U.S. Senator Thom Tillis is urging the Senate Banking Committee to postpone its consideration of the crypto market structure bill until May to allow more time for banks and the crypto industry to finalize a compromise on stablecoin regulation. This move aims to provide additional room for negotiation on key disagreements surrounding stablecoins and to push for a more viable regulatory framework. (Cointelegraph)

In a tweet, Trump stated that the agreement we are negotiating with Iran will be far better than the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) (the Iran nuclear deal). The latter, drafted by Barack Hussein Obama and Sleepy Joe Biden, is one of the worst security agreements in the history of our country. It was a guaranteed path to nuclear weapons—something the agreement we are negotiating will not and cannot allow. They (the previous administration) loaded $1.7 billion in cash onto Boeing 757s and sent it to Iran, allowing the Iranian leadership to spend it as they pleased. They emptied banks in Washington, Virginia, and Maryland. Those bankers said they had never seen anything like it. In addition, hundreds of billions of dollars were paid to Iran. If I hadn't terminated that "agreement," nuclear weapons would have been used to attack Israel and various parts of the Middle East, including our cherished U.S. military bases. An agreement reached during Trump's term will guarantee peace, security, and safeguards, not only for Israel and the Middle East, but also for Europe, the United States, and everywhere else. This will be something the whole world can be proud of, instead of the years of embarrassment and humiliation we have been forced to endure due to incompetent and cowardly leadership, as we have done for many years. (Jin Shi)

According to CME's "FedWatch": the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by 25 basis points in April is 0%, and the probability of keeping interest rates unchanged is 100%. The probability of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by a cumulative 25 basis points by June is 2.5%, and the probability of keeping interest rates unchanged is 97.5%.

Apple announced that John Ternu will succeed Tim Cook as CEO on September 1, while Cook will become executive chairman. Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Ternu, will join Apple's board of directors after becoming CEO. Apple's non-executive chairman, Art Levinson, will become lead independent director on the same day. In a press release, Apple stated, "Cook will continue as CEO throughout the summer, working closely with Ternu to ensure a smooth transition." This marks Apple's first CEO transition since Cook succeeded Steve Jobs in 2011, shortly before Jobs' death. Under Cook's leadership, Apple's market capitalization has increased approximately 24-fold, reaching $4 trillion at Monday's close.

A major mining company has announced impressive financial results for the first quarter, with profits exceeding $20 billion. According to Jin10, the company's strong performance highlights the lucrative nature of the gold industry. Additionally, a standout company in the agricultural sector reported a net profit increase of over 70 times compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, a well-known enterprise in the environmental sector is planning a significant cross-market restructuring, leading to a suspension of trading starting tomorrow. These announcements are among the key updates following today's market close.

OCBC has launched GOLDX, a tokenized physical gold fund available on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. According to NS3.AI, this initiative provides on-chain exposure to a LionGlobal fund, which holds approximately $525 million in assets as of April 16. The product was developed in collaboration with Lion Global Investors and DigiFT. OCBC stated that institutional investors have the option to subscribe using stablecoins or fiat currency, with tokens being directly transferred to their blockchain wallets.

BofA Securities analyst Justin Post has revised the price target for Meta Platforms, lowering it from $885 to $820 while maintaining a Buy rating on the company's shares. According to NS3.AI, this adjustment comes in anticipation of Meta's Q1 2026 earnings report. Post projects that Meta will achieve $56 billion in revenue for the first quarter, which surpasses the consensus estimate on Wall Street.

Security researcher Doyeon Park published an article on the X platform disclosing a zero-day vulnerability in the Cosmos consensus layer (CometBFT). This vulnerability, classified as CVSS 7.1 (high) severity, could cause nodes in the Cosmos ecosystem to stall during block synchronization, but direct asset theft would not be feasible. The ecosystem safeguards over $8 billion in assets. While the Cosmos vulnerability disclosure (CVD) process has been followed to ensure ecosystem security, due to a lack of cooperation and irresponsible decision-making by the vendors, the decision has been made to proceed with the disclosure based on their final decision.

A suspected team multisig address has transferred 50 million AIOT tokens, valued at approximately $1.858 million. According to NS3.AI, the tokens were moved in 10 separate transactions, each consisting of 5 million AIOT. This activity comes as AIOT has experienced a decline of 11.28% over the past 24 hours.

Galaxy Digital's Alex Thorn has expressed skepticism regarding the passage of the CLARITY market structure bill this year. According to NS3.AI, Thorn estimates the likelihood of the bill passing at 50% or less. He noted that if the markup is delayed beyond mid-May, the chances of the bill's approval would significantly decrease. Furthermore, a postponement before the midterm elections could result in the bill being stalled for an extended period.

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OCBC has launched a tokenised gold fund called GOLDX with Lion Global Investors and DigiFT, giving institutional investors access to physical gold through tokens on Ethereum and Solana. The tokens can be bought using fiat or stablecoins and are sent to blockchain wallets, linking traditional gold investment with digital asset infrastructure.

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