South Korean AI company Upstage has closed its Hong Kong subsidiary after five years due to underperformance. The company is now focused on the U.S. and Japan, investing in its U.S. operations and expanding AI solutions through partnerships.

Qwen AI Glasses S1 are now available for sale, featuring multimodal interaction with voice and visual capabilities, starting at 3,499 yuan ($480) after discounts and subsidies.

Gate News message, as the market rises, whale "pension-usdt.eth" is now sitting on a floating loss of over $11.7M on its $BTC and $ETH 3x short positions.

Gate News message, BTC briefly surpassed the $76,000 mark. The whale who previously "Sold 255 $BTC to short" now faces imminent liquidation on their 1,031 $BTC ($78M) short position, with the liquidation price set at $76,420.83. This whale's total loss on Hyperliquid has reached $42.39M.

A whale address recently transferred 670 cbBTC, valued at $50.11 million, to a major exchange. Initially purchased for $73,837 each, this sale netted a profit of $1.1 million, with the address now holding $556 million in total assets.

Gate News message, April 14, decentralized lending protocol Venus Protocol issued a statement that its isolated pools are now no longer operational. The statement said that all isolated pools have been paused, but user funds remain safe and the withdrawal function is still available. Users can choose to migrate their assets or withdraw directly depending on whether their assets are on Venus Core.

Zcash’s core development team, ZODL, has released the latest strategic roadmap, focusing on post-quantum security, scalability, and user experience, and moving into the Zcash IV phase. The new version is now live, improving user experience and advancing key development. Meanwhile, ZODL is actively involved in industry cooperation, but due to regulatory issues it has temporarily taken down the Russian app store.

A whale-sized investor was already down $345k when betting that the Iranian regime would collapse on June 30, and the prior investment also failed. The market’s judgment rules are strict, and only under specific conditions is a regime collapse recognized; ordinary regime change is not considered.

Gate News message: On April 13, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis posted on social media, saying that the previous administration caused a flight of the digital asset industry. She emphasized that now is the time to set clear regulatory rules for the digital asset industry, welcome it back to the U.S., and urged that the Clarity Act be passed as soon as possible.

Gate News message, April 12, market data shows that ETH broke through 2200 USDT, now reported at 2200.3 USDT, and the 24-hour decline has narrowed to 2.67%.