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Bitget has announced a strategic partnership with Market Prophit, a crypto data intelligence platform, to jointly launch an AI-powered social trading tool. Built on Market Prophit’s AI engine, this feature scans massive real-time data from X (formerly Twitter), and assigns comprehensive scores to relevant accounts based on their historical market prediction performance—enabling users to more efficiently identify high-quality trading signals and execute strategies directly on the platform.
Polymarket posted on X platform, saying, "Last month, we released enhanced market integrity rules to combat insider trading. When we discovered that a user was trading based on government classified information, we referred the matter to the Department of Justice and cooperated with their investigation. Polymarket has zero tolerance for insider trading, and today's arrest proves the system is effective."The arrest referred to by Polymarket involved a special forces soldier who participated in the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and was taken into custody by U.S. federal authorities on Thursday. The soldier is suspected of profiting over $400,000 by betting on Maduro's removal from power. Sources say federal investigators believe that the commando placed over $33,000 in bets on the prediction market Polymarket just hours before President Trump announced Maduro's capture in January.For details on the insider trading related to the Maduro capture operation on Polymarket, please see When War is Settled Before the News is Out: How Prediction Markets "Priced In" Maduro's Capture 6 Days Early
MegaETH has completed its first Key Performance Indicator (KPI), with 10 "Mega Mafia" applications officially launched within its ecosystem, and will conduct its TGE on April 30.It is reported that MegaETH previously linked its token release mechanism to actual business performance, rather than a traditional time-based unlock model. The first KPI required applications to demonstrate real user interaction capabilities, including conditions such as cumulative trading volume exceeding 100,000 transactions within 30 days for a single application, which has now been achieved. A co-founder of MegaETH stated that this move aims to ensure the network has real use cases and economic circulation before the token issuance, rather than relying solely on market expectations.Currently, the MegaETH ecosystem has incubated approximately 30 projects, covering areas such as stablecoin payments, yield tokenization, and on-chain lending. The total supply of MEGA tokens is 10 billion, with 53.3% to be gradually released based on subsequent KPIs. (The Block)
Coinbase stated it is optimizing the rule creation process in its anti-fraud system by integrating machine learning models with a rule engine to achieve more efficient risk management. It also proposed a dual-track strategy where "models are responsible for long-term defense, and rules are responsible for rapid response," and built a unified framework that creates a feedback loop between the two: rules are used to capture new types of fraudulent behavior and then inversely train the model, thereby continuously enhancing overall defense capabilities.In terms of specific optimizations, Coinbase has transformed the previously manual rule creation process into a data-driven and automatically recommended one by restructuring data architecture, automating Schema evolution, and introducing Notebook-based analysis tools, significantly improving efficiency. Among these improvements, the performance of rule backtesting has increased by more than 10 times, and the overall response time has been shortened from days to hours. Additionally, the new system recommends parameters through machine learning, which helps reduce false positive rates, minimizing the impact on legitimate users while combating fraud.Coinbase stated that its next steps will be to advance event-driven automatic rule generation and explore the ability to "convert" efficient rules into model features with a single click, further moving towards an automated risk management system.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched the OPG/USDT perpetual contract on April 23, with a maximum leverage of 20x. Meanwhile, HTX is hosting an OPG Contract Trading Party from 15:00 on April 23 to 15:00 on April 30 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to $10,000. During the event, users who register and trade the OPG/USDT contract—achieving a cumulative effective trading volume of ≥$5,000—will share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking. Additionally, new contract users who trade the OPG/USDT contract will receive exclusive benefits.
Odaily News X Product Lead Nikita Bier announced in a post, "Today, we are announcing two product changes for Communities on X:1. XChat now supports joinable links for group chats. Create a public link and share it directly to the timeline. Each chat supports 350 members (and growing), and group chat links are the fastest way to bring people together on X.2. Due to declining usage, we will be deprecating X Communities on May 6th. To migrate your community members, pin your group chat link so people can join over the next 2 weeks. This is part of our broader effort to simplify the X experience. Please don't get it wrong: we are heavily investing in niche communities, through the launch of custom timelines—and more features to come."Subsequently, he added that based on user feedback, to give users ample migration time, the transition period will be extended until May 30th. Additionally, the group chat member limit will be increased to 500 tomorrow, with the goal of reaching 1000 members in the coming weeks. This should cover all communities on X except for a very few.
Odaily Seer Channel monitoring shows that in the Polymarket prediction event "Trump will continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz before April 30," an account with an 81% win rate (@Pajamapants) purchased $40,000 in "Trump will not stop blocking the Strait of Hormuz before April 30," with an average opening price of 68.5¢.The specific rules are: If President Trump, the U.S. government, or the military publicly and formally announces the end of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by the specified date (11:59 PM Eastern Time), the market will resolve to "Yes." Otherwise, the market will ultimately resolve to "No." The qualifying statement must be clear and explicitly indicate that the U.S. has lifted, ended, will lift, or will end the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by the specified date, or use equivalent clear language explicitly stating that the blockade has stopped or will stop by the specified date (e.g., a statement explicitly indicating that U.S. Navy activities in the relevant area have ceased qualifies). Statements merely describing actions inconsistent with the blockade (e.g., "Iran resumes shipping through the Strait of Hormuz") without explicitly stating the blockade is lifted are insufficient. Informal announcements, statements from anonymous sources, or leaks do not qualify. Written public statements by Donald Trump (e.g., posts on his personal Truth Social account) will qualify. Videos posted on his social media will also qualify for a "Yes" resolution. The primary resolution source for this market will be official statements from the U.S. government and/or its official representatives; however, credible consensus reporting may also be used. Note: This market will be resolved solely based on whether a qualifying announcement is made within the specified timeframe. Whether the blockade is effectively enforced or maritime traffic resumes, in the absence of a qualifying announcement, will not be considered.Odaily Seer Channel continues to monitor prediction markets, seeing changes before they are priced in.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched the CHIP/USDT perpetual contract on April 22, offering up to 10x leverage. Concurrently, HTX is hosting a CHIP Contract Trading Party from 14:00 on April 22 to 14:00 on April 29 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of $10,000. During the event, users who register and trade the CHIP/USDT perpetual contract—achieving a cumulative effective trading volume of ≥$5,000—will share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking. Additionally, new users trading the CHIP/USDT perpetual contract will receive exclusive rewards.
According to the Financial Times, UK-based startup Stratiphy will offer both cryptocurrency exchange-traded notes (ETNs) and innovative finance ISAs (IF ISAs), enabling investors to hold crypto assets within capital gains tax-free accounts. Stratiphy provides three ETNs issued by 21Shares—the largest European crypto ETP issuer—which track Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a Bitcoin-and-gold composite product. The platform currently manages approximately £4 million in assets and serves around 2,000 clients. In October last year, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority lifted its four-year ban on retail investors purchasing exchange-traded notes (ETNs).
According to Caixin, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released a consultation paper on April 17, 2026, proposing more accommodating regulatory capital guidelines for crypto assets on permissionless blockchains (i.e., public blockchains) ahead of implementing the Basel Committee’s new capital requirements for crypto assets. The current Basel framework is viewed as overly stringent in its classification of public blockchain-based assets, potentially stifling banking-sector innovation. MAS plans to abandon a “one-size-fits-all” classification approach and instead allow public blockchain-based crypto assets that meet a set of principle-based criteria to be classified as Group 1 crypto assets—carrying lower risk weights and less stringent prudential requirements—to achieve regulatory technology neutrality.
Odaily News According to Nikita Bier, X's product lead and Solana advisor, X has officially launched the "Custom Timelines" feature. This allows users to pin specific topics to their home feed tabs and supports over 75 interest-based topics, helping users delve deeper into niche content areas. The feature is powered by Grok for content understanding and combines the platform's algorithm for personalized recommendations, enabling each timeline to be dynamically generated based on user interests. It performs particularly well on topics where users have already shown interaction preferences. Currently, the feature is available for early access to Premium subscribers on iOS, with the Android version expected to launch soon.
Odaily News Etherealize has released its latest report, adjusting the long-term price expectation for Ethereum (ETH) to $250,000.This prediction is based on a core assumption: if ETH can capture a "monetary premium" similar to gold and Bitcoin, securing a place in the approximately $31 trillion store-of-value market, its price could reach this level.The report argues that ETH possesses unique historical attributes, serving not only as a store of value but also as a "yield-generating asset," distinguishing it from traditional asset forms.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched perpetual contracts for SNDK/USDT, MSFT/USDT, and BABA/USDT on April 21, with a maximum leverage of 20x. Concurrently, HTX is hosting a trading party for SNDK, MSFT, and BABA perpetual contracts from 17:00 on April 21 to 17:00 on April 28 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to $20,000. During the event, users who register and trade SNDK/USDT, MSFT/USDT, or BABA/USDT perpetual contracts—achieving a cumulative effective trading volume of ≥$5,000—will share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking. Additionally, new users trading SNDK/USDT, MSFT/USDT, or BABA/USDT perpetual contracts will receive exclusive benefits.
According to an official announcement, Bybit will officially launch its Premier Loans service on April 20, 2026, offering institutional and high-net-worth clients scalable capital support. This service supports multi-asset collateralized lending, with a minimum loan amount of 300,000 USDT and no fixed upper limit (subject to approval). Users may select their preferred loan term based on their strategy and submit their desired annual percentage rate (APR); the platform will then provide a customized lending solution based on risk assessment.
According to ZDNet Korea, South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) issued a tender notice on April 15 to introduce cryptocurrency transaction tracking software from firms including Chainalysis and TRM Labs. The system aims to monitor cryptocurrency transactions in real time, trace hidden assets of tax evasion suspects, and combat disguised inheritance, gifting, and offshore tax evasion involving digital assets. It can track approximately 70 million types of cryptocurrencies—including Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and stablecoins—across 45 blockchain layers. The system also features “de-mixing” capabilities to identify mixing-service-based money laundering techniques and can perform partial identity verification for non-custodial wallets such as MetaMask and Phantom. This marks the NTS’s third deployment of such solutions since 2024; system construction is scheduled for completion in June, with official operation commencing in July.
Odaily News According to an official announcement, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb will list BASED on the Korean Won market.
Odaily News Nansen has announced the introduction of a pay-per-call model, optimizing on-chain data access based on the x402 protocol and PayAI infrastructure. This model allows users to instantly query wallet data, fund flows, and "smart money" signals through USDC micropayments, eliminating the need for subscriptions, approvals, or API keys. The system automates the "request-billing-payment-return" process based on the HTTP 402 mechanism, supporting autonomous calls and payments by AI agents.Nansen stated that the new model already covers its entire API ecosystem, with basic data queries priced at approximately $0.01 per call and advanced signals at around $0.05, supporting settlement on the Base and Solana networks. (Crowdfundinsider)
According to the HTX announcement, HTX has enabled OPG deposits as of 23:45 (GMT+8) on April 20. Spot trading for OPG/USDT will commence at 20:00 (GMT+8) on April 21. OPG withdrawals will be enabled at 18:00 (GMT+8) on April 22. Additionally, HTX Margin Trading will introduce isolated-margin leveraged trading for OPG/USDT (10x) at 20:00 (GMT+8) on April 21. OpenGradient is a platform for open-source model hosting, secure execution, agent-based inference, and application deployment. It is building a native intelligence network designed to bring the world’s computing onto the blockchain.
Odaily News: Sonic detailed its technical path for the "post-quantum era," pointing out that most current PoS public chains rely on elliptic curve signatures (such as ECDSA, Ed25519), which face the risk of being cracked once quantum computing (e.g., Shor's algorithm) matures.Sonic stated that the industry is exploring quantum-resistant cryptographic solutions (such as hash-based XMSS, SPHINCS+, and lattice-based Dilithium, Falcon). However, mainstream consensus mechanisms generally rely on BLS aggregate signatures and threshold signatures, and migrating to a quantum-resistant system will face challenges in performance, bandwidth, and architectural restructuring.In contrast, Sonic's SonicCS consensus protocol does not rely on aggregate signatures or global randomness. It uses single-node signatures and hash functions to construct a DAG structure. Therefore, when switching to quantum-resistant cryptography, only the signature algorithm needs to be replaced to complete the upgrade, without adjusting the consensus logic or network structure.Sonic emphasized that this design will significantly reduce the complexity of future migration to quantum-resistant security, giving the network stronger adaptability when quantum computing threats emerge.
According to the official announcement, Layer 1 public blockchain Pharos has unveiled the tokenomics for its native token PROS, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens. The initial supply allocation is as follows: Foundation Treasury (16%), Lab Co. Treasury (9%), Team (20%), Investors (20%), Ecosystem & Community (21%—including 6% for community airdrops: 1% unlocked at TGE and 5% reserved for future community growth and airdrop incentives), and Node & Liquidity Incentives (14%). Core team members and private-sale investors are subject to a 12-month lock-up period followed by a 36-month linear vesting schedule. Certain treasury and incentive allocations extend vesting periods to 48–60 months. PROS serves multiple functions: transaction fees, PoS staking, validator participation, governance, ecosystem incentives, and potential RWA-specific use cases. The staking issuance policy adopts a phased approach: zero inflation during the first six months following mainnet launch; starting in Month 7, annual inflation is set at 5%, subject to dynamic adjustment by the Foundation based on network operational conditions.