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Odaily News: Digital asset trading platform Gate will list the first Pre-IPOs project SpaceX (SPCX) and simultaneously launch an airdrop incentive program targeting high-tier users and super agents.The subscription period for this SpaceX (SPCX) project is from 18:00 on April 20, 2026, to 18:00 on April 22, 2026 (UTC+8). The total subscription amount is 33,900 SPCX, valued at approximately $20.001 million. The project supports subscriptions in USDT and GUSD. Upon completion of the subscription, tokens will be 100% unlocked for pre-market trading.Concurrently, the platform has initiated a VIP-exclusive airdrop event, distributing SPCX asset vouchers to users with VIP level 5 and above and super agents. The event runs from 18:00 on April 15, 2026, to 18:00 on April 22, 2026 (UTC+8). Users must meet conditions such as registration and net deposits to participate. Rewards will be distributed in tiers based on VIP level and will be issued collectively after the subscription period ends. Additionally, eligible super agents can also receive a fixed quota of SPCX airdrops.
Bitget has launched its “Broker Top-tier Bounty Program,” offering new platform brokers who join on or after April 1 an additional reward of up to $12,000 USDT. This incentive operates independently of the standard commission structure and is distributed on a tiered basis according to the broker’s trading volume performance during the first 60 days following successful onboarding—designed to provide partners with more predictable revenue support during this critical business launch phase. Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, stated: “Early performance often determines whether a broker can quickly gain traction and scale. A more structured early-stage incentive mechanism not only enhances revenue visibility but also lays a stronger foundation for long-term expansion.”
It is reported that Bybit has launched a “Flexible Savings” feature for its Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) Bot, enabling users to automatically earn returns on supported assets they hold. Once enabled, the assets deployed in the DCA Bot continue generating returns while the user’s DCA plan proceeds as originally scheduled—without interruption. Users can activate the Flexible Savings feature when creating a new DCA Bot or editing an existing one. Additionally, Bybit has concurrently launched a DCA Rewards Carnival, running from April 10 to May 15. To participate, users simply need to enable Flexible Savings and meet certain conditions—including reaching the minimum DCA amount and maintaining an active bot—to receive USDT rewards and additional yield boosts.
Odaily News Saturn, the on-chain yield stablecoin issuer backed by Strategy's Stretch STRC, announced that it has purchased 150,000 shares of STRC within 6 days since its launch, valued at $15 million. (BitcoinTreasuries.NET)
Odaily News Digital asset trading platform Gate will launch the first Pre-IPOs project, SpaceX (SPCX), opening a channel for pre-listing asset subscriptions. This product supports participation with both USDT and GUSD. Upon completion of the subscription, SPCX asset vouchers will enter the pre-market trading market in a 100% unlocked form.The subscription period for this round is from 18:00 on April 20, 2026, to 18:00 on April 22, 2026 (UTC+8). SPCX is expected to be distributed before 18:00 on May 6 (UTC+8). The total subscription amount is 33,900 SPCX, with a total value of approximately $20.001 million, a unit price of $590, corresponding to an implied valuation of about $1.4 trillion.In terms of mechanism, Pre-IPOs adopts an "average hourly locked amount" for allocation, emphasizing the weight of early participation. After obtaining the asset vouchers, SPCX supports pre-market trading or subsequent delivery. Furthermore, the minimum participation threshold for this round is only 100 USDT, with no hidden costs such as handling fees, custody fees, or profit commissions.Gate Pre-IPOs focuses on early participation opportunities in high-quality projects before their listing, opening a new gateway for individual investors to access global premium assets. In the future, the platform will continue to expand more high-quality targets and product forms, promoting the industry towards a more open and efficient direction.
According to Polymarket’s prediction market page, the current probability of SpaceX’s IPO closing market capitalization exceeding $2 trillion stands at approximately 47%, making it the highest-probability option. The next most likely ranges are $1.8–2 trillion (18%), $1.6–1.8 trillion (13.7%), and $1.4–1.6 trillion (7.8%). Bitget launched its U.S. stock IPO subscription service, IPO Prime, on April 10, with initial support for stablecoin-based subscriptions for SpaceX, referencing an estimated valuation of approximately $1.5 trillion. Additionally, Bitget will distribute two rounds of preSPAX airdrops to VIP users: the first round of 760 preSPAX tokens will be distributed tomorrow, and the second round of 190 preSPAX tokens will be distributed on April 20.
Odaily News: The metal market continues its upward trend. Among them, international silver reached a 24-hour high of $81.07 and is currently trading at $80.20, representing a 24-hour increase of approximately 5.24%; international gold reached a 24-hour high of $4,847.1 and is currently trading at $4,806.1, representing a 24-hour increase of approximately 1.35%. Against the backdrop of persistently strong metal prices, market trading sentiment has noticeably heated up.According to CoinGlass data, metal contract trading on the Gate platform is performing actively. Among them, the 24-hour contract trading volume for silver is approximately $168 million, ranking among the industry's top performers; the current open interest for gold is approximately $35.8041 million, also at an industry-leading level. Driven by the upward price movement, bullish sentiment dominates, further boosting market activity.Gate pioneered the metal contract trading sector, offering 7×24 non-stop trading, providing users with greater strategic flexibility and asset management efficiency in volatile market conditions. Gate contracts already cover various traditional financial assets including stocks, metals, forex, indices, and commodities, supporting trading of core assets such as gold, silver, and globally popular stocks. Gate continues to build a more efficient and professional multi-asset one-stop trading platform for global users.
According to GlobeNewswire, eToro, a trading and investment platform, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Zengo, a leading self-custodial crypto wallet provider. This acquisition aims to deepen eToro’s digital asset capabilities and accelerate its strategic initiative to bridge traditional finance with on-chain infrastructure. Founded in 2018, Zengo builds its keyless wallet architecture on Multi-Party Computation (MPC) cryptographic technology. It currently serves over 2 million users across more than 180 countries and regions, and has never experienced a wallet breach since its inception. Following the acquisition, eToro will leverage Zengo’s technological expertise to further support decentralized trading use cases—including tokenized assets, prediction markets, and perpetual contracts. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.
Odaily News Cross-chain protocol LI.FI has announced the launch of its new product, LI.FI Earn. This product provides on-chain yield functionality for enterprises with digital asset strategies. It supports access to strategies from over 20 vault protocols through a single integration and features built-in cross-chain execution capabilities across more than 60 chains.
U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global officially announced that it will release its first-quarter 2026 financial results after the U.S. market close on May 7, 2026, and hold a video webcast to discuss the results at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time on the same day.
WEEX Exchange has announced the launch of its first Staking campaign—“Diamond Hands Program”—from 18:00 on April 15 to 18:00 on May 4 (UTC+8). Users can access the Wealth Management page and select the 20-day fixed-term products for BTC or WXT to earn staking returns of 3% for BTC and 2% for WXT.
According to an official website announcement, Anthropic has introduced identity verification for certain use cases of Claude to prevent abuse, enforce its usage policies, and fulfill legal obligations. This process is powered by Persona, requiring users to submit a government-issued photo ID and possibly undergo real-time selfie verification. Anthropic states that verification data is used solely for identity confirmation—not for model training, marketing, or advertising. If verification fails, users may retry multiple times within the process or submit a form to request human assistance. Accounts may be suspended in cases of repeated violations of usage policies or terms of service, registration from unsupported regions, or use by individuals under 18 years of age.
According to Bloomberg, Societe Generale-FORGE, the digital asset division of Societe Generale SA, announced in collaboration with blockchain company Consensys that the U.S. dollar stablecoin USD CoinVertible is now available on the self-custodial crypto wallet MetaMask. This initiative marks a significant effort by traditional banks to expand the reach of digital currencies into the cryptocurrency space. Users can now directly access and manage USD CoinVertible tokens within their MetaMask wallets.
Odaily News Bitcoin contributor Jameson Loop and other cryptographers have proposed an initiative that could force Bitcoin holders to migrate their tokens to new quantum-resistant addresses, otherwise their tokens would be permanently frozen by the network itself. In this scenario, holders would technically still "own" the coins but would lose the ability to transfer them. This is known as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP-361, which was updated in Bitcoin's official proposal repository on Tuesday under the title "Post-Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Deprecation".BIP-361 builds upon the BIP-360 proposal introduced in February. BIP-360 introduced a soft fork (a network upgrade) designed to enable a new transaction type called "Pay-to-Merkle-Root" (P2MR). This method draws from Bitcoin's Taproot (P2TR) framework but removes the key-based spending path, thereby eliminating an element widely considered to be at risk in the quantum era.The BIP-361 proposal divides the migration into three phases. Phase A begins three years after activation, prohibiting anyone from sending new Bitcoin to legacy, quantum-vulnerable addresses. You can still spend from these addresses but cannot receive any coins.Phase B begins five years after activation, rendering legacy signatures (ECDSA and Schnorr) completely invalid. The network will reject any attempts to spend coins from quantum-vulnerable wallets. Essentially, your coins will be frozen.Finally, there is Phase C, a still-under-research rescue plan: holders of frozen wallets may be able to prove ownership via zero-knowledge proofs (a method of proving knowledge of a secret without revealing the secret itself). If successful, coins frozen in Phase B could be recovered. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News: Digital asset trading platform Gate has released its March 2026 Transparency Report. Centered around its Intelligent Web3 strategy, the platform is accelerating the construction of an AI product matrix with Gate for AI, GateClaw, GateAI, and GateRouter at its core, and is driving the deep integration of AI technology into its trading ecosystem. Gate AI already covers over 80 application scenarios, including market analysis, strategy assistance, and investment research support, and is gradually penetrating into high-frequency trading and investment research processes, becoming a key driver for the platform's capability upgrades.In terms of business data, Gate's TradFi segment achieved a single-day trading peak exceeding $20 billion, with asset coverage surpassing 350 types, and 174 new listings added in the month, making it a core engine for growth. According to CoinDesk data, the platform's user base has exceeded 51 million, with its derivatives market share rising to 12.2%, setting a new historical high. Its spot trading volume remains firmly in second place globally, with liquidity consistently ranking in the top three, and both trading depth and activity levels have improved simultaneously. Gate's institutional business has also performed exceptionally well, being rated as the "Best Institutional Trading Platform" in the BeInCrypto rankings. Leveraging approximately 2-millisecond low-latency matching, deep liquidity, a multi-asset system, and combined with its SuperLink cross-market accounts and third-party custody partnerships, the platform has further enhanced capital efficiency and security. Through the synergistic upgrade of its AI product matrix and multi-asset trading capabilities, Gate continues to strengthen its leading position in the global trading and institutional services arena.
Binance has announced support for users to make payments at all merchants in Bolivia using Binance QR codes. Over 100 cryptocurrencies—including USDT and BTC—are supported. Users simply confirm transactions via the app, and Binance automatically converts their funds into the local currency at the time of payment. Binance stated that the QR code payment service is available exclusively to Binance users whose identity verification location is in Bolivia, and users must hold cryptocurrency in their Binance account (Binance Spot, Deposit, or Earn).
According to The Block, SIX Group, a leading European stock exchange operator, announced that its Swiss exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, and Spain’s BME Exchange will bring stock market data on-chain via Chainlink nodes. This collaboration enables smart contracts to directly read market data from both exchanges, facilitating the development of blockchain use cases such as tokenized stock indices, structured products, decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, and prediction markets. The combined market capitalization of the two SIX Group exchanges totals €2 trillion, making this initiative a trusted data source for the global financial ecosystem. Previously, prominent financial institutions—including Deutsche Börse, FTSE Russell, and S&P Global—as well as cryptocurrency companies such as Coinbase, have also launched similar partnerships with Chainlink. Since its launch last year, Chainlink’s DataLink service has been integrated into thousands of decentralized applications and across dozens of blockchains.
Odaily News According to an official announcement, BitMart will be the first to list Sentio (ST) on April 15th at 18:00 (UTC+8). The ST/USDT trading pair will be available.Sentio is building the next-generation crypto data infrastructure, designed specifically to meet the speed, scale, and complexity demands of modern blockchain applications. Their mission is to provide developers with the fastest, most reliable, and most flexible data tools, allowing them to focus on building applications rather than maintaining the underlying infrastructure.
According to the official social media announcement, Sun Wukong, a Chinese decentralized contract trading platform, has now launched BLESS/USDT with up to 20x leverage.
According to an official announcement from UStables, the stablecoin USD1 (ticker: $U) has achieved a 24-hour trading volume peak of $1.75 billion since its listing on Binance three months ago. On April 13, BTC/U trading volume surpassed BTC/USDT trading volume, and USD1 has now entered the Top 10 tokens by trading volume across all markets. According to an official Binance announcement, zero-fee BTC/U trading will officially commence on April 17, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. Beijing Time.