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According to PANews, a major cryptocurrency exchange launched perpetual futures contracts for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), ARM, Intel (INTC), Micron (MU), and SanDisk (SNDK) on April 29, with trading pairs

According to ChainCatcher, SpaceX's first-day free float market cap is estimated at $440 billion to $530 billion, based on a $1.75 trillion valuation with 25%-30% free float ratio. The estimate assumes the company will go public ahead of Nasdaq's new "Fast Entry" rule taking effect on May 1, 2026, w

According to ChainCatcher, SharpLink's Ethereum staking rewards have accumulated to 18,309 ETH since launching its ETH treasury strategy, with 459 ETH earned in the past week.

According to ChainCatcher, AI application platform Certifyde announced the completion of a $2 million seed funding round. Investors include K5 Global, Flamingo Capital, and angel investors such as Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Honey co-founder George Ruan, and Nutra co-founder Roland

According to BlockBeats, WalletConnect and Ingenico announced a partnership on April 29 to integrate cryptocurrency payments into retail point-of-sale terminals, allowing consumers to pay with digital assets while merchants avoid direct crypto holdings. Stablecoin adoption is driving the shift

According to Bitcoin.pl, customer data from failed Polish exchange Zondacrypto has been offered for sale on the darknet, with two packages available. The smaller package, containing email addresses and basic identification data, is priced at approximately 550 euros, while the larger set—including

According to Altcoin Buzz, KITE AI mainnet launched on Avalanche on April 29, introducing a dedicated Layer 1 blockchain designed for autonomous AI agents. The platform integrates identity and native payment capabilities to enable AI agents to operate, transact, and scale without friction. Avalanch

According to Mezo and its partners, the Bitcoin-native finance platform has launched Mezo Prime, an institutional product offering yield and lending against held Bitcoin, today. Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) is the launch customer, investing 250 BTC into Mezo and deploying part of its corporate Bitcoin

According to The Block, Ripple announced on Wednesday a partnership to expand RLUSD access to over 280 spot trading pairs on a major cryptocurrency exchange. The USD-pegged stablecoin, which launched in December 2024, has a market capitalization of over $1.5 billion and aims to compete with Tether's

According to official data, on April 29, crypto trading aggregation platform XBIT ranked fourth on the Polymarket Builder leaderboard with approximately $36.12 million in monthly trading volume. Launched in early April, XBIT achieved significant growth within weeks and has passed official Polymarket

According to ChainCatcher, the CAS token from Base ecosystem AI project Caspius surged yesterday afternoon (April 28), reaching a market cap high of $18 million and currently trading at $16.6 million, up 220% in 24 hours. Caspius is an embodied AI data infrastructure project focused on robot

According to Blockaid, Aftermath Finance's perpetual contract protocol on Sui Network suffered an ongoing attack, with approximately $1.1 million USDC stolen through 11 transactions in 36 minutes. The vulnerability stemmed from a fee accounting defect in the perpetual contract liquidation system, wh

According to PANews, DeepSeek launched its image recognition feature today (April 29), currently in beta testing. Both the web version and mobile app users may be selected for the beta rollout.

Anthropic has announced a suite of creative tool connectors that enable Claude to directly control professional software used by designers and musicians. The initial eight connectors span 3D modeling, visual design, music production, and live performance, with partners including Blender, Adobe,

Gate News message, whale address 0x8d0E opened a 10x leveraged long position on 40 million DOGE valued at $4.4 million over the past 2 hours. This whale currently holds an unrealized loss of $13.74 million.

Liquid announced it has raised $18 million in Series Seed funding to expand its multi-asset trading platform that provides continuous access to cryptocurrencies, equities, commodities, foreign exchange, and pre-IPO assets. The round was co-led by Neo and Left Lane Capital, with participation from se

According to Whale Factor, the White House is bypassing the Pentagon's risk assessment to deploy Anthropic's Mythos model across federal agencies on April 29. The move aims to accelerate federal AI capabilities and match the pace of decentralized AI networks. This represents a significant shift

According to Ghostty founder Mitchell Hashimoto, on April 29, the terminal tool will gradually leave GitHub due to frequent outages affecting the team's development efficiency. The migration decision was finalized this week after months of planning. The target hosting platform has not yet been

According to SpaceX's SEC filing disclosed on Tuesday, the company's board approved a comprehensive compensation package worth up to $1 trillion for Elon Musk. The award includes 200 million Class B restricted shares contingent on SpaceX reaching a $7.5 trillion valuation and establishing a

According to regulators including the Federal Reserve and Bank of England, hedge funds have accumulated a record $6.6 trillion in leverage to finance bets on U.S. Treasuries, with short positions in Treasury futures reaching historic extremes. The IMF's April 2026 report flagged that some hedge fund