remain open. It will open in some way eventually, and it must remain open." He also noted that negotiations over the wording of a potential agreement with Iran might still take "a few more days."

Odaily Seer monitoring shows that in Predict.fun's "2026 NBA Champion" prediction event, the Knicks' championship probability has surpassed the Spurs to reach 29%, up 13% in a single week; the Spurs' championship probability has dropped to 27%, down 3% in a week. As of now, the total trading volume for this event contract is approximately $627 million.

Today's NBA Eastern Conference Finals have concluded, with the Knicks defeating the Cavaliers 130-93 in Game 4, sweeping the series 4-0, and returning to the Finals for the first time in 27 years.

Odaily Seer continues to track the prediction market, seeing changes before they are priced in.

Odaily Seer Prophecy Channel monitoring shows that in the Polymarket “NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Carolina Hurricanes vs. Montreal Canadiens” prediction event, an address (0x1136368d7f6728e94ed14c532ab95a932f710c2e) that has profited over $210,000 purchased approximately $54,000 worth of Montreal Canadiens beating the Carolina Hurricanes, with an entry price of 42.8¢ and an unrealized profit of $3,200.

Currently, the NHL Eastern Conference Finals series is tied at 1-1. The Canadiens previously defeated the Hurricanes 6-2 in Game 1 but were subsequently leveled by their opponents in the series. The Canadiens have home-ice advantage for Game 3, while the Hurricanes, backed by more stable goaltending and special teams efficiency, are favored by some market participants.

Odaily Seer Prophecy Channel continues to monitor prediction markets, seeing changes before pricing occurs.

Odaily Seer Channel monitoring shows that the outcome of the Polymarket "NBA Eastern Conference Finals G4 Knicks vs. Cavaliers" prediction event has been determined. The Knicks defeated the Cavaliers, with total trading volume exceeding $13.6 million. A smart money address (0x9f2fe025f84839ca81dd8e0338892605702d2ca8) that bet on the Knicks winning made a profit of over $420,000 on a single event.

Odaily Seer Channel previously reported that this smart money address was the TOP1 holder for the Knicks, purchasing $530,000 worth of "Knicks to beat Cavaliers" bets at an average entry price of 54.4¢.

Odaily Seer Channel continues to monitor the prediction market, seeing the changes before the price is set.

Odaily, Facet co-founder proposes including EIP-8182 in Ethereum's Hegota upgrade to introduce native privacy transfer functionality for ETH and ERC-20 tokens, utilizing UTXO architecture and zero-knowledge proofs, with enhanced anonymity protection through a unified privacy pool.

According to SoSoValue data, the crypto market sectors show mixed movements. The SocialFi sector rose 5.90% in the past 24 hours, with Toncoin (TON) surging 8.73% within the sector. The DePIN sector rose 2.99%, with Render (RENDER) increasing 9.24% and Grass (GRASS) gaining 13.67%.

In other sectors, the AI sector rose 0.06%, with Unibase (UB) increasing 18.95%; the Layer 2 sector rose 0.06%, with Celestia (TIA) gaining 11.44%.

Additionally, the Layer 1 sector fell 0.28%, but NEAR Protocol (NEAR) rose 12.14%; the CeFi sector dropped 0.35%, with Bitget Token (BGB) remaining relatively resilient, up 0.71%; the Meme sector declined 1.23%, while MemeCore (M) bucked the trend with a 3.63% increase; the PayFi sector decreased 1.26%, with Ultima (ULTIMA) pulling up 1.59% during the session; the DeFi sector fell 2.22%, with Hyperliquid (HYPE) retracing 3.28% after hitting new highs, falling below the $60 level.

Reflecting historical sector performance, the crypto sector indexes show that the ssiSocialFi and ssiLayer2 indexes rose 7.27% and 0.09% respectively, while the ssiRWA index fell 9.13%.

Odaily reported that Arthur Hayes stated that as big tech companies, governments, and AI continue to expand their surveillance capabilities, monetary privacy will become "very necessary" in the future.

Arthur Hayes said this is why he holds the privacy coin Zcash (ZEC) as his second-largest personal asset. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to official sources, OKX has officially released the Exchange OS whitepaper, an open protocol infrastructure that allows anyone to deploy spot, perpetual contract, or prediction markets on X Layer without platform approval. OKX Founder and CEO Star stated: "We believe the next evolution of on-chain finance lies in building shared market infrastructure, enabling developers and institutions to create new trading markets more efficiently while maintaining full flexibility in front-end design, market structure, risk control, and compliance frameworks."

In addition, OKX also revealed that it will soon launch the first market deployed on Exchange OS—the "2026 FIFA World Cup Prediction Market," going live in June. Star remarked: "The next chapter of on-chain finance should not be written by any single platform; it should be co-authored by everyone who wants to build markets."