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OKX will officially launch the USAR/USDT perpetual contract on April 27, 2026, at 22:00. The COST/USDT contract will open at 22:15, the LLY/USDT contract will open at 22:30, the HIMS/USDT contract will open at 22:45, and the BMNR/USDT contract will open at 23:00. All contracts are settled in USDT, and trading hours are 7×24 hours.

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.

The FLOA ecological core AI suite FloaClaw has officially launched in full, simultaneously introducing a multi-scenario AI skill matrix. The functionality is only available to Agents of level 3 and above, marking an important breakthrough for FLOA in the integration of AI and Web3.As the core AI tool of the FLOA ecosystem, the use of FloaClaw must follow clear rules: users need to recharge BNB to obtain computing power tokens, and skill consumption increases with task complexity. In the future, FloaClaw will continue to iterate and expand, opening up more new AI skills and tool modules, while promoting a creator dividend system that allows Agent creators to share in the computing power token earnings from user skill consumption, and supports one-click exchange and withdrawal of BNB, building a sustainable creator economy closed loop.FLOA is a smart Web3 Agent ecological platform deeply rooted in the BNB Chain ecosystem, integrating core capabilities such as data analysis and on-chain automation. With an open incentive mechanism, it serves as both a user empowerment tool and an efficient growth engine for the Web3 ecosystem, continuously laying out the integration of AI and Web3.

After launching on KuCoin and LBank, Staynex is further advancing its exchange layout, and its native token $STAY will be listed on MEXC today at 19:00 (UTC+8). This is not just a listing; it opens up a broader market coverage.$STAY is an AI travel token, fundamentally based on real travel application scenarios. Staynex integrates AI + Web3-driven travel planning, hotel discovery, membership benefits, and token rewards into a single ecosystem. The underlying structure is driven by Web3, while the user experience prioritizes AI.In terms of the token model, the total supply of $STAY is fixed at 100 billion tokens, with an initial circulation of only 3% at TGE. The project adopts a distribution mechanism with no VC, no private placement, and zero team unlocks, giving the token stronger market attributes from the moment it is launched. At the application level, Staynex builds an AI + Web3 ecosystem centered around real travel consumption. Holding $STAY unlocks tiered membership benefits, including travel discounts, staking rewards, and lifestyle benefits such as airport lounges. Additionally, the platform will use 20% of its revenue for token buybacks, linking platform growth with token value.The listing on MEXC continues Staynex's active acceleration of global expansion, including the acquisition of the European Web3 travel platform Sleap and the introduction of over 40 ecological partners. As the product continues to iterate and more exchange listing plans are advanced, $STAY is gradually building an application path that connects digital assets with real consumption scenarios.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has signed agreements with European Card Payment Cooperation, Nexo Standards, and Berlin Group to reuse existing open payment standards for digital euro transactions, aiming to reduce the system access costs for banks, merchants, and payment service providers.The relevant standards cover contactless payments, connections between merchants and payment service providers, as well as alias payments based on mobile phone numbers. The European Central Bank stated that this move helps to reduce market adoption costs and promotes a unified digital euro user experience in the euro area. Previously, the European Central Bank analyzed that the digital euro could bring about 4 billion to 6 billion euros in costs to EU banks within 4 years.

According to on-chain analyst Murphy (@Murphychen888), the BTC price has risen to around $79,000, and the current open interest (OI) in the futures market has returned to a recent high of 472,000 BTC, with market leverage continuing to accumulate.During yesterday's peak, short sellers paid an average funding fee of up to $604,000 per hour to long positions, which, although lower than the peak, still far exceeds the 7-day average ($197,000). Murphy pointed out that the high OI combined with negative premiums intensifies the situation; once the price rebounds, short sellers forced to close their positions or facing liquidation will create buying pressure, triggering a short squeeze. Historically, rebounds have occurred under similar conditions on March 9 and April 13, and the current short ratio is not ideal.

According to CoinDesk, monitoring by CertiK reveals that the Lazarus Group is conducting an attack operation named Mach-O Man targeting executives in the fintech and cryptocurrency industries. This operation utilizes ClickFix social engineering techniques, sending fake online meeting invitations to lure victims into pasting repair commands on their Mac terminals, thereby gaining access to company and financial systems.CertiK researcher Natalie Newson stated that the Lazarus Group has stolen over $500 million through attacks on Drift and KelpDAO in the past two weeks. Mach-O Man is a modular macOS malware toolkit developed by the Chollima division of the Lazarus Group, capable of automatically deleting itself after use to evade detection.Additionally, attackers have implemented this attack by hijacking DeFi project domain names and replacing them with fake Cloudflare messages.

According to monitoring by Shield, the KelpDAO attackers have begun to transfer the stolen assets: they transferred some of the stolen ETH from the Ethereum mainnet across to Arbitrum via the Across Protocol, then exchanged it for USDT, and routed it to the TRON DAO ecosystem through LayerZero.This path shows that the attackers are diversifying and laundering funds through multi-chain bridges and stablecoin conversion methods, and the subsequent flow of funds still needs to be continuously tracked.

According to monitoring by the blockchain security firm SlowMist, MistEye has received threat intelligence from the community indicating that a malware named "MacSync Stealer" (v1.1.2) is active and highly destructive. This malware targets macOS users, stealing sensitive data including cryptocurrency wallets, browser credentials, system keychains, and infrastructure keys (SSH/AWS/K8s).The malware uses a spoofed AppleScript system dialog for phishing and displays fake error messages stating "unsupported" after data leakage. It has immediately synchronized this IOC (Indicator of Compromise) to clients. Do not execute unverified macOS scripts and remain highly vigilant against unexpected system password prompts. If an attack is suspected, immediate remediation is required: change all infrastructure credentials (SSH/AWS/K8s), invalidate any exposed keychains, and quickly migrate cryptocurrency assets to a secure wallet.

According to Cointelegraph, Admiral Samuel Paparo of the U.S. Navy stated at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that Bitcoin is a "valuable computer science tool," and its proof-of-work technology has significant applications in cybersecurity, increasing the cost of attacks for adversaries and can be used to protect data, information, and command signals, helping to support U.S. national security interests.Paparo noted, "Beyond the economic aspect, it has very important computer science application value in cybersecurity." Previously, Jason Lowery, a member of the U.S. Space Force, also made similar points in 2023.

Grayscale analyst Zach Pandl disclosed data showing that Bitcoin has rebounded over 20% from its low of about $63,000 in early February, with the current price around $76,000, slightly above the average cost (realized price) of about $74,000 for buyers in the past 1 to 3 months, indicating that most short-term investors have returned to the breakeven zone.Analysis suggests that if the price continues to rise, more recent buyers will enter a profitable state, which is often seen as one of the important signals at the beginning of a bull market. However, Bitcoin is still below the peak from last October. Market views indicate that this round of recovery may have formed a relatively solid phase bottom in the range of $65,000 to $70,000.

According to the official announcement from Volo, a security vulnerability incident occurred with the BTCFi and LST protocols on the Sui network, resulting in approximately $3.5 million in assets (including WBTC, XAUm, and USDC) being stolen from three specific Vaults.After the incident, the team immediately notified the Sui Foundation and ecological partners, and froze all Vaults to prevent further losses. Volo stated that this vulnerability only involved three Vaults, and the remaining Vaults do not have the same attack vector, with approximately $28 million in TVL assets remaining safe. The official emphasized that they will bear the loss themselves and will not pass the loss onto users, and will release a complete post-incident report and remediation plan after the investigation is completed.

During tonight's Bitget "Obsidian Night," the head of Bitget AI products provided an in-depth analysis of the AI trading assistant, Agent Hub, and GetClaw product matrix, and officially announced the launch of the Bitget AI ecosystem co-creation plan. He pointed out that AI should not just be a pile of functions within the exchange, nor should it be an exclusive tool for institutions, but rather a key lever for ordinary users to achieve trading equality. Relying on the UEX unified architecture, these AI tools can now seamlessly integrate into cross-asset trading scenarios, providing users with professional-level strategy assistance 24/7.In the second quarter of 2026, Bitget will focus on advancing three AI ecosystem initiatives: hosting the world's first AI trading hackathon to provide developers with technical resources and a showcase platform; collaborating with creators to produce practical tutorials; and opening up B-end cooperation to co-build a developer ecosystem with project parties and tool vendors. The head of Bitget AI products stated that this plan aims to aggregate industry strength and accelerate the deep application of AI technology in Web3 trading scenarios.

Bybit's Security Operations Center has discovered a multi-stage malware attack targeting macOS users of the search AI development tool Claude Code.Attackers used search engine optimization poisoning to push malicious domains to the top of Google search results, luring users into a counterfeit installation page, thereby stealing browser credentials, macOS keychain, Telegram sessions, VPN configurations, and cryptocurrency wallet information. Bybit stated that the malware can also establish persistent access through backdoor programs and attempts to target over 250 browser wallet extensions and multiple desktop wallet applications. This malicious infrastructure was identified on March 12, and relevant analysis, mitigation, and detection measures were completed on the same day.

Market news: Security personnel disclosed a critical vulnerability in Cosmos CometBFT 0-day, which may cause block synchronization phase stagnation affecting over $8 billion in assets.

The latest weekly report shows that the JUST protocol continues to play a core foundational role in the Tron DeFi ecosystem, with a total locked value (TVL) reaching $11.4 billion, occupying an important position in the ecosystem with a market share of 41.83%.The platform's core business operates steadily, with deposits exceeding $3.75 billion, and liquidity depth and capacity further solidified. In addition, JUST's value capture engine operates efficiently, with a normalized buyback and burn mechanism, resulting in a cumulative burn rate of JST reaching 13.70%.This dynamic deflationary strategy not only effectively optimizes the asset supply and demand pattern but also demonstrates the firm operational consensus of JUST as a core DeFi protocol in Tron through long-term stable value returns.

Helius CEO mert posted on platform X, stating that decentralization is essentially "coordination without a central authority." If the cost of coordination is close to zero, then it is effectively centralized; if the cost of coordination is infinitely high, then it technically cannot be called decentralized, as the system would not function properly.mert illustrated this point through a thought experiment: suppose there currently exists a highly decentralized blockchain with hundreds of thousands of nodes running from home, distributed mining power, and token supply. He then proposed another extreme hypothesis—if North Korea could transfer funds from wallet A to wallet B within time T, then this would be equivalent to that chain being able to simultaneously detonate nuclear weapons in most countries around the world.Finally, assuming that the blockchain could successfully freeze the funds in wallet A through a fork without causing mass casualties, would this blockchain still be considered decentralized? mert believes that although humanity can achieve coordination due to the shared incentive of "not dying," this does not mean that the chain is "unorganized." Decentralization is still fundamentally "coordination without a central authority."

The "AI × RWA: The Action Economy" themed side event hosted by the Hong Kong AI one-stop family health management platform XKONG has concluded. At the event, XKONG revealed its "decentralized health network" strategy: plans to deploy over 3,500 health service terminals in Hong Kong, creating a triadic health ecosystem consisting of AI diagnostic devices, the XKONG APP, and the AI health assistant KoKo. Each health behavior and interaction by users will be converted into Token rights for the use of platform AI services, forming a closed loop from "user behavior" to "AI consumption." XKONG stated that it will use Hong Kong as a model and enter more than 10 countries and regions globally by 2026.