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According to Jinshi, citing New Delhi Television, the second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States is scheduled to be held on April 27.

According to market news, SpaceX is expected to go public in June, potentially surpassing Saudi Aramco's $29 billion fundraising record to become the largest IPO in history. Meanwhile, OpenAI and Anthropic also plan to go public in the second half of this year, with the three companies expected to collectively attract over $240 billion in funding, likely marking a significant turning point for liquidity changes in the cryptocurrency market.Market analysis suggests that these super IPOs may significantly withdraw liquidity from risk assets, while the cryptocurrency market is in the same pool of funds. As mainstream cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have been highly correlated with Nasdaq and U.S. stock market risk appetite in recent years, a large amount of capital shifting towards subscribing to tech giants' IPOs may weaken the buying support for BTC, ETH, and altcoins.

Government sources have confirmed that the talks between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad are "highly likely to achieve a breakthrough," with a delegation led by Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian expected to arrive in the Pakistani capital tonight. Earlier today, the Iranian Foreign Minister had a phone conversation with the Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, both of whom confirmed this news. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry stated that the two sides exchanged views on the developments in the regional situation, the ceasefire, and the ongoing diplomatic efforts in the context of U.S.-Iran engagement.

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 foreign media citing informed sources, Cognition AI is in the early negotiation stage of a new round of financing. The company is leveraging the growing demand for software development generative artificial intelligence technology, and this round of financing will more than double its valuation to reach $25 billion.One informed source stated that the goal of this AI programming startup is to raise hundreds of millions of dollars or more. Negotiations are ongoing, and the terms may change.

According to Bloomberg, U.S. President Trump stated that he will investigate the betting behavior of federal employees on event betting platforms, concerned that some may profit in prediction markets using confidential government information.Previously, federal authorities arrested a soldier involved in the operation to capture Venezuelan leader Maduro, who had successfully bet that Maduro would be ousted, earning about $400,000.

According to Jinshi Data, the number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending April 18 was 214,000, expected to be 210,000, and the previous value was revised from 207,000 to 208,000.The four-week average of initial jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending April 18 was 210,750, revised from the previous value of 209,750 to 210,000.The number of continuing jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending April 11 was 1.821 million, expected to be 1.82 million, and the previous value was revised from 1.818 million to 1.809 million.

According to KOL AB Kuai.Dong (@_FORAB), FTX founder SBF is imprisoned for misappropriating about $16 billion of user assets, but the potential value of his investment portfolio has sparked widespread discussion.If FTX had not gone through bankruptcy liquidation, the estimated returns on its holdings are as follows: Anthropic approximately $82.3 billion (about 165 times), SpaceX approximately $15 billion (about 75 times), Robinhood approximately $4.9 billion (about 8 times), Genesis Digital Assets approximately $3.5 billion (about 3 times), and the AI programming tool Cursor approximately $3 billion (about 15,000 times, with an original investment of only $200,000 for a 5% stake). The total potential value of the above assets exceeds $100 billion.

Circle Chief Economist Gordon Liao initiated a proposal on the Aave governance forum, suggesting an emergency adjustment to the USDC interest rate parameters in the Aave V3 Ethereum main pool to address the situation where the pool's utilization rate has remained at a very high level of 99.87% for four consecutive days following the KelpDAO attack incident.Liao stated that Aave's current interest rate mechanism has failed to effectively "clear" the market. The current supply of the pool is $1.89 billion, with the borrowing amount also at $1.89 billion, and available liquidity is less than $3 million. The borrowing interest rate remains at the upper limit after the inflection point (around 14%), and over the past 24 hours, the pool size has shrunk by about $60 million—this is due to repayment funds being used one by one to meet the withdrawal demands in the queue.Therefore, the Slope 2 parameter in the USDC deposit interest rate curve should be immediately increased from about 10% to 40% through the Risk Steward mechanism, and further confirmation to raise the target to 50% should be achieved through governance voting within 5 to 7 days. Meanwhile, the optimal utilization will be adjusted down from 92% to 87% during the transition phase, and after final confirmation, it will be reduced to 85%. According to Liao's proposal, under the new parameter settings, when the utilization rate reaches 100%, the maximum USDC deposit interest rate will increase from about 12.6% to 48.2%.

According to The Information, Tencent and Alibaba are in negotiations to invest in DeepSeek, which has a valuation of over $20 billion.

According to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, as the situation in the Middle East has temporarily eased and energy prices have fallen, global risk appetite has marginally improved, stock indices have reached new highs, and both the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields have declined. However, gold remains strong, indicating that while the market is flowing back into risk assets, the demand for safe-haven assets has not completely faded. Against this backdrop, the cryptocurrency market has seen a slight rebound overall, with BTC and ETH rising 4.3% and 3.3% respectively. ETF funds continue to see net inflows, but market sentiment remains cautious. Mainstream assets have performed relatively steadily with institutional support, while the recovery in the altcoin market remains limited.At the industry level, regulatory advancements and infrastructure development continue to deepen. France supports promoting the euro stablecoin plan under the MiCA framework to enhance the competitiveness of the local currency system; Circle has launched USDC Bridge to further improve the cross-chain liquidity structure of stablecoins; the X platform has introduced the Cashtags feature to accelerate the integration of trading and social scenarios. In terms of investment and financing, a total of 12 financing deals were disclosed this week, with a total amount of $41.8 million, among which Paxos Labs completed a $12 million financing focused on compliant DeFi infrastructure development, reflecting that capital is still continuously laying out around compliance and underlying capability upgrades.

BNB Treasury Company BNB Plus disclosed that it has received a notice from Nasdaq, stating that it no longer meets the continued listing standards due to its stock price being below the minimum requirement of $1, and because it implemented a reverse stock split in the past year, it is not eligible for the regular compliance period. The company stated that it has requested a hearing, and its stock will continue to trade on Nasdaq until the outcome is determined.In addition, BNB Plus announced that the board of directors has approved the initiation of a strategic alternatives assessment to maximize shareholder value, with potential options including mergers, reverse mergers, asset sales, joint ventures, financing, and other transactions. As of now, the value of its crypto treasury assets is approximately $12.2 million.

The crypto fund C1 Fund announced a partial exit from its investment in Ripple, achieving approximately 150% returns in less than four months, but has not disclosed the amount of profit. The portfolio of C1 Fund also includes Kraken, Consensys, and Chainalysis, and it stated that it will continue to invest in high-quality crypto companies in the future.

ChainCatcher reported live that Hong Kong Legislative Council member (Technology and Innovation sector) Kenneth K.Y. Lau shared a keynote speech titled "Steady and Progressive Development Keeps Hong Kong at Forefront of Web3 Expansion" at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival.He reviewed the development of Web3 in Hong Kong since 2022, from the licensing system for virtual asset service providers, the pilot of tokenized products, to last year's Policy Declaration 2.0 and the SFC ASPIRe roadmap, believing that regulatory clarity is the primary condition for the industry's development.He specifically compared the regulatory paths of the United States and Hong Kong, pointing out that although the U.S. has introduced important documents such as the Clarity Act, Genius Act, and the joint statement from the SEC and CFTC, the political situation may lead to legislative delays or even reversals; in contrast, Hong Kong provides a stable, transparent, and continuous development environment in terms of product classification, legislation, and infrastructure.He also mentioned the potential threat of quantum computing to the cryptocurrency industry, believing that at least five more years are needed, but the industry should prepare in advance at the cryptographic level. Finally, he emphasized that Hong Kong needs more technology developers and should promote cross-jurisdictional connectivity to form a positive flywheel for product issuance, investor participation, and innovator entry.