According to Odaily Planet Daily, U.S. companies added the highest number of jobs in May since January 2025, suggesting that the labor market may be accelerating despite rising energy costs due to the Iran war. ADP data supports the view that after months of uneven hiring, the labor market may be gradually improving, with job openings increasing while layoffs remain low. If this trend is confirmed in official government data, it could lead to speculation that the Federal Reserve is more likely to raise interest rates than cut them in the coming months. (Jinshi)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Variant has announced the completion of fundraising for its new $222 million fund, Variant 4, with investors undisclosed. The fund's primary focus is on investing in companies at the earliest possible stage and supporting their growth. Variant partner Jesse Walden stated that the new fund will broaden its investment themes, combining crypto, AI, and autonomy, focusing on investing in applications that provide users with greater autonomy. Walden pointed out that crypto technology has often fallen short of expectations over the past five years due to misaligned positioning; however, crypto technology is essentially the underlying pipeline supporting numerous products, and its growth story is only just beginning. (fortune)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Payward, the parent company of Kraken, will launch its xStocks framework, allowing Kraken and partner platform users to participate in a US stock IPO at the offering price and receive on-chain tokenized shares corresponding to the underlying stock on a 1:1 basis. These shares are held by a regulated custodian. Users can submit non-binding subscription intentions through partner platforms several weeks before the IPO. Payward will then aggregate the requests and collaborate with the underwriting syndicate to allocate shares, completing pricing, allocation, and token issuance on the listing day. xStocks tokens can circulate on multiple chains including Ethereum, Solana, and TON, and can be used in combination with DeFi protocols. (The Block)

In the past hour, total liquidations across the network reached $10.77 million, with $9.51 million from long positions, with $1.26 million from short positions. BTC liquidation $2.33 million, ETH liquidation $3.86 million.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Ledger's Donjon security research team bypassed the firmware verification system of the TROPIC01 chip inside the Trezor Safe 7 using a laser attack in the lab. Chip manufacturer Tropic Square subsequently discovered another attack path affecting the chip's MAC-and-Destroy security mechanism. This vulnerability affects all TROPIC01 chips currently in production. Trezor stated that the TROPIC01 chip is one of three independent security layers within the Trezor Safe 7, and user funds, wallet backups, and private keys are not stored within it. The chip's hardware-encrypted storage mechanism completely resisted Ledger's extraction attempts in initial testing. Tropic Square has postponed releasing technical details of the vulnerability until a reinforced silicon version of the TROPIC01 is released later in 2026, with full details expected in spring 2027. Currently, firmware mitigation is possible by disabling the chip's MAINTENANCE mode. Trezor CEO Matej Zak stated that PINs, wallet backups, and user funds keys are never stored on a single chip. (The Block)