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according to the official announcement, Gate DEX BountyDrop has launched the IOTRADER airdrop event. Users can enter the BountyDrop module via the "Event" page on the Gate DEX App to participate in the tasks. Among all participants who complete the tasks, 1,000 will be randomly selected to share a $15,000 IOI prize pool.Gate Wallet is an industry-leading multi-chain crypto wallet, offering a one-stop connection to over 100 public chains, millions of assets, and thousands of DApps, unlocking a professional-grade DEX experience and providing the optimal solution for every DEX need. BountyDrop is an exclusive earn-to-earn event zone within the Gate DEX discovery page, where users can complete simple tasks for a chance to win rewards or participate in a lottery to receive airdropped tokens.
as of the end of April, crypto trading aggregation platform XBIT ranked 4th on the official Polymarket Builder leaderboard with a monthly trading volume of $36.12 million.The project was officially launched in early April, and XBIT has recently passed the official Polymarket Builder review.Currently, XBIT has launched two core categories: Prediction Market and Perpetual Contracts (Perp DEX). Its next step is to launch a leveraged prediction market, further enriching the aggregated trading experience.
Odaily Odaily Odaily reports, digital asset trading platform Gate has released its latest quarterly report, showcasing a strong momentum of continued expansion across multiple core businesses. Gate Perp DEX has entered a phase of scaled growth based on a mature product system, with cumulative trading volume exceeding $13 billion in the first quarter, surpassing 10 million trades, and over 600 trading pairs. While covering major crypto assets, it has introduced TradFi perpetual contracts for gold, silver, and crude oil, extending the platform from a single crypto derivatives trading venue to a multi-asset market.Meanwhile, the ETF and derivatives market has performed actively. Quarterly ETF trading volume grew from 6.7 billion USDT at the beginning of the year to over 18 billion USDT, covering more than 320 trading pairs. The average daily number of options trading users increased by 54.6%. TradFi-related products have become a key driver of derivatives growth, pushing the trading structure from single crypto assets towards a multi-asset system.On the institutional and product ecosystem front, the platform's growth momentum continues to be unleashed. Institutional contract trading volume rose by over 50% compared to the end of last year, with the total number of institutional users increasing by more than 66%. Asset under management grew by 22%, trading volume increased by 192%, and CrossEx trading volume and net asset size grew approximately 9.4 times and 3.1 times, respectively. Gate's multi-business synergistic growth, anchored in the convergence of TradFi and crypto assets, is accelerating its evolution into a comprehensive multi-asset trading platform.
According to an official announcement, the on-chain burn of GateToken (GT) for the first quarter of 2026 has been officially completed, with a total of 2,557,729.381387 GT transferred to the burn address, representing a burn value exceeding $20.68 million.Since the launch of the Gate Chain mainnet in 2019, GT has maintained a continuous burn mechanism. To date, a total of 187,377,156 GT have been burned, with a cumulative burn value exceeding $1.382 billion (at current prices). The total token supply has been significantly reduced by approximately 62.46% from its initial 300 million tokens.With the launch of Gate Layer and the gradual rollout of native applications such as Gate Perp DEX, Gate Fun, and Meme Go, the utility frequency of GT, the sole Gas token for Gate Layer, has been continuously increasing. Concurrently, Gate is driving the coordinated development of infrastructure and applications including Gate for AI Agent, GateClaw, Gate.AI, and GateRouter, leading to a simultaneous increase in on-chain transaction and interaction demand. Gate will continue to implement its long-term, stable GT burn mechanism, fostering a tighter positive feedback loop between the token's economic model and real usage demand alongside ecosystem expansion.
Litecoin disclosed on X platform that a recent zero-day vulnerability once led to a DoS attack, affecting the operation of major mining pools. Mining nodes that were not updated in time allowed an invalid MWEB (MimbleWimble Extension Block) transaction to be executed, enabling the relevant tokens to be withdrawn to a third-party DEX. The Litecoin network rolled back these invalid transactions through a 13-block reorganization (reorg), confirming they would not be included in the main chain. All valid transactions during this period were unaffected. The vulnerability has now been completely fixed, and the network has resumed normal operation.
Odaily News According to an official announcement, BitMart will list Genius Terminal (GENIUS) at 12:00 (UTC+8) on April 23. The listing will open the GENIUS/USDT trading pair.Genius Terminal is the first privacy-focused ultimate on-chain trading terminal, representing the next-generation product following aggregators, cross-chain bridges, and wallet extensions. It is specifically designed for professional users who wish to enjoy DeFi functionalities without enduring cumbersome experiences. The platform eliminates the need for multiple authorization bridges or asset wrapping, features no signature pop-ups, and supports programmable trading strategies. It unifies spot trading, perpetual contracts, pre-launch tokens, and yield management within a single account. Orders are routed for execution across 150+ DEXs on 9 blockchains via the Genius Bridge Protocol. The Ghost Orders function can split a transaction across up to 500 wallets to achieve on-chain privacy protection. The project is backed by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), with CZ serving as an advisor.
Odaily News Aurise Foundation announced the launch of the yield-bearing gold token XAUE on Ethereum, designed to serve as a yield-bearing treasury for Tether Gold (XAU₮). XAUE targets compliant institutional participants, introducing crypto-native yield to traditional non-yielding gold through quantitative strategies and institutional lending, transforming it into a programmable and capital-efficient on-chain asset.Current ecosystem partners Aurelion and Antalpha have jointly contributed 16,052 XAU₮ (approximately $76 million) to XAUE. The protocol employs an exchange rate growth model, where the gold value pegged to each XAUE increases as yields accumulate, and it will integrate with more decentralized finance protocols such as DEXs in the future.
Aptos released an update to its tokenomics. Key adjustments include: reducing the annual staking reward rate from 5.19% to 2.6%; increasing gas fees by 10x (stablecoin transfer costs remain low at approximately $0.00014); the launch of the Decibel DEX is expected to significantly boost on-chain transaction volume and gas fee burning, with over 32 million APT projected to be burned annually; setting a protocol-layer hard cap on total supply at 2.1 billion APT; permanently locking and staking 210 million APT by the Aptos Foundation; shifting future incentives to milestone-triggered releases; and exploring a programmable buyback program.
According to an official announcement, Aster has launched the eighth round of its Rocket Launch program—Genius (GENIUS). Concurrently, the platform has introduced a trading campaign with a total prize pool of $200,000. The campaign runs from 15:30 UTC on April 13, 2026, to 14:00 UTC on April 20, 2026. Users are eligible for rewards if their total trading fees incurred during the campaign exceed $5 and their reward amount is equal to or greater than 1 $ASTER. Each participant’s maximum reward is capped at 3% of the total prize pool. Additionally, trading the GENIUSUSDT perpetual contract grants a 1.5x bonus multiplier. Rewards will be distributed within 14 business days after the campaign ends. Notably, Genius—partnered with the Aster Code ecosystem—is the first Aster Code partner to debut under the Rocket Launch program. Aster has also become the first DEX to list the $GENIUS perpetual contract.