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Blockchain credit infrastructure company Grove has launched a liquidity network called Basin, which can initially provide up to $1 billion in stablecoin liquidity daily to support instant redemptions for tokenized U.S. Treasury funds such as BlackRock BUIDL and Janus Henderson Anemoy Treasury Fund (JTRSY).

TownSquare, focused on institutional yield and cross-chain lending brokerage services, announced the launch of a $100 million USD1 token liquidity program. This initiative aims to promote institutional yield and cross-chain returns to more users through institutional yield strategies using the USD1 stablecoin from the World Liberty Financial platform.Previously, TownSquare collaborated with the World Liberty Financial DeFi team to introduce the USD1 token to the high-performance EVM chain Monad and received official incentives from the Monad Foundation. The team officially stated that this new liquidity program marks TownSquare's ongoing commitment to expanding the application of DeFi and bringing institutional strategy yields to more assets. Currently, the project's official website has launched cross-chain lending functionality, and the yield-generating product is in an upcoming state.According to official information, the project has previously completed a round of financing supported by Monad, a16z, Aptos, Solana Bonk, as well as other angel investors and a number of VCs from Europe and America. The team consists of founders with backgrounds from Coinbase, Meta, Accenture, and market makers. Information about the project's new round of financing has not yet been announced.

According to CoinDesk, some Revolut users saw the price of Bitcoin (BTC) briefly drop significantly below global market levels in the app on Friday. The candlestick chart showed that the price plummeted suddenly before quickly returning to normal ranges, with the lowest quote even being captured in a screenshot at around $0.02.Currently, mainstream exchanges tracked by CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap have not shown similar anomalies, with BTC trading around $79,000 during the same period. Revolut has not yet responded to whether there were actual trades executed at the abnormal price. If there were indeed trades, the platform may need to determine whether it was due to real liquidity matching, quote routing issues, or errors in front-end price display. Industry insiders say that insufficient liquidity depth, temporary withdrawal of market makers, or disruptions in quote sources could all lead to extreme "flash crash" scenarios on a single platform.

According to CoinDesk, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated at the Consensus conference that he hopes to restart Binance.US to allow American users to regain access to global crypto liquidity. He pointed out that cryptocurrency is one of the few markets in the U.S. where optimal prices are not available, and Binance has the best liquidity in that market.Zhao Changpeng mentioned that U.S. crypto policy has changed over the past year and a half, and the country is now in a leading position globally, with many developers and crypto companies that had previously left returning. Zhao Changpeng also stated that BNB Chain has insufficient exposure in the U.S., while other Layer 1 blockchains have done more market promotion and community building in the U.S., and the limited access for institutions to BNB actually provides opportunities for investors.He believes that AI agents need to transact through crypto payment rails, and that blockchain is more suitable for automating cross-border payments than credit cards or banking systems, with BNB Chain positioned as the payment infrastructure for AI agents.

Arthur Hayes stated at the Consensus 2026 conference that the cryptocurrency industry does not rely on regulation to drive development, and the core factors affecting Bitcoin prices are only technological reliability and fiat liquidity, with the latter being the true driving force.He pointed out that every round of monetary expansion, from the quantitative easing during the Obama era, fiscal stimulus during Trump's first term, to the release of reverse repo liquidity through short-term debt replacing long-term debt during Biden's term, has been highly correlated with the rise of Bitcoin. Arthur Hayes believes that although the Trump administration has promoted several cryptocurrency regulatory bills, Bitcoin has still fallen about 25% over the past 18 months, indicating that favorable regulation does not directly drive price increases.He also mentioned that the Trump family has previously experienced events such as de-banking, asset freezes, and lawsuits, which may make them better understand the value of Bitcoin as an asset that is detached from state control. Arthur Hayes stated that if Bitcoin ultimately evolves into a regular financial product on bank balance sheets, it will lose its original meaning.

According to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 released its financial performance report for the first quarter of 2026, disclosing that the leases of its two large-scale artificial intelligence parks generated $16.8 billion in revenue. While advancing its AI data center business, its Bitcoin-related operations remain one of the core sources of income, with total revenue of $71 million in Q1, of which approximately $66 million came from ASIC computing power, AI cloud, and traditional cloud services, primarily driven by Bitcoin mining and related computing services.In addition, Hut 8 completed refinancing of its Bitcoin collateralized loans and released approximately 3,300 BTC (about $260 million) to enhance liquidity and support business expansion. As of the end of March, Hut 8 held cash and Bitcoin with a total value of approximately $1.3 billion, but due to fluctuations in digital asset prices, it recorded a net loss of $253 million for the quarter (of which approximately $296 million was unrealized losses on digital assets).

The Web3 asset data platform RootData has outlined 30 Web3 business partners of Hyperliquid, covering multiple key aspects such as stablecoins, cross-chain infrastructure, wallet entry, DeFi protocols, institutional custody, and trading ecosystems, gradually forming a complete on-chain financial system. At the funding level, Hyperliquid has connected with stablecoin issuers such as Circle, Tether, and Ethena. In terms of underlying infrastructure, it connects with cross-chain and oracle services like Chainlink, Axelar, deBridge, and Ripple. The user entry layer includes wallets and front-end tools like Phantom, Rabby Wallet, and DeBank, lowering the entry barrier for users. At the same time, more native DeFi protocols have begun to emerge within its ecosystem, such as Pendle, Felix, HypurrFi, and HyperBeat. According to RootData, the Hyperliquid ecosystem has included 145 quality projects, indicating that Hyperliquid is attracting more financial applications to build businesses around its liquidity. Additionally, the inclusion of custodians like Anchorage Digital, BitGo, and Fireblocks has begun to connect it with larger institutional funds. Trading platforms and market-making institutions like Bybit, trade.xyz, and IMC Trading further enhance market liquidity. Overall, Hyperliquid is continuously expanding around "on-chain liquidity," attempting to replicate the ecosystem model of centralized exchanges on-chain, but the core is no longer an account system. Related compilation: Hyperliquid Web3 Partner Network Compilation (continuously updated) Cryptocurrency projects actively showcasing their partner networks has become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 projects to claim their information and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has continuously released multiple issues of cryptocurrency project ecosystem maps, nominating Web3 ecosystem partners for upstream clients like Visa, Mastercard, and Coinbase. If you wish to nominate your project in future ecosystem maps, please fill out the [RootData 2026 Industry Ecosystem Mapping] form to supplement your important clients and partners.

Institutional crypto broker FalconX announced a partnership with the prediction market platform Kalshi. This collaboration will provide institutional clients with a channel to participate in event-driven markets through structured derivatives and bulk trading execution, covering various event contracts such as cryptocurrencies, macroeconomics, and global elections.

According to CoinDesk, Coinbase has revealed that it has integrated the trading protocol DFlow as the main trading router for its Solana ecosystem, supporting users in achieving native value exchange for spot and prediction markets on Solana.Coinbase stated that after introducing DFlow, the trading failure rate for its Solana products dropped from about 1/30 to approximately 1/250, an 8-fold decrease. At the same time, this solution has expanded the liquidity coverage, enabling small and mid-cap tokens that were previously unable to trade due to "lack of liquidity" to become tradable, and optimizing user transaction prices.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) stated in a letter to the CFTC that state regulations on prediction markets are creating "barriers to fair access" and may weaken market liquidity.a16z pointed out that requiring platforms to restrict user access by state will affect market uniformity and conflict with the federal principle of fair access. At the same time, frequent bans and enforcement actions may also compress overall trading depth. The agency emphasized that prediction markets play an important role in information discovery and probability pricing, supporting unified federal regulation. The CFTC, on the other hand, insists that the relevant contracts fall under its exclusive regulatory scope.

Web3 asset data platform RootData released the progress data for the 2026 Q2 TGE. From the time distribution perspective, the crypto market is entering a concentrated release period for Q2 TGE, with market risk appetite and liquidity activity rebounding in sync. Among them, MegaETH has become the core anchor point of this window period. This project focuses on "ultra-high performance real-time execution" of EVM L2. After completing a $30 million financing, it officially TGE'd on April 30 and simultaneously launched on major exchanges such as Coinbase, Upbit, and Bithumb. According to the "Upcoming Issuance" section data from RootData's market, TGE is showing characteristics of a "short-term concentrated explosion": on April 29, Gensyn completed its TGE, on the 30th, MegaETH and Real Finance TGE'd simultaneously, and on May 1, Kuvi followed closely with its launch. Avant is expected to push forward its TGE in the latter part of Q2. At the same time, Polymarket data also provided forward-looking signals: before June, it may enter a peak issuance interval. Dreamcash (64%), Arc (46%), and Oro (40%) are in the first tier and may form the core of the next liquidity competition. Overall, this round of Q2 TGE is not a confirmation signal for the market but rather the starting point for liquidity redistribution. The subsequent market strength will depend on the absorption capacity of the new supply and the degree of support from the project's fundamentals for valuation.

According to the latest weekly report released by Gate, in the past week (from April 20 to April 26), driven by the easing of geopolitical tensions and rising expectations for interest rate cuts, BTC rose from $68,000 to above $77,000, with market sentiment remaining "cautiously optimistic." ETF funds continued to see net inflows, indicating that institutions are steadily increasing their positions amid fluctuations, with capital accelerating towards high liquidity assets and deep trading platforms.There was a noticeable rotation of on-chain funds: PancakeSwap's trading volume approached $36 billion, the supply of USDT was nearly $200 billion, while USDe saw a net outflow of about $2 billion; in the DeFi sector, Aave's lending balance decreased, with liquidity shifting towards Spark. In terms of derivatives, the funding rate for BTC remains negative, while the activity and volatility of options have increased. The market will pay attention to the FOMC interest rate meeting and the volatility effects brought by the unlocking of OP, SUI, and ENA.Against this backdrop, Gate continues to strengthen its institutional service capabilities, providing high-performance matching, deep liquidity, and multi-exchange strategy support to meet high-frequency and arbitrage demands. At the same time, through a comprehensive asset security and custody system, combined with a one-stop solution for spot, contract, and multi-asset trading, it helps institutions execute efficiently and lay out robust strategies in a volatile market.