According to The Block, on May 1, lawyers representing North Korea terrorism creditors served a restraining notice on Arbitrum DAO, preventing the release of 30,766 ETH (~$71.1 million) that the Arbitrum Security Council froze on April 20 following the Kelp DAO exploit. The notice names Arbitrum DAO

According to the Ethereum Foundation, more than 100 core developers gathered in late April 2026 to establish technical goals for the Glamsterdam upgrade. The most notable objective is to increase the minimum gas capacity to 200 million, significantly expanding transaction capacity on the network.

Bitcoin miner Riot's shares jumped 8% following an expansion of its AMD data center deal. The expanded agreement and improved financing terms reflect Riot's strategic pivot away from bitcoin mining toward growing its data center business, strengthening investor confidence in the

According to Forbes, on May 3, Robert Dunlap, operator of the Meta-1 Coin scheme, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for defrauding approximately 1,000 investors between 2018 and 2023, with total losses exceeding $20 million. The U.S. Department of Justice revealed that Dunlap falsely claimed Meta

Canadian pension giant AIMCo has returned to Michael Saylor's bitcoin treasury company Strategy, now holding an unrealized gain of $69 million. The move marks AIMCo's re-entry after previously exiting the

According to Nominis analysis on May 3, certain crypto wallets frozen by U.S. OFAC as Iranian-linked assets display on-chain behavior patterns that diverge significantly from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) historical operational methods, suggesting involvement by other state-level a

According to The Information, SpaceX launched a major IPO roadshow on May 3, attracting around 200 investors from major Wall Street funds. The roadshow was so heavily oversubscribed that a chartered aircraft could not accommodate all interested investors. As the company prepares to go public,

Iran's embassy in South Africa posted an image of U.S. President Trump on social media platform X on May 3, with the caption "Pirate or President?" The post references Trump's previous remarks comparing a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to piracy, which he had described as "a very profitable t

According to Pi Core Team, Pi Network's mainnet reached 421,000 active nodes on May 3, with over 10 billion PI tokens migrated to mainnet. The network is preparing for Protocol 23 launch, which will activate full smart contract functionality for the first time, enabling developers to build DeFi

According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent, oil prices should decline significantly after the war, with futures markets predicting a downturn on May 3. Bessent stated that Iran has been largely unsuccessful in its attempts to collect transit fees from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.