VanEck's tokenized treasury bond fund VBILL lands on lending platform Euler

May 28: Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Digital Assets Research, Geoffrey Kendrick, published a report drawing a direct parallel between Ethereum’s current trajectory and Amazon in the aftermath of the 2001 dot-com bubble burst. He referenced Jeff Bezos’s well-known quote: “A stock is not the company, and the company is not the stock.” Kendrick’s analysis notes Ethereum has seen its price drop roughly 57% from its August 2025 peak to hover around $2,000, but stressed the network’s core on-chain metrics are nearing all-time highs—including transaction volume and ETH-based Total Value Locked (TVL). The gap between Ethereum’s fundamentals and its current price is unsustainable, he argues, meaning ETH will eventually align with improvements to its internal metrics. Kendrick reaffirmed price targets of $4,000 by the end of 2026 and $40,000 by the end of 2030. His bullish thesis for Ethereum centers on its dominant position in two fast-growing crypto segments: stablecoins and tokenized

May 28 — U.S.-listed firm Eightco Holdings announced its latest asset structure as of May 27, 2026, with total holdings totaling approximately $374 million, per the Associated Press. The company’s assets include roughly $90 million in indirect equity in OpenAI (held through a special purpose vehicle, or SPV), $18 million in Beast Industries equity, about $144 million in cash and stablecoins, 11,068 Ethereum, roughly 283 million WLD tokens, and an approximate $1 million investment in Mythical Games. Eightco noted that its future investment portfolio will focus on core assets in AI and the digital economy, emphasizing strategic exposure to private tech companies like OpenAI and Beast Industries.

**Tech Brief: Apple’s Siri Overhaul & New AI Features Unveiling at WWDC June 8** According to monitoring from Dongcha Beating, Apple plans to announce key updates at its June 8 Global Developers Conference (WWDC): a new Siri interface for iOS 27, a dedicated chatbot-style app, and other major AI-focused enhancements. Insiders have already shared previews of Apple’s comprehensive Siri upgrade for iOS 27 and its related AI tools. This redesign marks the most significant update to Siri in its nearly 15-year history as a voice assistant. The revamped Siri is expected to reach consumers as early as September, and the success of its new AI capabilities will heavily influence how buyers react to the iPhone 18 Pro series (launching this fall) as well as Apple’s first-ever foldable iPhone. Beyond previously announced 2024 features—like the ability to understand personal data and analyze screen content—the new Siri will integrate a custom model built on Google’s Gemini technology, AI-pow

On May 28, Leaf Li, founder of Futu Holdings (3588.HK), addressed investors during the company’s Q1 2026 earnings call. Li explained that new, industry-wide rules issued by Chinese regulators on May 22 apply uniformly to all firms operating in cross-border securities, futures, and fund services for mainland investors. For the two-year regulatory adjustment period covering mainland clients, Li emphasized the rule does not mandate account closures—rather, it restricts inward money transfers and trading activity from within mainland China. He noted Futu will fully embrace compliance and move ahead with subsequent regulatory work in strict accordance with guidelines, adding the new regulatory update is not expected to have a material impact on Futu’s annual goal of 800,000 new clients. Li also revealed Futu stopped opening new accounts for mainland Chinese ID holders two years ago, and has significantly strengthened its account verification process since, rejecting tens of thousands of no

On May 28, prediction market Polymarket announced that the beta version of its perpetual contract product has opened for testing to a select group of users, with access set to expand gradually over the next four weeks. The project team has not yet disclosed specific trading pairs supported by the perpetual contracts or detailed functionalities of the product.

May 28 — According to PR Newswire, U.S.-listed company Bit Digital announced a $20 million investment to acquire 8,568 Ether (ETH). Following the transaction, its total Ethereum holdings rose to approximately 158,461.75 ETH. Bit Digital stated that this additional purchase helped reduce its average holding cost and supported growth in net asset value per share.