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According to an official announcement, Tether launched its self-custodial digital wallet, tether.wallet, on April 14, directly opening its global financial infrastructure to end users. The wallet supports digital assets including USD₮, USA₮, XAU₮, and Bitcoin, and operates across blockchain networks such as Ethereum, Polygon, Plasma, and Arbitrum. Users can transfer funds using simple, human-readable identifiers—eliminating the need for traditional long addresses or additional network tokens—and pay transaction fees directly in the asset being transferred. tether.wallet employs local signing, with private keys and recovery phrases held exclusively by the user, emphasizing openness, neutrality, and user sovereignty. Tether stated that this product aims to simplify the use of digital assets and enhance financial inclusion, with plans to support additional blockchain networks in the future.
According to Fortune, Paxos Labs—a stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure company—has announced a $12 million funding round led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures, Maelstrom Family Office, and Uniswap Labs. Paxos Labs was spun out from Paxos and focuses on providing enterprises with stablecoin issuance and decentralized finance (DeFi) access solutions, enabling clients to create branded stablecoins via a single software suite and offering features such as interest-bearing crypto deposits and collateralized lending. Paxos Labs has already secured clients including Hyperbeat and Aleo and expects to reach breakeven by the end of this year. Previously, Paxos acquired cryptocurrency wallet company Fordefi for over $100 million to meet growing client demand for DeFi market solutions.
Binance Wallet officially launched its perpetual contract trading feature on April 14, 2026, at 20:00, alongside a dedicated Alpha Points campaign. The campaign runs from April 14, 2026, at 20:00 to April 28, 2026, at 20:00. Users who complete a cumulative $1,000 in perpetual contract trading volume during the campaign period will receive 3 Alpha Points. Rewards will be distributed by May 12, 2026, at 20:00.
According to The Block, Visa, Stripe, and Zodia Custody—a digital asset custody firm backed by Standard Chartered Bank—have become the first validators on the Tempo payment blockchain. Tempo is an Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for high-throughput payments and stablecoin settlement, primarily targeting large institutions. Validators are responsible for verifying, ordering, and finalizing on-chain transactions, and are typically mature organizations with global operational capabilities. Tempo was incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, launched its private testnet in September 2025, and closed a $500 million Series A funding round in October at a valuation of approximately $5 billion. Recently, Tempo introduced its “Agent Payments” protocol—executed by AI agents—and has attracted infrastructure integrations including RedStone.
According to the official announcement, Bitget PoolX will soon launch the NIGHT project, with a total airdrop of 9,000,000 NIGHT tokens. This campaign features two BTC staking pools and two ETH staking pools, each allocated 4,500,000 NIGHT tokens for the airdrop. Each asset offers both standard and dynamic staking pools; the dynamic pool’s tiered staking limit is unlocked based on the user’s trading volume over the past 15 days, and corresponding staking quotas are allocated accordingly. The staking window opens from April 14 at 19:00 to April 19 at 19:00 (UTC+8). Users with positive net BTC and ETH deposits during the campaign period will receive 5% BTC and 8% ETH yield-boost vouchers upon PoolX completion. Additionally, users who meet the net deposit requirement and participate in PoolX for the first time will receive 10% BTC and 15% ETH yield-boost vouchers. Net deposit calculations conclude at 19:00 on April 18 (UTC+8). For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
According to the latest data released by JUST, its position as the core liquidity provider of the TRON ecosystem remains unshaken. This week, its TVL (Total Value Locked) remained stable at $1.151 billion, accounting for 42.68% of the entire TRON DeFi market. In terms of specific capital operations, the JUST ecosystem demonstrated exceptional activity: deposit supply reached $3.77 billion, while the total borrowing volume stood at $215 million. Through continuous cycles of supplying, borrowing, and internal circulation within the system, capital generates compounding returns as it flows. This highly efficient capital allocation capability not only delivers stable yield expectations for users but also builds a deep liquidity moat for the entire TRON ecosystem.
According to Cointelegraph, Hacken, a blockchain security firm, released its Q1 2026 report revealing that Web3 projects suffered $464.5 million in losses due to hacking and scams during the quarter. Phishing and social engineering attacks accounted for $306 million—making them the primary source of losses. A hardware wallet scam in January alone caused $282 million in losses, representing 81% of the quarter’s total losses. Smart contract vulnerabilities led to $86.2 million in losses, while failures in access control—including compromised private keys and cloud services—resulted in $71.9 million in losses. The report notes that the largest security incidents predominantly occurred in off-chain operations and infrastructure layers—areas typically beyond the scope of traditional audits. Europe’s regulatory frameworks, MiCA and DORA, are increasingly imposing stricter requirements on security monitoring and incident response, and global regulators are also raising standards for real-time monitoring and emergency response.
The Binance Alpha Box campaign is now live, featuring an updated Alpha Box model. The airdrop reward pool includes tokens from Anome (ANOME), Velo (VELO), and Power Protocol (POWER). Users holding at least 235 Binance Alpha Points can claim the token airdrop once on the Alpha Events page. Upon claiming, users will be assigned to one of three reward tiers, receiving either 824, 1,030, or 2,942 ANOME; 8,750, 10,938, or 31,250 VELO; or 315, 390, or 1,115 POWER. Rewards are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. If all rewards are not fully claimed, the point threshold automatically decreases by 5 points every 5 minutes. Claiming the airdrop consumes 15 Binance Alpha Points, and users must confirm their claim within 24 hours; otherwise, it will be forfeited.
Bitget Wallet has officially launched BGB staking—the first fixed-term staking product designed exclusively for holders of the new BGB (CCIP version). The initial pool size is capped at 2 million BGB tokens, with a maximum staking limit of 20,000 BGB per wallet address. Subscriptions will close automatically once the pool is full, on a first-come, first-served basis. This product offers a fixed annualized yield of 5%, with a lock-up period of 90 days. Yields are distributed daily, and both principal and accumulated yields can be claimed simultaneously upon maturity. If users do not manually unstake and claim their yields within 90 days after maturity, no additional yields will accrue. As a new addition to Bitget Wallet’s crypto-native wealth management suite, BGB Stake aims to provide long-term BGB holders with a deterministic, on-chain yield-generating channel. Simultaneously, the staking mechanism enhances the stability of the BGB ecosystem and advances on-chain asset management toward robust, sustainable, everyday-use scenarios.
Bitget officially launched its CFD copy trading feature today, extending its copy trading services to the forex, gold, crude oil, and stock index markets. Amid escalating global macroeconomic volatility and growing cross-asset allocation demand among crypto users, Bitget’s CFD business has recently achieved a single-day trading volume exceeding $6 billion. This new feature leverages Bitget’s mature copy trading infrastructure: users can follow professional traders’ strategies with a minimum investment of just $50 USDT—further lowering the barrier to entry for retail users accessing traditional financial markets. At the product level, CFD copy trading is deeply integrated with the MT5 infrastructure. Account onboarding and withdrawal processes are fully automated, completing in under three seconds. In terms of mechanics, Bitget employs a High-Water Mark (HWM) profit-sharing model, distributing commissions only on newly generated profits from copied trades—ensuring fair and transparent profit allocation. Eligible traders can earn up to 30% commission. Core metrics are updated hourly, and profits are settled daily—enhancing overall transparency and traceability. Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, stated: “Copy trading lowers execution barriers, enabling more users to participate in global macro asset allocation. CFD copy trading forms a core component of Bitget’s UEX strategy, which—powered by a unified account and USDT margin system—allows users to seamlessly trade cryptocurrencies, forex, commodities, and stock indices within a single platform.”
According to The Block, U.S. Republican Senator Thom Tillis stated that a draft bill aimed at resolving the long-standing dispute between banks and crypto firms over stablecoin yield—under the “Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act” (the “Clarity Act”)—will be publicly released this week. Tillis co-drafted the provisions with Democratic Senator Angela Alsobrooks. The draft has already undergone review by both banking and crypto industry stakeholders, though banks remain opposed. Tillis indicated he is open to further revisions of the text. The issue of stablecoin yield represents the central point of contention in the Clarity Act: banks fear that permitting crypto firms to pay interest on idle stablecoins would trigger massive deposit outflows, while crypto enterprises such as Coinbase argue that banning such interest payments would stifle innovation. Additionally, Tillis proposed hosting a “Crypto Summit” to bring all stakeholders to Capitol Hill for negotiations toward a resolution. The Clarity Act has not yet advanced through the Senate Banking Committee and remains far from final enactment.
Bitget has launched Genius (GENIUS). Trading is now live, and withdrawals will open on April 15 at 00:00 (UTC+8).
Aptos released an update to its tokenomics. Key adjustments include: reducing the annual staking reward rate from 5.19% to 2.6%; increasing gas fees by 10x (stablecoin transfer costs remain low at approximately $0.00014); the launch of the Decibel DEX is expected to significantly boost on-chain transaction volume and gas fee burning, with over 32 million APT projected to be burned annually; setting a protocol-layer hard cap on total supply at 2.1 billion APT; permanently locking and staking 210 million APT by the Aptos Foundation; shifting future incentives to milestone-triggered releases; and exploring a programmable buyback program.
Twin3 introduces a digital identity “soul” infrastructure designed for the Agent economy. Its core concept is to grant every individual a “digital body”—crystallizing human identity, personality, and experience on-chain via 256-dimensional soulbound tokens (SBTs). Users can deploy personal AI agents based on this digital identity and join the agentic ecosystem to participate in automated economic collaboration, transforming authentic human experience into RWA assets that are verifiably owned and tradable.
The People’s Daily published an article titled “Disrupting the Capital Market: Beware of These Irregularities by Financial Self-Media Accounts,” which named certain accounts for disseminating false return information—such as “100x coins” and “earning millions per month from crypto trading”—to drive traffic to virtual currency trading. The article reiterated a prior notice issued by the People’s Bank of China and seven other departments, emphasizing that activities related to virtual currencies constitute illegal financial activities. It further pointed out that accounts and platforms providing traffic-driving or technical services for illegal virtual currency trading are suspected of violating laws and regulations, potentially jeopardizing financial security and anti-money laundering efforts.
According to The Block, renowned startup accelerator Y Combinator has completed its first fully stablecoin investment, paying $500,000 in USDC to prediction market startup Totalis via three on-chain transactions on Solana. The funds are held in custody by Ramp, a financial operations platform. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan stated that the accelerator will make stablecoin payments available to all YC-backed startups—not limited to crypto-related companies. Totalis plans to use Ramp to execute both stablecoin and fiat transactions simultaneously and to pay credit card bills from its stablecoin account.
As AI advances into the era of autonomous, collaborative agents, the B.AI platform has officially launched, delivering the critical “financial infrastructure” capabilities needed to enable deep participation of AI agents in value exchange—and overcoming the industry’s bottleneck in shifting from model-level capabilities to foundational support. As core infrastructure linking agents to economic systems, B.AI will host a dedicated Twitter Space on April 14 at 8 PM to deeply unpack how it is reshaping agents’ economic roles. By establishing seamless financial integration and collaboration standards, B.AI is accelerating the realization of the AGI vision through forward-looking technical architecture—unlocking new opportunities in intelligent productivity for users worldwide. Follow the official accounts @sunpumpmeme and @Agent_SunGenX, retweet the post, and tag three friends. Five lucky participants will be randomly selected to receive 10 USDT each.
According to Yicai News, five departments—including China’s Ministry of Education—jointly issued the “AI + Education” Action Plan. The plan emphasizes enhancing teachers’ AI literacy and competencies. It calls for developing national standards for teachers’ AI literacy, clearly defining the AI-related competencies teachers should possess. AI literacy training will be conducted in a tiered and categorized manner according to the specific needs of different teaching roles, ensuring full coverage through diverse delivery methods. A contextualized assessment system will be established, with intelligent and progressively structured evaluation tools developed. Local education authorities and schools are encouraged to conduct large-scale teacher literacy assessments, and targeted interventions will be implemented based on assessment results to enhance teachers’ competencies. The plan also promotes reforming the training of prospective teachers by integrating cutting-edge technologies—including AI—into teacher education curricula and updating existing knowledge frameworks. AI-related content will be incorporated into teacher qualification examinations and certification processes. Additionally, AI-powered education initiatives will be included as a dedicated category in both national and provincial-level teaching achievement awards, thereby stimulating endogenous innovation in AI-driven education.
According to an official announcement, Aster has launched the eighth round of its Rocket Launch program—Genius (GENIUS). Concurrently, the platform has introduced a trading campaign with a total prize pool of $200,000. The campaign runs from 15:30 UTC on April 13, 2026, to 14:00 UTC on April 20, 2026. Users are eligible for rewards if their total trading fees incurred during the campaign exceed $5 and their reward amount is equal to or greater than 1 $ASTER. Each participant’s maximum reward is capped at 3% of the total prize pool. Additionally, trading the GENIUSUSDT perpetual contract grants a 1.5x bonus multiplier. Rewards will be distributed within 14 business days after the campaign ends. Notably, Genius—partnered with the Aster Code ecosystem—is the first Aster Code partner to debut under the Rocket Launch program. Aster has also become the first DEX to list the $GENIUS perpetual contract.
According to The Asia Business Daily, DS Investment & Securities issued a research report lowering NAVER’s target price from its previous level to 300,000 KRW, while maintaining a “Buy” rating. Analyst Choi Seung-ho noted that the downward revision is primarily driven by two factors: first, NAVER’s operating profit margin for this year is projected to decline from 18.3% to 17.6%, due to rising advertising and e-commerce marketing expenses as well as depreciation costs; second, delayed legislative progress on cryptocurrency-related regulations is directly affecting the proposed merger between NAVER Financial and Dunamu, raising the possibility of further postponement beyond the originally scheduled completion in September. Previously, DS Securities had assigned a valuation of 15 trillion KRW to NAVER’s cryptocurrency business within its Sum-of-the-Parts (SOTP) valuation; this portion has now been removed from the updated report. Choi Seung-ho added that the e-commerce business remains NAVER’s core growth engine going forward, with annual e-commerce sales expected to reach approximately 2.7 trillion KRW.