Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement pilot to nine blockchains, including Polygon, Base, Canton Network, Arc and Tempo, alongside previously supported networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and Stellar. The programme has reached a US$7 billion annualized run rate, representing 50%

Google and Microsoft reported earnings after the bell on Wednesday, with both crushing expectations. Alphabet's Q1 2026 revenue reached $109.9 billion, up 22% year-over-year, while Google Cloud brought in $20.03 billion—up 63% from $12.26 billion in Q1 2025. Microsoft posted $82.9 billion in revenue

According to Visa's announcement on Wednesday (April 29), the payments giant expanded its global stablecoin settlement pilot to nine blockchains, with its annualized settlement run rate surging to $7 billion, up 50% from the previous quarter. Visa added support for five new blockchains—Arc, Base,

Abstract: OpenAI's Privacy Filter is an open-source, locally executable model that detects and redacts PII in text. It supports large contexts, identifies many PII categories, and is intended for privacy-preserving workflows such as data preparation, indexing, logging, and moderation. OpenAI's Privacy Filter is a locally run, open-source model (128k-token context) that detects and redacts PII in text, covering contact, financial, and credential data for privacy workflows.

MicroStrategy aims for 7.5% of Bitcoin supply, implying $10M per BTC; as of Apr 19 it held 815,061 BTC (~3.88%) for $61.56B, needing ~3.62% more to target saturation in Saylor’s long‑term accumulation plan. Abstract: MicroStrategy seeks to accumulate roughly 7.5% of Bitcoin supply, a threshold Saylor suggests could push BTC to about $10 million and slow purchases thereafter. By April 19 it owned 815,061 BTC (≈3.88% of supply) for $61.56B and would require about 3.62 percentage points more to reach the target, indicating a approaching saturation of its long-run accumulation strategy.

Gate News message, April 21 — A weekend hack that drained nearly $300 million from a small crypto project and triggered a $10 billion run on the largest decentralized lending platform may slow Wall Street's growing interest in blockchain technology, according to a report from Jefferies LLC released

Russia proposes a law criminalizing unregistered crypto activity and bypassing the central bank, with up to seven years' forced labor; fines for individuals and operators; most transactions to run through banks, effective July 1, 2027.

Gate News message, April 21——A certain CEX has launched a Story (IP) re-staking product, adding it to the list of existing staking assets such as 15 assets including ETH, SOL, TRX, and more. The incentive campaign will run from April 21 to 27, with a total prize pool of 200 million KRW. $IP is the native token of the Story protocol. Story positions itself as an AI-focused on-chain IP infrastructure, supporting IP registration for datasets, models, and AI-generated content, programmable licensing, and automated revenue distribution.

Varys Capital venture investment chief Tom Dunleavy noted that in the past six months, the crypto VC funding environment has changed significantly: well-funded projects are proactively coming to them, while most VC capital has run out or shifted to late-stage investments, extending the fundraising cycle to 2–3 months. Only a few institutions are still making early-stage investments, and in the future they may see investment opportunities on a historic scale.

From 01:30 to 01:45 (UTC) on 2026-04-12, the BTC price saw significant volatility within the 71,560.0–73,017.1 USDT range. The candlestick return rate recorded -1.75%, and the amplitude reached 2.00%. During this period, market attention increased, the trading atmosphere clearly became more cautious, and heightened volatility triggered short-term capital vigilance. The primary driving force behind this unusual move is the continued deterioration of liquidity in the derivatives market: CME futures open interest fell to a 14-month low, and institutional arbitrage capital accelerated its withdrawal. Futures trading volume trended lower over the long run, and arbitrage basis compression caused the market to deepen in…