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Charles Schwab officially announced the launch of Schwab Crypto™ spot cryptocurrency trading services, which will be gradually opened to retail customers in the coming weeks.The service supports direct trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and provides educational content and professional customer support, while integrating Charles Schwab's existing investment, trading, wealth management, and banking service systems.

According to Globenewswire, the American law firm Bernstein Liebhard has announced that it has filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit on behalf of investors against the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Space Station, alleging that Gemini made false statements regarding its business operations and prospects in its prospectus and related disclosures, particularly accused of exaggerating the viability of its core cryptocurrency platform business. Investors wishing to serve as lead plaintiffs must submit their applications by May 18, 2026.It is reported that Bernstein Liebhard is a well-known investor relations law firm that has previously filed class action lawsuits against companies such as Ruhnn, Apple, and AsiaInfo-Linkage.

According to Fortune magazine, in the context of a downturn in the crypto market in 2025 and the distribution of profits to investors, the portfolio values of crypto venture capital firms such as Paradigm and a16z crypto have significantly shrunk.According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the total assets under management (AUM) of four crypto funds under a16z crypto dropped nearly 40% from 2024 to 2025, falling to $9.5 billion. Part of the reason is that the firm began returning capital to investors from earlier funds, and the timing of the returns coincided with the market peak in 2025, with a net DPI (distributions to paid-in capital) of 5.4 for its first crypto fund.Multicoin Capital's AUM has more than halved, dropping to about $2.7 billion. Paradigm's holdings also slightly decreased by about 6%. Meanwhile, the total size of a16z crypto's parent company, Andreessen Horowitz, has exceeded $100 billion.The report points out that the shrinkage in assets under management reflects the decline in portfolio value due to the market downturn, and is also a sign of normal exits by VCs and the return of funds to limited partners (LPs). Some firms, such as Haun Ventures, have seen their AUM grow by over 30%, reaching around $2.5 billion.Currently, Paradigm is seeking to raise a new fund of $1.5 billion, and a16z crypto is also raising up to $2 billion for its fifth fund.

The Bless project team will transfer an additional 50 million BLESS (worth 590,000 USD) from the Solana chain to the BSC chain and continue the on-chain sell-off.Currently, 56.76 million BLESS have been sold on BSC, exchanging for 228,000 USDT and 416.4 BNB (worth 258,000 USD). This morning, the project team transferred a total of 300 million BLESS, of which 200 million were transferred to Bitget, and the remaining 100 million are being sold on the BSC chain.

According to official social media news, the decentralized contract trading platform Sun Wukong will hold a live broadcast today at 19:00 (UTC+8) themed "Hong Kong Web3 Carnival: What Kind of Market Are We Looking Forward to in 2026?" At that time, KOLs in the crypto space such as Alice, Mike Banana, Metamental | Beyond the Realm, MMK, and Web3 He Yi (sophia) will attend to discuss the trends in the crypto market for 2026 surrounding the upcoming Hong Kong Web3 Carnival.

Gate, as the first centralized exchange to connect to Polymarket, shows that the probability of a closing market value forecast of over $2 trillion for the SpaceX IPO is about 46%, making it the highest probability option currently.It is reported that Gate has launched the first phase of the Pre-IPOs project, SpaceX (SPCX). The subscription for this phase of SpaceX (SPCX) will be open from April 20, 2026, 18:00 to April 22, 18:00 (UTC+8), supporting participation in both USDT and GUSD. After the subscription is completed, the SPCX asset certificates are expected to be distributed before April 22, 22:00 (UTC+8) and will enter pre-market trading in a 100% unlocked form, with pre-market trading starting at April 24, 18:00 (UTC+8). The total subscription amount is 33,900 SPCX, with a total value of approximately $20.01 million, a unit price of $590, corresponding to an implied valuation of about $1.4 trillion.In terms of participation mechanism, Gate Pre-IPOs adopts "average locked amount per hour" for allocation, emphasizing early participation weight. The minimum participation threshold is 100 USDT, and no handling or custody fees are charged. Gate Pre-IPOs will continue to focus on early participation opportunities for high-quality projects before listing, providing users with a new entry point to access global quality assets.

According to the official announcement from Binance, starting from April 23, 2026, 08:00 (UTC), Binance will suspend deposits and withdrawals of Highstreet (HIGH) and Resolv (RESOLV) on BSC.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a live broadcast themed "HTX Q1 Quarterly Burn is Coming: Will It Enter a Value Reversion Cycle?" today at 20:00 (UTC+8). At that time, HTX DAO core builders Molly, Helium, HTX DAO governance committee member Mao Mao Jie, ppp, HTX DAO listing observer Da Biao Ge, HTX research team leader Cloud, and HTX DAO Volunteer Association president Lan Yang Yang will all attend to engage in an in-depth discussion on the execution of the Q1 burn mechanism, the evolution path of the deflation model, and the subsequent HTX empowerment and ecological construction direction.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, in the past ten minutes, the address starting with 0x965 opened a BTC long position with 40 times leverage, amounting to 12.6 million USD, with an average price of 74,959 USD and a liquidation price of 73,980 USD. Subsequently, the address set a very narrow stop-loss line at 74,700 USD, just 200 USD away from the current price.Earlier today, the address had built positions in S&P 500 index longs twice at a scale of tens of millions, intending to chase the rise, and had previously opened multiple short positions in crude oil. Overall, it leans towards betting on the recovery of liquidity in the risk market.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, in the past ten minutes, the address starting with 0x965 opened a BTC long position with 40 times leverage, amounting to $12.6 million, with an average price of $74,959 and a liquidation price of $73,980.Subsequently, the address set a very narrow stop-loss line at $74,700, just $200 away from the current price. Earlier, this address had twice built positions in S&P 500 index longs at a scale of tens of millions, intending to chase the rise, and had previously opened multiple short positions in crude oil. Overall, it leans towards betting on the recovery of liquidity in the risk market. Address: 0x9657aa2cd45f2cfe77bef47f026bd835edcd165c.

According to market news, Circle has launched a new solution for high-frequency USDC payments across blockchains. Developers can use the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) to have local fulfillers make advance payments on the recipient's designated chain, with the platform later completing cross-chain settlement.This model can reduce the operational burden caused by individual cross-chain transfers and is suitable for platforms that handle a large number of payments daily. Compared to the traditional CCTP process of destroying and minting USDC one by one, the new solution supports batch settlement, reduces the number of destructions on the source chain, and eliminates the need for signature infrastructure on the target chain. Circle also demonstrated the process based on the Arc Testnet and Ethereum Sepolia.

According to market news, approximately $5.4 million in cryptocurrency assets has been recovered in a case of cryptocurrency investment fraud that evolved from a "romance scam" involving Florida and Massachusetts. Of this, about $700,000 has been returned to victims in Florida, $1.3 million has been returned to victims in Massachusetts, and the remaining funds will be used to continue combating cryptocurrency fraud.The Florida prosecutor's office stated that the victims of this case are distributed across six counties in the state, with a single victim in Marion County losing over $450,000. The Florida Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit reported that $3.3 million has been recovered in the first quarter of 2026, and over its 2.5 years of existence, it has recovered a total of $7.2 million, with an additional $12.6 million in frozen cryptocurrency assets still in litigation.

The world's leading digital asset trading platform Gate will launch the first project of Pre-IPOs, SpaceX (SPCX), opening the subscription channel for pre-listing assets. This product supports participation in both USDT and GUSD, and after the subscription is completed, the SPCX asset certificate will enter the pre-market trading with a 100% unlock format.The subscription period is from April 20, 2026, 18:00 to April 22, 18:00 (UTC+8), and SPCX is expected to complete distribution before May 6, 18:00 (UTC+8). The total subscription amount is 33,900 SPCX, with a total value of approximately 20.01 million USD, a unit price of 590 USD, corresponding to an implied valuation of about 1.4 trillion USD.Mechanically, Pre-IPOs use "average locked amount per hour" for allocation, emphasizing early participation weight. After obtaining the asset certificate, SPCX supports pre-market trading or subsequent delivery. In addition, the minimum participation threshold for this subscription is only 100 USDT, and there are no hidden costs such as handling fees, custody fees, or profit sharing.Gate Pre-IPOs focuses on early participation opportunities for high-quality projects before listing, opening a new gateway for individual investors to access global quality assets. In the future, the platform will continue to expand more high-quality targets and product forms, promoting the industry towards a more open and efficient direction.

According to Arkham monitoring, Dragonfly received 55.8 million LIT from Lighter. Analysis indicates that this may be the investor token share of Dragonfly, which will be locked for 1 year and will be unlocked in phases after the TGE. It is expected that these tokens will not be liquid again before December 30, 2026.

The crypto wallet Zerion disclosed that North Korean hackers are using AI for long-term social engineering attacks, stealing approximately $100,000 from the company's hot wallet.Zerion confirmed that user funds, applications, and infrastructure were not affected, and has proactively disabled the web application as a precaution. Zerion also stated that the attackers obtained some session and credential information from team members who were logged in, as well as the private keys of the company's hot wallet, and pointed out that AI is changing the way cyber threats operate.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a live broadcast today at 20:00 (UTC+8) on the theme "Collapse of US-Iran Negotiations, Return of Macroeconomic Uncertainty: Can Bitcoin Still Serve as a Safe Haven?" At that time, crypto KOLs such as Oxpink, Domingo, Michill, Amber, AlanSun, and Qie Ge will be invited to attend and discuss hot topics such as the impact of geopolitical conflicts, oil price fluctuations, and increased uncertainty in Federal Reserve policies on the crypto market, as well as whether the market has entered an "institution-led phase."

Issue 5 of HERMIND has officially launched, with a winning rate of 4.2%, a launch price of 0.133 USDT, a new investment yield of 33%, and an overall fund yield of approximately 1.4%. There is no lock-up period after the asset subscription settlement for this issue, and the funds will be available as spot immediately, allowing users to choose to sell or withdraw instantly.Issue 6 of BABABOOEY will officially open for subscription today at 16:00 and will end on April 17 at 16:00. This issue continues the multi-currency participation mechanism, allowing users to participate in the subscription using JU / USDT / BTC / ETH, with the platform uniformly converting and allocating based on USDT. This round introduces a dynamic winning rate model, where the winning rate increases by 0.2% for every additional 5,000,000 USDT raised. Successfully inviting friends to participate can share a token reward of up to 20% of the final issuance amount.

According to BBX data, yesterday the compliant stablecoin infrastructure and traditional institutional crypto layout advanced simultaneously, with the following core dynamics:OSL Group (HKEX: 863) announced on April 14 that its compliant enterprise-grade stablecoin USDGO has been online for about two months, with a circulation scale reaching $130 million; Goldman Sachs' stablecoin reserve fund STBXX officially joined the reserve asset system, alongside BlackRock's tokenized fund BUIDL as underlying support; the original ecological alliance GO Alliance was simultaneously upgraded to the global industry alliance Stable Alliance.Deutsche Börse Group (XETRA: DB1) announced on April 14 through an official announcement that it acquired $200 million in secondary market shares of Kraken's parent company Payward, Inc., obtaining approximately 1.5% fully diluted ownership; Bloomberg estimates the corresponding valuation of Kraken to be about $13.3 billion, down from $20 billion during the equity transfer in November 2025; the transaction is expected to be completed in Q2 2026, aiming to bridge traditional finance and digital asset institutional channels.Capital B (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCPB) recently purchased 37 BTC (average price approximately €60,892), raising its total holdings to 2,925 BTC, with a total cost of €269.4 million, YTD BTC Yield 1.25%; Blockstream and UTXO Management's debt-to-equity conversion was completed simultaneously, adding a total of 36,613,919 shares.

According to a report by Bloomberg, a recent study shows that many cryptocurrency investors in the United States may not have reported their digital asset holdings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Tyler Menzer, an assistant professor at Texas Christian University, and his co-authors found that between 2013 and 2021, only 6.5% of taxpayers reported cryptocurrency sales, while surveys during the same period indicated that 12% to 21% of American adults had held cryptocurrency. The analysis suggests that some investors failed to accurately report income and transactions related to cryptocurrency, potentially leading to tax revenue loss.The study found that cryptocurrency holders are more likely to hold meme tokens, are younger, and have lower incomes, with trading behaviors significantly differing from traditional stock investors. CoinTracker data shows that for the 2025 tax year, cryptocurrency investors are required to report an average of 836 transactions, with average short-term losses of $636 and average long-term gains of $2,692.