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Since the new system was launched by the Korean National Tax Service in July 2025, 33.9 billion won in unpaid taxes has been recovered through cross-border tax cooperation over the past nine months, accounting for most of the total amount recovered cross-border since 2015.Reports indicate that starting next year, South Korea will receive virtual asset transaction data from 56 countries based on a new cryptocurrency reporting framework, and plans to exchange information on overseas real estate holdings and transactions starting in 2030.

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.

According to Jinshi reports, the White House stated that it is confident the Senate will quickly confirm Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve Chairman.

Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital) founder Yi Lihua stated that recently the focus has been on rebounds rather than reversals, so the key is where the rebound will go. It was originally expected to reach $85,000, but no one can pinpoint it accurately. The important thing is to take profits based on one's own expectations and risk control.From a trading and cyclical perspective, there may still be one major correction, which would be an excellent final buying opportunity. Currently, the triggering factors may be the pullback of U.S. stocks from historical highs, the decline of risk assets, and the uncontrollable oil prices. Terrifying inflation data could lead the Federal Reserve to abandon interest rate cuts and even consider raising rates. The outlook for investment is optimistic in the medium to long term, while managing risks in the short term.

Amazon announced that it will invest up to $25 billion in Claude's parent company Anthropic, with $5 billion available immediately, and an additional $20 billion to be injected in batches depending on the achievement of business milestones.Previously, Amazon had invested a total of $8 billion in Anthropic, and after this round, the total investment will reach $33 billion. In exchange, Anthropic has committed to spending over $100 billion on Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the next ten years and plans to deploy about 1 gigawatt of computing power through Trainium2 and Trainium3 chips by the end of the year, with a long-term goal of 5 gigawatts. After the announcement, Amazon's stock price rose about 2.7% in after-hours trading.It is worth noting that earlier this year, Amazon announced an investment of up to $50 billion in OpenAI, indicating that it is simultaneously betting on multiple leading AI companies to solidify its leadership in cloud infrastructure.

ChainCatcher live report, the Executive Director of the Intermediaries Division of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Ye Zhi Heng, delivered a keynote speech titled "ASPIRe in Action Hong Kong's Digital Asset Journey" at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival. He reviewed the six major milestones since the Commission launched the ASPIRe roadmap last year, including allowing licensed platforms to provide staking services, conducting joint consultations on virtual asset trading and custody systems, opening up perpetual contracts and margin financing frameworks, and launching plans to strengthen market defenses through technology.He revealed that the draft regulations for the four systems of virtual asset trading, custody, management, and advisory have reached 260 pages, and the draft was received last week. The work for the next 12 months is divided into three major clusters: first, promoting innovation through regulation, advancing legislative and regulatory guideline consultations; second, promoting innovation through practice, gradually allowing tokenized authorized funds to trade on licensed platforms; third, promoting innovation through interaction, advancing automated reporting, signing international bilateral memorandums, and combating financial crime frameworks. He emphasized that Hong Kong is "moving steadily forward, fast because of stability."

Binance co-founder He Yi responded to community questions about "the impact and challenges of artificial intelligence on Binance" at the BNB Chain event in Hong Kong, stating that the emergence of any new technology should be viewed in terms of the problems it solves. The transformation brought by AI is not in competition with blockchain, but rather a mutually supportive relationship, ultimately leading to different outcomes. She also mentioned that Binance's next goal is to achieve a tenfold increase in user scale.She pointed out that this goal is not limited to trading users but will also encompass a broader group, including payment users.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker, stating: "Think Even ₿igger."According to previous

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin stated that artificial intelligence will be a key turning point in the next phase of development for the cryptocurrency industry. However, if computing power and infrastructure are controlled by a few large tech companies, it could pose systemic risks.In the future, AI agents could autonomously execute transactions, collaborate, and verify on blockchain networks, becoming the foundation of a "machine economy." Cryptographic technology and decentralized systems will ensure transparency and accountability, allowing machines to supervise each other.Additionally, he believes that traditional finance and DeFi are accelerating their integration, driving the global economy towards a more refined and programmable direction, while the risks of quantum computing are a long-term manageable issue that Ethereum developers have already prepared for.

According to Jinshi reports, global markets significantly rebounded over the past week driven by expectations of easing tensions in the Middle East, but core uncertainties remain unresolved. Iran once announced the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, leading to a rapid decline in oil prices, a broad strengthening of risk assets, U.S. stocks reaching new highs, a weakening dollar, and gold approaching the $4900 mark. However, Iran subsequently signaled that it "is still under military control," combined with the U.S. maintaining sanctions against Iran, which has heightened market concerns about the volatility of the situation.On the macro level, the biggest variable next week will still be the progress of U.S.-Iran negotiations. U.S. President Trump stated that negotiations may advance over the weekend and warned that if an agreement is not reached by next Wednesday, the ceasefire could end, and there is a risk of renewed conflict; meanwhile, Iran's attitude towards negotiations remains cautious, especially with significant differences on key issues such as uranium enrichment. The market has currently shifted from "pricing in conflict escalation" to "pricing in a path to easing," but any sudden changes could still trigger sharp asset fluctuations.In terms of interest rate expectations, the decline in energy prices has alleviated inflationary pressures, and the market's expectations for a rate cut by the Federal Reserve this year have risen to about 60%. At the same time, Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh will attend a Senate hearing next week, and his policy stance (especially whether it leans dovish) will become an important variable affecting gold and risk assets.On Tuesday at 20:30, U.S. March retail sales month-on-month;On Thursday at 20:30, U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending April 18;On Thursday at 21:45, U.S. April S&P Global Manufacturing/Services PMI preliminary;On Friday at 22:00, U.S. April University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index final value, one-year inflation expectations final value;In the short term, the market's main focus will revolve around three major variables: progress in U.S.-Iran negotiations, oil price trends, and signals from the Federal Reserve.

According to the Iranian Tasnim News Agency on the 18th, Iran has not yet agreed to hold the next round of negotiations with the United States.

Polymarket has launched "Claude developer Anthropic's next round of financing deadline," with the current probability reported at 22% before the end of June; and 81% before the end of December. The event contract rules are as follows: if the specified company publicly and officially announces that it has completed the next round of financing before the specified date (Eastern Time), the market will ultimately be determined as "yes." Otherwise, this market will ultimately conclude as "no." A qualified announcement must clearly confirm that the new round of financing has been completed, which can be through the specified company (such as a press release) or official announcements from its investors, regulatory documents, or consensus reported by credible media.Informal announcements, statements from anonymous sources, or leaks do not meet the criteria. If the specified company is unable to complete the new round of financing due to acquisition, merger, or absorption by other entities, the market will be settled as "no." The primary settlement source for this market will be the official announcements from the specified company, as well as official documents from the company, such as SEC filings; however, credible consensus reporting can also be used. According to ChainCatcher, the Odaily Seer prophet channel continues to monitor the prediction market and has seen changes before pricing.

According to market news, Anthropic plans to provide access to "Mythos" to UK banks within the next week.

According to FinanceFeeds, Morgan Stanley stated that the tokenization of real-world assets has become the "next major step" in its global business and has incorporated it into its strategic focus on upgrading traditional financial infrastructure with blockchain.The institution mentioned plans to integrate traditional assets with digital assets in a regulated environment, advance near real-time on-chain settlement, and launch an institutional digital wallet in the second half of 2026, supporting tokenized traditional investment products as well as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. At the same time, Morgan Stanley is also advancing the tokenization of the private equity secondary market and the construction of on-chain and off-chain settlement processes.

Sharon Yeshaya, Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley, stated that tokenization and on-chain finance will become key evolutionary directions for its wealth management business.The company is envisioning a "tokenized world," where customer assets and liabilities can flow as efficiently as funds through blockchain infrastructure, thereby reshaping asset allocation, lending, and cash management methods. Unlike viewing cryptocurrency as a standalone business, Morgan Stanley plans to embed on-chain capabilities into its core service system, including investment advisory, financing, and liquidity management, to drive an overall upgrade of the financial architecture. This strategy has been gradually implemented through digital asset pilots with ZeroHash and products like Bitcoin ETFs. Although the current share of cryptocurrency business in the overall system is still small, its position in the future wealth management system is rapidly increasing.

According to the Senate Banking Committee's official website, next week (April 21) there is only one nomination hearing on the agenda, and there are no scheduled discussions/modifications for the anticipated digital assets or CLARITY Act.Additionally, Politico reports that Senator Thom Tillis will release the final draft this week, which is the last piece needed before the committee holds a markup meeting. The bill still needs to align with the Senate Agriculture Committee, pass the Senate's 60-vote threshold in a full vote (requiring Democratic support), and then coordinate with the House of Representatives.Some analysts point out that if a markup meeting is not scheduled between April 20 and 25, the midterm election politics could completely stifle the bill, as bipartisan cooperation would vanish entirely.