For W Group, the investment in Spyker represents more than the acquisition of a stake in an iconic automotive brand. It signals the next phase of the group’s evolution from a fintech and blockchain ecosystem into a diversified international holding company. 

Why W Group acquired stakes in Spyker

By expanding into traditional industries and premium manufacturing, W Group aims to bridge the gap between Web3 technologies and established Web2 businesses, creating a business ecosystem where innovation, digital infrastructure, and real-world assets operate within a single strategic framework.

The investment is intended to support the revival and long-term development of one of Europe’s most historic automotive brands. Founded in 1880, Spyker is renowned for its handcrafted sports cars, aviation-inspired design, and limited-production approach that has made the marque highly sought after by collectors worldwide.

Alongside the investment, W Group and Spyker will launch Spyker Digital, a new technology company focused on developing digital infrastructure and ownership solutions for the premium automotive sector. 

The initiative aims to explore how emerging technologies can enhance customer experience, vehicle ownership, and brand engagement while preserving the exclusivity and craftsmanship that define the Spyker brand.

“For many years, I have been invested in rare automobiles and have always admired Spyker’s unique design language and extraordinary heritage,” said Volodymyr Nosov. “Becoming a co-owner of Spyker is both a personal and strategic investment. Our goal is to preserve everything that makes the brand special while helping it enter a new era of growth, innovation, and global relevance. Spyker Digital will become a synergy of the finest traditions of European engineering and the digital economy, where a sports car is integrated with blockchain products and tokens.”

Spyker shares big plans for future with W Group

Victor Muller, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spyker, welcomed the partnership, describing it as a significant milestone in the company’s return to the global automotive market.

“The enthusiasm we have seen since announcing the new Spyker C8 Preliator XXV confirms that there is strong demand for the return of Spyker,” said Muller. “With Volodymyr Nosov and W Group joining us as partners, we gain not only long-term strategic support, but also access to technologies and expertise that will help us build the next chapter of the Spyker story.”

The investment in Spyker Cars expands W Group’s portfolio beyond fintech and digital assets, adding a premium manufacturing brand with a strong heritage and global recognition. For the W Group of companies, this step is an important part of its long-term strategy to enter traditional non-digital markets. This model of global expansion, in which digital assets and premium physical manufacturing operate within a single technological framework, creates a more multifunctional and resilient business ecosystem.

The road to Pebble Beach

Spyker’s return starts off with the launch of the new Spyker C8 Preliator XXV at The Quail in Carmel, California, on August 14, followed by a display on the Concept Car Lawn of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on August 16, two of the most prestigious events in the world of automotive luxury.

The technical specifications of the new Spyker C8 Preliator XXV show a significant leap in performance: it boasts 800 bhp from a non-hybrid twin-turbo V8, allowing the car to reach a top speed of 350 km/h (217 mph). 

As the recent wave of layoffs linked to AI adoption and spending that has hit the tech industry continues to dominate headlines, Binance has gone against the grain, adding over 380 roles in an active hiring streak.

According to the firm, 20% of its new hires in 2026 are for AI-specific roles, while existing hires are undergoing internal training to master AI tools and acquire skills. 

How has AI impacted jobs at Binance? 

Challenger, Gray & Christmas recently confirmed that artificial intelligence was the direct reason for 27,645 job cuts in the U.S. in Q1 alone. 

The tech sector in particular was responsible for 52,050 job cuts, representing a 40% increase year-over-year (YoY). Despite this, Binance has announced a significant expansion of its workforce and is currently advertising for more than 380 open positions globally. 

The available positions include roles in engineering, compliance, product development, and specifically, AI research. 20% of the exchange’s hires in 2026 were brought in specifically for AI tech and product development. 

Binance recently referred to AI as a “capability multiplier” in a blog post. The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) also suggested that the strongest gains from AI will not come from replacing humans with AI, but rather by augmentation and allowing humans to focus on judgment and strategic thinking.

Other companies like Oracle, Meta (NASDAQ: META), and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have all announced job cuts tied to efficiency or AI investment. 

Binance commits to deploying AI ethically at scale

With AI tools being integrated in financial and security operations, oversight has become a critical part of the conversation. 

The ISO/IEC 42001 certification establishes an international standard for an AI Management System (AIMS). Binance secured its certification in late 2025. 

The certification is audited by A-LIGN, and accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board. It requires organizations to maintain “clear rules and real oversight” over their AI systems, making sure that the technology is safe, transparent, and fair.

Binance clarified that its approach is in compliance with the EU AI Act, which requires that social impact and user protection be assessed before advanced systems are deployed. According to the exchange operator, it ensures that before new models like the trading agents being built by its Accelerator Program are deployed, they undergo risk assessments, data protection reviews, and continuous monitoring. 

The company has integrated tools such as SAFUGPT, Hexa, and Clawbot into its daily operations. Hexa functions as a “no-code” platform that allows teams to build AI assistants even without having any programming skills, while Clawbot automates repetitive execution tasks. 

In reports by Binance, Clawbot has reached approximately 72% adoption among staff, while Hexa sits at 57%. It also reported eight different AI training modules in 2026, totaling 28 sessions scheduled across global time zones. During the Clawbot training series, an 87% participation rate was reported.

Binance also pointed to its Weekly “micro-learning” pieces distributed among staff since December 2025 as another route to keeping AI literacy high. 

• Bitcoin Pizza Day highlights Bitcoin’s transformation from a $41 pizza purchase into a major global financial asset.
• Binance compares Bitcoin’s current purchasing power across cities such as Mumbai, Dubai, New York, London, and Tokyo.
• Institutional adoption is accelerating, with ETFs, corporations, and governments now holding millions of BTC globally.

Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer, created history on May 22, 2010, when he spent 10,000 Bitcoin on two pizzas. The trade was valued at about $41(market cap under US$1M) at the time. 

According to Binance, the 10,000 Bitcoins would be valued well over $700m (market cap over US$1.5T) now. In August 2025, when BTC price was at an all-time high of $126k, the coins would be worth more than $1 billion. 

The amount now represents over 22 days of current issuance, given today’s block subsidy of approximately 450 BTC per day.

Major price milestones for Bitcoin have been reached amid dwindling new supply. At Pizza Day, roughly 14% of the total BTC supply had been mined. By the time BTC first traded above US$100 in 2013, this had risen to around 53%.  According to Binance, nearly 80% had been mined by US$10K in November 2017, and over 94% by US$100K in December 2024. 

This illustrates how Bitcoin’s issuance schedule is structurally diminishing.  The supply curve flattens with each halving as daily issuance declines from 7,200 BTC per day during the Pizza Day era to 450 BTC presently and 225 BTC following the anticipated April 2028 halving. The remaining mineable Bitcoin represents a diminishing source of fresh supply versus any future growth in demand, since more than 94% of the total supply is currently in circulation. 

Bitcoin Pizza Day shows global Bitcoin purchasing power after 16 years

To mark Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026, Binance used the initial pizza purchase as a lens to analyze the current crypto economy, highlighting how Bitcoin’s purchasing power has grown across major global cities. The comparison highlights how digital assets now interact with real estate, mobility, and daily consumption at scale, from Mumbai and Dubai to New York, London, and Tokyo. 

Binance said that 10,000 BTC in Mumbai could purchase tens of millions of cups of chai and extensive access to commuter rail systems with thousands of years of journeys. The coins could also have major commercial real estate space in the city’s business districts, 

In Dubai, the same sum could buy more than 12 million shawarmas, hundreds of luxury desert adventures, and dozens of ultra-luxury Palm Jumeira Villas.

The 10,000 BTC could purchase approximately 22 million slices of pizza, over 3,000  of Manhattan studio apartments, and enough subway rides to circle the city for generations.

In London, the same sum could purchase over 8 million pints at London pubs, several Premier League hospitality boxes for every match of the season, and purchase entire rows of townhouses in some boroughs.

Binance further said that the coins could buy millions of sushi plates in Tokyo, purchase thousands of high-speed rail journeys across Japan, and could also purchase entire floors in some central Tokyo apartment buildings.

Institutional adoption drives Bitcoin’s shift toward global infrastructure

Beyond the illustrative analogies, the larger message is that Bitcoin has shifted from novelty to infrastructure. Adoption patterns are increasingly influenced by both institutional involvement and grassroots usage in both established and emerging nations as digital assets continue to become integrated into payments, investment, and remittance flows. 

SB Seker, Head of APAC at Binance, emphasized this evolution, noting, “Bitcoin Pizza Day has become one of crypto’s most celebrated traditions because it captures something essential: innovation happens when someone is willing to try something new, even if it seems impractical at the time. In 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz used Bitcoin to buy pizza because he believed digital currency should have use cases, not just sit in a wallet. Today, we are seeing that vision materialize at scale. Stablecoins are processing trillions in monthly volume, and users in markets like India are discovering crypto’s practical applications-from everyday transactions to wealth creation and preservation. Bitcoin Pizza Day celebrates the moment crypto moved from theory to practice, and reminds us that the real work is making that utility accessible to everyone.” 

Binance said that institutions hold about 3.88 million BTC, or 18.5% of the 21 million hard cap. Strategy alone accounts for ~844K BTC, or 4% of total BTC, while public corporations narrowly lead all categories at ~1.24M BTC (5.9%). ETFs trail closely behind with ~1.32M BTC (6.3%), with BlackRock’s IBIT leading at ~811K BTC. An additional ~650K BTC (3.1%) is held by governments.  

The crypto exchange explained that, excluding DeFi and other protocol holdings, pure institutional ownership is approximately 3.5 million BTC, or about one in six BTC. The adoption route is evolving. This is the first cycle in which the marginal buyer is an institution rather than a retailer. Approximately 1.24 million BTC (~US$95.7 billion NAV, ~5.9% of the circulating supply) are now held by 197 listed corporations. In the last 12 months alone, about half of that corporate accumulation occurred. 

• ChangeNow is making its presence felt at the Consensus Miami 2026, living up to its reputation beyond the exhibition floor.
• The ChangeNow team joined 2 consecutive panel discussions organized by NOWNodes at the Miami Beach Convention Center’s “Meet Ups” zone.
• For ChangeNOW, the connection is direct, and the debates on stage are ones their engineers navigate in production every day.

ChangeNow is making its presence felt at the Consensus Miami 2026, living up to its reputation beyond the exhibition floor. The ChangeNow team joined 2 consecutive panel discussions on May 6, organized by NOWNodes at the Miami Beach Convention Center’s “Meet Ups” zone.

The NOWNodes panels aim to provide sharp perspectives on infrastructure resilience, tokenization, and the real-world adoption challenges facing the industry today. NOWNodes is the blockchain node infrastructure, an arm of the NOW ecosystem.

Representing ChangeNOW at both events was Pauline Shangett, the company’s Chief Strategy Officer, who moderated the first session in her role as Strategic Advisor to NOWNodes. Worth noting that the NOWNodes panels are only part of Pauline’s schedule at Consensus this year. On May 5, she’s appearing at the Capital Markets Summit for a session on on-chain privacy and identity (11:25 AM), and later that afternoon at “FQ Trust by Design: Building On-Chain Systems People Believe In” (1:20 PM). Further, on May 7, she plans to attend the panel: “The Next Commodity Revolution: RWA Meets Instant Liquidity” at 4:40 PM. 

Three days, five panels, one consistent thread running through them all. The main focus will be on what it actually takes to build systems people trust with their money.

ChangeNow breaks down panel discussion sessions

The session, titled “Trust Under Pressure: Can Tokenized Systems Stay Consistent at Scale?”, starts at 10:35 and lasts until 11:10. Pauline Shangett (the panel moderator) will be leading the conversation alongside an epic lineup. Kwon Park (Global Head of Digital Assets, Crypto.com), Abi Dharshan (Head of Product from Zerion’s founding team), Vidor Gencel (Co-founder and Co-CEO of Solflare), and Philipp Zentner (CEO of LI.FI) are among the most anticipated participants.

The framing was deliberately confrontational. Tokenization isn’t an experiment anymore. There are real users, real assets, real money at stake, and when a system can’t agree on who owns what, that’s not a bug report, it’s a business crisis. The session aims to push panelists away from technical abstractions and toward the uncomfortable specifics: at what point does a data inconsistency become a board-level incident? What’s the actual cost (not theoretical, but quantified) of one major failure?

The second panel is planned right after the first session. “Selling Trust: Can RWA Deliver on the Promise of Mass Adoption?” will take place from 11:15 to 11:45. Samuel Hood Burke (Chief Content Officer at CCN) will moderate the discussion, which will feature panelists from Houdini Swap, TON Foundation, Paxos, and GlobalStake.

The setup doesn’t pretend that RWAs are in a great place. The pitch for tokenized real-world assets (treasuries, real estate, yield-bearing instruments brought on-chain) sounds compelling. But mass adoption hasn’t happened, and the panel is there to figure out why. Is it awareness? Liquidity? Regulation? Or is the industry pitching something users don’t actually want?

Why this matters beyond the conference circuit

NOWNodes organized these panels, but the questions they raised are the industry’s. For ChangeNOW, the connection is direct; the company has spent nearly a decade building infrastructure designed to be fast, private, and consistent at scale, and the debates on stage are ones their engineers navigate in production every day.

The purpose of the NOW ecosystem’s attendance at Consensus Miami this year is not to introduce new products or make announcements. Instead, it’s about taking part in the discussions that will influence the industry’s future.

The sessions will begin at 10:35 AM on May 6 in the Meet Ups area of the Miami Beach Convention Center. These are the types of talks that usually run out of time before they run out of things to say, so it’s worth arriving early if you’re attending Consensus Miami this week.

Interested individuals are reminded to join the discussion to find answers at the forefront of the crypto industry. Meanwhile, those who cannot come at this time can follow ChangeNOW and NOWNodes on social media and stay tuned for a review after the event.

Oobit, a crypto payments platform backed by stablecoin giant Tether, has unveiled Agent Cards, a virtual Visa product that grants AI agents direct, programmable spending authority without requiring human sign-off on individual transactions or exposing corporate card credentials to automated systems.

The launch comes as more businesses deploy AI agents to run core operational workflows, from marketing automation and cloud procurement to software-as-a-service (SaaS) management and advertising, among others.

According to McKinsey’s State of AI 2025 survey, 23% of organizations are already scaling agentic systems within their operations, with a further 39% in the experimental phase. 

However, payments have remained a persistent bottleneck, as companies cannot just hand over their corporate cards to agents, and routing every charge through a human approver undermines the efficiency that automation is supposed to deliver.

As adoption of agentic AI continues to pick up, so too does the urgency of solving the payments problem, and the Oobit Agent Card enters as a timely intervention.

How does Oobit propose to solve the AI payments problem?

Agent Cards allows businesses to issue a dedicated virtual Visa card for each AI agent, funded directly from a USDT stablecoin treasury with no fiat conversion required.

Companies can configure the spend policies at the point of setup and enforce them server-side, meaning an agent cannot override or circumvent them regardless of the instructions it receives.

The agent cards are based on three control mechanisms. 

• The first one is that each agent receives its own card, ensuring that there is no shared card exposure across teams and also allowing for a clean identity and audit trail. 
• The second mechanism is the category-level spend control, which ensures that each agent can only transact with merchant categories relevant to its designated function.
• The third mechanism is the hard transaction cap, which is applied per transaction and per merchant and is enforced server-side with no override path available.

Every transaction, whether approved or declined, is logged in real time alongside a human-readable explanation. This eliminates the pending states and manual reconciliation queues that will slow down finance teams managing automated operations.

What can businesses actually do with Agent Cards?

Oobit has designed the initial launch around two core integration use cases. 

• The first is payments processing, enabling AI agents to manage subscription billing or vendor payouts through Stripe and similar platforms. 
• The second is automated expense reporting, giving finance teams a complete, structured log of spending across all active agents without manual data entry.

Beyond these foundations, the product supports a range of practical applications, such as buying stocks or digital assets within set thresholds, booking travel within approved budgets, or completing purchases in real time when specific price conditions are met. 

Businesses can activate Agent Cards through a five-step setup wizard that, according to the company, brings a card live in under three minutes.

Oobit’s infrastructure is its proof-of-concept 

Oobit is not launching into an untested infrastructure as the company already operates across 150 million merchants in more than 100 countries, and is backed by Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer with more than $140 billion in circulation. 

That pedigree lends credibility to what is, according to the company, the only agent card product purpose-built for businesses whose treasuries are held in stablecoins.

In a statement, Amram Adar, CEO of Oobit, said, “The honest take is that the online world isn’t ready for AI agents to complete complex tasks and pay on behalf of a business or person.”

He added, “Agent Cards is the first move toward giving autonomous financial operations real autonomy, without losing control.”

The product is immediately available to crypto-native businesses running AI agents with stablecoin treasuries, as well as AI-forward companies evaluating stablecoin payments in their financial setup.

Bitcoin miner Cango has closed the financing round it initially announced in February; it has raised over $75 million to boost its AI infrastructure business, with $65 million of the capital coming from an equity investment led by members of its own board. 

The remaining $10 million comes from a convertible note agreement that it entered with a Hong Kong-listed DL Holdings Group. 

Cango, which is NYSE-listed, also entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DL Holdings, and this opens the door to more investments in the future.

Cango’s CANG stock is up more than 11.5% over the last five days per Google Finance data, trading at $0.41 as of writing time. 

Cango’s leadership commits $65M to its company

Cango announced that it finally closed the $65 million equity raise first reported in February on March 31, 2026. 

Xin Jin, chairman of the company’s board of directors, and Chang-Wei Chiu, a company director, are the two board members behind the equity investment. 

Under the terms of the transaction, Cango has issued an aggregate of 49,242,424 Class A ordinary shares to two entities linked to the chairman and director, respectively. The proceeds of the $65 million were settled in USDT.

The closing follows a recapitalization effort that Cango outlined earlier this year, which included a $305 million sale of Bitcoin holdings to retire debt obligations.

Cango’s CEO, Paul Yu, has stated that the capital strategy is one designed to eliminate financial leverage and redirect capacity toward the company’s AI compute ambitions, which the company frames as addressing the “Power Gap,” which is the current mismatch imbalance between the rise in AI compute demand and power supply.

What are the terms of the DL Holdings financing?

Alongside the equity close, Cango entered into a securities purchase agreement with DL Holdings, issuing a zero-interest $10 million convertible note maturing on 1 April 2028, and it comes with an option for certain extensions. 

The note carries an initial conversion price of $1.62 per Class A ordinary share. According to Cango, it will become convertible “at any time from April 1, 2027 until maturity.” Shares issued upon conversion will be subject to customary lock-up restrictions.

Cango also issued DL Holdings a warrant to purchase up to 370,370 Class A ordinary shares at an exercise price of $2.70 per share, and this will be exercisable immediately, and it expires on 1 April 2028. However, this price is subject to adjustments based on the provisions provided in the warrant.

Cango has the right to redeem all or part of the note for cash, provided its share price exceeds 130% of the conversion price for a specified preceding period.

The company intends to use proceeds from the convertible note to fund potential upstream acquisitions and to support its expansion into AI and computing infrastructure. 

One noteworthy disclosure is that Chang-Wei Chiu, who participated in the $65 million equity investment and sits on Cango’s board, also holds approximately 3.12% of DL Holdings’ issued shares via a separate controlled entity.

In the MOU between Cango and DL Holdings, the latter reportedly expressed an intention to make one or more strategic investments alongside Cango, with an aggregate potential value of up to $10 million. 

The potential investments will be targeting cryptocurrency mining facilities and artificial intelligence initiatives. The MOU is non-binding except for some provisions, and any investment that will come as a result remains subject to due diligence and what Cango terms “the execution of definitive agreements.”

Tokenomics as the Foundation of Growth

At the core of WBT’s growth is its structured tokenomics, designed to balance supply expansion with long-term value support. The token operates under a deflationary model, with regular buyback-and-burn mechanisms funded by a share of trading fees, alongside scheduled unlocks that support ecosystem development.

On March 13, WhiteBIT unlocked more than 39 million WBT tokens—worth approximately $1.19 billion. The newly unlocked tokens are allocated to WhiteBIT Funds rather than being immediately released into open-market circulation. This approach aims to mitigate short-term sell pressure while maintaining flexibility for strategic initiatives and long-term growth.

Expanding Global Access 

WBT’s growth has also been supported by increased global accessibility. The token was recently listed on Kraken, one of the industry’s most established trading platforms. The listing introduced WBT/EUR and WBT/USD trading pairs, expanding access to new markets and institutional participants, while strengthening liquidity and price discovery.

In December 2025, WBT was included in the S&P 5 crypto indices by S&P Dow Jones Indices. Inclusion in these indices signals growing recognition of WBT within broader financial markets and increases its visibility among institutional investors tracking benchmark crypto assets.

Ecosystem Expansion and Global Strategy

Beyond token mechanics and listings, WhiteBIT’s broader ecosystem growth continues to reinforce WBT’s value proposition. The company has been actively expanding its international footprint, including its recent entry into Ghana through a regulatory sandbox initiative launched in collaboration with local authorities. This move positions WhiteBIT among a select group of companies contributing to the development of regulated digital asset markets in one of Africa’s fastest-growing crypto adoption regions.

WBT’s utility within the WhiteBIT ecosystem also remains central to its valuation. The token is integrated across core platform services, including trading fee discounts, access to launchpad opportunities, and participation in a range of ecosystem products. 

“Reaching a $15 billion market capitalization reflects the consistent development of our ecosystem and the trust of our global community,” said Volodymyr Nosov, Founder and President of W Group, of which WhiteBIT is a part of. “We are focused on building long-term value through compliance, innovation, and global expansion, ensuring that WBT remains a key pillar of the digital financial infrastructure we are developing.”

As WhiteBIT continues to expand across trading, payments, blockchain infrastructure, and institutional services, WBT plays an increasingly central role in connecting these components into a unified financial ecosystem.

XDC Network, the global blockchain infrastructure provider, has collaborated with AUDC, the issuer of the Australian-regulated digital dollar, AUDD, to launch the AUDDapt grant program. 

According to official documentation, the grant program is designed to give Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access to faster, cheaper, and more transparent ways to move money. 

AUDC will lead project selection and grant allocation, while XDC Network will cover the infrastructure access and introductions to ecosystem partners portion. 

AUDDapt launches support for Australian small businesses

The businesses selected for the AUDDapt program will receive grant funding alongside hands-on technical guidance. 

Businesses that opt for the XDC track will be given direct access to XDC Network’s blockchain infrastructure, which is a high-performance, ISO 20022-compliant Layer-1 network built for enterprise-grade security and high transaction volumes at low cost.

The program aims to help reduce the complexity and cost barriers that plague businesses, especially those in the SME space.

“There are 2.5 million small businesses in Australia contributing around 57 per cent of GDP, yet the majority still rely on financial infrastructure that has not meaningfully changed in decades,” said Sean White, XDC Network’s Australian Ecosystem and Business Development Manager. “AUDDapt is targeting that gap directly. Through this payment integration, we expect to support at least one really strong cross-border platform, with the ambition to create a blueprint that scales across the entire SME sector.” 

Effie Dimitropoulos, the CEO of AUDC, stated that “Partnering with XDC Network means the businesses we support through AUDDapt will have world-class infrastructure to build on from day one.”

The XDC track is open to Australian-based businesses; however, the organizers also opened a path for a limited number of international applicants. Entries by international applicants will only be considered on a case-by-case basis, according to the organizers.

Both AUDC and XDC have indicated plans to increase the reach of the program to the whole SME sector in subsequent phases.

XDC Network and AUDC offer Australian SMEs reliable Web3 partners 

XDC Network has been championing development across the financial sector, providing solutions that cut across trade and decentralized finance. 

The network’s foundation is also in its third accelerator, where it trains and helps founders build on the XDC blockchain. This current cohort will be targeting startups that are “developing on-chain liquidity solutions, institutional DeFi rails, and composable infrastructure designed to bring tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) fully into the DeFi ecosystem.”

AUDD has processed over $1 billion in organic transactions on the Stellar blockchain, and AUDC successfully raised $5 million in an oversubscribed pre-series in December 2025.

AUDD is now deployed across a multi-chain framework spanning Ethereum, Stellar, XRPL, Solana, Hedera, and XDC, giving businesses access to a currency that works across a wide range of platforms and use cases. The stablecoin reportedly crossed $1 billion on Stellar blockchain in November 2025.

And the general stablecoin environment is shifting in their favor as stablecoin transaction volume increased by more than 72% in 2025, with transaction value hitting $33 trillion, as regulators and businesses in Australia begin to look more favorably at digital currency infrastructure.

Under the revised plan, the allocation for season 2 participants will increase from 12% to 18%. This will raise the total community airdrop from 22% to 28%. 

The exchange stated that Season 2 of its community rewards program will end on June 30, 2026, and the token generation event (TGE) is expected to occur soon after. Participants are rewarded based on trading activity, liquidity provision and holding assets on the exchange. 

At launch, the token will trade on Grvt’s spot market, with the company also pursuing listings on several Tier 1 centralized exchanges.

The total token supply is fixed at 1,000,000,000 tokens (1 billion $GRVT), with no additional issuance beyond that cap. Once the token goes live, 28% will be channeled towards the community and airdrop allocation. The remaining 72% will be distributed across the team, investors, and the broader ecosystem on a scheduled basis designed to prioritize long-term alignment. 

It is also worth highlighting that this anticipated token structure is subject to applicable terms and necessary modifications. 

Image source: Grvt

​​Grvt’s Key Metrics Reveal Significant Growth in Season 2

Notably, Grvt recorded strong growth across several key metrics during the ongoing Season 2 campaign. Total value locked (TVL) on the exchange increased from $11.3 million to $107.1 million, an 847% rise since the beginning of the season.

Open interest also expanded sharply, growing from $11.6 million to $484.1 million. Trading activity followed a similar trend, with cumulative double-sided trading volume reaching $393 billion, or $197 billion single-sided. Monthly trading volume also climbed steadily. The platform recorded $51.6 billion in January 2026, representing a 68% increase from October levels.

Growth rates reveal a similar trend, with each successive $50 billion increase in cumulative volume being attained faster than the previous, dropping from 51 days to 43 days, and then to 30 days. Monthly active traders exceeded 10,000 in January, a 76% jump and the exchange added more new wallets in the first five months of Season 2 than in the entire previous year.

“Launching $GRVT at the right moment has always mattered more to us than launching fast. We wanted the token to land on a platform that had already proven itself. The numbers speak for themselves,” said Grvt’s Co-Founder and CEO, Hong Yea. 

Yea added that what matters most to Grvt is that the community that has contributed to this momentum benefits the most. 

According to the announcement, current points holders will retain their existing share of rewards. The larger allocation mainly expands the total capacity for Grvt’s growing user base while preserving previously earned points.

At its core, the $GRVT token will enhance the user experience across all of Grvt’s verticals by serving as the membership key. Users who hold this utility token can unlock better trading fees, improved margin efficiency and advanced trading features. 

In addition, Grvt members are positioned to receive priority access and higher allocations to investment vaults, better FX and on/off-ramp rates with cashback in $GRVT when using the Grvt Card in the future and enhanced APY and rewards in earning programs. 

What’s Coming Before the Token Goes Live

Grvt plans several product releases ahead of the token launch. The exchange confirmed that native Layer-1 yield integration via Aave will launch soon, allowing traders to earn passive income on their digital assets. 

Spot trading is also scheduled to go live by the end of April 2026. In addition, the company said it is securing liquidity partnerships with both institutional and retail market participants ahead of the token launch.

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has unveiled GetClaw, the world’s first installation-free autonomous AI trading agent. 

Built on the widely adopted OpenClaw framework, GetClaw removes the technical friction that has historically separated traders from advanced AI tools. No downloads, no configuration, and no infrastructure management are required, with activation within seconds.

GetClaw builds trading companion on OpenClaw framework

The release arrives as OpenClaw has captured global attention for demonstrating a new class of AI systems capable of acting rather than simply responding. GetClaw extends that shift into financial markets, turning AI into a persistent trading companion capable of observing markets, identifying signals, and supporting decision-making as conditions evolve.

“Trading has always been about speed and clarity, but the tools traders rely on often require hours of setup. GetClaw changes that by making intelligent agents immediate and accessible,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. “The next phase of trading will be shaped by systems that observe markets continuously and assist users in real time, and that’s exactly what we’re building at Bitget.”

Once activated, GetClaw continuously monitors market activity and portfolio exposure. The system analyzes funding rates, volatility shifts, liquidation risks, macro developments, and emerging narratives across the crypto ecosystem. When relevant signals appear, the agent alerts users in real time. 

Over time, GetClaw adapts to each user’s trading behavior, learning position preferences, risk tolerance, and historical patterns to refine its responses.

GetClaw also operates across multiple environments. Users can interact with the agent through the Bitget App, Telegram, Discord, or WhatsApp, allowing trading intelligence and execution to move seamlessly between messaging platforms and the exchange itself. These entry points will be rolled out in phases.

Bitget expands AI strategy 

The launch builds on Bitget’s recently upgraded Agent Hub, the platform’s AI trading infrastructure that connects AI systems directly to live market data and execution tools. 

Through Agent Hub, AI models can access standardized trading capabilities, enabling strategies, analysis, and execution to operate within a unified environment. GetClaw represents the first fully integrated agent built on this infrastructure.

Security architecture remains central to the design. GetClaw employs a multi-layer isolation model separating identity verification, memory storage, permission access, and trading credentials, ensuring user accounts remain protected while the agent operates autonomously.

The introduction of GetClaw signals the emergence of agentic trading, where intelligent systems operate alongside traders to interpret signals and assist with execution in real time. 

Within Bitget’s Universal Exchange framework, where crypto assets, derivatives, and tokenized traditional financial instruments coexist, technologies such as Agent Hub and GetClaw move trading toward a more automated and intelligent financial environment.

The web version of GetClaw is slated to go live tomorrow, with the mobile app version expected to follow at the end of March. Additional updates will be announced as development progresses.