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The Ministry of Economy and Finance of South Korea announced that the "Blockchain-based Digital Currency Treasury Payment Pilot" has been selected for the 2026 "Regulatory Sandbox" project.
The pilot will allow government departments to pay part of their operational expenses using blockchain "Deposit Tokens" for settlement instead of the current government procurement cards (credit/debit cards), and is planned to be implemented in Sejong City in the fourth quarter of this year, with the scope gradually expanded based on operational results.
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Wu said that CoW DAO announced that it has regained full control of the cow fi domain name, and CoW Swap can now be used normally through cow finance. The team is gradually switching access back to the original domain. CoW DAO stated that the attacker forged documents impersonating team members to trick the domain registrar into cooperating, thereby reissuing the SSL certificate for cow fi and injecting malicious content into the main domain. The project said this was not a breach of CoW infrastructure nor a leak of private information, but a social engineering attack targeting the registrar.

Wu Shuo learned that Akash founder Greg Osuri said that Cosmos management has adjusted the authorization approach for a key component, which means Akash is currently unable to use it in a production environment, nor for any commercial purposes, and also cannot provide services to third parties based on that component. Greg Osuri said that when Akash previously announced it would migrate to a shared security layer, it originally still planned to retain some Cosmos integration, at least to maintain interoperability; but these new licensing terms make it almost impossible for Akash to remain in t

Wu said that, according to the official announcement from HTX DAO, the HTX burn for the first quarter of 2026 was completed on April 15, 2026. On-chain data shows that a total of 10,825,402,253,521.04 HTX tokens were burned this time, worth over 19.22M USD. To date, the total amount of HTX burned by HTX DAO has exceeded 11% of the total issuance, with an average annual deflation rate of 5.5%.

Wu said that Aave Labs announced the launch of the governance security system Aave Checkpoint, which uses AI to automatically review DAO proposals, requiring at least two human reviewers to recheck before the proposal can be executed on-chain. This aims to prevent parameter misconfigurations, hidden code vulnerabilities, or malicious operations in proposals. Aave stated that the system has been in use since March 2026, and all governance proposals processed during this period have been incorporated into this process. In terms of review scope, the system not only checks for common contract vuln

Bank of England Governor and Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair Andrew Bailey said at an event hosted by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) that, over the past year, global progress on international regulatory standards for stablecoins has slowed. However, for stablecoins to achieve a credible foundation for “redemption at par value,” a unified set of international rules must be established to prevent regulatory fragmentation among countries from further widening “rule gaps.” (Cryptopolitan)

According to The Block, CryptoQuant indicates that Bitcoin's recent rebound has shown signs of increasing profit-taking risk. Bitcoin briefly surged above $76,000 before falling back to around $74,800, testing a key bearish resistance level at approximately $76,800 based on on-chain realized prices. Historically, this range often triggers selling pressure due to holdings approaching breakeven. CryptoQuant pointed out that if the resistance holds, around $67,600 could serve as a short-term major support. CryptoQuant also stated that as prices rise, exchange inflows have significantly increased,

Wu learned that Coinbase announced the inclusion of Diem (DIEM) and Opengradient (OPG) in the listing roadmap; the trading launch of related assets depends on market-making support and technical infrastructure, and the trading start time will be announced separately once conditions are met.

The UK asset management firm Legal & General Asset Management, through Calastone’s tokenized distribution network, has enabled on-chain issuance and distribution of more than £50 billion (approximately $68 billion) in liquidity funds it manages, offering money-market-style products in the form of tokenized shares. The related system uses blockchain technology to process issuance, trading, and settlement, and supports USD, EUR, and GBP pricing with same-day settlement. Investors can buy, sell, and transfer shares within a regulated permissioned network, and the products are live on Ethereum and

Wu said that the latest Federal Reserve Beige Book shows that economic activity across the Federal Reserve districts is generally growing slightly to moderately, with 8 districts expanding, 2 remaining essentially flat, and 2 experiencing slight declines; uncertainties from the Middle East conflict are constraining corporate hiring, pricing, and capital expenditure decisions. Overall employment remains stable, with hiring mainly to fill vacancies, and companies favoring temporary or contract workers; AI has limited impact on overall employment but increases productivity in some scenarios and s

Wu said that Bitdeer announced its operational data for March 2026, with self-mining output of 661 BTC for the month, a year-over-year increase of approximately 480%. The company's self-mining hash rate is about 69.5 EH/s, with total managed hash rate around 78.1 EH/s; the annualized revenue run rate (ARR) for AI cloud services is approximately $43 million, a month-over-month increase of about 105%. The company is also advancing its AI data center deployment, negotiating leasing agreements with potential clients for the Tydal project in Norway, and has released the SEALMINER A4 mining machine