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Solana's official article on the potential impact of quantum computing on blockchain reiterates that the quantum threat is still years away, but the Solana ecosystem has already conducted thorough research and technical preparations in advance.The independent verification client development teams Anza and Firedancer (which together represent a large portion of the network's staking share) have unanimously concluded after independent research that a compact signature scheme suitable for high-throughput blockchains is needed, and they have jointly selected the Falcon scheme. Both parties have published their initial implementation code on GitHub.In addition, the Solana Winternitz Vault developed by Blueshift has been operational in the ecosystem for over two years, providing a direct quantum-resistant path. Earlier this year, Google Quantum AI listed this Vault as a leading example of forward-looking post-quantum work in its white paper.Solana's current quantum roadmap includes ongoing quantum research and evaluation of Falcon and alternative solutions; adopting post-quantum solutions for new wallets when quantum becomes a credible threat; and migrating existing wallets to the selected solution. The official statement indicates that the migration work is manageable and can be completed quickly when the time comes, with network performance expected to remain largely unaffected.

a16z crypto released an analysis report titled "The New Stack of Global Finance: The Stablecoin Edition." The report points out that stablecoins have evolved from niche trading tools into fundamental financial pipelines, giving rise to a new type of "banking as a service" model that is driving the reconstruction of the financial system. The report believes that the transition to on-chain finance has "crossed the point of no return."The report categorizes blockchains into three types: general-purpose chains (such as Solana, Ethereum, and L2), payment-specific chains (such as Stripe's Tempo), and institutional networks (such as Canton). It also notes that the bottlenecks in the banking industry are easing, with a number of crypto-friendly banks actively connecting on-chain infrastructure with traditional fiat systems. The competition for stablecoin issuance has shifted to regulatory positioning, with issuers vying to obtain OCC national trust charters.The report states that payments are the "first act," while credit may be the more important "second act." The large-scale issuance of stablecoins will give rise to a new on-chain credit market, allowing capital to form outside the traditional banking system. The report also emphasizes that stablecoins not only enhance the dominance of the dollar but also provide emerging market users with access channels to the dollar.

According to Bloomberg, Bill Ackman's closed-end fund Pershing Square USA (PSUS) and alternative asset management company Pershing Square (PS) are conducting an initial public offering, expected to raise approximately $5 billion, which is at the lower end of the previous target range of $10 billion.This amount includes $2.8 billion from a private placement disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. About 85% of this issuance has been subscribed by institutional investors, with the book-building process scheduled to close at 4 PM New York time on Monday and pricing set for April 28. Pershing Square USA will charge a 2% management fee and will not take performance fees, while Pershing Square will have its voting rights controlled by Ackman and the core management team.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale withdrew 72,264 HYPE (approximately 3.06 million USD) from Gate and currently holds a total of 396,820 HYPE (approximately 16.8 million USD).

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, the Galaxy Digital OTC associated address (0x16F...1Fde) deposited 15,000 ETH to the exchange, worth $34.74 million.The source of these funds was 38,000 ETH withdrawn from Aave a week ago, which was on the day Kelp DAO was attacked, causing Aave to reportedly have bad debts.

The Block announced the appointment of senior media and technology executive Steve Chung as CEO to drive the company's institutional expansion. At the same time, Foresight Ventures committed to an additional $10 million investment to support its next phase of development.Former CEO Larry Cermak will continue to serve as president, focusing on research and product operations. Steve Chung's career began at Goldman Sachs, where he served as Chief Growth Officer at Fox Corporation, Chief Digital Officer at Fox Television, CEO of CJ ENM America, and Chief Operating Officer at Azuki. He stated that he will leverage AI to enhance the depth, speed, and practicality of insights, transforming The Block into a global platform for digital asset investors and decision-makers.Foresight Ventures partner Zac Tsui stated that Steve's background in capital markets, media, and the crypto industry makes him the ideal leader to guide the company in becoming a global institutional platform.

SOL Treasury Company Solana Company has completed a targeted issuance, issuing 3,076,922 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $2.6 per share, expecting to raise approximately $8 million (net fundraising of about $7.9 million), with Mirae Asset leading the investment and HashKey Capital participating.The company plans to use the raised funds to increase its holdings of SOL and for daily operations. In addition, the company has signed a put option agreement with the subscribers, stipulating that when certain conditions are triggered, the subscribers have the right to request the company to repurchase shares at the original subscription price plus an annualized internal rate of return of 7%.

Gold bulls and well-known Bitcoin pessimist Peter Schiff pointed out in a post on the X platform that Saylor once predicted that if Strategy ($MSTR) accumulates 5% of the Bitcoin supply, BTC would reach $1 million per coin.However, MSTR currently holds 3.9%, and if it continues to purchase the remaining approximately 231,700 BTC, the marginal impact on the price will be the same as before, at which point the BTC price may fall below $60,000, contrary to Saylor's prediction.

According to PR Newswire, BitMine increased its holdings by 101,901 Ethereum last week, marking the highest weekly purchase volume since the week of December 15, 2025. As of April 26, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,078,386, accounting for approximately 4.21% of the total Ethereum supply.Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $13.3 billion, which includes $940 million in cash, 200 Bitcoins, $200 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $91 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). Additionally, it has staked 3,701,589 Ethereum (73% of total holdings), valued at approximately $8.8 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $264 million.BitMine Chairman Tom Lee stated that the company's ETH holdings surpassed 5 million this week, achieving this accumulation in just 10 months, and has completed 84% of its goal to hold 5% of the total ETH supply. Tom Lee noted that multiple research reports suggest ETH is gradually becoming a "store of value" asset and will be used as collateral in digital asset financial transactions. Since the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran war, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by 1,696 basis points, making it one of the best-performing assets globally (second only to crude oil).He also pointed out that Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual drivers of Wall Street's on-chain tokenization and the growing demand for public neutral blockchains from AI intelligent systems, indicating that this round of the crypto winter has entered its final phase.

According to on-chain monitoring data, Gate's hot wallet transferred out 299.999726 PAXG (approximately $1.4092 million). The PAXG market shows a current price of about $4690.54, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.26 billion.

According to Jinshi reports, Goldman Sachs analysts pointed out that investors' risk appetite has rebounded to pre-Iran war levels. With bets that the worst-case scenario of a U.S.-Iran war will not occur, stock market volatility has significantly decreased. Retail investors in the U.S. have re-entered the stock market, and automated trading has also driven the stock market up. In the four weeks ending last Wednesday, investors withdrew nearly $125 billion from safe-haven money market funds, marking one of the largest outflows on record.

Recently, Gate predicts that the market expectations for Ethereum's price performance on April 27 are highly consistent. Data shows that the current probability of "ETH being above $1800" and various ranges such as "$1900/$2000/$2100" all reach 100%, while the probability of being above $2200 also reaches 99%, indicating a significantly bullish market sentiment. In contrast, the probability for $2300 is about 72%, while the probability for above $2400 drops sharply to 7%, reflecting a divergence in short-term upward expectations.Users can directly access the prediction market through the Gate App, entering the Polymarket page from the platform's homepage Alpha, and participate in event predictions using USDT in their exchange accounts. This integration marks a key step for Gate in merging the crypto trading ecosystem with prediction markets, providing users with a diversified market experience from expectation judgment to trading participation.It is worth noting that Gate's performance in the Polymarket partnership channel continues to improve, currently ranking in the top two, with a significant expansion in user participation scale. The cumulative trading volume has reached $24.87 million, with a total of 206,055 transactions, reflecting the increasing activity and depth of participation of platform users in the prediction market.

In a report, Deutsche Bank analyst Folkmar Bauer stated that if the Bank of Japan maintains its interest rates on Wednesday and adopts a cautious stance on future rate hikes, the yen may weaken. He noted that the market expects the Bank of Japan to provide a fairly clear signal indicating a possible rate hike in June—at least provided that the conflict in Iran has eased by then.If this signal does not materialize, the Japanese Ministry of Finance's warning about intervention to support the yen will "no longer be of much help." Bauer mentioned that in this scenario, the USD/JPY could rise above 160.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced that it will soon launch Abelian (ABEL) in the innovation zone and open the ABEL/USDT spot trading pair. The specific trading start time is April 30 at 16:00 Beijing time (08:00 UTC). In addition, the deposit and withdrawal channels will open at 16:18 on April 30 and 16:18 on May 1, respectively.It is reported that Abelian is a Layer 1 blockchain designed to withstand quantum threats. The project employs lattice-based cryptographic technology approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States, aiming to provide future-oriented security and privacy protection for digital assets through quantum-resistant encryption, multi-layer privacy protection, and decentralized features.

Gate announced the launch of the GateRouter enterprise account feature, enhancing enterprise-level management capabilities based on the existing AI model gateway, providing an integrated AI usage and governance solution for team and institutional users. GateRouter supports quick access to over 30 mainstream models such as GPT, Claude, DeepSeek, and Gemini through a single API, and automatically matches models based on task complexity. By intelligently routing and automatically selecting cost-effective models, GateRouter can help enterprises significantly reduce costs and achieve more efficient scalable applications.The launch of the GateRouter enterprise account feature optimizes three aspects: cost, permissions, and data. It achieves unified billing through a shared quota pool and controls budgets with a three-tier quota mechanism based on organization, members, and API Key; it supports up to 4 levels of organizational structure and a multi-role permission system for refined management; it also provides multi-dimensional statistics such as per capita usage, model distribution, and API Key, making AI usage traceable and analyzable. The overall design connects model invocation with organizational management, providing foundational support for the scalable implementation of AI within enterprises.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices showed mixed results before the market opened, with the Nasdaq up 0.1%, the Dow down 0.18%, and the S&P 500 down 0.05%.The seven major tech stocks showed mixed results before the market opened, with Apple (AAPL) down 1.35%, Microsoft (MSFT) down 0.08%, Alphabet (GOOGL) up 0.44%, Amazon (AMZN) up 0.25%, Nvidia (NVDA) up 0.88%, Tesla (TSLA) down 0.22%, and Meta (META) down 0.1%.

According to Jinshi reports, the Office of the Foreign Investment Security Review Mechanism (National Development and Reform Commission) has made a decision to prohibit investment in the foreign acquisition of the Manus project in accordance with laws and regulations, requiring the parties involved to withdraw from the acquisition transaction.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted on the X platform that Binance attracted a total of $6 billion in stablecoin inflows in March and April, with nearly $3.5 billion in net inflows in April, contrasting sharply with the previous net outflow of about $7.6 billion.Despite the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran increasing market uncertainty and concerns about rising inflation being unfavorable for risk assets, the trend of stablecoin inflows has clearly shifted. The analyst pointed out that when inflows to major exchanges exceed outflows, it indicates that some parts of the market are beginning to reposition themselves to participate in the gradual recovery over the past two months. If this trend continues, it may provide support for a short-term positive market.