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According to Jinshi reports, Goldman Sachs economist David Mericle stated that the path for Kevin Warsh to become the chairman of the Federal Reserve has become clear, but changes in leadership may not immediately alter the Fed's policy stance in the coming months. He pointed out that the new chairman may not be able to advocate for rate cuts as forcefully as Powell, especially given the high uncertainty surrounding the war in the Middle East. Goldman Sachs still believes that easing policies will be introduced before the end of the year, expecting the Fed to cut rates by 25 basis points in September and December, respectively.

The Humanity Foundation recently requested early investors to make a binary decision regarding the ownership plan for the $H token. On-chain monitoring data shows that the well-known market maker Jump Trading's associated address transferred 50 million $H to a centralized exchange on April 26, just before the deadline for investor responses.Further on-chain records indicate that Jump Trading began transferring $H tokens in batches starting from December 2025, with a cumulative processing scale measured in hundreds of millions. Trix Ventures subsequently released an on-chain analysis report, indicating that Jump Trading's actions, combined with the foundation's enforced binary decision plan, may trigger market participants to price in the unlocking event on June 25 in advance.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump spoke on the phone with British Prime Minister Starmer to discuss the current situation in the Middle East and emphasized the "urgent need to restore shipping in the Strait of Hormuz."The British side stated that the ongoing blockade for several weeks has left many crew members stranded in the Gulf region. Starmer warned that this would have "serious consequences" for the global economy and the cost of living for the British people. On the same day, Iran warned that the waterway "will not return to its previous state under any circumstances."

ChainCatcher reports live that Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, delivered a keynote speech at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival. She pointed out from a macroeconomic perspective that global production, users, and resources are distributed globally, but capital formation is not; only 20 stock exchanges in 14 countries account for 94% of the global market value of approximately $145 trillion, with two-thirds concentrated in the United States. This means that about 180 countries have almost no access to capital markets, and their economies can only rely on debt rather than equity financing, failing to provide ownership pathways for their citizens.She proposed the vision of an "Internet Capital Market," where any asset from anywhere can raise capital from anyone globally, priced in dollars and settled on an open track. Stablecoins are the key infrastructure for this vision, enabling any country to participate in the global financial system, while Solana provides the underlying settlement and execution layers. She also contrasted "Universal Basic Ownership" (UBO) with the widely discussed "Universal Basic Income" (UBI) in the AI era, arguing that blockchain allows anyone with a mobile phone to hold a part of their country's economy, representing basic property rights in the digital age without resorting to placing everyone in a welfare system.

According to official news, B.AI announced a strategic partnership with Biconomy, and both parties will work together to build a financial layer for AI, jointly promoting the development of the digital economy. By integrating Biconomy's high-performance trading infrastructure, validated by millions of users, B.AI will provide a more secure, transparent, and globally accessible financial trading environment for future autonomous agent AI, further solidifying the AI financial value chain in the digital economy era. Committed to providing users with fast and transparent trading infrastructure, both parties aim to create the next-generation financial ecosystem that prioritizes security and global access.

According to news from the UK, shipping in the Strait of Hormuz was once again brought to a standstill on the evening of the 18th.Previously, radio communications warned that the Iranian armed forces had resumed "strict management and control" over the strait. Multiple vessels in the relevant waters heard the warnings, which have been confirmed.On the same day, the UK maritime safety company, Pioneer Technologies, released a report detailing that three vessels were attacked in the waters near the Strait of Hormuz, involving one oil tanker, one cruise ship, and one container ship. Two of the vessels were explicitly warned and fired upon by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard, while another container ship was hit by an unidentified projectile 25 nautical miles northeast of Oman, causing damage to some containers.

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal cited by Jinshi, U.S. officials stated that the U.S. military is prepared to board and seize commercial vessels related to Iran in international waters within the next few days, expanding the scope of its naval operations beyond the Middle East.This plan comes as the Iranian military continues to strengthen its control over the Strait of Hormuz, having attacked multiple commercial vessels on Saturday and announced that the waterway is under "strict control" by Iran. These developments have caught shipping companies off guard, and just a day earlier, the Iranian Foreign Minister had claimed that the strait was fully open to commercial vessels, a statement that had received praise from President Trump.

Binance announced today that as part of the merchant partner review, Binance Pay has terminated support for payment functionality on the RedotPay platform as of April 3, 2026.The announcement emphasized that other services of Binance Pay are unaffected, and users can still transfer cryptocurrency to friends and family via email, phone number, or Binance ID (UID), and can use cryptocurrency payments at over 21 million merchants worldwide, including national QR code networks in multiple countries.Binance stated that it will continue to expand new merchant partners to provide users with more options.

Digital art platform Blackdove announced the abandonment of its acquisition of the NFT platform Foundation. It stated that the purpose of acquiring Foundation was to improve Blackdove's software infrastructure. Due to the rapid progress of the acquisition, Blackdove conducted due diligence only after the operational handover was completed, but later realized that developing its own platform was the best direction, leading to the decision to abandon the acquisition. Foundation has now been returned to its founder Kayvon Tehranian and the foundation team.Previously, Blackdove announced the acquisition of Foundation on January 28, 2026. Foundation was established in February 2021 and is an NFT platform focused on high-quality digital art, known for its curatorial model that emphasizes exclusivity, artistic quality, and creator empowerment, primarily serving digital artists and professional collectors. It has received investments from a16z, 1kx, and Coinbase Ventures.

OKX Boost and RootData announced a partnership to engage in deep collaboration around the standards for high-quality industry projects, aiming to enhance the transparency and overall quality of crypto market projects.It is reported that OKX Boost is a premium project screening channel launched by OKX Wallet in September last year, designed to discover potential projects based on real DEX data and incentivize real trading users. RootData, as a leading Web3 asset data platform, has long been committed to building a highly credible Web3 database and has launched a series of products such as the "Transparency Ranking" to continuously promote information transparency in the industry.In this collaboration, RootData will work with ChainCatcher to provide transparency review and quality assessment support for OKX Boost and projects launched on OKX, helping to further enhance project screening standards and information disclosure levels; at the same time, RootData will also improve its database and data processing model through OKX Boost.

The newly established political action committee in the crypto industry, Fellowship PAC, has raised approximately $11 million, with $10 million coming from Cantor Fitzgerald and $1 million from Anchorage Digital. It has spent about $3 million on political advertising, with this portion of the expenses paid to Nxum Group, which was co-founded by Tether US CEO Bo Hines.The PAC primarily supports Republican candidates and invests funds in congressional and state-level elections. Although the organization has ties to Tether executives, its main funding sources are financial institutions, and it is currently unclear whether Tether can directly participate in related political donations.

B.AI officially announced a deep strategic cooperation with the KuCoin Web3 wallet, aiming to connect machine intelligence with global liquidity through technological synergy. This collaboration will deeply integrate B.AI's AI economic execution and settlement layer capabilities with the KuCoin Web3 wallet's convenient on-chain asset discovery entry, creating a scalable and seamless access path to AI infrastructure for users. Both parties will take this opportunity to jointly explore the application potential of AI Agents in the cryptocurrency field, creating an efficient, secure, and deeply liquid AI-driven Web3 experience for global users.

According to CCTV news reports, Iran stated that the U.S. Navy destroyers "Frank E. Peterson" and "Michael Murphy" attempted to "infiltrate" the Strait of Hormuz the previous day, and indicated that the U.S. warships used the cover of the ceasefire conditions to create false propaganda of "successful passage" and to influence the ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations.Iran claimed that the two warships attempted to disguise themselves as Omani merchant vessels sailing off the southern coast of Oman, choosing a dangerous route that was very close to the coast and had a shallow draft, hoping to enter the Persian Gulf through "covert" movements and the "negligence" of the Iranian military during the ceasefire. The Iranian Navy ultimately intercepted them at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. The two destroyers were forced to withdraw to the Oman Sea without being able to enter the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump posted on Truth Social that the meeting went very smoothly, and most of the content reached a consensus, but the only truly important issue—the nuclear issue—was not resolved.Starting today, the most elite U.S. Navy will begin to blockade all ships attempting to enter or exit the Strait of Hormuz. We will eventually achieve a situation where "all ships can enter and exit," but Iran has obstructed this process by claiming "there may be mines somewhere," which only they know about. This is extortion on a global scale, and world leaders, especially U.S. leaders, will never yield to such extortion.I have instructed the Navy to search for and intercept all ships that pay tolls to Iran in international waters. Anyone who illegally pays tolls will not be able to safely navigate the high seas. We will also begin to destroy the mines that Iran has laid in the strait. Any Iranian who dares to fire upon us or peaceful vessels will be blown to smithereens! Iran knows better than anyone how to end this crisis that has already destroyed their country.Their navy is gone, their air force is gone, their air defense systems and radar are virtually non-existent, Khomeini and most of their "leaders" are dead, all stemming from their nuclear ambitions. The blockade is about to begin. Other countries will also participate. We will never allow Iran to profit from this illegal extortion. They want money, and more importantly, they want nuclear weapons. Furthermore, at the right moment, we are fully prepared, and our military will completely destroy what remains of Iran!

According to a report by Xinhua News Agency citing American media, several U.S. Navy ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on the 11th, and this action was not coordinated with Iran, marking the first time since the outbreak of hostilities with Iran.

According to the official announcement from OneBullEx, the platform's April Member Day event has officially started, allowing OBE points to be exchanged for USDT at a 1:1 ratio, with a prize pool of up to 300,000 USDT. The event runs from April 11, 11:00 to 20:00 (GMT+4), and is divided into 10 rounds, with approximately 1,500 exchange slots available per round, on a first-come, first-served basis, until all slots are filled.It is stated that users need to consume 20 points for each exchange participation, and upon completion of the exchange, the corresponding USDT rewards will be directly credited to their accounts. Users participating in this event must have at least 500 points in their accounts, and the specific amount credited and participation rules are subject to what is displayed on the event page.It is reported that OneBullEx has designated the 11th of each month as a fixed Member Day, continuously strengthening user participation and platform activity through mechanisms such as point exchanges, task incentives, and community interaction. As an important benefit scenario of the OneBullEx points system, Member Day further enhances the exchange attributes and actual usage value of OBE points.