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Aave Chan Initiative founder Marc Zeller proposed establishing a DeFi United ETH deposit vault, integrating wETH income and setting a 5% APR, while issuing a tradable deposit token AaveETH to gradually repay interest and principal. Users deposit ETH into the vault, with capacity set according to worst-case gaps; he stated that last weekend's fundraising exceeded demand. The treasury of Aave DAO and Labs is in the nine-figure range.

ME News Report: On April 7 (UTC+8), U.S. President Trump said regarding Iran that the entire civilization will perish tonight and can never be restored. I don’t want something like that to happen, but it very likely will. Still, since we have already achieved a comprehensive and complete regime change and a new administration with clearer thinking and a more mature mindset is now in the lead, perhaps something truly transformative will happen—who knows? Tonight, we will find out all of this, a highly important moment in the world’s long and complex history. (Source: ChainCatcher)

According to CoinShares research, last week’s net inflow into digital asset investment products was approximately $224 million, but over the weekend, due to strong retail data and hawkish interest rate expectations, it turned into a slight outflow. Regionally, Switzerland led with inflows of about $157.5 million, followed by Germany with $27.7 million, Canada with $11.2 million, and the United States with $27.5 million. In terms of assets, XRP saw inflows of approximately $119.6 million, with a total of $159 million year-to-date; Bitcoin saw inflows of about $107.3 million, with a net outflow of approximately $145 million this month, and short Bitcoin products saw inflows of around $16 million, reaching a recent high. Solana saw inflows of $34.9 million, while Ethereum continued to redeem, with a net outflow of about $52.8 million, affected by negative news related to the Clarity Act.

ME News Update: On April 7 (UTC+8), U.S. Vice President Vance stated: (The attack on) the Harlock does not signify a strategic shift. He reiterated that the deadline for Iran is Tuesday evening at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. We will receive Iran’s response before 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The United States is confident that Iran will respond. Iran has never been the quickest in negotiations, and it still isn’t now. (Source: ChainCatcher)

A Societe Generale bank analyst, Kit Juckes, said in a report that if the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged for the rest of this year, the U.S. dollar could trade in a range. Although among the G10 countries only Sweden’s growth is expected to outperform the United States this year, other members’ central banks generally plan to raise rates, and these rate expectations limit the extent of the dollar’s appreciation. If the Federal Reserve were to cut rates significantly in a high-inflation and loose fiscal environment, the dollar could fall.

The Cardano Foundation and Draper Dragon established the $80 million Orion Fund, aimed at supporting strategic initiatives of Cardano enterprises, expanding on-chain utility, and strengthening the ecosystem. The fund is managed by Draper Dragon, with support from the Cardano Foundation.

ME News April 24 reported that the official said the decentralized stablecoin USDD's Smart Allocator has accumulated investment returns exceeding $16 million, demonstrating self-sustaining ability and enhancing long-term competitiveness. Smart Allocator is USDD's profit-sharing mechanism, which involves earning interest and platform rewards by participating in quality projects and returning them to users, emphasizing stability and sustainability of returns, not short-term high-yield strategies. Fund allocation and yield data are transparently recorded on the blockchain for users to publicly query and verify.

ME News reported on April 24th that the official said the decentralized stablecoin USDD's Smart Allocator has accumulated investment returns exceeding 16 million USD, demonstrating self-sustaining ability and enhancing long-term competitiveness. Smart Allocator is USDD's profit-sharing mechanism, which involves earning interest and platform rewards by participating in quality projects and returning them to users, emphasizing stability and sustainability of returns, not short-term high-yield strategies. The fund allocation and yield data are transparently recorded on the blockchain for users to publicly query and verify.

HSBC Global Payments Solutions completed a tokenized deposit service (TDS) pilot on Canton Network, a public blockchain for regulators, marking its first issuance using a public chain. TDS converts major currencies such as the U.S. dollar on a 1:1 basis into digital tokens, enabling 24/7 instant settlement and programmable payments on the HSBC ledger, and completing issuance, transfers, and atomic settlement with other assets.

BGIN Blockchain announces that its U.S. subsidiary has reached a settlement with custodian Mawson Hosting regarding the mining machine dispute, with all mining machines returned. The incident began in June 2024, when Krypton custody involved approximately 5,325 mining machines, and Mawson subsequently executed a seizure, leading to litigation. After multiple rounds of legal proceedings, both parties reached a confidential settlement, and Mawson has returned all mining machines to BGIN.

StarkWare announces layoffs and restructuring, with CEO Eli Ben-Sasson stating the company needs to return to a startup model to improve market fit. After the restructuring, it will be divided into two independent business units, with plans to control the complete blockchain proof technology stack. COO Oren Katz will leave at the end of the month.

ME News message: April 13 (UTC+8). Prediction market data shows that “Rolex Monte Carlo Masters: Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner” recorded a trading volume of $6.1M over the past 24 hours, with market participation significantly improved.

DeAgentAI announces the launch of the AIA token buyback and burn plan, with a scale of 5 million USD, funded by the project's own revenue and AI model trading income.
The buyback will be executed in three batches on the open market within 90 days, with all tokens burned and permanently removed from circulation, without involving lock-up or redistribution.
The first batch of buyback has been completed, with the transaction hash being HBmTxfJymoymJTFSB5qtn4cV2pfd2SYS6PaGd5NPyFpf, and subsequent burn records will be continuously updated.

Tencent Cloud launched the V4 preview API simultaneously on the release day of DeepSeek-V4, with pricing consistent with DeepSeek official.
The overseas Singapore node is now online and open worldwide;
TI-ONE has simultaneously launched V4-Pro/V4-Flash, providing one-stop inference services;
The HCC high-performance computing cluster has completed adaptation, supporting large-scale training and inference of V4 based on a cloud-one-multi-core architecture;
The ADP intelligent agent development platform and EdgeOne edge services have integrated with V4.

ME News reports that Nic Puckrin states Bitcoin's rebound is fragile, and geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures will impact the market in Q2 2026. He predicts the earliest rate cuts in the third or fourth quarter; to reach $90,000, tensions need to ease, oil prices must fall back to $80, and economic data should be weak. The current price is about $71,276, facing resistance at $74,000, below the 200-day moving average. Breakdowns in US-Iran negotiations and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have previously caused declines, and the FOMC's views on rate cuts are mixed; FedWatch shows a high probability of maintaining interest rates.

ME News Report, April 13 (UTC+8), according to official sources, the leading decentralized oracle platform WINkLink announced the official addition of price services for the stablecoin $U , with the first batch launching two core trading pairs: $U/TRX and $U/USD. This move will provide reliable and dependable data support for $U in the TRON DeFi ecosystem, further strengthening its usability and security, and laying a solid foundation for the implementation of more innovative financial scenarios in the future. (Source: Tron

On April 13th, data shows that Ethereum's market capitalization reached $168.91 billion, TRON at $85.06 billion, and so on. In market developments, the "Clarity Act" entered a critical stage, Circle updated interoperability details, Ripple expanded its pilot program, and the stablecoin market capitalization saw a slight increase, laying the foundation for subsequent institutional inflows.

ME News Report, April 24 (UTC+8), according to Beating Monitoring, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Senior Research Fellow for China and Emerging Technologies Chris McGuire (former White House National Security Council and Department of Defense member) stated that V4 has not changed the China-U.S. AI competition landscape. He quoted the original V4 report, noting that DeepSeek admits its reasoning ability is "about 3 to 6 months behind leading-edge models," benchmarked against GPT-5.2 and Gemini 3.0 Pro released half a year ago. He also questioned that although the V4 report disclosed that the reasoning side is compatible with NVIDIA GPUs and Huawei Ascend NPU, it did not reveal the specific GPU models and costs used for training (V3 previously claimed to use 2,000 units).

Paysafe announces the launch of "Pay with Crypto" cryptocurrency payment solution, targeting the U.S. iGaming and daily fantasy sports markets, supporting stablecoins and mainstream cryptocurrencies for deposits. Approximately 70.4 million American adults hold cryptocurrencies, and 83% of players are interested in crypto payments. Users can connect their wallet or scan a QR code to pay, and after transaction confirmation, the cryptocurrency is automatically converted into fiat currency.