Token Events

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) submitted a proposal to its governance forum on April 15 (Wednesday), seeking to lock up WLFI tokens held by early investors for two years, followed by releasing them in batches over the following two years. For holders who do not accept new unlocking plans, the tokens will “continue to be locked indefinitely,” which has prompted criticism from major investors such as Justin Sun.

World Liberty Financial has proposed a governance restructuring imposing multi-year lockups on 62.3 billion WLFI tokens worth $1.3 billion, introducing fixed vesting schedules for holders, including a token burn of 4.5 billion.

The BNB Foundation completed its 35th token burn, destroying 1.569 million BNB and reducing the total supply to approximately 134.8 million BNB. The goal is to lower the supply to 100 million BNB, supporting the ecosystem's long-term health.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has proposed a governance plan locking 62.2 billion WLFI tokens for two years, with different vesting schedules for advisors and early supporters. This aims to enhance long-term governance in DeFi and includes a token burn requirement.

Dragonfly received 55.8 million LIT tokens from Lighter, which will be locked for one year and vested over three years post-TGE, with the first unlock on December 30, 2026.

Polygon has launched sPOL, a liquid staking token, enabling greater liquidity for staked POL tokens. Audited for security, sPOL allows stakers to earn rewards while using assets in DeFi, with initial liquidity from the treasury and live pools on Uniswap V4.

Polygon Labs launches its first native liquid staking token, sPOL, unlocking more than 3.6 billion POL tokens and allowing stakers to use sPOL to perform DeFi operations while earning rewards. With sPOL, stakers can achieve dual yield, and in conjunction with the PIP-85 proposal, for the first time, 50% of validator priority fees are allocated to delegators, strengthening the economic incentives for long-term token staking.

Circle increased issuance by 750 million USDC in South Korea and held talks with major financial institutions, indicating its strategy in the stablecoin market. The South Korean stock market reacted strongly, and stablecoin concept stocks surged across the board. In addition, USDC’s utilization efficiency improved, showing that demand for institutional adoption is increasing; the outlook is optimistic for the future.

OwlPay and Wallet Pro services launched by Odin Ding use stablecoin technology to enable B2B cross-border payments, and they partner with international payment giants to showcase their ambitions to expand in the fintech sector. By operating from overseas, Odin Ding bypasses Taiwan’s regulatory restrictions, offering fast virtual-asset trading. At the same time, in light of the newly issued Virtual Asset Services Act, it is expected to become a reference template for other foreign-funded companies entering the Taiwan market.

Polygon has launched sPOL, a liquid staking token for POL that increases yields for stakers and unlocks 3.6 billion staked POL. It facilitates DeFi engagement, allowing users to migrate existing stakes without penalties and accumulate rewards. Despite its benefits, sPOL carries associated risks.

Gate News, according to Gate’s official announcement Gate’s initial listing of Sentio (ST) includes spot trading and instant exchange, and it has launched the 339th HODLer Airdrop campaign. Users holding 1GT or more can participate for free and share 750,000 ST tokens. This airdrop will end at 2026-04-15 17:00 (UTC+8). Spot trading will open at 18:00 on the same day, instant exchange trading will open at 19:00, and withdrawals are expected to open at 2026-04-16 18:00. Sentio is a decentralized, AI-agent-ready blockchain data network that provides unified Web3 observability and a data platform, integrating indexing, querying, visualization, and alerting features. The project has been adopted by 70,000 users and 24 billion in customer TVL. ST is a BEP-20 standard token with a total supply of 1,000,000,000. The contract address is 0x70be40667385500c5da7f108a022e21b606045dd. In this campaign, the participation cap for VIP 0–VIP 4 users is 2,000 GT. VIP 5–VIP 9 users receive different amount bonuses based on their tier, and VIP 10 and above users have no participation cap. All airdrop rewards are 100% immediately unlocked.

OwlPay and Wallet Pro services launched by Oding Ding use stablecoin technology to enable B2B cross-border payments, and they have partnered with international payment giants to showcase their expansion ambitions in the fintech space. By operating from abroad, Oding Ding bypasses Taiwan’s regulatory restrictions, offering fast virtual-asset trading; at the same time, faced with the newly enacted Virtual Asset Services Act, it may in the future become a reference template for other foreign-funded companies entering the Taiwan market.

Ripple USD (RLUSD) has experienced notable fluctuations, with over 29 million tokens burned and 18.9 million minted in the past 24 hours. Future projections suggest stablecoin processing could reach $1.5 quadrillion by 2035, driven by intergenerational wealth transfer and crypto adoption.

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.

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.

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.

Genius launched an airdrop on April 14, and the token value surged by 850%; at one point, FDV exceeded $820 million. The platform’s core is built around three key development directions, including privacy transactions, actively managed liquidity AMMs, and binary options tools. It designs a refund mechanism to protect users and promote token stability, but liquidity risk must be kept in mind.

Gate News update: On April 14, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, WLD (World) is trading at $0.31. Over the past 24 hours, it is up 5.27%, with a high of $0.32 and a low of $0.29. The 24-hour trading volume reached $1.1855 million. The current market cap is approximately $1.028 billion. World is an open-source protocol system designed to help everyone enter the global economy. By design, it uses a decentralized architecture, where oversight and decision-making ultimately depend on the user community. Through four major tools—World ID, World App, World Chain, and Worldcoin—World is committed to building a real human network. Among them, World ID provides anonymous human identity verification, and World App

Pi Network's native token PI fell to $0.165 in April, hitting a 7-week low and leaving market sentiment weak. The unlock peak will release more than 60 million PI, adding downward pressure. Despite the core team recently publishing technical updates, it failed to improve market confidence and instead drew community criticism due to KYC access issues and the ongoing slide in price. Increased future supply could further drive prices lower.