The popular AI framework Virtuals Protocol will host an in-person meet-up in Hong Kong on Friday, January 17.

On May 2nd, CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr noted that Bitcoin has entered the lower range of the Adjusted Realized Price Bands model—an area where a market bottom may start to form, though the process won’t wrap up quickly. The analyst estimates bottoming typically takes around six months. A genuine bull market reversal won’t stem from sentiment-driven or partial rebounds; it requires the market to rediscover forward-looking value and see long-term real demand flow back in.

On May 2nd, Binance Alpha announced it will launch the Billions Network (BILL) airdrop on May 4th. Eligible users can claim the airdrop via Alpha Points on the Alpha page once trading goes live. Additional details will be released shortly.

On May 2nd, data revealed Ethereum’s mainnet hit an all-time high in monthly transaction volume for April, totaling 72.8 million transactions. A breakdown by transaction type is below: - Token Transfers: 62% - Utility: 13% - Financial: 8% - Cross-chain: 2% - Other: 15%

Bitdeer stated in an official announcement on May 2nd that as of May 1, 2026, its weekly Bitcoin production reached 186 coins—all of which were sold. The net change in its BTC holdings was 0, and its BTC balance remained at 0.

May 2 — Hyperliquid has launched its first HIP-4 binary prediction market contract, posing the question: “Will Bitcoin’s price be above $78,213 at 2:00 PM ET on May 3?” Against a landscape where Polymarket leads on-chain prediction market traffic and Kalshi partners with Coinbase to target compliant markets, Hyperliquid’s entry isn’t a simple “follow-the-trend” play. Instead, it’s leaning on its native underlying performance edge to rewrite the prediction market playbook, directly competing with top players Polymarket and Kalshi. Late last month, Hyperliquid rolled out its “Outcome Tokens” fee schedule to prep for the prediction market’s mainnet launch. Contracts are free to open, with fees only applied at close or settlement. Traders using the platform’s “quote-aligning tokens” get extra perks: 20% lower maker fees and 50% higher taker rebates. The full fee formula is open to developers. Built on the HIP-4 upgrade, Outcome Tokens let users trade binary real-world event contracts

OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger has announced the release of Crabbox 0.3.0, per insights from Beating (via Telegram @OneMillion_AI). Key updates focus on boosting observability and debugging for brokered runs, with new features including durable run events, real-time replay via `crabbox attach`, AWS image creation/promotion commands, GitHub browser login, and Cloudflare Access support. It also improves AWS/Blacksmith reliability, adds timing JSON output, refines fallback logic, and strengthens security boundaries. Crabbox is an open-source remote test box tool built around the core concept: *“Warm a box, sync the diff, run the suite.”* Developers and AI agents can spin up a cloud Linux machine with a single command, sync their local dirty work tree, and execute commands remotely with real-time streaming output—supporting one-shot runs or warm box reuse. Leveraging a Go CLI, Cloudflare Worker broker, and cloud instances, it delivers secure credential management, cost control, a