Odaily Planet Daily reports that Eightco Holdings Inc., a US-listed company, announced its latest asset structure as of May 27, 2026, with total holdings of approximately $374 million. The assets include: approximately $90 million in indirect equity in OpenAI (held through a special purpose vehicle), $18 million in equity in Beast Industries, approximately $144 million in cash and stablecoins, 11,068 Ethereum tokens, and approximately 283 million Worldcoin (WLD) tokens. It also includes an investment of approximately $1 million in Mythical Games. Eightco stated that its portfolio will continue to focus on core assets in AI and the digital economy, with a focus on private technology companies such as OpenAI and Beast Industries, strengthening its strategic exposure in artificial intelligence, digital identity, and the creator economy. (PRNewswire)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Futu Holdings founder Li Hua responded to the new regulations on cross-border securities business jointly issued by eight departments on May 22nd at the company's Q1 2026 earnings conference. He emphasized that this adjustment is a unified requirement across the entire industry. The two-year rectification period for mainland clients does not involve account liquidation; it only restricts domestic deposits and purchases, while allowing one-way selling and fund transfers. Li Hua stated that Futu has completely suspended new account openings for mainland residents, and has rejected tens of thousands of non-compliant applications in the past two years. As of the end of Q1, mainland clients accounted for 13% of total assets, 17% of total assets, and contributed approximately 20% of revenue. The company will actively embrace regulation, steadily promote compliance, and expects the new regulations will not affect its annual customer acquisition target of 800,000, and will continue to expand into international markets. Financial reports show that Futu's Q1 revenue was HK$5.856 billion (up 24.7% year-on-year), and net profit was HK$831 million (down 61.2% year-on-year), mainly due to the provision for a proposed fine of HK$1.85 billion from the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

U.S. inflation surged in April, its fastest pace in three years, driven by rising energy prices due to the Iran war. This further reinforces economists' view that the Federal Reserve is likely to keep interest rates unchanged for a long period until next year. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday that the PCE index jumped 3.8% in the 12 months ending in April, the largest increase since May 2023. The March PCE inflation rate, after revision, remained at 3.5%. Excluding volatile food and energy components, the core PCE price index rose 3.3% year-over-year in April, compared with a 3.2% increase in March. The Federal Reserve uses the PCE inflation indicator as a reference for its 2% inflation target. Financial markets expect the Fed to maintain its benchmark interest rate in the range of 3.50% to 3.75% until 2027. (Jinshi)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Geoffrey Kendrick, Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered Bank, stated that Ethereum's current trend is similar to Amazon's after the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2001. The price decline does not necessarily indicate a deterioration in fundamentals; rather, it may reflect a "mismatch between stock price and intrinsic metrics." Kendrick cited Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's view that market prices and company fundamentals can diverge for a long time, but will eventually revert to their intrinsic value. Although Ethereum's current price has fallen by about 57% from its 2025 high, key metrics such as on-chain transaction volume and total value locked (TVL) remain near historical highs. Therefore, Standard Chartered maintains a long-term bullish view on ETH, predicting that the price may reach $4,000 by the end of 2026 and rise to $40,000 by 2030. (The Block)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that prediction market platform Polymarket has announced that the beta version of its perpetual contract product is now open for testing to a select group of users, with access to be gradually expanded over the next four weeks. Analysts believe this launch signifies Polymarket's further expansion from prediction markets into the cryptocurrency derivatives trading arena, continuously broadening its trading scenarios and user reach. The official details regarding supported trading pairs and features for the perpetual contract product have not yet been released.