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Securitize announced the appointment of Brett Redfearn as President and a member of the Board of Directors.Brett Redfearn previously served as the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Securitize, and this promotion marks his advancement to a higher leadership position. He has been responsible for regulatory and market structure-related business at the SEC, JPMorgan, and Coinbase. Securitize stated that Redfearn will be responsible for driving the expansion of its regulated platform business in compliance token issuance, trading, and fund management, with a focus on strengthening collaboration with regulators and institutional investors to support the construction of a new generation of financial infrastructure based on tokenization.

According to official news, the Gate 13 anniversary celebration event has officially started, with the first stop "Early Bird Boarding Program" now online. The early bird phase activity runs from April 9, 17:00 to April 17, 12:00 (UTC+8). Users can participate in daily quiz challenges to win exclusive tickets, lottery chances, and cabin upgrade qualifications, as well as the opportunity to share a million prize pool.During the event, users who complete all quiz questions for the first time will receive an economy class boarding ticket and one lottery chance. The higher the cabin class, the greater the probability of winning high-value prizes. In addition, users who have boarded can also gain more lottery chances by sharing the event, inviting friends to register and trade, making deposits, spot or contract trading, participating in wealth management, and completing tasks like CandyDrop. Prizes include 13th anniversary merchandise packages, 1g gold tickets, limited edition Red Bull car models, upgrade vouchers, USDT rewards, position experience gold, and fee rebate vouchers.At the same time, during the anniversary celebration, 13 time capsule items will be gradually unlocked. Users who complete the early bird station's first quiz and any lottery task will have the chance to participate in the draw for the 13th anniversary mystery gift after collecting all 13 items.

S&P Global Market Intelligence released a report indicating that the stablecoin market size has surpassed $316 billion, but the overall strategic layout of the banking industry is still in its early stages.Among 100 banks surveyed in Q1 2026, only 7% are developing relevant frameworks, and no institutions have launched pilot programs. Banks are primarily concerned about deposit outflows, intensified competition, and unclear impacts on revenue. It is expected that large banks will focus on tokenized deposits, while small and medium-sized banks will emphasize fiat currency inflows and outflows, and both will require significant upgrades to their existing systems.

According to Jinshi, the annual rate of the U.S. core PCE price index for February recorded 3%, down from 3.1% last month, in line with market expectations. The monthly rate of the U.S. core PCE price index for February remained unchanged at 0.4%, also in line with expectations.

According to Crowdfund Insider, the Dutch bank ClearBank has announced that it has obtained approval for the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and has received a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). It will launch digital asset services, including stablecoins. The bank also stated that it plans to support euro and dollar-based stablecoins (EURC and USDC) in the future to enhance the efficiency of cross-border transfers and payments.In addition, ClearBank announced that it will provide savings account services through Coinbase and will be included in the coverage of the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

According to Arkham monitoring, about 50 minutes ago, BlackRock transferred a total of 19,935 ETH, worth $43,650,000, to a Coinbase Prime address through its Ethereum exchange-traded fund ETHA, with further trading operations expected afterward.

According to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is currently at 13, down 5 points from yesterday. The average for the past 7 days is 12, and the average for the past 30 days is 13.

According to GMGN monitoring, the Meme coin Freedom of Money on the BSC chain has continued to decline since the official release of CZ's English version of the new book, with expectations of its implementation. As of now, the coin price has dropped nearly 40% from yesterday's high and has retreated 43.5% from the market value peak on April 7. The current market value is reported at 12.9 million USD, with a 24-hour trading volume of approximately 6.3 million USD.ChainCatcher reminds users that Meme coin trading is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and speculative concepts, and has no actual value or use cases. Investors should be aware of the risks.

According to BBX data, based on official market announcements and corporate regulatory documents, the latest developments in the compliance infrastructure of global brokerage giants and the financial strategies of mining companies are as follows:Charles Schwab clarifies the spot trading timetable: The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: $SCHW) President and CEO Rick Wurster officially confirmed in a letter to shareholders this Monday that Charles Schwab will launch spot trading services for Bitcoin and Ethereum in the first half of 2026. The plan will undergo a limited rollout in the second quarter (Q2), followed by a full expansion to its large customer base.CME derivatives compliance expansion: CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: $CME) announced that, given the record average daily nominal trading volume of $8 billion for its crypto derivatives in March this year, the company has decided to further enhance its crypto strategy by officially launching futures contracts for Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) on May 4, including standard and micro versions.Core Scientific plans to fully liquidate Bitcoin reserves: Core Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: $CORZ) in its latest 10-K annual and quarterly regulatory filings provided Wall Street with extremely clear guidance: during 2026, the company expects to "substantially monetize all" of its Bitcoin reserves to enhance liquidity and fund planned capital expenditures. This means the company will completely transform into a spot seller, liquidating its digital treasury to purchase the hardware needed for AI transformation.

The Ethereum Foundation stated on the X platform that today it will exchange 5,000 ETH for stablecoins through CoWSwap's TWAP feature, as part of ongoing funding for research and development, grants, and donations.

According to The Block, Ethereum researchers are exploring the "Block-in-Blobs" proposal (EIP-8142), which plans to encode block execution load data into Blobs. Validators can verify data existence through Data Availability Sampling (DAS) without needing to download the complete dataset, reducing bandwidth pressure and improving scalability.In the zkEVM scenario, this proposal can also fill the gap where zero-knowledge proofs cannot guarantee data availability and aims to unify execution Gas and Blob data usage into a single "data Gas" system.In addition, Biconomy, in collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation, proposed ERC-8211, which supports executing multiple operations in sequence under a single signature to reduce failed transactions and optimize the DeFi interaction experience.

According to Polybeats statistics, at least 11 addresses profited from the "US-Iran Ceasefire" prediction market on Polymarket through their predictions. The address with the highest profit, 0xffa6b3...30fe, made approximately $405,000, while 0xa4eb52...d010 profited around $339,000.The total profit for all addresses reached $1,913,292.47. These trades were concentrated in several ceasefire deadline markets expiring from March to April. Some early bets on the March ceasefire positions initially incurred losses, but as the expectations for the ceasefire materialized in early April, later positions saw significant profits.

According to CryptoQuant data, the number of active Bitcoin addresses has dropped to an 8-year low, indicating a decrease in speculative activity and a potential long-term accumulation phase.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) reveals his past with FTX founder SBF in his new book "Binance Life."In the summer of 2019, just a month after FTX launched, SBF actively sought investment. At that time, Binance CFO Zhou Wei supported the investment, and CZ ultimately decided to invest after FTX's valuation was lowered and a proposal to exchange BNB for FTT was made. However, after the investment, SBF poached Binance's VIP client manager with a fivefold salary, taking all VIP client information, which led to clients receiving targeted offers from FTX.CZ pointed out that SBF appeared to have high emotional intelligence and promoted "effective altruism," yet shortly after the investment, he was speaking ill of Binance all over Washington. In 2021, there were reports that FTX executives had close ties with politically connected Michelle Bond, promoting FTX while belittling Binance. Additionally, friends confirmed that SBF had publicly slandered Binance at closed-door gatherings. CZ had asked SBF to stop poaching, and while SBF verbally agreed, he continued to recruit with high salaries.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) recalled in his new book that in July 2013, he first heard about Bitcoin during a poker game with investors and entrepreneurs. At that time, Cao Darong, the general manager of Kuangshi China, casually mentioned, "There's a new thing called Bitcoin that you can take a look at," and then Li Qiyuan, the CEO of Bitcoin China, further suggested that he allocate 10% of his assets to Bitcoin, which was priced at $70 at the time.CZ revealed that during his time selling trading systems, he gradually developed a liking for playing Texas Hold'em, golf, and going to KTV.

OKX founder and CEO Star responded on Twitter regarding the "12 years ago OKCoin employee forged contract" incident, stating that the evidence of the richest man (suspected to refer to CZ) forging contracts during his tenure at OKCoin was already publicly available on the internet 12 years ago. Star also attached a YouTube video disclosed at that time, which contains QQ chat records between "CZ" and an accountant.According to CZ's new book "Binance Life," in the early years, CZ worked at the exchange OKCoin founded by Xu Mingxing. In January 2015, Xu Mingxing attempted to renegotiate his 10% stake in OKXCoin. CZ stated in the book that after his departure, Xu Mingxing continued to accuse him of forging the cooperation contract between Roger Ver and OKCoin during his tenure.