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Keone Hon from Monad Lianchuang stated: "I feel that the lending protocol for the liquidity pool should set rate limits on the supply of assets deposited as collateral. For example, if the current supply is 100 million and the supply cap is 300 million, then in the next 10 minutes, the maximum allowed increase should be to 110 million, rather than allowing a one-time deposit of the full 200 million. In reality, no one needs to complete such a large deposit all at once.This is important because when certain exotic assets are attacked, the impact depends on the scale of the exit channels for that asset. Especially in many cases where attacks belong to infinite issuance vulnerabilities, the scale of the exit that can be made essentially determines the upper limit of the attack losses. Lending protocols are often the largest exit channels. If a smart cap is introduced, where the initial cap is slightly above the current supply and is gradually adjusted to the real cap over several hours, it would have a huge effect. With such a mechanism, rsETH depositors could have avoided about 200 million dollars in losses.This also raises a point: the asset issuers themselves should support such mechanisms. If you are issuing redeemable tokens with redemption delays, you are not worried about hackers redeeming directly from you, but you need to compress the scale of external exit paths as much as possible without affecting normal users. Therefore, a high supply cap should be seen as a risk rather than a symbol of strength. For example, the Hyperbridge DOT attack did not result in a 100 million dollar loss because there were very few exit paths; the Resolv attack loss was 24 million dollars instead of 200 million dollars because the scale of the exit path limited the loss cap. This is an obvious principle, but there are still immediately actionable measures: audit the supply caps of all assets and lower the caps when unnecessary."

At the "Crypto 2026: From Cryptocurrency to Smart Economy" forum held in Hong Kong, Gongye Feng, co-founder and CEO of Monera Digital, delivered a keynote speech titled "AI Empowered Private Banking for the Smart Economy."Feng pointed out that what disappeared after 2022 was not the demand for digital assets, but the market's confidence in the ways capital could enter. Monera Digital positions itself as an AI private bank for the smart economy, where the core is not using AI as traders, but as an accelerator that compresses the research, testing, and iteration cycles from months to days.He emphasized that risk control must be institutionalized rather than personalized. Monera has built four lines of defense: constraints on exposure and collateral at the source, automated clearing and margin management, complete isolation of client assets, and eliminating maturity mismatches while maintaining liquidity buffers. In addition, AI plays the role of a 24/7 digital CRO, achieving a leap from passive monitoring to proactive warning.In terms of service model, Monera does not operate as a pure technology platform, but insists on "anti-AI illusion," where AI is responsible for optimization and efficiency, while trust, responsibility, and continuity of relationships are still borne by humans. Feng believes that the prerequisite for crypto assets to truly become configurable assets is to translate complexity into clear, continuous, and trustworthy private banking services.

The head of the Spark Protocol strategy, monetsupply.eth, posted on platform X stating that in January of this year, low-usage assets like rsETH were removed and collateral and functionality were continuously tightened. This move sparked strong dissatisfaction among "ETH leveraged" users at the time.Additionally, Spark has long set a high upper limit on interest rates in the ETH lending market, transferring some business and revenue to Aave over the past year (where its ETH borrowing rate once dropped to 10% or below). However, in the current market crisis environment, this strategy has proven to be more prudent. Currently, SparkLend still maintains sufficient ETH withdrawal liquidity, while Aave has experienced liquidity tightness and even "lock-up" situations in the Ethereum mainnet and multi-chain markets like Arbitrum and Base.monetsupply.eth further warned that since ETH is the core collateral asset, when market utilization reaches 100%, collateral liquidation will not be able to execute normally. The depletion of liquidity not only affects the depositor experience but may also pose systemic risks. In the current situation of insufficient liquidity in Aave, a 15%-20% drop in ETH prices could lead to significant bad debt accumulation (in addition to the potential impact of the rsETH incident).

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin stated that artificial intelligence will be a key turning point in the next phase of development for the cryptocurrency industry. However, if computing power and infrastructure are controlled by a few large tech companies, it could pose systemic risks.In the future, AI agents could autonomously execute transactions, collaborate, and verify on blockchain networks, becoming the foundation of a "machine economy." Cryptographic technology and decentralized systems will ensure transparency and accountability, allowing machines to supervise each other.Additionally, he believes that traditional finance and DeFi are accelerating their integration, driving the global economy towards a more refined and programmable direction, while the risks of quantum computing are a long-term manageable issue that Ethereum developers have already prepared for.

According to The Block, Strategy proposed to update its STRC preferred stock dividend payment plan from once a month to twice a month.According to the statement, Strategy will hold its annual shareholder meeting on June 8, at which time the voting on the Stretch update proposal will conclude. If approved, the first record date for the new semi-monthly payment plan will be June 30, with the first payment expected to be made on July 15.The company stated that this change could "reduce reinvestment lag, improve liquidity, enhance market efficiency, and strengthen price stability."

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that he will closely monitor the market's response to inflation expectations.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that he will closely monitor whether there are signs of increasing pressure in employment data.

According to the threat intelligence released by the SlowMist security team, its threat intelligence system MistEye has received community feedback regarding an active social engineering attack targeting cryptocurrency users.The attackers contact target users under the pretext of project collaboration, luring them to use a counterfeit "Harmony Voice" software (domain: harmony-voice[.]app) for so-called real-time translation, which is actually malware. SlowMist has synchronized the relevant threat intelligence (IOC) to its corporate clients.

According to Jinshi reports, Goldman Sachs' head of asset allocation research, Muller-Grissman, stated that the recent rise in U.S. stocks requires the Federal Reserve to restart interest rate cuts to maintain momentum. He described the stock market rebound as a "rapid and fierce recovery phase," partly driven by technical factors, including hedge funds being forced to rebuild positions. Although the S&P 500 is expected to rise more than 3% for three consecutive weeks, he questioned whether the upward trend is sustainable without monetary policy support.

According to official news, the Binance wallet plugin now supports mnemonic-derived accounts. By backing up a set of mnemonics, you can derive up to 99 independent accounts.It can protect the security of mnemonics and efficiently manage accounts; multi-chain support allows a single account to be used across chains. The supported plugin version is 1.12.0 and above.

According to a report by The Block, Mizuho Bank research analysts released a report on Thursday stating that the financial feature X Money launched by Elon Musk's X platform has the potential to disrupt the U.S. payment industry, but the cryptocurrency integration plan may face regulatory obstacles.Mizuho analysts Dan Dolev and Andrew Jenkins wrote in a client report that X Money is positioned as the financial infrastructure layer of the X platform, aiming to integrate instant messaging, bank deposits, and commercial transaction functions, similar to the "super app" model of WeChat Pay or Alipay. With 500 to 600 million monthly active users on the X platform and Musk's background as a co-founder of PayPal in the payment industry, X Money has the potential to disrupt the U.S. payment industry.On the regulatory front, the analysts pointed out two major potential obstacles: first, the recent "CRYPTO Act" proposed in New York aims to criminalize unlicensed virtual currency operations in the state, which will raise the compliance threshold for X's future cryptocurrency integration plans; second, the "Clarity Act" may restrict non-bank financial platforms from offering yields to users, potentially hindering X Money's plan to provide users with an annualized yield of 6% on cash balances, with analysts stating that the timing for the launch of this yield product is "particularly sensitive."Mizuho also downgraded PayPal (PYPL) stock rating to "neutral," noting that PayPal and its Venmo app face the most direct substitution risk, as X is targeting the same peer-to-peer transfer and digital wallet entry points.This week, the X platform also launched a new feature called "Cashtags," allowing users to view financial data for stocks and cryptocurrencies directly in their timeline.

According to Jinshi reports, New York Fed President Williams reiterated that monetary policy remains in a favorable position to address the threat of long-term supply shocks caused by the Middle East war. He stated that the current monetary policy stance can balance the risks to employment and inflation targets. Williams expects U.S. economic growth this year to be between 2% and 2.5%, with an unemployment rate of about 4.25% to 4.5%, and an inflation rate between 2.75% and 3%.

According to official news, the HTX Genesis Hackathon, hosted by HTX DAO and B.AI, and co-hosted by TinTinLand and OpenCity, will kick off on April 21 in Hong Kong. This event will deeply focus on the "AI x Web3" track and is expected to attract over 100 participating teams and more than 400 core developers. At that time, prominent guests such as Huobi HTX global advisor Sun Yuchen and HTX DAO ambassador Molly will attend to discuss the trends of the integration and evolution of AI and Web3, as well as the direction of its industrialization. In addition, during the event, the HTX ecological empowerment plan will also be launched, providing up to $10 million in grant funding for outstanding projects, along with comprehensive support including listing, traffic, technology, and incubation, to help quality projects accelerate their landing and growth.

According to Cointelegraph, the Cato Institute, a U.S. think tank, released a report stating that the U.S. government should eliminate the capital gains tax on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to make it easier for cryptocurrencies to be used as everyday currency and to promote fair competition among different currencies.Currently, U.S. tax law treats Bitcoin as a capital asset, triggering a taxable event when users pay for goods or services with Bitcoin, requiring the calculation and reporting of capital gains. This results in even small everyday purchases potentially generating hundreds of pages of tax documents, significantly increasing the compliance burden. Cato aims to remove the current U.S. tax policy barriers to the use of cryptocurrencies as currency. Cato researcher Anthony emphasized, "Congress should simplify the tax code so that ordinary Americans can easily fulfill their obligations, which will greatly alleviate the pressure of tax season and create a more competitive economic environment."According to a 2025 survey, 39% of U.S. cryptocurrency holders have used crypto assets to purchase goods and services, and currently, about 11,000 merchants worldwide accept Bitcoin payments.

The price of XAUT has fallen below the $4,800 mark, currently reported at $4,792.71, with a 24-hour decline of 0.21%, maintaining a slight correction trend overall.According to real-time data from CoinGlass, the total 24-hour trading volume of XAUT spot across the network reached $251 million. Among them, the performance of the Gate platform was outstanding, with a 24-hour spot trading volume of the XAUT/USDT trading pair reaching $20.0262 million, ranking third globally. At the same time, the platform recorded a net inflow of $2.4313 million in spot trading, ranking first globally.Currently, Gate has fully deepened its TradFi layout, with the spot sector supporting stock and metal trading, and the contract sector covering diversified assets such as gold, silver, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities. With a flexible USDT settlement mechanism and leverage of up to 100 times, Gate continues to assist global investors in achieving cross-market, round-the-clock asset allocation and risk management.

According to analyst Alicharts, Bitcoin is at a critical turning point. Bitcoin is testing the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) resistance level, marking its third test in six months. The previous two tests ended in failure: in October last year, Bitcoin faced rejection, leading to a 30% drop from $116,000 to $80,000. In January, Bitcoin similarly faced rejection, resulting in a 39% drop from $97,000 to $59,800.Alicharts warns that a third rejection here would represent a significant structural failure. It could trigger a triple top effect, potentially pushing Bitcoin's price back to the annual low of $59,800. If BTC can ultimately break through this barrier and close above the 100-day SMA, then the upper limit will be breached. A breakout here would open a direct path to $80,000 - $84,000, confirming that the macro adjustment may have ended.

According to analyst Darkfost, Bitcoin has experienced a net outflow from CEX almost every day for the past two months, indicating a trend of accumulation among investors.This type of structural outflow is often seen as a positive signal of reduced selling pressure, especially during the current price consolidation phase, which may indicate that the selling power is exhausted, while also suggesting that Bitcoin is being transferred from CEX to long-term holding wallets.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the last whale trader on Hyperliquid has completely closed a long position in ETH and BTC worth approximately $398 million, with a total profit of about $68.47 million.This trader opened long positions of 120,000 ETH and 1,500 BTC through four addresses between February and March, and began to take profits in batches after a significant rebound in the crypto market. The opening range for ETH was approximately $2,000 to $2,150, with profits taken around $2,390; the opening price for BTC was around $68,420, with profits taken around $74,700.

According to Gate market data, Tesla's stock price rose by 7.9%, expected to set the largest single-day increase in over nine months.

According to Decrypt, U.S. Senator Warren recently expressed concerns about Musk's planned payment platform X Money, stating that it could pose risks to consumer protection, national security, and the stability of the financial system.Warren pointed out that after acquiring and reshaping X, Musk is pushing it to become a "super app" that covers "all aspects of users' financial lives," potentially even replacing the traditional banking system. She questioned the performance of the X platform in terms of security and content governance, believing that this undermines its credibility in entering the consumer finance sector.Additionally, Warren criticized the current regulatory environment for becoming more lenient, including the "GENIUS Act" promoted by the Trump administration, which provides a "special pathway" for private companies to issue stablecoins, potentially weakening necessary regulatory constraints.