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May 26 – While optimism continues to build around a potential U.S.-Iran agreement, fresh military clashes near the Strait of Hormuz have jolted global markets. This underscores that the Middle East remains locked in a dynamic of parallel negotiations, power plays, and mounting pressure. The U.S. military has claimed it carried out a "self-defense strike" on Iranian missile sites and mine-laying vessels, while Tehran is accusing Washington of breaching the ceasefire – a clear sign of how far the touted peace framework is from delivering real stability. Markets are now zeroing in on whether the Strait of Hormuz can fully reopen for normal shipping. While multiple media outlets have begun leaking details of a draft deal – which includes provisions like resuming navigation within 30 days, easing Iran’s oil export curbs, partially unfreezing overseas assets, and extending the ceasefire by 60 days – the U.S. and Iran remain deadlocked on key sticking points: nuclear enrichment, sanctions

May 26 — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, wrapping up a visit to India, said this morning the U.S. military conducted its so-called "defensive strikes" at multiple sites in southern Iran, while stressing the Strait of Hormuz must remain open "in any case." "The strait must be open, it will be open one way or another, it has to be open," Pompeo stated. He added that an expected agreement with Iran may still need "a few days" of negotiations to finalize its wording. (Note: This is adapted to align with standard American English news structure and tone, retaining all core factual details from the original brief.)

May 26: Digital asset service provider Amber Group has announced its support for Exchange OS—launched by long-term partner OKX—and X Layer, a move expected to drive the development of next-generation open blockchain market networks. According to the announcement, Exchange OS is a neutral, high-performance on-chain execution environment where core trading functions (including order matching, margin management, clearing, and settlement) run entirely at the protocol layer. This setup allows developers to build out a complete suite of exchange infrastructure without having to start from the ground up. Amber Group highlighted key features of Exchange OS, including: support for deploying spot markets, perpetual contracts, and prediction markets via the XIP deployment protocol; a unified execution architecture that enables seamless cross-market use of a single account and set of margins, eliminating the need for asset bridging; and deployed projects retaining full control over their brand,

Per Binance’s official announcement, five new USDT-margined perpetual contracts are set to launch starting May 26, 2026 at 13:30 UTC. The new contracts track stocks of U.S.-listed firms: Nebius Group (Nasdaq: NBIS), Western Digital (WDC), ARM Holdings (ARM), Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE), and Cohere Technologies (COHR). The contracts will roll out sequentially, with one launching every 5 minutes after the initial go-live: - NBISUSDT: 13:30 UTC - WDCUSDT: 13:35 UTC - ARMUSDT: 13:40 UTC - BEUSDT: 13:45 UTC - COHRUSDT: 13:50 UTC All contracts settle in USDT, with core parameters as follows: - Minimum price increment: 0.01 - Minimum order quantity: 0.01 - Minimum initial margin: 5 USDT - Maximum leverage: 20x - Funding rate cap: ±2.00% - Settlement frequency: Every 8 hours Trading is available 24/7, and cross-collateralization is supported for these contracts. Binance noted that contract parameters may be adjusted based on market risk conditions. For full details on these traditional asset pe

On May 26, official sources announced that OKX has officially released the Exchange OS Whitepaper. This is a suite of open protocols built on X Layer, shifting core functionalities including order matching, margin trading, clearing, settlement, and unified account tools down to the protocol layer. Critically, any party can independently deploy spot trading, perpetual contracts, and prediction markets on Exchange OS without prior approval from the platform. User funds are held in custody via protocol-based contracts—no single entity can unilaterally access or withdraw them, and OKX’s in-house proprietary markets follow the exact same set of protocol rules as external third-party markets. On top of that, Exchange OS supports cross-market unified accounts, allowing users to use the same pool of funds to participate in multiple market types at the same time.

May 26 – On-chain analyst Yu Jin says cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken redeemed 50,600 ETH from staking project EigenCloud 11 hours ago, worth approximately $107 million. The staking sector’s total value locked (TVL) has slumped from $31 billion last August to $11 billion overall, with leading project EigenCloud (formerly known as EigenLayer) seeing its own TVL plunge from $22 billion to $5.5 billion.