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Gate News message, April 26 — OpenAI and Anthropic have been recruiting senior executives and specialized engineers from major enterprise software companies including Salesforce, Snowflake, Datadog, and Palantir. Denise Dresser, former CEO of Slack under Salesforce, joined OpenAI as chief revenue of

Gate News message, April 26 — In an interview on April 26, U.S. President Trump commented on the Iran situation, stating that America's greatest advantage is having destroyed Iran's navy and air force, with Iran's leadership now replaced. Trump noted that the current Iranian leadership is mixed—some

Gate News message, April 26 — A coalition of major DeFi protocols led by Aave Labs, joined by Kelp DAO, LayerZero, EtherFi, and Compound, filed a Constitutional AIP on Saturday morning asking the Arbitrum DAO to release approximately $71 million in frozen ETH to support DeFi United, a cross-protocol

Gate News message, April 26 — U.S. President Trump and UK Prime Minister Starmer held a phone call to discuss the current Middle East situation, with Trump emphasizing the "urgent need to restore shipping in the Strait of Hormuz." The UK side noted that weeks of blockade have left numerous crew

Gate News message, April 26 — Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on April 25 that recent military events mark a repeat of last year's incident, on the anniversary of the 'Tabas incident.' In a social media post, Pezeshkian expressed hope that these 'historic defeats' would 'sound an alarm for h

Gate News message, April 26 — A suspected insider trading address is now taking a long position on LDO, opening a 5x leveraged trade on 5.57 million LDO tokens valued at approximately $5.16 million across two wallets. The address previously generated $2.27 million in profit from a single-day APE tr

Gate News message, a whale has deposited 300 BTC (valued at $23.4 million) into a centralized exchange after remaining inactive for 2 years. These 300 BTC were originally withdrawn from CEX 3 years ago when BTC was priced at $19,329. The whale is currently holding an unrealized profit of $17.6 milli

Gate News message, April 26 — Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi traveled to Pakistan on April 26 for consultations. During bilateral talks, Araghchi delivered Iran's conditions for ending military operations, which include establishing new legal frameworks in the Strait of Hormuz, obtaining com

Gate News message, April 26 — Scallop, a lending protocol in the Sui ecosystem, announced the discovery of a vulnerability in an auxiliary contract associated with its sSUI reward pool, resulting in a loss of approximately 150,000 SUI. The affected contract has been frozen, and Scallop confirmed

Gate News message, April 26 — According to CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler, short-term holder (STH) selling pressure has notably eased following spring market stress relief, and Bitcoin's market recovery remains underway. Current BTC price has approached the short-term holder cost basis. Adler

Gate News message, April 26 — Next week brings a super central bank week and earnings season, with the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, European Central Bank, and Bank of Canada all set to announce interest rate decisions. The Federal Reserve will release its rate decision at 2 a.m.

Gate News message, April 26 — U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss the ongoing Middle East situation and emphasized the "urgent need to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz." Starmer noted that weeks of blockade have left numerous crew members st

Gate News message, April 26 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the allocation of the European Union's €90 billion loan during a joint press conference with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Kyiv on April 26. Of the total loan, €45 billion is allocated for 2026 and will be disbursed i

Gate News message, April 26 — Litecoin experienced a deep chain reorganization on Saturday (April 26) after attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in its MimbleWimble Extension Block (MWEB) privacy layer, according to the Litecoin Foundation. The reorg spanned blocks 3,095,930 to 3,095,943 and

Gate News message, April 26 — XRP's market structure is displaying signs of significant repositioning, with data showing a complex divergence between derivatives and spot activity. According to market analysis, leveraged longs on major CEX perpetuals are being unwound even as spot price remains

Gate News message, April 26 — According to Onchain Lens, an unknown address has withdrawn 219,000 LINK tokens, valued at approximately $2.08 million, from a major CEX. The address currently holds 785,000 LINK, worth approximately $7.43 million.

Gate News message, April 26 — BHT (Balance Hub Terminal) announced today that its device cluster DAPP has officially launched globally, with operations beginning at 12:00 UTC / 08:00 ET on April 26, 2026. As a core application layer within the MOVA Chain ecosystem, BHT focuses on device clusters an

Gate News message, April 26 — Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized that regional countries need to establish a collective security mechanism independent of U.S. intervention, according to Iran's Foreign Ministry. Araghchi's statement reflects Tehran's push for regional security

Gate News message, April 26 — El Salvador added 8 Bitcoin over the past 7 days, bringing its total holdings to 7,633.37 BTC worth approximately $624 million. Over the past 30 days, the country has accumulated 31 Bitcoin, continuing its strategy of building its national Bitcoin

Gate News message, April 26 — Tennessee has become the second U.S. state to impose a statewide ban on cryptocurrency ATMs. Gov. Bill Lee signed House Bill 2505 into law on April 13 after it passed both chambers unanimously. The law, officially codified on April 24, will take effect July 1 and