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Tether Investments proposed to optimize the structure of Twenty-One Capital (XXI) through a series of merger transactions, including a merger with Bitcoin financial services company Strike, and further integration with Bitcoin mining company Elektron Energy.If the transaction is completed, the merged entity will combine financial services platforms, global distribution and compliance infrastructure, as well as large-scale mining capabilities and computational resources, forming a comprehensive platform covering Bitcoin reserves, mining, and financial services, with plans for Elektron founder Raphael Zagury to serve as president.

Agent Economy project NeoSoul announced a strategic partnership with AI-powered financial OS Infini. Currently, NeoSoul has adopted the Infini corporate card to support the team's expenses in SaaS subscriptions, AI APIs, cloud services, marketing, community operations, and collaboration tools during the globalization process, further enhancing the payment efficiency and financial management capabilities of AI/Web3 teams.As the globalization of AI and Web3 projects continues to increase, the team's daily expenses are showing characteristics of high frequency, small amounts, cross-border, and multi-platform. From model calls, cloud infrastructure, and node services to advertising, content production, and community growth, corporate financial tools have become an important infrastructure affecting R&D efficiency and market execution speed. Through this collaboration, NeoSoul will leverage the Infini corporate card and related tools to optimize the team's experience in cross-border spending, budget management, expense visualization, and operational collaboration, providing more flexible financial support for subsequent product development and global market expansion.In the future, both parties will further communicate around corporate financial operations in the AI era. Potential directions include the application of AI Agents in corporate expense management, budget control, subscription management, and cross-border payments, the role of stablecoin payments in the global operations of AI/Web3 teams, and the potential needs for payment authorization, settlement, and credit infrastructure that may arise during the development of the Agent Economy. NeoSoul and Infini also plan to continuously focus on the integration of AI Agents and corporate financial infrastructure through industry exchanges, closed-door discussions, and ecological communication, promoting more discussions on AI-native operations, stablecoin payments, and digital economic infrastructure.NeoSoul co-founder Kaelan stated: "The development of AI Agents is gradually moving from content generation and information processing to more complex economic behaviors. As Agents begin to participate in forecasting, collaboration, payments, settlements, and long-term credit accumulation, enterprises and development teams also need financial infrastructure that is more suitable for globalization, digitization, and automation scenarios. This collaboration with Infini will start from NeoSoul's own team operation scenarios and gradually explore more possibilities for the integration of AI and new financial tools."Infini founder Christian stated: "NeoSoul is exploring cutting-edge directions such as AI Agents, predictive markets, and the Agent Economy, which highly aligns with Infini's judgment on the future of corporate financial automation. We are pleased to support NeoSoul's global operations through corporate cards and financial operation tools. In the future, Infini also looks forward to more discussions with NeoSoul around financial management for AI-native teams, stablecoin payments, and automated operations."

The Over Foundation has stated that due to financial constraints, it has ceased operations of all Over Protocol infrastructure and services, including OverWallet, OverNode, OverFlex, RPC nodes, block explorers, and related APIs, with no plans for recovery.Over Protocol is a Layer 1 mainnet that, while designed to be decentralized, is likely unable to continue operating in practice now that the foundation has stopped its services. Block production will depend on whether independent validators continue to run the open-source client, and the foundation cannot guarantee this. The foundation expressed that the original intention of the project was to allow ordinary users to participate in the construction of the Layer 1 network, thanked the community for their support, and expressed regret for not being able to continue the advancement.

According to the official announcement from JPG Store, the NFT trading platform JPG Store and Comet, which has served the Cardano ecosystem for over four years, will officially close on May 23, 2026, due to operational difficulties.After the platform closes, NFTs stored in self-custody wallets and JPG Store contracts will still belong to the users and can be accessed through other aggregation platforms or the Cardano CLI. The smart contracts will remain open source, and the platform will provide a GitHub link for community developers to continue building related tools.

According to the Belarusian National News Agency BELTA, Alexander Yegorov, the First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Belarus, revealed at the "Digital Banking - 2026" conference that Belarus has signed Decree No. 19, officially establishing a regulatory framework for crypto banking.According to the relevant regulations, crypto banks will support 26 types of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), TON (Toncoin), Solana (SOL), and various stablecoins; at the same time, they will open 11 types of operations, including crypto deposits, crypto loans, crypto staking, crypto collateral, crypto transfers, issuing their own tokens, and crypto storage and exchange, among others. Yegorov stated that the list of currencies and operations mentioned above is not yet closed and will continue to be updated and improved as investor demand and new ideas emerge.

Alexander Egorov, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Belarus, stated that the country is advancing the construction of a "crypto bank" framework, planning to support about 26 types of crypto assets and 11 core business categories.According to relevant decrees, crypto banks can use mainstream cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Toncoin, and Solana. In terms of business scope, it covers a total of 11 operations, including crypto deposits, crypto loans, staking, staking mining, asset transfers, self-issuing tokens, trading exchanges, and custody.

Aave has released the latest developments regarding the rsETH security incident on platform X, disclosing that operations related to rsETH reserves have been suspended on the Ethereum mainnet and networks such as Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, and Linea, in order to prevent excess aETH rsETH from being withdrawn, thereby pushing the position closer to the 95% liquidation threshold.This measure aims to preserve as much capital as possible during the asset recovery plan process and reduce systemic risk. Aave stated that further developments and disposal plans will continue to be disclosed to the community.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), due to Aave suspending WETH withdrawals, the deposit certificate aEthWETH has experienced a discount.Whale address 0x8ad withdrew 13,000 ETH (approximately 30 million USD) from the exchange, purchased 13,143 aEthWETH through Swap, and then repaid its ETH loan on Aave at a 1:1 ratio, netting a profit of 143 ETH (approximately 330,000 USD).

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), Trend Research has operated again after a month. 50 minutes ago, 5.41 million UNI and 228,000 COMP were transferred to the new address 0xfa9...FEB58, with a total value of 23.32 million USD, and the ownership of the address has not yet been determined.

According to official news, the NFT public chain Mint Blockchain announced that the blockchain network officially ceased operations on April 17, 2026. To ensure the safety of user assets, the project team reminds all users to transfer their on-chain assets to the Ethereum mainnet as soon as possible, including assets such as ETH, WBTC, USDC, and USDT.The announcement states that users need to complete the asset migration through the extraction channel provided by the official team, with a deadline of October 20, 2026. Before this deadline, users can still perform asset extraction operations normally to ensure the safe transfer of funds to external networks. If users do not complete the extraction before the deadline, the related assets will no longer be processed or recoverable.

The Ethereum NFT marketplace Foundation has officially announced its permanent closure. Founder Kayvon Tehranian posted on X stating that the original plan was to sell the platform to a buyer interested in continuing operations, but the deal ultimately fell through, and the company deemed it not worth searching for other buyers. The platform's infrastructure has been shut down, with no plans for relaunch.In January of this year, Tehranian transferred ownership of Foundation to the digital art display company BlackDove, at the time calling this move a step for the platform's long-term development. However, BlackDove only conducted a full due diligence after completing the operational handover and ultimately determined that building a proprietary marketplace was more feasible, leading to the termination of the collaboration.Since its launch, Foundation has facilitated approximately $230 million in primary sales and has hosted iconic auctions featuring artists such as Jen Stark, James Jean, and Edward Snowden. This closure has once again raised questions about the permanence of NFTs hosted on centralized infrastructure.

The Layer 1 blockchain Tempo, developed jointly by Stripe and Paradigm, has launched a privacy feature called Zones. This is a solution for running permissioned parallel blockchains, specifically designed for enterprise-level use cases that require higher confidentiality, such as payroll, fund management, and payment settlement.It is reported that Zones, as a parallel blockchain connected to the Tempo mainnet, provides a private execution environment where internal transactions remain confidential, but assets and funds are fully interoperable with Tempo L1, other Zones, deposit channels, and liquidity pools. Each Zone is managed by trusted entities such as financial institutions or infrastructure providers, allowing operators to view all activities within their environment and implement access controls, but they do not control the underlying assets.

The blockchain gaming infrastructure Lattice announced that it will gradually shut down its operations after five years, with its Layer 2 network Redstone ceasing operations on May 16, 2026, at 07:59.Lattice reminds users to withdraw their funds before this deadline, especially assets in contracts such as the Uniswap pool. After the shutdown, only L1 withdrawal contracts will be deployed for external account balance withdrawals, and the funds in the contracts will be irretrievable.It is reported that Lattice was founded in 2021 and developed tools such as the MUD framework, Redstone chain, Quarry, and Dozer, but failed to achieve a sustainable business model. The team will use the remaining funds for the final project DUST autonomous world, but the scale has not reached a level to support the business, and they do not believe that VC financing is the right path.

According to DL News, several "revenge intermediary" organizations in South Korea that use cryptocurrency as a payment method have been active recently. These organizations take orders via Telegram, providing services such as intimidation, assaults, and even murders disguised as accidents, requiring clients to pay a 50% deposit in USDT, and promising to send action videos recorded by body cameras via Telegram.Although the main suspect was arrested on April 3, related online advertisements continued to be published on April 13. The South Korean police have launched investigations into over 50 related cases this year, arresting about 30 people, and determining that all cases involve cryptocurrency payments.

The Bitcoin Atomicals protocol trading market Atomicals Market on platform X announced that it will officially close on April 30.Order and bidding data are stored off-chain and will stop being displayed after the closure. The platform reminds users to withdraw assets or export AM wallet private keys before April 30.

The recent spot price of RAVE has surged from $0.3 to $6.2, achieving an increase of about 20 times, leading the community to suspect that the project is harvesting through contract operations. According to Coinglass data, this operation has resulted in a total liquidation amount exceeding $37 million across the network, with short positions liquidating over $31 million, and the project team expects profits to exceed $30 million.According to community revelations, the RAVE project is operated by the original ARPA and Bella Protocol teams, with the main operators being Felix Xu and Yemu. Felix Xu raised a $20 million crypto fund, ZX Squared Capital, in 2021, which primarily engages in quantitative trading. The active market-making and capital for RAVE mainly come from this fund, with the project team self-initiating the project, self-funding, and self-market-making to maximize the reduction of trust friction and the risk of insider trading, thereby achieving profit maximization.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the spot price of RAVE has risen from $0.3 to $6.2 in the past three days, achieving an increase of about 20 times. During this period, the RAVE team first transferred 30.58 million RAVE (worth about $42 million) to Bitget, attracting funds to short.Subsequently, in the past two days, another 31.94 million RAVE was brought back on-chain from Bitget, significantly raising the spot price of RAVE on trading platforms like Bitget.

According to CoinDesk, affected by the situation in the Middle East, Binance is offering its employees in the UAE the option to temporarily relocate to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok.A Binance spokesperson stated, "In light of the recent regional tensions, we are providing our employees with the option for temporary relocation as a precautionary measure prioritizing employee welfare, to offer flexibility and support during uncertain times." The spokesperson also mentioned that many employees are currently choosing to stay in the UAE, and the company's operations in the UAE remain normal.It is reported that Binance has about 1,000 employees in the UAE, accounting for 20% of its global workforce, and the company's global operations are also supported from Abu Dhabi. This relocation proposal comes after the signing of a ceasefire agreement. The regional conflict, which lasted for about six weeks, has impacted business activities in the UAE. Since the outbreak of the conflict in late February, the UAE has intercepted hundreds of missiles and drones, with another interception occurring on April 8.The conflict in the Middle East has affected several cryptocurrency and major events in the UAE: the TOKEN2049 Dubai summit has been postponed to 2027, the TON Gateway has been canceled due to safety and travel concerns, the Middle East Energy Dubai Exhibition and the Dubai International Boat Show have been postponed, and the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia F1 events, which have sponsorship exposure value for the crypto industry, are also facing cancellation.

The President of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Eddie Yue, stated that the first batch of stablecoin issuers has been granted licenses today. Based on the business plans of the licensees, they intend to commence operations in the coming months once the relevant preparations are completed.Eddie Yue expressed hope that the issuers will carry out their business as planned, actively explore development opportunities while managing risks, promote the application of compliant stablecoins, and address pain points in financial and economic activities. At the same time, the public should remain vigilant against any fraudulent activities or scams claiming to be related to the licensees or the stablecoins they issue. When purchasing or using stablecoins, regulated channels should be used, and if there are any doubts, they should refer to the records of the Monetary Authority to verify the identity of the licensees or contact the licensees for further inquiries.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagel said that the United States has achieved a decisive military victory in Iran, and Iran had begged for this ceasefire agreement. The U.S. launched 800 airstrikes on Tuesday night, destroying Iran's defense industrial base. Iran can no longer manufacture missiles, rockets, and drones.The ceasefire means that Iran will never have nuclear weapons. The U.S. military objectives in Iran have been achieved, and the ceasefire is merely a pause; the coalition is still ready to resume operations at any time. We hope Iran chooses lasting peace. All parties have reached a consensus that the Strait of Hormuz is now open. Iran will allow ships to pass, and warships "will transit" the Strait of Hormuz. The effectiveness of the ceasefire agreement will take some time.