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According to Jin Shi's report, UBS's research indicates that the Federal Reserve is still on a path of further easing. Federal Reserve Chairman Powell recently downplayed the necessity of tightening monetary policy due to rising energy prices, emphasizing that policymakers typically "ignore" supply shocks such as soaring oil prices.UBS expects that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points later this year and believes that U.S. Treasury yields have ample room to decline, with year-end targets of 3.25% for the 2-year Treasury yield and 3.75% for the 10-year Treasury yield.

The DoubleZero Foundation has announced that its Edge platform has officially entered the public testing phase. Edge is a permissionless platform running on DoubleZero's DePIN infrastructure, designed to provide ultra-low latency real-time data delivery services for on-chain markets.DoubleZero is committed to building a decentralized global fiber network to optimize low-latency distributed systems for blockchain. DoubleZero co-founder Andrew McConnell stated, "Traditional finance has gained a competitive advantage through decades of building infrastructure for speed and certainty, while on-chain markets have previously lacked a similar foundation. Edge aims to provide on-chain traders with a comparable level of certainty infrastructure, enabling tighter spreads and better execution."It is reported that Edge currently has about 350 data providers, with major Solana infrastructure providers such as Jito, Temporal, Staking Facilities, and Triton also joining.

According to official news, the NFT public chain Mint Blockchain announced that the blockchain network officially ceased operations on April 17, 2026. To ensure the safety of user assets, the project team reminds all users to transfer their on-chain assets to the Ethereum mainnet as soon as possible, including assets such as ETH, WBTC, USDC, and USDT.The announcement states that users need to complete the asset migration through the extraction channel provided by the official team, with a deadline of October 20, 2026. Before this deadline, users can still perform asset extraction operations normally to ensure the safe transfer of funds to external networks. If users do not complete the extraction before the deadline, the related assets will no longer be processed or recoverable.

According to DefiLlama data, the total locked value (TVL) of Plasma, a Layer 1 blockchain designed for global stablecoin payments, has reached $2 billion, with a weekly increase of 27% and a monthly increase of over 80%, rising to become the seventh largest blockchain. One of the key driving factors for this growth is that Plasma was selected as one of the first supported networks for Tether's self-custody wallet launched on April 14, alongside Ethereum and Arbitrum.This wallet supports USD₮, XAU₮, USA₮, and Bitcoin, allowing users to trade without holding a separate Gas token. According to CoinDesk, the driving factors behind the expansion of Plasma's TVL are not yet clear, but may be related to optimistic expectations regarding the potential approval of the U.S. CLARITY Act.

According to Coingecko data, multiple tokens in the BRC-20 sector are still rising, with the current market capitalization of this sector exceeding 237 million USD, a 24-hour increase of 135.2%, and a 24-hour trading volume of nearly 1.6 billion USD.Among them: MUBI is currently priced at 0.001429 USD, with a 24-hour increase of 398.9%; ORDI is currently priced at 9.15 USD, with a 24-hour increase of 144.7%; SATS is currently priced at 0.00000002266 USD, with a 24-hour increase of 60.8%; TURT is currently priced at 0.0002204 USD, with a 24-hour increase of 36.6%; and 1000 SATS is currently priced at 0.00002215 USD, with a 24-hour increase of 59.8%.

Crypto fund manager McCann is under investigation in Zanzibar, Tanzania, after his fiancée was suspected to have died by suicide. McCann's passport has been confiscated by local police, and he has been asked to remain in the area while awaiting the results of the forensic autopsy.Recently, 31-year-old American influencer Ashlee Jenae died at a luxury resort in Tanzania. Her fiancé Joe McCann is the founder of the crypto hedge fund Asymmetric. McCann claims his wife hanged herself, but Jenae's family and friends strongly deny this and have issued an open letter stating that she would never commit suicide, demanding a thorough investigation by the authorities. Public information shows that Joe McCann's fund suffered a 78% loss in July 2025 and was forced to close. The timeline from the fund's collapse to the sudden death after their engagement has led the crypto community to question whether it is merely a coincidence.

Gate, as the first centralized exchange to connect to Polymarket, shows that the probability of a closing market value forecast of over $2 trillion for the SpaceX IPO is about 46%, making it the highest probability option currently.It is reported that Gate has launched the first phase of the Pre-IPOs project, SpaceX (SPCX). The subscription for this phase of SpaceX (SPCX) will be open from April 20, 2026, 18:00 to April 22, 18:00 (UTC+8), supporting participation in both USDT and GUSD. After the subscription is completed, the SPCX asset certificates are expected to be distributed before April 22, 22:00 (UTC+8) and will enter pre-market trading in a 100% unlocked form, with pre-market trading starting at April 24, 18:00 (UTC+8). The total subscription amount is 33,900 SPCX, with a total value of approximately $20.01 million, a unit price of $590, corresponding to an implied valuation of about $1.4 trillion.In terms of participation mechanism, Gate Pre-IPOs adopts "average locked amount per hour" for allocation, emphasizing early participation weight. The minimum participation threshold is 100 USDT, and no handling or custody fees are charged. Gate Pre-IPOs will continue to focus on early participation opportunities for high-quality projects before listing, providing users with a new entry point to access global quality assets.

According to Tech in Asia, South Korean internet giant Naver plans to promote the IPO of its fintech subsidiary Naver Financial within five years after completing a share swap with Dunamu, the operator of the cryptocurrency exchange Upbit in which it holds shares. The transaction has been delayed due to an extended antitrust review period, and the specific timetable and structure will depend on market conditions and the regulatory environment. The proposed "Digital Asset Basic Law" in South Korea may change the transaction structure or timetable.On the same day the share swap contract was signed, both parties entered into a shareholder agreement, requiring the establishment of an IPO committee for Naver Financial within one year after the share swap is completed. If the IPO is not achieved within five years, the timeframe can be extended by another two years. Regulators are also discussing a proposal to limit the shareholding ratio of the major shareholders of the exchange to within 20%, which may lead to adjustments in the transaction terms.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang recently stated on the Dwarkesh podcast that the company chooses to invest broadly in a large number of tech companies rather than picking a few winners for two reasons: first, picking winners is not NVIDIA's responsibility; second, the company's own history serves as a lesson.Jensen Huang pointed out that when NVIDIA was founded, there were 60 3D graphics companies in the industry, and if one were to predict who would succeed at that time, NVIDIA would likely have been at the top of the least favored list. Currently, NVIDIA, as the world's most valuable company, has made extensive investments in AI ecosystems, biotechnology, robotics, and autonomous driving, holding shares in publicly traded companies such as CoreWeave, Intel, Synopsys, and Nokia.In the field of large language models, NVIDIA committed to investing up to $10 billion in Anthropic last November and announced a $30 billion investment in OpenAI this February. Jensen Huang stated at a March meeting that since both companies are about to go public, these might be NVIDIA's last rounds of investment in them.

CoW Swap tweeted that it has regained control of the cow.fi domain and has been operating normally on cow.finance for some time, and is currently gradually transitioning back to the original domain.The official statement indicated that the attacker deceived the DNS registrar with forged documents on April 14 to gain control of the cow.fi domain; the attacker deployed a highly realistic phishing website, implementing it in two phases: first, inducing users to sign malicious transactions through a wallet stealer, and then stealing mnemonic phrases and passwords through fake wallet pop-ups; this attack targeted the domain registrar and did not involve a breach of CoW Swap's own infrastructure or private keys. Affected users should use tools like Revoke.cash to revoke all authorizations and consider transferring funds to a new wallet.

The world's leading digital asset trading platform Gate will launch the first project of Pre-IPOs, SpaceX (SPCX), opening the subscription channel for pre-listing assets. This product supports participation in both USDT and GUSD, and after the subscription is completed, the SPCX asset certificate will enter the pre-market trading with a 100% unlock format.The subscription period is from April 20, 2026, 18:00 to April 22, 18:00 (UTC+8), and SPCX is expected to complete distribution before May 6, 18:00 (UTC+8). The total subscription amount is 33,900 SPCX, with a total value of approximately 20.01 million USD, a unit price of 590 USD, corresponding to an implied valuation of about 1.4 trillion USD.Mechanically, Pre-IPOs use "average locked amount per hour" for allocation, emphasizing early participation weight. After obtaining the asset certificate, SPCX supports pre-market trading or subsequent delivery. In addition, the minimum participation threshold for this subscription is only 100 USDT, and there are no hidden costs such as handling fees, custody fees, or profit sharing.Gate Pre-IPOs focuses on early participation opportunities for high-quality projects before listing, opening a new gateway for individual investors to access global quality assets. In the future, the platform will continue to expand more high-quality targets and product forms, promoting the industry towards a more open and efficient direction.

Investment company KKR announced that it has reached a final agreement with Samsung SDS, a blockchain and IT financial services provider under Samsung, to acquire newly issued convertible bonds worth 1.22 trillion won (approximately 820 million USD).Samsung SDS launched digital transformation experience services in 2020, including a blockchain platform, and co-developed a certificate service driven by blockchain technology with Shinhan Bank. Additionally, it serves as a technical advisor for the CBDC pilot project led by the Bank of Korea. It is reported that KKR will provide consulting services in mergers and acquisitions, capital allocation, artificial intelligence products, and global expansion, as well as accelerate the construction of artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Issue 5 of HERMIND has officially launched, with a winning rate of 4.2%, a launch price of 0.133 USDT, a new investment yield of 33%, and an overall fund yield of approximately 1.4%. There is no lock-up period after the asset subscription settlement for this issue, and the funds will be available as spot immediately, allowing users to choose to sell or withdraw instantly.Issue 6 of BABABOOEY will officially open for subscription today at 16:00 and will end on April 17 at 16:00. This issue continues the multi-currency participation mechanism, allowing users to participate in the subscription using JU / USDT / BTC / ETH, with the platform uniformly converting and allocating based on USDT. This round introduces a dynamic winning rate model, where the winning rate increases by 0.2% for every additional 5,000,000 USDT raised. Successfully inviting friends to participate can share a token reward of up to 20% of the final issuance amount.

Kraken's co-CEO Arjun Sethi confirmed that the company has secretly submitted an initial public offering (IPO) application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This IPO application has been formally advanced after plans for the initial disclosure last year.Data shows that Kraken's latest valuation is approximately $13.3 billion, a significant decrease from $20 billion in 2025. Previously, Kraken had paused its IPO plans due to a downturn in the cryptocurrency market. Deutsche Börse Group has committed to investing $200 million in exchange for a 1.5% fully diluted ownership stake in Kraken.

According to official news, the Ethereum Foundation has launched the Ethereum Audit Subsidy Program, a collaborative project initiated with audit service providers, aimed at subsidizing the costs of security audits for Ethereum developers.Security audits are industry best practices, but they can be expensive. The goal of this subsidy program is to make audits more affordable, thereby enhancing the security of the entire Ethereum ecosystem. Under the Ethereum Foundation's "Trillion Dollar Security Program," this project collaborates with organizations such as Areta, Nethermind, and Chainlink Labs to review applications, helping developers building CROPS and new use cases on Ethereum to obtain more affordable audit services.

According to market news, Goldman Sachs has submitted an application for the Bitcoin Premium Income ETF.