Odaily News BNB Chain announced today that it will host a long-term hackathon for global developers - BNB Hack. The four core tracks are: AI (artificial intelligence); DeSci (decentralized science); DeSoc (decentralized social); DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure network). There is no deadline, and projects can be submitted at any time. Winners and finalists will be selected every two weeks. During the participation process, the finalists will be provided with mentor guidance, technical support, and project acceleration opportunities. The finalists will have the opportunity to receive up to $10,000 in rewards, MVB accelerator direct interviews, and the opportunity to showcase their projects through BNB Chain official channels. Participating projects must be deployed on opBNB or BSC mainnet/testnet; must be open source and available to others; the project should be a new project participating in the hackathon for the first time; and submission materials such as GitHub links, demo videos, contract addresses, etc. must be attached.

Odaily News According to official news, Binance Wallet's exclusive TGE will be launched on CUDIS. The subscription time is from 4 pm to 6 pm on June 5, 2025 (UTC+8). Eligible users must use Binance Alpha points to participate.

Odaily News According to the official announcement, aZen (AZEN) will be launched at 21:00 (Eastern Time) on May 8, 2025, and the AZEN/USDT trading pair will be launched. It is reported that aZen provides a powerful and scalable computing layer, designed to support AI, data analysis, Web2 and Web3 applications. Its ecosystem integrates AI orchestration at the protocol layer, enterprise-level hardware and a unified application hub, perfectly connecting the worlds of DePIN and DeFAI (decentralized finance + AI).

Odaily News On May 8, according to the official news of DuckChain, DePINX invested 3 million US dollars to establish a special fund "DUCK Nest Fund" with DuckChain, aiming to accelerate the application and ecological expansion of DUCK, and promote the deep integration and innovative practice of AI and on-chain finance. This injection of long-term funds will provide strong support for DuckChain to build a more robust and sustainable ecological system and on-chain profit mechanism. Previously, DuckChain has received investment support from many top institutions such as OKX Ventures, dao5, Kenetic Capital, and Offchain Labs.

Odaily News The Metis AI high-performance chain Hyperion testnet was officially launched at midnight Beijing time last night. Hyperion is a high-performance, AI-optimized Layer 2 solution designed for AI, DePIN, DeFi and GameFi. It expands the Metis ecosystem through parallel execution, decentralized sorting and AI-native infrastructure, while maintaining Ethereum security and using METIS as the Gas token. Hyperion is developed based on the Metis SDK, and redefines the scalability of Layer 2 through MetisVM, MetisDB, combined with Optimism Rollup technology and parallel transaction execution. The Metis SDK integrates the Alith Agent framework developed by LazAI to simplify on-chain verification and off-chain computing tasks, making Hyperion the first Layer 2 protocol to support large language model (LLM) native on-chain execution.

Odaily News According to SoSoValue data, the crypto market stabilized and rebounded. Bitcoin (BTC) rose 3.16% in 24 hours, breaking through $97,000, and Ethereum (ETH) rose 2.00% to $1,800. In addition, the PayFi sector rose 2.86%, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC) rose 6.59% and 11.89% respectively. The Meme sector rose 2.40%, and within the sector, dogwifhat (WIF) and Popcat (POPCAT) rose 6.42% and 7.82% respectively. It is worth mentioning that MAG7.ssi rose 1.56%, DEFI.ssi rose 1.26%, and MEME.ssi rose 1.68%. Other sectors with outstanding performance include: AI sector rose 2.05% in 24 hours, among which Worldcoin (WLD), Fetch.ai (FET), and KAITO rose 8.52%, 8.70%, and 37.48% respectively; NFT sector rose 1.77%, and Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) rose 9.71%; Layer1 sector rose 1.60%, Cardano (ADA) rose 4.31%; Layer2 sector rose 0.16%, and Stacks (STX) rose 10.43%. At the same time, the crypto sector index reflecting the historical market conditions of the sector shows that ssiNFT, ssiAI, and ssiPayFi rose 3.32%, 3.26%, and 2.88% in 24 hours respectively. In other sectors, the DePIN sector fell 0.18% in 24 hours, and the GameFi sector fell 0.22%.

Odaily News On April 29, according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market rebounded across the board, with the AI sector leading the gains by 9.07%. Within the sector, Bittensor (TAO), Render (RENDER), ai16z (AI16Z), and Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) rose by 8.16%, 8.78%, 18.03%, and 39.50% respectively in 24 hours. In addition, Bitcoin (BTC) rose by 2.04% in 24 hours, once rising above $95,000. Ethereum (ETH) rose by 1.80%, approaching the $1,800 mark. It is worth mentioning that MAG7.ssi rose by 1.79%, DEFI.ssi rose by 3.52%, and MEME.ssi rose by 2.13%. Other sectors with outstanding performance include: DePIN sector rose 6.09% in 24 hours, and within the sector, Filecoin (FIL), IOTA, and Theta Network (THETA) rose 2.97%, 3.16%, and 7.13% respectively; GameFi sector rose 5.33%, among which Decentraland (MANA) and GALA rose 5.49% and 6.56% respectively; NFT sector rose 4.40%, SuperVerse (SUPER), Apecoin (APE), and Moca Coin (MOCA) rose 5.29%, 5.66%, and 29.91% respectively. The crypto sector index reflecting the historical market conditions of the sector shows that the ssiAI, ssiDePIN, and ssiGameFi indexes rose 9.12%, 6.59%, and 5.58% in 24 hours respectively. In terms of other sectors, the DeFi sector rose 4.27% in 24 hours, the Layer2 sector rose 3.48%, the Meme sector rose 3.10%, the PayFi sector rose 3.06%, and the Layer1 sector rose 2.44%.

Odaily News DePIN project Helium announced that it has signed "a commercial agreement" with telecommunications company AT&T to connect its community-built Wi-Fi network to AT&T user networks. Mario Di Dio, general manager of the Helium network, said that AT&T users will be "automatically connected" to the Helium network when they are close to a hotspot. Hotspot device deployers will not receive direct payments from AT&T, but will continue to earn HNT tokens through a "usage-based reward system." Di Dio said that "AT&T's partnership with Helium highlights the real-world utility of cryptocurrency."

Odaily News According to SoSoValue data, the crypto market rose across the board, with the AI sector leading the gains for two consecutive days, up 6.29% in 24 hours. Within the sector, Render (RENDER), Fetch.ai (FET), and Bittensor (TAO) rose 4.29%, 7.30%, and 12.74%, respectively. In addition, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 2.36% in 24 hours, breaking through $87,000, and Ethereum (ETH) rose 0.91%, returning to above $1,600. It is worth noting that MAG7.ssi rose 1.67%, DEFI.ssi rose 3.37%, and MEME.ssi rose 1.09%. In terms of other sectors, the DeFi sector rose 2.42% in 24 hours, of which Chainlink (LINK) rose 5.34%; the Layer2 sector rose 1.97%, and within the sector, Stacks (STX) rose 13.80%; the Meme sector rose 1.51%, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) rose 8.52%; the PayFi sector rose 1.37%, Litecoin (LTC) rose 4.45%; the CeFi sector rose 1.03%, and the Layer1 sector rose 0.84%. At the same time, the crypto sector index reflecting the historical market conditions of the sector shows that the ssiAI, ssiNFT, and ssiDePIN indexes rose 6.90%, 2.86%, and 2.55% respectively.

Odaily News According to SoSoValue data, the crypto market sectors stabilized and rebounded, with the AI sector leading the gains by 3.98%. Within the sector, Fetch.ai (FET), Render (RENDER), and Bittensor (TAO) rose by 6.94%, 8.98%, and 10.36% in 24 hours, respectively. However, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN), which had previously risen sharply, saw a correction, falling 12.89% in 24 hours. Other sectors with outstanding performances include: the GameFi sector rose by 2.62% in 24 hours, of which ImmutableX (IMX) rose by 4.81%; the NFT sector rose by 1.96%, of which APENFT (NFT) and Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) rose by 2.20% and 8.07%, respectively. In addition, the Layer1 sector rose 1.48% in 24 hours. Within the sector, Binance Coin (BNB) and Solana (SOL) rose 1.09% and 3.63% respectively; the Layer2 sector rose 0.95%, of which Celestia (TIA) rose 4.50%; the CeFi sector rose 0.71%, and Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose 8.10%; the DeFi sector rose 0.48%, the PayFi sector fell 0.52%, and the Meme sector fell 0.92%. At the same time, the crypto sector index reflecting the historical market conditions of the sector shows that the ssiAI, ssiNFT, and ssiDePIN indexes rose 4.66%, 2.67%, and 2.61% respectively, with weekly returns of 1.81%, 1.23%, and 0.90% respectively.