The BeyondBlocks Asia 2026 conference will be held in Seoul on April 16-17, focusing on AI, Web3, stablecoins, and gaming. It features notable speakers and discussions on the future of blockchain and AI integration.

Lattice, the gaming infrastructure team, will gradually shut down its Redstone network by May 15, 2026. Users are advised to withdraw funds quickly, as assets in smart contracts will be unrecoverable post-shutdown. Projects under Lattice have been open-sourced or migrated to new chains.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, BE (Bloom Energy Corp) has surged by 22% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

X product owner Nikita Bier hints at a plan to launch a product aimed at fixing the encryption industry, drawing market attention. Speculation links it to X’s financial ecosystem expansion, possibly including features such as payments, digital wallets, and stablecoins. X’s official account has not yet made a formal response. Musk says the early public version of X Money will go live in April.

Gate News announcement, according to an official announcement from Gate Gate has removed the trading markets for 27 tokens including FURY, SYLO, GEC, SLICE, NAOS, BITCAT, RENA, SAVM, TRG, CHER, TAPROOT, VALUE, SOP, NLC, MPT, NAM, MOONPIG, AA, GGG, SMOLE, MPH, GPUAI, ALPACA, ROOM, ZBU, and TCT. After evaluation, these tokens do not meet the standards for enabling trading. For users who have submitted forms and meet the requirements, Gate has deposited the corresponding buyback amounts into the users' accounts. After delisting, users can continue to use Gate as a wallet to store assets for these coin types. The specific delisting time for wallet functions and the operational details will be notified separately.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service increases its crackdown on tax evasion involving cryptocurrency, requiring investors to proactively report their transactions by April 15. Starting in 2025, brokers will be required to report digital-asset gains, and investors will need to verify their costs themselves. 61% of investors don’t know about the new rules, and 52% are worried about making mistakes when filing. Experts recommend collecting transaction records to avoid penalties and criminal prosecution.

Gate News, according to the Gate official announcement on April 14, 2026. Gate launches the GUSD minting newcomer limited-time reward, Episode 11. New users mint GUSD using USDT/USDC, and the current maximum annualized yield can reach 100%. The activity runs from April 14, 2026, 16:00 to April 20, 2026, 16:00 (UTC+8). GUSD is Gate’s launched ongoing principal-protected wealth management product. Its yield is sourced from income generated by the Gate ecosystem, Treasury RWA, and high-quality yield assets supported by stablecoins. After users mint GUSD, they can receive daily annualized yield. Upon redemption, they are exchanged for USDT/USDC at a 1:1 ratio (after deducting redemption fees). While users participate in other wealth management products such as Launchpool and Launchpad, the GUSD they hold can simultaneously earn the corresponding product wealth management yield, GUSD minting rewards, and campaign rewards. Only eligible new users can enjoy the annualized rewards of this campaign, including users who have never held GUSD spot, have never participated in GUSD minting distributions, and have never earned coins on-chain. The annualized yield rate will be dynamically adjusted based on the yield performance of Gate ecosystem income, Treasury RWA, and stablecoin-related assets.

Anthropic announced on April 14 that it is partnering with the lobbying firm Ballard Partners, aiming to improve its relationship with the Department of Defense. The two sides had previously failed to reach an agreement due to disagreements over the scope of AI use: the Department of Defense wanted its tools to be used without restrictions, while Anthropic demanded limits on their use for fully autonomous weapons and surveillance. This move signals a significant increase in policy outreach investment in the AI industry.

Gate News updates. On April 14, People’s Daily published an article titled “Disrupting the capital markets: these irregularities by finance-and-economics self-media accounts need to be on high alert,” which singled out and criticized certain accounts that drive users to virtual-coin trading by publishing false yield information such as “one hundredfold coins” and “making millions every month trading coins.” The article cites a notice previously issued by eight departments, including the People’s Bank of China, emphasizing that business activities related to virtual currencies constitute illegal financial activities. The article states that accounts and platforms suspected of providing referral traffic and technical services for illegal virtual currency trading may violate laws and regulations and could threaten financial security and anti–money laundering efforts.

Gate News message. On April 14, the prediction platform Kalshi released a video teaser, announcing that it will launch a new product on April 27. The video shows a green spiral gradually forming an everlasting ring, finally displaying the words "Timeless" (eternal). The community speculates that this update may be introducing an open-ended perpetual prediction market without an expiration date, breaking through the existing time-limit constraints of Kalshi’s event contracts, and improving trading flexibility.