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The General Office of the State Council has released guiding opinions on strengthening regulation, preventing risks, and promoting the high-quality development of private equity investment funds. The opinions mention adhering to goal-oriented and problem-oriented approaches, addressing issues such as the need to improve the access mechanism for the private equity fund industry, inadequate regulation, incomplete systems, insufficient coordination and cooperation among ministries, central and local governments, the failure to implement the responsibilities of some government investment funds and state-owned enterprise investment fund contributors, and the use of some private equity funds as tools for illegal activities, new forms of corruption, and hidden corruption. A system and long-term mechanism for strengthening regulation and preventing risks will be established to promote the development of the industry in a standardized manner and enhance it during development.Uphold functional positioning, coordinate the overall layout, optimize increments, revitalize existing resources, support the excellent and limit the inferior, improve quality and efficiency, and strictly prohibit private equity funds from engaging in illegal activities such as lending and disguised debt. Adhere to classified regulation, implementing "one policy for one category" regulation based on different dimensions such as contributor entities and product types. Insist on regulating both legal and illegal entities, with strict regulation for legal institutions, resolute prohibition of illegal institutions, and severe crackdowns on illegal activities.Promote the revision of the Securities Investment Fund Law. Push for the issuance of judicial documents related to criminal cases involving private equity funds. Formulate regulations for the supervision of private equity fund managers, information disclosure, fundraising, and mandatory custody rules. Introduce standardized arrangements for private equity fund betting agreements. Fully establish a regulatory system for private equity funds that is primarily based on administrative regulation and supplemented by self-regulation.

BNB Chain announced that it will hold the BNB Hack: AI Trading Agent themed hackathon season from June 3 to 21. This event is in collaboration with CoinMarketCap and Trust Wallet, aiming to enable developers to build intelligent agents that can automatically formulate strategies and trade 24/7 based on their tech stack.The hackathon features 2 main tracks, with a sprint period of 3 weeks and a total prize pool of $36,000. Additional rewards include API credits, one-on-one mentorship, and ecosystem resource support.

According to CoinDesk, global payment networks Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard are preparing to launch a new stablecoin platform. Sources reveal that cryptocurrency exchange Binance is also exploring the possibility of participating in this stablecoin platform.Currently, Coinbase, Stripe, and Visa have all declined to comment, and Mastercard did not respond to comment requests before publication. In addition, the revenue-sharing agreement between Coinbase and Circle Internet is set to renew in August this year, with the current market capitalization of USDC reaching 76 billion dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale Loracle has closed its short positions in BTC, LIT, TON, and VVV. The HYPE short position is still being closed, with a remaining 1.518 million HYPE short positions (approximately 10.5 million USD), resulting in a loss of over 36 million USD. New long positions have been opened in ZEC (10x), ASTER, and TON (5x), and the holdings are still increasing.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, the whale trader Evaded (@ICanPlug) has closed his long positions in HYPE, ZEC, and ETH, making a profit of 4.56 million dollars, and has opened a new short position of 990 BTC with 15x leverage, worth approximately 74.5 million dollars, with current unrealized profits exceeding 1 million dollars.

Binance will launch the AVNT/U, BIO/U, CHIP/U, CHIP/USD1, KAT/U, USD1/TRY, and XAUT/USD1 spot trading pairs on April 28, 2026, at 16:00, and will open trading bot services for these trading pairs. Users can enjoy zero Maker fees for the AVNT/U, BIO/U, CHIP/U, and KAT/U spot and leveraged trading pairs during the event period starting from April 28, 2026, at 16:00 until further notice.

Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett reported that the financial disclosures of Federal Reserve Chair nominee Waller show that he holds early-stage investments through employment-related investment vehicles, covering a wide range of areas, including some crypto infrastructure projects. The projects involved include: Compound (decentralized lending protocol), Optimism and Blast (Ethereum Layer 2 network), as well as Solana, in addition to trading infrastructure, crypto investment firms, and platforms in various fields such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology. These holdings appear to be relatively small, with poor liquidity, and have not generated reportable income, indicating a preference for indirect venture capital-style exposure rather than direct, tradable liquid assets.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will automatically close and settle the perpetual contracts for OLUSDT, HIPPOUSDT, RLSUSDT, and PUFFERUSDT on April 8, 2026, at 09:00 (UTC), and for WIFUSD and WLDUSD on April 9, 2026, at 09:00 (UTC), and will subsequently delist them. Users need to close their positions on their own before the respective times.

Bitget officially launched the GetClaw trading feature and is the first in the world to offer independent trading accounts for AI Agents, advancing the role of AI in trading scenarios from "assistive tools" to capable "autonomous traders."Currently, GetClaw supports users in initiating trading commands within the Telegram chat environment. Supported features include spot trading, USDT margin contract trading, limit orders, position closing, as well as various trading methods such as scheduled task triggers and immediate execution.At the same time, users can prepare trading funds for GetClaw sub-accounts through asset transfer functions and directly query orders, positions, and account information in the conversation, forming a closed-loop trading process from command initiation to execution feedback.In terms of application scenarios, GetClaw covers various real trading needs such as 24/7 market monitoring, technical signal-driven strategy execution, trend following, range oscillation and grid execution, news event response, on-chain signal capture, take profit and stop loss, and dynamic capital scheduling.In terms of security, Bitget adopts an independent sub-account mechanism, using the design principles of "independent isolation, permission convergence, and controllable risk" to limit the trading behavior of Agents to operate within independent account boundaries. While releasing the trading capabilities of the agents, it ensures they remain within clear, trustworthy, and manageable boundaries.

Web3 asset data platform RootData issued a daily transparency alert on Twitter (X), noting the lack of information on decentralized exchanges such as Hydration, Hyperbot, SideShift.ai, Lynex, and Beets regarding team details, key calendar events, token data, etc. It calls on project teams to submit/update information on RootData to enhance their transparency scores. Additionally, RootData stated that it will continue to monitor and expose "black box" projects that lack core information.It is reported that the RootData transparency score is used to measure the integrity and timeliness of projects, aiming to reflect the information disclosure situation of the projects. The transparency score is divided into 5 levels from A to F, with lower scores indicating more incomplete information disclosure and higher risks of misconduct, requiring investors to be highly vigilant.

Binance will remove the following leveraged trading pairs on March 27, 2026, at 14:00: cross-margin trading pairs XRP/BNB, AXS/BTC, ETC/BTC, ATOM/BTC, DASH/BTC, BCH/USD1, PUNDIX/USDC, AVAX/USD1, F/USDC; isolated margin trading pairs AVAX/ETH, AXS/BTC, ETC/BTC, ATOM/BTC, DASH/BTC, F/USDC.Please note that the isolated margin lending services for the relevant trading pairs will be suspended on March 24, 2026, at 14:00, and automatic liquidation and settlement will take place on March 27, 2026, at 14:00.

Bitget officially launched GetClaw, allowing users to start using it directly without local deployment or technical background by fully migrating the operating environment of the agent to the cloud. Previously, the use of AI trading agents typically required users to have certain technical skills or complete cumbersome local configurations. GetClaw completely eliminates this barrier through a cloud-based architecture, further lowering the threshold for using AI trading tools.In terms of functionality, GetClaw supports 24/7 market monitoring, memory of user position preferences, automatic execution of trading signals, and strategy backtesting, enabling the AI agent to continuously optimize trading decisions based on market changes and user strategies. The current early access version has opened some core features, and trading functions will be launched with the official version. By deeply integrating AI automation capabilities with the trading execution system, Bitget further promotes the transition of AI-driven trading tools from technical exploration to practical application scenarios.

According to the X Money account opening process disclosed by crypto KOL AB Kuai.Dong, currently, you only need to enter your name, Social Security number (similar to an ID number), and residential address to successfully open an account. The security verification is completed using Apple Face ID or a PIN code, and the entire process takes less than 1 minute.It is reported that in addition to virtual debit cards, X Money will also offer physical savings cards, which can be used for cash withdrawals at ATMs and for everyday card purchases. The limit for a single bank transfer is $1 million, and the withdrawal limit is $100,000.

Binance will delist the following spot trading pairs on March 6, 2026, at 11:00: CHZ/BNB, ENA/BRL, NEIRO/JPY, and RLC/BTC. Users can still trade the related underlying assets and quoted assets on other trading pairs on the Binance platform. Please note that Binance will also remove the trading bot services for the above trading pairs, and it is recommended that users disable the related trading bots before the service is stopped to avoid potential losses.

Binance leverage will add the PAXG/USD 1 full margin trading pair on February 10, 2026, at 16:30, and will add the ASTER/U, SUI/U, and XRP/U full margin trading pairs on the same day at 18:30.

Binance will delist the following spot trading pairs on February 10, 2026, at 16:00: ARDR/BTC, BB/BNB, BB/BTC, BERA/BTC, DIA/BTC, FLUX/BTC, GALA/FDUSD, GPS/BNB, GRT/FDUSD, GUN/FDUSD, ICP/ETH, ICX/BTC, KAITO/FDUSD, KERNEL/BNB, MANA/ETH, NOM/FDUSD, REQ/BTC, XNO/BTC, YGG/BTC, and ZRO/BTC. Users can still trade the relevant tokens on other trading pairs, and it is recommended that users disable related services before the trading bot service is stopped.

ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood stated on the X platform that, contrary to the current mainstream view, BTC, ETH, Solana, and hyperliquid may be good options for diversified investments.Since the beginning of 2020, the correlation between Bitcoin prices and gold prices has been low, at only 0.14. Gold has led Bitcoin in the last two Bitcoin bull markets.

According to the official announcement, Gate ETF will officially launch A XBR3L/3S (Brent Crude Oil), XTI3L/3S (WTI Crude Oil), NAS1003L/3S (Nasdaq 100 Index), SPX5003L/3S (S&P 500 Index), HK503L/3S (Hong Kong Hang Seng Index), US303L/3S (Dow Jones Industrial Index), UK1003L/3S (FTSE 100 Index), and JPN2253L/3S (Nikkei 225 Index) on January 30 at 11:00 (UTC+8). All support 3x long/short. Gate ETF currently supports trading of 328 types of tokens.In addition, Gate will launch a new coin trading challenge from January 30 at 11:00 to February 09 at 11:00 (UTC+8). Users who register and participate in trading XBR3L/3S, XTI3L/3S, NAS1003L/3S, SPX5003L/3S, HK503L/3S, US303L/3S, UK1003L/3S, or JPN2253L/3S can share a prize pool of 30,000 USDT. Completing the specified trading volume daily allows participants to randomly receive 20--100 USDT, with a maximum cumulative reward of 700 USDT; if all participants meet the standards, they can also share a reward of 20,000 USDT based on trading volume proportion.Additionally, inviting friends to participate in trading can earn up to 500 USDT in blind box rewards.