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Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced that after the TON blockchain completed its upgrade, transaction confirmation time was shortened to sub-second levels, overall speed increased by 10x, and block generation frequency increased by 6x. Durov proposed a seven-step upgrade plan (MTONGA); it has already achieved sub-second confirmations and plans to reduce transaction fees by 6x. Future steps will further strengthen network performance and the ecosystem economy. This upgrade will attract more validators, enhancing decentralization and security.

Circle introduces Managed Services to simplify stablecoin adoption and reduce technical and compliance barriers. CPN Managed Payments enables fiat-native access to USDC settlement through a single API integration model. Growing demand for faster payments drives adoption, with stablecoin

Security research reveals that in the LLM agent ecosystem, over 20% of free API routers actively inject malicious code, leading to asset theft and credential crises. In addition, the Claude code-leak incident has enabled attackers to spread malware by exploiting developers’ curiosity. The research team proposes a three-layer defense mechanism to address supply-chain security risks.

Cardano's founder, Charles Hoskinson, highlights the synergy between AI and blockchain, announcing an AI bot for content creation. Cardano's developer group shifts focus to growth, halting Acropolis development to prioritize chain abstraction, while addressing performance issues in their upcoming hard fork upgrade.

HolmesAI, a decentralized intelligent network that enables users to create, deploy, and monetize AI agents, today announced a strategic partnership with Noos Protocol, a verifiable intelligent infrastructure that connects AI agents with data and computation in an open ecosystem. Using this

Hidden Funders Face Shareholder-Level Scrutiny Thailand is moving to tighten control over crypto ownership structures while expanding regulated market access. Authorities plan to track hidden financiers and restrict illicit capital flows. At the same time, regulators are opening pathways for

Fresh on-chain analytics show that three newly created wallets pocketed a combined $484,575 from Polymarket’s “US x Iran ceasefire by April 7” market, intensifying scrutiny over insider trading risks in prediction markets. Lookonchain highlighted that these wallets had no prior on-chain activity

Solayer’s founder exposes a security vulnerability in large language model (LLM) routers; in 428 routers, more than 20% exhibit malicious behavior, such as private keys being stolen. The research recommends that developers implement a separate end-to-end integrity verification mechanism on the client side and provides three defense options to mitigate supply-chain attacks.

Pi Network resumed mainnet migration after a pause, transferring about 30 million Pi tokens to users’ wallets, mainly targeting users who have completed KYC. The first migration has been completed, and a second migration is currently underway, with the core team emphasizing batch processing. Some false information appeared during the process; the official account has issued a clarification, reminding users to obtain information through official channels.

Taiwanese musician Huang Licheng (A-Ma-Ji Big Brother) recently achieved 13 consecutive profitable trades in cryptocurrency trading, totaling $1.14 million in gains, and has gone 10 straight days without being liquidated, indicating that his trading style has improved. However, his cumulative losses in the past exceed $30.35 million, and his trading fees are nearing $2 million; although his recent performance has been impressive, his high-risk trades have still prompted community skepticism.

Polygon Labs is seeking $50-$100 million to launch a stablecoin payments business, led by CEO Marc Boiron. This strategic move aims to diversify operations amid a challenging crypto market, focusing on payments infrastructure for more stable revenue.

Evernorth is advancing a merger plan with Armada Acquisition Corp II. After the merger, it will be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol XRPN, with XRP as its core asset. This move not only enables institutional investors to gain indirect exposure to XRP, but also is expected to reduce circulating market supply, enhance recognition of XRP’s value, and promote the integration of traditional finance with digital assets.

Coinbase's developer platform upgrades the x402 protocol, launching the “Upto” plan and enabling a variable pricing mechanism that replaces the previous fixed-fee model to support large language model (LLM) inference and related computing services. This plan is intended to address the issue where users can’t predict costs because they pay fixed fees, with the final amount paid not exceeding the user-set cap. The x402 protocol has been taken over by the Linux Foundation, but transaction volume has continued to decline after the 2025 peak, and it remains to be seen whether the Upto upgrade can boost network activity.

The Korean Financial Intelligence Unit will impose stricter regulation on individual crypto wallets and overseas crypto exchanges. Under the new rules, digital assets transferred to individual wallets exceeding 10 million KRW must be reported, and the 1 million KRW minimum threshold will be removed. The industry is concerned this move may limit trading by Korean users, affect market liquidity, and is calling on the FIU to establish clear risk classification standards.