Ethereum Gas Fee Continues to Drop, Now at 0.352 Gwei

On May 23rd, Aptos officials verified that the exploit impacting Cetus DEX is confined to the Sui network. The Aptos network itself, user funds, and its DeFi partners remain unaffected. Currently, the Aptos security and engineering team has launched a comprehensive audit, is actively monitoring the situation, and is collaborating with DeFi partners to guarantee network security and stability.

On May 23rd, as reported by The Block, just a few hours before Representative Maxine Waters of the U.S. Democratic Party introduced a new bill to address concerns about the President's involvement in digital assets, while President Trump hosted a grand dinner to welcome the major holders of TRUMP coin and called for an end to "cryptocurrency corruption." Waters and 14 additional Democratic co-sponsors introduced the "Stop Trading, Retention, and Unfair Market Payoffs in Crypto Act of 2025" in the afternoon of Thursday. The bill aims to prohibit the President, Vice President, members of Congress, and their immediate family members from "holding a proportion of digital assets sufficient to enable them to unilaterally change a digital asset," among other provisions.

On May 23, Summer Mersinger, a commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated that cryptocurrency perpetual futures contracts can be traded within the United States.

On May 23rd, according to Coinglass data, the total open interest of Bitcoin futures contracts across all exchanges reached 724,350 BTC (approximately $80.64 billion), reaching a new record high. Among them, the open interest of Bitcoin futures on CME was 164,060 BTC (approximately $18.26 billion), ranking first. The open interest of Bitcoin futures on Binance was 121,870 BTC (approximately $13.57 billion), ranking second.

On May 23rd, as per official channels, Cookie has declared the commencement of the first Cookie Snaps event in partnership with Spark. Currently, everyone is eligible to participate and begin accruing Spark SNAPS. Cookie AI will examine each post related to Spark and bestow and assess SNAPS in accordance with Spark's market share, engagement level, loyalty, and narrative-related criteria.

On May 23rd, as reported by The Block, the hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has launched a Solana-specific edition of its latest Ledger Flex device. This touchscreen wallet will have a Soulbound token pre-installed in it, and it may offer rewards in the future.