Pump.fun has increased its transfer of SOL to CEX to 174,400 tokens, worth nearly $15 million.

On May 18, Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced on his personal Telegram channel that the platform now supports direct bot-to-bot communication, enabling automated AI agents to interact with each other and creating an observable, traceable communication network for users. Durov explained this feature was launched in response to requests from AI developers, signaling Telegram’s bot ecosystem has expanded beyond just “human-bot interaction” to include “bot-to-bot collaboration.” The update allows autonomous agents to share information and coordinate tasks within the platform, while keeping all activity transparent and auditable for end-users. Industry analysts think this update could push Telegram to evolve from a simple instant messaging app into a foundational communication layer for AI agent operation and collaboration, serving as the underlying interactive infrastructure for automated services, trading bots, and multi-agent systems.

On May 18th, Ondo Finance announced via social media that the Total Value Locked (TVL) of its tokenized stocks has surpassed $1.5 billion and continues to climb. Within its Ondo Global Markets platform, the current top five most actively traded assets include: Circle Tokenized Asset, S&P 500 ETF, Micron Technology, NVIDIA, and the tokenized version of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). Data indicates these five asset classes collectively make up roughly 25% of the tokenized stock sector, signaling the market is rapidly converging on a hybrid framework of "US Stocks + ETFs + Crypto Assets" while expanding its on-chain mapping scale to the traditional U.S. stock market.

May 18 — U.S. media outlet AXIOS reports, citing a senior U.S. official and an insider, that Iran has submitted an updated ceasefire proposal. But the White House views this plan as lacking substantive improvements and insufficient to reach a workable agreement. A separate U.S. official added that while Trump wants to finalize a deal to end the conflict, Iran has rejected many of his key demands and refused to make meaningful concessions on its nuclear program. As a result, Trump is considering resuming military action. These officials noted that if Iran doesn’t adjust its position, the U.S. will have to “negotiate with bombs.” “The truth is, we haven’t made much real progress here,” the senior U.S. official told AXIOS. “The Iranians need to show some sincerity. We need a genuine, robust, detailed dialogue focused on their nuclear program. If that kind of dialogue can’t happen, we’ll have to have that conversation through bombs — and that would be deeply regrettable.”

May 18 -- All three major U.S. stock indexes finished lower, with Micron Technology (MU.O) sliding nearly 3% after a brief spike of over 4%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) tumbling almost 6%, and NVIDIA (NVDA.O) dipping more than 1% following an earlier gain of over 2%. On the news front: Iran stated that substantive differences still remain between the two sides, while U.S. officials noted Iran’s latest proposal is insufficient to reach a final agreement.

On May 18, Aave announced an upgrade to its SavingsGHO offering, launching a new vault that provides a 4.25% APR Aave Savings Rate. Important update: Rewards for the legacy version of SavingsGHO—stkGHO—will end in 7 weeks. To continue earning rewards, users must manually migrate their holdings to the new vault. This upgrade also introduces GhoRouter, a tool that lets users seamlessly swap between USDC, GHO, and SavingsGHO in a single transaction, simplifying both asset migration and access to these assets. The migration and deposit interfaces for the new vault are now live on AaveApp.

May 18 — Multiple media reports indicate that U.S.-Iranian negotiations on key issues remain at an impasse, with the two sides still holding significant differences over core matters including the nuclear program, terms for ending hostilities, and unfreezing Tehran’s frozen assets, though limited adjustments have been made to some technical arrangements. Sources say the U.S., in its latest proposal, has offered to permit Iran to conduct restricted peaceful nuclear activities under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) supervision and is considering phased unfreezing roughly a quarter of Iran’s frozen offshore assets. For its part, Iran is insisting on full sanctions removal and the return of all related assets, while opposing any linkage between the nuclear issue and ceasefire conditions. In terms of the negotiation framework, Iran has put forward a plan to accept a long-term freeze of its nuclear program but has rejected complete dismantlement; Tehran also proposes transferring