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ether.fi's weETH bridge on LayerZero is back live across all chains, with liquidity minting and redemption re-enabled; DVNs increased from 2 to 4 and rate limits tightened, while more services roll out under security partner guidance. Ether.fi reports that its weETH cross-chain bridge on LayerZero is restored and live across all chains, with liquidity minting and redemption re-enabled. Security upgrades include expanding DVNs from 2 to 4 and tighter rate limits; more services will be gradually restored under partner guidance.

Kalshi plans to launch crypto perpetual futures on April 27, expanding from event contracts into derivatives with built-in leverage. The platform also secures a margin-trading license, partners with ProCap Financial to provide real-time data, and unveils a commodities hub while facing growing competition and regulatory scrutiny from the CFTC. Kalshi launches crypto perpetual futures on April 27, expanding from event contracts into derivatives with leverage, adds a commodities hub and data partnership, and faces rising competition amid CFTC regulatory talks.

Gate News message, April 21 — Arkham announced the launch of its decentralized trading functionality, integrated exclusively with the Solana ecosystem, as it pivots from centralized exchange services to target Solana's thriving DEX market. The new feature incorporates decentralized trading into Ark

Key Insights Cardano tokenized a Hannover Re reinsurance product and listed it on the London Stock Exchange, expanding blockchain use in regulated institutional markets. ADA price holds within a descending wedge as support at $0.2400 remains intact while resistance near $0.2550 and $0.2824 l

Spark's MonetSupply says Aave's decision to unfreeze its Core WETH market lets LST/LRT whales farm \~45% weETH loops while aEthWETH sits at 100% utilization, trapping regular users. Summary Spark strategy director MonetSupply says Aave's decision to unfreeze its Ethereum Core WETH market is "il

Polymarket launches perpetual futures with leverage, expanding beyond standard prediction markets; early access registration is open for leveraged trading on its decentralized platform. This article reports that Polymarket launched a perpetual futures feature, enabling leveraged prediction market trading on its decentralized platform, with open early access registration, expanding offerings beyond traditional markets.

Key Insights Wrapped XRP on Solana surpasses 834,000 tokens, enabling new DeFi access while strengthening cross-chain liquidity and expanding XRP utility beyond its native ledger. Ethereum and Solana dominate DeFi activity, while XRP Ledger trails significantly, driving the need for

Key Insights Wrapped XRP on Solana surpasses 834,000 tokens, enabling new DeFi access while strengthening cross-chain liquidity and expanding XRP utility beyond its native ledger. Ethereum and Solana dominate DeFi activity, while XRP Ledger trails significantly, driving the need for

Summary: Ondo, Clearstream and 360X announce a phased tokenized-securities integration, with ten U.S. equities trading on 360X now and planned custody, settlement, and collateral via Clearstream. Abstract: The article reports a strategic partnership among Ondo Finance, Clearstream, and 360X to integrate tokenized securities with traditional financial infrastructure across the full asset lifecycle. The initial phase enables ten tokenized U.S. equities to trade on 360X, with issuances on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain. In the next phase, Clearstream will provide custody, settlement, and collateral services, while Ondo plans to tokenize European-listed assets and expand distribution beyond the United States. The alliance aims to improve liquidity and transparency, enabling regulatory-compliant blockchain-enabled markets across Europe through Ondo's EU approvals and Clearstream's extensive asset footprint.

Gate News message, April 21 — SharpLink, an Ethereum treasury company, earned 470 ETH in staking rewards last week, bringing its cumulative staking rewards to 17,850 ETH.

Gate News message, April 21 — Ramp has launched USDT across Solana, Plasma, and Ethereum with integrated 1:1 USD onramps and offramps, according to an announcement from Privy. The expansion enables faster and cheaper cross-chain stablecoin access for thousands of businesses globally, with infrastruc

Gate News message, April 21 — Spark strategy lead monetsupply.eth criticized Aave's decision to unfreeze the WETH market on Ethereum, arguing the move is poorly considered and primarily benefits leverage traders. The decision, he contends, worsens the situation for ordinary users already trapped in

Gate News message, April 21 — Singapore-based digital asset custody firm Cobo unveiled the Cobo Agentic Wallet on April 20, a new product designed to enable artificial intelligence systems to independently execute blockchain transactions within a secure and controlled framework. The wallet allows

Abstract (English): Arkham has launched a decentralized trading feature for Solana ecosystem tokens, enabling high-frequency, low-latency trading directly on its platform. It filters tokens by volume, market cap, and liquidity, and tracks top traders, high‑PnL wallets, KOLs, and FnFs, while providing real-time activity, holdings history, and deployment records in one interface. Supported by Arkham’s analytics backbone of hundreds of thousands of traders, billions of address labels, and hundreds of millions of alerts. Summary (English): Arkham launches a decentralized Solana trading feature with real-time data, token filters, and top-trader monitoring, powered by its large analytics platform.

Gate News message, April 21 — Tempo, a blockchain project backed by Stripe and Paradigm, has launched a stablecoin consulting service to help enterprises and financial institutions adopt stablecoins. The service includes identifying suitable use cases and deploying embedded engineers to work directl

Gate News message, April 21 — DDC Enterprise, a U.S. publicly listed company, announced the launch of "DDC Treasury Intelligence Platform," an AI operating system designed for enterprise bitcoin reserve management. Developed in collaboration with Appnovation, the platform leverages large language

Gate News message, April 21 — Portal, a cross-chain gaming platform, announced the launch of Portal 2.0, driven by a new leadership team backed by Animoca Brands. Benjamin Charbit, former game director at Ubisoft, has been appointed as CEO. The platform is shifting its strategic focus toward

Startale Group, the global crypto infrastructure company behind Japan’s largest public Astar Network chain, is taking one of the world’s fastest-growing state-backed crypto ecosystems in Abu Dhabi The company was selected as one of 27 firms from more than 2,400 global applicants for the Hub71

LayerZero attributed a $290 million exploit of KelpDAO's cross-chain rsETH configuration to North Korea's Lazarus Group on April 18, describing the attacker as a "highly-sophisticated state actor." According to LayerZero, the incident was limited to KelpDAO's rsETH setup and did not spread to other

Ripple XRP Ledger is set to be quantum-resistant by 2028. This signals a highly bullish future for XRP.  Tron is also working to catch up with this progressive move. Crypto and blockchain continue to chase success and progress with no concern for the current state of markets. For