According to the governance proposal of Aave DAO, it is planned to launch a dedicated Bitcoin Spoke in Aave V4 through the Babylon protocol, which supports users to borrow with native BTC collateral without packaging BTC or centralized custody. The proposal has been posted on the governance forum seeking approval to include Babylon native BTC in V4 collateral assets. The proposal states that Bitcoin is the primary encrypted collateral, but current on chain BTC lending heavily relies on packaging BTC or fragmented platforms. Aave V4 will utilize Babylon infrastructure to integrate Bitcoin collateralized lending into a unified protocol.

On May 13th, BNB Chain announced the launch of an on chain autonomous proxy framework, which supports obtaining decentralized identities, peer-to-peer payments, and task delegation through the ERC-8004 standard, and accumulates on chain reputation on 8004 scan. The framework integrates BNB Chain smart contract execution, Nodereal's MegaNode API, fourdotmemezh Agent Skills, and other modules, and extends them to DeFi and asset management application scenarios through the MCP protocol.

Cryptocurrency journalist Eleanor Terrett revealed on X platform that negotiations between a bipartisan group of senators on at least two unresolved issues regarding the Clear Bill ended in failure on Wednesday evening local time. Republican negotiator Cynthia Lummis stated that 99% of the bill's content has been agreed upon and hopes that the remaining issues will be resolved after the committee passes it. Democrats Adam Schiff and Ruben Gallego are calling for a compromise on ethics and conflict of interest issues before Thursday's review, with some Democrats raising concerns about provisions in the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) aimed at protecting non custodial software developers from lawsuits under cryptocurrency transfer laws.

[Charms Interactive Completes $1.5 Million Pre-Seed Funding] According to news on May 14, AI character economy platform Charms Interactive announced the completion of $1.5 million in pre-seed funding, with participation from Lattice, JME, Coinbase Ventures (Base Ecosystem Fund), Gidorah (Echo), among others. The company has launched its product Charms.ai, aiming to upgrade 'AI characters' into tradable, ownable, and sustainably operable on-chain economic assets.

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