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X product leader Nikita Bier posted on the X platform stating that, according to the aggregated data from the trading pilot, since the launch of Cashtags on Tuesday evening, the social platform X has driven approximately $1 billion in transaction volume globally. This data comes from the platform's early pilot phase and shows a significant pull effect on market liquidity and user engagement after the integration of social platform and trading functions.

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.

According to official news, the BTTC Bridge transaction record page has completed its functional upgrade and is officially online, aiming to provide cross-chain users with a more efficient and transparent asset tracking experience. This update introduces a dual-view independent display mode for "All Records" and "In Progress," and launches a multi-dimensional filtering tool that supports flexible combination retrieval by transaction status, type, and custom date range. At the same time, the page has strengthened the exclusive identification marks for incoming, outgoing, and cross-chain activities, helping users quickly locate the flow of funds. Users can now access the platform to experience a clearer cross-chain transaction management view, and the team will continue to refine product details to serve a broader range of on-chain interaction scenarios.

Cuy Sheffield, the head of Visa's crypto business, stated that two American banks, Lead Bank and Cross River, have settled transactions using USDC on Solana.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of South Korea announced that it will launch a pilot program for blockchain deposit tokens in Sejong City in the fourth quarter of 2026, to replace traditional government procurement card payments.The project has been approved under the 2026 regulatory sandbox program, allowing institutions to pay business promotion expenses in the form of tokenized deposits. Token payments can preset spending limits and available industry ranges, helping to reduce the need for manual audits and lowering transaction fees for small businesses by removing intermediaries such as card networks.This is the second application of deposit tokens in fiscal operations, following the completion of the first pilot in the electric vehicle charging infrastructure subsidy program. If the pilot proves effective, the Ministry of Finance of South Korea plans to further promote the program.

The CV VC annual report shows that the Swiss Crypto Valley raised $728 million through 31 transactions, a year-on-year increase of 37%, accounting for 47% of the total European blockchain venture capital. The report states that global blockchain venture capital grew by 30% to $15.5 billion, with 986 transactions. One transaction played a key role, with The Open Network leading with $400 million in funding, followed by Sygnum Bank ($58 million), M0 ($40 million), Impossible Cloud Network ($34 million), and CratD2C ($30 million).Blockchain networks attracted 62% of the funding, infrastructure accounted for 14%, and centralized financial services and DeFi applications each accounted for 10%. The Crypto Valley currently has 1,766 active blockchain companies, a growth of 134% since 2020. Despite the increase in funding, the valuation of the top 50 in the Crypto Valley has dropped to $467 billion, and the number of unicorns has decreased from 17 to 10, mainly due to the market weakness at the end of the year causing six token projects to see their valuations fall below the $1 billion threshold, and 21Shares leaving the ecosystem after being acquired by FalconX.

The stablecoin USD1 (code: $U) has reached a peak 24-hour trading volume of $1.75 billion since its launch on Binance three months ago, and the BTC/U trading volume has surpassed that of BTC/USDT, currently ranking among the Top 10 tokens by trading volume in the entire market.According to an official announcement from Binance, zero-fee trading for BTC/U will officially start at 8:00 AM (Beijing time) on April 17, 2026.

Castle Labs' latest research report points out that the infrastructure for "Onchain Banks" in cryptocurrency is maturing rapidly. Data shows that by November 2025, the monthly transaction volume of crypto cards has risen to a historic high of $406 million, with Visa's stablecoin-linked cards reaching an annual transaction scale of $3.5 billion.The stablecoin payment platform RedotPay has exceeded an annual payment scale of $10 billion. In addition, etherfi's non-custodial crypto card product Cash has contributed about 50% of the protocol's revenue, with approximately 300,000 accounts and nearly 70,000 active cards. The report believes that onchain banks are gradually moving from scenarios such as payments, savings, and lending towards a traditional neobank model.

According to disclosures from the GoPlus Chinese community, a user lost approximately $316,000 in USDC from their wallet due to signing a malicious Permit2 transaction, which was exploited by a phishing attacker.GoPlus advises users to adhere to the "four no" principles for phishing prevention: do not click on unfamiliar links, do not install unknown software, do not sign transactions with unclear content, and do not transfer funds to unverified addresses. They also recommend installing the GoPlus security plugin to intercept phishing risks in real-time.

XRP Ledger announced the integration of zero-knowledge infrastructure provider Boundless to support banks and asset management institutions in executing transactions on the public chain that balance privacy protection and compliance.According to reports, this solution can hide sensitive information such as transaction size, frequency, and counterparties, while still allowing regulatory agencies to conduct audits through selective disclosure and role-based access control, thus achieving a balance between privacy and compliance. This integration will support institutional scenarios such as cross-border B2B payments, fund and capital management, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, tokenized asset issuance, and on-chain trading and lending.Industry insiders believe that the contradiction between the transparency of public chains and the demand for privacy has always been a significant barrier to institutional adoption, and this solution aims to reduce the so-called "transparency tax." Meanwhile, competition in the privacy track continues to heat up. Technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs (ZK) and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) are accelerating implementation, pushing privacy capabilities from optional features to underlying infrastructure. Data shows that the market size of tokenized assets has reached approximately $29.25 billion, with a monthly increase of about 7.9%.

According to Cointelegraph, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) of South Korea stated that API-based cryptocurrency trading currently accounts for about 30% of the market's trading volume.The FSS pointed out that some traders are using automated tools to inflate trading volume and manipulate prices, with methods including repeatedly submitting small orders to create a false sense of activity and artificially raising prices through high-limit orders.The regulatory agency stated that it will conduct special investigations on accounts suspected of abnormal API trading and remind investors to be cautious of assets that experience sudden spikes in price and trading volume without obvious reasons. Previously, South Korea had required exchanges to verify asset balances every five minutes and continued to tighten anti-fraud rules, but some regulatory measures still face constraints due to an incomplete legal framework.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain address withdrew 3.6 million ETHFI from Binance and sold it in a single transaction for 1.587 million USDC.

The situation in the Middle East has undergone a significant turnaround, with the premiums accumulated due to war expectations being rapidly released, causing international oil prices to drop by more than 15% in a single day. WTI crude oil (XTIUSD) fell by 16.54%, currently priced at $95.94, with a 24-hour low of $91.08; Brent crude oil (XBRUSD) fell by 14.78%, currently priced at $94.54, with a 24-hour low of $90.25.The sharp fluctuations in oil prices have led to a surge in trading volume for related derivatives in the cryptocurrency market. According to Coinglass data, the trading volume for WTI crude oil (XTIUSD) contracts on the Gate platform reached $49.412 million in 24 hours, an increase of 189.71%; the trading volume for Gate XBR in 24 hours reached $37.4179 million, an increase of 196.37%. Currently, the trading volumes of both crude oil contracts on Gate rank first among all exchanges.Gate Contracts pioneered the commodity contract sector, covering perpetual contract trading for XBRUSDT (Brent crude oil), XTIUSDT (WTI crude oil), and NG (natural gas), providing 24/7 trading, USDT settlement, and up to 100 times leverage, helping users to allocate assets and strategize across markets in volatile conditions.

According to Decrypt, blockchain infrastructure company Biconomy has proposed a new Ethereum standard ERC-8211, introducing a "smart batching" mechanism that allows AI agents to complete multi-step DeFi operations in a single transaction, with each step dynamically referencing the output of the previous step at execution, addressing the issue of unpredictable output amounts due to price fluctuations or changes in transaction fees.This standard operates on top of the existing Ethereum infrastructure without the need to modify the core protocol or perform a hard fork, allowing developers to implement complex transaction processes directly in TypeScript. Barnabé Monnot, a research scientist at the Ethereum Foundation, stated that ERC-8211 aligns with the foundation's strategic priority of "improving user experience."

The Web3 asset data platform RootData has outlined Ripple's Web3 business partners, whose crypto supply chain covers key aspects such as RWA tokenization, RLUSD stablecoin distribution, cross-chain infrastructure, and ODL payments (Note: On-Demand Liquidity is a cross-border payment solution based on the XRP cryptocurrency):In the RWA tokenization and infrastructure segment, Ripple has introduced service providers such as Securitize, Ondo Finance, Wormhole, and Chainlink to enhance on-chain asset tokenization and cross-chain interoperability, ensuring system stability and DeFi composability;In terms of RLUSD stablecoin distribution and trading liquidity, support is provided through compliant platforms like Gemini, Moonpay, Bullish, Revolut, and ZeroHash;In the area of cross-border payments and the actual implementation of ODL, heavyweight traditional institutional channels such as SBI Holdings (Japan), Tranglo (Southeast Asia), and Novatti (Australia) may account for over 50% of XRP's actual application trading volume.Structurally, Ripple's Web3 layout emphasizes actual adoption and efficiency: on one hand, its Web3 partners focus on innovative applications such as RWA tokenization, RLUSD stablecoin distribution, and cross-chain infrastructure; on the other hand, its traditional partners clearly lean towards heavyweight institutions that can drive real ODL trading volume and compliant implementation. Related compilation: Ripple Web3 Partner Network Compilation (Continuously Updated)Crypto projects actively showcasing their partner networks have become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 project parties to claim data and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has continuously released multiple editions of crypto project ecosystem maps, nominating Web3 ecosystem partners for upstream clients such as Visa, Stripe, and Coinbase.If you wish to nominate your project in future ecosystem maps, please fill out the RootData 2026 Industry Ecosystem Mapping form to supplement your important clients and partners.

According to a report by South Korea's News1, the Korean "drug lord" Park Wang-ryeol (phonetic) who was apprehended in the Philippines has been transferred to the Korean Drug Crime Joint Investigation Headquarters. Authorities will focus on tracing his hidden funds and Bitcoin transaction records, and will begin to arrest related accomplices.Park Wang-ryeol is accused of continuously smuggling and selling drugs within South Korea from November 2019 to July 2024, with confirmed criminal proceeds amounting to approximately 6.8 billion won. Additionally, drugs valued at around 6.4 billion won, including methamphetamine (12.7 kilograms), were seized during smuggling, bringing the total scale of the case to about 13.1 billion won.As outsiders believe that the aforementioned amounts do not match his long-term operational scale, the investigation will focus on his hidden assets. Park Wang-ryeol has received payments for drug sales through non-discounted deposits and Bitcoin wallets, and authorities plan to analyze the on-chain transaction records of the involved Bitcoin wallets.

According to Cointelegraph, data shows that the total supply of stablecoins increased by approximately $8 billion in the first quarter of this year, reaching a record $315 billion. In this quarter, stablecoins accounted for 75% of the total cryptocurrency trading volume, setting a historical high.At the same time, the total transaction volume of stablecoins surpassed $28 trillion. Among them, retail-scale transfers (typically associated with individual users) fell by 16%, marking the largest decline in history; automated trading activities surged, with bots accounting for about 76% of all stablecoin trading volume.

Wormhole posted on the X platform in response to the impact of the Drift Protocol attack incident, stating that Wormhole user assets are currently not at risk, and the cross-chain bridge functionality is still operating normally. However, due to the built-in security mechanisms set for Solana, some cross-chain transfers may experience delays. Wormhole core contributors have been in communication with the Solana ecosystem team and will continue to provide support as needed.

Drift Protocol disclosed that the execution process of this security incident began with a test withdrawal transaction initiated from its insurance fund. About one minute later, the attacker took over administrative privileges and executed subsequent operations through two pre-signed durable nonce transactions.The project team stated that this attack was caused by multiple factors, including the delayed execution of pre-signed transactions and the compromise of multi-signature approval, which may be related to targeted social engineering attacks or transaction misdirection. Drift is currently collaborating with several security agencies to investigate the causes and is working with cross-chain bridges, exchanges, and law enforcement agencies to track and freeze related funds. A detailed review report will be published later.