25-Year-Old AI Stock Prodigy's Q1 New Holdings Experience Expanded Decline, Total Equity Decreased by Nearly 12%

May 20th: Per Coinglass data, as Bitcoin stays in sideways trading, funding rates on leading centralized (CEX) and decentralized (DEX) exchanges show a clear weakening of bearish sentiment—specific rate details are available in the attached image. BlockBeats Note: The funding rate is a fee mechanism used by crypto exchanges to align perpetual contract prices with spot market prices. It facilitates fund exchanges between long and short traders; platforms do not collect this fee. The rate adjusts the cost or profit of holding contracts to keep contract prices closely matched to spot values. Key benchmarks: The baseline funding rate is 0.01%. A rate higher than 0.01% typically indicates a bullish market, while a rate lower than 0.005% signals broad bearish sentiment.

May 20 – Samsung Electronics and its union will resume negotiations this Wednesday, according to Yonhap News Agency.

May 20 — Federal Reserve Chair nominee Janet Yellen announced she will divest her assets before being sworn in, Xinhua News Agency reported.

May 20: Japanese Finance Minister Kohei Otsuka said he's ready to take decisive action in the foreign exchange market, according to FXStreet.

May 20, per Coinglass data, total network liquidations hit $199 million over the past 24 hours. Long liquidations totaled $119 million, while short liquidations came to $79.35 million.

On May 19, stablecoin infrastructure startup Checker announced it has closed an $8 million financing round focused on driving broader stablecoin adoption through institutional-grade tools. Co-founder and CEO Jack Chong confirmed the capital came from a late 2025 pre-seed and seed round. Major investors in the deal include Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures, and Framework Ventures. Additional participants backing the raise are partners like Latin America’s Bitso, Africa’s DFS Lab, and Asia’s Onigiri Capital, SNZ Capital, and Velocity. Several angel investors also joined the round, including Bam Azizi, Shivani Siroya, and Reid Cuming. However, Chong did not disclose details about the funding round’s structure, the company’s valuation, or whether any investors secured board seats or observer positions.