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According to Cointelegraph, the Bank of Italy is urging the European Union to consider building a tokenized version of the SEPA payment system to keep pace with financial innovation. SEPA—the Single Euro Payments Area—aims to standardize cross-border payments within the eurozone. The Bank of Italy believes that, as tokenization and blockchain-based payments advance, the EU must assess pathways for upgrading its existing payment infrastructure.
SOL Strategies, a Nasdaq-listed Solana ecosystem treasury company, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HoudiniSwap, a cross-chain privacy exchange aggregation platform, for $18 million.HoudiniSwap is a non-custodial, privacy-oriented cross-chain transaction aggregator that enables users to find the best exchange routes across centralized exchanges, decentralized exchanges, and cross-chain bridges. The platform generated approximately $13 million in revenue last year.SOL Strategies stated that this acquisition supports its long-term strategy to "embed Solana into institutional financial infrastructure," expanding from a single validator and staking business into transaction routing, cross-chain liquidity, and software-based revenue structures. (The Block)
According to The Block, Payward, Kraken’s parent company, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Chicago-based crypto-native exchange Bitnomial, thereby obtaining a full suite of U.S. derivatives licenses from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), including Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), Designated Contract Market (DCM), and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) licenses. Payward stated that it will first launch spot margin trading on Kraken, followed by perpetual contracts and options products, all available to eligible U.S. customers. This acquisition will also provide partners—including banks, brokers, and payment service providers—with a channel to offer U.S. derivatives to their end customers. Bitnomial will operate independently under Payward while retaining its existing licenses and regulatory framework. The transaction’s value is reported to be up to $550 million, comprising cash and stock, implying a valuation for Payward of approximately $20 billion; however, the final terms have not been disclosed.
Payward (Kraken’s parent company) has announced the completion of its acquisition of Bitnomial, marking its official entry into the U.S. crypto derivatives market with full regulatory credentials. Following the transaction, Payward now holds a comprehensive set of U.S. CFTC licenses, including Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), Designated Contract Market (DCM), and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) status, enabling it to launch compliant derivatives services in the U.S. market.Payward stated that it will gradually roll out spot margin trading under the Kraken brand, followed by plans to launch perpetual contracts and options products, while expanding institutional-grade derivatives capabilities through the Bitnomial framework. It is reported that Bitnomial, as a Chicago-based native crypto derivatives trading platform, has long held the three core CFTC licenses and has been relatively aggressive in listing new assets. After the transaction, it will retain its existing licenses and regulatory framework, continuing operations within the Payward system.Additionally, this acquisition continues Payward’s recent expansion moves: the company had previously secured a $200 million investment from Deutsche Börse Group and filed IPO-related documents with the U.S. SEC, signaling its accelerated push into globally compliant derivatives and capital market pathways. (The Block)
According to Yu Jin’s monitoring, Bio Protocol recently launched a BIO staking-based IDO over the past two days, after which BIO surged by over 100%. Shortly after BIO’s rapid price increase, Bio Protocol’s multisig wallet transferred 80 million BIO tokens (approximately $5.15 million) to Binance and OKX eight hours ago.
Paradigm researcher Dan Robinson proposed a new scheme called PACT (Prove Address Control with Timestamp), aimed at protecting long-dormant Bitcoin, including Satoshi Nakamoto's early addresses, from future quantum computing attacks.The mechanism allows users to prove control over an address via a timestamp without transferring assets or exposing on-chain activity. Should a future quantum attack occur, assets can be recovered based on this proof within a quantum-resistant version of the Bitcoin network.Compared to mandatory migration schemes such as BIP-361, PACT avoids the privacy exposure issues caused by proactively transferring assets, offering long-term holders a more flexible proactive protection path.
Hyperliquid News posted on X platform saying that Tradexyz has added a Pre-IPO market feature to its documentation. This system allows users to gain exposure to stocks before their public listing.This market oracle prices assets based on the company's latest funding round, with the market determining the price via Hyperp. Upon IPO completion, the perpetual contract automatically converts at the IPO price. If no IPO occurs, it settles at the average Pre-IPO price. The CBRS Pre-IPO market is now tradable, with an expected IPO date of May 7.
According to Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper, payment giant Visa has announced the launch of its global Visa Agentic Ready program in Hong Kong. Built upon Visa’s core network and integrated with tokenization technology, identity verification, risk management, and authorization mechanisms, the program supports institutions in implementing AI agent-based payments. The first group of participating institutions includes Bank of China (Hong Kong), DBS Bank (Hong Kong), Hang Seng Bank, HSBC Hong Kong, Reap, Standard Chartered Hong Kong, and ZA Bank.
Exponent Finance, a Solana-based yield trading platform, announced the completion of a $5 million seed funding round. The round was led by Multicoin Capital, with participation from Solana Ventures, RockawayX, L1D, Prelude, and Theia Blockchain, along with several key figures from the Solana ecosystem as angel investors. The round was initiated in May last year and closed in August, bringing Exponent's total funding to $7.1 million. Exponent stated that the funds will be used to expand its yield trading platform and upgrade it into a more comprehensive on-chain yield infrastructure, covering active yield management needs within the Solana ecosystem. (The Block)
Anchorage Digital has announced a partnership with stablecoin infrastructure protocol M0 to jointly develop a next-generation compliant stablecoin issuance and management system aligned with the U.S. regulatory framework. Anchorage Digital plans to expand its issuance platform capabilities by integrating M0's modular stablecoin protocol, providing institutional clients with infrastructure support to issue stablecoins under the U.S. regulatory system.M0 allows institutions to issue and manage stablecoins based on demand and has already partnered with several payment and crypto platforms, including Stripe, MoonPay, and MetaMask. The protocol supports a highly modular design, enabling various types of institutions—including fintech companies, exchanges, and payment service providers—to quickly issue their own stablecoins. (CoinDesk)
The Ethereum Applications Guild (EAG) has officially launched as a global, nonprofit collaborative organization dedicated to supporting the growth of the Ethereum application ecosystem—driving its evolution from infrastructure to the application layer. EAG will operate across four key pillars: accelerating real-world application adoption, connecting cross-domain ecosystem networks, establishing unified evaluation and development frameworks, and building sustainable funding mechanisms. EAG will implement a membership contribution model based on institutional scale (e.g., valuation, market cap, or assets under management), and introduce a staking-rewards donation mechanism—allocating a portion of ETH staking rewards into an Ecosystem Growth Fund. Additionally, EAG has unveiled its 2026 Global Applications & Developers Program, which includes developer education initiatives, hackathons, and research projects, alongside regional roadshows and ecosystem showcases to strengthen local developer communities.
the Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) has announced it has formally submitted a comment letter regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on prediction markets. The HPC advocates for establishing clear compliance pathways for decentralized prediction markets built on public, permissionless blockchains, while simultaneously refining the regulatory framework for centralized prediction markets.In its comment letter, the HPC calls on the CFTC to develop more flexible, function-oriented rules tailored to decentralized market structures; to establish clear legal channels for U.S. market participants to access decentralized prediction markets; and to support U.S. leadership in the field of decentralized finance innovation.The HPC states that prediction markets are a natural extension of the federal derivatives framework. They help participants directly manage their economic risk exposure to real-world events and aggregate dispersed information through continuously updated market prices. Their price discovery capabilities have been widely validated and, in some cases, outperform traditional polling and expert forecasts.The HPC points out that decentralized prediction markets based on public blockchains offer advantages such as transparency, non-custodial operation, and high resilience. They do not rely on centralized operators to hold user funds, nor do they present single points of failure. All transactions are recorded in real-time on a public ledger, facilitating both regulatory oversight and market surveillance, while market access standards are more transparent and uniform.The HPC emphasizes that the current rulemaking process should not codify reliance on single exchange operators, custodial intermediaries, or traditional settlement monitoring mechanisms. Doing so would prevent U.S. users from legally participating in decentralized prediction markets. The HPC states it will continue to promote compliant access to Hyperliquid and HIP-4 Outcome Markets for U.S. market participants, and will maintain ongoing communication with the CFTC.
according to CoinW's "On-Chain Smart Money" monitoring, the on-chain whale "Short Altcoin King" (address: 0xa312114b5795dff9b8db50474dd57701aa78ad1e) has been earning substantial profits by continuously shorting LIT and other altcoins and meme coins. Platform data shows that this whale has realized profits of $3.19 million and $2.11 million on LIT and ASTER respectively, with total cumulative earnings reaching $10.44 million over the past 90 days.It is reported that CoinW's "On-Chain Smart Money" now supports copy trading for this address, allowing users to copy trades with "zero profit sharing."Risk Warning: The above information is compiled based on historical on-chain data and does not constitute any investment advice or profit promise. Digital asset trading carries high risks; past performance does not guarantee future returns. Users should make cautious decisions based on their own risk tolerance.
Odaily reports, according to an official announcement, based on a recent review, the following tokens will be removed from the recommended list on April 30, 2026, at 09:30 (UTC) as they no longer meet the Binance Alpha standards: REX (Revox), XO (XocietyToken), TANSSI (TANSSI), DARKSTAR (DarkStar), YALA (Yala), RCADE (RCADE), RDAC (Redacted), SKATE (Skate), OVL (OverlayProtocol), SLAY (SatLayer), Ghibli (Ghiblification), Ghibli (GhibliCZ), PHY (DePHYNetwork), VLR (Velora), SVSA (SavannaSurvival), WBAI (WhitebridgeNetwork), EDGEN (LayerEdge), FAIR3 (FairandFree), MM (MOMOFUN), BUBB (Bubb), AICell (AICell), XLAB (Dexlab), SIGHT (EmpireofSight). Following the removal, users will still be able to sell or withdraw these tokens via the Binance wallet.
According to the official announcement, HTX has launched the “Spring Travel Season” trading competition. From now until May 9 at 18:00 (UTC+8), users who register and participate in spot trading of BTC, ETH, SOL, XMR, or LTC—or USDT-denominated perpetual contracts of DOGE, PEPE, XAG, TRUMP, or XMR—and complete designated tasks will accumulate “Miles.” Prizes totaling $50,000 will be distributed among participants based on their Mile rankings. Additionally, users who fulfill both the spot holding requirements and complete daily contract trading check-ins for the entire duration will qualify for a lottery draw, sharing an extra $1,500 prize pool.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched MEGA/USDT and AIGENSYN/USDT perpetual contracts on April 30, with a maximum leverage of 20x for both. Concurrently, HTX is hosting a MEGA & AIGENSYN Contract Trading Party from 15:00 on April 30 to 15:00 on May 7 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of $20,000. During the event, users who register and trade MEGA/USDT and AIGENSYN/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 contract traders will receive exclusive benefits upon completing trades in MEGA/USDT and AIGENSYN/USDT perpetual contracts.
According to a post by Category Labs, Category Labs has increased the authorized amount for public-market token buybacks from its previous cap to a maximum of $80 million and extended the execution period through the end of 2026. It stated that any buyback may be initiated, suspended, or terminated at its sole discretion, subject to applicable laws and regulations. This update does not constitute a commitment to repurchase any specific number of tokens but reflects its intention to consider buybacks opportunistically based on market conditions.
the White House has recently opposed Anthropic's proposal to expand the use of its AI model, Mythos, to approximately 120 companies, primarily based on security and computing power concerns. Anthropic had originally planned to add 70 new companies to the roughly 50 enterprises currently using Mythos, but the White House has raised doubts, worrying that insufficient computing power might affect the government's own usage of Mythos.Launched in early April, Mythos is designed to detect and exploit critical software vulnerabilities. It is currently limited to testing by enterprises managing key infrastructure, with no plans for public release. The White House fears that expanding usage to more commercial users could create a computing power bottleneck for the government when using the model. This is particularly concerning given Anthropic's computing power procurement agreements with Amazon, Google, and Broadcom—though contracts have been signed, new capacity has not yet come online.On the political front, relations between the White House and Anthropic have not eased. The Trump administration has publicly criticized Anthropic for hiring multiple former officials from the Biden administration and expressed dissatisfaction with its ties to liberal organizations. One example highlights the trust issues between the two sides: Collin Burns, a former researcher at Anthropic who was originally assigned to a government AI model evaluation role, was replaced by senior White House officials upon learning of his background, to avoid having AI company personnel directly involved in matters concerning dealings with other AI companies.Additionally, last week Anthropic disclosed an unauthorized access incident involving the Mythos model, further intensifying external regulatory scrutiny on the company.
According to the HTX announcement, HTX has enabled MEGA deposits as of April 30 at 12:00 PM (GMT+8). MEGA/USDT spot trading and grid trading will go live on April 30 at 7:00 PM (GMT+8). MEGA withdrawals will be enabled on May 1 at 7:00 PM (GMT+8). $MEGA is a recently popular Layer 2 token. MegaETH is an Ethereum-based real-time execution layer that achieves high throughput and low latency through node specialization. Its network architecture employs a single active sequencer for transaction ordering and separates execution from verification via a “stateless verification” mechanism.
Odaily Seer Channel monitoring shows that the Polymarket probability of "Powell leaving the Fed Board of Governors before May 30" has plummeted, now at 9%, down 25% in 24 hours; the probability of "Powell leaving the Fed Board of Governors before December 31" has dropped to 66%, down 11% in 24 hours.The rules for this event contract are: If Federal Reserve Chair Powell is no longer a member of the Board of Governors at any point during the target date (by 11:59 PM Eastern Time), it will be judged as "Yes"; otherwise, it will be judged as "No." If Powell steps down as Fed Chair but remains a member of the Board of Governors, this does not meet the "Yes" condition. The judgment is based on information released by the U.S. government, but a consensus of credible reports may also serve as the basis.At this morning's press conference, Powell stated that after stepping down as Chair, he would remain on the Fed Board of Governors for "some time" and pledged to "keep a low profile." U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent responded, saying, "If Powell remains on the Board of Governors as a Fed Governor, that would be extraordinary. For someone who has always emphasized norms, his unilateral decision goes against tradition."The Odaily Seer Channel continues to monitor prediction markets, seeing the changes before they are priced in.