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According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that he will closely monitor the market's response to inflation expectations.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that he will closely monitor whether there are signs of increasing pressure in employment data.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that a cryptocurrency company linked to "Russian gangs and intelligence agencies" is funding political opponents and influencing domestic cryptocurrency regulatory legislation.During a parliamentary vote on Friday, Tusk pointed out that some Polish politicians obstructing cryptocurrency regulatory legislation are serving the interests of a company named Zondacrypto, which is accused of providing "financial support" to political figures and has ties to Russia. Tusk further claimed that the company sponsored the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) event held in Poland last year, during which former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem publicly supported President Karol Nawrocki's campaign. Tusk bluntly stated that the company's funding sources involve not only "money related to the Russian mafia (Bratva)" but may also be connected to Russian intelligence agencies.Meanwhile, President Nawrocki won the election in June last year, with support from former U.S. President Donald Trump. The president's office responded that it does not oppose cryptocurrency regulation itself but opposes the "flawed regulatory model" proposed by the government. This controversy arises amid the political tug-of-war in Poland over the cryptocurrency regulatory bill. The bill aims to align with the EU's MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) framework, but the president previously vetoed the related bill and blocked parliament from overturning the veto in December, hindering the regulatory process.

Circle announced on the X platform that the USDC Bridge service has officially launched. It is reported that this is a way to directly transfer USDC across chains, built and operated by Circle, supporting native burn-to-mint transfers, without the need to select a route, and automatically handling gas fees on the target chain.

According to Decrypt, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins launched the first episode of the official podcast "Material Matters," collaborating with commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda to publicly express a pro-innovation regulatory stance.Atkins stated that the U.S. should become the global destination for innovation and characterized the current situation as "a significant turning point for the U.S. market." Uyeda criticized the Gensler era SEC for deviating from its core responsibilities, while Peirce emphasized that regulation should be open to innovators.

According to Gate market data, the US dollar index DXY has touched down to 98, with an intraday decline of 0.22%.

According to market news, Xiaomi miclaw has officially passed the evaluation by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology's mobile intelligent assistant (Claw), becoming the first mobile intelligent agent in the country to pass this review.This evaluation was conducted based on the "General Framework for Intelligent Assistant Benchmark Testing," strictly assessing three major dimensions: basic capabilities, edge-side applications, and comprehensive capabilities. It is reported that Xiaomi miclaw relies on Xiaomi MiMo's self-developed large model, possessing four major capabilities: full ecological underlying support, deep memory, cross-domain interconnection, and continuous self-evolution, enabling it to connect mobile phones, PCs, cockpits, and AIoT devices to autonomously execute complex commands.

According to the official announcement, the Binance Alpha blind box is now live. The airdrop pool includes tokens from three projects: Hana Network (HANA), Reservoir (DAM), and Alaya Governance Token (AGT). Users holding at least 242 Binance Alpha points can claim the airdrop.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange today published a consultation document regarding the shortening of the settlement cycle for the Hong Kong stock cash market (the "Consultation Document"), proposing to shorten the settlement cycle from the current T+2 to T+1, and seeking market opinions on the proposal.

Claw Wallet, a Web3 wallet infrastructure designed for AI Agents, announced a strategic partnership with TagAI and TagClaw. By deeply integrating Claw Wallet's secure AI-native infrastructure with TagAI's AI and socially predictive community layer, as well as TagClaw's on-chain social collaborative network, the three parties are jointly defining a new standard for the AI Agent ecosystem.The focus of this collaboration is to introduce TagClaw's Skill into Claw Wallet, empowering AI Agents with stronger intelligent coordination capabilities, making on-chain AI interactions more seamless, secure, and socially oriented. Currently, the three parties are fully committed to building a decentralized AI Agent infrastructure based on the BNB Chain, promoting the leap from independent tools to a collaborative social network for AI Agents.

The Ethereum NFT marketplace Foundation has officially announced its permanent closure. Founder Kayvon Tehranian posted on X stating that the original plan was to sell the platform to a buyer interested in continuing operations, but the deal ultimately fell through, and the company deemed it not worth searching for other buyers. The platform's infrastructure has been shut down, with no plans for relaunch.In January of this year, Tehranian transferred ownership of Foundation to the digital art display company BlackDove, at the time calling this move a step for the platform's long-term development. However, BlackDove only conducted a full due diligence after completing the operational handover and ultimately determined that building a proprietary marketplace was more feasible, leading to the termination of the collaboration.Since its launch, Foundation has facilitated approximately $230 million in primary sales and has hosted iconic auctions featuring artists such as Jen Stark, James Jean, and Edward Snowden. This closure has once again raised questions about the permanence of NFTs hosted on centralized infrastructure.

According to Cointelegraph, stablecoin issuer Circle is facing a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts for failing to freeze the stolen funds from the Drift Protocol during the attack incident.The plaintiffs claim that the attacker transferred approximately $230 million USDC from Solana to Ethereum within hours using Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), and Circle did not intervene. The lawsuit accuses Circle of complicity and incitement to misappropriation and negligence. Crypto analytics firm Elliptic previously suspected that the attack may be related to North Korean-backed hackers, and the related funds were subsequently exchanged for ETH and transferred via Tornado Cash.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), after the SIREN market maker sold off dispersed chips at the beginning of the month, they have re-acquired the chips and increased their token control ratio to over 93%. There has been a resurgence of intense market operations, with SIREN recently rising by 185%, with the price rebounding from a previous low of $0.13 to $2.18.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones Index closed up 115.13 points on April 16 (Thursday), an increase of 0.24%, at 48,578.85 points; the S&P 500 Index rose 18.32 points, an increase of 0.26%, at 7,041.27 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index increased by 86.69 points, an increase of 0.36%, at 24,102.7 points.

According to Gate market data, the dollar index, which measures the dollar against six major currencies, rose by 0.16% on April 16, closing at 98.212 in the foreign exchange market. 1 euro exchanged for 1.1774 dollars, down from 1.18 dollars the previous trading day; 1 pound exchanged for 1.3525 dollars, down from 1.3572 dollars the previous trading day; 1 dollar exchanged for 159.26 yen, up from 159.03 yen the previous trading day; 1 dollar exchanged for 0.7844 Swiss francs, up from 0.7819 Swiss francs the previous trading day; 1 dollar exchanged for 1.3706 Canadian dollars, down from 1.3729 Canadian dollars the previous trading day; 1 dollar exchanged for 9.2051 Swedish kronor, up from 9.158 Swedish kronor the previous trading day.

According to Cointelegraph, Michael Selig, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated that the agency is working to provide clarity for the crypto space, including tokenized collateral and stablecoins, while also developing clear guidelines for prediction markets.

According to The Block, Josh Stark, a key figure at the Ethereum Foundation (EF), announced his resignation after five years and will officially step down at the end of the month. Stark joined the Ethereum Foundation in 2019, initially working in the special projects team, and later rose to leadership, collaborating with EF Chair Aya Miyaguchi, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, and co-executive directors Hsiao-Wei Wang and Bastian Aue.He is one of the most prominent members of the foundation's external image and has led several significant advancements in Ethereum, including the "The Merge" upgrade that transitioned from proof of work to proof of stake, as well as subsequent upgrades like Dencun, Fusaka, and Pectra. During last year's leadership adjustments at the foundation, he was appointed as the "co-manager" of the EF board and recently took on the role of co-chair of the "trillion-dollar security" initiative.Last month, Stark co-authored a strategic blog post on Ethereum with Josh Rudolf and Julian Ma, outlining Ethereum's latest scaling direction and its relationship with the Layer 2 ecosystem. Stark stated, "I haven't planned for the future yet; I just want to take a good rest and spend time with family and friends." This resignation occurs against the backdrop of ongoing changes at the Ethereum Foundation.Last year, the foundation underwent significant leadership adjustments, refocusing its strategic priorities on scaling the Ethereum mainnet and core cypherpunk values; Tomasz K. Stańczak also resigned from his co-executive director position at the end of February this year, having served for less than a year. On the same day, Trent Van Epps also announced his departure from EF to fully dedicate himself to Protocol Guild, the independent funding organization for Ethereum core developers that he founded.

OKX will start the Pharos × OKX Wallet exclusive airdrop event on April 20, 2026, at 07:59. Users can participate in staking to receive airdrop rewards. Redemption will open on July 20, 2026, at 19:00, and the staked assets will be locked in the smart contract before the redemption opens.