Circle officially launched Nanopayments on mainnet on April 29, 2026, introducing a gas-free USDC payment system supporting transactions as small as $0.000001 across 12 blockchain networks. The platform enables near-instant verification and batched settlement, allowing services to respond within

According to Reuters and Axios, on May 1, the Hormuz Strait blockade entered its third month amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. Iranian Revolutionary Guards officials warned that any new U.S. military strikes, regardless of scale, would trigger "long and painful" attacks on American military

Marathon Digital Holdings is acquiring Long Ridge Energy for $1.5 billion to expand its AI data center capacity. The deal includes a 505 MW natural gas power plant and 1,600 acres of land in Ohio, providing over 1 GW of power capacity to support future AI and IT infrastructure

ChimpX AI announced today the close of a $2.8 million seed round to accelerate development of Mojo AI, an execution agent that converts plain-English intent into on-chain DeFi transactions on Solana. The round was led by Waterdrip

According to Circle's blog post, Circle launched Nanopayments on mainnet yesterday (April 29), offering gas-free USDC transfers as small as $0.000001 across 11 blockchains including Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Optimism, and Polygon PoS. Built on Circle Gateway, the product enables instant v

According to OAPEC's quarterly report, Arab liquefied natural gas exports fell by nearly 24% to 22 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2026 from 29 million tonnes in the same period of 2025, following Iranian missile strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan facilities in March and the closure of the

According to ChainCatcher, B.AI and deBridge announced a strategic partnership on April 29 to develop intent-driven cross-chain infrastructure. The collaboration aims to provide seamless cross-chain execution for a scalable AI Agent economy. deBridge's 0-TVL model and gas-free cross-chain

Gate News message, April 29 — Alchemy and Privy, two major crypto infrastructure providers, announced on Tuesday a technical integration designed to streamline user onboarding into onchain finance. The collaboration combines Privy's user-friendly onboarding experience with Alchemy's gasless

Gate News message, April 29 — Taiwan and South Korea's semiconductor industries, which account for 60% of global chip manufacturing and 70% of the memory chip market respectively, face a critical energy vulnerability as oil and gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted since the st

Gate News message, April 28 — Alchemy and Privy, two major crypto infrastructure providers, announced a technical integration on Tuesday to streamline the onboarding experience for onchain finance applications. The collaboration combines Privy's user onboarding capabilities with Alchemy's gasless tr