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Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) announced the launch of stablecoin minting and redemption services, allowing businesses and high-net-worth clients to directly convert between fiat currency and stablecoins through SGB accounts, achieving real-time settlement around the clock without relying on traditional intermediary banking processes.This service is integrated into SGB's proprietary clearing network SGB Net, supporting seamless flow of funds both on-chain and off-chain. The first supported stablecoin is USD Coin (USDC), with a minimum transaction amount of $100,000, and it will subsequently support USDT, USDe (Ethena), and Global Dollar (USDG).

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange today published a consultation document regarding the shortening of the settlement cycle for the Hong Kong stock cash market (the "Consultation Document"), proposing to shorten the settlement cycle from the current T+2 to T+1, and seeking market opinions on the proposal.

According to GMGN monitoring, the market capitalization of the Ethereum chain meme coin ASTEROID has surpassed 20 million USD, currently reported at 21.84 million USD, setting a new historical high, with a 24-hour trading volume of 14.7 million USD.ChainCatcher reminds users that meme coin trading is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and speculative concepts, with no actual value or use cases; investors should be aware of the risks.

According to official news, the NFT public chain Mint Blockchain announced that the blockchain network officially ceased operations on April 17, 2026. To ensure the safety of user assets, the project team reminds all users to transfer their on-chain assets to the Ethereum mainnet as soon as possible, including assets such as ETH, WBTC, USDC, and USDT.The announcement states that users need to complete the asset migration through the extraction channel provided by the official team, with a deadline of October 20, 2026. Before this deadline, users can still perform asset extraction operations normally to ensure the safe transfer of funds to external networks. If users do not complete the extraction before the deadline, the related assets will no longer be processed or recoverable.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, one address purchased 590,900 HYPE from Galaxy Digital's over-the-counter wallet, worth approximately $25.92 million.On-chain data shows that another address set consisting of 6 addresses may belong to the same entity, holding a total of 4,114,234 HYPE, worth approximately $181 million, all sourced from the Galaxy OTC channel.

According to data from TheMinerMag, in the first quarter of 2026, publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies including MARA, CleanSpark, Riot, Cango, Core Scientific, and Bitdeer collectively sold over 32,000 BTC, surpassing the total amount sold throughout last year and even exceeding the sell-off levels triggered by the Terra-Luna collapse in Q2 2022, setting a "new record for a single quarter."The backdrop of this sell-off is the key metric for measuring miner profitability, "hashprice," which has fallen to a historical low of below $35 per PH/s per day, with about 20% of miners already in the red. Asset management firm CoinShares stated in its report: "Unless the BTC price rebounds significantly, high-cost miners will further capitulate in the first half of 2026."

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released the final draft of the crypto asset framework. This new regulation is set to bring most crypto activities under the regulation of the Financial Services and Markets Act by October 25, 2027.According to the proposal, any institution that holds customer crypto assets for more than 24 hours or has the ability to revoke customer permissions will be considered a regulated custodian and must hold a full safeguarding license. Validators and node operators that provide value-added features such as yield or reward reinvestment will lose their technical exemptions. In addition, stablecoin issuers within the UK must control the entire lifecycle from issuance to redemption. Relevant institutions must submit authorization applications between September 30, 2026, and February 28, 2027.

The Ethereum Foundation announced that its jointly initiated ETH Rangers project has completed a 6-month operation. The project aims to fund independent researchers who contribute to public safety for the Ethereum ecosystem. Seventeen grantees have achieved multiple results in vulnerability research, security tool development, threat intelligence, and incident response, including: recovering or freezing over $5.8 million, reporting or documenting over 785 vulnerabilities and client issues, identifying about 100 attackers, providing security education content covering over 209,000 users, and handling over 36 security incidents.In addition, the project has also encouraged over 800 teams to participate in security challenges, produced over 80 technical sharing and training sessions, and developed or improved more than 7 open-source security tools. The Ethereum Foundation stated that the related results indicate that decentralized networks require "decentralized defense" and effectively enhance the overall security and resilience of the Ethereum ecosystem.

According to Cointelegraph, during the US-Iran conflict, UAE investors chose to buy the dip in AI and digital assets rather than reducing their overall positions.eToro data shows that in the first quarter, UAE users increased their holdings in several software and AI infrastructure stocks that had significantly pulled back in price. eToro market analyst Josh Gilbert stated that the behavior of UAE investors is driven by long-term themes rather than risk aversion, with the most obvious signals appearing in the AI infrastructure and software sector—ServiceNow (+125%), Super Micro Computer (+65%), Adobe (+54%), and Oracle (+38%) all saw significant increases in holdings against a backdrop of market pressure.In terms of crypto assets, Strategy Inc. remains the eighth highest held stock by UAE investors, indicating a continued allocation to crypto-related assets. Deutsche Bank's report on April 13 indicated that this conflict is more likely to strengthen rather than weaken the region's demand for AI, cybersecurity, and sovereign digital infrastructure; however, it also cited reports that the Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE and Bahrain have been attacked, and the planned 1GW Stargate park in Abu Dhabi is also under threat.The report also noted that sovereign wealth funds in the Gulf region manage approximately $5 trillion in assets by 2025, with Abu Dhabi-related institutions being one of the most active sources of funding in the global AI sector. Local crypto businesses in Dubai are operating normally. HashKey MENA Managing Director Ben El-Baz told Cointelegraph that business remains normal, relying on cloud trading and custody systems; Binance also confirmed that the vast majority of employees chose to stay, but the Token2049 Dubai event has been postponed to 2027.The Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) continues to advance its activity-type regulatory framework. VARA Market Assurance Director Sean McHugh stated that during times of pressure, serious market participants seek the clearest regulatory environment rather than the most lenient jurisdictions.

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.

HashKey Chain announced a strategic cooperation with the compliance brokerage infrastructure platform HabitTrade. The two parties will collaborate on the on-chain integration of quality assets and on-chain financial infrastructure, promoting the issuance and circulation of compliant assets.As the first tangible progress, HSKSwap has integrated the open-source securities tokenization protocol Stove Protocol under HabitTrade, supporting on-chain tokenized trading of assets including U.S. stocks.HashKey Chain stated that this cooperation will continuously introduce compliant assets backed by real assets, further improving the on-chain financial infrastructure. In the future, both parties will expand into more asset categories and explore cross-market circulation and on-chain financial application scenarios, promoting the integration of traditional capital markets and the on-chain ecosystem.

According to FinanceFeeds, Morgan Stanley stated that the tokenization of real-world assets has become the "next major step" in its global business and has incorporated it into its strategic focus on upgrading traditional financial infrastructure with blockchain.The institution mentioned plans to integrate traditional assets with digital assets in a regulated environment, advance near real-time on-chain settlement, and launch an institutional digital wallet in the second half of 2026, supporting tokenized traditional investment products as well as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. At the same time, Morgan Stanley is also advancing the tokenization of the private equity secondary market and the construction of on-chain and off-chain settlement processes.

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.

The dominance of the US dollar has always been a topic of concern, but Franklin Templeton believes that the dollar will remain the preferred currency. The Chief Investment Officer of the company's fixed income department, Sonal Desai, wrote in a report that the dollar's status is supported by three main pillars: the size of the world's largest economy, the depth of the market, and its institutional credibility.Sonal Desai pointed out that there are currently no reliable alternative assets, and it will take decades to establish the institutional infrastructure needed to support such a currency. The debate over the dollar's dominance has intensified, as Trump's erratic trade, geopolitical, and fiscal policies have weakened the appeal of US assets. Some analysts believe that the euro and gold are likely to become preferred reserve assets.

According to BBX data, yesterday the capital operations and hash rate data of mining companies were concentrated, with the following core dynamics:TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ: $WULF) announced on April 14 via GlobeNewswire that it has completed the pricing of a $900 million public common stock offering, raised from the initially planned $800 million, issuing 47,400,000 shares at a price of $19.00 per share, with underwriters holding an additional 30-day over-allotment option (up to 7,110,000 shares); this offering is expected to close today (April 16). The funds raised will primarily be used for the construction of the Hawesville AI data center campus in Kentucky and to repay bridge credit facilities.CleanSpark, Inc. (NASDAQ: $CLSK) released its March operational report on April 7 (data as of March 31), reporting the mining of 658 BTC in March, with an average daily output of approximately 21.24 BTC, a peak hash rate of 50.0 EH/s, and an average monthly hash rate of about 47.3 EH/s (an increase of 11% month-over-month); as of the end of March, the company's total BTC holdings were 13,561 BTC, with a cumulative output of 1,799 BTC since the beginning of 2026; the average selling price of BTC in March was approximately $71,396. The company has signed contracts for 1.8 gigawatts of power capacity, and CEO Matt Schultz stated that the company is actively advancing the signing of its first AI/HPC large-scale customer contract.