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According to ChainCatcher news, Visa announced that it has officially included Polygon in its global stablecoin settlement program (Stablecoin Settlement Program), and Visa partners, including card issuers and acquirers, can now complete stablecoin settlements through the Polygon network. Polygon said it has now become the world's largest USD stablecoin payment network. According to Allium vs. Dune data: 34% of USD stablecoin transfers occur on Polygon, more than twice as much as BNB Chain; 54% of USDC transfers occur on Polygon, which is higher than all other chains combined; 36% of the world's USDC transactions run on Polygon; Polygon currently has approximately 3.19 million weekly active stablecoin users; The supply of on-chain stablecoins reached a record high of $3.62 billion; The number of USD stablecoin transactions reached 178.1 million in March. Visa said its stablecoin settlement program has reached $7 billion in annualized operations this quarter, up 50% from three months ago. Polygon emphasized that its network has Asian-American tiered transaction fees, a transaction finality time of about 4 seconds, and has been used by Stripe, Revolut, Flutterwave, BlackRock and other institutions to settle real financial activities.

Odaily Planet Daily News Bitfinex reported that Bitcoin's 30-day implied volatility (IV) has fallen back to about 42%, a new low in nearly three months, a significant decrease from the high of about 56% from January to February 2026, in addition, the market has experienced negative funding rates for 26 consecutive days, and the superimposed option price has fallen, forming an obvious structural asymmetry. If the Bitcoin spot price effectively stands above the short-term holder realization price level of $80,100, the cost of short positions will increase significantly, and the current options market is not fully priced in, and call options may be systematically undervalued.

The Avalanche Foundation announced the launch of the Call For Research Proposals, which is open to global academic researchers, with a maximum single funding amount of $50,000, focusing on supporting research related to Avalanche network economics, and focusing on two core areas: First, crypto asset pricing and valuation, focusing on how the native assets of the PoS public chain accumulate value, including token issuance mechanisms and monetary policy , the relationship between network adoption and long-term value; The second is validator economics and network security, focusing on topics such as the best quality staking ratio, validator income model, validator aggregate health, and non-inflationary reward mechanism.

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, Nasdaq-listed Eightco Holdings (ORBS) released a position update, with a total value of approximately $333 million in assets as of now, including: 283,452,700 Worldcoin (WLD), 11,068 ETH, $90 million investment in OpenAI, and 2,500 in Beast Industries $10,000 in investments, as well as holding $121 million worth of cash and stablecoins. Eightco Holdings said the value of WLD tokens held fell to 21% of the company's total assets, with investments in OpenAI accounting for about 27% of the company's total assets and Beast Industries accounting for 8% of the company's total assets.

According to Arkham monitoring, the Bitcoin holding address in the Kingdom of Bhutan transferred BTC again, transferring 102 BTC to an address about three hours ago, worth about $7.89 million, and currently holds a total of 184 BTC transferred by the Kingdom of Bhutan.

According to ChainCatcher news, Agent Economy project NeoSoul announced a strategic cooperation with AI-powered financial OS Infini. Currently, NeoSoul has adopted the Infini Enterprise Card to support the team's spending scenarios such as SaaS subscriptions, AI APIs, cloud services, marketing, community operations, and collaboration tools in the process of global operations, further improving the payment efficiency and financial management capabilities of the AI/Web3 team. With the increasing degree of global operation of AI and Web3 projects, the team's daily expenditure is showing the characteristics of high frequency, small amount, cross-border, and multi-platform. From model calling, cloud infrastructure, and node services to advertising, content production, and community growth, enterprise financial tools have become an important infrastructure that affects R&D efficiency and market execution speed. Through this partnership, NeoSoul will leverage the Infini Enterprise Card and related tools to optimize the team's experience in cross-border spending, budget management, expense visualization, and operational collaboration, providing more flexible financial support for subsequent product development and global market expansion. In the future, the two sides will further exchange views on corporate financial operations in the AI era. Potential directions include the application of AI Agent in enterprise fee management, budget control, subscription management, and cross-border payments, the role of stablecoin payments in the global operations of AI/Web3 teams, and the payment authorization, settlement, and reputation infrastructure needs that may arise during the development of the agent economy. NeoSoul and Infini also plan to continue to pay attention to the integration of AI Agent and enterprise financial infrastructure through industry exchanges, closed-door discussions, and ecological communication, and promote more discussions on AI-native operations, stablecoin payments, and digital economy infrastructure. NeoSoul co-foudner Kaelan said: "The development of AI agents is gradually moving from content generation and information processing to more complex economic behaviors. As agents begin to participate in forecasting, collaboration, payments, settlements, and long-term reputation accumulation, enterprises and development teams also need financial infrastructure that is better suited to globalization, digitalization, and automation. This cooperation with Infini will start from the operation scenario of NeoSoul's own team and gradually explore more possibilities for combining AI with new financial tools. ” "NeoSoul is exploring cutting-edge directions such as AI Agents, prediction markets, and the Agent Economy, which aligns well with Infini's judgment on the future of enterprise financial automation," said Infini founder Christian. We are pleased to support NeoSoul's global operations through corporate cards and financial operation tools. In the future, Infini also looks forward to further discussions with NeoSoul around the AI-native team's financial management, stablecoin payments, and automated operations. ”

Odaily Planet Daily News Artificial intelligence application platform Certifyde announced the completion of a $2 million seed round of financing, with participation from K5 Global, Flamingo Capital, and many angel investors including Honey co-founder George Ruan, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Nutra co-founder Roland Peralta. （Techfundingnews）

As of the end of April, XBIT, a crypto trading aggregation platform, ranked fourth on the official Polymarket Builder ranking with a monthly trading volume of $36.12 million. The project was officially launched in early April, and recently XBIT has also passed the official Polymarket Builder review. Currently, XBIT has launched two core categories, Prediction Markets and Perpetual Contracts (Perp DEX), and plans to launch a leveraged prediction market to further enrich the aggregated trading experience.

According to ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain protocol ZetaChain disclosed that the security issues involved in its recent vulnerability attack of about $334,000 were reported in advance by researchers in the bug bounty program, but were regarded as "expected behavior" by the project team at the time and were not addressed. According to the official incident review, this attack stemmed from a combination of three seemingly independent and low-risk design flaws: the Gateway contract allows anyone to send arbitrary cross-chain instructions; The receiver can perform calls to almost any contract, and the blacklist limit is too narrow. Some wallets have not been cleaned up for a long time. The attacker ultimately completed the asset transfer by combining these flaws by instructing Gateway to transfer tokens directly to its control address. ZetaChain stated that the attack involved a total of 9 transactions on four chains: Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and BSC, and the stolen funds all came from wallets controlled by ZetaChain, and user funds were not affected. Officials said the attack was clearly premeditated. The attacker funded the wallet through Tornado Cash three days before the crime, deployed a dedicated Drainer contract in advance, and also carried out an address poisoning attack. Currently, ZetaChain has begun pushing a fix patch to mainnet nodes, permanently disabling the arbitrary call function and changing the unlimited authorization mechanism in the deposit process to "precise limit authorization".

According to ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, crypto payment company MoonPay has acquired Israeli crypto security startup Sodot and established a new division "MoonPay Institutional" based on this, focusing on serving the needs of institutional customers for digital assets. The division will provide services such as trading, tokenized securities, payments, wallet management, and stablecoin issuance for large traditional financial institutions. Caroline D. Pham, former acting chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will head the division, and she will join MoonPay as chief legal officer and chief administrative officer at the end of 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group bank analyst Derek Halpenny said in a report that the dollar could rise if the Fed admits that the war in Iran could lead to higher inflation due to higher energy prices. He pointed out that the interest rate decision may be the last meeting of Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's tenure and may highlight that price stability risks are accumulating. This could lead to a jump at the front end of the US yield curve and reinforce the initial signs of improved demand in the US Dollar.

ChainCatcher news, Sui ecological DEX protocol Aftermath Finance issued a document stating that the team has discovered a vulnerability affecting the protocol and is actively investigating it with security partners. As a precautionary measure, the protocol has been suspended, and measures are being taken to minimize the potential impact on user funds.

Odaily Planet Daily News During the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, SignalPlus, an institutional-grade digital asset derivatives trading infrastructure platform, participated as the title sponsor and set up a booth in the core area of the main venue. SignalPlus focused on its product capabilities in derivatives execution and risk management, engaging with multiple institutional traders and industry professionals.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, the Bitcoin spot trading volume on major exchanges has dropped to the lowest level, which is comparable to the level at the end of the last bear market. In a low trading volume environment, the market depth decreases significantly, and small capital flows can trigger liquidation, and the market's sensitivity to liquidity changes is significantly improved.

Odaily Planet Daily News Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pay $10 million and be permanently banned from promoting related products or services involving depositing, exchanging, investing or withdrawing assets. According to the court order, most of the FTC's previous $4.72 billion compensation judgment was suspended, but if there are material omissions or misrepresentations in Mashinsky's financial disclosures, the relevant judgment amount can be reinstated. Previously, Mashinsky had already been sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2025 for commodity fraud and securities fraud. （Cointelegraph）

According to CryptoQuant analyst Woominkyu, the net inflow of Bitcoin CEX surged to 9,905 BTC, setting a record for the largest single-day net inflow in the past 30 days, which also caused the price of Bitcoin to fail to effectively break through the resistance level. According to Woominkyu, the most worrying signal is the CEX Whale Ratio, which surged to 0.707 on April 27, the highest reading in over a week. This means that the top 10 inflow transactions account for more than 70% of all deposits – a clear indication that large investors are actively transferring tokens to CEXs, likely in preparation for distribution. Woominkyu believes that the combination of whale-led inflows and rising CEX reserves suggests that smart money is preparing to sell on rallies. Unless this part of the inflow is quickly digested, the likelihood of a retest of the $74,000 to $75,000 support zone in the short term is rising significantly.

Odaily Planet Daily News BIT released today's chart analysis, Bitcoin has weakened for five consecutive months since hitting an all-time high in October 2025, and recorded positive returns in March to end the previous decline, and April may be expected to record the strongest monthly gain since April 2025 and usher in the second consecutive month of gains. It believes that the closing of the rally for two consecutive months has released a certain repair signal, indicating that market sentiment and price momentum have improved compared to the previous period, and if superimposed on the seasonal performance from May to July, the trend of Bitcoin may be further supported.

According to ChainCatcher, 2U2.ai announced the completion of a $1.5 million strategic financing, with a valuation of $30 million in this round, with investors including CGV, Becker Ventures, K24 Ventures and Gemhead Capital. 2U2.ai is building a Web3 MemeLayer infrastructure and has launched the Meme Arms Race points system, continuing to drive user participation and ecological growth through community activities. This round of financing will be used to further improve product infrastructure, expand ecological cooperation, and promote the application of Meme in Web3 narratives, attention distribution, and community growth.

According to ChainCatcher, the Lido research forum launched a new proposal to suggest that DAOs authorize the temporary lowering of the first loss protection trigger threshold for EarnETH vaults during the Kelp event. According to the current rules, Lido Earn's protection mechanism is only triggered when the vault loses more than 1% of the open position. However, the proposal pointed out that if the shortage of rsETH is solved through DeFi United, the actual loss may be less than 1%. To ensure that EarnETH users are fully compensated, the proposal proposes a one-time exception in this event, allowing first-loss funds to cover losses below the 1% threshold. Expect a loss of around 400 to 600 ETH at the current residual borrowing rate. The proposal emphasizes that this move is a one-time arrangement for user protection, brand reputation, and business considerations, and does not change the general rule of 1%. The proposal also has a time urgency, as the rsETH event is expected to be resolved within 5 to 10 days, compared to the standard voting window of 7 days.