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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.
Odaily, According to the official announcement, BitMart will list MegaETH (MEGA) at 19:00 on April 30 (UTC+8), opening the MEGA/USDT trading pair for this listing.MegaETH is the first real-time blockchain, allowing crypto applications to fully leverage their potential with extreme performance. MegaETH is secured by Ethereum and features a heterogeneous architecture with a hyper-optimized execution environment. It offers streaming throughput with 10-millisecond latency, reaching up to 100,000 TPS. Developers can build applications utilizing a real-time state stream, while users can enjoy instant transactions, all while retaining Ethereum's full composability.
Odaily Odaily News According to official sources, Gate Alpha officially launched its May Day special event at 14:00 (UTC+8) on April 30. Users can trade designated hot tokens to participate in sharing a total airdrop reward worth over $100,000. This event features a dual reward mechanism for basic and advanced tiers: For the basic tier, users can earn one chance to draw a regular mystery box for every 200 USDT traded, with a total prize pool of approximately $30,000, a 100% win rate, and prizes including an iPhone 17, GT tokens, and Alpha fee rebate vouchers. For the advanced tier, once users have traded up to 2,000 USDT, every additional 500 USDT traded grants one chance to draw a premium mystery box, with a total prize pool of approximately $76,000, and prizes including an iPhone 17 Pro Max, substantial GT tokens, and substantial Alpha fee rebate vouchers. Additionally, inviting friends to complete their first trade of 100 USDT will grant extra rewards to both the inviter and the new user. All rewards are distributed in real-time and are available only while supplies last.Gate Alpha now supports popular public chains including SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BNB Chain, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, and Berachain. It also enables seamless cross-chain token trading through a contract address search function, unlocking cross-chain trading pathways and offering users all on-chain tokens at their fingertips.
Galaxy Digital released its first-quarter 2026 financial results, reporting a net loss of $216 million and a diluted loss per share of $0.49. The primary driver was the broad downturn in cryptocurrency markets during the quarter, with total crypto market capitalization shrinking by approximately 20%. Its crypto asset holdings declined from $1.67 billion in Q4 2025 to $1.36 billion. As of the end of March, its largest crypto holding was 6,894 BTC (approximately $431 million), followed by $61 million worth of SOL and $42 million worth of ETH. Despite the pressure on earnings, Galaxy Digital’s AI infrastructure business is progressing smoothly: the company confirmed delivery of its first data center facility to CoreWeave and expects to fulfill its full commitment of 133 megawatts of AI/IT infrastructure by the end of Q2. Boosted by this news, the company’s stock (NASDAQ: GLXY) rose 5% intraday—a move that diverged from Bitcoin’s concurrent decline. Wall Street analysts currently assign GLXY an aggregate rating of “Moderate Buy,” with a consensus target price of $39.40—implying roughly 50% upside from its share price of $26.30 at the time of writing.
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.
Monitoring from the Odaily Seer Prophet Channel shows that on Polymarket, the probability of "Printr public sale raising over $4 million" has fallen to 63%, down over 30% in a day, with a trading volume of nearly $3.26 million.Printr is a cross-chain token issuance platform that supports users and AI agents in token issuance, trading, and staking across multiple blockchain environments. It is currently deployed on 8 blockchains including Solana, Base, BNB Chain, and Ethereum, offering features such as customizable fee structures, cross-chain trading, and staking incentive mechanisms.Data indicates that the project has currently raised over $2.46 million, with approximately 35 hours remaining until the fundraising concludes.The Odaily Seer Prophet Channel continues to monitor the prediction market, seeing changes before pricing.
OdailyOdaily Planet Daily reports: According to official sources, OKX Onchain OS has launched the Agent Payments Protocol (APP), an open payment standard designed for the commercial activities of AI Agents. This protocol defines the payment methods for Agents in commercial scenarios, expanding their capabilities from single payments to complete business processes, and will support various payment modes including one-time payments, batch payments, usage-based payments, and escrow payments.It is reported that APP adopts a multi-chain open architecture, allowing any chain to implement its own version. Initial partners include the Ethereum Foundation, Uniswap, Aptos, Nansen, Paxos, MoonPay, Altlayer, Zerion, QuickNode, and others. OKX Onchain OS stated that the launch of APP will provide key payment infrastructure for the Agent economy, driving AI Agents from "executing payments" into a "commercial era."
According to the Ethereum Foundation’s official website, its Ecosystem Support Program (ESP) allocated a total of $9.856 million in Q1 2026, with funding concentrated on core infrastructure areas including cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, security audits, and protocol research. Key funded projects this quarter include: - In the ZK domain: formal verification of zkVMs, GPU-accelerated R1CS witness generation, and intermediate representation optimization for LLZK; - In security: cryptanalysis of Poseidon, cross-platform canonical signing libraries for ERC-7730, and specification-compliance testing for ePBS; - In node and client development: Erigon zkEVM extensions, Besu HSM compliance integration, and the multi-node validator Vero; - Additionally, privacy tools (Kohaku SDK, Tor bridge extensions), continued operations of the Layer 2 transparency platform L2BEAT, and R&D for the Lighthouse client’s transition to the Fusaka fork. On ecosystem development, ESP simultaneously supported Ethereum developer events in Seoul, Hong Kong, Vancouver, and Buenos Aires, advanced updates to the Ethereum climate impact assessment, and backed policy research initiatives by the European Decentralization Institute (EDI).
Odaily News ether.fi CEO Mike Silagadze posted on X platform to explain the reason behind the company's commitment of 5,000 ETH to the Kelp hack recovery fund. He stated that the team believes this incident posed a real risk of "destroying the entire DeFi ecosystem." If Kelp were to go bankrupt, $1.5 billion worth of rsETH could be frozen long-term, potentially bringing the $30 billion Aave lending market to a standstill and triggering a cascading collapse across both DeFi and CeFi, which he described as making "FTX look insignificant by comparison." Mike Silagadze added that while most institutions chose to step back and defer to legal counsel, proactively taking responsibility and quickly raising funds to plug the gap was the right choice to help avert the worst-case scenario.
Galaxy Digital has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2026, showing a net loss of $216 million for Q1, impacted by the downturn in the crypto asset market during the quarter. The diluted and adjusted loss per share was $0.49. Adjusted gross loss for the period was $88 million, and adjusted EBITDA loss was $188 million. As of March 31, Galaxy Digital's total equity stood at $2.8 billion, holding $2.6 billion in cash and stablecoins.In terms of digital asset business, Galaxy's assets under management reached $5 billion, with staked assets totaling $3.2 billion. BlackRock has selected Galaxy as the validator for its staked Ethereum exchange-traded fund, the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF. Additionally, Galaxy has delivered the first data hall at the Helios data center to CoreWeave, officially beginning revenue recognition, and expects to complete the delivery of the first phase's 133 megawatts of critical IT load by the end of Q2 2026. (PRNewswire)
Nasdaq-listed company Eightco Holdings (ORBS) has released an update on its holdings. As of April 27, the total value of assets held was approximately $333 million, including: 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD), 11,068 ETH, a $90 million investment in OpenAI, a $25 million investment in Beast Industries, and cash and stablecoins valued at $121 million. Eightco Holdings stated that the value of its WLD token holdings now accounts for 21% of the company's total assets, its investment in OpenAI accounts for approximately 27% of total assets, and its investment in Beast Industries accounts for 8% of total assets. (PRNewswire)
Bitget has launched a new CandyBomb campaign with a total prize pool of 10,000 PROS. During the campaign period, new contract trading users who complete net deposit and designated contract trading tasks can earn up to 100 PROS per user. Detailed rules have been published on the official Bitget platform. Eligible users must click the “Join Now” button to register in order to participate. The campaign ends on May 6 at 18:30 (UTC+8).
According to an official announcement, Bybit will list MegaETH (MEGA) in its Spot Trading section. MEGA is the native token of MegaETH, a high-performance, real-time Ethereum Layer 2 solution designed for sub-millisecond latency and over 100,000 TPS.
According to the Lido Governance Forum, Lido Earn contributors have submitted a proposal to the DAO requesting authorization to deploy the existing First Loss Reserve to cover losses arising from the Kelp incident, waiving the original 1% threshold requirement. It is estimated that, assuming the DeFi United rescue plan succeeds, the remaining borrowing-rate losses for Lido Earn’s leveraged staking/re-staking positions will amount to approximately 400–600 ETH. Contributors stated they will collaborate with curators to jointly absorb these losses; however, full coverage by curators alone is currently deemed unrealistic. The proposal stresses that this authorization constitutes a one-time exception specific to the Kelp incident and does not alter the standard 1% threshold rule, does not involve additional treasury allocations, and is not intended to subsidize APY or support post-recovery yields. It further notes that if litigation arises from these losses, associated legal costs alone could reach several hundred thousand dollars. Given that the rsETH situation is expected to be resolved within 5–10 days—and considering the standard snapshot voting window is 7 days—the proposers emphasize the time-sensitive nature of this vote. After resolution, the team plans to publish a comprehensive post-mortem report and advance improvements to risk frameworks and operational mechanisms.
gaming-focused blockchain Ronin has announced its migration to an Ethereum Layer 2 network on May 12. The underlying architecture will utilize the OP Stack and integrate EigenDA as the data availability layer. Chain operations are expected to be paused for approximately 10 hours during the migration. The team advises users to unstake their RON in advance or allow the system to handle it automatically after the migration is complete.Following the upgrade, RON's annual inflation rate is projected to decrease from over 20% to less than 1%. Additionally, the treasury will gain new revenue streams from staking rewards, Sequencer net profits, and Marketplace fees. Furthermore, Ronin has introduced a "proof of allocation" incentive mechanism based on "Builder Score," distributing RON rewards to ecosystem builders on a monthly basis.
Bitget has launched a new edition of CandyBomb with a total prize pool of 111,111 BLEND tokens. New users can earn up to 1,111 BLEND tokens per person by completing tasks such as net deposits and futures trading. Detailed rules have been published on the official Bitget platform. Eligible users must click the “Join Now” button to register in order to participate. The participation period ends on May 5 at 18:00 (UTC+8).
According to Dark Web Informer, the decentralized prediction market platform Polymarket is suspected of having been hacked. The threat actor “xorcat” posted over 300,000 data records and a corresponding exploit toolkit on a well-known cybercrime forum. The data extraction occurred on April 27, 2026. Reportedly, the attacker extracted data via an undisclosed API endpoint, pagination bypasses, and misconfigured CORS settings in Polymarket Gamma and the CLOB API. The leaked data includes: - Full personal information for 10,000 users (including names, proxy wallets, and base addresses); - 4,111 comments; - 1,000 moderation reports (including 58 ETH addresses and administrator authentication address identifiers); - Metadata for 48,536 Gamma markets; - Constant-product market maker addresses for over 250,000 active CLOB markets; and - Social graph data for 9,000 followers. The toolkit contains proof-of-concept code for multiple vulnerabilities, including CVE-2025-62718 (Axios NO_PROXY bypass, CVSS 9.9, enabling server-side request forgery), CVE-2024-51479 (Next.js middleware authentication bypass, CVSS 7.5), and the aforementioned CORS misconfigurations. Additionally, the toolkit includes automated continuous data-extraction scripts and a comprehensive red-team report (including M
LayerZero Labs announced on platform X that it has committed over 10,000 ETH in support to DeFi United, led by Aave. Specific actions include donating 5,000 ETH to DeFi United, depositing 5,000 ETH into the Aave market to enhance liquidity, and deepening GHO liquidity.
AAVE has announced the technical implementation plan for the rsETH recovery, proposing a three-phase repair process involving supplementing ETH collateral, cleaning up affected positions, and restoring market parameters, aiming to restore full collateral support for rsETH and resume normal market operations.The plan indicates that DeFi United has coordinated to secure the necessary ETH commitment for the recovery. It will restore rsETH support by batch-converting and injecting into the bridge lockup contract. Simultaneously, it proposes clearing affected positions on Aave and Compound through a governance proposal, recovering approximately 107,000 rsETH in related excess collateral, and gradually lifting the frozen status of the relevant assets.
according to official sources, a new proposal has been launched on Compound. It aims to participate in the rsETH recovery initiative coordinated by DeFi United, with a maximum contribution of 3,000 ETH.The proposal states that although Compound's direct exposure is expected to be limited, this move is intended to support the stability of the DeFi market and enhance ecosystem resilience and long-term sustainability.