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Odaily News TRON has announced the integration of deBridge's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server into the TRON network, enabling seamless cross-chain execution capabilities through a unified interface.Through this unified interface, developers and AI Agents can programmatically access multi-chain liquidity, routing, and transaction execution capabilities, achieving a smoother cross-chain operational experience.This integration is not merely a new technical addition; it further strengthens TRON's infrastructure potential for connecting payments, asset gateways, and multi-chain execution capabilities within AI Agent scenarios.
Odaily News USDC has officially announced the launch of its cross-chain bridge, USDC Bridge. Built and operated by Circle, it supports cross-chain transfers based on a native burn-mint mechanism.According to the announcement, the bridge supports upfront fee display and real-time status tracking, eliminates the need for manual path selection, and can automatically handle destination chain gas fees.
USDC officially announced the launch of the USDC Bridge, built and operated by Circle. It supports cross-chain transfers via a native burn-and-mint mechanism, offers upfront fee visibility and real-time status tracking, eliminates the need for manual route selection, and automatically handles gas fees on the destination chain.
According to an official incident post-mortem report on the CoW Swap attack, its domain cow.fi was compromised via a supply-chain attack on April 14, 2026. Attackers exploited social engineering tactics to infiltrate the .fi domain registration process and hijack DNS resolution, causing users attempting to access swap.cow.fi to be redirected to a phishing site for several hours. During this period, attackers deployed a counterfeit trading interface and attempted to trick users into connecting their wallets and signing malicious transactions. The report states that this incident did not impact CoW Protocol’s on-chain smart contracts, backend systems, or user fund security; core infrastructure—including services hosted on AWS and Vercel—remained uncompromised. The attack occurred exclusively during the domain registration and transfer process: attackers gained control by forging identity documents and exploiting vulnerabilities in the registration workflow, briefly modifying the domain’s DNS records. The team detected the anomaly within 19 minutes and initiated emergency response procedures, subsequently migrating to cow.finance and fully restoring the cow.fi domain within approximately 26 hours. CoW’s team noted that affected users were primarily those who visited the official website during the domain hijacking window. Preliminary estimates place losses at around $1.2 million. The cow.fi domain has since been reactivated with enhanced security measures—including RegistryLock—and the team has launched external security audits, legal proceedings against the perpetrators, and is developing a potential user compensation plan. The official statement emphasizes that the vulnerability has been patched and outlines plans to improve domain infrastructure security through governance initiatives and industry collaboration.
According to an official announcement, Mint Blockchain officially ceased operations on April 17, 2026, and urged users to withdraw four assets from Mint Chain to the Ethereum mainnet: ETH, WBTC, USDC, and USDT. The announcement states that the asset withdrawal deadline is October 20, 2026, and users may complete the process via the official withdrawal channel. Assets not withdrawn by the deadline will no longer be processable.
Odaily News Ripple announced a partnership with South Korea's major insurance institution, Kyobo Life Insurance, to explore government bond tokenization settlement based on the Ripple Custody platform. The goal is to compress the T+2 settlement cycle for South Korean government bonds to near real-time execution. Both parties stated that they will focus on evaluating the technical and regulatory feasibility of tokenized government bond settlement. Specific transaction scale, launch timeline, and bond types involved have not been disclosed yet, and the overall initiative is still in the pilot exploration phase. Additionally, Kyobo Life will also explore stablecoin-based payment solutions, but specific currencies and implementation timelines have not been clarified. (CoinDesk)
According to Crowdfund Insider, Circle has launched a new solution for high-frequency cross-chain USDC payments. Developers can leverage the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) to enable local fulfillment providers to front-pay on the recipient’s designated chain, with the platform subsequently performing batch cross-chain settlement. This model reduces operational overhead associated with individual cross-chain transfers and is suitable for platforms processing large volumes of payments daily. Compared to the traditional CCTP process—which requires individual USDC burn-and-mint operations per transfer—the new solution supports batch settlement, reducing the number of burns on the source chain and eliminating the need for signature infrastructure on the destination chain. Circle also demonstrated the workflow using the Arc Testnet and Ethereum Sepolia.
Odaily News Four.meme has announced a partnership with Predict.fun to further expand the Meme coin ecosystem into BNB Chain's prediction market layer.Through this integration, Predict.fun has launched a dedicated Meme coin section, incorporating real-time on-chain data from Four.meme. This enables users to transform on-chain activities into tradable, real-time prediction markets. Users can make judgments and participate in trading based on key metrics such as transaction fee milestones, token listings, and market capitalization changes.This collaboration aims to explore more participation methods and release more valuable market signals as the Meme ecosystem continues to evolve.
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.
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.
Lattice, a blockchain gaming infrastructure team, announced it will gradually shut down after five years of operation, with its Redstone network officially ceasing operations on May 15, 2026, at 23:59 UTC. Lattice urges users to withdraw their funds from Redstone as soon as possible—especially assets held in smart contracts such as Uniswap—since, after shutdown, the Layer-1 withdrawal contract will only support withdrawals for externally owned accounts (EOAs); funds held within smart contracts cannot be retrieved via this method. Founded in 2021, Lattice focused on building on-chain autonomous virtual worlds and developed several projects during its tenure, including MUD, Redstone, Quarry, and Dozer. The team stated that the DUST project has migrated to DUST Chain and will continue to be supported by 0xPARC. Meanwhile, MUD, Quarry, and Dozer have all been open-sourced, enabling users to freely migrate and utilize them.
Binance will perform wallet maintenance on the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) on April 15, 2026, at 14:00 (UTC+8). To support this maintenance, Binance will suspend deposits and withdrawals for the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) starting at 13:55 (UTC+8) on April 15, 2026. The maintenance is expected to last approximately one hour, after which deposits and withdrawals will be automatically restored.
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.
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.
According to Cointelegraph, the blockchain payment network XRP Ledger (XRPL) has partnered with zero-knowledge infrastructure provider Boundless to integrate its zero-knowledge technology into the underlying network, aiming to enable confidential and compliant on-chain transactions for banks and asset management firms. Shiv Shankar, CEO of Boundless, stated that the solution protects sensitive information—including transaction size, frequency, and counterparty details—through selective disclosure and role-based access control, while ensuring regulatory authorities can audit related activities. This integration is expected to drive adoption across multiple institutional use cases on public blockchains, including cross-border corporate payments, treasury management, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, tokenized asset issuance, and decentralized finance (DeFi). Industry observers believe that striking a balance between privacy and compliance is becoming a key factor in driving institutional adoption of public blockchains.
According to an official announcement, Tether launched its self-custodial digital wallet, tether.wallet, on April 14, directly opening its global financial infrastructure to end users. The wallet supports digital assets including USD₮, USA₮, XAU₮, and Bitcoin, and operates across blockchain networks such as Ethereum, Polygon, Plasma, and Arbitrum. Users can transfer funds using simple, human-readable identifiers—eliminating the need for traditional long addresses or additional network tokens—and pay transaction fees directly in the asset being transferred. tether.wallet employs local signing, with private keys and recovery phrases held exclusively by the user, emphasizing openness, neutrality, and user sovereignty. Tether stated that this product aims to simplify the use of digital assets and enhance financial inclusion, with plans to support additional blockchain networks in the future.
According to Ondo Finance’s official blog, Ondo Finance recently submitted a “no-action” request to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeking confirmation from the SEC that it will not take enforcement action against Ondo’s model for recording and managing certain security interests in tokenized form on the Ethereum mainnet. The request concerns its Ondo Global Markets (OGM) product, which currently offers non-U.S. investors tokenized notes providing exposure to U.S. equities and ETFs. Under this model, the underlying securities remain within the existing legal, custodial, and recordkeeping frameworks; official books and records remain unchanged. Only in limited circumstances are the relevant security interests mapped onto the Ethereum mainnet in tokenized form, held by custodian BitGo to support recordkeeping and operational processes.
Circle has unveiled its 2026 vision for the development of internet finance systems, outlining a strategic focus on building cross-chain interoperability infrastructure, liquidity orchestration capabilities, and institutional-grade asset issuance frameworks to enable efficient value flow across multi-chain ecosystems. Regarding cross-chain infrastructure, Circle stated that it will introduce features such as “Fast Transfer” in the future—enabling sub-second settlement without waiting for source-chain finality—to enhance capital efficiency. At the asset expansion level, the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) will expand beyond USDC to support additional assets—including EURC, USYC, and cirBTC—and facilitate the issuance and circulation of real-world assets (RWAs) across multiple chains. Additionally, Circle is advancing cross-chain process coordination by offering tools such as Bridge Kit, Deposit Kit, Fee Service, and Workflows—streamlining multi-chain operations into “one-click” cross-chain interactions, reducing development complexity, and improving user experience.
According to an official announcement from Mantle, xStocksFi has officially launched on the Mantle network, supported by BackedFi and Flowdesk. As one of the first stock tokenization projects to achieve on-chain liquidity, users can trade major global assets—including TSLAx, NVDAx, AAPLx, and METAx—24/7 via the Fluxion network, with a total of 10 top U.S. equities available. Leveraging institutional-grade infrastructure and official, dedicated deposit and withdrawal support from Bybit, Mantle enhances the distribution efficiency of real-world assets (RWA) while delivering ultra-low trading fees and high-speed execution. The official announcement states that the launch of xStocks marks only the beginning of ecosystem expansion, with additional features—including xChange and xPoints—planned for future release.