BlackRock's IBIT deposited 1,198 BTC and 15,121 ETH into Coinbase

**May 6 Crypto & U.S. Stock Update** Crypto markets extended a modest rebound on May 6. Bitcoin climbed to an intraday high of $81,700 and now trades at $81,100. Ethereum hit $2,398 intraday and currently sits at $2,363. Total crypto market capitalization is up 1.4% over the past 24 hours, reaching $2.759 trillion. Leading altcoin gainers: - DOGS: +63.8% 24h, now $0.0000624 - FTT: +23.4% 24h, $0.3588 - HIVE: +23% 24h, $0.073 - ZEC: +224% 24h, $518 - TON: +19.8% 24h, $1.98 Per Bitget data, U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday: - Dow Jones Industrial Average: +0.7% - S&P 500: +0.8% (new all-time closing high) - Nasdaq Composite: +1% (new all-time closing high) U.S. storage sector extended gains: - Micron Technology: +11% - SanDisk: +12% - Nvidia: -1% (dip) - Intel: +12.9% (surge) Crypto-related U.S. stocks were mixed: - MicroStrategy (MSTR): +1.69% (regular session); Q1 net loss $12.54B, -4.3% after hours - Coinbase (COIN): -2.58% - Circle (CRCL)

On May 6, Kelp DAO announced it will abandon LayerZero as its cross-chain infrastructure following a hack, and instead adopt Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) alongside the Chainlink Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard. The move comes after Kelp DAO suffered an approximately $292 million cross-chain bridge attack in April. The attacker, suspected of ties to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, exploited a single-validator setup in LayerZero’s OFT cross-chain bridge to steal 116,500 rsETH.

On May 6, CME Group announced plans to launch cash-settled 30-day Bitcoin volatility futures on June 1, pending regulatory approval. The product will enable traders to directly trade or hedge BTC volatility without betting on Bitcoin’s price direction. The trading symbol is expected to be BVI, with a contract size of $500 multiplied by the value of the CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Index (BVX) — the index used for settlement. BVX is a 30-day implied volatility index based on the order books of CME’s CFTC-regulated Bitcoin and Micro Bitcoin options.

Google is developing an AI agent codenamed "Remy"—viewed as its response to OpenAI—per monitoring from Botline Beating (via the Telegram channel @OneMillion_AI). Billed as an advanced personal assistant for Gemini applications, Remy can perform actual tasks on users’ behalf, rather than just answering questions or generating content. Currently, Google employees are testing it internally on a Gemini-exclusive version, with deep integration into various Google services. Described as a "24/7 personal agent" for work, school, and daily life, Remy can proactively monitor user interests, handle complex tasks, and learn user preferences over time. Google has not yet announced a public release timeline, but the tech giant is expected to showcase the AI agent’s progress at this month’s I/O conference.

Per monitoring from Dongcha Beating (via its Telegram channel @OneMillion_AI), Meta Platforms (META.O) is developing a highly personalized AI assistant to handle daily tasks—offering an agentive tool for over 3 billion users, including an advanced digital assistant powered by its new Muse Spark AI model. Insiders note the assistant is currently undergoing internal testing with a group of employees. The goal is to build a product comparable to OpenAI’s agent tools, which let users create AI bots called “agents” that autonomously perform tasks on their behalf. Meta aims to allow users to share highly sensitive information (such as health and financial data) with these small assistants, should they choose to do so.

May 6 — Strategy today released its Q1 2026 financial report, highlighting key updates on its Bitcoin holdings, STRC digital credit product, and quarterly performance. As of May 3, 2026, the company holds 818,334 bitcoins—an 22% year-to-date (YTD) increase. Its realized Bitcoin return rate stands at 9.4%, with quantity-driven dollar gains from Bitcoin holdings totaling approximately $49.7 billion. Strategy has raised over $116 billion via market-price share issuances and its STRC digital credit product. STRC has seen 189% YTD growth, with $55.8 billion in total fundraising. In just nine months, STRC’s market capitalization has hit $85 billion, making it the world’s largest preferred stock by market cap. The product boasts a daily average trading volume of $375 million, volatility of only 3%, and a Sharpe ratio of 2.53—holding positions in corporate treasuries and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. For Q1, total revenue reached $12.43 billion (up 11.9% year-over-year), wit