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According to data monitoring on GMGN Chain, on April 23, the BSC ecosystem meme token HAKIMI (Hakimi) saw a 24-hour increase of 66%. Its market cap rose from $11 million, and the intraday high reached $24.0 million. On the same day, GMGN data showed that the “Binance Life” token in the BSC ecosystem—previously the hottest by popularity—fell 25% over 24 hours, and more than 90% of BSC meme coins’ market caps continued to decline.

China's Guangdong province, an industrial hub comparable in size to South Korea, has experienced electricity spot prices nearly double due to constrained natural gas supply from the Middle East, according to Bloomberg. Spot rates climbed to nearly 680 yuan (S$112) per megawatt-hour on April 14 – a t

According to a Bloomberg report dated April 23, Polymarket—long a dominant force in predicting-market trading volume—has been facing multiple operational challenges. Dune Analytics data shows that Polymarket’s global trading volume has been surpassed by Kalshi; on valuation, after Kalshi announced a new round of funding last month, it reached $22 billion. The two prediction markets simultaneously announced plans to enter the perpetual futures market in April.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on April 23, 2024 during the company's earnings call that the automaker will launch large-scale production of its Optimus humanoid robot, with the first production line targeting output beginning in July or August 2024 at the Fremont factory. The third-generation Optimu

On April 22, the crypto community account Crypto Rover (@cryptorover) posted on X, drawing a comparison between Berkshire Hathaway’s current cash holdings and similar situations before the 1999 dot-com bubble and before the 2007 global financial crisis. According to Berkshire Hathaway’s latest publicly disclosed financial filings, the company currently holds more than $350 billion in cash and short-term assets.

South Korea’s new Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song used his April 21 inaugural address to plant a firm stake in the ground: the country’s digital money future runs through central bank digital currency ( CBDC) and bank-issued deposit tokens, not private stablecoins. Key Takeaways: Bank of Ko

The altcoins are still below the major moving averages indicating low overall market momentum. The increasing Bitcoin dominance still restricts capital flows into altcoins. Before anticipating a lasting increase in the altcoins, technical confirmation is still important.  The

According to an alert posted on the X platform on April 23 by SlowMist’s Chief Information Security Officer 23pds, the hacker group ShinyHunters claims it has breached internal systems related to the Anthropic Mythos models and has publicly shared screenshots as evidence, including a user management panel, an AI experiment dashboard, and analyses of model performance and costs. However, Anthropic has not yet issued an official statement.

According to a report by Cointelegraph on April 23, citing the ADI Foundation announcement that was obtained, the Sharia-compliant stablecoin PUSD issued by Palm Azgar Finance has completed deployment on the ADI Chain, becoming the second stablecoin on this Ethereum Layer 2 network that focuses on institutional settlement in the Middle East. The PUSD circulating supply is about $2.3 billion.

According to disclosures by the crypto community account @aaronjmars on April 23 on the X platform, and subsequent reporting by Le Monde and BFMTV, a man allegedly tampered with the automated weather sensors at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) with portable heating devices on April 6 and April 15, respectively, generating cumulative profits of about $34k from weather betting markets on the prediction market platform Polymarket.

According to publicly available records from the New York Criminal Court on April 23, Solana ecosystem application Believe founder Benjamin Pasternak was arrested in New York on April 22. He is charged with one second-degree strangulation count and two counts of assault with intent to cause bodily injury. The case is scheduled to be heard at the New York Criminal Court on June 11. Pasternak has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges mentioned above.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Wednesday, April 22, barring state officials and employees from using nonpublic information obtained through their positions to place bets in prediction markets, or from assisting any third party in engaging in the foregoing conduct. On the same day, prediction market platform Kalshi announced that it had completed an internal investigation into three political candidates who placed bets in their own campaign activities, and imposed fines and suspensions on them.

According to a report from The Verge on April 22, Anker has officially released its self-developed artificial intelligence chip Thus, positioning it as the world’s first neural network audio AI chip based on an In-Memory Computing architecture. The first batch will be built into Soundcore’s upcoming flagship headphones.

Google announced new security features and deeper integration of Wiz, the Israeli cloud security firm it acquired for US$32 billion, across Google Cloud and rival platforms at its Cloud Next '26 event. The company introduced three AI agents for Security Operations in preview mode, designed for

Tonghuashun (stock code 300033) reported Q1 2026 net profit of 256 million yuan, more than doubling year-over-year by 112.58%, according to the company's first-quarter report released on April 22, 2024. Revenue reached 1.053 billion yuan, up 40.81% compared to the same period last year. Q1 2026

The DeFi Education Fund (DeFi Education Fund) on April 21 jointly with more than 30 cryptocurrency industry organizations submitted a joint letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging the SEC to adopt the “notice-and-comment” formal rulemaking process and to convert the current staff statements regarding decentralized tools into formal rules with lasting effect.

According to a post on X by Lookonchain on April 22, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) holds 806,700 BTC as of the latest data, with a market value of approximately $63.7 billion, setting a new all-time high for the fund’s holdings. At the same time, MicroStrategy (Strategy) holds 815,061 BTC.

According to a report by Decrypt on April 23, game blockchain Ronin’s developer, Sky Mavis, announced that Ronin will migrate from the Ethereum sidechain to Ethereum Layer 2 on May 12, using the OP Stack technical architecture; during the migration, the mainnet will be down for about 10 hours between 11:00 AM and 9:00 PM Eastern Time.

Stch, a Bengaluru textile startup, raised $7M to expand its AI-driven fabric reverse-engineering platform and scale partner mills in India and Bangladesh. Abstract: Stch, founded in 2025 by Narahari Payala and Aseem Chitkara, is an asset-light company that uses AI to convert fabric images and descriptions into technical specifications for manufacturing, partnering with mills rather than owning factories. With a $15 million-plus order book from UK, Europe, and US brands, and a pre-series A of $7 million led by Omnivore, the firm aims to broaden its AI capabilities and fabric recipes while diversifying production across regions to mitigate geopolitical risk in fashion manufacturing.

According to on-chain analyst Yujin’s monitoring data on April 23, the total deposits on the Aave platform have fallen from $45.8 billion before the KelpDAO rsETH exploit event to $29.6 billion. On the same day, Ether.fi posted an announcement on the X platform stating that its Liquid ETH vault has officially opened to accept aWETH deposits, providing an exit route for users who face liquidity constraints on the Aave platform.