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According to Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart’s disclosure on X, 21Shares US has updated its Hyperliquid ETF filing, with the ETF ticker symbol THYP. The filing does not yet disclose management fee information. This filing update is believed to be in response to comments and feedback from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, announced that the social platform X (formerly Twitter) has launched Cashtags on its iPhone app in the U.S. and Canada, aiming to deliver real-time asset data to finance and cryptocurrency communities. When users search for or post a Cashtag—such as a stock ticker or smart contract address—the platform automatically recommends matching stocks or cryptocurrencies, enabling precise selection of relevant assets. Upon tapping a Cashtag, users can view related posts and price charts directly within X, without needing to navigate away to other platforms. The company stated that Cashtags represent the first step toward establishing X as the premier platform for finance and cryptocurrency communities.
Odaily News OpenAI announced the launch of the GPT-5.4-Cyber model. This model is fine-tuned based on GPT-5.4 for cybersecurity scenarios, reducing refusal restrictions on security-related requests under specific conditions to support professional operations such as binary reverse analysis.According to the introduction, the model is only available to vetted security vendors, enterprise security teams, and researchers through the "Trusted Access for Cybersecurity" (TAC) program. OpenAI stated that a layered mechanism will restrict the model's usage scope and impose additional constraints on access in low-visibility scenarios.
According to Cointelegraph, Crypto.com has reached a definitive agreement with online casino company High Roller Technologies to officially enter the prediction markets sector. This partnership will enable Crypto.com to offer event-based prediction market services to U.S. users via the CFTC-registered CDNA exchange. High Roller stated that the collaboration establishes a strong foundation for both parties in the prediction markets space. Analysts project that the prediction markets sector could reach $1 trillion by 2030, driven by growing demand for contracts tied to economic, business, and political events. Following the announcement, High Roller’s stock (ROLR) on the New York Stock Exchange doubled to $10.77. Prediction markets continue to face legal challenges in multiple jurisdictions, while relevant authorities are actively advancing regulatory compliance efforts.
According to Cointelegraph, blockchain lending platform Figure Technology and its on-chain credit platform Hastra have officially integrated auto loans into their tokenized credit market, further expanding the range of real-world assets (RWAs) accessible to decentralized finance (DeFi) investors. Democratized Prime—the decentralized lending marketplace operated by Figure Markets—has launched auto finance as a new asset class for the first time. Hastra has also announced its expansion to Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains, with plans to roll out auto loan products first on Solana and then on Ethereum in June. According to Michael Tannenbaum, CEO of Figure, the platform has generated over $22 billion in on-chain loans to date. Analysts view Figure’s tokenized lending business as experiencing significant growth and have assigned it an “outperform” rating with a $67 price target.
Odaily News: Nikita Bier, Product Lead at X, announced that X has launched the Cashtags feature for iPhone users in the United States and Canada. When users search for or post content containing a Cashtag or a contract address, they can directly view real-time data and price charts for the corresponding stock or cryptocurrency asset.Furthermore, X is conducting a pilot partnership with the Canadian brokerage firm Wealthsimple. Canadian users can use Cashtags to directly access the trading interface and complete transactions. This feature will later be expanded to web browsers, Android devices, and more regions.
Felix Leupold, Technical Lead of CoWSwap, posted an update on X stating that the CoWSwap frontend has been restored and users can now access it at swap.cow.finance. The official notice reminds users to authorize only the address 0xc92e8bdf79f0507f65a392b0ab4667716bfe0110 (i.e., the original GPv2VaultRelayer contract). Earlier, Blockaid reported that its system had detected an attack on the frontend of the decentralized exchange CowSwap; CoW Swap subsequently issued an announcement confirming a frontend outage and advising users not to transact on the platform temporarily.
Odaily News Aave posted on the X platform stating that it has taken note of the attack on the CowSwap frontend, but this incident has not affected the security of the Aave interface or the underlying protocol. As a precautionary measure, the CowSwap team has temporarily disabled the swap endpoints for integrators. Within the Aave interface, transactions have been switched to the ParaSwap routing where available to ensure continuity of user transactions.
Odaily News Google DeepMind has released Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6, positioned as a high-level reasoning model for robots. Compared to its predecessor ER 1.5 and Gemini 3.0 Flash, it shows significant improvements in spatial reasoning and multi-view understanding. The model is now available to developers via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. The core upgrades include three key capabilities:1. Enhanced pointing accuracy: Can be used for precise object detection, counting, spatial relationship reasoning (e.g., "point to all objects that can fit into the blue cup"), and motion trajectory planning. It can also correctly refuse to point to objects that do not exist in the scene.2. Multi-view success detection: Robots can now integrate views from multiple camera feeds to determine if a task is completed, maintaining accuracy even in occluded or dynamic environments.3. New instrument reading capability: Can interpret various industrial instruments such as circular pressure gauges, vertical level indicators, and digital displays. It achieves step-by-step reasoning through agentic vision (visual reasoning + code execution): first zooming in on detail areas, then calculating proportions and intervals via pointing and code, and finally combining world knowledge to derive the reading.
The Ethereum Foundation has partnered with Nethermind (an Ethereum infrastructure developer), Chainlink Labs (an on-chain data services provider), Areta.io (a smart contract auditing firm), and several top-tier auditing firms to launch the Trillion Dollar Security Initiative, introducing the Ethereum Security Subsidy Program—a $1 million fund offering security audit subsidies for Ethereum developers. This program aims to reduce the cost of security audits and improve developers’ access to audit services, thereby further strengthening the security of the Ethereum ecosystem. Audit applications will be jointly reviewed by the aforementioned organizations and will support CROPS (Chain-on Resource Optimization Project) and novel use-case projects. While security audits are considered an industry best practice, their high cost has limited adoption; this initiative seeks to encourage broader uptake of audit services across projects.
Odaily News The Ethereum Foundation announced on platform X the launch of the "Ethereum Audit Subsidy Program," collaborating with multiple auditing and infrastructure organizations to provide developers with subsidies for security audit costs, aiming to enhance the overall security of the ecosystem. The program is led by the EF's "Trillion Dollar Security Initiative" and is being advanced in collaboration with partners such as Nethermind, Chainlink Labs, and Areta, which will evaluate and review applicant projects. The Ethereum Foundation stated that while security audits are considered industry best practice, their costs are high. This initiative aims to lower the barrier to development and support the implementation of more innovative use cases and projects within the Ethereum ecosystem.
According to an official announcement, AI infrastructure platform B.AI LLM Services today announced that its user base has officially surpassed one million. This milestone not only signifies that its “privacy-first” routing architecture can handle large-scale, sustained high-throughput workloads, but also reflects B.AI’s evolution beyond developing a single chat interface—toward deploying critical underlying infrastructure for the “autonomous agent economy.” Through deep optimization of its technology stack, B.AI is laying a robust foundation for the future highly automated AI collaboration network.
According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, cloud computing startup Fluidstack is in funding negotiations with investors, aiming to raise approximately $1 billion at a target valuation of $18 billion. The sources indicated that this round of financing is intended to accelerate Fluidstack’s business expansion and further solidify its market position in the distributed cloud computing and Web3 infrastructure sectors. Fluidstack centers on decentralized cloud computing services, dedicated to delivering efficient, low-cost computational power to blockchain projects and the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem. If successfully completed, this funding round will help strengthen Fluidstack’s R&D capabilities and expand its global business footprint.
According to Decrypt, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis stated that the Senate is expected to release the revised draft text on stablecoin yield distribution this week. Currently, banks and crypto firms are divided over whether cryptocurrency exchanges should be permitted to pay yields to stablecoin holders through reward programs—a dispute that has stalled the legislative progress of the Clarity Act. The White House Council of Economic Advisers recently released a report stating that banning stablecoin yields would have a negligible impact on small banks, boosting bank lending by only 0.02%. However, the American Bankers Association contends that this analysis underestimates the risks. Observers note that if the draft provisions are overly restrictive, users and liquidity could shift to other jurisdictions that permit such yields.
According to Fortune, blockchain startup Nava has announced the completion of an $8.3 million seed funding round, co-led by Polychain and Archetype, aiming to prevent anomalous operations by AI financial agents through a custody and verification framework. Nava’s solution locks funds via custodial services; once an AI agent proposes a transaction, an on-chain verification mechanism assesses whether the transaction aligns with the user’s intent—only compliant transactions are executed, while non-compliant ones leave funds in custody. All verification decisions are publicly recorded on the blockchain for reference by other AIs. Nava currently operates as a Layer 3 blockchain on Arbitrum and plans to deploy a parallel chain on Tempo; it will also issue a native stablecoin in the future to support protocol operations. Nava’s infrastructure serves both individual users and institutions, enhancing asset security and transaction transparency.
According to official announcements, ahead of the mainnet launch of Pharos—the Layer 1 financial public blockchain—Pharos has partnered with OKX Web3 Wallet to launch a pre-deposit campaign for RWA-backed stablecoins. Participants in this campaign can lock up their assets for 100 days, earning an annualized yield of 14%–16% (backed by Pharos-exclusive RWA assets, plus additional subsidies from the project team). Users participating via OKX Wallet will also receive exclusive airdrops. Currently, participation in the campaign is highly active: after the 24-hour whitelist round concluded, the public round opened for just one hour before reaching its staking cap, with total staked value already hitting $50 million.
According to CoinDesk, Jeremy Barnum, Chief Financial Officer of JPMorgan Chase, stated during the company’s first-quarter earnings call that stablecoins—offering bank-like products without being subject to regulatory and consumer protection standards equivalent to those applied to bank deposits—could evolve into tools for “regulatory arbitrage.” He emphasized that if stablecoin issuers allow users to earn interest on reserve assets, this would create a business model similar to banking but lacking capital, liquidity, and safeguarding requirements, resulting in unfair competition. Barnum noted that JPMorgan supports the establishment of a clearer U.S. regulatory framework for digital assets and related yield-bearing products, though he stressed that consistency is more important than speed. Currently, JPMorgan is modernizing its payments business through its blockchain division, Kinexys, which has launched JPM Coin and tokenized deposits. Data shows JPMorgan’s net income for the first quarter rose 13% year-on-year to $16.49 billion.
According to Cointelegraph, Nikita Bier, X’s Head of Product, previously posted a hint suggesting the platform may launch a product aimed at “fixing the crypto industry,” sparking widespread market attention and speculation. The market generally believes this crypto-related product will tie into X’s broader financial ecosystem strategy and is expected to involve the upcoming payment and digital wallet product, X Money—potentially incorporating Bitcoin payments, collaboration with the Solana ecosystem, stablecoin applications, and prediction markets, among other integrations. As of now, X has not issued an official statement regarding these plans. Elon Musk previously stated that the early public version of X Money will launch in April.
Bitget has launched a new CandyBomb campaign with a total prize pool of 20,000 GENIUS tokens. New users can earn up to 200 GENIUS each by completing tasks such as making a net deposit and executing their first futures trade. Full campaign rules are available on the official Bitget platform. Eligible users must click the “Join Now” button to register before participating. The campaign ends on April 21 at 18:00 (UTC+8).
OpenGradient, a verifiable AI computation layer, has announced the completion of a $9.5 million funding round. Investors include a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, Foresight Ventures, Pragma, SALT, Symbolic Capital, Canonical Crypto, Black Dragon, NEAR, Celestia, Thanefield Capital, and angel investors including Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase. The new funds will support the development and expansion of a decentralized infrastructure network for hosting, executing, and verifying AI models—enabling open and auditable model execution.