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According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched perpetual contracts for AAPL/USDT, META/USDT, and PIVERSE/USDT on April 20, with a maximum leverage of 20x. Additionally, HTX is hosting an “AAPL, META, PIVERSE Contract Trading Party” from 17:00 on April 20 to 17:00 on April 27 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of $20,000. During the event, users who register and trade AAPL/USDT, META/USDT, or PIVERSE/USDT perpetual contracts—accumulating a total effective trading volume of ≥$5,000—will share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking. New contract traders completing trades in AAPL/USDT, META/USDT, or PIVERSE/USDT perpetual contracts will also receive exclusive benefits.
According to an official announcement, B.AI has entered a strategic partnership with Biconomy to jointly build a financial layer for AI and advance the development of the digital economy. By integrating Biconomy’s high-performance transaction infrastructure—already proven at scale for millions of users—B.AI will provide future autonomous AI agents with a more secure, transparent, and globally accessible financial transaction environment, further solidifying the AI-driven financial value chain in the digital economy era. Committed to delivering fast and transparent transaction infrastructure for users, both parties aim to build the next-generation financial ecosystem—prioritizing security and global accessibility.
According to The Asian Banker, OCBC Bank Singapore and its asset management arm Lion Global Investors have announced plans to issue the physical gold fund token GOLDX Token on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. OCBC Bank will support the design of the token issuance architecture, while Lion Global Investors will provide the underlying fund’s investment framework and governance structure.
According to an official announcement, Coinbase has launched its crypto-backed lending service in the UK, enabling users to borrow USDC in under one minute using BTC, ETH, and cbETH as collateral. The service is powered by Morpho, an open-source lending protocol built on Base. Coinbase stated that this product first launched in the U.S. in January 2025. As of April 14, 2026, loans facilitated via Coinbase’s integration with Morpho have exceeded $2.17 billion in USDC. Users can monitor their loan health, historical annualized interest rates, and liquidation alerts directly within the Coinbase app. Interest rates are dynamically adjusted based on market conditions.
According to South Korean media outlet DigitalToday, Korean crypto venture capital firm Hashed Ventures announced raising KRW 3 billion (USD 2.2 million). The investment was led by Hecto Innovation and Hecto Financial—both subsidiaries of Hecto Group. The new capital will be allocated to Hashed Ventures’ “Hashed Venture Investment Fund No. 3,” with a focus on supporting new business areas including digital asset wallets and stablecoin-based payment and settlement solutions.
According to CCTV News, today the Supreme People’s Court released “The Status of Intellectual Property Judicial Protection by Chinese Courts,” providing a comprehensive overview of the people’s courts’ intellectual property judicial protection work in 2025. In 2025, the people’s courts accepted 552,600 intellectual property cases of various types and concluded 539,600 such cases. The people’s courts have strengthened intellectual property adjudication in emerging fields, appropriately handling civil cases involving frontier issues such as AI-generated content and AI model parameters; they concluded 908 disputes concerning data ownership and transactions, an increase of 25.6% year-on-year. The Supreme People’s Court is urgently drafting opinions on the lawful and appropriate adjudication of disputes involving artificial intelligence, striving to promote the healthy and orderly development of AI toward beneficial, safe, and fair outcomes. In 2025, the people’s courts accepted 11,066 first-instance intellectual property cases involving foreign parties, an increase of 34.1% year-on-year.
According to a chart analysis released by independent analyst Markus Thielen on April 20, 2026, Bitcoin has remained in a correction phase since last October. During the same period, Tether’s market capitalization has lingered near $18.3 billion, reflecting a lack of new capital inflows and sustained downward pressure on prices overall. Recently, this situation has shifted: Tether’s circulating supply has increased by approximately $3 billion, lifting its market cap to $18.7 billion; the total stablecoin market cap has resumed an upward trend, signaling a recovery in market liquidity. Analysts note that, when viewed alongside other capital flow indicators, the signals are turning positive—though still in their early stages. Marginal improvements in such capital flows typically precede price movements. If this trend continues over the coming weeks, it could provide some support for Bitcoin’s price.
According to the official announcement, Binance will list the following spot trading pairs on April 21 at 16:00 (UTC): BNB/USDT, BNB/USD1, ENJ/USDT, GIGGLE/USDT, and ORDI/USDT. Additionally, Binance will simultaneously enable Trading Bot services for these trading pairs.
According to monetsupply.eth, Spark’s Strategy Lead, in a post on X, Spark has long maintained a relatively high borrowing interest rate cap for its SparkLend ETH market. Although this policy caused many users to migrate to Aave—resulting in substantial loss of business and revenue—the current market liquidity crisis has validated the prudence of this strategy. Presently, Aave is experiencing severe liquidity shortages across multiple chains—including Ethereum Mainnet, Arbitrum, Polygon Plasma, Mantle, and Base—with ETH borrowing utilization reaching 100%. This has prevented depositors from withdrawing funds and hindered normal liquidation of ETH collateral. He warns that if the current liquidity crunch persists, a 15–20% drop in ETH’s price could expose Aave to widespread bad debt—compounded by the potential impact of the rsETH vulnerability incident.
Odaily News On-chain investigator ZachXBT stated that he has never promoted, deployed, or released any Meme coin contract addresses to his followers through his personal account.He added that he only maintains a public donation address to fund related work and will sell all tokens sent to that address.
Odaily News Vitalik Buterin stated at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival that Ethereum's ultimate goal is to build a digital infrastructure where users do not need to trust any intermediaries, possessing "self-sovereignty." It will support various decentralized applications ranging from finance and social to identity verification, serving as a trust anchor for off-chain applications (such as private voting, prediction markets, decentralized social networks).
According to the Guangdong Provincial Cyberspace Administration, as of April 20, Guangdong Province has added six newly registered generative AI services, bringing the cumulative total to 47 registered services. Per the Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services, any generative AI service—delivered via API interfaces or other means—that invokes a registered large model and provides services with public opinion influence or social mobilization capability to the domestic public must complete registration procedures with the local cyberspace administration authority. For related applications or features already launched, their registration numbers must be clearly displayed in prominent locations.
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list PIEVERSE trading pairs against KRW, BTC, and USDT.
According to the official announcement, Binance Futures updated the leverage and margin tier parameters for the QQQUSDT, SPYUSDT, EWYUSDT, and EWJUSDT perpetual contracts denominated in their respective base assets at 15:30 (Beijing Time) on April 21, 2026. Existing positions held by users prior to the update will be affected, and active futures grid trading strategies may become invalid due to the changes in leverage and margin tiers. Users are advised to take appropriate actions before the adjustment.
Bitget has launched a futures trading leaderboard campaign, running from April 20 to April 27. During the campaign period, the first 5,000 registered users will receive random rewards of 1–5 USDT each. The campaign comprises three components: a new-user individual contest, an all-user individual contest, and a tiered trading-volume reward program. In the new-user individual contest, participants are ranked by their total futures trading volume; the top-ranked user (Top 1) wins 3,000 USDT. Similarly, the all-user individual contest ranks participants by futures trading volume, with the Top 1 winner receiving an Apple Vision Pro. Additionally, users who reach specific cumulative trading-volume thresholds can claim extra USDT rewards. Full campaign rules are published on Bitget’s official platform. Eligible users must click the “Join Now” button to complete registration in order to participate.
According to an official announcement, BitMart Futures will list ABTUSDT, PEPONUSDT, and MAONUSDT perpetual contracts at 16:00 (UTC+8) on April 20, 2026, supporting up to 50x leverage.
Bitget has launched a new-user-exclusive campaign running from April 20 to April 27. During the campaign period, new users who complete their first deposit and futures trading task totaling at least $100 USDT will receive $10 USDT. Additionally, users whose futures trading volume reaches specified thresholds can earn up to $208 USDT plus a physical DJI Pocket 4 as a reward. Full campaign rules are published on the official Bitget platform. Eligible users must click the “Join Now” button to register in order to participate.
According to an official post on Ethena’s X account, due to the absence of a satisfactory root-cause analysis regarding the rsETH incident, Ethena has decided to extend the suspension period for its LayerZero OFT cross-chain bridge. Meanwhile, Ethena released its latest Proof of Reserves, independently verified by four third-party entities—Chainlink, Chaos Labs, LlamaRisk, and Harris & Trotter—confirming that USDe’s collateral coverage ratio remains above 100%. The verification results have been published on Ethena’s Transparency Page and Data Dashboard. Ethena stated it will continue monitoring the situation and provide updates as they become available.
Odaily According to a report released on the 19th by Windward, a UK-based maritime analysis company, Iran briefly reopened the Strait of Hormuz before closing it again. In the past 36 hours, 35 ships have turned around and headed back while attempting to exit the strait. The report states that after Iran announced the reopening of the strait on the 17th, ship responses that day were relatively cautious. On the 18th, traffic through the strait was initially sparse but then rapidly increased, with ships rushing to pass through before the situation deteriorated. A total of 35 ships transited the strait that day, including 8 entering (comprising 4 oil tankers, 2 bulk carriers, and 2 other cargo ships) and 27 exiting (comprising 8 oil tankers, 3 bulk carriers, 15 other cargo ships, and 1 passenger ship). (Xinhua News Agency)
Odaily News: A LayerZero cross-chain bridge related to Kelp DAO was hacked on Saturday, resulting in 116,500 rsETH worth $291 million flowing to a new wallet. The hacker used the illicitly obtained rsETH as collateral to borrow on Aave, causing the utilization rate of Aave's core lending pool to reach 100% and triggering a liquidity crunch. According to monitoring by 0xngmi, as of early Sunday, the net withdrawal amount from Aave had reached $6.2 billion. Kelp DAO has suspended the rsETH contracts on the Ethereum mainnet and several L2 networks. Affected by this, the price of the Aave token fell 16% to $90.13, and the price of Ethereum dropped 2% to $2,300. Currently, Justin Sun has posted on platform X attempting to negotiate with the hacker.