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Gate announced that it will hold the Gate 13th Anniversary Blue Carpet Ceremony on April 20 from 17:00 to 19:30 (UTC+8) at K11 MUSEA in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. The ceremony will officially start at 17:30, with dozens of industry guests and media friends invited to attend.This ceremony will replace the traditional red carpet with the brand's iconic blue color. There will be entry displays, media photography, and interview segments on site, and the F1 Red Bull Racing Team's display car will also be unveiled, showcasing the progress of the collaboration between the two parties.In addition, from April 18 to 24, Gate will launch the "Racing the Future" outdoor cross-border exhibition at the waterfront promenade of K11 MUSEA in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. On the evening of April 20, Gate will also hold a high-end anniversary dinner event at the Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong, where platform founder and CEO Dr. Han will be present, along with over 300 representatives from top industry institutions and partners invited to participate in on-site exchanges.Overall, the Gate 13th Anniversary series of events will use offline scenarios as a carrier, integrating brand displays and cross-border collaborations, and will continue to strengthen connections and communication with users and partners.

According to official news, OpenEden announced a partnership with BNY Investments, a subsidiary of Bank of New York Mellon, to launch the tokenized product HYBOND, which will put its global short-term high-yield bond fund on the blockchain.This product will initially be open to select institutional clients and is planned to be fully available to institutional investors by the end of April 2026. It is currently deployed on the Ethereum network and will later expand to multi-chain ecosystems such as XRP Ledger and BNB Chain.

During the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, ChainCatcher will collaborate with RootData to jointly host the themed forum "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" on April 19 at 14:00 (GMT+8) in Hong Kong.As one of the most important peripheral activities of the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, this forum will focus on the paradigm shift under the deep integration of AI technology and the crypto network, engaging in in-depth discussions around cutting-edge tracks such as AI Agent economy, smart payments, RWA, and crypto infrastructure.The event will gather industry leaders, innovative projects, top VCs, and ecosystem builders, aiming to provide forward-looking perspectives for the industry, promoting the evolution from transactions serving "humans" to economic activities serving "agents," and jointly exploring the construction path and industrial opportunities of the future smart economic system.In addition, ChainCatcher, as one of the cooperative media for this Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, will continue to bring cutting-edge reports and in-depth observations to the industry.Event Registration: https://luma.com/18v6vwpf

OpenAI announced the closure of the AI video generation platform Sora's application and API, citing that the company will shift its focus to world simulation research to advance robotics technology. Sora debuted in February 2024 as a text-to-video tool, later expanding into an independent social video platform, and added a "cameos" feature for users to embed AI scenes, but the daily operating costs reached approximately $15 million.The closure decision simultaneously terminated a major collaboration—Disney had originally planned to invest $1 billion to license OpenAI to use over 250 Disney characters to create AI videos. Disney stated that it respects OpenAI's decision and will continue to explore other AI collaboration opportunities. OpenAI emphasized that the AI image generation feature within ChatGPT will not be affected and will announce the timeline for the closure of the application and API, as well as the user data retention plan.

On-chain detective ZachXBT disclosed today that a collaborative network consisting of at least 10 accounts is generating traffic on social platform X by creating panic-inducing content related to wars and ultimately directing it to cryptocurrency scam projects.This network acquires accounts with an existing follower base, frequently posts sensational "apocalyptic" content, and amplifies dissemination by having multiple secondary accounts retweet each other, quickly gaining millions of views and significant interactions. Investigations show that these accounts also utilize AI to generate fake personas, such as fabricating an "Asian version of Mario Nawfal" to enhance credibility. After gaining traffic, the relevant accounts promote fake airdrop events or cryptocurrency project scams, including a concentrated promotion of a pump-and-dump project named ORAMAMA on February 22, 2026, which is then no longer mentioned.On-chain data indicates that this operation has brought six-figure profits to the team behind it. Meanwhile, many genuine large accounts inadvertently engage in interactions through comments and retweets, further amplifying the content dissemination effect. ZachXBT warns that this combination model of "traffic farms + AI content + cryptocurrency scams" has become highly mature and is easily replicable. If similar mechanisms are exploited by higher-level organizations, their potential impact will far exceed the realm of financial fraud and may even evolve into a tool for public opinion manipulation.ZachXBT calls for platforms to strengthen regulation, implementing bans and legal accountability for such manipulative behaviors. He also advises users to carefully verify account histories and information sources before engaging in interactions to combat the increasingly rampant phenomenon of false content and "interaction bait."

AI Agent-driven global event real-time assessment and automated decision-making engine LeviX announced a partnership with the APOC Technology Sports and Esports Committee, focusing on collaboration in AI technology research and innovative technology applications.The Olympus Cup event launched by APOC, designated as the official event series for the Olympic global esports competition, will jointly host hackathons and technology salons centered around AI Agent with LeviX. Both parties have reached a consensus on the development prospects of AI Agent and cooperation in the global market.

According to Solid Intel, the FBI, in conjunction with the Thai police, seized approximately 8,000 mobile phones and froze about $580 million in cryptocurrency assets in an operation targeting scams against Americans.

Gate announces the launch of its 13th anniversary global celebration, focusing on the theme "Your Gateway to iWeb3." Through in-depth dialogues with the founder and high-level global interactions, it aims to review its development and look ahead to industry trends with users and partners.As one of the early builders in the crypto industry, Gate has surpassed 50 million registered users and supports trading of over 4,500 assets, with spot and contract trading volumes ranking among the industry's leaders. The platform is accelerating its layout in AI and multi-asset financial systems, launching a TradFi trading area that introduces tokenized assets such as stocks, metals, indices, foreign exchange, and commodities. On the other hand, the platform is comprehensively enhancing its intelligent capabilities around infrastructures and applications like GateAI, Gate for AI, GateRouter, and GateClaw.On the occasion of its 13th anniversary, Gate will launch a series of online and offline interactive activities. The founder and CEO will engage in in-depth dialogues through live broadcasts, communicating industry trends and platform strategies with global users. At the same time, Gate will host a series of high-end global exchange activities, showcasing at Paris Blockchain Week, Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, and holding a brand 13th anniversary themed dinner in Hong Kong to further strengthen global connections.

According to market news, Alibaba (Baba.N) will establish a Token Hub business group to strengthen the strategic synergy of its artificial intelligence business.

Tria announces the official launch of the Pioneer Season 2 event in collaboration with DOKDO. The event runs from March 11, 17:30 Beijing time to April 1, 22:59.According to the introduction, the event prize pool includes 10,000 USDC in regular rewards, 1 million Tria tokens as special rewards, and additional mystery bonuses. Users without a Tria Card can also participate, and participation in this event will automatically qualify them for the Tria Season 2 airdrop.The official reminder states that users must complete all tasks, including Tria contract trading, Telegram interactions, and posting on the X platform, to be considered valid participants. Among these, the activity points for Telegram and the X platform will only be counted during the event period, while the contract trading volume points will be updated uniformly at 14:00 Beijing time on April 2.

The Ethereum Foundation's dAI team has partnered with Virtuals Protocol to launch a new standard, ERC-8183. ERC-8183 is designed for commercial transactions between AI Agents, defining a set of on-chain rules that allow two untrusted Agents to complete business processes such as "hire---deliver---settle" without relying on centralized platforms.

According to CoinDesk, the Bank of Canada, in collaboration with major banks such as RBC and TD, successfully completed the full process testing of issuing, trading, and settling a tokenized bond worth 100 million Canadian dollars (approximately 73 million USD) through distributed ledger technology (Project Samara).This experiment verified that a single blockchain platform can support the complete lifecycle of bonds and introduced tokenized wholesale Canadian dollars for on-chain digital settlement for the first time.

Bitget announced a series of activities for International Women's Day under its women's public welfare project Blockchain4Her, advocating for gender inclusivity and diverse development. Bitget stated that gender equality and industry diversity are important foundations for promoting the long-term healthy development of the blockchain field, and called on the industry to further recognize the significant role women play in technological innovation, market liquidity, and industry expansion, viewing gender balance as an important issue for industry and economic development.In addition, Bitget will collaborate with Bitget Wallet to launch a limited edition co-branded card for International Women's Day, transforming the concept of gender diversity into actionable practices with anti-bias design principles and exclusive benefits. Offline, Bitget will host a series of activities such as creative workshops, roundtable dialogues, and thematic meetings in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Europe, the CIS, and Latin America around the "Lady Forward" concept, creating a platform for communication and collaboration among female practitioners.

According to Fortune, OpenAI founder Sam Altman stated that OpenAI is in discussions with the U.S. Department of Defense to reach a potential agreement on the use of its AI models and tools, although the contract has not yet been signed. OpenAI will retain control over the implementation of technical safeguards, the deployment targets of the models, and the regions, limiting the deployment scope to cloud environments rather than "edge systems." In a military context, edge systems may include devices such as aircraft and drones.As a significant concession, the U.S. government has agreed to incorporate the "red lines" set by OpenAI into the contract terms, including a ban on using AI for autonomous weapon systems, domestic mass surveillance, and critical decision-making areas.

Decentralized Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Protocol 0G Labs announced the launch of the "0G Apollo Accelerator," which plans to provide up to $20 million in funding support for incubating and scaling revenue-generating AI applications based on decentralized infrastructure.The accelerator is established in collaboration with the Blockchain Builders Fund (BBF). BBF is part of the Stanford University blockchain ecosystem, which includes projects such as the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator, BASS, and MS&E 447. The project is also supported by Google Cloud, with each selected team receiving a $200,000 cloud resource allocation.In addition, the wallet infrastructure platform Privy (acquired by Stripe) will provide production-grade wallet solutions for selected teams, aiming to help projects have enterprise-level computing and infrastructure capabilities from the early stages.