Hooked Protocol, a Web3 education project, announced a strategic cooperation with Animoca Brands, a well-known Web3 investment institution. The two parties will aim to promote the large-scale breaking of Web3 through innovative educational and entertainment content and entertaining user experience.

Web3 entertainment company AnotherBall announced the completion of $2.2 million in angel round financing, Polygon founder Jaynti Kanani, Sony Group CTO Hiroaki Kitano, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Azuki development company Chiru Labs consultant Rehito Hatoyama, Mask Network CEO Suji Yan, Quantstamp CEO Richard Ma, PlayCo founder Justin Waldron, Mistletoe CEO Taizo Son, KSK Angel Fund's Keisuke Honda, GoJek ex-CEO Kevin Aluwi, Mercari CEO Shintaro Yamada, Next Web Capital's Sota Watanabe And Zeneca, CEO of Yusuke Obinata ZenAcademy, etc. participated in the investment.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has begun hearings on artificial intelligence. Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator and committee chair, said: "Artificial intelligence desperately needs rules and safeguards to address its vast promise and pitfalls. This hearing begins our subcommittee's efforts to oversee and illuminate AI's advanced algorithms and powerful techniques." work.” Witnesses who testified included OpenAI CEO Sam Altman; New York University professor emeritus Gary Marcus; and IBM vice president and chief privacy and trust officer Christina Montgomery.

Jihan Wu's mining company, Bitdeer, announced its unaudited financial results and operational updates for the first quarter of 2023. According to the report, the total revenue of Bit Deer in the first quarter was US$72.6 million, a decrease of 19.7% from the same period in 2022 (US$90.4 million); the net loss was US$9.5 million, compared with a net loss of US$9.6 million in the same period in 2022. Adjusted profit for the first quarter of 2023 was $2.8 million, compared to $25.6 million for the same period in 2022.

Microsoft ( MSFT.O ) announced a new suite of artificial intelligence solutions and improvements to provide nonprofits with better cloud services. The new AI suite aims to transform the nonprofit industry and the way fundraisers engage with donors, manage campaigns and optimize operations.

Gaming giant Ubisoft (Ubisoft) has partnered with Integral Reality Labs to launch the "Assassin's Creed" NFT series "Assassin's Creed Smart Collectibles" on Polygon. The pre-sale will start today, and the casting will officially open on May 16. Each minted "Digital Soul" NFT can be used for customization and exchange for 3D printed physical collections that support NFC functions. Each NFT has a different rarity level, and higher-level NFTs can unlock more customization elements.

Kim Nam-gook, a lawmaker from South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, said on Sunday he would quit the party amid mounting allegations of involvement in a large-scale cryptocurrency trade. Kim Nam-guk was revealed to own about 800,000 Wemix tokens worth about 6 billion won ($4.5 million) in 2021, a far cry from his frugal image. Prosecutors have launched an investigation into the matter to determine whether there was any wrongdoing. There are allegations that he traded cryptocurrencies while attending at least two meetings of the National Assembly’s Judiciary Committee in May and November last year. Jin Nanguo said that he will demand legal accountability for a large number of false news reports in the past week.

The new proposal of the ApeCoin community intends to create APE DEX, which plans to realize the decentralized exchange of ERC-20 tokens supported by multi-asset pools. These asset pools will earn LP fees from market-making and swap fees. The core functions will include Use APE to reward LP providers. The deadline for voting on the proposal is May 18, and the current proportion of negative votes has reached 86.49%, while the proportion of support is 13.51%.

Former users of bankrupt Canadian crypto exchange Quadriga CX will soon receive 13 percent of the claimed amount, according to a creditor notice issued late Friday by accounting firm Ernst & Young. Creditors, including Canada Post and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), filed 17,648 claims totaling C$303.1 million ($222.3 million) against Quadriga, the documents show. There were 15 claims for more than $1 million, 28 claims for between $500,000 and $999,999, and 15,236 claims for less than $10,000. The cryptocurrency claim amount will be determined based on the market price on April 15, 2019. Users claiming bitcoin will receive C$6,739.08 per bitcoin, and users claiming ethereum will receive C$223.45 per ether, EY said.