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Odaily Planet Daily reported that Galaxy Digital stated that 7 Democratic senators on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee may play a crucial role in advancing the CLARITY Act. The bill will enter committee review this Thursday; if it passes, it will be submitted for a full vote in the Senate.Galaxy listed Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks as "pro-crypto framework" senators, and considers Mark Warner, Catherine Cortez Masto, Andy Kim, and Raphael Warnock as "negotiable," potentially supporting the bill after the inclusion of additional anti-money laundering and risk control provisions.The report noted that the Senate Banking Committee has 24 members, consisting of 13 Republicans and 11 Democrats. The bill needs at least a majority of support to proceed to the next stage. Coinbase's policy head previously stated that the CLARITY Act ultimately needs at least 60 votes and bipartisan support to become law. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to the CoinMarketCap "April 2026 Exchange Monthly Report," Binance ranks first globally in core indicators such as reserve scale, trading volume market share, and ETH market liquidity.The report shows that Binance's proof of reserves in April reached $149.75 billion, accounting for 68% of the total tracked reserves in the market. Among them, stablecoin reserves hit $50.69 billion, making it the exchange with the largest absolute liquidity reserve scale in the market. Additionally, among the combined $4.5 trillion monthly trading volume of 12 major exchanges, Binance firmly held the top spot with a 36.23% market share. Notably, the ratio of Binance's derivatives to spot trading closely aligns with the market average, indicating a healthy and balanced development of its spot and derivatives businesses, rather than reliance on a single sector.In terms of spot market liquidity, the ±2% order book depth for Binance's ETH market reached $13 million, a month-over-month increase of 10.5%, making it the deepest ETH execution venue in the overall market.
Odaily Planet Daily, according to an official announcement, Binance Futures will list the BILLUSDT perpetual contract on May 7, 2026, at 16:15 (UTC+8), supporting up to 20x leverage. The contract is settled in USDT, with a minimum price change of 0.00001, a minimum trading volume of 1 BILL, a minimum notional value of 5 USDT, a funding rate cap of ±2.00%, and settlement every four hours. Additionally, copy trading functionality will be supported within 24 hours after the contract's listing.
Odaily Planet Daily reported that Tether has released its assurance report for the first quarter of 2026, with a net profit of approximately $1.04 billion for the quarter.As of March 31, 2026, Tether's excess reserves reached an all-time high of $8.23 billion. The company's total assets currently stand at approximately $191.8 billion, with total liabilities of around $183.5 billion, resulting in assets exceeding liabilities by $8.23 billion. In terms of reserve allocation, Tether directly and indirectly holds approximately $141 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds, in addition to about $20 billion in physical gold and $7 billion in Bitcoin.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that the company's goal is to ensure the stable operation of USD₮ under all market conditions by maintaining a simple structure and extremely high liquidity to navigate macroeconomic fluctuations.
Odaily Planet Daily: According to official announcements, Gate will list MegaETH (MEGA) for spot trading at 19:00 (UTC+8) on April 30, and will launch MegaETH (MEGA) perpetual futures live trading (USDT-settled) at 19:10 (UTC+8), supporting 1-20x leverage.Gate will add MEGA unified account lending and isolated margin trading pairs at 19:10 (UTC+8) on April 30, simultaneously launching MEGA staking products, flexible lending, and fixed-term mortgage lending features. MEGA trading bots and copy trading will become available within 1 hour after the perpetual futures launch. MEGA flash swap and DCA features will be rolled out gradually starting 1 hour after the spot trading goes live.
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."