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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has passed a plan allowing publicly traded companies to reduce the frequency of financial report disclosures from quarterly to semi-annually, which has further moved closer to implementation after passing White House review. According to information from the U.S. government website, this review was completed earlier this week, allowing the SEC to officially announce the plan and seek public opinion.After receiving feedback, the commissioners will need to vote on the final version for it to take effect. Voting typically occurs several months later. Since President Trump called for changing quarterly reports to semi-annual reports last year, the SEC has been advancing this reform of corporate information disclosure requirements. Since 1970, publicly traded companies in the U.S. have been required to disclose financial information quarterly.

One of Canada's largest institutional investment management companies, AIMCo, disclosed in regulatory filings on April 30 that it holds an equity stake in Strategy valued at $219 million. This is one of the largest direct investments by a sovereign wealth fund in the crypto "middleware" protocol. AIMCo stated that this move is a strategic positioning for the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) and automated liquidity provision.The Strategy platform is able to provide yield opportunities for institutional investors that comply with KYC/AML standards, while its governance and equity structure allows it to benefit from transaction fees generated by the inflow of institutional capital. Analysts believe this is also a defensive hedge for AIMCo in the context of declining traditional fixed-income returns. This investment is expected to act as a catalyst for other Canadian and international pension funds.AIMCo manages approximately CAD 160 billion in assets, and this move indicates that large fiduciary institutions believe the technological and regulatory risks in the DeFi space have become manageable. As AIMCo integrates digital asset strategies into its main portfolio, it may trigger a chain reaction in the sovereign wealth sector, advancing global capital management towards transparency and efficiency through decentralized ledgers in the era of "programmable finance."

According to Jinshi reports, ECB President Lagarde stated that the central bank discussed various options, including the possibility of raising interest rates.

Ali Qianwen announces the open-source Qwen-Scope------an interpretability module trained based on the Qwen3 series and Qwen3.5 series models, with application scenarios including directed control of inference results, data classification and synthesis, model training and optimization, evaluation sample distribution analysis and comparison, etc.The weights of this open-source Qwen-Scope involve 7 large models, covering the dense models and mixture of experts models of the Qwen3 and Qwen3.5 series, with a total of 14 groups of sparse autoencoder weights.

The DeSci project NanoVita officially announced the completion of strategic financing, with the amount not yet disclosed. This round of financing was participated in by Harbor Digital Ventures and Apus Capital, among others.It is reported that NanoVita is a decentralized science (DeSci) protocol that integrates nanotechnology, AI biological intelligence, and real-world health data, aiming to build an open and transparent health research infrastructure.In addition, NanoVita had previously completed a seed round of financing participated in by Cryptogram Venture (CGV), UDS Space, Candaq Fintech Group, and Susie Venture, as well as a Pre-A round of financing participated in by K24 Ventures, LandScape Capital, and WestLabs.

According to the Los Angeles Times, 22-year-old Evan Tangeman from Newport Beach was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for money laundering for a young fraud gang.Tangeman admitted that the gang laundered at least $3.5 million, which was obtained by stealing over $263 million in cryptocurrency from investors through social engineering tactics such as impersonating employees of cryptocurrency trading platforms. Tangeman's compensation included luxury sports cars like Lamborghinis and Porsches. Federal agents seized a black 2022 Rolls-Royce Ghost (worth over $300,000) and a Porsche GT3 RS from his home.The gang is referred to as the "crypto kids," consisting of teenagers who used the stolen funds to rent luxury mansions and private jets, purchase luxury goods, and spend up to $500,000 in a single night at nightclubs. Tangeman also instructed others to destroy digital devices after gang members were arrested.

According to BBX data, yesterday the earnings season for cryptocurrency-related stocks and the expansion of stablecoin infrastructure advanced simultaneously, with the following key developments:Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: $HOOD) released its Q1 2026 earnings report and submitted SEC Form 8-K after the market closed on April 28: total revenue of $1.07 billion (up 15% year-over-year), below the analyst consensus expectation of $1.14 billion; adjusted EPS of $0.38, slightly lower than the consensus of $0.39; cryptocurrency trading revenue plummeted 47% year-over-year to $134 million (compared to $252 million in the same period last year), with cryptocurrency trading volume also declining 48% to $24 billion, marking the third consecutive quarter of declining cryptocurrency revenue. Meanwhile, revenue from event contracts (prediction markets) surged 320% year-over-year to $147 million, surpassing cryptocurrency revenue for the first time to become the largest source of trading revenue, with a record contract volume of 8.8 billion for the quarter; affected by the earnings report, $HOOD fell about 13.24% to $71.20 yesterday.Visa Inc. (NYSE: $V) announced on April 29 through an official BusinessWire press release that five new blockchains—Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo—have been added to its global stablecoin settlement pilot, expanding the total supported network to nine (previously Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Stellar); the annualized scale of stablecoin settlements reached $7 billion, a 50% increase from the previous quarter. The pilot allows issuing banks and acquiring banks to settle using stablecoins instead of traditional banking rails, currently covering over 50 countries and more than 130 stablecoin-related card projects, and has expanded to USDC settlements with U.S. banks.Senator Cynthia Lummis publicly confirmed on April 29 that the markup for the CLARITY Act in the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled for May 2026; at the same time, the SEC announced it will hold a roundtable discussion on May 3 regarding issues related to the CLARITY Act, further clarifying the signals of coordination between regulatory and legislative bodies to accelerate the process, providing an official timeline endorsement for the previously anticipated "end of May" market expectations.

According to Fox News, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has collaborated with law enforcement agencies in Dubai, China, and Thailand to conduct a large-scale multinational joint law enforcement operation, successfully dismantling at least 9 overseas cryptocurrency scam centers, resulting in the arrest of 276 suspects, with the amount involved reaching millions of dollars.In this operation, the U.S. District Court in San Diego has filed federal telecommunications fraud and money laundering charges against 6 suspects, including individuals from Myanmar and Indonesia, whose scam organizations operated under names such as "Sanduo Group" and "Giant Company." Dubai police arrested 275 suspects, while the Royal Thai Police separately apprehended 1 fugitive.The aforementioned scam network employed a "pig butchering" technique, gaining the trust of victims through fabricated friendships or romantic relationships, luring them to transfer funds to fake cryptocurrency investment platforms, and then laundering the money and transferring it to criminal accounts.This operation aligns with the executive order signed by Trump on March 6, 2026, aimed at combating overseas criminal networks that exploit U.S. citizens. The FBI's "Operation Level Up" has notified approximately 9,000 victims, recovering about $562 million in losses for U.S. citizens. The FBI urges victims to report through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

According to market news, Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, is facing a parliamentary standards review for receiving an undisclosed grant of approximately £5 million from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne. Christopher Harborne resides in Thailand and holds a 12% stake in the stablecoin issuer Tether.Nigel Farage stated that the grant was intended to ensure his personal safety and not for political activities. However, the Conservative Party and the Labour Party accused him of violating the House of Commons rules requiring members to declare earnings received in the 12 months prior to their election, and have requested the parliamentary standards commissioner to investigate. Reform UK responded that the funds are classified as "personal unconditional gifts" that do not need to be declared and are unrelated to elections.The UK government announced in March this year a suspension of political parties receiving cryptocurrency donations to prevent foreign interference. Previously, Christopher Harborne donated £9 million to Reform UK, setting a record for the largest single political donation by a living individual in the UK; BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo also donated £4 million to the party this year.Additionally, Farage himself holds a 6.31% stake in the Bitcoin treasury company Stack BTC.

According to Yu Jin monitoring, after making a profit of 68.47 million dollars from going long half a month ago, the "Hyperliquid's largest long position leader" has started to go long on ETH again on a large scale.He has currently opened long positions of 90,000 ETH (203 million dollars) through 3 addresses, and he has already become the largest long position holder on Hyperliquid, with an average opening price of 2,265 dollars for his ETH positions.

According to Jinshi reports, the Federal Reserve described inflation as "high," whereas in previous statements it was referred to as "slightly high," and noted the impact of global energy prices.

According to Arkham monitoring, about 1 hour ago, Grayscale transferred 3,004 ETH to Coinbase, worth 6.95 million dollars.

According to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed company Eightco Holdings (ORBS) released an update on its holdings, with a total asset value of approximately $333 million, including: 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD), 11,068 ETH, a $90 million investment in OpenAI, a $25 million investment in Beast Industries, and $121 million in cash and stablecoins.Eightco Holdings stated that the value of the WLD tokens held has decreased to 21% of the company's total assets, the investment in OpenAI accounts for about 27% of the company's total assets, and the investment in Beast Industries accounts for 8% of the company's total assets.

According to Cointelegraph, Polymarket is in communication with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to seek the reopening of its main platform to U.S. users. If approved, this could mean that the restrictions on U.S. users, which have been in place since its settlement with the CFTC in 2022, may be lifted.The report states that Polymarket has previously made a limited return to the U.S. market through the regulated QCEX framework, and if a full return is achieved, it will further intensify the competitive landscape of prediction markets in the U.S.

According to official news, Huobi HTX's latest "Hotspot Live" event will be broadcast today (April 29) at 20:00 (UTC+8). The theme of this event is "Super Central Bank Week is Coming, Where to Put Your Idle Money?" It will focus on the dual macro event window of Super Central Bank Week and the Bitcoin Conference, concentrating on ways to increase wealth.Huobi's earning consultant Rain will join several industry veteran KOLs, including Niu Mo Wang, Amber, Sniper, and Sister Mao, to engage in a dialogue about macro trends interpretation, stablecoin earning strategies, and the core logic behind Huobi's continuous and secure operation.

OKX founder Star commented on OKX Boost while retweeting a post from RootData, stating that it is not just an incentive but also an early discovery and price discovery mechanism for new projects.In the tweet, RootData, in collaboration with OKX, released the first quarter report for OKX Boost, which shows that during the event, 23 projects distributed over $11 million in incentives, with an average of about 20,000 active participants per event and an average transparency score of over 70%. The listing rate for OKX spot or futures reached 45%.

According to market news, after HYPE rebounded to around $40, a whale starting with 0x66f on the Hyperliquid platform initiated a large-scale HYPE spot buy. Currently, two buy orders are placed using TWAP (time-weighted average price), totaling approximately 250,000 tokens, which is about $10.1 million at the current price. As of the time of writing, one of the orders is close to being fully executed. There is still a plan to continuously buy about $4 million worth of HYPE spot within 7 hours at the address: 0x66f463866512fc337c89bad2032acbe38ee38836.