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According to Decrypt, Republican fintech entrepreneur Michael Carbonara sold 10 Bitcoins for $800,000 to fund his congressional campaign and demonstrated his support for cryptocurrency in this critical battle as the election landscape changed. Besides the election, Carbonara believes that blockchain can also help the government improve the transparency of taxpayer fund usage.

Gate, a global leading digital asset trading platform, released its transparency report for April 2026. As the on-chain infrastructure continues to improve and capital efficiency increases, the synergy between on-chain trading, financial products, and payment scenarios has further enhanced, maintaining a steady upward trend in overall ecosystem activity.In terms of on-chain network, the number of transactions on Gate Layer exceeded 36.3 million, with a month-on-month growth of over 11%. The proportion of non-API trading on Perp DEX is close to 90%, reflecting a continued recovery in retail participation. On the capital and product side, the peak TVL of Yubibao approached $1.8 billion, the scale of on-chain earning products continues to grow, GUSD's scale has increased to over $190 million, and the crypto payment scenario has further extended into daily consumption through Gate Card, with the user base continuously rising.In addition, Gate has joined the Mastercard crypto partner program and is deepening cooperation around crypto cards, stablecoin payments, and cross-border settlements, promoting the accelerated integration of digital assets into the global mainstream payment system.The platform ecosystem is also continuously evolving, with approximately 2.5577 million GT tokens burned on-chain in the first quarter of 2026, with a destruction value exceeding $20.68 million. As of now, the cumulative burn of GT has exceeded 187 million tokens, accounting for about 62.46% of the initial supply.On the basis of adhering to the stable execution of the established burn plan, the long-term supply contraction trend of GT has become clearer, providing a foundation for its scarcity and value support. Gate is continuing to strengthen the integrity and global connectivity of its multi-asset financial infrastructure through the synergy of on-chain ecosystem expansion and asset management.

Global leading digital asset trading platform Gate released its transparency report for April 2026. As AI capabilities continue to iterate and the RWA asset system expands, the platform is accelerating its evolution towards a multi-asset financial infrastructure, further enhancing its collaborative trading capabilities across spot, derivatives, and tokenized assets.Currently, Gate has served over 53 million users, with more than 4,600 assets listed, and continues to expand its product matrix with TradFi and tokenized stocks, covering over 430 CFDs and more than 70 tokenized stocks. After the AI system completed its V3 upgrade, a unified entry architecture was formed among Web, App, Bot, and independent sites, and the newly launched in-depth research and intelligent push features will significantly enhance user trading and decision-making efficiency.At the same time, the platform continues to strengthen its global brand building and ecological influence. Gate has officially become the official sleeve sponsor of the Inter Milan U23 youth team and has held several large brand events in Hong Kong to celebrate its 13th anniversary, including the "Racing the Future" cross-border exhibition at Victoria Harbour, a blue carpet ceremony, and the GATE GALA anniversary dinner, attracting hundreds of industry representatives, media, and global users.Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han released an open letter during the 13th anniversary, participated in the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, and gave speeches and exchanges at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Han stated that infrastructure-driven development will become the core of industry competition in the next phase and proposed the concept of "Move Everything On-Chain." In the future, Gate will focus on building infrastructure capabilities, promoting deep integration of RWA, TradFi, DeFi, and AI, and accelerating the construction of a more unified and efficient global financial infrastructure system.

In response to Bloomberg's report on CME and ICE pressuring the CFTC regarding Hyperliquid, the Hyperliquid Policy Center, a lobbying organization led by prominent crypto lawyer Jake Chervinsky and funded by the Hyper Foundation, tweeted that the concerns lack basis.The organization stated that Hyperliquid publishes complete on-chain transaction records in real-time, with transparency far exceeding that of traditional exchanges, which serves as a strong deterrent against insider trading and price manipulation, and is beneficial for regulatory agencies and law enforcement to conduct monitoring and investigations.Additionally, Hyperliquid offers 24/7 uninterrupted trading, effectively eliminating price gaps between the opening and closing of traditional markets. The organization acknowledged that current U.S. laws have not yet made specific provisions for on-chain derivatives markets and will continue to work with Washington policymakers to promote the implementation of relevant regulatory frameworks.Previously, the Hyperliquid Policy Center was established on February 18 of this year in Washington, with former Blockchain Association and Variant Chief Legal Officer Jake Chervinsky serving as CEO, receiving a donation of 1 million HYPE from the Hyper Foundation, focusing on promoting a compliant regulatory path for DeFi in the United States.

Bitget released its transparency report for April 2026, detailing its latest progress in core businesses such as tokenized stocks, AI trading infrastructure, and IPO Prime. Data shows that during April, Bitget's daily trading volume remained stable at over $10 billion; according to DefiLlama statistics, its net inflow for the month reached $359.37 million, ranking second among centralized exchanges. Additionally, Bitget ranked second globally in the market share of stock perpetual contracts in the first quarter.In terms of product ecosystem, the adoption rate of AI trading tools such as GetAgent, GetClaw, Agent Hub, and Gracy AI continues to rise, empowering users with an intelligent trading experience based on the UEX system. In terms of innovative products, Bitget launched the US stock IPO purchasing service IPO Prime, extending UEX's product boundaries to the primary market. According to rwa.xyz data, its first project ranked third globally in tokenized private equity and VC assets.

According to ChainCatcher, Binance has rolled out a major update in its latest app version, integrating RootData’s team data for all 400+ Binance Alpha tokens. The added information includes team members’ roles, social media links, X follower counts, and X influence scores, enabling users to gain a comprehensive understanding of each project’s team background and industry influence for more informed investment decisions. Previously, Binance Wallet had already integrated RootData’s project overviews, funding history, and event calendars into its Earn page. RootData now serves over 260 API clients, including the Ethereum Foundation, OKX Wallet, Gate, CertiK, Blockworks, Amber Group, CMT Digital, Coinglass, BlockBeats, Everstake, and Token Pocket.  Through strategic partnerships with Binance and others, RootData continues to strengthen its position as a trusted data infrastructure provider, driving greater transparency across the crypto industry and delivering more reliable, efficient data support to projects, investors, and institutions.

The Japan Crypto Asset Business Association (JCBA) officially released the "Best Practices for Crypto Asset Staking Operations" guidelines, covering various aspects such as operational requirements, emergency response, information disclosure, compliance management, external auditing, and tax accounting, aiming to enhance the security and transparency of domestic staking services.

According to The Bitcoin Historian, billionaire Jack Dorsey's cryptocurrency financial application platform Cash App officially launched its Bitcoin reserve proof feature this week, verifying that over 60 million users' Bitcoin holdings on its platform are fully backed 1:1.The market views this move as an important step for the cryptocurrency industry in terms of transparency, user trust, and self-custody standards, and it is also seen as a positive signal for promoting the long-term healthy development of the industry.

Web3 asset data platform RootData released the eighth issue of the "Cryptocurrency Exchange Transparency Rankings (Stock Category)," continuing to focus on the growth trend of stock assets in cryptocurrency exchanges. In this ranking, Binance, OKX, Bybit, Gate, and Bitget continue to occupy the top five positions.In terms of ranking changes, BingX entered the list for the first time at ninth place due to a significant increase in traffic, while XT.com fell out of the top ten this issue due to a decline in trading volume and insufficient compliance transparency.In terms of traffic, leading platforms showed a moderate decline. Newly ranked BingX had a weekly traffic of 7.6 million, placing it second, just behind Binance. Meanwhile, Ourbit's traffic plummeted from 1.33 million to below 310,000, a drop of over 76%, making it the exchange with the largest decline in traffic this issue.Additionally, according to the ranking data, almost all exchanges experienced a significant decline in daily average trading volume, with decreases generally between 10% and 25%.It is reported that RootData adheres to the principle of "transparency first" and has taken the lead in establishing a dual evaluation system of "transparency + liquidity" in the field of stock cryptocurrency exchanges, thereby providing investors with more effective data references. The platform will continue to enhance and publish this ranking in the future.

CertiK and RootData announced a strategic partnership to jointly launch a dual benchmark brand program focused on security and transparency, aiming to make "security + transparency" a dual hard indicator of the trust system in the Web3 industry.It is reported that CertiK is a global leader in Web3 security services, and its Skynet platform conducts multidimensional security assessments of projects through a security scoring system; RootData is an industry-leading Web3 asset data platform that has innovatively constructed a transparency scoring model covering dimensions such as token economics, team background, and compliance audits.In this collaboration, CertiK will leverage RootData's standardized data interface to enrich the data dimensions and coverage of security ratings; RootData will rely on CertiK's professional security assessment capabilities to inject authoritative calibration basis into its transparency scoring. Both parties will jointly promote the "CertiK Skynet Score + RootData Transparency Score" dual assessment standard, providing a reliable reference benchmark that combines security and transparency for project parties, exchanges, investment institutions, and users.

In response to external doubts about its data being "leaked," Polymarket issued a statement clarifying that the relevant data has never been leaked, and all data can be publicly accessed through its public endpoints and on-chain data, which is an inherent feature of on-chain data transparency, not a security vulnerability.Polymarket stated that one of the core advantages of on-chain data is that it is fully publicly auditable, and anyone can freely access the relevant data through its API without having to pay for it.According to previous news from ChainCatcher, the prediction market platform Polymarket is suspected of experiencing a data leak, with over 300,000 records and an exploit toolkit leaked.

Web3 asset data platform RootData released the seventh issue of the "Cryptocurrency Exchange Transparency Ranking (Stock Category)", continuing to focus on the growth trend of stock assets in cryptocurrency exchanges. In this issue, Binance, OKX, Bybit, Bitget, and Gate ranked in the top five.Among them, Bybit's ranking improved by 2 places, re-entering the top three, mainly due to Bybit listing 49 new stock contracts during the statistical period, making it the exchange with the most supported stocks currently. Bitget's ranking dropped by 2 places, with traffic decreasing by over 40%, which may be related to the rapid decline in traffic following the end of the SPAX subscription activity.As the market prices of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin rise, the trading volume of exchanges generally increased by over 10% in this issue, with Kraken rising by over 20%, boosting its ranking to 6th place. Hotcoin, on the other hand, fell to 10th place due to a decrease in its transparency score.It is reported that RootData adheres to the principle of "transparency first" and has taken the lead in establishing a dual evaluation system of "transparency + liquidity" in the field of stock cryptocurrency exchanges, providing investors with more effective data references, and will continue to enhance and publish this ranking in the future.

Web3 asset data platform RootData issued a daily transparency alert on Twitter (X), highlighting the lack of information such as team details, key calendar events, and token data for projects like Mars Protocol, Anvil, Lynex, AstridDAO, and Hatom Labs. It calls on project teams to submit/update their information on RootData to improve their transparency scores. Additionally, RootData stated that it will continue to monitor and expose "black box" projects that lack core information.It is reported that RootData's transparency score is used to measure a project's integrity and timeliness, aiming to reflect the project's information disclosure status, urging project teams to immediately claim their projects. The transparency score is categorized from A to F, with a total of 5 levels from high to low; the lower the score, the more incomplete the project's information disclosure, and the higher the risk of wrongdoing, requiring investors to be highly vigilant.