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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BOE) jointly launched a public consultation on Monday, seeking industry input on the regulation, infrastructure, and market practices of tokenized wholesale financial markets in the UK. This consultation is part of the UK's digital finance market strategy, focusing on tokenized securities and post-trade infrastructure, covering areas such as prudential regulation, tokenized collateral, and settlement tools. Regulators stated that there are significant opportunities in the post-trade processes and collateral management areas for tokenization. The consultation targets banks, investment firms, asset management institutions, central securities depositories (CSD), central counterparty clearing houses (CCP), trading platforms, fintech companies, and others. The current scope mainly involves tokenized bonds, stocks, and fund shares, with potential future expansion. Market participants can submit feedback by July 3. The FCA and the Bank of England plan to publish a feedback document in the summer of 2026 and launch a roadmap for the development of the digital wholesale market within the year.Meanwhile, UK regulators are advancing the "digital securities sandbox" program, with 16 companies having passed the first phase of review and currently testing the issuance, trading, and settlement of tokenized securities. Additionally, the Bank of England has separately released a consultation document on extending the operating hours of the RTGS and CHAPS systems, planning to gradually move towards a near 7×24 hour operating model, with the goal of launching synchronized settlement services by 2028 to support tokenized assets as collateral for central bank operations and central counterparty use.

According to NADA NEWS, ReYuu Japan, a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market, announced that, after mutual consultation, it has terminated the basic agreement reached with the Canadian investment company Universal Digital Inc. regarding a financing framework of up to $100 million (approximately 15 billion yen).The agreement was originally intended to promote external financing arrangements related to its cryptocurrency asset reserve (DAT) strategy, but it was not a formal loan contract, and the establishment of the financing framework or actual borrowing had not been completed. ReYuu Japan stated that the capital market environment for listed companies implementing cryptocurrency asset reserve strategies has changed, and investor attitudes have become more cautious; this termination does not mean that its cryptocurrency asset reserve strategy is halted, and it will continue to assess based on market conditions, financial stability, and shareholder value.

The ALEX Lab Foundation submitted governance proposal AGP-8, which plans to make structural adjustments to the ALEX protocol, including stopping the emission of ALEX community tokens, closing the treasury grant program TGP, and introducing a protocol-driven token buyback and burn mechanism. Currently, the circulating supply of ALEX is approximately 973 million tokens, close to the cap of 1 billion tokens.If the proposal is approved, the next 32 cycles will be the final ALEX emission cycles, after which there will be no new token emissions. Approximately 1.568 million STX remain unclaimed in the TGP 2024 treasury, and after a 30-day grace period, the ALEX Lab Foundation will use these funds to buy back and burn ALEX tokens at market price. Future protocol revenue will also be used for ongoing buybacks and burns after covering operational costs. This proposal aims to shift ALEX from an inflationary model to a deflationary model.

According to a report by Reuters, the United States has approved the sale of Nvidia H200 AI chips to about 10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance, but no chips have been delivered yet, and the related transactions are at a standstill.The report pointed out that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined the delegation during President Trump's visit to China, trying to promote the sale of H200 chips in China. The U.S. Department of Commerce has also approved some distributors, such as Lenovo and Foxconn, to directly purchase and resell the chips. However, due to strict security, usage, revenue sharing, and legal restrictions imposed by the U.S. on H200 exports, there are conflicts with China's supply chain security policies, leading to stricter order approvals.

According to The Block, Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, has reached a partnership with Grupo Salinas, controlled by Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego, to provide a USD stablecoin payment rail to optimize cross-border USD settlements.Grupo Salinas will integrate Anchorage's stablecoin infrastructure into its cross-border payment processes through its crypto business Coinpro, aiming to shorten settlement cycles and introduce programmable, real-time settlement capabilities.Grupo Salinas also controls Banco Azteca, and Salinas himself has long supported Bitcoin. Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley stated that stablecoins are evolving from trading tools into core financial infrastructure. Previously, Western Union also announced that it would launch a USD stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital on Solana.

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal cited by Jinshi, Anthropic has received an investment intention offer valuing it at over $900 billion.

According to a report by Cryptopolitan, a market report released by Wintermute indicates that Bitcoin's breakthrough of $80,000 is primarily driven by a short squeeze in the perpetual futures market, rather than by spot demand. Over the past month, Bitcoin futures open interest has increased by about $10 billion to $58 billion, while spot trading volume has dropped to a two-year low. When Bitcoin surpassed $70,000, a large number of shorts were forced to close their positions, triggering a buying spree that pushed prices higher. Wintermute warns that the rally, lacking support from spot demand, is fragile, and the market may face a sharp reversal.In the long term, recent net inflows into spot ETFs have reached $623 million, and the exchange's Bitcoin inventory has fallen to a seven-year low, but these factors are not enough to offset short-term risks. The U.S. CPI data being higher than expected and the uncertainty surrounding the nomination of the Federal Reserve Chair may also exacerbate market pressures. Wintermute states that $85,000 is still a possibility, but the risk-reward ratio for buying at the current price level is poor.

ZKsync's official announcement stated that following several ZK token governance proposals, the governance service provider ScopeLift has now launched the "ZK Fee Flow System" proposal on the forum. This system is a set of smart contract mechanisms that allow ZKsync Governance to route and allocate protocol revenue and fees through its controllable on-chain mechanisms. ZKsync indicated that the relevant forum post has detailed the contract architecture, operational mechanisms, security measures, and deployment addresses of the system.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), three addresses associated with the WLFI team have transferred a total of 833 million WLFI (worth approximately 55.57 million USD) to the Unlock Contract in batches over the past 24 hours. The funds originated from the WLFI multi-signature and strategic reserve addresses. Currently, the receiving address has accumulated a total of 1.782 billion WLFI, with a total value of up to 1.19 billion USD.

Bitfinex announced that it has obtained a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) license in El Salvador, further expanding its compliant business footprint in the Latin American region and officially completing regulatory coverage of its full business line in the country.With this approval, Bitfinex's core spot trading platform has been incorporated into El Salvador's regulatory system, forming a complete compliance framework alongside the previously licensed Bitfinex Securities and Bitfinex Derivatives, covering spot trading, derivatives, and tokenized securities business.

According to official news, based on the update from the Arbitrum DAO proposal, a judgment creditor in an unrelated case served a restraining order to Arbitrum DAO regarding the ETH frozen after the rsETH incident. A few days later, Aave LLC filed an emergency motion to vacate. The court modified the restraining order, allowing for on-chain Arbitrum voting and transferring the frozen ETH to Aave LLC.After the transfer, the restraining order will attach to Aave LLC. The revised constitutional AIP retains the asset recovery intent approved by Arbitrum DAO, and ETH will still be used for the recovery of the rsETH incident. Aave LLC will comply with all court obligations during the litigation process.

JustLend DAO officially initiated Governance Proposal No. 39, planning to add the HTX market and introduce $HTX into the platform lending market. The core of the proposal includes: configuring the HTX/TRX price oracle, supporting the jHTX token, while setting the collateral coefficient at 50% and the reserve coefficient at 30%. If the proposal is approved by vote, HTX holders will be able to earn returns by supplying HTX or use it as collateral to borrow other assets, thereby further enhancing the efficiency of fund utilization within the ecosystem. The proposal is currently open for voting.

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Iran's response to the U.S. proposal to end the war has been conveyed through Pakistan.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones turned down, American Express (AXP.N) fell by 1.3%, and Salesforce (CRM.N) fell by 3.7%.

The Arbitrum DAO vote approved the proposal to release the frozen ETH, with a support rate of 90.96%. The proposal includes a request for Arbitrum governance to approve the release of 30,765.67 ETH frozen by the Arbitrum Security Committee on April 21, and to transfer the funds into a 3/4 multi-signature wallet jointly controlled by Aave Labs, KelpDAO, EtherFi, and Certora. This address will be specifically used for recovery work after receiving the ETH frozen by Arbitrum.

The GnosisDAO community has released a proposal to "allow GNO holders to proportionally redeem their entitled treasury shares." The proposal aims to allow GNO holders to exchange their tokens for a proportionate share allocated from the GnosisDAO treasury. Non-participants will retain their GNO and continue to enjoy all economic rights brought by the ongoing operations of the DAO, with liquidity and semi-liquid treasury assets distributed based on net asset value.Illiquid off-chain investments and enterprise value will be handled through the synthetic gLTD-CLAIM, which grants participants a fixed proportion of future dividends from the aforementioned asset pool once the capital deployed by the DAO exceeds the principal recovery threshold after redemption. The redeemed GNO will be burned, thereby permanently reducing the effective circulating supply.As of the time of publication, the current opposition rate for this proposal is 64.81%.

Gnosis DAO is conducting a Snapshot vote proposing to allow GNO holders to proportionally acquire shares of the DAO treasury through a voluntary redemption mechanism. According to analyst Ignas, the treasury holds approximately $223 million in assets (including ETH, stablecoins, and ecosystem tokens), with about 1.3 million GNO eligible for redemption, each corresponding to about $170 in treasury value, while the current trading price of GNO is around $132, representing a discount of about 27%.The vote reversed twice within 24 hours: after Gnosis co-founder Stefan George cast a dissenting vote, the situation briefly turned, but then a whale wallet holding 67,000 GNO cast a supporting vote, putting the supporters back in the lead. Currently, about 116,000 GNO are in favor (about 65%), 59,600 against, and 1,600 abstentions, surpassing the quorum threshold of 75,000 votes, with voting continuing until May 12.Supporters believe that Gnosis Ltd. has become a funding black hole structurally misaligned with the interests of holders, while opponents warn that redemption will weaken projects with actual users such as Gnosis Pay, Circles, and Gnosis Chain, and may trigger a chain reaction for other DAOs trading below net asset value.

The WLFI community voted to pass the proposal for the "Token Unlocking Plan for Early Supporters and Founding Team," with a support rate of 99.9%.The proposal includes that approximately 17 billion WLFI held by early supporters will adopt a 2-year cliff unlock + 2-year linear unlock (a total of 4 years); approximately 45.2 billion WLFI held by the founding team, advisors, and partners can choose a 2-year cliff unlock + 3-year linear unlock (a total of 5 years), and may voluntarily burn 10% of it permanently; tokens that do not actively accept the new plan will remain permanently locked but retain governance participation rights.

According to Jinshi News, St. Louis Fed President Bullard stated that there is significant uncertainty regarding the outlook for the U.S. economy and monetary policy. He believes that the risks associated with current inflation are rising compared to employment risks. Bullard pointed out that inflation is significantly above the 2% target level, and the risks are more tilted towards inflation rather than employment.He mentioned that the Fed's benchmark policy rate is currently at a neutral level, possibly slightly leaning towards easing, and there is a reasonable scenario for maintaining the current policy rate, but further rate cuts or increases may also be necessary.