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According to Solid Intel, Trump will hold a National Security Council meeting today to review proposals to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end hostilities.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker, captioned: "The ₿eat Goes On."According to previous patterns, Strategy always discloses information about increasing Bitcoin holdings the day after related news is released.

Litecoin disclosed in a post on platform X that a recent zero-day vulnerability had caused a DoS attack, affecting the operation of major mining pools. Mining nodes that were not updated allowed an invalid MWEB (MimbleWimble Extension Block) transaction to be executed, enabling the related tokens to be withdrawn to a third-party DEX.The Litecoin network rolled back these invalid transactions through a reorganization (reorg) of 13 blocks, confirming that they would not be included in the main chain. All valid transactions during this period were unaffected, and the vulnerability has been completely fixed, with network operations restored to normal.

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.

The Humanity Foundation has recently made significant adjustments to the $H token allocation plan, requiring investors to make a final choice between two options by April 26 at 09:00 UTC: one, extend the distribution, pushing the Cliff to September 25, 2026, and changing to equal distribution over 12 quarters; two, a 3:10 discounted immediate unlock, replacing the original 16,666,666 tokens with 5,000,000 $H (a 70% reduction), to be fully distributed on June 25, 2026.It is understood that the Humanity Foundation has sent adjustment notifications to over 100 investors. Early investment firm Trix Ventures has publicly disclosed its choice of the discounted immediate unlock.It is reported that this firm invested during the project's valuation phase of approximately $60 million, and even after the 3:10 discounted replacement, it can still achieve about 7 times return. Notably, the Humanity Protocol previously reached an in-depth cooperation with payment giant Mastercard, and the project's fundamentals have received endorsement from traditional financial institutions. The on-chain identity verification sector it belongs to is currently in its early market stage, but with the continuous expansion of AI-generated content and automated accounts, the demand for on-chain real identity verification is widely believed to grow exponentially, giving this sector long-term potential to become a leading project in the Web3 infrastructure field.The project is about to face a test of significant selling pressure from a one-time massive unlock, and whether it can grow explosively alongside the AI sector is crucial. Analysts point out that choosing the one-time unlock on June 25 is a safer decision. In the current market cycle, "certain liquidity" far outweighs paper numbers. The deferred plan extends the cycle to 3 years, with huge uncertainties regarding the protocol's survival and team stability.From a market structure perspective, June 25 faces obvious concentrated selling pressure risks: the Sablier contract release node is transparent on-chain, and quantitative and short-selling funds will precisely target this node; institutions may lock in profits by hedging in advance during the two-month window; market makers may withdraw buy depth in advance, causing the actual realization value to be less than 10% of the nominal value. Historically, large-scale concentrated unlocks of Starknet (STRK) and ApeCoin (APE) have triggered severe selling pressure, with the former dropping over 95% from its peak and the latter declining 77% within 7 months.

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 on-chain analyst Axel Adler Jr (@AxelAdlerJr), the discount for short-term holders (STH) has narrowed from -21.6% to -5.7%, and the 7-day moving average of STH-SOPR has risen back above 1, indicating that short-term sellers are no longer clearly in a loss position. However, the current price is still below the cost basis of $83,000, and the market has not yet entered a true risk appetite phase.

Lido has released the latest developments regarding the Kelp security incident, stating that its Earn series vaults are working with the management to address the issues, which involve two major risk points: the rsETH exposure and the liquidity tension in the lending market. Lido emphasizes that the core staking protocol has not been affected, and both stETH and wstETH remain safe and stable.Currently, only the EarnETH vault has an approximately 9% TVL exposure to rsETH, and related deposits and withdrawals have been suspended by the management, awaiting a solution. Approximately $70 million in ETH has been recovered from the previous attack, and the subsequent asset recovery and loss distribution are still in progress. In response to liquidity pressure, the management has reduced leverage and optimized the position structure, significantly decreasing the wETH debt exposure. If losses ultimately occur, EarnETH will activate a $3 million "first loss protection mechanism" (funded by the DAO). As for other vaults, DVV and EarnUSD have not been affected and are operating normally; the GGV sub-vault is currently experiencing negative returns due to the combination of circular staking strategies and rising lending rates, but adjustments are ongoing. Withdrawal requests submitted by users will be processed based on valuations prior to the incident.

Meta Pool indicates that a suspicious contract has been found attempting to impersonate a legitimate staking pool and tokens. Meta Pool emphasizes that this contract is not associated with Meta Pool or any official NEAR liquidity staking provider.

X product lead and Solana advisor Nikita Bier posted to announce two product changes for organizing communities on X, including:XChat now supports a joinable link feature for group chats. Users can create a public link to share directly on their timeline. Each group chat supports 350 members (and is still increasing).Due to declining usage, the X platform will officially deprecate X Communities on May 6.

Gate held the Institutional Circle event in Hong Kong, focusing on the theme "AI Reshaping Crypto Liquidity & Market Access," gathering several institutional representatives from the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the evolution of the crypto market structure and the path to liquidity reshaping. Gate's founder and CEO Dr. Han attended the event and interacted with institutional guests on-site.At the event, Gate's Global Institutional Head Addis Hu delivered the opening speech and shared insights on the platform's service capabilities and market changes in the context of deepening institutional participation. AWS Senior Regional Business Development Manager Ethan Hui shared industry insights from the perspectives of technical infrastructure and asset services.During the discussion session, attendees engaged in in-depth discussions on the evolution of liquidity, changes in market structure, and trends in multi-asset allocation against the backdrop of continuous institutional capital inflow. Overall, this event provided institutions with a reference for understanding current market structure changes and future allocation logic, further reflecting that the industry is moving towards a more mature and structured development stage.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a live broadcast today at 20:00 (UTC+8) on the theme "After BTC Breaks $78,000: Geopolitical Downgrade + Regulatory Breakthrough, Is a New Narrative Coming to the Crypto Market?" At that time, crypto KOLs such as Xiao Hai, 0x31ad.sun, Crypto.0824, and Mr. Mis will be invited to attend and discuss the marginal impact of easing geopolitical risks on the pricing of risk assets, as well as the reconstruction of the medium and long-term narrative of crypto assets against the backdrop of a gradually clarifying global regulatory environment.

According to Decrypt, Mozilla recently revealed that Anthropic's latest AI model, Claude Mythos, identified 271 security vulnerabilities during internal testing of the Firefox browser, and the related vulnerabilities have been fixed this week.In comparison, a previous version of the Anthropic model only found 22 security-sensitive vulnerabilities. Mozilla stated that all discovered vulnerabilities were within the scope of top human researchers' findings. Claude Mythos was officially released in March 2026 and is Anthropic's most powerful model in the fields of reasoning, coding, and cybersecurity, currently available for use by vetted partners such as Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft through the "Project Glasswing" initiative.

This week, the UK-related economic development agency invited the management of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit to London to meet with representatives from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the House of Lords to discuss topics such as cryptocurrency regulation, business establishment, and employment.Bybit CEO Ben Zhou stated that the UK side hopes to attract large companies to establish bases locally and promote innovation through stablecoins, tokenization, and payment system reforms. Reports indicate that this invitation coincides with the UK's FinTech Week and reflects the UK's intention to reverse the trend of funds and businesses flowing to the UAE.

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.

According to PRNewswire, Nasdaq-listed company Eightco Holdings (ORBS) has updated its holdings, revealing that the total value of its assets has increased to approximately $336 million, including: 283 million Worldcoin (WLD), 11,068 ETH, a $90 million investment in OpenAI, a $25 million investment in Beast Industries, and $118 million in cash and stablecoins.Eightco Holdings stated that the value of the held WLD tokens accounts for 23% of the company's total assets, the investment in OpenAI accounts for 27% of the company's total assets, and the investment in Beast Industries accounts for 7% of the company's total assets.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), due to Aave suspending WETH withdrawals, the deposit certificate aEthWETH has experienced a discount.Whale address 0x8ad withdrew 13,000 ETH (approximately 30 million USD) from the exchange, purchased 13,143 aEthWETH through Swap, and then repaid its ETH loan on Aave at a 1:1 ratio, netting a profit of 143 ETH (approximately 330,000 USD).