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Odaily News Bitcoin contributor Jameson Loop and other cryptographers have proposed an initiative that could force Bitcoin holders to migrate their tokens to new quantum-resistant addresses, otherwise their tokens would be permanently frozen by the network itself. In this scenario, holders would technically still "own" the coins but would lose the ability to transfer them. This is known as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP-361, which was updated in Bitcoin's official proposal repository on Tuesday under the title "Post-Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Deprecation".BIP-361 builds upon the BIP-360 proposal introduced in February. BIP-360 introduced a soft fork (a network upgrade) designed to enable a new transaction type called "Pay-to-Merkle-Root" (P2MR). This method draws from Bitcoin's Taproot (P2TR) framework but removes the key-based spending path, thereby eliminating an element widely considered to be at risk in the quantum era.The BIP-361 proposal divides the migration into three phases. Phase A begins three years after activation, prohibiting anyone from sending new Bitcoin to legacy, quantum-vulnerable addresses. You can still spend from these addresses but cannot receive any coins.Phase B begins five years after activation, rendering legacy signatures (ECDSA and Schnorr) completely invalid. The network will reject any attempts to spend coins from quantum-vulnerable wallets. Essentially, your coins will be frozen.Finally, there is Phase C, a still-under-research rescue plan: holders of frozen wallets may be able to prove ownership via zero-knowledge proofs (a method of proving knowledge of a secret without revealing the secret itself). If successful, coins frozen in Phase B could be recovered. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News: Digital asset trading platform Gate has released its March 2026 Transparency Report. Centered around its Intelligent Web3 strategy, the platform is accelerating the construction of an AI product matrix with Gate for AI, GateClaw, GateAI, and GateRouter at its core, and is driving the deep integration of AI technology into its trading ecosystem. Gate AI already covers over 80 application scenarios, including market analysis, strategy assistance, and investment research support, and is gradually penetrating into high-frequency trading and investment research processes, becoming a key driver for the platform's capability upgrades.In terms of business data, Gate's TradFi segment achieved a single-day trading peak exceeding $20 billion, with asset coverage surpassing 350 types, and 174 new listings added in the month, making it a core engine for growth. According to CoinDesk data, the platform's user base has exceeded 51 million, with its derivatives market share rising to 12.2%, setting a new historical high. Its spot trading volume remains firmly in second place globally, with liquidity consistently ranking in the top three, and both trading depth and activity levels have improved simultaneously. Gate's institutional business has also performed exceptionally well, being rated as the "Best Institutional Trading Platform" in the BeInCrypto rankings. Leveraging approximately 2-millisecond low-latency matching, deep liquidity, a multi-asset system, and combined with its SuperLink cross-market accounts and third-party custody partnerships, the platform has further enhanced capital efficiency and security. Through the synergistic upgrade of its AI product matrix and multi-asset trading capabilities, Gate continues to strengthen its leading position in the global trading and institutional services arena.
Binance has announced support for users to make payments at all merchants in Bolivia using Binance QR codes. Over 100 cryptocurrencies—including USDT and BTC—are supported. Users simply confirm transactions via the app, and Binance automatically converts their funds into the local currency at the time of payment. Binance stated that the QR code payment service is available exclusively to Binance users whose identity verification location is in Bolivia, and users must hold cryptocurrency in their Binance account (Binance Spot, Deposit, or Earn).
According to The Block, SIX Group, a leading European stock exchange operator, announced that its Swiss exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, and Spain’s BME Exchange will bring stock market data on-chain via Chainlink nodes. This collaboration enables smart contracts to directly read market data from both exchanges, facilitating the development of blockchain use cases such as tokenized stock indices, structured products, decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, and prediction markets. The combined market capitalization of the two SIX Group exchanges totals €2 trillion, making this initiative a trusted data source for the global financial ecosystem. Previously, prominent financial institutions—including Deutsche Börse, FTSE Russell, and S&P Global—as well as cryptocurrency companies such as Coinbase, have also launched similar partnerships with Chainlink. Since its launch last year, Chainlink’s DataLink service has been integrated into thousands of decentralized applications and across dozens of blockchains.
Odaily News According to an official announcement, BitMart will be the first to list Sentio (ST) on April 15th at 18:00 (UTC+8). The ST/USDT trading pair will be available.Sentio is building the next-generation crypto data infrastructure, designed specifically to meet the speed, scale, and complexity demands of modern blockchain applications. Their mission is to provide developers with the fastest, most reliable, and most flexible data tools, allowing them to focus on building applications rather than maintaining the underlying infrastructure.
According to the official social media announcement, Sun Wukong, a Chinese decentralized contract trading platform, has now launched BLESS/USDT with up to 20x leverage.
According to an official announcement from UStables, the stablecoin USD1 (ticker: $U) has achieved a 24-hour trading volume peak of $1.75 billion since its listing on Binance three months ago. On April 13, BTC/U trading volume surpassed BTC/USDT trading volume, and USD1 has now entered the Top 10 tokens by trading volume across all markets. According to an official Binance announcement, zero-fee BTC/U trading will officially commence on April 17, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. Beijing Time.
The Ethereum-based social protocol EFP has been integrated into Etherscan. Users can view an account’s ENS domain name and avatar, as well as its on-chain EFP followers and following count, by clicking the “Cards” tab on each account’s page. This integration further enriches Etherscan’s social functionality and advances the visualization and application of on-chain social data.
The People’s Bank of China Shaoguan Branch, in collaboration with the General Office of the Shaoguan Municipal People’s Government, issued a risk alert on virtual currencies ahead of the “4·15” National Security Education Day for All Citizens. It also disclosed four typical cases: money laundering through “high-paying U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin (USDT) part-time jobs,” illegal fundraising under the guise of “capital-guaranteed, high-yield cryptocurrency trading,” pyramid scheme fraud involving the “RWA Digital Culture & Tourism Fund,” and offline “currency swapping” activities constituting de facto foreign exchange transactions. Regulators clarified that virtual currency exchange, trading, and RWA tokenization activities are all illegal financial activities. Projects promising “high returns, low risk, and guaranteed profits” are mostly scams. The public should abandon fantasies of getting rich overnight, steer clear of virtual currency-related investments, opt for legitimate financial channels, and promptly report any suspicious activity to the police to minimize losses.
U Chinese posted on the X platform, stating that U has been listed on Binance for three months, with its 24-hour trading volume peak reaching $1.75 billion. On April 13, the BTC/U trading volume surpassed that of BTC/USDT, and it has now entered the top ten tokens by market-wide trading volume. BTC/U zero-fee trading will officially launch at 8:00 AM (UTC+8) on April 17, 2026.
Lattice, a blockchain gaming infrastructure team, announced it will gradually shut down after five years of operation, with its Redstone network officially ceasing operations on May 15, 2026, at 23:59 UTC. Lattice urges users to withdraw their funds from Redstone as soon as possible—especially assets held in smart contracts such as Uniswap—since, after shutdown, the Layer-1 withdrawal contract will only support withdrawals for externally owned accounts (EOAs); funds held within smart contracts cannot be retrieved via this method. Founded in 2021, Lattice focused on building on-chain autonomous virtual worlds and developed several projects during its tenure, including MUD, Redstone, Quarry, and Dozer. The team stated that the DUST project has migrated to DUST Chain and will continue to be supported by 0xPARC. Meanwhile, MUD, Quarry, and Dozer have all been open-sourced, enabling users to freely migrate and utilize them.
CZ announced on X that he will host a live AMA (Ask Me Anything) session at Binance Square on April 15 at 21:00 (GMT+8). CZ invited community members to join and interact, and will give away 10 signed copies of his new book during the event. He noted that since the book’s release, community engagement has been vibrant, generating numerous memes and short videos, along with discussions about his personal ranking—which he stated are inaccurate. Additionally, CZ said he is prepared to handle one hour of tough questions.
Binance will perform wallet maintenance on the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) on April 15, 2026, at 14:00 (UTC+8). To support this maintenance, Binance will suspend deposits and withdrawals for the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) starting at 13:55 (UTC+8) on April 15, 2026. The maintenance is expected to last approximately one hour, after which deposits and withdrawals will be automatically restored.
Rakuten Wallet, the cryptocurrency trading and management platform operated by Japan’s renowned e-commerce group Rakuten, will officially list XRP as both a tradable asset and a payment method on April 15, 2026. At that time, users will be able to directly purchase XRP using Rakuten Points and deposit XRP into Rakuten Cash for spending at over 5 million merchants across Japan. With 44 million users, Rakuten Pay—Japan’s leading e-commerce payment platform—will expose XRP to a massive non-crypto user base. Users can also directly exchange over 3 trillion Rakuten Points (approximately USD $23 billion) for XRP. Rakuten boasts over 100 million members and achieves annual e-commerce gross merchandise value (GMV) of JPY 5.6 trillion; XRP will thus become a spendable, interoperable digital asset within the Rakuten ecosystem.
Polygon has officially launched its native liquid staking token, sPOL, designed to enhance returns for POL token stakers. As Polygon’s native liquid staking token, sPOL unlocks approximately 3.6 billion staked POL tokens and grants stakers priority access to transaction fee revenue sharing. Currently, only about 4%–5% of POL is liquid; sPOL addresses the issue of idle capital being unable to participate in DeFi yield opportunities. Users can migrate existing stakes to sPOL via the Polygon Staking Portal—without waiting periods and with uninterrupted rewards—while new stakes will automatically receive sPOL. The initial sPOL redemption ratio is 1:1, increasing as staking rewards accrue. sPOL supports liquidity provision, collateralization, and yield-boosting DeFi strategies, and can be redeemed at any time for POL plus accumulated rewards. The token was initially launched by Polygon Labs and audited by ChainSecurity and Certora; official liquidity will be seeded through an on-chain liquidity pool. Polygon cautions that sPOL carries smart contract risk, validator misbehavior penalty risk, and market volatility risk.
According to Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart’s disclosure on X, 21Shares US has updated its Hyperliquid ETF filing, with the ETF ticker symbol THYP. The filing does not yet disclose management fee information. This filing update is believed to be in response to comments and feedback from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, announced that the social platform X (formerly Twitter) has launched Cashtags on its iPhone app in the U.S. and Canada, aiming to deliver real-time asset data to finance and cryptocurrency communities. When users search for or post a Cashtag—such as a stock ticker or smart contract address—the platform automatically recommends matching stocks or cryptocurrencies, enabling precise selection of relevant assets. Upon tapping a Cashtag, users can view related posts and price charts directly within X, without needing to navigate away to other platforms. The company stated that Cashtags represent the first step toward establishing X as the premier platform for finance and cryptocurrency communities.
Odaily News OpenAI announced the launch of the GPT-5.4-Cyber model. This model is fine-tuned based on GPT-5.4 for cybersecurity scenarios, reducing refusal restrictions on security-related requests under specific conditions to support professional operations such as binary reverse analysis.According to the introduction, the model is only available to vetted security vendors, enterprise security teams, and researchers through the "Trusted Access for Cybersecurity" (TAC) program. OpenAI stated that a layered mechanism will restrict the model's usage scope and impose additional constraints on access in low-visibility scenarios.
According to Cointelegraph, Crypto.com has reached a definitive agreement with online casino company High Roller Technologies to officially enter the prediction markets sector. This partnership will enable Crypto.com to offer event-based prediction market services to U.S. users via the CFTC-registered CDNA exchange. High Roller stated that the collaboration establishes a strong foundation for both parties in the prediction markets space. Analysts project that the prediction markets sector could reach $1 trillion by 2030, driven by growing demand for contracts tied to economic, business, and political events. Following the announcement, High Roller’s stock (ROLR) on the New York Stock Exchange doubled to $10.77. Prediction markets continue to face legal challenges in multiple jurisdictions, while relevant authorities are actively advancing regulatory compliance efforts.
According to Cointelegraph, blockchain lending platform Figure Technology and its on-chain credit platform Hastra have officially integrated auto loans into their tokenized credit market, further expanding the range of real-world assets (RWAs) accessible to decentralized finance (DeFi) investors. Democratized Prime—the decentralized lending marketplace operated by Figure Markets—has launched auto finance as a new asset class for the first time. Hastra has also announced its expansion to Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains, with plans to roll out auto loan products first on Solana and then on Ethereum in June. According to Michael Tannenbaum, CEO of Figure, the platform has generated over $22 billion in on-chain loans to date. Analysts view Figure’s tokenized lending business as experiencing significant growth and have assigned it an “outperform” rating with a $67 price target.