Polymarket has acquired Craft Agents, with some of the latter’s team members joining Polymarket.

Hong Kong’s government stated in a written response to the Legislative Council that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) granted stablecoin issuer licenses to two bank-backed institutions in April 2026. Per the institutions’ existing business plans, Hong Kong’s regulated stablecoins are projected to launch between mid-year and the second half of this year. The government added that the HKMA has sent notices to unregulated entities conducting stablecoin issuance in the market to clarify legal requirements, and will continue to follow up on related matters; individual cases may be referred to the police or the Department of Justice if necessary. Additionally, the government will submit a bill to the Legislative Council this year to establish a regulatory regime for virtual asset trading, custody, advisory and management service providers.

According to Israel's Army Radio, the Israeli military will reduce its forces stationed in southern Lebanon and withdraw several combat brigades.

Serenity's bullish calls drive Cerebras' short-term sharp surge. As of press time, the stock contract is trading at $188.26 on trade.xyz, up over 5% in the past hour. Meanwhile, the stock's after-hours price (markets are now closed) stands at just $182.3. Earlier reports noted that Serenity said it first bought Cerebras stock in the $170 range, citing a valuation premium from its OpenAI partnership, though it pointed out the current valuation is slightly higher than profitable firms like JBL, while remaining bullish on Cerebras' potential as an AI inference leader.

Serenity stated in a post that OpenAI announced it will launch the GPT-5.6 Sol advanced model on Cerebras hardware in July, with an inference speed of up to 750 tokens per second — a move that will serve as a major validation of Cerebras’ technology. Serenity added that it first purchased Cerebras stock at the $170 level, arguing the OpenAI partnership brings a valuation premium, though it noted the company’s current valuation is slightly higher than that of profitable peers such as JBL. Still, Serenity remains optimistic about Cerebras’ potential as an AI inference leader.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, a certain address created a new wallet, deposited 630,000 USDC into HyperLiquid, and opened a 10x leveraged short position of 2.9 million XRP.

ZachXBT stated in a post that an hour ago, stolen funds from recently hacked projects Humanity Protocol and Kelp DAO have converged, indicating a possible overlap between the attackers of the two incidents. Kelp DAO’s LayerZero bridge was exploited on April 18, 2026, due to infrastructure compromise, resulting in approximately $292 million in stolen assets; the Lazarus Group has been accused of carrying out the attack. Humanity Protocol’s team address and deployer were hacked on June 9, 2026, after a developer’s device was compromised, leading to the theft of roughly $32 million.