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According to Cointelegraph, Aptos recently launched its privacy token, Confidential APT, on the mainnet. Confidential APT is pegged 1:1 to APT and uses zero-knowledge proofs to conceal token balances and transfer amounts, while preserving wallet address visibility and transaction verifiability. Sherry Xiao, founding engineer at Aptos Labs, stated that the token aims to resolve the long-standing tension between blockchain privacy and regulatory transparency, and can mitigate sensitive on-chain information exposure—such as payroll distributions, treasury operations, and trading strategies. From a compliance perspective, enabling audit keys requires approval via on-chain governance voting. The launch of Confidential APT follows a governance proposal that passed with near-unanimous support. Xiao expects individual users to adopt the token more rapidly than enterprises; if the mainnet operates stably for six months and demonstrates strong trading volume, it could help shorten the sales cycle for enterprise adoption.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched the “Ignite $HTX Season” campaign, featuring four core activities—holding, trading, grid trading, and earning crypto—to deliver a one-stop participation experience. From now until May 15, 18:00 (UTC+8), users who complete designated tasks can unlock random airdrops, participate in raffles for Apple surprise prizes, and share in a $100,000 USDT reward pool.
Odaily reports, according to an official announcement, BitMart Futures will list CLSUSDT, DDOGUSDT, and MDBUSDT perpetual contracts on April 29, 2026, at 17:00 (UTC+8), supporting up to 20x leverage.
the Korea National Tax Service has initiated preparatory work for virtual asset taxation, with the goal of formal implementation in January 2027 and preparation for comprehensive income tax filings in May 2028. According to the current Income Tax Act, income from the transfer and leasing of virtual assets will be classified as "other income," subject to a 22% tax rate on the portion exceeding an annual gain of 2.5 million Korean won, which is expected to affect approximately 13.26 million individuals.The Korea National Tax Service plans to begin collecting data from exchanges such as Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Gopax starting next year, to improve the taxation infrastructure and promote the launch of a comprehensive virtual asset analysis system within the year. However, controversies surrounding taxation standards and the risk of capital flight persist. (Edaily)
Venus Protocol announced that, due to insufficient oracle support and continuously declining liquidity, the vSXP market will be unable to price assets after May 11, and Venus Protocol has officially decided to shut down this market. Venus Protocol urges users to close all positions in this market before May 11. According to the official statement, Venus Protocol will bear no responsibility for any funds remaining unwithdrawn by that date.
According to monitoring by the Odaily Seer Prophecy Channel, in the Polymarket prediction event regarding "What will Powell say at the April press conference," the probability of purchasing "Good Afternoon" has risen to 98.3%. As the transaction price is close to 98.3¢, the total trading volume for this event currently stands at $57,749.In related context, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell is about to hold the April monetary policy press conference. As his term is set to expire in mid-next month, this press conference is viewed as a final act of his career. Based on historical precedent, Powell habitually greets the media with "good afternoon" at the start of each press conference. Although the market is currently under pressure from a high-interest-rate environment, bettors have shown extremely high consensus in predicting this customary phrasing.The Odaily Seer Prophecy Channel continues to monitor the prediction market, observing changes before prices are set.
Odaily Odaily reports, according to an official announcement, BitMart Futures will list PROSUSDT, CRDOUSDT, and APLDUSDT perpetual contracts on April 29, 2026, at 14:00 (UTC+8), supporting up to 20x leverage.
Odaily Odaily reports, according to official announcements, to meet market demand for trading in the AI infrastructure sector of US stocks, Bitget Stock Contracts have now launched five popular trading pairs: OKLO (Oklo), APLD (Applied Digital), CRDO (Credo Technology), KLAC (KLA Corporation), and MP (MP Materials). These cover areas such as power, materials, high-speed interconnectivity, and semiconductors. The above contracts support up to 20x leverage.
According to the official announcement, Bithumb will list the Fluent (BLEND) / KRW trading pair.
According to an official disclosure by ZetaChain, on April 27, ZetaChain suffered a targeted vulnerability exploit. The attacker first acquired funds via Tornado Cash and performed wallet address spoofing, then exploited a vulnerability in GatewayEVM’s arbitrary call functionality, resulting in approximately $334,000 in losses across four connected chains. ZetaChain stated that this attack did not affect cross-chain $ZETA transfers; all affected wallets were under ZetaChain’s internal control, and user funds remained unaffected. A patch for the mainnet has now been deployed, and cross-chain transactions will resume after ongoing monitoring.
James Seyffart, ETF analyst at Bloomberg, announced in a post that prediction market ETFs are expected to officially launch next week. Roundhill’s related application documents have been submitted, with an effective date set for May 5. The first batch of prediction market ETFs will be based on election outcomes regarding whether the U.S. House of Representatives or Senate will be controlled by the Democratic or Republican Party.
According to the official announcement, Binance will support the RIF Network upgrade and hard fork. Deposits and withdrawals of tokens on the Rootstock Infrastructure Framework (RIF) network will be suspended starting at 17:00 on May 4, 2026. The network upgrade and hard fork will occur at block height 8,804,200, approximately at 18:00 on May 4, 2026. Once the upgraded network stabilizes, deposits and withdrawals of tokens on this network will resume.
Bitget has launched a new edition of CandyBomb with a total prize pool of 111,111 BLEND tokens. New users can earn up to 1,111 BLEND tokens per person by completing tasks such as net deposits and futures trading. Detailed rules have been published on the official Bitget platform. Eligible users must click the “Join Now” button to register in order to participate. The participation period ends on May 5 at 18:00 (UTC+8).
Monad’s official X account (@monad) has been reinstated after being suspended yesterday. X did not previously specify the reason for the suspension, and several crypto projects posted in support of its reinstatement.
According to official sources, Upbit will list BLEND KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs.
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list BLEND/KRW, BLEND/BTC, and BLEND/USDT trading pairs.
According to Dark Web Informer, the decentralized prediction market platform Polymarket is suspected of having been hacked. The threat actor “xorcat” posted over 300,000 data records and a corresponding exploit toolkit on a well-known cybercrime forum. The data extraction occurred on April 27, 2026. Reportedly, the attacker extracted data via an undisclosed API endpoint, pagination bypasses, and misconfigured CORS settings in Polymarket Gamma and the CLOB API. The leaked data includes: - Full personal information for 10,000 users (including names, proxy wallets, and base addresses); - 4,111 comments; - 1,000 moderation reports (including 58 ETH addresses and administrator authentication address identifiers); - Metadata for 48,536 Gamma markets; - Constant-product market maker addresses for over 250,000 active CLOB markets; and - Social graph data for 9,000 followers. The toolkit contains proof-of-concept code for multiple vulnerabilities, including CVE-2025-62718 (Axios NO_PROXY bypass, CVSS 9.9, enabling server-side request forgery), CVE-2024-51479 (Next.js middleware authentication bypass, CVSS 7.5), and the aforementioned CORS misconfigurations. Additionally, the toolkit includes automated continuous data-extraction scripts and a comprehensive red-team report (including M
Binance Alpha 2.0 will support AITECH’s (AITECH) rebranding initiative to AITECH Cloud Network (ACN). Starting at 10:00 on April 29, 2026, Binance Alpha 2.0 will temporarily suspend trading of AITECH to facilitate a token swap, which will be executed on a 1:1 basis. Trading of AITECH Cloud Network (ACN) on Binance Alpha 2.0 is expected to resume at 16:00 on April 29, 2026.
According to an official announcement by Puffer Finance, the liquid staking protocol Puffer Finance has allocated treasury funds to Aave’s DeFi United program to demonstrate its support for infrastructure development. Puffer Finance stated that, as a liquid staking protocol centered on security, it believes robust infrastructure and consistent incentive mechanisms are fundamental to ensuring DeFi’s resilience during critical moments. The protocol also emphasized that DeFi is a vital component of the modern financial system, and industry participants should compete constructively, continuously build infrastructure, and maintain coordination during critical times.
According to an official announcement by Tropykus, the decentralized lending protocol Tropykus has initiated a phased shutdown of its current protocol version. Deposit and lending functionalities will be permanently discontinued. Users may withdraw funds and repay loans via tropykus.com until the deadline of July 27, 2026; thereafter, such operations will only be supported through direct interaction with smart contracts. The team stated that this shutdown decision stems from long-term strategic evolution—not from the security report previously received by Money on Chain, a partner of Tropykus. That report had prompted the protocol to proactively suspend deposits and new lending activities. However, the team emphasized that internal discussions regarding the shutdown predated the security incident, and the incident merely accelerated the decision. Technically, the team noted that the original architecture was designed for an earlier technological environment and is no longer capable of meeting long-term development needs in the face of emerging security challenges posed by technologies such as artificial intelligence. The team advises all users to complete withdrawals and settle their lending positions via tropykus.com before July 27, 2026. After this date, users will need technical proficiency to interact directly with smart contracts to perform these operations.