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Aave posted on platform X, stating that its service provider has published an Aave DAO governance proposal. The proposal suggests allocating 25,000 ETH to participate in the ongoing "DeFi United" initiative. This ETH allocation will be used to support the asset backing of rsETH, helping it restore its peg as soon as possible and promoting the normalization of market conditions. This proposal aims to accelerate the risk management process for rsETH and stabilize the related DeFi market ecosystem through financial support at the Aave DAO level.
Josh (@devjoshstevens), Engineering Vice President at Polymarket, publicly acknowledged that the platform’s business growth has significantly outpaced its current infrastructure capacity and announced a series of technical improvement initiatives. These include: rebuilding the CLOB (centralized limit order book) to enhance performance and stability; migrating to a new blockchain to secure additional block space, reduce gas fees, and shorten block times; fixing transaction cancellation issues; launching a unified TypeScript SDK and unified API; developing a new version of the Polymarket smart contracts with expanded functionality; and building a new perpetuals (Perps) backend entirely in Rust. Additionally, the team is hiring new leads for QA automation, developer tools, internal tools, and data engineering. It will also continue collaborating with four security teams to safeguard user funds.
Odaily BlockBeats News Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed a bill banning cryptocurrency ATM operations statewide, making Tennessee the second state to implement a complete ban after Indiana.The bill (HB 2505) has officially taken effect and will be enforced starting July 1. Under the new regulations, installing or operating a "virtual currency kiosk" (i.e., a Bitcoin ATM) will be classified as a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of $2,500. Additionally, merchants who allow such machines on their premises will also face legal liability.Currently, most U.S. states have strengthened oversight through measures such as licensing systems and transaction limits, but full bans remain rare. Data indicates that since 2026, 30 states have proposed related legislation, with 20 having passed laws, reflecting a continuous tightening of regulations around crypto ATM fraud risks.
Spark announced on X platform that its financial report for the first quarter of 2026 has been released. The report shows total protocol revenue of $31.5 million, net protocol revenue of $6.91 million, and net protocol surplus of $3.46 million. Currently, the Spark Protocol treasury stands at $46.1 million, with $986,000 worth of SPK tokens repurchased. Due to narrowing lending spreads and the expanded scale of savings demand, distribution has surpassed the Spark Liquidity Layer as the primary revenue driver for the first time.
Ethereum developer Tom Lehman published the draft proposal EIP-8182, aiming to natively support private transfers on Ethereum by introducing a shared privacy pool, a fixed-address system contract, and zero-knowledge proof verification precompiles at the Ethereum protocol layer. The proposal states that the solution will be deployed via a hard fork upgrade—without administrator keys, governance tokens, or on-chain upgrade mechanisms—intended to address fragmented anonymity sets and inconsistent trust models across privacy applications. As designed, users will be able to conduct private transfers from their existing wallets to any Ethereum address or ENS name, and support atomic workflows such as “de-anonymize → interact → re-anonymize.”
Bybit Alpha and Byreal have now launched $BLEND trading. $BLEND is currently priced at $0.14 on Solana.
According to GlobeNewswire, Fere AI, an AI-powered digital asset trading agent platform, has announced the completion of a $1.3 million funding round led by Ethereal Ventures, with participation from Galaxy Vision Hill and Kosmos Ventures. The platform supports cross-chain networks including Ethereum, Solana, and Base, enabling users to describe their trading objectives in natural language—AI agents then execute the trades. The new funds will be used to accelerate platform feature development and optimize trading execution strategies.
It is reported that Bybit Spot officially launched Fluent (BLEND) on April 24. To celebrate the listing, the platform has simultaneously launched the “1,500,000 BLEND Token Splash” trading competition, where users can participate by depositing funds, trading, and more to win generous rewards.
on April 23, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit in Dane County against Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, and Crypto.com, accusing these fintech and crypto platforms of facilitating illegal sports betting through event contracts. Josh Kaul is requesting the court to issue preliminary and permanent injunctions, declaring that the platforms' operations violate Wisconsin's gambling laws and constitute a public nuisance. The complaint states that repackaging wagers as event contracts does not change their fundamental nature, with approximately 90% of Kalshi's business coming from sports-related contracts, generating annualized revenue exceeding $1 billion. Robinhood and Coinbase are also implicated in the case, routing user orders to Kalshi's markets through distribution agreements. Regulators in Nevada, Arizona, and Tennessee have also taken similar legal actions or issued cease-and-desist orders.
According to an official announcement, Coinbase will list Fluent (BLEND) spot trading. If liquidity conditions are met and the trading pair is supported, the BLEND-USD trading pair will go live later today.
On April 17, South Africa’s National Treasury released the Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations (2026) for public consultation. The draft proposes incorporating crypto assets into the foreign exchange control framework to address associated risks and strengthen oversight of emerging financial instruments. It also aims to align the foreign exchange control framework with recommendations from the OECD and the FATF on combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and illicit financial flows, further clarifying exemptions, licensing requirements, and conditions of application, while imposing administrative penalties for violations.
According to The Block, OSL Group has announced a partnership with Circle’s affiliated entities to expand USDC integration across its payment and trading platforms. Through OSL Global, users can exchange USD for USDC at a 1:1 ratio and trade BTC, ETH, SOL, USD, and USDT pairs in a dedicated USDC trading zone. Meanwhile, OSL has adopted USDC as its unified margin asset and integrated USDC into its payment services to support compliant digital dollar settlement and payment use cases. OSL also stated that it plans to support Circle’s tokenized money market fund, USYC, subject to regulatory requirements and platform eligibility criteria.
According to the official announcement, Binance Wallet has launched Agentic Wallet—a dedicated, non-custodial wallet for AI Agents—enabling users to authorize AI Agents to execute trades, transfers, and asset management within customizable rule sets. Created under the user’s Binance account, Agentic Wallet features an independent balance, configurable permissions, real-time monitoring capabilities, and asset isolation from the main wallet. Agentic Wallet is already supported on the BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Ethereum, and Base, and relevant Skills have been pre-integrated by default for Binance Ai Pro users. Additionally, Binance Wallet has simultaneously launched a time-limited gas fee sponsorship program and zero service fee campaign.
According to an official announcement, Binance Wallet has launched Agentic Wallet, a dedicated keyless wallet designed for AI agents. Users can authorize AI agents to securely trade, transfer, and manage assets within set parameters. Agentic Wallet is independently created under the user's Binance account, offering an independent balance, configurable permissions, and real-time monitoring, while being fully isolated from the main wallet. Binance AI Pro users have Agentic Wallet Skills enabled by default. To celebrate the launch, Binance Wallet is offering a limited-time Gas sponsorship and zero service fee campaign, running from April 24, 2026, 12:00 to May 9, 2026, 11:59 (UTC).
According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched U-quoted CC perpetual contracts with leverage ranging from 1x to 20x. BOT contract trading will also be available simultaneously. Additionally, users can participate in CandyBomb. New users who complete tasks such as net deposits and contract trading can receive up to 1,000 CC tokens each, with a total prize pool of 100,000 CC tokens. Detailed rules have been published on the official Bitget platform. The campaign ends on May 1 at 18:00 (UTC+8).
According to Cointelegraph, cryptography firm Succinct has launched Zcam, an iPhone camera app that enables real-time cryptographic signing of photos and videos upon capture, thereby verifying content authenticity and reducing risks associated with AI-generated or tampered content. The app hashes the original image data and signs it using a key generated within Apple’s Secure Enclave, then embeds the signature, capture metadata, and attestation information into the file in accordance with the C2PA standard. Succinct states that Zcam can be applied in scenarios such as journalism, insurance claims, and identity verification; however, its SDK has not yet undergone security audit and is not production-ready.
Saturn announced the purchase of an additional $18 million worth of $STRC shares this week, bringing its total holdings to $33 million.It is reported that Saturn is an on-chain yield stablecoin issuer powered by Strategy's Stretch STRC. (BitcoinTreasuries.NET)
The People’s Bank of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the National Financial Regulatory Administration, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued the “Measures for the Online Marketing of Financial Products,” which will take effect on September 30, 2026. The Measures clarify that, except for financial institutions and third-party internet platforms lawfully entrusted by them, no other organizations or individuals may engage in online marketing of financial products; no institution or individual may provide online marketing services or facilitation for illegal financial activities, and explicitly include virtual currency issuance and trading, illegal foreign exchange margin trading, and other activities within the scope of illegal financial activities.
KelpDAO announced that, since April 18, it has been coordinating with Aave and ecosystem partners to restore rsETH holdings for rsETH holders. The initial shortfall from this incident was 163,200 ETH. To date, Kelp has recovered 40,300 rsETH—approximately 43,000 ETH—and the Arbitrum Security Council has separately secured 30,700 ETH. The remaining shortfall stands at approximately 89,500 ETH. Kelp stated that, of this remaining shortfall, Mantle, Stani Kulechov, EtherFi, Lido, and Golem have publicly committed to contributing a total of 43,500 ETH, and Kelp is working with these partners to formalize those contributions. Kelp emphasized that rsETH holders are the top priority.
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