The weekly news preview | Federal Reserve FOMC announces interest rate resolution; Binance Alpha and Binance contracts launch Obol (OBOL)
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05/06/2025·8DCompiled by: Jerry, ChainCatcher
Key News:
- Shardeum will be TGE on May 5
- Ethereum L2 Superseed: SUPR token application is planned to be opened on May 5
- The U.S. House of Representatives to announce draft cryptocurrency regulation before the May 6 hearing
- Binance Alpha and Binance contracts will be launched on Obol (OBOL) on May 7
- Ethereum will undergo Pectra upgrade on May 7 to optimize staking and wallet functions
- Fed FOMC will announce interest rate resolution on May 8, Powell speaks
May 5 (Monday)
Hyperliquid announces that the novice fee system and pledge level will be launched on May 5
Hyperliquid officially issued a statement saying that the new fee system and pledge level will be launched at around 03:00 (UTC) on May 5. Changes include:
1. Pledge HYPE can reduce transaction fees;
2. Different handling fee standards will be adopted for perpetual contracts
and spot goods;
3. Spot trading volume is doubled when calculating the handling fee level.
The test network has now opened the staking and trading account association function, allowing users to apply the staking discounts for one account to another trading account. This function is expected to be officially launched shortly after the new handling fee system and pledge level are launched.
Binance contract plans to adjust its mark price on May 5
According to the official announcement, from 17:00 on May 5, 2025 (East Eighth District time), Binance Contract will adjust the mark price and adjust the basis of price 2 from 2.5 minutes to 1 minute.
According to official news, Layer1 blockchain Shardeum announced that it will conduct a TGE (token generation activity) on May 5, and will soon have more detailed information on airdrops, sales allocations and listing of SHM tokens.
IOTA: Rebased mainnet will be upgraded on May 5
According to the official IOTA blog, the IOTA Rebased mainnet upgrade date has been determined and will be migrated from the Stardust network to the new IOTA network on May 5, 2025. For IOTA token holders, the Rebased upgrade will be seamless, without token migration, just load the existing wallet into a new wallet and get started.
Ethereum L2 Superseed: SUPR token application is planned to be opened on May 5
According to official news, Ethereum L2 Superseed, based on OP Stack, issued an article on the X platform to announce that the SUPR token will be open for application at 22:00 Beijing time on May 5, with no application deadline.
Tuesday, May 6
According to The Block, people familiar with the matter revealed that House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill and others are expected to release a draft regulation on cryptocurrencies ahead of a hearing on May 6 (local time).
The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. ET on the 6th with the theme of “The Future of American Innovation and Cryptocurrency: A Blueprint for the 21st Century.” The long-awaited legislation is expected to be focused on defining the U.S. crypto market structure. The draft is expected to be similar to the 21st Century Financial Innovation and Technology Act (FIT 21) passed by the House of Representatives last year. A staff member of the House Agriculture Committee also confirmed that the draft text will be released before the hearing.
Committees in the House and Senate have advanced a stablecoin-focused bill, and legislation that regulates the entire cryptocurrency industry is seen as the next step. President Donald Trump said he hoped to see a stablecoin bill August 2018, but some said the bills could be related.
Wednesday, May 7
Binance Alpha and Binance contracts will be launched on Obol (OBOL) on May 7
According to the official announcement, Binance Alpha will launch and open Obol (OBOL) transactions on May 7, 2025 at 18:00 (East Eighth District Time).
In addition, the Binance Contract Platform will launch the OBOLUSDT perpetual contract at 18:30 on May 7, 2025 (East Eighth District Time), with a maximum leverage of up to 50 times.
Ethereum will undergo Pectra upgrade on May 7 to optimize staking and wallet functions
According to CoinDesk, Ethereum developers have officially set the online time of Pectra upgrade main network to May 7, 2025.
The upgrade is the largest system update since March 2024, with 11 improvement proposals (EIPs), focusing on wallet contract functionality (enhanced ease of use and recovery) and EIP-7251 (upgrades the single node staked cap from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH). The upgrade has been successfully run on the Hoodi testnet.
Binance will remove some leveraged trading pairs on May 7
According to the official announcement, Binance will remove some leveraged trading pairs at 14:00 on May 7, including: Full-position leveraged trading pairs: ALT/FDUSD, BIO/FDUSD, GPS/FDUSD, JUV/USDC, TRU/BTC, TST/FDUSD, SKL/BTC. Position-by-position leveraged trading pairs: ALT/FDUSD, GPS/FDUSD, TRU/BTC, SKL/BTC.
Thursday, May 8
Alex Mashinsky, founder and former CEO of Celsius Network, a bankrupt cryptocurrency lending platform, faces the possibility of spending the next 20 years in prison if the sentencing recommendation submitted by the U.S. Department of Justice is adopted by the court, according to CoinDesk. The verdict will be held on May 8.
In the proposal filed late Monday, the Justice Department urged the court to sentence him to 20 years in prison, saying Mashinsky's crime was a "deliberate, well-planned" fraud that caused nearly $7 billion in customer losses and caused financial damage to thousands of people.
Fed FOMC will announce interest rate resolution on May 8, Powell speaks
On Thursday, May 8, Beijing time, the Federal Reserve FOMC announced its interest rate resolution;
Then at 2:30, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell held a monetary policy press conference.
May 9 (Friday)
Coinbase plans to launch 24/7 Bitcoin and Ether futures trading on May 9
According to an official announcement, Coinbase will launch its first U.S.-regulated 24x7 Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contract through its derivatives division, with trading set to begin on May 9.
Galaxy plans to go public on Nasdaq on May 16, waiting for shareholders to vote on May 9 to approve
Mike Novogratz, CEO of digital asset management company Galaxy, posted on the X platform that Galaxy is scheduled to go public on Nasdaq on May 16, awaiting shareholder approval on May 9. The listing will allow Galaxy to better serve investors in the digital asset and artificial intelligence ecosystem and start the next stage of growth.
May 10 (Saturday)
TON will officially disable Toncoin Bridge on May 10
Official announcement shows that TON will officially disable Toncoin Bridge on May 10, and users will no longer be able to transfer Toncoin from TON to Ethereum or BNB smart chain through the bridge, but previous cross-chain assets can still be collected. At present, the bridging function between Toncoin and TON will be temporarily retained and the termination time will be announced separately.
