Circle Casting 500 Million USDC in Solana

According to official announcements, OKX will launch the AIUSDT perpetual contract on April 29, 2026 at 20:00 (UTC+8) on the web, app, and API.

OKX has announced the addition of Gensyn (AI) to multiple services, including futures contracts, officially launching on 2026-04-29 at 20:00 (UTC+8). Notes: - The AIUSDT perpetual contract trading will open on April 29, 2026, at 20:00 (UTC+8). - When the funding rate reaches the upper or lower limit, the funding fee settlement cycle will automatically adjust to once per hour. - Trading hours are 7×24 hours.

The Iranian riyal exchange rate has fallen to a historic low of 1.8 million riyals per US dollar, attributed to President Trump's blockade policy. （Watcher.Guru）

According to Paul Hollinsworth, an economist at BNP Paribas, the inflationary pressure caused by high energy prices may prompt the Bank of England to raise interest rates twice in 2026. He believes that oil supply shocks and inflation stickiness make it reasonable to raise interest rates. According to data from the London Stock Exchange, the market has priced the possibility of the Bank of England raising interest rates by 25 basis points twice before September, and expects a 64% chance of a third rate hike before the end of the year.

According to Bloomberg, MoonPay has acquired Israeli cryptocurrency security startup Sodot in an all stock transaction for approximately $100 million. MoonPay will establish a new department, MoonPay Institutional, which will focus on providing services such as encrypted trading, tokenized securities, payments, wallet management, and stablecoin issuance to large traditional financial institutions. The department is led by former CFTC Acting Chair Caroline D. Pham, who joined MoonPay in December last year and currently serves as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. Pham stated that institutions are accelerating their entry into the fields of encryption and DeFi.