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Gate News message, April 24 — The European Central Bank moved to minimize adoption costs and foster early coordination among stakeholders in its digital euro project, part of efforts to launch the currency this decade. The ECB reached agreements with

Gate News message, April 24 — ECB Governing Council member Kazimir said a small rate hike may be needed to address current economic conditions.

Gate News message, April 24 — According to Onchain Lens, the Balancer attacker (0xa6d6...BDaA) converted 13,191 ETH into 386.52 BTC over the past 15 hours, valued at approximately $30.54 million. The attacker currently holds an additional 8,000 ETH, worth approximately $18.52 million.

Gate News message, April 24 — South Korea's Korea Exchange (KRX) cited the listing of Korean stock market products by a major global digital asset exchange as justification for extending trading hours. The exchange said it needs to extend trading hours and improve market infrastructure to compete fo

Gate News message, April 24 — Canadian AI company Cohere announced plans to acquire German AI firm Aleph Alpha to strengthen its presence in Europe. Schwarz Group, a backer of Aleph Alpha, plans to invest $600 million in Cohere's Series E funding round. The funding round is expected to close in 202

Gate News message, April 24 — Succinct Labs, backed by venture capital firm Paradigm, launched ZCAM on Thursday, an iPhone app that uses cryptography to verify the authenticity of photos and videos. The app signs photos and videos at the moment of capture, producing a tamper-proof record that

Gate News message, April 24 — China's central bank (PBoC) and seven other government agencies jointly issued the Financial Products Network Marketing Management Measures, which will take effect on September 30, 2026. The new regulations systematically govern financial product online marketing

Gate News message, April 24 — Israel's Defense Minister has designated strike targets in Iran and is preparing for operations focused on inflicting significant economic damage beyond military objectives, according to Israel's Channel 12. Building on previous military actions, Israel aims to

Gate News message, April 24 — India's central bank is piloting digital rupee (e-rupee) payments across approximately 10 initiatives to distribute roughly $80 billion in welfare subsidies, aiming to reduce leakage and corruption while identifying practical use cases for its CBDC. In Maharashtra,

Gate News message, April 24 — Singapore has ordered internet service providers to block six foreign-linked websites that impersonated local news outlets and spread disinformation. Authorities said the sites mimicked legitimate local news outlets and were linked to misinformation networks, with

Gate News message, April 24 — Intel reported first-quarter 2026 earnings on April 24, posting revenue of $13.6 billion, up 7% year-over-year and 11% above Wall Street consensus. Non-GAAP earnings per share came in at $0.29, versus analyst expectations of $0.01, representing a 29-fold beat—an

Gate News message, four newly created wallets withdrew 10 million $ASTER tokens valued at $6.7 million from centralized exchanges. The wallets are linked to a single entity.

Gate News message, April 24 — KAT (Katana), the native token of a DeFi-focused Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, briefly surged above $0.019 on April 24, with its 24-hour gain expanding to over 70%. The token was trading at $0.01845, with a market capitalization of $47 million. Katana is designed as a s

Gate News message, April 24 — Iran's Vice President Ismail Sagheb Isfahan announced on April 24 that Iran will respond forcefully to any attacks on its energy facilities. Speaking at a rally in Islamshahr, Isfahan stated that if adversaries misjudge the situation, Iran's strategy will escalate

Gate News message, April 24 — Chinese automakers showcased advanced in-car AI systems at the Beijing Auto Show on April 24, as the country accelerates its AI Plus strategy and seeks greater independence from foreign semiconductors. Xpeng demonstrated voice-controlled parking that allows drivers to

Gate News message, April 24 — Hyperliquid whales currently hold $3.66 billion in aggregate positions, according to Coinglass data. Long positions account for $1.854 billion (50.64% of total), while short positions total $1.807 billion (49.36%). Long positions are up $2.9172 million in unrealized P&

Gate News message, April 24 — Shiba Inu's holder base expanded sharply between April 19 and April 22, 2026, with more than 10,000 new Ethereum wallets joining the network and pushing the total above 1.573 million. Etherscan data recorded the move as one of the fastest short-term expansions this

Gate News message, April 24 — Crypto analyst Willy Woo stated that while most Bitcoin holders view BTC as a safe-haven asset, the reality is more nuanced. Bitcoin does possess safe-haven characteristics—for instance, it enables cross-border asset transfers via seed phrases during wartime and

Gate News message, April 24 — Zhang Chi, a former engineer at ByteDance's Seed team and current assistant professor at Peking University, revealed on the podcast "Into Asia" that ByteDance requires approximately six months to complete one full cycle of large language model training (pretraining