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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.

According to PaymentsJournal, stablecoin payment infrastructure provider PhotonPay announced a comprehensive upgrade to its payment capabilities, officially moving towards the new paradigm of Agentic Payments. At the core of this transformation is the shift in finance from "directive" to "intent-centric," enabling AI agents to autonomously plan and execute complex financial pathways.It is reported that PhotonPay has divided its system into three main modules: global network layer, core execution layer, and intelligent decision-making layer. AI agents can automatically complete the entire process of procurement triggers, payment path optimization, dynamic exchange rate optimization, and compliance review based on preset goals, achieving machine-to-machine (M2M) cross-border capital flow, covering over 200 countries and regions, and supporting real-time processing of financial decisions.In terms of market prospects, McKinsey predicts that by 2030, the global Agentic Commerce driven by AI agents will reach a scale of $3 trillion to $5 trillion, which also provides important market endorsement for PhotonPay's strategic layout.

According to Cointelegraph, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) of South Korea stated that API-based cryptocurrency trading currently accounts for about 30% of the market's trading volume.The FSS pointed out that some traders are using automated tools to inflate trading volume and manipulate prices, with methods including repeatedly submitting small orders to create a false sense of activity and artificially raising prices through high-limit orders.The regulatory agency stated that it will conduct special investigations on accounts suspected of abnormal API trading and remind investors to be cautious of assets that experience sudden spikes in price and trading volume without obvious reasons. Previously, South Korea had required exchanges to verify asset balances every five minutes and continued to tighten anti-fraud rules, but some regulatory measures still face constraints due to an incomplete legal framework.

Claude Code Product Manager Noah Zweben posted, "/autofix-pr can now be launched directly from the command line for automatic fixes. After completing a PR, just run this command. It will upload your session to the cloud, allowing the PR auto-fix tool to have the complete context to handle CI failures and comments."

Binance founder CZ stated on social media, "The autobiography 'Freedom of Money' has been launched in some countries. It seems that the book will be available for global purchase at midnight on April 8 (local time). All proceeds from the book will be donated to charity."

Nikita Bier, the product head of platform X, disclosed that platform X is advancing a countermeasure against cryptocurrency phishing scams: if an account posts cryptocurrency-related content for the first time in its history, the platform will automatically trigger an account lock and require identity verification.Nikita Bier stated that this move is expected to eliminate 99% of malicious motives. He also pointed out that Google has currently failed to effectively intercept related phishing emails, and this issue remains one of the important channels for current scam activities.

According to BBX data, yesterday, as the last day of the first quarter, multiple companies executed the quarter-end "automatic treasury conversion" and hard asset settlement. The core data is as follows:$120 million swept in at quarter-end: Block Inc. (NYSE: $XYZ) strictly implemented its algorithm-driven treasury strategy yesterday, automatically sweeping approximately $120 million of idle fiat profits into its Bitcoin pool at the end of the first quarter. This "no human intervention" investment mechanism ensures it is insulated from emotional disturbances caused by short-term price fluctuations."Physical isolation" of computing power: Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: $RIOT) announced yesterday that the first batch of 2 EH/s computing power from its new factory on Corsica has successfully connected to the grid. Notably, this portion of computing power is designated as a "treasury dedicated line," with all BTC produced being physically cold-stored, 100% retained, completely independent of the funds pool used for daily operational sales.150 mining machines settled in cryptocurrency: Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: $CAN) disclosed its financial update for the first quarter yesterday, confirming that it has settled part of the sales balance for mining machines from major clients directly in Bitcoin, totaling 150 BTC, officially closing the loop from "selling shovels" to "hoarding gold."$40 million regional hedge: MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: $MELI) disclosed yesterday in its quarter-end asset revaluation that it added a mixed position of $40 million in BTC/ETH in late March. This move aims to hedge against the sharp depreciation of several Latin American currencies against the US dollar in the first quarter.$85 million staking snowball: DeFi Technologies (CBOE: $DEFTF) announced yesterday that its treasury size has surpassed $85 million. In addition to asset appreciation, the SOL it holds has generated staking interest in the first quarter, which has all been reinvested, achieving absolute quantity compound growth of its crypto assets.

According to CoinDesk, Square, led by Jack Dorsey, has begun automatically enabling Bitcoin payment features for millions of U.S. merchants, with transactions instantly converted to dollars at checkout. Merchants can receive Bitcoin without additional setup and do not bear the risks of price volatility and custody.This feature includes near-instant settlement and waives processing fees until 2026. Square stated that this is an important step in integrating Bitcoin into everyday business, with merchants defaulting to receive dollars without needing to change their accounting practices or hold crypto assets. It is reported that 78% of Square's users are from the U.S., while 22% are from international markets. Previously, PayPal launched the dollar-pegged stablecoin PYUSD to tens of thousands of users across its 70 global markets, promoting digital payment applications.

Musk stated that Grok has begun to automatically translate and recommend posts in other languages. Compared to the previous method that required manually clicking the translate button, the new feature can actively identify foreign language content and translate it before directly pushing it to the user's feed. Some users have reported seeing a large number of translated foreign language posts in their timelines.

The Web3 asset data platform RootData recently organized Coinbase's business partner network in the cryptocurrency field, systematically presenting its complete business landscape from institutional custody services to on-chain developer ecosystem building.Coinbase's client base shows a significant trend towards institutionalization:BlackRock uses Coinbase Prime as its primary custodian for its Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs;Franklin Templeton issues tokenized money market funds on the Base network;Traditional banks such as Citibank and JPMorgan have also connected to Coinbase's infrastructure, laying out stablecoin payments and fiat currency clearing;Payment giants like Stripe, PayPal, and Shopify complete merchant-side settlement integration through USDC on Base and Coinbase Commerce.On the supplier side, Coinbase tends to adopt robust blockchain technology services:Optimism provides the OP Stack underlying architecture for Base, Chainlink is responsible for price feeds, and Safe handles account abstraction;The compliance layer is jointly formed by three leading monitoring agencies: Chainalysis, Elliptic, and TRM Labs;KYC identity verification is handled regionally by several service providers such as Jumio and Onfido.In terms of the developer ecosystem, Coinbase gathers AI Agent clients through the CDP (Developer Platform), with Firecrawl, Fereai, and Questflow leveraging the x402 protocol or CDP server wallets for on-chain autonomous payments, marking Coinbase's extension towards "AI payment infrastructure." Related collection: 【Coinbase Crypto Partner Network Collection (Continuously Updated)】Cryptocurrency projects actively showcase their partner networks, which has become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 projects to claim data and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has released three consecutive issues of the cryptocurrency project ecosystem map, nominating Web3 ecosystem partners for upstream clients such as Visa, Stripe, and Coinbase.If you wish to nominate your project in future ecosystem maps, please fill out the 【RootData 2026 Industry Ecosystem Mapping】 form to supplement your important clients and partners.

Eigen Labs has released the first Beta version of AgentKit, a toolkit for developers to build AI agents that can hold assets, make payments, manage identities, and operate autonomously online.The initial application scenarios of AgentKit focus on "autonomous media agents," which can generate content (text, images, audio, video), manage their own social presence, and run continuously. In the coming weeks, Eigen Labs will expand AgentKit's integration with popular social platforms, add new agent management templates, and launch an easy-to-use user interface. Future versions of AgentKit will also introduce native support for standards such as x402 and ERC-8004.

Ripple announced its participation in the BLOOM program under the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), where it will test a cross-border trade financing automatic settlement solution powered by the stablecoin RLUSD within the regulatory sandbox.Ripple is collaborating with supply chain fintech company Unloq to build a condition-triggered payment system based on the XRP Ledger—when preset conditions such as goods verification are met, the system will automatically release RLUSD payments, replacing the cumbersome processes in traditional trade financing that rely on manual verification, letters of credit, and correspondent banking relationships, significantly compressing the settlement period from several days or even weeks.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow down 0.24%, the S&P 500 index down 0.62%, and the Nasdaq down 0.63%. Li Auto (LI.O) rose 2.8% after the company announced a $1 billion stock buyback plan. Amazon (AMZN.O) fell 1% due to a "service interruption" in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) region located in Bahrain.

Web3 asset data platform RootData recently organized Stripe's partner network in the cryptocurrency field, systematically presenting its complete ecological map from underlying blockchain infrastructure to end payment applications.From a structural perspective, Stripe has formed a "three-layer self-built + external ecosystem" closed-loop architecture:The bottom layer consists of its directly controlled crypto infrastructure, including the stablecoin orchestration platform Bridge acquired for $1.1 billion in 2024, the wallet-as-a-service company Privy, and the payment-specific public chain Tempo co-incubated with Paradigm;The middle layer integrates deeply with mainstream networks such as Circle, Coinbase, and Polygon to facilitate on-chain settlement pathways;The outer ecosystem covers dozens of crypto platforms including Crypto.com, Blockchain.com, and Magic Eden, as well as fintech clients like Félix and Dakota that achieve low-cost cross-border remittances through Bridge.Notably, the Tempo mainnet officially launched this month, simultaneously introducing a "machine payment protocol" aimed at AI agents, and hosting the first AI payment hackathon in San Francisco. This marks a significant evolution in Stripe's crypto strategy, accelerating from "enabling merchants to accept stablecoins" to "allowing AI agents to autonomously control the flow of funds." 【View Stripe's Crypto Partner Network Compilation (continuously updated)】RootData stated that it will continue to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. For crypto projects, actively showcasing partnerships and business networks is becoming an important way to enhance transparency and market trust. Web3 project parties are welcome to claim data and join the RootData Alliances Hub TG group to collaboratively maintain business alliance data, match BD partners, and explore ecological cooperation!

Gate Pay announced the launch of the Merchant MCP (Merchant MCP) service, promoting the application of AI Agent in payment operation scenarios. This service encapsulates high-frequency operations such as balance inquiries, order inquiries, and refunds into Tools that comply with the MCP protocol, allowing merchants to complete inquiries and operations through natural language commands in customer service, finance, and operations scenarios, improving efficiency and optimizing process collaboration.Gate Pay introduces Restricted Access Keys (RAK), supporting on-demand configuration of calling permissions, and combines idempotency checks, frequency limits, and risk control mechanisms to ensure operations are controllable and traceable. The current MVP version supports three core capabilities: balance inquiries, order inquiries, and refunds, and will continue to expand to more scenarios in the future.Gate has built a unified interface architecture covering six major capabilities: CEX, DEX, wallets, payments, data, and information, supporting AI Agent to complete the entire process from information acquisition to execution on the same platform. The launch of the Merchant MCP further strengthens the capability boundaries of AI Agent at the execution level, providing more direct infrastructure support for the implementation of AI in real business scenarios.

Byreal has recently launched three new liquidity management features:AutoSwap allows users to open LP positions by depositing a single token, with the system automatically completing token swaps and executing optimal paths without manual operation;The Compound feature enables users to reinvest LP fee earnings back into the current position with one click, achieving continuous rolling of profits;The Rebalance feature supports adjusting liquidity to a new price range with one click, reducing position deviation risk and maintaining continuous market-making profits.Byreal is a Solana-native DEX incubated by Bybit, focusing on on-chain trading of RWA assets and a Copy-Farming mechanism, with AI Agent friendliness. The core goal of these three updates is to lower the operational threshold for LPs.

Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola who was previously convicted of fraud and later pardoned by President Trump, is planning to enter the AI aviation sector. Milton, along with an investment group, acquired the struggling airline SyberJet Aircraft at the end of last year and plans to raise $1 billion to drive its transformation.It is reported that Milton has recruited dozens of former Nikola employees and is actively seeking funding support from potential investors in places like Saudi Arabia, while also investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lobbying efforts. His core goal is to develop a brand new avionics system from scratch to create "the first light jet focused on AI flight," and to open up the defense contract market. Milton admitted that building an airplane is "ten times harder than making Nikola."