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: According to official sources, OKX will officially list the PROSUSDT perpetual contract on its web platform, app, and API at 22:00 (UTC+8) on April 28, 2026.PROSUSDT contract trading start time: 22:00 (UTC+8) on April 28, 2026
according to an official announcement from Coinbase Markets, spot trading for Pharos (PROS) officially launched on Coinbase on April 28, 2026. The PROS-USD trading pair will be gradually rolled out across supported regions on the same day, subject to the fulfillment of liquidity conditions.
: According to official sources, Tether is expanding its custom computing infrastructure through a new type of modular, high-density mining system aimed at improving the efficiency and performance of large-scale operations. In collaboration with Canaan Inc. and ACME Swisstech, Tether is building systems around specific application-specific hashboard modules and integrating them into its self-developed control architecture, thermal management systems, and software stack.This system, by separating computing from power supplies and enclosures, allows individual components to be independently optimized and reduces energy consumption when combined with immersion cooling technology. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that this move aims to change the status quo of sealed, fixed-form mining equipment by deploying modular computing units that can be independently tuned, upgraded, and cooled, thereby directly controlling the cost and efficiency of large-scale operations. Zhang Nangeng, Chairman and CEO of Canaan Inc., indicated that its Avalon hashboard modules enable more flexible on-demand deployment, particularly enhancing efficiency and reducing operational complexity in immersion cooling systems. This deployment builds upon Tether's previously developed open-source mining operating system (MOS) and mining software development kit (SDK).
CFTC Chairman Mike Selig, in an interview with CoinDesk, stated that the CFTC is developing tools leveraging AI to review registration applications for the U.S. crypto market and monitor trading activity. Mike Selig noted that due to federal government layoffs, which have reduced the agency's workforce by more than one-fifth, AI and automation technologies will be used to fill the manpower gap and improve the efficiency of document review. Currently, his employees are undergoing training on Microsoft Copilot, while the agency is also developing internal tools for reviewing swaps data and market surveillance.Furthermore, Mike Selig stated that the digital asset classification guide jointly released by the CFTC and the SEC is the most important initiative during his tenure, aimed at providing regulatory clarity for market participants. Regarding prediction markets, Mike Selig reiterated the CFTC's exclusive jurisdiction and emphasized that strict enforcement actions will be taken against violations such as insider trading.
According to the official announcement, OKX will officially launch the UBUSDT perpetual contract on its web platform, mobile app, and API at 21:30 (UTC+8) on April 28, 2026.
Monad co-founder Keone Hon posted on platform X, stating that the Monad account was frozen without any warning. He speculated that it was due to a system error. Monad has not engaged in any abnormal operations or violated API usage. They have contacted the X platform support team through multiple channels and expect the account to be restored soon.
Polymarket announced on X platform that the upgraded CLOB v2 exchange is now live. A $1 million liquidity rewards campaign is currently underway, with $500,000 distributed within the first 2 hours and the remaining $500,000 distributed throughout the rest of the day. After logging in, users will be prompted to convert their balances to pUSD and approve the new contract.
the Israel Capital Market Authority has approved Bits of Gold to issue the country's first shekel-pegged stablecoin, BILS. The token is a regulated asset launched by Bits of Gold after a two-year evaluation and pilot program, with support from the Solana network, Fireblocks, and Ernst & Young. Bits of Gold stated that bringing the shekel on-chain aims to position it alongside currencies such as the euro, the Japanese yen, and the Singapore dollar, which have already entered the blockchain financial system. Currently, the stablecoin market size has exceeded $300 billion. This issuance aims to address the dominance of dollar-pegged tokens in on-chain payments and safeguard digital sovereignty.
According to official sources, Polymarket is undergoing a coordinated upgrade of its exchange stack, including new smart contracts, a rewritten order book, and new collateral tokens. During the transition, trading will be paused for approximately one hour (until around 20:00 UTC+8).
: Messari's latest Pulse report provides an in-depth analysis of the early implementation progress of Bitget's AI trading system. The report points out that Bitget has built a four-layer AI product architecture encompassing GetAgent (market analysis), GetClaw (autonomous execution), Agent Hub (developer integration), and Gracy AI (strategy interaction). Data shows that Gracy AI attracted over 460,000 users within just 11 days of its launch, generating more than 2.6 million replies and achieving 390 million impressions. GetAgent's registered users exceeded 450,000, and during its early beta invitation phase, it achieved over 100 million impressions and accumulated more than 25,000 waitlisted users.In the report, Messari specifically highlighted the infrastructure capabilities of Agent Hub, noting that Bitget is currently the only trading platform that simultaneously supports a complete integration system including MCP Server, REST/WebSocket API, Skills, and CLI. Currently, Agent Hub has integrated 5 analytical AI Skills and over 15 data tools, comprehensively covering macro, technical, sentiment, and intelligence analysis. On the execution layer, GetClaw establishes risk control defenses through sub-account segregation, sandbox simulation, and fund limits. It has now been integrated with Telegram, with future expansion planned to Discord and the App.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that AI is becoming a core component of modern trading infrastructure. Early data indicates that users increasingly expect a complete integration of analysis, execution, and strategy within a single platform. Bitget is committed to leveling the playing field for professional trading through AI technology, providing institution-grade trading experiences and decision support for its 150 million users worldwide.
OdailyOdaily reports that Bitget will launch spot trading for Pharos (PROS). The deposit channel is now open, and the trading channel will open at 21:00 (UTC+8) today.
BIT has released a chart stating that the cumulative acquisition cost of Bitcoin currently held by Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is approximately $62 billion. Even though Bitcoin has been in a consolidation phase over the past two quarters, the company has continued to raise funds through capital markets and used the proceeds to increase its BTC holdings.Historically, the correlation between Strategy's stock price and Bitcoin's price has been relatively tight. During bull markets, Strategy's stock price is more sensitive to changes in Bitcoin's price, showing greater upward elasticity and often delivering more prominent relative performance. However, when market momentum weakens, the stock price can sometimes weaken earlier than Bitcoin.Currently, there is a certain divergence in the performance of Strategy and Bitcoin. If historical patterns still apply, such divergence is worth continuous attention. Should the two converge again in the future, it could imply an improvement in Strategy's relative performance compared to Bitcoin, but this change remains dependent on the overall market environment.
In response to the first customized commodity trade completed on the Kalshi platform, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour posted on X platform, "Historically, the bottleneck for institutional risk transfer has been liquidity. The bottleneck for liquidity is the lack of price benchmarks for each type of relevant risk (e.g., WTI for oil). Kalshi has built a large community of top global superforecasters who rank among the world's best at pricing risk. This allows us to create price benchmarks for a broader range of issues faced by people and institutions. Institutions have already begun adopting these price benchmarks by integrating them into traditional asset pricing models. Although work remains, we are seeing rapid expansion in data use cases and integration.""The next phase is utilizing these price benchmarks to transfer risk via block trades and requests for quote (RFQ). This phase is still in its early stages but is beginning to take shape. The market size for risk transfer of non-traditional financial instruments is difficult to estimate. The closest references are the reinsurance market and the derivatives desks of banks: reinsurance is approximately $700 billion; insurance-linked securities and parametric insurance (such as catastrophe bonds) are around $120-135 billion; bank derivatives (structured products, dealer-to-dealer, exotics, etc.) are about $200-400 billion. The current market is roughly $1-1.5 trillion, but most of it is illiquid and traded over-the-counter (OTC, i.e., with a single counterparty). Whenever a major OTC market moves to exchange trading, the market grows significantly due to the establishment of price benchmarks, narrowing bid-ask spreads, the end of Wall Street elite's monopoly on access, and the entry of new participants. For example, interest rate swaps grew 10-15 times, stock options grew 20-30 times, and energy derivatives grew 5-8 times. The institutional use case for prediction markets could form a $10-15 trillion market, with even greater upside potential, depending on the extent to which it democratizes products currently exclusive to Wall Street."
in the Gate Prediction Market event concerning the "Second-Largest Company by the End of April," Alphabet's current probability has reached 99%, significantly领先 over other options such as Apple, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, and Saudi Aramco, indicating a highly concentrated market expectation. In terms of related asset trading, Gate's Perpetual Contract Stock Section has listed several popular tech stock perpetual contracts, including GOOGLXUSDT, NVDAXUSDT, and TSLAXUSDT, providing users with diverse participation pathways from event assessment to asset trading.Meanwhile, the Gate Prediction Market has completed multiple functional upgrades: added a one-stop search and intelligent recommendation mechanism, supporting keyword quick retrieval and category browsing; enhanced historical billing and filtering functions, making fund flows clearer and more traceable; added a multi-level category and breaking news section on the homepage to help users efficiently capture hot opportunities; and expanded the sports market to include more derivative gameplay, enhancing strategic flexibility while lowering participation barriers.Currently, Gate's performance within the Polymarket partnership channel continues to improve, with its market share ranking among the top two in the industry. Users can access the prediction market directly through the Gate App, enter the Polymarket page via the Alpha feature on the platform's homepage, and use USDT in their exchange account to participate in event predictions. This integration marks a key step for Gate in merging the crypto trading ecosystem with the prediction market, offering users a diversified market experience from expectation assessment to trading participation.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched a time-limited interest-free margin trading campaign for HYPE and BERA under isolated margin mode. The campaign runs from now until April 30, 18:00 (UTC+8). Users who register for the campaign and complete KYC verification can enjoy up to three days of interest-free borrowing when trading HYPE and BERA under isolated margin mode. This campaign focuses on two highly popular assets—HYPE (Hyperliquid) and BERA (Berachain). Amid heightened market volatility and frequent structural market movements, the interest-free benefit significantly reduces funding costs, enhancing capital turnover efficiency and trading strategy flexibility. HTX continues to optimize users’ trading experience through refined products and phased incentives, empowering users to seize opportunities in dynamic market conditions.
It is reported that Bybit Alpha and Byreal have now launched $AAVE trading, with the current price on the Solana blockchain at $97. AAVE has previously completed its cross-chain migration to the Solana mainnet.
according to the official announcement, Binance HODLer Airdrop Season 63 project USD.AI (CHIP) will be listed on April 28, 2026, with trading pairs including CHIP/BTC, CHIP/USDT, etc. The airdrop will be distributed to users who subscribed their BNB to SimpleEarn or On-Chain Yields products between 00:00 on March 13, 2026 and 23:59 on March 15, 2026 (UTC). Rewards are expected to be distributed within 5 hours after the announcement.
According to the official social media announcement, Sun Wukong, a Chinese decentralized contract trading platform, has now launched MU/USDT and TSM/USDT pairs, both offering up to 10x leverage.
According to CoinDesk, Ondo Finance has partnered with Broadridge to introduce proxy voting functionality for holders of over 250 tokenized securities on its platform. Users can log in to Broadridge’s ProxyVote system via their crypto wallets to review corporate documents and submit voting preferences. The total market value of stocks and ETF tokens currently issued on its Global Markets platform exceeds $700 million. Ondo stated that while these tokens do not directly confer shareholder rights, the platform can consider investors’ voting preferences when exercising voting rights on the underlying shares it holds.
According to the official announcement, Binance will update its Independent Broker (Cryptocurrency-as-a-Service, or CaaS—Basic/Advanced tiers) offering by imposing a cap on the number of KYC-verified sub-accounts that each Independent Broker’s end users may create. This change aims to standardize service requirements across the platform, thereby enhancing compliance and security for all products and users. Starting from 08:00 (UTC+8) on April 29, 2026, each KYC-verified user under an Independent Broker may link up to five sub-accounts.