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Cointelegraph Research's latest report shows that the United Nations Development Programme is applying blockchain technology to the construction of public digital infrastructure, focusing on addressing issues of transparency, collaborative efficiency, and trustworthy data sharing in government systems.The report "New Tech, New Partners" outlines 42 practical cases covering areas such as digital payments, financial inclusion, climate funding, data governance, and community investment, among which 7 focus on digital identity and data systems, primarily distributed in developing economies in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe. The research points out that UNDP adopts a "pilot---validate---scale" approach, collaborating with governments, developers, and local businesses to first implement small-scale projects and then gradually promote them based on actual results. It also emphasizes a "platform-agnostic" architecture to maintain system openness and interoperability. Furthermore, the report highlights the importance of governance and risk control, stating that the application of blockchain in public systems requires accompanying privacy protection, regulatory frameworks, and audit mechanisms to prevent data misuse and smart contract risks. Overall, blockchain is extending from financial scenarios to public governance infrastructure, becoming one of the important technological options for digital transformation in various countries.

Guy Wuollet, a partner at a16z crypto, stated in Fortune's Crypto Playbook that the crypto industry is maturing and is currently in the "shirt era," not yet fully formalized but having moved beyond the early stages. He pointed out that the dominant trend in the current crypto industry is Wall Street's rapid adoption of blockchain, with traditional financial giants like BlackRock and Fidelity not only offering Bitcoin ETFs but also embracing blockchain technology in the areas of stablecoins and tokenized stocks.Wuollet also noted that the integration of blockchain and AI is laying the groundwork for on-chain agency commerce. He mentioned that a large number of talents from the consumer AI sector are entering the crypto industry because they believe that the first agency payments will occur on-chain, and Stripe also discussed agency payments in its annual letter. Regarding the issue of fragmentation that different payment standards might cause, Wuollet believes that AI models are good at understanding different systems, so this is unlikely to slow down the adoption rate.

According to Arkham data, at 22:02, 35,000 SOL (worth approximately $2.9 million) was transferred from Fireblocks Custody to an anonymous address (starting with GiK5d...).

According to Beincrypto, French President Macron will deliver a speech at Paris Blockchain Week on April 15. The event will take place from April 15 to 16 at the Carrousel du Louvre, and he will also become the first sitting G7 head of state to speak at an institutional-level conference focused on digital assets. This move is seen as a historic milestone and further confirms France's institutional leadership position in the European digital finance sector.President Macron will outline the strategic priorities for shaping European digital sovereignty to approximately 10,000 attendees, including the development of stablecoins denominated in euros, the launch of the digital euro, and the establishment of relevant regulatory frameworks to promote Europe's core position in the global digital economy. The conference will also invite several senior French government officials directly involved in European digital asset regulation, stablecoin policy, and the construction of institutional financial infrastructure to attend.

The blockchain lottery platform Megapot announced the completion of a $5 million financing round, led by Dragonfly, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Bankless Ventures, and angel investors.The project operates on the Base network and uses stablecoins to achieve global fund settlement. Megapot plans to use this round of financing to further expand into more national markets and develop a mobile on-chain lottery platform for global users.

Zhou Xiaochuan, former governor of the People's Bank of China, stated yesterday at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026 that a good payment system is not a champion of a single technology or performance. Just like instant payment is not necessarily good, the most important thing is "adaptation." He pointed out that regulation needs to combat money laundering and prevent drug trafficking, cross-border gambling, telecom fraud, etc. Several central bank governors mentioned at the forum that digital currencies are now used in payment systems, but fraud also uses digital currencies, and "it is quite severe." Zhou Xiaochuan believes that the ability to combat fraud still needs to be continuously improved.When discussing the topic of regulatory adaptation, Zhou Xiaochuan mentioned stablecoins again. He said that now, as soon as the proceeds from telecom fraud arrive, they are immediately split into hundreds or thousands of accounts to evade compliance checks, which means it is quite difficult to recover losses afterward. "Stablecoins fundamentally bypass compliance checks; everyone needs to think clearly and not follow the trend." Zhou Xiaochuan also emphasized that cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology can be explored, but it does not mean that "peer-to-peer" and "decentralization" are all positive. One cannot hastily conclude that using correspondent banks and SWIFT messages in the original backend systems is outdated; the key is to adapt to the user's experience.

The cross-chain protocol LayerZero announced the integration with the institutional-focused blockchain Canton, becoming the first interoperability protocol for Canton. Traditional financial institutions can now use LayerZero to route tokenized assets on Canton—including securities, digital bonds, and stocks—to over 165 public chains while maintaining compliance and confidentiality requirements.In addition, investors can directly subscribe to tokenized real-world assets (RWA) on Canton using stablecoins from external public chains, and Canton’s native tokenization tools can also be transferred to other ecosystems for secondary market trading. Canton processes over $350 billion in U.S. Treasury repurchase transactions daily. LayerZero has previously partnered with DTCC and Centrifuge, the latter covering nearly $861 million in tokenized U.S. Treasuries.

According to monitoring by BlockSec, a suspicious transaction targeting an unknown contract (Stake) on the BSC chain was discovered, resulting in a loss of approximately $133,000.The attacker exploited a vulnerability in the spot price dependency of the Stake contract, manipulated the TUR price in the TUR-NOBEL pool, and then staked TUR. Based on the inflated price, they triggered reward calculations and claimed the amplified rewards through a referral account, ultimately exchanging the stolen TUR for USDT to profit.

According to Arkham data, at 03:12, 30,900 SOL (worth approximately $2.65 million) was transferred from Fireblocks Custody to Binance.

According to Arkham data, at 01:58, 38,700 SOL (worth approximately $3.3672 million) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with 4AK83Vf8...) to Fireblocks Custody.

According to CoinDesk, Jon Herrick, Chief Product Officer of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), stated at the New York Digital Assets Summit that the NYSE is committed to integrating blockchain technology into the existing market infrastructure rather than replacing traditional systems. Herrick emphasized that the exchange is pursuing "interoperability" and exploring the application scenarios of tokenized assets within the existing system, including real-time or near-real-time settlement and extended trading hours.He also pointed out that existing mechanisms such as central clearing still have irreplaceable risk management value and should be retained. Herrick predicted that the boundaries between traditional assets and tokenized assets may gradually disappear within the next decade. In addition, the NYSE's parent company, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), made a strategic investment in the cryptocurrency exchange OKX earlier this month, and the two parties will collaborate in the fields of crypto futures and tokenized stocks.

According to market news, the Solana core development team Anza has launched the Constellation protocol, a multi-concurrent proposer protocol that shortens Solana's block cycle to 50 milliseconds, making it the fastest blockchain in terms of economic rhythm at the protocol level.This protocol replaces the single leader model, eliminating exclusive control over transaction inclusion and ordering through concurrent proposers, enforcing fairness at the protocol level without relying on trusted third parties or modifying clients, while the validator economic model remains largely unchanged.

According to Arkham data, at 23:43, 6,969,400 TRUMP (worth approximately $23.14 million) was transferred from Fireblocks Custody to an anonymous address (starting with 6Rk5uwxJ...).

The European cryptocurrency trading platform Bitpanda announced the launch of the blockchain network Vision Chain, jointly built with the Vision Web3 Foundation and Optimism, to provide tokenized asset issuance and settlement infrastructure for European banks and fintech companies in compliance with the MiCA regulatory framework.The network uses euro stablecoins to pay transaction fees to avoid the risks of cryptocurrency price volatility.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Blockchain Capital has staked 10,976 ETH in the past 24 hours, worth 23.55 million dollars.

Ethereum block builder Eureka Labs announced the completion of a $6.7 million seed round financing, led by Spark Capital and Collider Ventures.It is reported that the company has introduced the concept of "programmable blocks," which incorporates executable logic during the block building phase, allowing blocks to not only package transactions but also achieve more complex functions, such as temporary fund calls, advanced computations, and more refined transaction sorting. Eureka Labs was founded in December 2024 and has now become the fourth largest block builder on Ethereum, but its market share is about 1.5%, showing a significant gap compared to leading builders.This round of financing was completed in two phases, raising $4.7 million in April 2025 and an additional $2 million in June. The company stated that this financing will be used to expand its block building technological capabilities and promote the application of "programmable blocks" within the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan today established the "Next Generation AI and On-Chain Finance Vision Project Group," founded by former Digital Minister Hirai Masaki, with former Ministry of Finance official and current chairman of the LDP Blockchain Promotion Parliamentary Alliance Kihara Seiji serving as director. The group is dedicated to formulating a national-level AI-driven on-chain finance framework, marking the formal inclusion of blockchain finance into the structural economic agenda of Japanese politics.Hirai Masaki stated in an interview that the integration of AI and blockchain will first impact the financial industry within a few years, saying, "This is not something that will happen in 5 to 10 years." He pointed out that while Japan already has infrastructure such as the JPYC stablecoin, the joint stablecoin projects of Mitsubishi UFJ, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho banks, as well as tokenized deposits from Japan Post Bank, there is a lack of a unified blueprint among these components.The project's recent goal is to publish a white paper covering regulatory reform proposals such as trust law, deposit insurance, and KYC frameworks, and to incorporate these into the LDP's growth strategy and the government's annual fiscal policy guidelines, while also pressuring the Financial Services Agency and the Ministry of Finance to accelerate action from regulatory bodies.

According to U.Today, the Bitcoin network experienced a rare two-block reorganization last night. At height 941880, the network briefly split into two competing chains. AntPool mined block 941881, and ViaBTC subsequently mined block 941882 on the same chain; meanwhile, Foundry USA mined its version of block 941881 and continued to mine its version of block 941882. After Foundry USA continued to mine blocks 941883, 941884, and 941885, the competing chain was broken, and the blocks from AntPool and ViaBTC were discarded as orphan blocks.This reorganization was not an attack or a failure, but rather a normal result of Bitcoin's decentralized consensus mechanism. Single-block reorganizations occur from time to time, but two-block reorganizations are relatively rare, indicating that the tie between the two chains lasted for an entire block cycle. Foundry USA mined seven consecutive blocks from 941879 to 941885.