​​Price Discovery Board: Genius (GENIUS)

GENIUS trading starts today at 11:00 UTC, backed by $6.0M in private funding. This board compares potential FDV scenarios using benchmarks from other DEXs / Trading Terminals like Banana Gun, Jupiter, 1inch, and Infinex.

Oriole Insights has launched Telegram Mini App

The Mini App brings Oriole Insights’ prediction experience into Telegram. Moreover, Oriole now allows users buy INSIGHTS with Telegram Stars directly in its Telegram Mini App, making access to the platform’s in-app currency much easier.

New Features:
— Buy INSIGHTS with Telegram Stars in Earn section
— Exchange INSIGHTS for ORI directly in the app
— Keep making predictions along with farming
— Fully native Telegram Mini App experience
— An additional path to accumulate ORI for users

👉 t.me/orioleinsights_app_bot?start=_tgr_YnV44643OGFi

​​Biggest Platforms by RWAs Tokenized Value

Tokenized real-world assets have seen explosive growth in 2025 and 2026, with the market surging to exceed $27 billion, fueled by increasing regulatory clarity and strong institutional interest.

​​Treasuries & ETFs Board. Crypto Accumulation and Capital Flows

Digital asset investment products recorded $1.1B in inflows, the strongest level since January, supported by moderating inflation and easing macro risks.

Bitcoin led with $833M in inflows, while Ethereum ETFs attracted $187M. Meanwhile, Strategy continued accumulation, acquiring an additional 13,927 BTC ($1.00B), and Bitmine added 71,524 ETH ($156M)

​​From Exchange to Chain: Kraken’s Onchain Stack

To mark the Ink Points System rollout, we mapped out Kraken’s growing onchain stack around Ink. The overview shows how exchange products, chain infrastructure, and ecosystem apps are beginning to connect under one umbrella.

Octra (OCT) has launched its ICO via Uniswap CCA

The sale is now live and will last until April 20. 10% of OCT supply is allocated for sale. Users can now place bids in ETH to receive wOCT.

Octra is a privacy-focused Layer 1 blockchain that uses fully homomorphic encryption to process encrypted data without decrypting it and designed to work both as a standalone L1 and as decentralized encrypted middleware.

👉 x.com/octra/status/2043692807936696346?s=20

Upbit lists of Canton (CC) and Zama (ZAMA) today

Canton Network (CC) trading has started on Upbit at 7:00 AM UTC, while Zama (ZAMA) trading will commence at 10:00 AM UTC. Both tokens will be available against KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs.

Canton is a privacy-enabled blockchain, for synchronized financial markets, designed to let institutions connect apps and exchange data.

Zama is a cryptography company building FHE-based chain infrastructure that enables confidential smart contracts and apps to process encrypted data without exposing it.

👉 x.com/Official_Upbit/status/2043961087419396387?s=20

Exodus Sues W3C to Force Completion of Acquisition

Exodus Movement is suing W3C, the parent company of crypto card and payments specialists Baanx and Monovate, and its CEO, Garth Howat, to complete its $175 million acquisition of W3C.

Howat and W3C accepted $80 million worth of loans from Exodus upon signing the deal, with $10 million given to Howat personally, who then declared that they did not need to repay these loans, according to the lawsuit.

👉 coindesk.com/policy/2026/04/13/crypto-wallet-firm-exodus-sues-w3c-and-its-ceo-garth-howat-to-complete-usd175m-acquisition

​​Top Prediction Markets by Quarterly Volume Growth

With Q1 2026 now complete, this ranking shows which prediction markets posted the strongest volume growth in 2026, with Limitless ranking first. While absolute size still matters, quarter-over-quarter growth offers a clearer view of where momentum is building fastest.

Tether Launches tether.wallet, a Self-Custodial App for Global Payments

Tether has introduced its self-custodial digital wallet designed to bring its global financial infrastructure directly to end users. With over 570M users already leveraging its technology, the company is now moving from backend infrastructure to a consumer-facing product.

The wallet supports key assets including Bitcoin, digital dollars (USD₮, USA₮), and tokenized gold (XAU₮), across networks like Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum. It also integrates Lightning Network support for faster BTC transactions.

tether.wallet removes major UX barriers by enabling gasless transactions, abstracting network complexity, and allowing transfers via human-readable usernames. Users don’t need to hold native gas tokens, as fees are paid directly in transferred assets.

Built on Tether’s open-source WDK, the wallet ensures full self-custody, with private keys stored locally and controlled entirely by users. Future updates will expand blockchain support and introduce seamless cross-chain swaps.

👉 x.com/tether/status/2044023431176298976?s=20

Visa, Stripe & Zodia Custody Join Tempo as Early Validators

Institutional giants including Visa, Stripe, and Zodia Custody have joined Tempo’s payments blockchain as early validators. Their role will be to verify, order, and finalize on-chain transactions, strengthening the network’s institutional-grade infrastructure.

About. Tempo is an Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 focused on high-throughput payments and stablecoin settlement. Incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, the project has rapidly scaled, reaching a ~$5B valuation after a $500M Series A backed by Sequoia Capital and others.

The involvement of global payment leaders highlights growing institutional confidence in blockchain-based payment rails. These firms already process trillions in annual volume and bring decades of experience in operating secure, always-on financial infrastructure.

Beyond traditional payments, Tempo is also exploring emerging use cases such as AI-driven “agentic payments,” alongside stablecoin remittances. The network is expanding its ecosystem with integrations like RedStone for pricing data and support for omnichain stablecoins like USDT0.

👉 theblock.co/post/397286/visa-stripe-zodia-custody-standard-chartered-validators-tempo

Deutsche Börse invests $200M in Kraken parent

Deutsche Börse has made a $200M strategic investment in Payward Inc., the parent company of Kraken, marking a major move by a traditional exchange operator into crypto infrastructure.

The investment supports closer integration between traditional market systems and digital asset services, as institutional players continue expanding into crypto.
The deal values Kraken at ~$13.3B, down from $20B five months earlier when it filed for a US IPO, reflecting a shift in market expectations.

Recent updates from Kraken include the launch of the INK Points system on Kraken Pro and the rollout of Nado, a perp DEX on Ink L2, both tied to a future INK token launch expected in Q2–Q3 2026.

👉 x.com/CoinDesk/status/2043999552458387663?s=20

Paxos Labs Secures $12M, Launches Amplify for Onchain Finance

Paxos Labs has raised $12M in a strategic round led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures, Maelstrom, and Uniswap. The funding supports the launch of its flagship product, Amplify.

About. Amplify is a modular stack enabling fintech and crypto platforms to integrate onchain financial products via a single SDK. It includes three core modules (Earn, Borrow, and Mint), allowing yield generation, crypto-backed lending, and branded stablecoin issuance.

The platform operates on a revenue-sharing model, where both Paxos Labs and its partners benefit from user activity. Liquidity management, counterparty vetting, and compliance controls are handled by Paxos behind the scenes.

Early adopters including Aleo, Hyperbeat, and Toku are already live, with Hyperbeat surpassing $510K in AUM shortly after launch.

👉 theblock.co/post/397348/paxos-labs-raises-12-million-amplify-onchain-financial-products

Printr Introduces PoB Staking to Fix Memecoin Trust Crisis

Printr has rolled out Proof-of-Belief (PoB) staking, a new mechanism allowing token holders to earn trading fees by locking assets for 7 to 180 days. The model directly incentivizes long-term holding, targeting the short lifecycle and low trust common in memecoin markets.

PoB staking improves transparency by showing exactly what share of supply is locked onchain, helping address “multi-walleting” and hidden selling from creators. Printr V2 also introduces “anti-vamp protection,” enforcing a 48-hour cooldown on identical tickers and visuals to prevent copycat tokens from disrupting launches. This aims to reduce noise and manipulation during early-stage token trading.

Beyond memecoins, Printr positions tokens as a broader primitive for use cases like AI agents, gaming, and utility projects. The team, composed largely of former Axelar contributors, has raised ~$4.5M and is exploring a future token generation event.

👉 theblock.co/post/397357/omnichain-token-launchpad-printr-rolls-out-v2-aiming-for-greater-flexibility

​​A Look Inside Bittensor’s Subnet Economy

Bittensor’s economy is built around subnets that compete for emissions by producing and validating useful AI-driven work. The map shows how TAO, alpha pools, miners, and validators connect inside a network that now spans 100+ active subnets.

Mintlify has closed a $45M Series B funding round

Mintlify is a documentation and knowledge platform that helps companies build developer docs, knowledge bases, and help centers. It focuses on making information structured, searchable, and easier for AI agents and LLM-based workflows to understand and use.

Mintlify says it powers documentation for more than 20,000 companies, with its content reaching 100M+ people annually.

👉 mintlify.com/blog/series-b

S. Korean payments provider NHN KCP builds its own Layer 1

NHN KCP signed an agreement with Ava Labs to build a payment-focused Layer 1 network on Avalanche. The project will use Ava Cloud infrastructure and is aimed at real-world payment use cases,

NHN KCP is a major Korean payments company handling large-scale transaction volume and providing payment processing infrastructure for e-commerce and merchants.

👉 x.com/avax/status/2044068214452240691?s=20

Kraken has confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO

Kraken originally announced in November 2025 that parent company Payward had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. SEC, with the number of shares and pricing still undisclosed.

The IPO focus comes just as Deutsche Börse invested $200M in Payward through a secondary share purchase, taking a 1.5% diluted stake in the company. The disclosure revives attention around Kraken’s IPO plans after Reuters reported in March that the company had paused its IPO timeline due to market conditions.

👉 techinasia.com/news/crypto-exchange-kraken-files-ipo

​​DePIN Annual Revenue leaders. Ranking the top protocols

DePIN sector is one of the most active areas in Web3, connecting crypto with real-world infrastructure and services. Protocol revenue remains one of the clearest ways to separate narrative from execution, and this list highlights projects generating real activity.

eToro Acquires Zengo Wallet in $70 Million Deal

eToro has agreed to acquire crypto wallet provider Zengo in a deal valued at ~$70M, as it moves to add self-custody and expand its presence in onchain finance.

The acquisition gives eToro direct control over wallet infrastructure, enabling it to connect trading with onchain services and build a more integrated product stack beyond brokerage.

This opens the door to new offerings, including tokenized assets, DeFi access, prediction markets and perpetual trading, as the company shifts toward a full-stack crypto platform.

Zengo, which uses multi-party computation (MPC) instead of seed phrases, brings a user base of over 2M users and a strong security track record.

👉 x.com/eToro/status/2044340746405220661?s=20

​​BNB Chain has completed 35th BNB Quarterly Burning!
1,569,307 BNB (~$1.02B) has been burned!

👉 x.com/BNBCHAIN/status/2044371823488286767?s=20