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According to official announcements, following last week’s record highs for two major U.S. stock indices, the Q1 earnings season is in full swing. To meet investors’ demand for allocating to volatile assets, Bybit TradFi has launched the sixth batch of its “Stock Carnival” expansion—adding 45 popular U.S. equities. With this addition, the total number of tradable assets on Bybit TradFi has surpassed 400, including nearly 300 equity instruments.
Odaily News According to an official announcement, Gate has integrated with the Kasplex L2 network and enabled deposits and withdrawals for Kaspa (KAS) tokens on the Kasplex L2 network. Users can now withdraw KAS from the Kaspa L1 to Kasplex L2 wallets via Gate, significantly lowering the entry barrier and enhancing asset transfer efficiency and on-chain interaction experience.Kasplex is a Layer 2 network built on the Kaspa ecosystem, designed to improve smart contract compatibility and transaction processing efficiency, supporting a wider range of decentralized applications (dApps) to operate securely and efficiently within the Kaspa ecosystem. As an L2 network sequenced by Kaspa L1, Kasplex still uses KAS as its sole network token.
According to official news, Binance Wallet's exclusive TGE Episode 46 has launched OpenGradient OPG. Subscription Period: April 21, 2026, 17:00 to 19:00 (UTC+8). Please claim tokens and start trading at 19:00 (UTC+8). Subscription Eligibility: Eligible users must participate using Binance Alpha Points. An additional 23 million OPG tokens will be allocated for future activities, with specific details to be announced separately. TGE details and the event page will be released soon.
According to an official announcement, Coinbase will launch BASED1 perpetual contracts on April 20. The BASED1-PERP market will open in regions where liquidity conditions are met and trading is supported.
Bybit has announced that, building on its February USDC futures fee optimization initiative, it has further introduced trading fee discounts for both retail and VIP users, while enhancing market maker incentives to comprehensively improve USDC market liquidity and trading experience. From now until June 30, 2026, retail and VIP users can enjoy up to a 50% discount on trading fees, and the weighting factor for USDC market makers has been increased to 8x.
According to TokenInsight’s “Q1 Cryptocurrency Exchange Report,” the competitive landscape of stock perpetual contracts is evolving rapidly, with a growing concentration of market share among top players. In terms of average daily trading volume for stock perpetuals, Binance leads with $149.15 million, capturing 35.23% of the market; Bitget ranks second with $95.74 million, accounting for 22.61%; and Hyperliquid comes third with $73.49 million, holding 17.36% of the market. Collectively, these top three platforms command approximately 75% of the market share, forming the first-tier group in this segment. As major exchanges accelerate their expansion into U.S. equities and TradFi-related products, stock perpetual contracts have become a critical battleground for crypto exchanges seeking to build cross-asset trading capabilities.
According to its official X (Twitter) account, B.AI has released its latest weekly report, revealing several key developments in developer ecosystem growth and financial infrastructure building. On the product front, B.AI has officially launched the OpenClaw auto-configuration script, introduced the open-source AI coding assistant BAI Code, and completed Stripe integration—strengthening payment capabilities and development experience across the ecosystem. Regarding wallet support, multi-chain integration with KuCoin Web3 and Trust Wallet has been added. With user count surpassing 1 million, B.AI is continuously expanding its developer toolchain and financial connectivity for autonomous agents through deep partnerships with platforms such as KuCoin and Symbiosis, aiming to establish itself as a core AI infrastructure for the digital economy era.
Mizuho Financial Group, Nomura Holdings, Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC), and Digital Asset Holdings have jointly launched a proof-of-concept experiment on blockchain-based collateral management enhancement. This experiment will leverage the Canton Network—a blockchain platform designed specifically for institutional finance—to explore digital collateral management using Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs). The experiment will test JGB rights transfers and ledger updates via blockchain under a multi-tiered account management structure, and will explore enabling 24/7, real-time collateral transactions while preserving the existing legal attributes of issued securities. It will also cover cross-border scenarios and assess alignment with relevant laws, regulations, and rules. This project is part of the “Payment Enhancement Project (PIP)” supported by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), aiming to improve cross-border collateral management efficiency, reduce operational costs for financial institutions and investors, and strengthen the international competitiveness of Japan’s financial markets.
Bitget, in collaboration with data research firm Block Scholes, has jointly released a report analyzing the correlation trends between crypto assets and traditional financial markets under macroeconomic event-driven conditions, based on Q1 2026 market data. The report notes that as Bitcoin’s correlation with major stock indices has risen to one of the highest levels since the end of 2025, traders’ demand for real-time cross-market allocation is increasing. Data shows that Bitget’s CFD business volume has demonstrated sustained growth: daily trading volume stood at approximately $2 billion at launch, rose to $4 billion shortly thereafter, and surged beyond $6 billion during periods of heightened market volatility. According to the report, this shift reflects how some users are progressively integrating crypto assets, equities, and commodities into a unified trading framework for coordinated management—rather than treating them as entirely separate trading strategies. The report further highlights that, against the backdrop of continuously strengthening multi-asset correlations and increasingly pronounced macro-driven trading characteristics, Unified Exchanges (UEX)—platforms that integrate crypto assets and traditional financial instruments within a single account system—are drawing growing attention from active traders and are gradually becoming a key venue for cross-asset allocation.
According to NADA NEWS, JPYC, the issuer and operator of the Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC, announced that it has raised an additional $17.62 million in the second closing of its Series B funding round. Combined with the first closing, the total funds raised are expected to reach approximately $28.93 million. Participating investors include NCB Venture Capital, Metaplanet, Kitao Bank, and Yokohama Capital, among others. The newly raised capital will be primarily used for system and application development, hiring talent for business expansion, stablecoin issuance and redemption, trading, payments, management-related operations, and new strategic investments. JPYC stated that, as of April 15, its cumulative issuance has exceeded approximately $13.21 million. The stablecoin is currently supported on Avalanche, Ethereum, and Polygon, and the company is considering adding support for Kaia and Arc.
According to official social media announcements, the Chinese decentralized contract trading platform Sun Wukong has now launched META/USDT and AAPL/USDT, both with a maximum leverage of 20x.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched perpetual contracts for AAPL/USDT, META/USDT, and PIVERSE/USDT on April 20, with a maximum leverage of 20x. Additionally, HTX is hosting an “AAPL, META, PIVERSE Contract Trading Party” from 17:00 on April 20 to 17:00 on April 27 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of $20,000. During the event, users who register and trade AAPL/USDT, META/USDT, or PIVERSE/USDT perpetual contracts—accumulating a total effective trading volume of ≥$5,000—will share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking. New contract traders completing trades in AAPL/USDT, META/USDT, or PIVERSE/USDT perpetual contracts will also receive exclusive benefits.
According to an official announcement, B.AI has entered a strategic partnership with Biconomy to jointly build a financial layer for AI and advance the development of the digital economy. By integrating Biconomy’s high-performance transaction infrastructure—already proven at scale for millions of users—B.AI will provide future autonomous AI agents with a more secure, transparent, and globally accessible financial transaction environment, further solidifying the AI-driven financial value chain in the digital economy era. Committed to delivering fast and transparent transaction infrastructure for users, both parties aim to build the next-generation financial ecosystem—prioritizing security and global accessibility.
According to The Asian Banker, OCBC Bank Singapore and its asset management arm Lion Global Investors have announced plans to issue the physical gold fund token GOLDX Token on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. OCBC Bank will support the design of the token issuance architecture, while Lion Global Investors will provide the underlying fund’s investment framework and governance structure.
According to an official announcement, Coinbase has launched its crypto-backed lending service in the UK, enabling users to borrow USDC in under one minute using BTC, ETH, and cbETH as collateral. The service is powered by Morpho, an open-source lending protocol built on Base. Coinbase stated that this product first launched in the U.S. in January 2025. As of April 14, 2026, loans facilitated via Coinbase’s integration with Morpho have exceeded $2.17 billion in USDC. Users can monitor their loan health, historical annualized interest rates, and liquidation alerts directly within the Coinbase app. Interest rates are dynamically adjusted based on market conditions.
According to South Korean media outlet DigitalToday, Korean crypto venture capital firm Hashed Ventures announced raising KRW 3 billion (USD 2.2 million). The investment was led by Hecto Innovation and Hecto Financial—both subsidiaries of Hecto Group. The new capital will be allocated to Hashed Ventures’ “Hashed Venture Investment Fund No. 3,” with a focus on supporting new business areas including digital asset wallets and stablecoin-based payment and settlement solutions.
According to CCTV News, today the Supreme People’s Court released “The Status of Intellectual Property Judicial Protection by Chinese Courts,” providing a comprehensive overview of the people’s courts’ intellectual property judicial protection work in 2025. In 2025, the people’s courts accepted 552,600 intellectual property cases of various types and concluded 539,600 such cases. The people’s courts have strengthened intellectual property adjudication in emerging fields, appropriately handling civil cases involving frontier issues such as AI-generated content and AI model parameters; they concluded 908 disputes concerning data ownership and transactions, an increase of 25.6% year-on-year. The Supreme People’s Court is urgently drafting opinions on the lawful and appropriate adjudication of disputes involving artificial intelligence, striving to promote the healthy and orderly development of AI toward beneficial, safe, and fair outcomes. In 2025, the people’s courts accepted 11,066 first-instance intellectual property cases involving foreign parties, an increase of 34.1% year-on-year.
According to a chart analysis released by independent analyst Markus Thielen on April 20, 2026, Bitcoin has remained in a correction phase since last October. During the same period, Tether’s market capitalization has lingered near $18.3 billion, reflecting a lack of new capital inflows and sustained downward pressure on prices overall. Recently, this situation has shifted: Tether’s circulating supply has increased by approximately $3 billion, lifting its market cap to $18.7 billion; the total stablecoin market cap has resumed an upward trend, signaling a recovery in market liquidity. Analysts note that, when viewed alongside other capital flow indicators, the signals are turning positive—though still in their early stages. Marginal improvements in such capital flows typically precede price movements. If this trend continues over the coming weeks, it could provide some support for Bitcoin’s price.
According to the official announcement, Binance will list the following spot trading pairs on April 21 at 16:00 (UTC): BNB/USDT, BNB/USD1, ENJ/USDT, GIGGLE/USDT, and ORDI/USDT. Additionally, Binance will simultaneously enable Trading Bot services for these trading pairs.
According to monetsupply.eth, Spark’s Strategy Lead, in a post on X, Spark has long maintained a relatively high borrowing interest rate cap for its SparkLend ETH market. Although this policy caused many users to migrate to Aave—resulting in substantial loss of business and revenue—the current market liquidity crisis has validated the prudence of this strategy. Presently, Aave is experiencing severe liquidity shortages across multiple chains—including Ethereum Mainnet, Arbitrum, Polygon Plasma, Mantle, and Base—with ETH borrowing utilization reaching 100%. This has prevented depositors from withdrawing funds and hindered normal liquidation of ETH collateral. He warns that if the current liquidity crunch persists, a 15–20% drop in ETH’s price could expose Aave to widespread bad debt—compounded by the potential impact of the rsETH vulnerability incident.