SHELL Buyback Address has once again withdrawn 1 million tokens from Binance, and the buyback progress has reached 81.2%.

Breaking Update: May 25. The Washington Post reported Tuesday (May 24) that the U.S. and Iran have reached a preliminary framework for a memorandum of understanding (MOU). Once signed, this framework will fully restore all shipping in the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days. According to an anonymous senior U.S. official, the draft MOU framework includes a 60-day ceasefire extension, giving both sides time to work out a final agreement to permanently end hostilities—with Iran committing not to pursue nuclear weapons. During this 60-day window, mines in the Strait of Hormuz will be cleared and the waterway reopened. The official noted the MOU includes an Iranian commitment on the nuclear issue, and the U.S. and Iran will hash out enforcement mechanisms over the next two months. Importantly, no actual agreement was signed by the U.S. or Iran on May 24, a diplomatic source with direct knowledge told The Washington Post. Once the MOU is signed, Iran will immediately reopen the Strait of Horm

Bloomberg reported on May 25 that Sakura Internet Inc. may hike its capital expenditures to nearly seven times its initial plan to keep pace with surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI) in Japan, according to CEO Kunihiro Tanaka. The Osaka-based data center firm is considering investing up to ￥20 billion to ￥30 billion (roughly $125 million to $190 million) in the current fiscal year. Tanaka noted that this total is far higher than the ￥4.4 billion capital expenditure (capex) plan the company unveiled last month. ### Notes on American English conventions adapted here: 1. Used common business/news terminology like "hike" (instead of generic "increase"), "surging demand" (more natural for rapid growth), and "capex" (standard shorthand for capital expenditure in U.S. financial coverage) 2. Tightened sentence structure to fit concise news style (avoided redundant phrasing) 3. Preferred casual yet professional terms like "roughly" (instead of formal "approximately") and "unveiled

May 25 – Lloyd Chan, an analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, stated in a research report that should geopolitical risks abate, the U.S. dollar could face a notable reversal as investors adjust their positions. The report further noted that the U.S. dollar’s current momentum remains robust, while Gulf countries – including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar – continue to urge diplomatic solutions to the situation and warn against further escalation of tensions.

On May 25, monitoring from Hyperinsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight) shows on-chain data indicating that the largest Ethereum (ETH) long position holder—nicknamed the “BIT Whale”—still maintains a $252 million ETH position, sitting at a significant unrealized loss. Over the weekend, ETH’s price temporarily dropped to around $2,000, pushing the whale’s unrealized loss to a peak of $27.2 million. As of press time, the loss has narrowed to $19.3 million following a slight recovery in ETH’s price. Currently, the whale is strategically positioned on the Hyperliquid platform through four distinct addresses, holding a total of 120,000 ETH with an overall weighted leverage of approximately 18x. Based on the share of funds allocated to each address, the average entry price for these ETH positions is roughly $2,270. Reports indicate these addresses belong to BIT, a digital financial services group previously known as Matrixport. The group has repeatedly received fund transfers unde

May 25: Per Bitget market data, Singapore’s benchmark stock index surged 0.61% at one point to reach 5,099.18, notching a new all-time high.

May 25: Eamonn Sheridan, an analyst at U.S. financial website InvestingLive, noted that minutes from the Federal Reserve’s April meeting signal a major shift in the central bank’s policy stance. Gone is the prior focus on reacting “flexibly and swiftly” to economic data. In its place, the new language emphasizes that persistently elevated inflation, paired with uncertainty over the economic fallout from the ongoing Iran conflict, could mean interest rates will stay on hold for longer than previously anticipated. The inflation environment facing newly seated Chair Jerome Powell isn’t limited to just energy costs. Fed officials pointed out that soaring fuel prices are gradually passing through to shipping rates, airfares, and fertilizer costs, spreading inflationary pressures across a wider range of sectors. This pass-through effect makes it harder to dismiss inflation as a temporary blip, giving hawkish Fed policymakers a more solid rationale to advocate for keeping rates high—or even