According to an official announcement, Upbit will launch MEGA Korean Won pairs.

A FalconX-associated address has deposited $11.94 million USDC into HyperLiquid, significantly increasing its 20x leveraged CL long position to approximately $21.6 million. According to NS3.AI, the address also maintains smaller leveraged positions, including a 20x long in BRENTOIL and 10x short positions in HIMS and RIVN.

Ant Group's self-developed zero-knowledge proof virtual machine, zkDTVM, has recently achieved a significant milestone in the global benchmark test EthProofs initiated by Ethereum. According to Foresight News, zkDTVM reduced block proof speed to 3.7 seconds under standardized hardware and testing rules, surpassing the previous industry record of 4.2 seconds, and becoming the fastest globally. Unlike single laboratory tests, EthProofs requires participants to compare under real load and reproducible processes. Ant Group utilized a zkVM architecture designed for GPU-native parallel features, restructuring from the execution layer to the proof system layer. In blockchain layered architecture, zero-knowledge proof virtual machines (zkVM) play a crucial role in packaging and verifying blockchain transactions, with proof speed directly affecting system throughput limits. The industry has long aimed for "real-time proof" as a goal for high-throughput verification, but engineering implementation has faced persistent challenges. This technological advancement also supports new capabilities for trusted collaboration among intelligent agents. Ant Group has developed a comprehensive technical system supported by multiple top academic conference papers in the fields of underlying cryptography and system engineering. This system covers the complete chain from hardware acceleration, security modeling, protocol proof to system implementation. Over the past three years, technological achievements in this field have been published in leading conferences such as DAC 2024, Asiacrypt 2024-2025, and PKC 2026.

On April 30, Jin10 reported that Zhou Dasheng highlighted the significant impact of gold prices on the operations of the gold jewelry industry during a conference call on April 29. According to Jin10, the marginal impact of continued gold price increases in 2026 is expected to diminish for the industry. Following the implementation of the gold tax reform policy in November 2025, the market adapted faster than anticipated, with retail prices adjusting to include the tax. Data from self-operated stores indicate that sales have continued to rise, suggesting that the effects of the tax reform will gradually be absorbed by the market.

Recently, in EthProofs, a global benchmark initiated by Ethereum, Ant Financial's self-developed zero-knowledge proof virtual machine zkDTVM, under unified hardware and testing rules, compressed the block proof speed to 3.7 seconds, breaking the previous industry record of 4.2 seconds and taking the top spot globally. EthProofs is one of the most widely recognized public benchmarks in the industry. Unlike single laboratory tests, this platform requires participants to compare under real loads and reproducible processes. Ant Financial's breakthrough is built on end-to-end systemic optimization—adopting the zkVM architecture tailored to the native parallelism of GPUs, and collaboratively reconstructing from the execution layer, arithmetic layer to the proof system layer.

Tron has confirmed the verification of approximately $9.4 million in USDT on-chain funds, according to NS3.AI. This was achieved through a collaborative effort with RealOpen, aimed at facilitating cryptocurrency transactions in the real estate sector. Tron stated that its network played a crucial role by offering the necessary payment infrastructure, which includes on-chain fund verification and seamless crypto-to-fiat conversion processes.

Stablecoin payment volume reached $4.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, according to a16z crypto's quarterly tracker. According to NS3.AI, nearly two-thirds of this volume originated from Asia, with significant contributions from Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. An IMF working paper has linked the U.S. House passage of the GENIUS Act to an approximate $22 billion abnormal drop in market value across 35 payment companies, underscoring growing concerns about potential disruptions to traditional payment networks.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, an address associated with FalconX deposited $11.94 million USDC into HyperLiquid and increased its long position in CL (20x leverage) to 202,000 Coins, with a position value of approximately $21.6 million. In addition, this address also holds a small long position in BRENTOIL (20x leverage) and short positions in HIMS and RIVN (10x leverage).

The Philippine Central Bank has indicated that the inflation rate for April 2026 is expected to remain between 5.6% and 6.4%. According to Jin10, the bank plans to stay vigilant and will use upcoming data as guidance, with a particular focus on inflation and economic growth prospects.

CBOT soybean futures have reached their highest level in over six weeks, driven by adverse weather conditions in the U.S. Midwest that may disrupt early planting activities. According to Jin10, the market is optimistic about the export prospects for U.S. soybean meal, contributing to the upward trend in futures prices.

The a16z crypto security team investigated whether existing general-purpose AI could exploit DeFi vulnerabilities to launch real attacks and found the situation to be quite complex.

The halt to Meta's acquisition of Manus is not a simple business event, but a landmark event marking the shift in the US-China AI competition from a "technology contest" to a "rule-based game."

After chairing his last policy meeting as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Chairman Jerome Powell made a decision that broke with decades of tradition: he would not step down, even though he was handing over the reins.

The final FOMC meeting under Powell's term, judging from the wording of the statement, the voting structure, and his post-meeting remarks, clearly leaned towards a hawkish tone, exceeding the market's previous expectations of a "mild and neutral" stance.

Jinse Finance launches its cryptocurrency and blockchain industry daily news bulletin, "Jinse at 8 AM," issue 3042, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

Telegram's escrow market has gradually formed an underground service system that integrates escrow matching, fund settlement, merchant management and traffic distribution, and has shown obvious platform-based and network-based development characteristics.

Jinse Finance launches the "Jinse Web3.0 Daily," providing you with the latest and fastest news on AI, DeFi, DAO, NFT, and the metaverse industry.

In the era of AI acceleration, the real question Ethereum needs to answer is no longer how to be faster and cheaper.

On April 20, 2026, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular regarding the trading of tokenized SFC-approved investment products (hereinafter referred to as tokenized products) on the secondary market, providing a new trading channel option for such products.

Whether the Federal Reserve is still willing to retain the policy hint that "the next step is more likely to be a rate cut," or begins to acknowledge that the risks have shifted in both directions.