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Two informed sources revealed that CATL plans to participate in the financing activities of the domestic artificial intelligence company DeepSeek. DeepSeek's first round of financing aims for approximately 50 billion yuan, which may be completed as early as next month, and after the transaction, the company's valuation may exceed 350 billion yuan. JD.com and NetEase have also been reported to be in talks to invest, but the final investors and amounts may still be adjusted.In recent years, CATL has been accelerating its layout in the AI data center infrastructure business. In addition to power batteries, it also provides backup power batteries and energy storage systems for data centers. Earlier this month, a CATL affiliate invested $942 million in GDS Holdings and invested in the power supply system manufacturer Zhongheng Electric.Reports indicate that DeepSeek has built its own data center in Inner Mongolia and is currently recruiting data center operations and maintenance personnel in Inner Mongolia. Due to the rapid growth in AI computing power demand, the demand for energy storage and stable power supply in data centers has also increased, allowing CATL to further enter the AI infrastructure track.Previous reports stated that DeepSeek's current round of financing has attracted attention from several Chinese capital sources, including the national AI investment fund and technology giants. DeepSeek has not yet achieved large-scale revenue, but its low-cost open-source model has already created competitive pressure on companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.

SpaceX officially announced that Fram2 mission commander and F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun (@satofishi) will board Starship to execute the company's first crewed interplanetary flight mission.This mission is planned to last approximately two years, with the spacecraft flying out of the Earth-Moon system, passing by Mars before returning to Earth, marking an important milestone in commercial crewed deep space exploration. Wang Chun has previously funded and served as commander to complete the Fram2 polar orbit flight mission, becoming the first entrepreneur to fully fund and personally participate in two commercial crewed space missions.

JUST 6th Anniversary × GasFree Super Carnival Month is in full swing, the "GasFree Knowledge Challenge" beginner challenge has now begun, with a massive prize pool of up to 10,000 USDT continuously being offered. We sincerely invite all community members to participate in answering questions, with the first wave sharing 200 USDT in incentives.To participate, simply follow @DeFi_JUST, like and retweet this post, provide the correct answer to the poster question in the comments, tag 3 friends, and include the #JUSTGASFREE topic along with your GasFree wallet address for a chance to be one of the 20 lucky winners. Once the comments on the Chinese and English tweets exceed 300 each, the second phase advanced challenge and a 400 USDT doubled prize pool will be unlocked immediately! The event runs from May 19 to 25, and opportunities are fleeting, so take the first step of "0" Gas transfer now and win big with your strength.

Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff posted on the X platform, stating that he recently met with several policymakers in Washington, D.C. to discuss the ongoing "Clarity Act" and the cryptocurrency regulatory framework, focusing on promoting the compliance of on-chain derivatives trading markets in the United States.He mentioned that the discussions were divided into two levels: one part was more technical, involving Hyperliquid's on-chain trading architecture, global user demand, and its positioning as a financial innovation infrastructure; the other part was an introduction to the "first principles" of DeFi and on-chain markets, aimed at helping policymakers understand the relevant mechanisms and potential impacts.Jeff expressed that during these discussions, he sensed a "cautious but open" regulatory attitude towards the cryptocurrency industry from both parties in the U.S. and believes that the market is forming a policy window to promote the entry of on-chain derivatives into the U.S. system. He also emphasized that he will continue to advance relevant communications in Washington to strive for U.S. users to access Hyperliquid's on-chain trading market.

According to the official announcement from Huobi HTX, the platform has officially launched the "Crypto Pizza Festival" series of activities, covering multiple gameplay options such as task challenges, holiday red envelopes, and lucky draws, with a total prize pool exceeding 200,000 USDT, including physical grand prizes like the iPhone 17 Pro Max, 10 grams of gold, and pizza vouchers.The task challenge competition runs from May 14 to May 25. After signing up, users can complete any one of the five tasks: earning coins, spot trading, contract trading, learning to earn coins, or holding $HTX to light up "Fire Treasures" and receive tiered rewards such as USDT earning interest vouchers, contract experience gold, and spot trading fee cashback vouchers. Collecting all Fire Treasures allows participation in a lucky draw to share a prize pool of 100,000 USDT, thousands of pizza vouchers, and USDT 10% earning interest vouchers.From May 18 to June 19, the pizza carnival red envelope activity will also be launched, with a total prize pool of 100,000 USDT. On the birthday of Fire Treasures (May 18) and Bitcoin Pizza Day (May 22), users can visit the event post to receive no-threshold red envelopes. Completing daily interactions or referral tasks can unlock subsequent red envelope qualifications, and checking in for 7 consecutive days can unlock large red envelopes.The lucky draw activity will start on May 18. During the event, accumulating a spot trading volume of ≥100 USDT or a single contract trading volume of ≥2,000 USDT will grant a chance to enter the draw. The prize pool includes an iPhone 17 Pro Max in Starry Orange (1TB), Keron 4 GT, 10 grams of gold, BTT/NFT/WIN/SUN tokens, and contract experience gold, among others.

According to Protos, Myanmar has proposed introducing the death penalty for criminals who use violent means to coerce victims into participating in cryptocurrency scam centers. According to the draft of the country's Anti-Cyber Fraud Bill, criminals who use violence, torture, illegal arrest and detention, or cruel treatment against others to force them to commit cyber fraud will be sentenced to death.The bill will be submitted to parliament for review in June. In addition, operators of scam centers or perpetrators of cryptocurrency scams will face life imprisonment. Last month, the President of Myanmar reduced all death sentences to life imprisonment.

According to official news, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in the United States has announced the establishment of an industry working group to advance the tokenization process of the U.S. capital markets. Ondo has been selected for this working group and will collaborate with institutions from both traditional finance and decentralized finance, including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Franklin Templeton, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citadel Securities, the New York Stock Exchange, Circle, Fireblocks, and Robinhood in the design process.DTCC holds assets exceeding $114 trillion, with an annual clearing total of $3.7 trillion. It is currently building a tokenization service aimed at bringing the core processes of the U.S. capital markets on-chain. DTCC President and CEO Frank La Salla stated, "We believe that tokenization will significantly change the way markets operate, bringing new levels of liquidity, transparency, and efficiency to investors."

Curve Finance officially announced that it is introducing a bad debt recovery mechanism based on on-chain market mechanisms, allowing CRV-affected users in certain lending markets with bad debts to choose different recovery strategies: directly selling their claims to exit, continuing to hold and wait for potential recovery, or providing liquidity to earn fees and incentives. The core of this mechanism is to establish a trading pool between crvUSD and the tokens of the affected claims, allowing bad debt claims to be priced in the market and creating liquidity, thereby providing users with an immediate exit channel instead of relying solely on the final liquidation results.It is reported that after the cryptocurrency market crash in October last year, some lending markets under Curve Finance experienced bad debt issues, with various liquidity pools being impacted by severe price fluctuations and liquidity contraction, leading to some deposit users facing withdrawal restrictions and asset losses.Curve stated that the recovery mechanism will not eliminate losses or guarantee recovery, but will gradually reflect risks and recovery expectations through a market-oriented approach. Additionally, if the governance layer distributes rewards through the veCRV incentive mechanism, it will help enhance liquidity depth, improve exit conditions, and strengthen market pricing efficiency.

According to official news, a new proposal from Compound has been launched, aiming to support the rsETH recovery initiative coordinated by DeFi United, with a maximum contribution of 3,000 ETH.The proposal states that although Compound's direct risk exposure is expected to be limited, this move reflects its broader commitment to maintaining the integrity of the DeFi market and will participate in recovery efforts that help enhance the resilience and long-term sustainability of the DeFi ecosystem.

According to CCTV International News citing American media reports, U.S. President Trump said today (April 19) in an interview, "For security reasons, U.S. Vice President Pence will not attend the U.S.-Iran negotiations again."According to Trump, U.S. presidential envoy Hook and Kushner will arrive in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, on the evening of April 20, Eastern Time, to participate in the U.S.-Iran negotiations scheduled for April 21.

OneBullEx confirms participation in the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum to be held on April 19 in Hong Kong. This event is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData and is one of the important peripheral activities of the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival.OneBullEx is an AI-driven smart platform focused on contract trading. The platform deeply integrates AI automation, transparent execution, and trading infrastructure, providing users with a more efficient, transparent, and verifiable contract trading experience through tools like 300 SPARTANS robots and OneALPHA. This forum will focus on the paradigm shift under the deep integration of AI technology and crypto networks, engaging in in-depth discussions on cutting-edge tracks such as AI Agent economy, smart payments, RWA, and crypto infrastructure.

Yili Hua posted on platform X, acknowledging that he is very ordinary yet important. Whether in the classical industry or entering the cryptocurrency space, we have always focused on primary investment Liquid Capital & investment bank Liquid Digital and secondary trading Trend Research (crypto) & Trend Investment (classical). Although operating projects and exchanges are very profitable, our energy and capabilities are indeed limited, leaving us only to envy and be jealous.In 2018, we incubated a market maker, but because the team kept the profits for themselves and left the losses to us, we were left battered and bruised. After exiting in 2019, we have not deeply participated in market making again; at most, we have seen some good trading teams and made some investments. Conspiracy theories are always the most popular, but I am not a hexagonal warrior; where would I have the ability and energy to manage projects? The exchanges are very clear about this.

According to the Financial Times, informed sources revealed that the UK will not participate in the US blockade operation in the Strait of Hormuz. Last night, Trump claimed that after the US-Iran peace talks failed to make progress, the US Navy would blockade this important waterway. The US will deploy more minesweepers to the Strait of Hormuz. NATO also "wants to help clear the strait," and the UK and other countries are sending minesweepers.A spokesperson for the UK government stated: "We continue to support freedom of navigation and the openness of the Strait of Hormuz, which is crucial for supporting the global economy and alleviating domestic living costs. There must be no charges for navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. We are urgently working with France and other partners to form a broad coalition to protect freedom of navigation."

According to a report by Jinshi, citing CCTV news, on the 11th local time, Iranian government spokesperson Mohajerani stated that Iran has sent a diplomatic team led by Speaker Ghalibaf to participate in the US-Iran negotiations, demonstrating Iran's willingness to engage in dialogue.She emphasized that, as the Iranian president previously stated, Iran will negotiate with "its finger on the trigger." Although Iran is willing to engage in dialogue, there is a lack of trust in the other party, so the Iranian diplomatic team will participate in the negotiations with the utmost caution. Mohajerani hopes that under the guidance of the Supreme Leader, the Iranian negotiating team can achieve success.

According to reports from Al Hadath, citing Arab media, sources say that the technical delegations from the United States and Iran arrived in Pakistan on Friday morning local time. The Iranian delegation will participate in negotiations on Saturday, despite having expressed some views on the events in Lebanon. Details of the Iranian delegation's arrival in Pakistan are kept confidential.

According to CCTV News, on the evening of April 10, Pakistan time, the U.S. delegation participating in the U.S.-Iran negotiations set off for Islamabad, Pakistan, and Vice President Pence has boarded the plane.Before departing, Pence expressed his anticipation for negotiations on the Iran issue and stated that President Trump has provided "quite clear guidelines" for the negotiations.

Binance announced its participation in the international law enforcement operation "Operation Atlantic," led by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), in collaboration with multiple countries' law enforcement agencies to combat cryptocurrency and investment fraud, focusing on "approval phishing" scams.The operation was jointly initiated by the NCA, the U.S. Secret Service, and relevant law enforcement and regulatory agencies in Ontario, Canada, aiming to identify victims who have been compromised or are at risk. Approval phishing typically disguises itself as an investment opportunity, luring users into granting wallet access permissions, thereby transferring assets. During the operation, Binance's special investigation team provided on-site support in London, including fraud identification processes, risk screening, and intelligence analysis, and assisted in identifying potential victims and related malicious websites.At the same time, Binance also provided law enforcement agencies with addresses and suspect intelligence related to the case, supporting asset tracking and enforcement actions. The NCA stated that this operation has successfully protected thousands of potential victims in the UK and overseas. Binance emphasized that it will continue to cooperate with global law enforcement agencies to strengthen the fight against cryptocurrency fraud.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) reflected on the origins of BNB Chain in his new book, stating that the launch of BNB Chain coincided with the DeFi boom, which was not the result of his long-term planning. When the development team proposed to create this new public chain, he simply said yes and thereafter hardly participated deeply.CZ candidly stated, "In fact, I rarely make long-term plans. My principle is simple: when someone comes to me with a good idea, I give them ample resources and freedom to try."

Binance Wallet officially stated that at least 243 Alpha points are required to participate in the Sentio(ST) Pre-TGE event. Participating in this event will deduct 15 points, and the event will be open today from 16:00 to 18:00.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Treasury has chosen Bank of New York Mellon (BK.N) and Robinhood (HOOD.O) to participate in the Trump Account program. Bank of New York Mellon (BK.N) will act as the financial agent managing the initial accounts, and the two parties will also collaborate to develop a white-label application.It is reported that the Trump Account, also known as the 530A Account, is a tax-deferred investment account plan proposed by U.S. President Trump on June 9, 2025, aimed at establishing government-funded savings accounts for U.S. citizens' children born between January 1, 2025, and January 1, 2029. Each account will have an initial amount of $1,000, invested in index funds that track the U.S. stock market.