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Artificial intelligence company DeepSeek seeks to raise funds for the first time, with a valuation exceeding 10 billion dollars.

Bank of AI and the Peking University Blockchain Association PKUBlockchain have officially released their first research report titled "Web4.0: When AI Agents Become Economic Entities------Infrastructure, Track Patterns, and Investment Outlook." The report systematically outlines the three-layer infrastructure gaps of the x402 payment protocol, ERC-8004 identity standard, and MCP tool invocation protocol, and focuses on how Bank of AI can package five core components into a one-stop Agent financial operating system, becoming a typical case of a closed-loop from protocol to product. The research report points out that the daily average transaction volume on the TRON chain exceeds $22 billion, with a circulation of $86 billion USDT, providing a scalable foundation for high-frequency micro-settlement for Agents. Both parties will continue to promote the coordinated development of Web4.0 infrastructure and the agent economy.

According to Decrypt, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins launched the first episode of the official podcast "Material Matters," collaborating with commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda to publicly express a pro-innovation regulatory stance.Atkins stated that the U.S. should become the global destination for innovation and characterized the current situation as "a significant turning point for the U.S. market." Uyeda criticized the Gensler era SEC for deviating from its core responsibilities, while Peirce emphasized that regulation should be open to innovators.

According to the official announcement, in order to optimize the trading experience and liquidity, the Bitget IPO Prime first phase project preSPAX will change from "over-the-counter trading" to "spot trading." The trading opening time is April 21 at 20:00 (UTC+8), and the swap function will be available 10 minutes after trading begins. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

According to market news, Xiaomi miclaw has officially passed the evaluation by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology's mobile intelligent assistant (Claw), becoming the first mobile intelligent agent in the country to pass this review.This evaluation was conducted based on the "General Framework for Intelligent Assistant Benchmark Testing," strictly assessing three major dimensions: basic capabilities, edge-side applications, and comprehensive capabilities. It is reported that Xiaomi miclaw relies on Xiaomi MiMo's self-developed large model, possessing four major capabilities: full ecological underlying support, deep memory, cross-domain interconnection, and continuous self-evolution, enabling it to connect mobile phones, PCs, cockpits, and AIoT devices to autonomously execute complex commands.

Product leader Jerry from Mentis confirmed attendance at the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum to be held on April 19 in Hong Kong, and will participate in a roundtable discussion. This event is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, and is one of the important peripheral activities of the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival.Mentis is an on-chain AI assistant designed to combine artificial intelligence and blockchain data to help users better understand the market, discover signals, and take action more quickly. This forum will focus on the paradigm shift under the deep integration of AI technology and cryptocurrency networks, engaging in in-depth discussions on cutting-edge tracks such as the AI Agent economy, smart payments, RWA, and cryptocurrency infrastructure. At the intersection of technological leap and economic restructuring, this themed forum not only provides insights into the current state of the industry but also offers a forward-looking reflection on the future smart economic system.Event registration: https://luma.com/18v6vwpf

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum processed 200.4 million base layer transactions in the first quarter of 2026, setting a new historical high and becoming the first quarter to surpass 200 million transactions.Data shows that this metric has continued to recover since its low of about 90 million transactions in 2023, with Q1 2026 growing 43% compared to 145 million transactions in Q4 2025. The report points out that this round of growth is mainly driven by Layer 2 network settlements and bridging activities, as well as an increase in stablecoin usage; currently, the supply of stablecoins on the Ethereum chain has reached $180 billion, accounting for about 60% of the global stablecoin market. However, the price of ETH has still fallen over 50% from its high of nearly $5,000 in August 2025.

U.S. President Trump said: I just had a great conversation with the President of Lebanon and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Both leaders agreed that in order to achieve peace between the two countries, they will officially begin a 10-day ceasefire at 5 PM Eastern Time.

According to Globenewswire, the American law firm Bernstein Liebhard has announced that it has filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit on behalf of investors against the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Space Station, alleging that Gemini made false statements regarding its business operations and prospects in its prospectus and related disclosures, particularly accused of exaggerating the viability of its core cryptocurrency platform business. Investors wishing to serve as lead plaintiffs must submit their applications by May 18, 2026.It is reported that Bernstein Liebhard is a well-known investor relations law firm that has previously filed class action lawsuits against companies such as Ruhnn, Apple, and AsiaInfo-Linkage.

According to HTX data, ORDI has continuously surged, briefly breaking through 7 dollars, currently reported at 6.889 dollars, with a 24-hour increase expanding to 151%.In the past 12 hours, the total liquidation of RAVE contracts across the network reached 11.91 million dollars, with long positions liquidating 9.47 million dollars and short positions liquidating 2.44 million dollars. The liquidation amount exceeds that of Bitcoin and Ethereum, ranking first across the network.

OmenX CMO Gisele confirmed her attendance at the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum to be held on April 19 in Hong Kong, and will participate in a roundtable discussion. This event is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, and is one of the important peripheral activities of the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival Conference.OmenX is a decentralized prediction market platform that supports leveraged trading, allowing users to trade on the outcomes of real-world events in crypto, sports, finance, and more by buying and selling long and short positions. This forum will focus on the paradigm shift under the deep integration of AI technology and crypto networks, engaging in in-depth discussions on cutting-edge tracks such as AI Agent economy, smart payments, RWA, and crypto infrastructure. At the intersection of technological leaps and economic restructuring, this themed forum not only provides insights into the current state of the industry but also offers a forward-looking reflection on the future smart economic system.Event registration: https://luma.com/18v6vwpf

Gate, as the first centralized exchange to connect to Polymarket, shows that the probability of a closing market value forecast of over $2 trillion for the SpaceX IPO is about 46%, making it the highest probability option currently.It is reported that Gate has launched the first phase of the Pre-IPOs project, SpaceX (SPCX). The subscription for this phase of SpaceX (SPCX) will be open from April 20, 2026, 18:00 to April 22, 18:00 (UTC+8), supporting participation in both USDT and GUSD. After the subscription is completed, the SPCX asset certificates are expected to be distributed before April 22, 22:00 (UTC+8) and will enter pre-market trading in a 100% unlocked form, with pre-market trading starting at April 24, 18:00 (UTC+8). The total subscription amount is 33,900 SPCX, with a total value of approximately $20.01 million, a unit price of $590, corresponding to an implied valuation of about $1.4 trillion.In terms of participation mechanism, Gate Pre-IPOs adopts "average locked amount per hour" for allocation, emphasizing early participation weight. The minimum participation threshold is 100 USDT, and no handling or custody fees are charged. Gate Pre-IPOs will continue to focus on early participation opportunities for high-quality projects before listing, providing users with a new entry point to access global quality assets.

Brevis co-founder and CEO Michael confirmed attendance at the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" themed forum to be held in Hong Kong on April 19, and will participate in a roundtable discussion. This event is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, and is one of the important peripheral activities of the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival.Brevis is a zero-knowledge verifiable computing platform for Web3, allowing applications to move complex and expensive computations off-chain while providing trustworthy proofs on-chain. Its core components include Pico zkVM, ZK data co-processor, and the decentralized proof market ProverNet, which has generated hundreds of millions of proofs for over 40 protocols, covering 6 mainstream blockchains. This forum will focus on the paradigm shift under the deep integration of AI technology and crypto networks, engaging in in-depth discussions on cutting-edge tracks such as AI Agent economy, smart payments, RWA, and crypto infrastructure. At the intersection of technological leaps and economic restructuring, this themed forum not only provides insights into the current state of the industry but also offers a forward-looking reflection on the future smart economic system.Event registration: https://luma.com/18v6vwpf

The enterprise digital asset infrastructure platform Fireblocks has launched a new feature called Earn, allowing institutional clients to allocate stablecoin balances to on-chain lending strategies through products supported by Aave and Morpho, in order to enhance the efficiency of idle capital utilization.The product is initially integrated with the Morpho vault and Aave stablecoin lending market, curated by Sentora, and is now open for Early Access to Fireblocks clients. Fireblocks stated that the earnings are generated by the underlying protocols, are variable returns, are not guaranteed, and may be 0. Data shows that Aave and Morpho are currently the top two decentralized lending protocols by total locked value.

The UK asset management firm Legal & General has put its managed liquidity funds, exceeding £50 billion, on-chain through the tokenized distribution network launched by Calastone.The firm is now offering money market funds in tokenized share form on this network, supporting USD, EUR, and GBP, covering issuance, trading, and same-day settlement. Investors can purchase, hold, and transfer the related tokenized shares within a permissioned, regulated network. The relevant funds will be deployed on Ethereum and compatible blockchains, with plans to expand to more networks in the future.

Bitwise officially launched the spot Avalanche ETF (ticker: BAVA) today. This ETF directly holds AVAX tokens and plans to stake the held AVAX, sharing an average staking yield of about 5.4% while maintaining liquidity.The spot AVAX ETF had a trading volume of $400,000 in the first 90 minutes of trading today, which Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart described as "quite good."