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According to official news, the Gate WCTC S8 Global Trading Competition officially started on April 23 at 16:00:00 (UTC+8) and will last until May 20 at 15:59:59 (UTC+8). The pre-heating phase had already attracted over 5,500 teams, and with the official launch of the competition, global traders have fully entered the practical phase to compete for annual trading honors.It is reported that the total prize pool for this event reaches 8,000,000 USDT, covering various trading categories including spot, ETF, flash exchange, contracts, and TradFi, and has set up three core competition tracks: team competition, individual competition, and 1v1 king PK. Among them, the first half of the team competition has already started, focusing on a dual-dimensional competition based on trading volume and profit, unlocking a prize pool of 1,800,000 USDT; the individual competition and PK competition are also ongoing, sharing rewards of 2,000,000 USDT and 1,600,000 USDT respectively, with an overall upgrade in the competition system that balances competitiveness and participation.In addition, during the competition period, blind box treasure chests, live draw events, and multiple bonus activities will be launched simultaneously, continuously releasing incentive benefits. As the competition enters the official competitive phase, the trading feast aiming for a prize pool of tens of millions has fully kicked off.It is reported that Gate Live will start the official live broadcast on April 22 at 20:00 (UTC+8), hosted by the official host Jesse, along with guest Eden and several KOLs, focusing on the team mechanism, gameplay rules, and competition strategies of this WCTC, while discussing the current market situation. This live broadcast will also include an interactive lottery segment, with prizes including an iPhone 17 Pro and $1000 contract position experience vouchers. Users can participate in the interaction in the live broadcast room and have the opportunity to join a team or participate in the competition through the host's channel.

The UK-listed company Quantum Blockchain announced a placement of 142,857,142 new shares at a price of 0.35 pence per share to raise £500,000. In addition, the company announced the establishment of a new Bitcoin mining subsidiary, BlocKeeper, and the new funds will be used to accelerate its AI-driven Bitcoin mining research and development.

According to Arkham monitoring, Dragonfly received 55.8 million LIT from Lighter. Analysis indicates that this may be the investor token share of Dragonfly, which will be locked for 1 year and will be unlocked in phases after the TGE. It is expected that these tokens will not be liquid again before December 30, 2026.

The security agency Innora released a report stating that the financial protocol Saturn on Ethereum has two serious vulnerabilities. These include:Withdrawal freeze vulnerability: Under normal business operations, all user funds could be locked, with a minimum of 30 days and, in extreme cases, indefinitely frozen. No hacker is needed; the protocol can trigger this itself.Privileged addresses in the protocol can legally intercept up to 33.33% of the funds per operation. According to current data, a single operation can intercept up to approximately $157,000, with a theoretical total risk of up to $4.26 million.Innora stated that over 90% of Saturn's assets are managed by privileged addresses, and users are completely reliant on trust. As of the report's release, this vulnerability has not yet been fixed.

According to official news, Genius has announced that the airdrop is now open for claiming, and all Shuttle Labs team members and investors will lock their tokens for at least 1 year.

Bittensor co-founder Jacob Robert Steeves responded to the Covenant AI incident, stating that he was "deeply shocked" by the events of the past few days and accused Covenant AI founder Samuel Dare of causing serious harm to the protocol and community, betraying the trust of investors and users. He apologized to users who suffered losses due to the incident.Steeves stated that the original intention of Bittensor was to combat greed and selfishness in human nature, promoting AI to be collectively owned by all participants through a permissionless mechanism. He emphasized that while this incident exposed vulnerabilities in the system, it would also encourage the protocol and community to further enhance their risk resilience.Regarding future directions, Steeves proposed advancing the "Locked Stake" mechanism, introducing a "time + stake" commitment dimension at the protocol layer to improve transparency and investor protection, thereby reducing similar risks. He noted that this plan was originally designed with the participation of Samuel Dare.Additionally, he mentioned that the development related to subnets 3, 39, and 81 would continue to be driven by the community, and the overall functionality and vision would not change. Steeves emphasized that Bittensor remains one of the most decentralized AI protocols currently and will continue to promote the development of open AI, with plans to move towards training larger-scale models. In the future, they will train a 1 trillion parameter model.

The decentralized cloud infrastructure provider Aethir tweeted that it has detected and successfully isolated a malicious attack targeting the ATH cross-chain contract (connecting Ethereum with other chains). Currently, all attacked contracts have been disconnected, and the vulnerability has been controlled; the total supply of ATH on the Ethereum mainnet has not been affected; the ETH-ARB cross-chain bridge on Squid has not been impacted; the actual amount affected for users is controlled within $90,000; the team will announce a complete compensation plan next week.Aethir is currently working with multiple law enforcement agencies and exchanges (Binance, Upbit, Bithumb, HTX, etc.) to freeze funds and track the attackers. Additionally, the team has published the addresses of the affected contracts, reminding users not to interact with them temporarily.

As a core pillar of TRON DeFi, the JUST platform's data remained robust this week: the total locked value reached $11.01 billion, accounting for 41.96% of the total TRON DeFi; the platform's supply was $3.59 billion, and the borrowing amount was $210.28 million. Meanwhile, the JST buyback and burn mechanism is steadily advancing, with a cumulative burn amount exceeding 1.08 billion tokens, accounting for 10.96% of the total supply, and the deflationary effect continues to strengthen the token's value foundation.The solid locked data and ongoing buyback and burn provide strong support for the long-term development of JUST. Moving forward, JUST will continue to focus on product iteration and ecosystem construction, enhancing capital efficiency and user experience, and contributing to the healthy development of the TRON DeFi ecosystem.

According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin rose about 2% in March, ending a consecutive five-month decline, marking the first positive turn after the longest consecutive decline since 2018, with the market focusing on trend reversal signals. Historical data shows that similar rebounds often accompany strong recoveries after several months of decline.In 2019, there was an approximately 300% increase after consecutive declines, and some analysts believe that this round may have found a temporary bottom around the $60,000 mark. However, seasonal patterns indicate discrepancies in April's performance: since 2013, April has mostly seen gains, but in recent years, after a rise in March, the probability of a decline in April has increased, leaving short-term direction uncertain.In terms of price, BTC is currently trading around $68,000, with a key resistance zone between $69,000 and $70,000 above. Further up, attention is on the supply zone between $70,000 and $72,000. If it breaks through effectively, it may test $76,000 or even $80,000; conversely, if it faces pressure, the market may continue its oscillating pattern.

According to official data, the total locked amount of RWA on the BNB Chain has surpassed 3 billion USD, setting a new historical high.

The Arbitrum Foundation released the 2025 Transparency Report, indicating that traditional finance will accelerate on-chain adoption in 2025, pushing the ecosystem into the institutional adoption phase. The report shows that 189 ecosystem collaborations were approved throughout the year, covering areas such as DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer applications.The report points out that Arbitrum is evolving from an L2 solution into a comprehensive blockchain platform with a sustainable economic model: in terms of institutional adoption, Robinhood has launched tokenized stocks and ETFs on Arbitrum, expanding to nearly 2,000 assets within six months; institutions including Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree are also increasing their investments, driving the on-chain RWA scale to grow sevenfold year-on-year, surpassing $800 million.In terms of network data, Arbitrum has accumulated over 2.1 billion transactions, with a total locked value of approximately $20 billion, stablecoin supply growing by 80% year-on-year, peaking close to $10 billion, and the number of ecosystem projects exceeding 1,000. Additionally, the Arbitrum chain ecosystem continues to expand, with over 100 chains launched or in development.In terms of infrastructure and governance, Arbitrum is advancing the ArbOS upgrade, BoLD verification mechanism, and Stylus development environment, and is expanding DAO revenue sources through mechanisms like Timeboost, which generated over $6 million in revenue for the DAO in its first year.

According to market news, FTX/Alameda has unlocked 196,611 SOL, worth approximately 15.97 million USD.

According to TheDefiant, Sygnum noted in its Q1 2026 investment outlook that approximately 45% of ETH is currently locked or difficult to sell, and the amount of ETH held by exchanges has decreased by 14.5% this quarter, continuing a downward trend that has persisted for years.Meanwhile, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) currently hold about 10% of the total ETH supply, while publicly listed companies hold over 6.1 million ETH, accounting for approximately 5% of the circulating supply. The report indicates that a reduction in supply could lead to greater price volatility, but this would only occur if demand increases.

According to Finance Feeds, a new survey released by the UK Crypto Asset Business Council shows that UK banks are widely blocking, delaying, or refusing customer transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges, even when these exchanges are regulated by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority.The survey estimates that about 40% of such transfer attempts are intercepted or delayed by banks. The survey of the top ten centralized exchanges in the UK found that 80% of exchanges reported an increase in customers experiencing blocked or restricted transfers in the past 12 months, with none reporting any easing of the situation.The report indicates that over the past year, 80% of the surveyed exchanges reported an increase in the number of customers facing bank restrictions, with none reporting any easing of the situation. The restrictions include major commercial banks setting strict limits on transfers to exchanges and credit card payments or directly blocking them.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, in the past few days, the third investor/team address that unlocked 1.8 million PENDLE three years ago transferred these 1.8 million PENDLE (worth $3.53 million) to Binance.On January 23, the address 0x6b4...CF0 transferred 1.8 million PENDLE, which was unlocked three years ago, to Bybit. On January 25, the address 0xf82...aeb transferred 1.8 million PENDLE, which was unlocked three years ago, to Bybit. On January 27, the address 0x65f...ac9 transferred 1.8 million PENDLE, which was unlocked three years ago, to Binance.

The privacy computing project Zama Protocol announced that the public sale of ZAMA tokens will end on January 24 at 20:00 (UTC), and the token distribution date is February 2, with full unlocking upon distribution.

According to DefiLlama data, the total locked value (TVL) of the crypto prediction market surpassed $550 million this week, reaching an all-time high, exceeding the previous peak during the 2024 U.S. presidential election.Polymarket leads with a TVL of approximately $330 million, followed by OPINION ($155 million) and Predict Fun ($21.7 million). However, in terms of trading volume, Kalshi, which primarily operates off-chain, had a weekly trading volume of $2.2 billion, with a record single-day trading volume of $535.5 million on January 18. Polymarket's weekly trading volume is about $786 million, ranking third.Polymarket, which previously operated for free, recently introduced fees for some markets. On January 12, it recorded a single-day revenue of $109,300, which subsequently fell below $75,000. Over the past 7 days, Polymarket's revenue was approximately $550,000, second only to OPINION's $1.5 million. Kalshi estimates that its fee revenue will exceed $263 million in 2025, primarily from the sports market.

According to The Block, data shows that over 36 million ETH are currently staked on the Ethereum Beacon Chain, accounting for nearly 30% of the network's circulating supply, with a staked market value exceeding $11.8 billion, setting a new historical high. The previous highest record for the network's circulating supply percentage was 29.54%, which occurred in July 2025.In addition, the Ethereum validator set currently includes about 900,000 active validators, with another 2.3 million ETH waiting to join the validation queue. Meanwhile, the number of validators exiting the queue has remained near historical lows, indicating limited selling pressure from existing stakers.Market data shows that Ethereum's price has risen 11% this year, benefiting from the overall market uptrend, which has also injected momentum into staking activities.