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According to Prnewswire, Nasdaq-listed company Aurelion disclosed that it currently holds 33,318 Tether Gold (XAUT), with a holding value exceeding $157 million based on a price of $4,719.15 per ounce. Additionally, the company revealed that it has staked 10,000 XAUT, transforming the gold token from a mere reserve asset into a yield-generating collateral asset, while another 23,318 XAUT remain unstaked.

Ripple officially announced its quantum resistance roadmap, with the core goal of making the XRP Ledger (XRPL) quantum-resistant by 2028. The roadmap primarily addresses the potential attack mode of "harvest now, decrypt later," where attackers collect encrypted data now and wait for future quantum computers to mature before cracking it.The entire plan will be implemented in four phases:Phase 1: Q-Day Emergency Preparedness (Already Started). Establish a Q-Day emergency response mechanism. If the existing classical encryption system is suddenly compromised, the network will immediately stop accepting traditional public key signatures, forcing a migration to quantum-safe accounts. At the same time, explore asset ownership verification solutions based on Post-Quantum ZK-proofs, allowing existing account holders to safely recover funds in emergencies without exposing vulnerable keys.Phase 2: Risk Assessment and Algorithm Testing (First Half of 2026). Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the impact of post-quantum cryptography on the performance, storage, and bandwidth of the XRP Ledger network. Collaborate with Project Eleven to conduct validator-level testing and Devnet benchmarking, deploy NIST standardized ML-DSA quantum-safe signature schemes, and develop prototypes for post-quantum custodial wallets. Core engineer Denis Angell has already deployed ML-DSA signatures on XRPL's AlphaNet.Phase 3: Devnet Hybrid Integration (Second Half of 2026). Parallel integration of candidate post-quantum signature schemes with existing elliptic curve signatures on the developer network (Devnet), allowing developers to test performance and system impacts without affecting the mainnet. At the same time, explore post-quantum zero-knowledge proof primitives and homomorphic encryption technologies for Confidential Transfers to enhance the privacy and compliance capabilities of tokenized real-world assets on XRPL.Phase 4: Full Mainnet Upgrade (Target 2028). Submit a formal protocol amendment, which will be fully enabled on the mainnet after being approved by validator votes, to implement native post-quantum cryptography. Focus on production-ready optimization: throughput tuning, validator reliability assurance, and coordinated migration of the ecosystem, ensuring a complete transition without affecting network speed and settlement finality.

According to Jin Shi reports, the U.S. Congress will hold a confirmation hearing for Federal Reserve Chair nominee Waller on Tuesday local time. Waller has pledged to maintain strict independence on interest rate issues. He stated that interest rate decisions must be independent of political considerations, monetary policy should not be a tool for short-term political goals, and emphasized that the credibility of the Federal Reserve comes from institutional constraints and policy discipline. Waller also warned against extending the central bank's functions into areas of fiscal policy or social policy where it lacks statutory authority.

According to Bloomberg, the SEC and CFTC jointly proposed to reduce the reporting requirements for hedge funds, intending to eliminate the reporting obligations for smaller advisors and raise the Form PF reporting threshold for private fund managers' assets from $150 million to $1 billion.The two agencies stated that the data collected from Form PF will be used confidentially for inspections and investigations of private fund advisors.

The DoubleZero Foundation has announced that its Edge platform has officially entered the public testing phase. Edge is a permissionless platform running on DoubleZero's DePIN infrastructure, designed to provide ultra-low latency real-time data delivery services for on-chain markets.DoubleZero is committed to building a decentralized global fiber network to optimize low-latency distributed systems for blockchain. DoubleZero co-founder Andrew McConnell stated, "Traditional finance has gained a competitive advantage through decades of building infrastructure for speed and certainty, while on-chain markets have previously lacked a similar foundation. Edge aims to provide on-chain traders with a comparable level of certainty infrastructure, enabling tighter spreads and better execution."It is reported that Edge currently has about 350 data providers, with major Solana infrastructure providers such as Jito, Temporal, Staking Facilities, and Triton also joining.

According to Finance Feeds, Apple has confirmed that it has removed a fraudulent app impersonating Ledger Live self-custody wallet from the App Store after an on-chain investigation revealed that over 50 victims lost a total of $9.5 million in cryptocurrency within a week.Previously, on-chain detective ZachXBT disclosed that this counterfeit Ledger Live app was available from April 7 to April 13, 2026. The losses involved multiple blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Tron, and Ripple.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has staked 50,000 ETH on the Everstake platform, worth approximately $116.97 million.

XRP Ledger announced the integration of zero-knowledge infrastructure provider Boundless to support banks and asset management institutions in executing transactions on the public chain that balance privacy protection and compliance.According to reports, this solution can hide sensitive information such as transaction size, frequency, and counterparties, while still allowing regulatory agencies to conduct audits through selective disclosure and role-based access control, thus achieving a balance between privacy and compliance. This integration will support institutional scenarios such as cross-border B2B payments, fund and capital management, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, tokenized asset issuance, and on-chain trading and lending.Industry insiders believe that the contradiction between the transparency of public chains and the demand for privacy has always been a significant barrier to institutional adoption, and this solution aims to reduce the so-called "transparency tax." Meanwhile, competition in the privacy track continues to heat up. Technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs (ZK) and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) are accelerating implementation, pushing privacy capabilities from optional features to underlying infrastructure. Data shows that the market size of tokenized assets has reached approximately $29.25 billion, with a monthly increase of about 7.9%.

According to on-chain analyst ZachXBT, a counterfeit Ledger Live application was launched on the Apple App Store, resulting in over 50 users' assets being stolen, with total losses amounting to approximately $9.5 million, involving various assets such as Bitcoin, EVM chain assets, TRON, Solana, and XRP.The stolen funds were subsequently transferred through more than 150 KuCoin deposit addresses and laundered using a centralized mixing service called AudiA6. Data shows that the largest single loss reached $3.23 million. The application has recently been removed by Apple.

American musician Garrett Dutton (stage name G. Love) lost 5.9 BTC, amounting to approximately $420,000, after downloading and using a fake Ledger wallet app from the App Store and entering his recovery phrase.On-chain analyst ZachXBT discovered that the attacker had laundered the stolen Bitcoin through the KuCoin platform. This incident once again exposes the security risks of counterfeit wallet applications and reminds users to be vigilant when downloading and using cryptocurrency-related apps, avoiding entering sensitive information through unofficial channels.

According to Benzinga, digital asset financial services company Tok-Edge announced the launch of a crypto hedge fund aimed at institutional investors, with a goal of raising $100 million in its first round by 2026.It is reported that Tok-Edge had previously been in "stealth mode." The long-term goal of the new fund is to build a compliant crypto asset allocation infrastructure for institutions, with an initial size of $21 million. Traditional finance veteran investor Marcus Meijer and his investment alliance are the fund's investors, with the latter planning to provide $10 million as a cornerstone investor.

American Philadelphia musician G.Love posted on the X platform that during the process of changing computers and reconfiguring Ledger, he mistakenly downloaded a malicious counterfeit application from the Apple App Store, resulting in the theft of his retirement funds, with approximately 5.92 bitcoins transferred all at once.On-chain detective ZachXBT subsequently stated that he had traced the flow of the stolen funds and pointed out that the relevant assets had been laundered through the recharge addresses of a centralized exchange (CEX). ZachXBT also questioned the review mechanism of the Apple App Store, claiming that there is an issue that allows counterfeit applications to be listed on the Apple platform, further amplifying the security risks to user assets. The incident has once again sparked market concerns about wallet security and the application ecosystem review mechanism.

According to CoinDesk, SBI Ripple Asia has completed the development of a token issuance platform based on the XRP Ledger and has registered as a prepaid payment tool issuer in Japan. Corporate users can now issue tokenized payment tools through this platform.

According to the official website of SOL Strategies, SOL Strategies Inc. has signed a final agreement to acquire the assets of Darklake Labs, a native zero-knowledge technology company on Solana, for $1.2 million. The transaction price consists of $200,000 in cash and $1 million in equivalent common stock.Darklake's core product, Zyga, is a dynamic zero-knowledge proof system native to Solana that provides privacy protection at the transaction execution level and eliminates front-running and sandwich attacks.After the completion of the transaction, the core team of Darklake will join SOL Strategies, including CEO Vitor Py Braga (formerly with Meta and IBM), COO Amber Hales (formerly with Coinbase, with nearly a decade of compliance experience), and zero-knowledge research lead Tiago Alves.

SOL Strategies Inc. has signed a final agreement to acquire the assets of Solana native zero-knowledge technology company Darklake Labs for $1.2 million, with the transaction price consisting of $200,000 in cash and $1 million in equivalent common stock of the company.Darklake's core product Zyga is a dynamic zero-knowledge proof system native to Solana, which can achieve privacy protection at the transaction execution level and eliminate front-running and sandwich attacks. After the closing, Darklake's core team will join SOL Strategies, including CEO Vitor Py Braga (formerly of Meta and IBM), COO Amber Hales (formerly of Coinbase, with nearly a decade of compliance experience), and zero-knowledge research lead Tiago Alves.

According to Fortune, Zaheer Ebtikar, the founder of the crypto hedge fund Split Capital, announced the closure of the fund and officially joined the stablecoin startup Plasma as Chief Strategy Officer. Ebtikar stated that the closure of the fund was not due to poor performance, but rather because he believes that the crypto hedge fund business model is no longer viable. Ebtikar pointed out that the launch of digital asset ETFs by traditional financial institutions such as BlackRock and Fidelity has allowed institutional investors to allocate crypto assets directly through compliant channels, leading to a significant decline in demand for crypto hedge funds. Meanwhile, the crypto venture capital sector has also experienced a "mass elimination," with the prices of mainstream cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum having dropped nearly 50% from their historical highs in 2025.

According to Decrypt, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced that it has recovered and seized over $600,000 in cryptocurrency after a Ledger hardware wallet user fell victim to a phishing scam, being lured into performing a so-called security check by a letter impersonating "Ledger Security and Compliance," resulting in approximately $234,000 in crypto assets being stolen.The FBI and state police tracked the flow of funds, successfully seizing about $600,000 in USDT and filing a civil forfeiture lawsuit, alleging that the source of the funds involved wire fraud and money laundering. It is reported that this is one of a series of phishing incidents targeting hardware wallet users, where scammers used physical mail letters featuring company logos, holograms, and QR codes to enhance the credibility of the fraud. Similar incidents have affected companies like Ledger and Trezor, accompanied by data breaches and vulnerabilities in third-party services, leading to ongoing phishing attacks.

Ledger's Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet stated that the attack method used in the Drift Protocol exploit is similar to the 2025 Bybit hacking incident, which is widely believed to be linked to North Korean hackers.Guillemet pointed out that this attack did not target any smart contracts; instead, the attackers infiltrated the devices of multi-signature signers over a long period, tricking them into approving malicious transactions. The signers may have always thought they were authorizing legitimate operations. He emphasized that the root of the problem lies in the lack of security at the personnel and operational levels, rather than in the code itself.

According to a report by businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital disclosed that it sold 370 Bitcoins last week, with total proceeds of approximately $24.7 million, and its current Bitcoin holdings have decreased to 2,989 coins.In addition, Empery Digital announced that it has fully repaid its term loans using funds raised from a recent equity offering and the sale of some Bitcoins. The company's balance sheet will be strengthened by reducing ongoing interest expenses and releasing approximately 1,800 Bitcoins that were previously held as collateral.