In a speech at the 2026 Hong Kong Fintech Week, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po stated that Hong Kong will establish an AI Committee and formulate an industry development strategy. Chan pointed out that the intersection of AI and Web3 will be a game-changer, with digital asset tokenization being used by financial institutions to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Hong Kong has already issued multiple rounds of tokenized green and infrastructure bonds totaling over US$2 billion and is piloting tokenized deposit applications through the Ensemble project. Chan emphasized that Hong Kong adheres to a balanced and forward-looking regulatory system in the AI ​​field, supporting innovation while ensuring that humans remain in control and paying attention to cybersecurity and fraud risks. Currently, Hong Kong is in a phase of accelerated development of 5G and AI, striving to become a hub for the research and application of next-generation technologies.

Fu Peng, former chief economist of Northeast Securities, has recently joined Hong Kong-listed Newfire Group as its chief economist. Newfire Group has confirmed this news.

According to the latest data from OpenRouter, the total global AI large-scale model calls last week (April 13-19) amounted to 20.6 trillion tokens, declining for the second consecutive week. Among the listed AI large-scale models, the weekly call volume of Chinese AI large-scale models dropped to 4.441 trillion tokens, also declining for the second consecutive week, a 23.77% decrease compared to the previous week; while the weekly call volume of US AI large-scale models was 4.908 trillion tokens, a 20.62% increase week-on-week. This marks the first time in nearly two months that the weekly call volume of US AI large-scale models has surpassed that of China. Four of the top nine global AI large-scale models in terms of call volume last week were from China. Among them, DeepSeek V3.2 ranked second with a weekly call volume of 1.28 trillion tokens; MiMo-V2-Pro ranked fourth with a weekly call volume of 1.15 trillion tokens, a 90% increase compared to the previous week; two MiniMax models made the list, with MiniMax M2.5 ranking sixth with a weekly call volume of 1.05 trillion tokens; and MiniMax M2.7 ranking seventh with a weekly call volume of 0.961 trillion tokens, a 19% decrease compared to the previous week.

The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has decided to maintain the one-year Loan Prime Rate at 3.0% and the five-year Loan Prime Rate at 3.5%, marking the 11th consecutive month without change. According to NS3.AI, the one-year rate serves as the benchmark for general loans, while the five-year rate is used as a reference for mortgages. The last adjustment to these rates occurred in May of the previous year, when the PBoC reduced each by 10 basis points.

1. A whale that previously closed a $68.47 million long ETH position has reopened after a pullback, with a holding value of $100 million; 2. Maritime analysis firm: 35 ships turned back while exiting the Strait of Hormuz in the past 36 hours; 3. Aave saw a $10.1 billion outflow, bringing total deposits down to $35.7 billion; 4. A whale deposited $5.99 million to open a long position in crude oil; 5. A multisignature address associated with the initial RAVE allocation transferred 23 million RAVE tokens, worth $23 million, to Bitget; 6. Orca: It has rotated Vercel's potentially leaked keys and deployment credentials; the protocol and user funds were unaffected; 7. Ether.fi: The protocol's liquidity vault was unaffected by the Kelp rsETH incident; 8. Iran has designated a new shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz, prohibiting passage without permission; 9. Trump: The US Marine Corps has taken control of Iranian vessels attempting to break through the US blockade.

Cobo has unveiled the Cobo Agentic Wallet, a new cryptocurrency wallet designed with a focus on artificial intelligence. According to NS3.AI, this wallet incorporates a human-agent authorization protocol and execution guardrails to enhance security. The product utilizes a Pact mechanism to define task boundaries and termination conditions, while also integrating multi-party computation to ensure signature security.

On April 20, Jin10 reported that SMM battery-grade lithium carbonate prices increased by 2,000 yuan to 169,500 yuan, while lithium ore prices rose by $25 to $2,415. According to Jin10, as of April 12, 2026, over 1.67 million applications for car trade-ins have been submitted, reflecting a rise in the proportion of car consumption compared to 2025. This indicates the effectiveness of the policy but also highlights the weakness in first-time purchase consumption potential. Despite the price increase, spot transactions remain weak, with a price difference of nearly 4,000 yuan between May and September contracts. The current price rise is not driven by tight spot supply. Expectations of increased demand combined with previous supply disruptions may lead to a temporary tightening of supply and demand, supporting price increases. However, whether prices can surpass previous highs remains uncertain.

Computing power-based currencies (Tokens) are reshaping the value paradigm in the AI ​​era. From changes in charging methods to the differentiation of cost structures and adjustments to budget systems, we can see how the Token economy is being redefined.

Cobo has launched Cobo Agentic Wallet (CAW), a dedicated wallet product for AI agents. Key highlights include the first self-custodied agent wallet based on MPC, the Pact human-machine authorization protocol, and a recipe-driven agent scenario. This empowers agents with autonomous execution capabilities while ensuring users always maintain clear and verifiable control. The currently available MPC mode is designed for high-risk or large-value transactions, and a custodial mode for high-frequency scenarios will be launched in the future. CAW integrates with agent frameworks such as LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude MCP, Agno, and CrewAI, and can scalably support over 80 mainstream public chains and more than 3,000 tokens. CAW aims to transform "handing over on-chain operations to AI agents" from a high-risk experiment into a controllable, reliable, and auditable system capability. Invitation codes are currently available, and documentation, the SDK, and the recipe library will be provided simultaneously.

Hong Kong's stock market opened with gains as the Hang Seng Index rose by 0.17%. According to Jin10, the Hang Seng Tech Index also saw an increase, opening up by 0.34%. Additionally, shares of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), listed under the ticker 03750.HK, opened with a 1.16% rise.

Ethena has announced an extension of the suspension of the LayerZero OFT cross-chain bridge. According to BlockBeats, this decision comes as Ethena has yet to receive a satisfactory root cause analysis of the rsETH incident. In the meantime, Ethena has released its latest proof of reserves, verified by four independent third-party organizations: Chainlink, Chaos Labs, LlamaRisk, and Harris & Trotter. These verifications confirm that the collateralization rate of USDe remains above 100%. The results have been made publicly available on Ethena's transparency page and data dashboard. Ethena has committed to providing ongoing updates as the situation develops.

Contactless SaaS reveals a completely new software payment paradigm: the retrieval layer shifts from humans to intelligent agents, and the decision-making cost of service selection shifts from human emotions to quantifiable cost-benefit trade-offs.

Jinse Finance launches its cryptocurrency and blockchain industry daily news report, "Jinse Morning 8," issue 3032, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

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This report analyzes Kalshi's rapid growth and the evolving structure of the sports betting market, and compares its pricing, liquidity, and valuation against traditional sports betting companies.

The attacker's real weapon was not the stolen rsETH, but the moment when it was still used as prime collateral on Aave.

The attack on rsETH is just the tip of the iceberg; Aave's collapse was a sanctioned act.

Strait of Hormuz, Trump, Iran, ceasefire "with three days left": Iran re-closes the Strait of Hormuz, Trump urgently convenes "war room meeting" Golden Finance, the two-week US-Iran ceasefire "with three days left," cracks appear on multiple fronts simultaneously.

For nearly two hours, he directly answered various questions about how Nvidia's market value rose to $4 trillion during the era of big data.