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according to official sources, Gate has now launched AIGENSYN perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT), supporting leverage of 1-20 times.
according to an official announcement, Binance will list the AIGENSYNUSDT perpetual contract on April 29, 2026, at 14:15 (UTC), supporting up to 20x leverage. The contract uses USDT as the settlement asset, with a minimum trading unit of 1 AIGENSYN and a minimum notional value of 5 USDT. The funding rate is settled every 4 hours. Futures copy trading will also be enabled within 24 hours of listing.
Bitget Wallet has launched a Labor Day QR code payment campaign, running from April 28 to May 7, further driving the adoption of stablecoin payments in everyday consumption and travel scenarios across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. During the campaign, users who complete offline QR code payments using USDT or USDC will receive RLUSD cashback for each transaction. From May 1 to May 7, Bitget Wallet will randomly select one paying user per day to receive an additional 1,000 RLUSD cashback. To lower the barrier to first-time usage, Bitget Wallet will also airdrop XRP to eligible participants—serving as the account reserve required to activate RLUSD withdrawals. RLUSD is a compliant U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by Ripple and regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). This campaign marks Bitget Wallet’s first real-world consumer application following its integration of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) mainnet and onboarding of the RLUSD payment ecosystem at the end of March—and represents a key milestone in advancing Bitget Wallet’s Everyday Finance strategy.
Christopher Harborne, a crypto billionaire and shareholder of stablecoin issuer Tether, provided approximately £5 million in financial support to Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK right-wing Reform Party, ahead of the 2024 UK general election. Following this donation, Farage announced his return as leader of the Reform Party and successfully won a seat in Parliament. Harborne has long been deeply involved in the crypto space and is a frequent political donor among UK conservatives, having previously funded multiple Brexit-related campaigns. This substantial contribution has once again sparked widespread discussion about the impact of crypto capital on the UK's political landscape. (Financial Times)
According to the official announcement, OKX will officially launch the BLEND (BLEND) USDT perpetual contract on April 29, 2026, at 18:00 UTC. Trading will be available 24/7, with a maximum leverage of up to 20x.
The cryptocurrency margin trading service will introduce RAIN/USDT (10x) isolated margin trading on April 29 at 20:00 (GMT+8). Rain is a fully decentralized prediction market protocol built on Arbitrum, offering cross-chain support. Positioned as the “Uniswap of prediction markets,” it provides a permissionless framework enabling anyone to create and trade custom markets without restrictions.
According to the HTX announcement, HTX will enable GENIUS deposits starting at 15:00 (GMT+8) on April 29. GENIUS/USDT spot and grid trading will go live at 15:00 (GMT+8) on April 30. GENIUS withdrawals will be enabled at 15:00 (GMT+8) on May 1. Genius Terminal is the first private, ultimate on-chain terminal. It represents the next evolutionary step following aggregators, intents, cross-chain bridges, and wallet extensions—a trading operating system (OS) designed specifically for professional users, catering to those who seek DeFi functionality but dislike its complex user interactions.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched the “Ignite $HTX Season” campaign, featuring four core activities—holding, trading, grid trading, and earning crypto—to deliver a one-stop participation experience. From now until May 15, 18:00 (UTC+8), users who complete designated tasks can unlock random airdrops, participate in raffles for Apple surprise prizes, and share in a $100,000 USDT reward pool.
According to official sources, Upbit will list BLEND KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs.
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list BLEND/KRW, BLEND/BTC, and BLEND/USDT trading pairs.
: According to official sources, Tether is expanding its custom computing infrastructure through a new type of modular, high-density mining system aimed at improving the efficiency and performance of large-scale operations. In collaboration with Canaan Inc. and ACME Swisstech, Tether is building systems around specific application-specific hashboard modules and integrating them into its self-developed control architecture, thermal management systems, and software stack.This system, by separating computing from power supplies and enclosures, allows individual components to be independently optimized and reduces energy consumption when combined with immersion cooling technology. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that this move aims to change the status quo of sealed, fixed-form mining equipment by deploying modular computing units that can be independently tuned, upgraded, and cooled, thereby directly controlling the cost and efficiency of large-scale operations. Zhang Nangeng, Chairman and CEO of Canaan Inc., indicated that its Avalon hashboard modules enable more flexible on-demand deployment, particularly enhancing efficiency and reducing operational complexity in immersion cooling systems. This deployment builds upon Tether's previously developed open-source mining operating system (MOS) and mining software development kit (SDK).
in the Gate Prediction Market event concerning the "Second-Largest Company by the End of April," Alphabet's current probability has reached 99%, significantly领先 over other options such as Apple, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, and Saudi Aramco, indicating a highly concentrated market expectation. In terms of related asset trading, Gate's Perpetual Contract Stock Section has listed several popular tech stock perpetual contracts, including GOOGLXUSDT, NVDAXUSDT, and TSLAXUSDT, providing users with diverse participation pathways from event assessment to asset trading.Meanwhile, the Gate Prediction Market has completed multiple functional upgrades: added a one-stop search and intelligent recommendation mechanism, supporting keyword quick retrieval and category browsing; enhanced historical billing and filtering functions, making fund flows clearer and more traceable; added a multi-level category and breaking news section on the homepage to help users efficiently capture hot opportunities; and expanded the sports market to include more derivative gameplay, enhancing strategic flexibility while lowering participation barriers.Currently, Gate's performance within the Polymarket partnership channel continues to improve, with its market share ranking among the top two in the industry. Users can access the prediction market directly through the Gate App, enter the Polymarket page via the Alpha feature on the platform's homepage, and use USDT in their exchange account to participate in event predictions. This integration marks a key step for Gate in merging the crypto trading ecosystem with the prediction market, offering users a diversified market experience from expectation assessment to trading participation.
according to the official announcement, Binance HODLer Airdrop Season 63 project USD.AI (CHIP) will be listed on April 28, 2026, with trading pairs including CHIP/BTC, CHIP/USDT, etc. The airdrop will be distributed to users who subscribed their BNB to SimpleEarn or On-Chain Yields products between 00:00 on March 13, 2026 and 23:59 on March 15, 2026 (UTC). Rewards are expected to be distributed within 5 hours after the announcement.
According to the official social media announcement, Sun Wukong, a Chinese decentralized contract trading platform, has now launched MU/USDT and TSM/USDT pairs, both offering up to 10x leverage.
According to an official announcement, BitMart will launch Pharos (PROS) on April 28 at 23:00 (UTC+8). The listing will open the PROS/USDT trading pair.Pharos is an inclusive Layer 1 public chain built for RealFi, integrating real-world assets, institutional capital, and decentralized finance into a programmable, borderless economy. It aims to make real asset finance accessible to everyone, bridging Web2 and Web3 to form a unified, transparent, and open digital financial ecosystem. Founded by core management and engineering teams from Ant Group, it adopts a DP4 deep parallel architecture (prototype tested at over 130,000+ TPS), supports dual virtual machine execution for EVM and WASM, and features built-in RWA tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure. It has received support from global traditional financial institutions such as Hack VC and Faction VC. The private mainnet officially launched on December 12, 2025.
Bitget has launched Season 3 of the CFD King Battle, featuring a total prize pool of 80,000 USDT. This event includes three main sections: a Blind Box Zone, a Points Arena, and a Ranking Arena. During the event, both new and existing users can earn blind box rewards by completing designated CFD trading tasks daily, and have the chance to draw USDT cash vouchers. The prize pool has a 100% winning rate and operates on a "first come, first served" basis.Furthermore, users who trade specific currency pairs can participate in the Points Arena and Ranking Arena, with top individual prizes reaching up to 3,000 USDT. After the event concludes, the top 100 users by trading volume will also receive a random amount of CFD credit bonus package. The event runs from April 27 to May 22. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched MU/USDT and TSM/USDT perpetual contracts on April 28, with a maximum leverage of 10x for both. Additionally, HTX is hosting an MU & TSM Contract Trading Party from 14:00 on April 28 to 14:00 on May 5 (UTC+8), offering a total prize pool of $20,000. During the event, users who register and trade MU/USDT and TSM/USDT perpetual contracts—achieving a cumulative valid trading volume of ≥$5,000—will share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking. New contract traders executing MU/USDT or TSM/USDT trades will also receive exclusive benefits.
According to Tether’s official announcement, Tether officially launched the Mining Development Kit (MDK) on April 27—a fully open-source, full-stack development framework designed for Bitcoin miners and developers. MDK aims to provide a unified infrastructure control layer—from home miners to gigawatt-scale mining farms—and eliminate vendor lock-in caused by existing closed, proprietary systems. MDK adopts a modular architecture composed of two layers: MDK Core (an open-source SDK enabling real-time device control and customization) and the UI Development Kit (a standardized dashboard component library). It supports multi-platform deployment across Windows, macOS, and Linux, and is compatible with any hardware and vendor. The framework enables advanced use cases such as automated workflows, mining pool management, and AI-driven optimization.
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 the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched perpetual contracts for ORCA/USDT and ZBT/USDT on April 27, with a maximum leverage of 20x for both. Concurrently, HTX is hosting an ORCA & ZBT Contract Trading Party from 17:00 on April 27 to 17:00 on May 4 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to $20,000. During the event, users who register and trade ORCA/USDT and ZBT/USDT perpetual contracts—accumulating a total valid trading volume of ≥$5,000—will share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking. Additionally, new contract traders executing ORCA/USDT or ZBT/USDT perpetual trades will receive exclusive benefits.