Crypto Frontier

The SWEAT protocol successfully contained a multi-million dollar exploit on Wednesday at approximately 13:36 UTC, with the team confirming that all external account balances have been fully restored and operations have returned to normal, according to a post-hack debrief shared by the SWEAT team on

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43m ago

Ant International Links 150M Merchants via AI-Powered Payments

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AI Tools & Apps

Ant International said its payments network links more than 150 million merchants with over 2 billion consumer accounts worldwide, supporting more than 300 payment methods across 220 markets. The company handles more than 20 million transactions per day on average and is expanding across Asia,

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2h ago

Bank of England Warns Capital Rule Relaxation May Increase Financial Risk

The Bank of England has expressed concern about plans to reduce capital requirements for professional trading firms, citing potential increases in financial risk, according to reports from April 30. This position creates a disagreement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority, which proposed the capi

2h ago

OKX Launches Agent Payments Protocol for AI Bot Commerce

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Partnerships & Ecosystem

AI Agent

Crypto exchange OKX introduced its Agent Payments Protocol (APP) on Wednesday, an open standard designed to enable AI agents to conduct full business cycles including payments, negotiations, and dispute resolution. The protocol follows similar offerings from competitors including x402, incubated by

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3h ago

Polygon, Polkadot Ship April Upgrades; Ethereum Plans Glamsterdam

ethereum news

April Blockchain Upgrades: Live Forks and Planning Phases In April 2026, blockchain protocols took divergent paths—some delivering live mainnet changes, others refining future architectures. Polygon's Giugliano hard fork activated on April 8, Polkadot executed Runtime v2.1 through governance in la

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3h ago

WLFI Token Falls 13% as World Liberty Opens Controversial Unlock Vote

World Liberty Financial, the DeFi and stablecoin project associated with the Trump family, has officially opened voting on a controversial governance proposal to unlock 62 billion WLFI tokens, according to the proposal filing. The vote comes as the token has dropped 13% to $0.064 from $0.073 ahead o

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6h ago

AMD, Intel CPU Prices Rise 5-20% in Q1 2024; Further Increases Forecast for 2026

Stocks

Current CPU Price Increases (Q1 2024) According to a CITIC Securities research report citing Taiwan media, consumer-level CPUs from AMD and Intel saw price increases of 5–10% in March 2024, while server CPUs experienced larger increases of 10–20%, driven by surging demand for AI computing

7h ago

OKX Launches Agent Payments Protocol for AI Business Cycles

Project Progress

Partnerships & Ecosystem

AI Agent

Crypto exchange OKX rolled out its Agent Payments Protocol (APP) on Wednesday, an open standard designed to support AI agents conducting full business cycles beyond simple payments. According to OKX, the protocol enables AI bots to "pay for services and pay each other" while handling quoting,

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10h ago

XRP Las Vegas 2026: Ripple Ecosystem Conference April 30–May 1

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Partnerships & Ecosystem

XRP Las Vegas 2026, officially listed on Ripple's events page, will take place April 30–May 1, 2026 in Las Vegas. The event is positioned as the largest dedicated gathering for the XRP ecosystem, bringing together Ripple leadership, institutional participants, and policy voices around

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10h ago

Trump-Linked Lobbyists Secure Lucrative Foreign Client Contracts

Lobbying firms with close ties to the White House are securing high-value contracts from foreign clients, according to lobbying disclosures filed last week. Some of the foreign clients were facing federal charges at the time of engagement. Retainer fees for these contracts exceeded half a million

11h ago

SWEAT Protocol Exploit Contained, User Balances Restored

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Ant International Links 150M Merchants via AI-Powered Payments

Bank of England Warns Capital Rule Relaxation May Increase Financial Risk

OKX Launches Agent Payments Protocol for AI Bot Commerce

Polygon, Polkadot Ship April Upgrades; Ethereum Plans Glamsterdam

WLFI Token Falls 13% as World Liberty Opens Controversial Unlock Vote

AMD, Intel CPU Prices Rise 5-20% in Q1 2024; Further Increases Forecast for 2026

OKX Launches Agent Payments Protocol for AI Business Cycles

XRP Las Vegas 2026: Ripple Ecosystem Conference April 30–May 1

Trump-Linked Lobbyists Secure Lucrative Foreign Client Contracts