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According to PRNewswire, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated that since the US-Iran conflict, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 1,696 basis points, becoming the best-performing single asset globally, aside from crude oil, and has acquired the attributes of a "wartime store of value" asset.Tom Lee added that as Wall Street accelerates the promotion of on-chain tokenization and the demand for public, neutral blockchains from the Agentic AI system continues, Ethereum will continue to benefit. His basic expectation is that we are currently in the final stage of a "mini crypto winter."

As market sentiment warms and liquidity returns, AI technology is accelerating its leap from a mere "analytical tool" to a core "trading hub," deeply reconstructing the underlying logic of the financial market's game.At 8 PM on April 28, a cutting-edge roundtable discussion focusing on "AI Trading" will be held in Space. At that time, several industry experts will engage in in-depth discussions from the perspectives of AI infrastructure evolution, trading structure reshaping, and financial paradigm shifts, jointly analyzing whether AI's deep integration into the trading process is becoming the true starting point driving a new cycle of evolution in Web3, guiding participants to accurately capture real Alpha opportunities with long-term value in a market landscape full of uncertainties.Users are encouraged to follow the official accounts @sunpumpmeme and @Agent_SunGenX, retweet the post, and @ three friends. The official account will randomly select 5 lucky users from the participants to receive a reward of 10 USDT each.

The globally leading digital asset trading platform Gate has released its latest quarterly report, showcasing strong momentum in the continuous expansion of several core businesses. Gate Perp DEX has entered a phase of scaled growth based on a mature product system, with a cumulative trading volume exceeding $13 billion in the first quarter, over 10 million transactions, and the number of trading pairs surpassing 600. While covering mainstream crypto assets, it has also introduced TradFi perpetual contracts for gold, silver, and crude oil, pushing the platform to extend from single crypto derivatives trading to a multi-asset market.At the same time, the ETF and derivatives markets have shown active performance, with quarterly ETF trading volume increasing from 6.7 billion USDT at the beginning of the year to over 18 billion USDT, covering more than 320 trading pairs; the daily trading user growth for options business has increased by 54.6%. TradFi-related products have become an important driving force for the growth of derivatives, promoting the trading structure from single crypto assets to a multi-asset system.In terms of institutional and product ecosystem, the platform's growth momentum continues to be released. The trading volume of institutional contracts has increased by over 50% compared to the end of last year, and the total number of institutional users has grown by over 66%; asset management scale has increased by 22%, and trading volume has grown by 192%. CrossEx trading volume and net asset scale have achieved approximately 9.4 times and 3.1 times growth, respectively. Gate's multi-business collaborative growth, relying on the integration of TradFi and crypto assets, is accelerating its evolution into a comprehensive multi-asset trading platform.

JUST officially disclosed its Q1 2026 financial report today, with core data showing strong growth trends. In this quarter, through continuous investment, a total of 1.356 billion JST (accounting for 13.70% of the total supply) has been repurchased and destroyed, with a total repurchase amount reaching 60.03 million USD, highlighting the ongoing deep deflationary effect; at the same time, JustLend DAO's TVL steadily climbed to 6.91 billion USD, with the number of active users surpassing 482,000, further consolidating ecological liquidity and market influence. In the future, JUST will upgrade its diversified repurchase mechanism to build a more robust growth flywheel, continuously enhancing the long-term holding value of JST.

According to the official announcement, the on-chain burn of GateToken (GT) for the first quarter of 2026 has been officially completed, with a total of 2,557,729.381387 GT transferred to the burn address, with a burn value exceeding 20.68 million USD.Since the launch of the Gate Chain mainnet in 2019, GT has implemented a continuous burn mechanism, and as of now, a total of 187,377,156 GT has been burned, with a total burn value exceeding 1.382 billion USD (calculated at current prices), reducing the total token supply from the initial 300 million by approximately 62.46%. With the launch of Gate Layer and the gradual rollout of native applications such as Gate Perp DEX, Gate Fun, and Meme Go, the usage frequency of GT, as the only Gas token of Gate Layer, continues to increase.At the same time, Gate promotes the coordinated development of infrastructure and applications such as Gate for AI Agent, GateClaw, Gate.AI, and GateRouter, driving the simultaneous growth of on-chain transaction and interaction demand. Gate will continue to implement a long-term, stable GT burn mechanism, creating a tighter positive cycle between the token economic model and real usage demand and ecological expansion.

Blockchain Capital partner Spencer Bogart posted on X platform that the total transaction volume of Kalshi and Polymarket is nearly equal, both around $12 billion (the former at $12.29 billion and the latter at $12.22 billion). Excluding sports-related transactions, Polymarket's non-sports category transaction volume is $7.5 billion, while Kalshi is only $1.6 billion.Despite the positioning differences between the two in the prediction market, it is strange that they are still classified in the same category.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, in the past 24 hours, the whale "0xed4" deposited 5,532 ETH (13 million USD) into HyperLiquid for selling.The whale also closed its 20x ETH short position on HyperLiquid and still holds a 20x ETH short position on Lighter.

According to Cointelegraph, 22-year-old resident Evan Tangeman from California was sentenced to 70 months in prison on Friday for participating in a crime that involved stealing approximately $263 million in cryptocurrency from victims through social engineering scams and burglary.According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Tangeman pleaded guilty to related charges in December 2025 and admitted to assisting members of the criminal organization in laundering at least $3.5 million in illegal funds. The DOJ stated that in addition to imprisonment, he was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 22-year-old Evan Tangeman from Newport Beach, California, was sentenced to 70 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release by a federal court in Washington, D.C. for his involvement in an interstate social engineering crime group that assisted in laundering at least $3.5 million.The crime group has been operating since October 2023, stealing over $263 million in cryptocurrency through hacking, social engineering, and other means. Most members are unemployed youths, either minors or under 20 years old, originating from online gaming platforms. Tangeman was responsible for converting the stolen cryptocurrency into fiat currency and leasing luxury homes for group members in places like Los Angeles and Miami, and he also received luxury cars such as Bentleys and Lamborghinis as payment. After the incident, Tangeman instructed his accomplices to destroy digital devices to eliminate evidence. The case is being jointly investigated by the FBI's Washington, Los Angeles, and Miami field offices along with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, and so far, 9 individuals involved have pleaded guilty.

According to ABC News, multiple sources have revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice is expected to terminate the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Powell as early as Friday.

The UK-listed company The Smarter Web Company with the code SWC has purchased an additional 44 bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 2,750 bitcoins. The company ranks 27th in the Bitcoin 100 list.

The Smart Allocator of the decentralized stablecoin USDD has accumulated investment returns exceeding $16 million, demonstrating its strong self-sustaining capability and further strengthening its long-term competitiveness in the stablecoin sector.Smart Allocator is the profit-sharing mechanism of USDD, which obtains interest and platform rewards by participating in quality projects and returns the profits to users. This mechanism emphasizes the stability and sustainability of profit sources rather than relying on short-term high-yield strategies. At the same time, its fund allocation and profit situation remain transparently on-chain, available for public inquiry and verification by users.

The Web3 asset data platform RootData has outlined 30 business partners of Fireblocks, spanning multiple key areas such as DeFi protocols, payment settlement, compliance analysis, trading institutions, and multi-chain infrastructure:Settlement Layer: Represented by Circle, TripleA, and Lynq, responsible for stablecoin issuance and payment clearing.Liquidity and Trading Layer: Includes market makers and trading institutions such as Wintermute, Amber Group, GSR, and Wootton, responsible for fund distribution and market depth.On-chain Application Layer: Covers DeFi and application tools like Aave, Morpho, and MetaMask, which support the actual operation scenarios of funds.Compliance and Risk Control Layer: Service providers like Chainalysis, Elliptic, and Coincover form an important supplement to its regulatory adaptation capabilities.By 2025, Fireblocks is expected to handle over $200 billion in stablecoin transactions per month, a year-on-year increase of 300%. Fireblocks' positioning is evolving from a "custody and security service provider" to a central hub for on-chain fund flows and institutional asset circulation.Currently, Fireblocks supports over 150 public blockchain networks, and its partnership network has expanded to over 2,500 global institutional participants, including banks, asset management firms, exchanges, market makers, and fintech companies. Related compilation: Fireblocks Web3 Partner Network Compilation (Continuously Updated)Cryptocurrency projects actively showcasing their partner networks have become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 project parties to claim information and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has continuously released multiple issues of the cryptocurrency project ecosystem map, nominating Web3 ecosystem partners for upstream clients such as Visa, Mastercard, and Coinbase.If you wish to nominate your project in future ecosystem maps, please fill out the RootData 2026 Industry Ecosystem Mapping form to supplement your important clients and partners.

The People's Bank of China and seven other departments jointly issued the "Management Measures for Online Marketing of Financial Products," which will be implemented starting September 30, 2026, to systematically regulate online marketing activities for financial products. The measures specify that only approved financial institutions and their self-operated platforms, as well as entrusted third-party internet platforms, may engage in online marketing of financial products, prohibiting the provision of online marketing services for illegal financial activities such as illegal fundraising, virtual currency issuance and trading, and illegal foreign exchange margin trading.The measures put forward detailed requirements regarding the authenticity of marketing content, risk disclosure, algorithm recommendations, pop-up advertisements, account naming, trademark usage, cooperation models, and the protection of data and personal information, and clarify the regulatory responsibilities and penalties for financial management departments, internet information, telecommunications, and market supervision departments.

In response to the U.S. accusations of China "stealing" intellectual property from American artificial intelligence laboratories, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiaqun stated during a regular press conference on the 24th that the U.S. claims are unfounded and are a smear against China's achievements in the development of the artificial intelligence industry. China firmly opposes this. We urge the U.S. to respect the facts, abandon prejudice, stop suppressing technology related to China, and do more to promote technological exchange and cooperation between the two countries.

According to market news, the largest on-chain $ASTER bull whale "0x1527" has recently started to position in $CHIP. The current holdings include: 24.93M $ASTER (approximately $16.72 million), 36.18M $CHIP (approximately $3.43 million), 81.55M $MON (approximately $2.52 million), and 9,026 $TAO (approximately $2.22 million), with a total holding value exceeding $28 million.

Polymarket stated on platform X, "Last month, we released enhanced market integrity rules to combat insider trading. When we discover users trading on government confidential information, we refer the matter to the Department of Justice and cooperate with their investigation. Polymarket does not tolerate insider trading, and today's arrests prove that this system is effective."The arrest mentioned by Polymarket refers to the U.S. federal authorities arresting a special forces soldier this Thursday who was involved in the arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro. This soldier is suspected of profiting over $400,000 by betting on Maduro's ouster. Sources say federal investigators believe this commando placed over $33,000 in bets on the prediction market Polymarket just hours before President Trump announced the capture of Maduro in January.

According to an official announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, the "Fraud Center Strike Force" announced today a series of coordinated actions against Southeast Asian criminal organizations: two Chinese managers, Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wenjie, working at the "Shun Da Fraud Center" in Myanmar, have been indicted for allegedly forcing trafficked laborers to engage in cryptocurrency investment fraud and have been arrested in Thailand; a Telegram channel with over 6,000 followers, used to lure individuals to Cambodia's fraud centers for forced labor, has been shut down; and 503 fraudulent domain names disguised as legitimate investment platforms have been seized.On the financial side, the task force has frozen over $701 million in cryptocurrency suspected of being related to fraud and money laundering, and through "Operation Level Up," notified 8,935 victims, estimating the recovery of potential losses at approximately $563 million. Additionally, the U.S. State Department announced a reward of up to $10 million for information related to the "