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Aptos Foundation updated its tokenomics on April 14. The main reforms include lowering the staking annualized rate to 2.6%, increasing Gas fees by 10x, setting a supply cap of 2.1 billion tokens, and permanently locking 210 million APT. This adjustment is intended to shift the supply model from a “subsidy-driven” approach to a “performance-driven” one, in order to achieve a deflationary target and encourage long-term participation.

A new Oumi study, reported by The New York Times, found Google's AI Overviews inaccurate 9% of the time — translating to tens of millions of wrong answers per hour at Google's scale. Over half of accurate responses also cited sources that don't fully support their claims, while Google called the study "seriously flawed."

Anthropic's Claude AI is facing an unusual credibility problem: mounting quality complaints on GitHub, a major April 13 outage, and a self-assessment from the model itself concluding concerns have "escalated sharply" since January — with April on pace to surpass March's complaint volume, already a 3.5× jump over baseline.

In a significant development showcasing Monad’s commitment to digital asset security and user-driven solutions on its EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain, the protocol today entered into a strategic partnership with Ledger Wallet, a cold hardware non-custodial wallet infrastructure. This

The American Bankers Association criticizes the White House’s research framework in its stablecoin report, saying it overlooks the risk of deposit outflows that could be triggered by prohibiting stablecoin yield. The White House report says the ban will have only a minimal impact on bank lending, increasing it by just $2.1 billion, but the ABA believes this issue’s framework fails to reflect the risks that would actually harm community banks and support the local economy. This dispute is also tied to the current cryptocurrency regulatory legislative efforts, shaping the future development of stablecoins and the competitive landscape for banks.

U.S. House members recently introduced the “Protecting American Rights Through Interoperable Value and Yield” Act (PARITY Act), aiming to reform cryptocurrency tax policies, remove the $200 exemption threshold, and introduce wash sale rules, clearly distinguishing different types of trading activity. The bill’s legislative progress remains unclear, but it is expected to draw attention in future tax debates, and the industry is actively pushing to include the relevant provisions in new legislation.

Pi Network distributes 26.5 million PI tokens to more than 1 million community members who have completed KYC verification, to accelerate user identity verification and strengthen the decentralized model. 18 million already-verified users have laid the groundwork for the ecosystem’s development, but the key lies in how to convert these users into active participants. With the protocol upgrade, Pi Network is moving toward the open network phase, and smart contract support signals richer application scenarios.

Strategy added 13,927 Bitcoin to its reserves, valued at $1 billion. The company now has 780,897 BTC in its treasury, nearly rivaling BlackRock’s 788,927 BTC for its spot Bitcoin ETF. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor assured investors that the business’s growing value will enable it to

Scroll Foundation proposed on April 14 to dissolve the current Security Council and transfer administrative control to Scroll Admin’s multisig address because the Security Council’s operating costs do not match actual usage. The transition period will be ten days, and it will rely on member support. The new structure will continue to ensure the protocol’s security standards, and this does not mean compromising on security. The role of DAO contributors will also be scaled back to align with current priorities and operational needs.

Cardano is preparing for two major upgrades in 2026: Ouroboros Leios, a scaling solution to boost transaction speeds, and the van Rossem hard fork to enhance performance and security. Both upgrades are on track for June launches.

Ripple teamed up with NDepth to strengthen Ripple Treasury’s enterprise financial management solutions, integrating bank fee analysis, funds optimization, and financial data insights to improve compatibility with existing financial systems and provide institutional customers with better liquidity connectivity. This strategy reflects Ripple’s market positioning shift from replacing SWIFT to coexisting with it, laying the groundwork for expanding the institutional application ecosystem for XRP.

Polymarket briefly appeared in Google News results alongside established outlets when users searched for event-driven questions, but Google later confirmed the listing was an error and has since been removed. The incident, now described by Google as a temporary misindexing, comes as Polymarket and i

Circle co-founder Jeremy Allaire announced that he will issue a native token for Arc Network, covering three main functions: governance, ecosystem incentives, and economic interests alignment, and plans to transition to a Proof of Stake (PoS) system. Arc Network will build post-quantum signatures within the first day of mainnet to address future quantum attack threats and ensure blockchain security. The token plan has not yet released specific details; more information will be published soon.

Meta is building an AI clone of Mark Zuckerberg — trained on his voice and mannerisms — so 79,000 employees can interact with a photorealistic CEO on demand. Meta calls it connection. Critics call it surveillance.