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According to the official announcement, Bitget’s preSPAX VIP-exclusive airdrop registration is now officially open. The first round of the airdrop is available to users who were already Bitget VIPs before April 13 at 10:00 (UTC+8). The total airdrop pool for this round is 760 preSPAX tokens. Eligible users must complete registration via the “VIP Center” on the homepage and maintain their VIP status before April 15 at 23:59 (UTC+8). Airdrop rewards will be distributed based on users’ VIP tiers and will be issued on April 16. The second round of the airdrop is open to users who newly upgrade to VIP status between April 13 at 10:00 and April 19 at 23:59 (UTC+8). The total airdrop pool for this round is 190 preSPAX tokens, with allocation determined by users’ VIP tier at the end of the campaign period. Rewards for this round will be distributed on April 20. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
Nasdaq-listed Trident Digital Tech Holdings has entered a strategic partnership with Ripple Strategy Holding, which will provide RLUSD stablecoin technology and payment infrastructure to support Trident’s business expansion in the African market. Trident plans to build a blockchain-based tax settlement and reporting system for approximately 2.1 million micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana, and establish an RLUSD/GHS liquidity pool to create a low-cost, real-time foreign exchange market supporting 24/7 cross-border payments. The stablecoin pilot is expected to launch in mid-2026.
According to Yonhap News Agency, SK Telecom announced the signing of a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UK-based chip design company Arm and Korean AI chip startup Rebellions to jointly develop AI data center inference server solutions. Under the agreement, the three parties will integrate Arm’s newly launched AGI CPU with Rebellions’ AI acceleration chip—RebelCard, scheduled for launch in Q3 this year—to jointly develop AI inference servers, which will be tested and validated at SK Telecom’s AI data centers. The Arm AGI CPU is optimized for high-density inference environments and large-scale AI deployments, while the RebelCard is specifically designed for large-scale AI inference.
According to the South China Morning Post, Interconnects AI, a U.S.-based AI tracking firm, released a report stating that as of March 2026, Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen series models accounted for over 50% of global open-source model downloads, with a cumulative total of 942.1 million downloads—far surpassing competitors such as Meta’s Llama and DeepSeek. In February alone, Qwen downloads reached 153.6 million—exceeding the combined total downloads of the next eight major vendors. The report notes that Qwen’s dominant position stems from the exceptional popularity of its smaller-parameter variants (under 10 billion parameters), which enable developers to customize and deploy models freely at low cost. Since the launch of Qwen 2.5 in September 2024, Chinese models have begun outpacing mainstream U.S. open-source models like Llama; the release of Qwen 3.5 in February this year further solidified its lead. Meanwhile, open-source strategy has become a critical battleground in the U.S.-China AI competition. Meta has abandoned its open-source approach this year, instead launching the closed-source flagship model Muse Spark. Similarly, Chinese vendors including Alibaba Cloud and Zhipu AI have shifted some of their latest models to closed-source to expand direct commercialization channels.
According to Decrypt, Enhanced Labs Inc., an on-chain structured yield protocol, has announced the completion of a $1 million strategic pre-seed funding round, led by Maximum Frequency Ventures, with participation from GSR, Selini, Flowdesk, and several angel investors. The funds raised will be used for product development and operational infrastructure. Enhanced’s product strategy centers on three key directions: optimizing auction mechanisms to enhance yield competitiveness; extending options-based yield strategies to a broader range of on-chain assets—including tokenized real-world assets (RWAs); and simplifying complex strategies into goal-oriented user experiences that allow users to directly define desired outcomes such as yield targets, hedging objectives, or structured exposures. Enhanced positions itself at the intersection of the on-chain yield and options narratives—a sector currently experiencing an unusually active cycle in DeFi options since 2024.
Securitize announced the appointment of Brett Redfearn as President and a member of its Board of Directors. Redfearn previously served as Chair of Securitize’s Advisory Board and has now been elevated to this senior leadership role. He brings extensive experience in regulatory and market structure matters from his prior roles at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), JPMorgan, and Coinbase. Securitize stated that Redfearn will lead the expansion of its regulated platform businesses—including compliant token issuance, trading, and fund management—and will focus on strengthening collaboration with regulators and institutional investors to support the development of a next-generation, tokenization-based financial infrastructure.
According to Crowdfundinsider, UK-based ClearBank has announced that it has received approval under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and obtained a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The bank plans to launch digital asset services, including stablecoins, and stated it intends to support euro- and U.S. dollar–backed stablecoins—EURC and USDC—to enhance cross-border transfers and payments. Additionally, ClearBank said it will offer savings accounts through Coinbase and bring them under the protection of the UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
According to the official Claude account (@claudeai), Anthropic has officially launched Claude Managed Agents, integrating a performance-optimized agent framework with production-grade infrastructure to help developers rapidly move agent-based products from prototype to production—cutting the overall timeline down to just a few days. Users simply define the agent’s tasks, tools, and security policies; the platform then executes the agent on its infrastructure. The service is now in public beta on the Claude platform.