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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.

Nasdaq-listed company Intchains Group Limited announced its latest business developments, disclosing its Ethereum (ETH) staking scale and AI-driven operational transformation plan. The company stated that as of now, it has staked a total of 8,040 ETH, of which 1,000 ETH were completed through the FalconX platform, and 7,040 ETH were deployed on its own Goldshell Stake platform; additionally, third parties have staked 1,363 ETH on this platform. The company claims to achieve maximized returns and risk diversification through a multi-platform strategy.On a strategic level, Intchains is advancing its AI-enabled operational model transformation, focusing on chip and product research and development, market sales, and overall business operations, restructuring processes and enhancing decision-making efficiency through automation and intelligent tools. In terms of cost control, the company has reduced its workforce by about 20% based on early 2026 levels and plans to further compress it to a total of about 35%, which is expected to bring annual savings of approximately 20 million RMB in labor costs. This adjustment mainly stems from organizational streamlining and replacing repetitive manual processes with technology. The company's management stated that it will focus on core mining machine technology and Ethereum asset strategy, combining AI to enhance research and development and operational efficiency, and plans to launch a new generation of mining machine products in the second half of 2026 (depending on market conditions).

According to Edaily, Kim Sang-hoon, the chairman of the Digital Assets Special Committee of the People Power Party of Korea, expressed concerns about the restrictions on equity in cryptocurrency exchanges at an academic conference. He called for the prioritization of advancing the basic law on digital assets related to stablecoins (Phase Two legislation) to avoid getting caught in equity regulatory disputes and missing the golden legislative opportunity.He pointed out that the reality of the issuance and circulation of the Korean won stablecoin KRWQ has emerged overseas, posing a severe challenge to monetary sovereignty. Kim Sang-hoon emphasized that the law should provide market predictability, offer clear guidance for operators, and establish effective safety mechanisms for users.

The 6th phase project BABABOOEY ended subscription at 16:00 on April 17 and will complete TGE at 20:00 on April 17. This phase had over 49,000 participants, with a total subscription amount of 91,056,188 USDT. After the settlement of the BABABOOEY subscription assets in this phase, there will be no lock-up period; the funds will be available as spot, and users can choose to sell or withdraw immediately.This phase 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 U. A dynamic lottery rate model is introduced in this round, where the lottery rate increases by 0.2% for every additional 5,000,000 USDT raised. Successfully inviting friends to participate can share up to 20% of the final issuance amount in Token rewards.

According to The Information, OpenAI plans to invest over $20 billion in servers powered by Cerebras chips over the next three years. It is reported that as part of the agreement, OpenAI will also acquire equity in Cerebras.Cerebras is known to be an American company specializing in AI chips and computing systems, primarily providing hardware and infrastructure for AI training and AI inference scenarios.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sector generally rose, with the AI sector performing outstandingly, increasing by 12.48% in 24 hours. Among them, Siren (SIREN) rose by 92.70%, and SkyAI (SKYAI) rose by 32.37%. In addition, Bitcoin (BTC) fell by 0.14%, maintaining around $74,000; Ethereum (ETH) fell by 1.12%, dropping to just above $2,300.In other sectors, the Meme sector rose by 12.03% in 24 hours, with ORDI (ORDI) rising by 153.69%; the Layer2 sector rose by 5.36%, with Celestia (TIA) rising by 22.55%; the Layer1 sector rose by 2.91%, with Polkadot (DOT) rising by 11.33%; the DeFi sector rose by 2.82%, with Ethena (ENA) rising by 11.36%; the PayFi sector rose by 2.80%, with Safe (SAFE) rising by 15.49%; the CeFi sector rose by 1.39%, with FTX (FTT) rising by 5.43%.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that the ssiMeme, ssiLayer2, and ssiNFT indices rose by 7.74%, 4.91%, and 4.57%, respectively.

According to Coinglass data, ORDI had a total liquidation of $36.6002 million across the network in the past 24 hours, with short liquidations amounting to $24.2675 million and long liquidations amounting to $12.3331 million. The maximum single liquidation amount was $879,629. Compared to the average statistics over the past 7 days, the liquidation volume of ORDI in the past 24 hours is in an extreme range.

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 GMGN data, the market capitalization of the SOL ecosystem meme coin BELIEF has surpassed 14 million USD, currently reported at 13.89 million USD, with a daily increase of over 400%.Meme coin prices are highly volatile, and investors should be aware of the risks.

Arkham monitoring shows that a U.S. government address has just transferred $606,470 worth of Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime. This Bitcoin was previously seized by the U.S. government from Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein. It is currently unclear whether this batch of stolen Bitcoin will be sold on Coinbase.

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.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments from lawyers representing the prediction market platform Kalshi and Nevada authorities regarding Nevada's ban on the platform's event contracts. This appeal stems from a lower court ruling that prohibited Kalshi from offering certain event-based contracts in Nevada based on the claim that Kalshi requires a license.The appellate court judges responsible for Thursday's oral arguments and Kalshi's lawyers acknowledged that there have been several state-level enforcement actions against Kalshi and other prediction market platforms, including criminal charges filed in Arizona. However, a federal court last week blocked Arizona authorities from enforcing the state's gambling laws against Kalshi's event contracts."I believe existing case law does indicate that what we want to avoid here is state courts and federal courts simultaneously considering the exact same issue and potentially reaching different conclusions," said Colleen Sinzdak, representing Kalshi.The core argument of Kalshi's debate is that the platform's event contracts fall under "swap" transactions and should be regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, rather than state gambling regulators. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig supported this position in the case involving Crypto.com's prediction market and Nevada authorities.Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal predicted that this case may be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. "The questions in the oral arguments are not a reliable signal of the court's leanings; nonetheless, I stand by my long-standing prediction that the Supreme Court will rule on whether sports contracts on designated contract markets fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the CFTC as swap transactions."

The exchange Zonda stated that its cold wallet holding 4,503 bitcoins (worth approximately $334 million) is currently inaccessible.Zonda CEO Przemysław Kral issued a video statement claiming that the private key for the wallet was never handed over during the company's transition. The private key was supposed to be transferred by Zonda's founder and former CEO Sylwester Suszek, but Sylwester Suszek has been missing since 2022. Przemysław Kral denied allegations of misappropriating funds and stated that an unusual surge in withdrawal requests was triggered by negative media coverage. Zonda plans to take legal action against false statements and is committed to fulfilling its obligations to customers. The exchange was renamed from BitBay to Zonda in 2021.

According to Jin Shi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Milan stated that, given the inflation situation that had already emerged before the Middle East conflict, he may lower his expectations for interest rate cuts again this year. Milan mentioned that if he were to draw the dot plot now, he would lean towards cutting rates 3 times, possibly 4 times, but has not made a final decision yet. In March, he expected to cut rates 4 times this year, each by 25 basis points, but the pace of cuts may slow down if price trends become "less favorable."

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, the U.S. government deposited 8.2 BTC (approximately $606,000) into Coinbase Prime, with the funds originating from previously seized assets related to the Bitfinex hack.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released the final draft of the crypto asset framework. This new regulation is set to bring most crypto activities under the regulation of the Financial Services and Markets Act by October 25, 2027.According to the proposal, any institution that holds customer crypto assets for more than 24 hours or has the ability to revoke customer permissions will be considered a regulated custodian and must hold a full safeguarding license. Validators and node operators that provide value-added features such as yield or reward reinvestment will lose their technical exemptions. In addition, stablecoin issuers within the UK must control the entire lifecycle from issuance to redemption. Relevant institutions must submit authorization applications between September 30, 2026, and February 28, 2027.

The Ethereum Foundation announced that its jointly initiated ETH Rangers project has completed a 6-month operation. The project aims to fund independent researchers who contribute to public safety for the Ethereum ecosystem. Seventeen grantees have achieved multiple results in vulnerability research, security tool development, threat intelligence, and incident response, including: recovering or freezing over $5.8 million, reporting or documenting over 785 vulnerabilities and client issues, identifying about 100 attackers, providing security education content covering over 209,000 users, and handling over 36 security incidents.In addition, the project has also encouraged over 800 teams to participate in security challenges, produced over 80 technical sharing and training sessions, and developed or improved more than 7 open-source security tools. The Ethereum Foundation stated that the related results indicate that decentralized networks require "decentralized defense" and effectively enhance the overall security and resilience of the Ethereum ecosystem.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale opened a long position of 1.38 million HYPE at last year's peak, worth 62.13 million dollars. At that time, HYPE dropped to a low of 20.5 dollars, resulting in an unrealized loss of 26 million dollars. Since then, the price of HYPE has rebounded to 45 dollars, an increase of 120% from the lowest point, turning the whale's unrealized loss into a break-even and realizing a profit of 8.5 million dollars.