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Bitcoin native holding company Nakamoto Holdings announced a merger with medical data company KindlyMD to form a Bitcoin treasury company, completing a $710 million financing, which drove the Nasdaq code KDLY stock price to rise 650% after the news.

According to Mars Finance, Nick Tomaino, the founder of 1confirmation, stated on the X platform that Ethereum dominates the real-world asset (RWA) ecosystem, with a market share of 81.6%, and that trusted neutrality is crucial.

The U.S. Treasury will hold a closed-door policy roundtable meeting to discuss four main areas: stablecoins, DeFi, banking relationships, and cybersecurity. The meeting will focus on the impact of stablecoins on sanction evasion and illicit financing risks, covering topics such as Secondary Market monitoring, freezing capabilities, due diligence, and compliance loopholes.

According to Mars Finance, spot gold has fallen below 3210 USD/ounce for the first time since April 14, with a daily decline of 3.50%.

According to Mars Finance, BitGo, a cryptocurrency custody company backed by Goldman Sachs, has become the latest cryptocurrency company to receive regulatory approval to operate in the EU. The company announced on May 12 that the German financial regulator, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), granted BitGo Europe a (MiCA ) license to provide digital asset services in the EU. The new license allows BitGo to offer services to crypto-native companies and financial institutions, including banks and asset management companies within the EU.

Written by: Luke, Mars Finance
On May 12, 2025, the global market ushered in a turning point. China's Ministry of Commerce issued a joint statement on China-US economic and trade talks in Geneva, announcing that it would suspend some tariffs on U.S. goods for 90 days, retain the basic tax rate of 10%, and cancel non-tariff countermeasures since April 2. The U.S. pledged to adjust tariffs on China by May 14, suspending some tariffs, retaining the base tariff of 10 percent, and removing additional tariffs from early April. As soon as the news came out, risk assets collectively boiled: U.S. stock futures rose sharply, the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds hit recent highs, and the cryptocurrency market set off a boom.
This scene is not an accident, but rather another precise operation by Trump since his second entry into the White House on January 20, 2025. Like a seasoned operator, Trump has directed a grand global economic drama using tariffs, negotiations, and policy adjustments. Every step he takes is meticulously calculated, stirring the nerves of the market.

According to Mars Finance, Anderson, co-head of fixed income and forex research at Danske Bank, stated in a report that the positive news from the China-U.S. trade negotiations over the weekend is expected to extend the trend of improving market risk appetite seen since last week. "In the past week, the market has shown an overall warming of risk sentiment, largely due to initial signs of a thaw in the trade war." U.S. Treasury Secretary Becerra also indicated that the talks were productive and revealed that the U.S. would disclose more details on Monday.

According to Mars Finance, Morgan Stanley stated that hedge funds increased their bullish bets on the Chinese stock market last week, hoping for progress in the China-US trade negotiations, especially among American hedge funds. In a report released last Friday, Morgan Stanley mentioned that after seeing encouraging signs that the US and China might reach a trade agreement, American hedge funds "reinvested" in China, buying stocks traded on US exchanges and the A-share market. The bank noted that, in contrast, hedge funds reduced their positions in most Asian regions led by Thailand, Hong Kong, India, and Australia.

Founders should conduct due diligence on potential investors to ensure they can effectively support the success of the startup. VC, in addition to providing funding, can assist founders through brand support, experience insights, networking, and promotional channels. When accepting investment offers, founders should conduct background checks, assess conflict risks, consider partner backgrounds, match stages, and understand exit perspectives. Choosing partners requires caution, and due diligence helps improve the company's chances of success.

According to Mars Finance news on May 12, based on the AI Agent Index platform Cookie data, the top five AI concept coins by mindshare are currently: FARTCOIN (11.36%), VIRTUAL (10.27%), REKT (3.96%), ZEREBRO(3.9%), AIXBT (2.97%). It is introduced that the mindshare metric evaluates the percentage of discussions about the project's Token on X.

According to Mars Finance, 8marketcap data shows that the market capitalization of Ethereum has surpassed Alibaba, rising to the 39th position in the global asset market capitalization ranking. Currently, the market capitalization of Ethereum is approximately 30.426 billion USD, while Alibaba's market capitalization is approximately 30.372 billion USD.

According to a report by Mars Finance citing Coinglass data, the Whale Holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to approximately $4.074 billion, with long orders around $1.985 billion, accounting for 48.73%, and short orders about $2.089 billion, making up 51.27%. The profit and loss for long orders is approximately $223 million, while that for short orders is around -$141 million. Whale address 0x44ad..bb executed a 40x full-margin long order for BTC at a price of $104,367.7, currently realizing a loss of about $312,500.

According to Mars Finance, the Ministry of State Security reported three typical cases that threaten national security. In one case, a salesperson named Wang from a medical device company, by chance, watched a video released by an overseas anti-China organization. This anti-China organization not only published a large number of videos smearing China but also claimed that purchasing the virtual money they issued could yield high investment returns. Blinded by the potential profits, Wang actively joined this anti-China organization and purchased virtual money worth ten thousand dollars. Unbeknownst to him, Wang's actions had already constituted the illegal act of funding an anti-China organization, and ultimately, the national security authorities imposed penalties on Wang according to the law.

According to Mars Finance, Lookonchain monitoring shows that a certain Whale Address has deposited 5 million USDC into the Hyperliquid platform again, bringing the total Margin on the platform to 25 million USDC. The Whale is shorting BTC, ETH, and SOL with 5x leverage.