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Reuters: Iran's Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Nobitex Founder Has Ties to the Supreme Leader's Family
According to Reuters investigation, Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex was founded by members of the Kharrazi family, who have close ties to Iran's top leadership. The investigation shows that the exchange was established by brothers Ali and Mohammad Kharrazi, who previously used the surname "Aghamir" to conceal their connection to the Kharrazi family, which has long maintained close relationships with Iran's political core, including historical ties to Ali Khamenei and his succe

Founders Fund completes the largest fundraising in history, raising $6 billion
According to market sources, Silicon Valley top investor Peter Thiel's venture capital fund Founders Fund has raised $6 billion to invest in later-stage companies, marking the largest fundraising in the institution's history.
Most of the funds—$4.5 billion—come from limited partners, including sovereign wealth funds. An insider said the remaining $1.5 billion comes from senior management and employees of Founders Fund, including Peter Thiel himself.
The fund's fourth growth-stage investment fund was quickly as

Paradigm Partners Proposes PACTs Mechanism to Provide Protection Paths for Quantum Vulnerable Bitcoin Addresses
Paradigm General Partner Dan Robinson proposes the "Proven Address Control Timestamp" (PACTs) mechanism, aimed at providing a protection path for Bitcoin addresses under the potential threat of quantum computing.
This scheme allows holders to generate address control proofs through BIP-322, and combine them with a random salt to create on-chain commitments, using OpenTimestamps to complete time anchoring, establishing ownership proof without revealing wallet information. If in th

Trump family-affiliated company AI Financial acquires Block Street for $43 million
According to Fortune magazine, the publicly traded cryptocurrency company AI Financial (formerly Alt5 Sigma), associated with U.S. President Donald Trump's family, reached a deal last week to acquire cryptocurrency infrastructure company Block Street for $43 million.
Company records show that Block Street was only registered in Nevada in late October. AI Financial's advisor, who is also the CEO and largest shareholder of Block Street, Matthew Morgan, said he founded the company about 16 months ago.
Morgan

Hyperliquid Policy Center Addresses CFTC: Open a Compliant Path for Decentralized Prediction Markets
Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) announced that it has formally submitted a comment letter regarding the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)'s proposed rule notice (ANPRM) on prediction markets, advocating for establishing a clear compliance pathway for decentralized prediction markets based on public, permissionless blockchains while improving the regulation framework for centralized prediction markets.
In the comment letter, HPC calls on the CFTC to develop more flexible, func

Hyperliquid Policy Center Sends Letter to CFTC: Open a Compliant Path for Decentralized Prediction Markets
Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) announced that it has formally submitted a comment letter regarding the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed rules notice (ANPRM) on prediction markets, advocating for the establishment of clear compliance pathways for decentralized prediction markets based on public, permissionless blockchains while improving the regulatory framework for centralized prediction markets.
In the comment letter, HPC calls on the CFTC to develop more fl

Meta Returns to the Stablecoin Race, Launches USDC Payment Feature for Selected Creators
According to Meta's official website, Meta has opened the stablecoin payment feature to some creators in Colombia and the Philippines, supporting receiving USDC via the Solana and Polygon networks. Creators need to link a third-party crypto wallet address on the Facebook Payments platform; Meta does not provide USDC to local fiat currency exchange services. For tax reporting, Stripe offers crypto-related support.
A Meta spokesperson said the company is exploring the possibility of including stablecoins

Ethereum Foundation Releases Q1 Funding List: Continuing Support for ZK, Cryptography, and Protocol Infrastructure
The Ethereum Foundation announced the list of grants and ecosystem support projects for the first quarter of 2026, focusing on cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs (ZK), protocol security, and core infrastructure development, continuously strengthening Ethereum's underlying technology stack and long-term scalability.
Funding this quarter covers several key areas. At the protocol and client level, including Geth and Erigon client optimizations, Lighthouse client upgrades, and networ

OpenAI is developing a smartphone that replaces applications with AI agents
According to TechCrunch, an insider who has disclosed Apple hardware plans multiple times said that OpenAI is collaborating with MediaTek, Qualcomm, and Luxshare Precision to develop a smartphone, with chips jointly designed by OpenAI, MediaTek, and Qualcomm, and Luxshare Precision serving as the joint design and manufacturing partner.
The phone may replace traditional applications with AI agents, completing tasks by continuously understanding user context, combining small on-device models and cloud models to handl

The United States has frozen approximately $344 million in cryptocurrency assets related to Iran, intensifying economic pressure
According to CNN, the U.S. has frozen about $344 million in crypto assets, claiming the funds are linked to Iran, and has implemented freezes on two addresses with the assistance of Tether; the U.S. officials stated that these funds are associated with on-chain transactions involving Iranian entities, including interactions with Iranian exchanges and wallets connected to the Central Bank of Iran, marking one of the steps to further increase economic pressure on Ira

Tether Confirms Cooperation with U.S. Government to Freeze Over $344 Million in USDT
Tether announced that it has supported the U.S. government in freezing over $344 million worth of USDT, involving two wallet addresses. This freezing action was carried out in collaboration with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and U.S. law enforcement agencies, aiming to prevent further movement of the funds.
The freeze was based on information provided by multiple U.S. law enforcement agencies, indicating that these addresses are associated with illegal activi

Bloomberg: Polymarket's trading volume overtaken by Kalshi, US market expansion repeatedly thwarted
Polymarket, which had long dominated prediction market trading volume, is facing multiple difficulties. According to Dune Analytics data, its global trading volume has been surpassed by main competitor Kalshi. In terms of valuation, Kalshi announced a new funding round last month with a valuation of $22 billion, while Polymarket's valuation is $15 billion after recent investment of $600 million from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).
Polymarket's biggest bottleneck is the inability to official

Xinhua Technology Acquires Avenir Group Trading Team and Launches Bitcoin Asset Management Service
Xinhua Technology ( announced it will acquire the investment team and trading system of Avenir Group, the family office of Li Lin, for $1.6 million.
After the acquisition, Xinhua Technology plans to launch a Bitcoin-denominated asset management service called Alpha BTC, aiming to attract over 10k Bitcoins in investments within a year, valued at approximately $760 million. The strategy will generate returns through derivatives trading such as options, using Bitcoin or IBIT ETF as the underlyin

A family in France was victims of an armed intrusion and kidnapping, with 700k euros worth of crypto assets looted
According to French media reports, on the morning of April 20 local time, a serious "crypto asset targeted robbery" occurred in Ploermel, France: two masked gunmen broke into a residence, took control of a family of five (including two children and two elderly people), and tied them up for several hours, ultimately coercing the victims to transfer approximately 700k euros in cryptocurrency.
The incident took place in a residential community in broad daylight, with the suspects

U.S. Food Delivery Platform DoorDash Is Collaborating with Tempo to Explore Paying Delivery Workers with Stablecoins
According to Fortune, blockchain project Tempo, supported by Stripe and Paradigm, has launched a "Stablecoin Consulting" service, offering stablecoin adoption support to enterprises and financial institutions, including identifying applicable use cases and deploying engineers to assist with stablecoin integration.
The report states that U.S. food delivery platform DoorDash is working with Tempo to explore paying delivery personnel with stablecoins; Stripe, Coastal Community