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According to the official announcement, Binance Wallet stated that the Binance Alpha airdrop claim will open today at 17:00 (UTC). This campaign adopts the updated Binance Alpha Box model, with the airdrop prize pool comprising tokens from multiple projects. Users holding at least 242 Binance Alpha Points can claim one token reward on a first-come, first-served basis. Claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha Points. Additionally, this airdrop features three reward tiers: Common (80% of the reward pool), Rare (15%), and Ultra-Rare (5%), each corresponding to different Alpha Box values. Upon claiming, users will be assigned to one of these tiers. Rewards will be distributed proportionally across these tiers. If all rewards are not fully claimed, the point threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes.
According to official news, Gate has now launched CHIP perpetual contract pre-market trading (USDT-settled), supporting 1-10x leverage.
According to an official incident post-mortem report on the CoW Swap attack, its domain cow.fi was compromised via a supply-chain attack on April 14, 2026. Attackers exploited social engineering tactics to infiltrate the .fi domain registration process and hijack DNS resolution, causing users attempting to access swap.cow.fi to be redirected to a phishing site for several hours. During this period, attackers deployed a counterfeit trading interface and attempted to trick users into connecting their wallets and signing malicious transactions. The report states that this incident did not impact CoW Protocol’s on-chain smart contracts, backend systems, or user fund security; core infrastructure—including services hosted on AWS and Vercel—remained uncompromised. The attack occurred exclusively during the domain registration and transfer process: attackers gained control by forging identity documents and exploiting vulnerabilities in the registration workflow, briefly modifying the domain’s DNS records. The team detected the anomaly within 19 minutes and initiated emergency response procedures, subsequently migrating to cow.finance and fully restoring the cow.fi domain within approximately 26 hours. CoW’s team noted that affected users were primarily those who visited the official website during the domain hijacking window. Preliminary estimates place losses at around $1.2 million. The cow.fi domain has since been reactivated with enhanced security measures—including RegistryLock—and the team has launched external security audits, legal proceedings against the perpetrators, and is developing a potential user compensation plan. The official statement emphasizes that the vulnerability has been patched and outlines plans to improve domain infrastructure security through governance initiatives and industry collaboration.
According to an official announcement, crypto-financial technology company Superstate has launched FundOS—a next-generation fund operating system—opening its fund-on-chain infrastructure to asset management firms to support the tokenization of private funds, mutual funds, and ETFs. Superstate states that FundOS enables fund managers to select fund types, underlying blockchains, supported DeFi use cases, and whether to enable stablecoin-based subscriptions and redemptions. It integrates with existing fund managers, custodians, and service providers via its portal, APIs, and workflows. The system is already deployed for USTB and USCC, collectively managing over $1 billion in assets, and has also been adopted by Invesco US.
According to The Block, the latest draft language of the Clarity Act concerning stablecoin yield will be delayed until next week or later. Sources familiar with the matter say the current text retains prior wording—namely, prohibiting yield generation on idle stablecoin balances held in accounts, while permitting yield from activities such as trading. Senator Thom Tillis stated that the draft text will not be made public until the Senate Banking Committee’s review timeline is confirmed. The report notes that the legislative team remains engaged in discussions with the American Bankers Association and crypto firms, and that making substantive revisions to the text at this stage would be difficult.
According to the official announcement, OKX will list USDS spot trading. The USDS/USDT spot trading pair will go live on April 17, 2026, at 17:00 (UTC+8).
According to an official announcement, Mint Blockchain officially ceased operations on April 17, 2026, and urged users to withdraw four assets from Mint Chain to the Ethereum mainnet: ETH, WBTC, USDC, and USDT. The announcement states that the asset withdrawal deadline is October 20, 2026, and users may complete the process via the official withdrawal channel. Assets not withdrawn by the deadline will no longer be processable.
Bitget Launches AIA Simple Earn with Up to 25% APR. Users Can Subscribe via the Dedicated Section. The Campaign Ends on May 16 at 18:00 (UTC+8). For More Product Details, Visit the Official Bitget Platform.
Odaily News ZetaChain has announced the integration of Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 model, which is now live within its ecosystem applications.According to the introduction, this model possesses agentic coding capabilities, long-term task stability, and higher-resolution visual processing capabilities. ZetaChain stated that it is building an access layer for AI models, while emphasizing user data privacy and portability.
Odaily News According to Thibault Sottiaux, Head of Engineering for OpenAI Codex, on platform X, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Codex's launch, the company has reset the usage quota limits for all plans.He stated that this announcement was completed using the newly launched Computer Use feature of Codex, with the model clicking the "RESET" button in the browser to demonstrate the operation.
According to The Defiant, the NFT marketplace Foundation has permanently shut down following the failed sale to digital art display company BlackDove. Its platform infrastructure has been taken offline, and there are currently no plans to relaunch it. Foundation’s founder, Kayvon Tehranian, stated that the company had originally hoped to extend its operations through the sale, but the deal fell through—and the team concluded there was no need to continue seeking a buyer. Foundation previously facilitated approximately $230 million in primary sales. The report notes that BlackDove, after conducting comprehensive due diligence following operational handover, decided instead to build its own proprietary marketplace. Foundation also announced it will continue providing a fixed one-year service for media and metadata hosted on IPFS; users must manually cancel their listings and withdraw their NFT assets.
According to official announcements, Pumpcade—a live-stream prediction market and meme coin issuance platform—has secured $5 million in seed funding. Investors include Jump Crypto and Foundation Capital. Pumpcade is a Solana-based platform for instant meme coin creation and trading, integrated into the Pump.fun chat system and enabling one-click prediction market creation during live streams. Earlier, on April 2, Pump.fun led a $1 million pre-seed round for Pumpcade.
Reportedly, NAT shares computing power, blocks, and addresses with BTC, enabling synchronized generation without any additional operations. This asset is generated every 10 minutes in sync with Bitcoin blocks, with approximately 386 million NAT tokens minted per block (currently valued at ~$38), resulting in a total market cap of roughly $38 million. The issuance rate will gradually decrease as block height and mining difficulty increase. The code is fully open-source.
According to Cointelegraph, stablecoin issuer Circle faces a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts for failing to freeze stolen funds during the Drift Protocol hack on April 1. Plaintiffs allege that attackers transferred approximately $230 million worth of USDC from Solana to Ethereum via Circle’s cross-chain transfer protocol (CCTP) within hours—and that Circle failed to intervene. The lawsuit accuses Circle of aiding and abetting conversion and of negligence. Cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic previously suspected the attack may be linked to North Korea–backed hackers; the stolen funds were subsequently converted into ETH and laundered through Tornado Cash.
According to Decrypt, Rick Wurster, President and CEO of Charles Schwab, stated that the company may offer prediction market services in the future—but will focus on financial-event-related contracts, such as those tied to inflation, while avoiding themes like pop culture, politics, and sports. Earlier reports indicated that Charles Schwab plans to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum trading services within the coming weeks, with a flat transaction fee of 0.75% per trade. The company also intends to gradually expand its cryptocurrency business, including enabling digital asset deposits and withdrawals, and broadening the range of supported tokens.
Josh Stark, a key researcher and project manager at the Ethereum Foundation, announced that after five years of service, he has decided to depart and complete his transition—this decision was made in early March, and his work at the Ethereum Foundation will conclude by the end of April. Stark stated he currently has no concrete plans for the future and intends first to take an extended break and spend time with family and friends. He expressed deep honor in having worked on Ethereum at the Ethereum Foundation and extended gratitude to numerous leadership team members and community partners for their long-term collaboration. Stark also noted that the Ethereum ecosystem has repeatedly achieved goals once widely deemed “impossible,” including network launch, the real-world deployment of decentralized finance (DeFi), and the successful transition to proof-of-stake (PoS). Earlier this week, Trent Van Epps, another Ethereum Foundation contributor, also resigned.
According to The Block, Texas man Robert Dunlap was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for a cryptocurrency fraud scheme exceeding $20 million and ordered to pay restitution to nearly 1,000 victims. Prosecutors alleged that Dunlap operated cryptocurrency projects and sold Meta-1 Coin, falsely claiming the token was backed by $44 billion in gold and approximately $1 billion in artworks—including pieces by Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and Salvador Dalí—and that the assets had been audited. Last year, a jury found him guilty of mail fraud.
According to The Block, Layer 1 blockchain Tempo has launched a privacy solution called Zones, designed for institutional use cases such as payroll distribution, treasury management, and payment settlement. Zones provide a confidential execution environment in the form of parallel blockchains connected to the Tempo mainnet; transactions within a Zone are confidential by default, yet assets remain interoperable with the Tempo mainnet, other Zones, fiat on/off-ramps, and liquidity pools. Tempo states that each Zone will be managed by a trusted entity, whose operators can view activities within the Zone and enforce access controls—but do not control the underlying assets. Users retain full control and may withdraw funds locked in smart contracts on the mainnet at any time.
According to The Block, Yuga Labs, the developer behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection, has appointed Michael Figge as its new CEO, while former CEO Greg Solano has transitioned to Chairman of the Board. Solano stated that Figge joined the company in 2021 and has served as CEO for several weeks, previously holding the role of Chief Product Officer. This leadership reshuffle coincides with Yuga Labs’ ongoing development of its metaverse project, Otherside. The company describes Otherside as a metaRPG platform enabling players to own digital assets and engage in real-time multiplayer interactions. Moving forward, Solano will continue contributing to creative direction, writing, and the development of new ideas.
According to an official announcement, cryptocurrency futures exchange KieDex has raised $3.5 million in funding, led by Marqel Capital. The company stated that the funds will be used to build the KieDex platform and develop a next-generation cryptocurrency futures exchange focused on fast, secure, and incentive-driven trading experiences. Supporting partners include Hidden Street Capital, Caviar, CSP DAO, Solulu Club, Rocket, TPC, Devmons, and TATATU.