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According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, South Korea will launch a single leveraged exchange-traded fund linked to semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix this Wednesday.Documents released by the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea show that eight asset management companies, including Samsung Asset Management, Mirae Asset, Korea Investment, KB, Shinhan, Hanwha, Kiwoom, and Hana Financial, will list a total of 16 single leveraged and inverse ETFs based on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in the South Korean stock market. Mirae Asset Securities will also launch two types of ETNs.

According to French media "Le Journal du Dimanche," Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, experienced a kidnapping attempt this week at his residence in Villenoy, Seine-et-Marne, France.The report states that a man disguised as a courier arrived at the front door, and after Borget's wife opened the door, five masked accomplices rushed into the yard, attempting to forcibly drag her into a vehicle. Neighbors intervened after hearing her cries for help, and the suspects subsequently fled the scene. Two suspects have already been arrested, while four others remain at large. Police found fake guns, zip ties, and hoods on the arrested individuals. French police's preliminary investigation suggests that the incident is related to cryptocurrency.The report noted that France has recorded 41 cases of kidnapping or attempted kidnapping related to cryptocurrency this year, totaling 135 cases since 2023, accounting for nearly 80% of related cases in Europe.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "LoL: DN SOOPers vs Nongshim Red Force (BO3) - Esports World Cup Korea Qualifiers Playoffs," the "Yes" option win rate in the sub-market "Both Teams Destroying the Nexus" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation, soaring from 0.5% an hour ago to the current 49.95% (a fluctuation of 49.45%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Jinshi reports, the US and Israel are expected to resume strikes against Iran as early as next week. Amidst the soaring expectations of interest rate hikes in the bond market, the last meeting minutes of the "Powell era" are coming. Here are the key points that the market will focus on next week (all in Beijing time):Tuesday 9:30, the Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes of the May monetary policy meeting;Tuesday 20:00, Federal Reserve Governor Waller will speak at the European Central Bank research conference;Tuesday 20:15, the weekly change in ADP employment numbers for the week ending May 2 in the United States;Wednesday 7:00, 2026 FOMC voting member and Philadelphia Fed President Harker will speak;Thursday 2:00, the Federal Reserve will release the minutes of the monetary policy meeting;Thursday 20:00, European Central Bank Chief Economist Lane will speak at the European Central Bank research conference.The AI boom and consumer spending under inflationary pressure are the two main themes currently influencing the direction of US stocks. Next week, semiconductor giant Nvidia (NVDA) and a number of retail companies such as Walmart (WMT) will successively disclose their earnings reports. Nvidia will release its earnings report after the US market closes on Wednesday, and Walmart will release its earnings report before the US market opens on Thursday.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: DN SOOPers vs Dplus KIA (BO3) - LCK Round 1-2," the "Odd/Even Total Kills" sub-market's "Odd" option win rate has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 39.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to official news, Gate will launch a Crazy Wednesday digital storage event from May 13 at 14:00 to May 17 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can complete multiple tasks such as flash exchanges, spot trading, contracts, deposits, invitations, leftover coin treasure, and on-chain earning to get a chance to open blind boxes and win luxurious prizes like XPIN, lucky bags, Hasselblad X2D II & SanDisk 8TB SSD, MacBook Pro M5 Max & OWC 8TB SSD, and AYANEO 3 & SanDisk 4TB SSD, with a 100% winning rate.In addition, a limited-time USDT 14-day fixed-term financial product will be launched with an annualized return of 6%. New users can also participate in a 3-day USDT financial product with a 100% annualized return. Both new and old users can participate in leftover coin treasure financial products for ETH, USDD, AIA, SWCH, APT, with a maximum annualized return of 200%. At the same time, users who sign up for on-chain earning BTC, ETH, and SOL mining can enjoy an increased annualized interest rate during the event, with staking annualized returns of up to 16%.

According to GMGN monitoring, Circle surged 15% after earnings and today released Circle Agent Stack, launching financial infrastructure for the agent economy, which includes AI Agent and Nanopayments (USDC nano payments).The x402 ecological project Meridian (MRDN), as one of the early integrators of Circle's AI Agent payment infrastructure, followed up with a post stating "now available on Meridian," which was retweeted by Circle's official account. Coupled with the hot narrative of AI Agent + USDC nano payments, its token MRDN saw a significant increase, with a 24-hour rise exceeding 160% at one point, and a market cap reported at 28 million USD.ChainCatcher reminds users that meme coin trading is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and speculative concepts, and has no actual value or use cases; investors should be aware of the risks.

According to Cointelegraph citing Punchbowl, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong will have lunch with Senate Republicans on Wednesday to discuss the voting on the CLARITY Act. The vote on the bill will take place on Thursday.

According to official news, Gate will launch the Crazy Wednesday Enjoy Life special event from May 6 at 14:00 to May 10 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can sign up to receive a 50 USDT dual currency experience fund (limited to 10,000 copies). By completing multiple tasks such as flash exchanges, spot trading, contracts, deposits, invitations, residual coin treasure, and on-chain earning, users can get a chance to open blind boxes and win luxurious gifts such as FOGO, lucky bags, Louis Vuitton adventure game hard cases, chess hard cases, and playing card boxes, with a 100% winning rate.In addition, this period will temporarily launch a 14-day fixed-term financial product for USDT, with an annualized return of 6%. Both new and existing users can also participate in residual coin treasure financial products for ETH, USDD, ES, AIA, SWCH, 0G, APT, enjoying up to 200% annualized returns. At the same time, users who sign up to participate in on-chain earning BTC, ETH, and SOL mining can enjoy increased annualized interest rates during the event, with staking annualized returns of up to 16%.

The French National Anti-Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office (Pnaco) has stated that cases of kidnapping and illegal detention involving cryptocurrency are continuing to surge. Among the 12 related cases currently under investigation, 88 people have been prosecuted, including more than 10 minors, and another 75 are in custody awaiting trial.Prosecutor's data shows that since 2023, French law enforcement has recorded 135 such cases, with 18 in 2024, rising to 67 in 2025, and reaching 47 so far in 2026. Many of these cases involve violent kidnappings, ransom extortion, and forcing victims to transfer cryptocurrency assets. The prosecution pointed out that some suspects have appeared multiple times in different cases, indicating the formation of a structured criminal network behind it. The previous kidnapping incident involving Ledger co-founder David Balland is also seen as an important sign of the escalating security risks in the French cryptocurrency industry.

According to French media reports, on the morning of April 20 local time, a malicious "targeted robbery of crypto assets" occurred in Ploudalmézeau, France: two masked gunmen broke into a residence, controlling and binding a family of five (including two children and two elderly individuals) for several hours, ultimately coercing the victims to transfer approximately 700,000 euros worth of cryptocurrency.The incident took place in a residential community in broad daylight, and the suspects were clearly "well-prepared," having a thorough understanding of the victims' crypto asset holdings. Police initially determined that this case represents a typical new crime model of "offline violence + on-chain transfer," where personal threats are used to forcibly obtain private keys or transfer authorizations.It is noteworthy that the family members of the victims were engaged in work related to the crypto industry, which may have been a significant reason for this targeted crime. The case is still under investigation, and the suspects have not yet been arrested.This incident once again highlights that, against the backdrop of the increasing popularity of crypto assets, "physical world attacks" (such as kidnapping and home invasion) are becoming new security risk points, and personal asset security is no longer limited to on-chain protection.

France has become a hotspot for wrench attacks, with at least 41 reported cases of kidnappings and home invasions related to cryptocurrency this year, averaging one incident every 2.5 days. Jean-Didier Berger, the Minister of the Interior's representative, stated that he is preparing a series of new measures with Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez to address this issue.A wrench attack refers to physically coercing victims to transfer cryptocurrency assets through bodily violence. Data from Certik and Jameson Lopp shows that the number of verified physical coercion incidents globally reached 72 in 2025, a 75% increase year-on-year, with cases involving physical attacks rising by 250% year-on-year. David Balland, co-founder of Ledger, was kidnapped in France in January 2025. Security researchers point out that attackers are shifting from searching for wallets to hunting individuals, targeting victims through social media and leaked data.Due to the irreversible nature of cryptocurrency transactions, attackers often convert illegal gains into stablecoins and transfer them across chains to evade detection. Experts recommend using tools such as multi-signature, withdrawal delays, and spending limits to reduce the risk of being attacked.

According to The Block, the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) gateway eth.limo experienced a DNS hijacking attack last Friday evening. The project released a post-incident analysis report on Saturday, tracing the attack back to a social engineering attack against the domain registrar EasyDNS.eth.limo stated that DNSSEC validation rejected the attackers' domain server changes, and no users have been found to be actually affected. In response to the recent breaches at the DNS level affecting crypto frontends, eth.limo plans to migrate to EasyDNS's stricter security services, which no longer support account recovery features.EasyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic has publicly acknowledged the vulnerability, stating that this is the first successful social engineering attack against customers in its 28-year history.

According to Vitalik Buterin (@Vitalik Buterin), the DNS registrar of eth.limo was attacked, and users are advised not to visit vitalik.eth.limo or other eth.limo related pages temporarily, until the official confirmation of normal recovery.

French Interior Minister representative Jean-Didier Berger stated at the Paris Blockchain Week that France is preparing to introduce new measures to protect cryptocurrency holders. He revealed that authorities have launched a prevention platform and attracted thousands of registrations, while working with Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez to develop a more stringent response plan, expected to be implemented in the coming weeks.In this context, there have been 41 cryptocurrency-related kidnapping cases in France in 2026, averaging one every 2.5 days; in 2025, global incidents of such "ransom attacks" increased by 75% year-on-year, with France being the most severely affected country in the world, accounting for about 40% of the total incidents in Europe.

According to official news, Gate will launch a Crazy Wednesday Flower Event from April 8 at 14:00 to April 12 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can complete multiple tasks such as flash exchanges, spot trading, contracts, deposits, invitations, residual coin treasure, and on-chain earning to get a chance to open blind boxes and win prizes like XPIN, lucky bags, and trips for two to Kyoto, Keukenhof Gardens, and Provence, with a 100% winning rate.In addition, a limited-time USDT 14-day fixed-term financial product will be launched, with an annualized return of up to 8%, and new users can enjoy a 100% annualized return for 3 days. Both new and existing users can also participate in residual coin treasure financial products like USAT, USDD, 0G, APT, AZTEC, IDOS, with annualized returns of up to 300%. At the same time, users who sign up to participate in on-chain earning BTC, ETH, and SOL mining can enjoy increased annualized returns during the event, with staking annualized returns of up to 16%.

According to Binance spot data, the market has experienced significant fluctuations. DUSK has dropped 7.2% in the last 24 hours, reaching a new low for today, while RDNT has also hit a new low for today, with a decline of 12.33%.At the same time, ZEC is in a "high and then low" state, with a 24-hour decline of 5.29%. On the other hand, MET has increased by 5.78% in the last 24 hours, showing a rebound from the bottom, while NOM has slightly risen by 13.41% within 2 hours.

DeFi project Steakhouse Financial disclosed yesterday that it encountered a phone social engineering attack targeting OVH Cloud, where the attacker changed the DNS A records of the main site and app subdomains to point to a malicious IP, and attempted to initiate a 5-day domain transfer. The related changes have been revoked, the DNS records have been cleared, and they are working with OVH to resolve the issue. All vaults and contracts were unaffected, depositor funds are safe, and no other service accounts were compromised. Please do not interact with the official website and emails until the issue is resolved; a detailed post-incident report will be released as soon as possible.Early this morning, Steakhouse Financial stated that during the period when the official website domain DNS records were cleared, the vault could still be accessed directly through Morpho, and all functions such as deposits and withdrawals were operating normally. Confirmation will be provided once the front end is restored.

According to The Block, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced the launch of the privacy-focused blockchain Midnight, which generated its genesis block on Monday.Midnight utilizes zero-knowledge proof technology (ZK), allowing users to selectively disclose or hide data while supporting compliance requirements. Its hybrid ledger can mix public and private data in a single transaction and supports shielded assets that hide balance and counterparty information. Midnight employs a dual-token model: the governance token NIGHT serves as a store of value for the ecosystem, and holders can earn a renewable Gas token DUST, which is generated proportionally to holdings and can be transferred to others for transaction fee payments. The network opened a one-year NIGHT airdrop to 37 million eligible wallets last December. Early node operators include Worldpay, Bullish, MoneyGram, Google Cloud, and others. Midnight achieves bidirectional asset interoperability with Cardano, and Cardano's staking pool operators can also run Midnight validation nodes.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced the launch of the privacy-oriented sidechain Midnight, which has generated its genesis block, marking the official entry of the project into the operational phase.Midnight is developed by Input Output Global and is positioned as a "fourth-generation blockchain," aimed at driving real-world assets on-chain through end-to-end privacy capabilities. The network employs zero-knowledge proof (ZK) technology to achieve selective disclosure of data, meeting compliance requirements while protecting user privacy. Architecturally, Midnight has its own ledger, consensus mechanism, and smart contract environment, and connects with the Cardano ecosystem through interoperable design. Its hybrid ledger supports the simultaneous processing of public and private data within the same transaction and provides the ability to conceal balance and counterparty information. Additionally, Midnight introduces a programming language called Compact, lowering the barrier for developers to build privacy applications, and adopts a dual-token model to optimize network usage costs and incentive mechanisms.