24H Hot Tokens & Headlines｜US-Iran Final Draft Agreement Reached; Iran Holds $7.7 Billion in Crypto Assets (May 22)

1. Popular Tokens on CEX

CEX Top 10 by Trading Volume & 24h Change:

• BTC: - 0.6%
• ETH: - 0.68%
• SOL: + 0.21%
• ZEC: - 3.36%
• SUI: - 1.05%
• XRP: - 0.89%
• NEAR: + 17.25%
• BNB: + 0.63%
• DOGE: + 0.73%
• ALLO: + 2.16%

24h Gainers (Data Source: OKX):

• PROVE: + 30.11%
• GRASS: + 27.83%
• NEAR: + 17.83%
• DORA: + 13.62%
• YB: + 13.42%
• VELODROME: + 12.03%
• LIT: + 9.39%
• ZAMA: + 7.93%
• WLD: + 7.66%
• KAITO: + 7.14%

24h Crypto Stock Gainers (Data Source: msx.com):

• RGTI: 40.11%
• BKKT: 28.78%
• QUBT: 26.05%
• APLD: 23.03%
• DXYZ: 20.68%
• WOLF: 19.75%
• VCX: 18.72%
• AXTI: 16.43%
• ARM: 15.87%
• VIVO: 15.8%

2. Popular On-chain Memes (Data Source: GMGN):

• ETH: sato, IFF
• Solana: WORLDCUP, DEGEN
• Base: GITBANK, openhuman
• BNB: TLS, 背手负鼠

Headlines

Final Draft of US-Iran Agreement Reached, Expected to be Announced Within Hours

Odaily Planet Daily News According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), citing Al Arabiya, the final draft of the US-Iran agreement has been reached with Pakistan's mediation and is expected to be announced within the next few hours. (Jin Shi)

Iran Foreign Ministry: Current Negotiation Focus is Ending Wars on All Fronts

Odaily Planet Daily News On May 21 local time, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Baghaei stated in an interview that the current focus of negotiations is ending wars on all fronts, including Lebanon. He added that media reports on nuclear issues, including the enriched uranium issue or debate, are merely speculation and lack credibility. He also noted that accurate information on negotiation details will be provided by authorized officials and the negotiation team spokesperson. (CCTV News)

Iran's Crypto Asset Holdings Valued at $7.7 Billion

Odaily Planet Daily News Cointelegraph posted on X platform that, according to Fox News, Iran's crypto asset holdings are worth approximately $7.7 billion.

Industry News

Trump Administration Grants Nine Quantum Computing Companies Total of $2 Billion

Odaily Planet Daily News The Trump administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce, has awarded a total of $2 billion in grants to nine quantum computing companies in exchange for equity. $1 billion will be granted to IBM, chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries will receive $375 million, publicly listed companies including D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, and Infleqtion will each receive $100 million, and startup Diraq is expected to receive $38 million.

According to sources familiar with the matter, the U.S. Commerce Department is discussing providing targeted financial support to relevant companies by becoming a shareholder, to advance the development of key technologies like quantum computing. Analysts believe this model indicates that the government's intervention and investment in strategic sectors such as semiconductors, AI, and quantum computing are simultaneously increasing. (Wall Street Journal)

Anthropic May Lease Computing Resources from Microsoft's Self-developed AI Chips

Odaily Planet Daily News Anthropic has announced it is in talks with Microsoft to lease computing resources powered by Microsoft's self-developed AI server chips to meet the growing demands of its AI model training and inference.

According to sources, the discussions involve providing server computing services based on Microsoft's self-developed chips through its data centers. This could be an important option for Anthropic to expand its computing power sources. If the deal is reached, it would be considered a key milestone in Microsoft's AI chip commercialization efforts. (The Information)

SpaceX and Tesla Hold a Combined $2.3 Billion in Bitcoin, Possible Fifth Largest Public Company BTC Holder

Odaily Planet Daily News BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X platform that Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla collectively hold 30,221 Bitcoins, worth $2.3 billion. If calculated together, they would become the fifth-largest public company BTC holder.

xAI Releases Agentic Coding Model, Supporting Third-party Agent Calls like OpenClaw

Odaily Planet Daily News xAI has launched a code model specially trained for Agentic Coding, named grok-build-0.1, currently in early access.

It is understood that grok-build-0.1 supports text and image multimodal input, natively features tool calling, structured output, and reasoning capabilities, with a context window of 256k. Regarding API pricing, the input price is $1 per million tokens, and the output price is $2 per million tokens. With prompt caching enabled, the cost for cached input can be reduced to $0.2 per million tokens.

Furthermore, xAI has opened third-party authorization for personal Grok subscription accounts. Users with SuperGrok or X Premium subscriptions can directly reuse official computing power quotas via OAuth mechanism in open-source agents like Hermes Agent and OpenClaw, and call the grok-build-0.1 model.

Tether Acquires All Shares of Twenty One Capital Held by SoftBank

Odaily Planet Daily News According to an SEC filing, Tether has acquired all shares (891,000 Class A shares) of Bitcoin holding company Twenty One Capital (XXI) held by Japanese investment giant SoftBank.

Although specific financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, based on Wednesday's closing price of $7.98 per share, the stake is worth approximately $711 million. SoftBank purchased this stake for $999.3 million last June, meaning this exit results in a significant discount.

Twenty One Capital currently holds 43,514 Bitcoins, worth about $3.4 billion. Following SoftBank's exit, its appointed board members have immediately resigned, causing the number of independent members on the company's audit committee to temporarily fall short of the New York Stock Exchange's listing rules. (decrypt)

Paradigm Announces Open-Sourcing Proprietary AI Agent Centaur, Claims It Has Revolutionized Fund Workflow

Odaily Planet Daily News Paradigm officially announced it will open-source Centaur, a self-hosted, multi-user collaborative, and secure AI Agent Runtime developed jointly by Paradigm and Tempo.

Paradigm stated that the fund has been using Centaur internally since January this year, and it has completely transformed the team's workflow, covering various tasks such as investment, engineering, design, recruitment, events, and customer service.

Centaur can be understood as a "shared Agent" capable of calling tools, running continuously for hours or even days, resuming work after system restarts, and performing operations using real credentials without ever touching raw secrets. Users can interact with it via Slack or through its API.

Billionaire Mark Cuban Says He Has Sold Most of His Bitcoin, Disappointed with 'Digital Gold' Narrative

Odaily Planet Daily News Billionaire investor Mark Cuban stated that he has sold most of his Bitcoin holdings, citing diminished confidence in Bitcoin as a hedge against fiat currency devaluation and geopolitical risks.

Cuban said on a podcast that he was disappointed because gold prices rose after the Iran war broke out, while Bitcoin fell, and Bitcoin did not rise as expected when the U.S. dollar weakened.

Previously, Mark Cuban had described Bitcoin as "a better version of gold," with approximately 60% of his crypto portfolio allocated to Bitcoin. He now says his disappointment with Bitcoin exceeds that with Ethereum and dismisses most other cryptocurrencies as "garbage." (CoinDesk)

Bankless Founder David Hoffman Has Liquidated All His ETH

Odaily Planet Daily News Bankless founder David Hoffman posted on X platform that he has liquidated all his ETH holdings.

Meanwhile, Bankless Co-founder Ryan Sean Adams stated that he remains bullish on ETH. Additionally, he revealed that the first phase of Bankless—the 6-year partnership with David Hoffman—has officially ended.

Ryan Sean Adams said he will reduce his involvement in content creation and guest interviews in the future, instead focusing more on supporting David Hoffman's explorations in crypto and other new areas. He stated that he will still participate in the Rollup podcast weekly, but content leadership will be handed over to David Hoffman.

Project News

Polymarket to Launch 'Taker Fee Rebate Program' Next Week, Up to 50% Rebate on Taker Fees

Odaily Planet Daily News Polymarket official Mustafa stated on X that the platform will launch a "Taker Fee Rebate Program" next week, where direct taker users can receive up to a 50% fee rebate.

According to data shared by Mustafa, to trigger the taker fee rebate, users need a weighted trading volume exceeding $2,000 over the past 30 days. To trigger the highest tier (50%) taker fee rebate, the weighted trading volume over the past 30 days must exceed $10 million.

Kraken Parent Company Payward Receives Preliminary Approval from Dubai's VARA for Crypto Business

Odaily Planet Daily News Kraken parent company Payward announced it has received preliminary approval for a broker-dealer, investment, and management license from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in the UAE. Payward plans to expand its crypto business in the UAE through a local regulated entity, offering spot, margin, and OTC trading, staking services, Kraken Prime for institutional clients, and supporting user-to-user crypto asset transfers. (Businesswire)

Bitcoin Treasury Company Nakamoto Plans 1:40 Reverse Stock Split to Maintain Nasdaq Listing

Odaily Planet Daily News Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto plans to implement a 1:40 reverse stock split to boost its share price back above $1, thus meeting Nasdaq's continued listing requirements.

According to the plan, the number of outstanding shares will be reduced from approximately 696.1 million to about 17.4 million. The split is expected to take effect on May 22.

Previously, Nakamoto reported a net loss of $238.8 million in its Q1 2026 earnings report. Of this, approximately $107.7 million came from impairment charges related to acquired pre-paid options, and around $102.5 million in losses came from unrealized losses on its 5,058 BTC holdings during the 23% decline in Bitcoin price that quarter. (Decrypt)

Apyx Confirms TGE and Airdrop on October 13, Points Allocation Increased

Odaily Planet Daily News Apyx, a stablecoin project built on STRC, announced on X that the TGE and airdrop are scheduled for October 13. Furthermore, it confirmed that the Season 2 points campaign will end on October 11, and the token allocation corresponding to points will be increased from 4% to 6% of the total supply.

Previously, DeFi Development stated it would proceed with its strategic investment in the stablecoin protocol Apyx.

Cross-Chain Settlement Protocol Everclear Announces Closure

Odaily Planet Daily News Cross-chain settlement protocol Everclear announced on X platform the closure of its Foundation, Labs, and product development. The core reason cited is that although its solver-based cross-chain fund rebalancing model reached $500 million in monthly volume, users' price sensitivity made it difficult to convert into substantial revenue. The DAO will continue to operate and explore open-sourcing the protocol. Any remaining funds may be used for CLEAR token buybacks. The official timeline for closure, asset handling plan, and arrangements for user funds are yet to be disclosed.

Syndicate Development Company to Wind Down Operations, SYND Governance Unaffected in Short Term

Odaily Planet Daily News DAO infrastructure service provider Syndicate announced it will gradually cease operations. The company stated that after five years of building on-chain developer infrastructure, the Rollup market has fundamentally changed. The Rollup market has significantly contracted, some Rollup projects are shutting down, and the market has shifted from EVM Rollups to customized chains built from scratch by consulting teams, leading to a sharp decline in the value of reusable technology and networks.

Syndicate stated that its structure consists of two parts: Syndicate Labs, responsible for development, will shut down, while Syndicate Network Collective (Wyoming DUNA), an independent entity holding SYND tokens and governance rights, will continue to exist. SYND governance is not expected to be affected in the short term.

Investments & Fundraising

AI Hardware Startup Hark Raises $700M in Series A at $6B Valuation, Led by Parkway Venture Capital

Odaily Planet Daily News AI hardware startup Hark announced it has raised $700 million in funding, achieving a post-money valuation of $6 billion. This Series A round was led by Parkway Venture Capital, with participation from NVIDIA, AMD Ventures, ARK Invest, Brookfield, Greycroft, Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and others. The new funds will be used to expand GPU infrastructure and accelerate large model R&D. (Bloomberg)

Kalshi Raises Additional $200M in Series F Extension, Baillie Gifford and Layer Global Participate

Odaily Planet Daily News According to sources, prediction market platform Kalshi has raised an additional $200 million from Baillie Gifford