The Kingdom of Bhutan has cumulatively sold 9,180 BTC at an average price of $98,067.

May 26: Crypto market maker Keyrock, in collaboration with Coinbase, Tempo, and Virtuals Protocol, released the report "Who Pays the Agent?" The report frames AI Agents as fast-growing core participants in the on-chain economy. Key data from May 2025 to April 2026: AI Agents completed roughly 176 million on-chain transactions, with total settlements exceeding $73 million. The average per-transaction value sits at just $0.31 to $0.48, marking the rise of a "machine-native micro-payment economy." About 76% of these payments fall below Visa’s $0.3 fixed fee threshold, meaning traditional bank cards and legacy payment systems can’t adapt to AI’s demand for high-frequency, low-value, autonomous transactions. Further stats show 98.6% of AI Agent payments settle in USDC. As of Q1 2026, over 104,000 AI Agents are registered. On the Base network, a USDC transfer costs roughly $0.0001—only 0.03% of that average $0.31 transaction—giving it a massive cost advantage over traditional payment s

May 26 – Web3 creator marketing platform Influence360 has officially launched, rolling out an AI-driven KOL marketing infrastructure to help projects discover global, multilingual Web3 Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) across major social platforms including X, YouTube, TikTok, and Telegram, while supporting end-to-end campaign execution, data tracking, and performance attribution. The platform’s core features include AI optimization, smart contract-hosted payments, and real-time performance tracking, targeting longstanding pain points in Web3 KOL marketing: opaque payment processes, limited data precipitation, and challenges in quantifying conversion results. It also offers a permission management system for Web3 agencies and MCNs, enabling creators managed by these groups to receive orders, centralize quote management, and earn long-term revenue share via a referral mechanism. Dejan Horvat, co-founder and CEO of Influence360, stated that while Web3 KOL marketing now involves significant b

On May 26, CNN reports, U.S. officials say disagreements over the wording of key points related to the Iran nuclear program and sanctions relief are holding up a final peace agreement. All parties remain optimistic those differences will be resolved soon. One U.S. official added that the Iranian delegation’s visit to Qatar on Monday—made up of senior members of Tehran’s negotiating team—was a positive step, given Qatar’s well-established mediation role in such international talks.

On May 25, Chris Olah, co-founder and head of research at Anthropic, stated at the Vatican on Monday (local time) that job displacement from large-scale AI is “a very real possibility,” and society must provide support for workers displaced by AI. He stressed that AI decision-making “should not be left solely to industry insiders,” adding that external oversight from religious institutions, governments, and civil society groups is critical. Olah also noted that current AI development is concentrated in “a small number of wealthy countries,” with no system in place to share AI’s benefits with poorer nations. He revealed that during AI explainability research, researchers have discovered some “mysterious and even unsettling” phenomena, including models exhibiting internal states similar to “happiness, fear, sadness, and unease.” That same day, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas* (Great Humanity), which extensively discussed AI’s impact on employment, warfar

According to EmberCN’s monitoring on May 25, whale nemorino.eth purchased 7,908.3 ETH worth $16.71 million an hour ago. Details show he first bought 5,535.6 ETH with $11.71 million in USDC, then deposited these ETH as collateral on Spark, borrowed 5 million DAI, and used the funds to continue buying another 2,372.7 ETH. The whale liquidated ETH at a price of $2,124 the day before yesterday, suffering a loss of $2.14 million.

On May 25, YZi Labs announced the launch of YZi Talent, a new recruitment platform that aggregates open job postings across its Web3, AI, and biotech projects. The initial set of available roles includes: - predict.fun: Chief Backend Engineer, Senior Frontend Engineer, AI Operations Specialist - AgriDynamics Robotics: Founding Business Lead YZi Labs added that additional ecosystem projects will join the platform in the future.