Odaily Odaily: Ethereum Foundation researchers Carl Beek and Julian Ma announced their resignations on Monday. Carl Beek is leaving after seven years of service, with his last working day being May 29. Julian Ma announced his departure after serving for approximately four years.
Previously, several other executives and researchers had already left the foundation, including co-Executive Director Tomasz K. Stańczak, who departed in February, Josh Stark in March, and Protocol team leads Barnabé Monnot, Tim Beiko, and Alex Stokes, who announced their resignations earlier this month.
The Ethereum Foundation underwent a major restructuring in 2025 in response to community criticism, and has recently sparked controversy over events such as requiring employees to sign loyalty pledges.
Kevin Warsh will be sworn in at the White House on Friday, with the ceremony presided over by Trump. (FOX)
Odaily reported that, according to Bloomberg, Elon Musk's xAI earlier this year asked employees to provide their personal tax returns as training data for Grok, offering $420 as an incentive.
Odaily Planet Daily reported: According to CNBC correspondents, U.S. officials have stated that reports from Iranian state media claiming the U.S. agreed to lift oil sanctions during negotiations are false. (Jin10)
Odaily reported that Tempo has announced the integration of the DeFi lending market Morpho, bringing a $7.5 billion lending market to its network. The project's main business is to provide fintech companies and enterprises developing on the Tempo chain with the ability to lend directly on-chain and earn yields on idle stablecoins.
The lending system for Morpho on Tempo will feature customized markets provided by risk firms Gauntlet and Sentora, and will use RedStone oracles for pricing. (coindesk)
Odaily News: Olena Oblamska, co-founder of crypto platform Forsage, has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after being extradited from Thailand to the United States.
Forsage launched in January 2020 and was marketed to retail investors worldwide as a smart contract-based DApp investment platform. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges the platform utilized smart contracts on Ethereum, TRON, and BNB Chain to automatically redirect funds from new participants to earlier investors, characterizing it as a Ponzi and pyramid scheme.
Blockchain analysis indicates that over 80% of Forsage investors received less cryptocurrency than they deposited, and more than 50% received no returns at all. The scheme defrauded victims in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America of approximately $340 million. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission previously filed a civil lawsuit against those involved in August 2022. (financefeeds)
Odaily reports that Cointelegraph posted on X platform, citing DefiLlama data, showing that the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi has fallen more than 50% from its peak of $170 billion reached in October last year.
Odaily reported that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on X platform, stating that Coinbase is proud to cooperate with law enforcement to assist in combating crime. Its investigation team identified an ongoing criminal activity and utilized blockchain forensics to track the criminals, ultimately leading to 5 convictions.
Odaily reports that Coinbase Markets announced on X platform that spot trading for Wrapped Ronin (WRON) will be launched on May 18, 2026. If liquidity conditions are met, the WRON-USD trading pair will be available later today in supported regions.
Odaily reports that according to Onchain Lens monitoring, over the past 24 hours, the mysterious ShapeShift whale purchased 4,677 ETH for $9.94 million. This whale currently holds 133,700 ETH, valued at $281 million.
Odaily reported on the 18th local time that U.S. health officials announced on the 16th that an adult resident of Douglas County, Colorado, died from a Hantavirus infection. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment stated that an investigation into the incident is underway and clarified that this case is not related to the Hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship "Hondius." Additionally, preliminary investigation results indicate that the patient contracted the virus locally through contact with rodents.
In Colorado, rodents are the most common source of Hantavirus transmission. The patient's identity information and exact date of death have not yet been disclosed. (CCTV)
Odaily reported that Telegram founder Pavel Durov posted on platform X, stating that Telegram has launched a bot-to-bot communication feature, and autonomous agents now have a communication layer viewable by humans.
According to a Reuters report citing sources, the U.S. Treasury Department will extend the expired sanctions waiver on Russian seaborne oil imports for an additional 30 days. This decision was made after several impoverished and vulnerable countries requested more time to purchase Russian oil. (Jinshi)
Odaily reports that according to msx data, the three major U.S. stock indices have all turned lower. Micron Technology (MU.O) is down nearly 3%, after previously rising over 4%. SanDisk (SNDK.O) is down nearly 6%, while NVIDIA (NVDA.O) has fallen over 1%, after earlier gaining more than 2%.
Odaily Planet Daily News According to US media AXIOS, a senior US official and a source said that Iran has submitted an updated ceasefire proposal, but the White House believes the proposal lacks substantial improvements and is insufficient to reach an agreement. US officials stated that Trump wants to reach an agreement to end the war, but because Iran has rejected many of his demands and refuses to make meaningful concessions on its nuclear program, he is considering resuming the war.
US officials said that if Iran does not change its stance, the US will have to negotiate "with bombs." The senior US official stated: "We haven't actually made much progress. It's time for the Iranians to show good faith. We need a real, solid, and detailed dialogue on the nuclear program. If that dialogue cannot proceed, we will have to dialogue through bombs, and that would be a pity." (Jinshi)
Odaily News: Goldman Sachs stated that the easing of geopolitical concerns has driven significant gains in the stock market and the AI sector, but downside tail risks are still being underestimated.
Goldman Sachs: Escalation of the Middle East situation is the biggest market risk. (Jinshi Data)
