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Wednesday2026/04
04-17
Sony's blockchain business enters the commercialization phase.
According to NADA NEWS, Kazuhito Hatano, head of Soneium, Sony’s Ethereum Layer 2 network, stated that Sony’s blockchain business has transitioned from an experimental phase to a commercial one. The “Advanced Infrastructure Exploration Division” has been renamed the “On-Chain Business Strategy Divis...
Bhutan Moves $18.46M in BTC in 24H, Bitcoin Reserves Fall to 3,524 BTC
Key Insights:Bhutan moved $18.46M in BTC in 24 hours, extending its 2026 Bitcoin outflow trend.Bhutan’s Bitcoin reserves have fallen to about 3,524 BTC, valued at roughly $264 million.CryptoQuant data showed miner reserves dropped by about 61,000 BTC during this market cycle.Bitcoin news turned to B...
Mastercard Explores RLUSD Integration for Card Settlement
Mastercard Moves Toward RLUSD Settlement Integration as Ripple Deepens Institutional Reach Mastercard may be on the verge of redefining how card payments settle globally, as talks emerge around integrating Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin directly into its network. This development came to light during a d...
NUS Team Launches GameWorld Benchmark to Evaluate Multimodal AI Agents in 34 Browser Games
ME News reports that on April 17 (UTC+8), according to monitoring by Beating, a team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has released GameWorld, a benchmark designed to standardize the evaluation of multimodal large language models (MLLMs) as general agents in video games. The study note...
ORDI Price Prediction: Token Surges 220% Weekly, Faces Key Resistance at $8.9
ORDI rally cools as resistance holds and momentum shows early exhaustion signsKey $7.4 support now critical as breakdown risks deeper pullback toward $6.4Falling open interest and outflows signal weakening trader convictionORDI has staged a dramatic comeback, posting one of the strongest short-term ...
BTC's largest short loses over $4.3M as price approaches $76,000
According to Hyperinsight, after BTC briefly surged to nearly $76,000, the largest BTC short position, held by "Strategy Counterparty," incurred a floating loss exceeding $4.3 million (-220%). This 40x leveraged short position amounted to $78.1 million, with a liquidation price of $76,400—just $500 ...
Popular Analyst Predicts Parabolic Crypto Price Surge Soon
Popular analyst remains aggressively bullish on crypto prices. The expert then predicts parabolic surges soon. The move could spark dead coins into pumping heavily as well.The crypto community continues to hold high hopes for the crypto market to enter a bullish trend and reclaim higher prices over ...
Tether and Circle Clash Over Stablecoin 'Enforcement' in Web3
Author: BlockWeeksYesterday, the NEAR ecosystem protocol Rhea Finance was attacked, and Tether swiftly froze $3.29 million in stolen funds; CEO Paolo Ardoino garnered widespread online praise with just one phrase: “Tether Cares.” However, this celebration of efficiency has thrust Circle, another maj...
Google AI Studio launches paid plans and introduces access to 'Agents'
ME News reports that on April 17 (UTC+8), according to monitoring by Beating, Google AI Studio is launching a new paid subscription system, signaling its transition from a preview platform to a mature commercial workstation. The paid plans are divided into two categories: “Pay-per-request” and “Goog...
Hyperliquid Generates $3.27M in Revenue, Highest Since February 7
Huo火星 Finance reports that, according to DefiLlama data, Hyperliquid earned $3.27 million yesterday, marking its highest daily revenue since February 7, trailing only Tether ($16.41 million) and Circle ($6.77 million).
Anchorage Partners with 78 Web3 Companies to Bridge Traditional Finance and Blockchain
ChainCatcher report: Web3 asset data platform RootData has mapped out Anchorage’s 78 business partners, including 30+ DeFi protocols, 20+ blockchain infrastructure projects, and various stablecoins and payment settlement networks, covering the full lifecycle from asset issuance to on-chain operation...
HWM Advances Long-Horizon Planning in World Models
IntroductionOver the past year, research on world models has primarily focused on representation learning and future prediction. These models first understand the world and then internally simulate future states. This approach has already produced a number of representative results. V-JEPA 2 (Video ...
Hyperliquid's daily revenue reaches $3.27M, the highest since February 7.
BlockBeats news, on April 17, according to DefiLlama data, Hyperliquid generated $3.27 million in revenue yesterday, the highest since February 7, ranking second only to Tether ($16.41 million) and Circle ($6.77 million).
Whale address buys 4.5M LDO and 10K AAVE via OTC
According to Ember Monitoring, after Lido initiated the LDO buyback, a large whale address purchased 4.5 million LDO (approximately $1.86 million) via OTC. Over the past day, this address received 4.5 million LDO (approximately $1.86 million) and 10,000 AAVE (approximately $1.15 million) from Winter...
BIT on Target: Five Signals Suggest the Bitcoin Bear Market May Be Ending
The market is currently at a critical turning point. Multiple independent technical indicators are gradually converging on the same conclusion: the Bitcoin bear market that began in October 2025 may be nearing its end—or has already ended. Unlike the prolonged and repeatedly tested bear market of 20...
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