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Bitdeer, a Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company, posted its latest Bitcoin holdings data on X. For the week ending April 24, its Bitcoin mining output totaled 185.7 BTC, while it sold 185.7 BTC during the same period—resulting in a net addition of 0 BTC. It continues to hold zero Bitcoin.
X’s chat app, XChat, is now available for download and installation on the App Store. XChat allows users to log in directly using their X account—no phone number or email required. It employs end-to-end encryption, ensuring messages are visible only to the two participants; the platform cannot read them. XChat also supports self-destructing messages and transmission of any file type.
: US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated during a congressional hearing that President Trump's "Gold Card" visa program has only approved one applicant to date. The program is seen as a replacement for the traditional EB-5 immigrant investor program. It allows foreigners to legally live and work in the US by paying at least $1 million, with a path to citizenship. Additionally, companies can pay $2 million per foreign employee, along with a 1% annual maintenance fee.Howard Lutnick previously claimed that the program had sold $1.3 billion worth of slots within days of its launch and anticipated it could generate $1 trillion in revenue to help alleviate the US fiscal deficit. Although only one person has been officially approved so far, Lutnick stated that hundreds of other applicants are still under review. (Fortune)
as of the close of US stocks on April 24, Nvidia's stock price rose over 4%, pushing its market cap above $5 trillion. This marks the first time in nearly six months, since late October last year, that Nvidia's market cap has surpassed $5 trillion again.A report released by Stanford University last week mentioned the rapid adoption of AI. The report stated that AI is being adopted at an unprecedented rate, with the adoption rate of generative AI reaching 53%, faster than the adoption speed of personal computers and the internet. However, DeepSeek released its new model, DeepSeek-V4, which features a million-character ultra-long context and achieves leading performance in China and the open-source field in terms of agent capabilities, world knowledge, and reasoning ability. This model was developed in collaboration with Huawei Ascend. The cooperation and adaptation of cutting-edge models with domestic computing power providers are expected to promote the use of domestic computing power, which objectively also poses a challenge to Nvidia. (Yicai Global)
According to Russian crypto media Bits.media, Central Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina stated at a press conference that the core use case of the digital ruble is to automate monitoring of state contract expenditures, replacing the current manual review process. She emphasized that the digital ruble offers no greater transparency than existing non-cash rubles, and that monitoring individual payments constitutes a “misunderstanding.” Nabiullina also pledged that the central bank would neither mandate citizens to open digital ruble accounts nor compel their usage, and plans to open public self-service access starting in September, promoting voluntary adoption by highlighting its advantages. Previously, the Central Bank of Russia had updated the rules governing the opening of digital ruble accounts for both enterprises and individuals.
Musk's X Chat messaging app has officially launched on Apple iOS and is now available for use. The app supports X account login, end-to-end encrypted chat, screen recording blocking, and cross-device voice or video calls. It also allows users to delete messages for everyone, enable chat self-destruction after reading, or set messages to auto-disappear. (TechCrunch)
Aave posted on platform X, stating that its service provider has published an Aave DAO governance proposal. The proposal suggests allocating 25,000 ETH to participate in the ongoing "DeFi United" initiative. This ETH allocation will be used to support the asset backing of rsETH, helping it restore its peg as soon as possible and promoting the normalization of market conditions. This proposal aims to accelerate the risk management process for rsETH and stabilize the related DeFi market ecosystem through financial support at the Aave DAO level.
Josh (@devjoshstevens), Engineering Vice President at Polymarket, publicly acknowledged that the platform’s business growth has significantly outpaced its current infrastructure capacity and announced a series of technical improvement initiatives. These include: rebuilding the CLOB (centralized limit order book) to enhance performance and stability; migrating to a new blockchain to secure additional block space, reduce gas fees, and shorten block times; fixing transaction cancellation issues; launching a unified TypeScript SDK and unified API; developing a new version of the Polymarket smart contracts with expanded functionality; and building a new perpetuals (Perps) backend entirely in Rust. Additionally, the team is hiring new leads for QA automation, developer tools, internal tools, and data engineering. It will also continue collaborating with four security teams to safeguard user funds.
Odaily BlockBeats News Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed a bill banning cryptocurrency ATM operations statewide, making Tennessee the second state to implement a complete ban after Indiana.The bill (HB 2505) has officially taken effect and will be enforced starting July 1. Under the new regulations, installing or operating a "virtual currency kiosk" (i.e., a Bitcoin ATM) will be classified as a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of $2,500. Additionally, merchants who allow such machines on their premises will also face legal liability.Currently, most U.S. states have strengthened oversight through measures such as licensing systems and transaction limits, but full bans remain rare. Data indicates that since 2026, 30 states have proposed related legislation, with 20 having passed laws, reflecting a continuous tightening of regulations around crypto ATM fraud risks.
Spark announced on X platform that its financial report for the first quarter of 2026 has been released. The report shows total protocol revenue of $31.5 million, net protocol revenue of $6.91 million, and net protocol surplus of $3.46 million. Currently, the Spark Protocol treasury stands at $46.1 million, with $986,000 worth of SPK tokens repurchased. Due to narrowing lending spreads and the expanded scale of savings demand, distribution has surpassed the Spark Liquidity Layer as the primary revenue driver for the first time.
Ethereum developer Tom Lehman published the draft proposal EIP-8182, aiming to natively support private transfers on Ethereum by introducing a shared privacy pool, a fixed-address system contract, and zero-knowledge proof verification precompiles at the Ethereum protocol layer. The proposal states that the solution will be deployed via a hard fork upgrade—without administrator keys, governance tokens, or on-chain upgrade mechanisms—intended to address fragmented anonymity sets and inconsistent trust models across privacy applications. As designed, users will be able to conduct private transfers from their existing wallets to any Ethereum address or ENS name, and support atomic workflows such as “de-anonymize → interact → re-anonymize.”
Bybit Alpha and Byreal have now launched $BLEND trading. $BLEND is currently priced at $0.14 on Solana.
According to GlobeNewswire, Fere AI, an AI-powered digital asset trading agent platform, has announced the completion of a $1.3 million funding round led by Ethereal Ventures, with participation from Galaxy Vision Hill and Kosmos Ventures. The platform supports cross-chain networks including Ethereum, Solana, and Base, enabling users to describe their trading objectives in natural language—AI agents then execute the trades. The new funds will be used to accelerate platform feature development and optimize trading execution strategies.
It is reported that Bybit Spot officially launched Fluent (BLEND) on April 24. To celebrate the listing, the platform has simultaneously launched the “1,500,000 BLEND Token Splash” trading competition, where users can participate by depositing funds, trading, and more to win generous rewards.
on April 23, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit in Dane County against Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, and Crypto.com, accusing these fintech and crypto platforms of facilitating illegal sports betting through event contracts. Josh Kaul is requesting the court to issue preliminary and permanent injunctions, declaring that the platforms' operations violate Wisconsin's gambling laws and constitute a public nuisance. The complaint states that repackaging wagers as event contracts does not change their fundamental nature, with approximately 90% of Kalshi's business coming from sports-related contracts, generating annualized revenue exceeding $1 billion. Robinhood and Coinbase are also implicated in the case, routing user orders to Kalshi's markets through distribution agreements. Regulators in Nevada, Arizona, and Tennessee have also taken similar legal actions or issued cease-and-desist orders.
According to an official announcement, Coinbase will list Fluent (BLEND) spot trading. If liquidity conditions are met and the trading pair is supported, the BLEND-USD trading pair will go live later today.
On April 17, South Africa’s National Treasury released the Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations (2026) for public consultation. The draft proposes incorporating crypto assets into the foreign exchange control framework to address associated risks and strengthen oversight of emerging financial instruments. It also aims to align the foreign exchange control framework with recommendations from the OECD and the FATF on combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and illicit financial flows, further clarifying exemptions, licensing requirements, and conditions of application, while imposing administrative penalties for violations.
According to The Block, OSL Group has announced a partnership with Circle’s affiliated entities to expand USDC integration across its payment and trading platforms. Through OSL Global, users can exchange USD for USDC at a 1:1 ratio and trade BTC, ETH, SOL, USD, and USDT pairs in a dedicated USDC trading zone. Meanwhile, OSL has adopted USDC as its unified margin asset and integrated USDC into its payment services to support compliant digital dollar settlement and payment use cases. OSL also stated that it plans to support Circle’s tokenized money market fund, USYC, subject to regulatory requirements and platform eligibility criteria.
According to the official announcement, Binance Wallet has launched Agentic Wallet—a dedicated, non-custodial wallet for AI Agents—enabling users to authorize AI Agents to execute trades, transfers, and asset management within customizable rule sets. Created under the user’s Binance account, Agentic Wallet features an independent balance, configurable permissions, real-time monitoring capabilities, and asset isolation from the main wallet. Agentic Wallet is already supported on the BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Ethereum, and Base, and relevant Skills have been pre-integrated by default for Binance Ai Pro users. Additionally, Binance Wallet has simultaneously launched a time-limited gas fee sponsorship program and zero service fee campaign.
According to an official announcement, Binance Wallet has launched Agentic Wallet, a dedicated keyless wallet designed for AI agents. Users can authorize AI agents to securely trade, transfer, and manage assets within set parameters. Agentic Wallet is independently created under the user's Binance account, offering an independent balance, configurable permissions, and real-time monitoring, while being fully isolated from the main wallet. Binance AI Pro users have Agentic Wallet Skills enabled by default. To celebrate the launch, Binance Wallet is offering a limited-time Gas sponsorship and zero service fee campaign, running from April 24, 2026, 12:00 to May 9, 2026, 11:59 (UTC).