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Prediction market volume climbed to $25.7 billion in March, a 10.6% jump from February, with most users trading under $10,000, according to a report from Bitget Wallet produced in collaboration with Polymarket. The report tracked 1.29 million wallets in the first quarter and found that retail activi

Circle minted $500 million in USDC on the Solana network on April 29, with the issuance being part of a week that saw Solana process $3.25 billion in fresh USDC supply. Key Takeaways: Circle minted $500 million in USDC on Solana, as flagged by onchain intelligence firm Arkham. Solana’s weekly U

According to ChainCatcher, Brent oil futures surged in the pre-market session over the past hour, reaching a high of $108. On Hyperliquid, BRENTOIL recorded a 24-hour gain of 3%, recovering most of its monthly decline. A short whale on the platform was forced liquidated multiple times during the ral

Gate News message, April 29 — Vitalik sold meme coin ASTEROID (CA: 0xaff2565091e7207191dbe340b8528d02fa78d044) today, sparking renewed FOMO among the community. The token surged over 100% in a short timeframe, with market capitalization reaching $13.56 million. Meanwhile, another similarly-named to

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, Attorney General Joshua Kaul, and John Dillett, administrator of the Wisconsin Department of Administration Division of Gaming, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wiscon

Gate News message, April 28 — USDC and Circle CCTP have launched on Pharos, according to Circle. USDC is a USD-backed stablecoin, while Circle CCTP (Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol) enables interoperability across blockchain

Layer 1 network ZetaChain has paused cross-chain transactions on its mainnet after identifying an attack on its GatewayEVM contract, according to The Block. The incident impacted only internal ZetaChain team wallets, with no user funds affected, the team stated. According to DefiLlama data, $300,000

Gate News message, April 28 — Whale tummy.hl (@tummyy1) sold 50,000 HYPE at $41.43 per token for 2.07 million USDC four hours ago, according to Onchain Lens monitoring. The whale still holds 100,000 HYPE, valued at approximately $4.16 million.

Gate News message, April 28 — Layer 1 network ZetaChain paused cross-chain transactions on its mainnet after identifying an attack on the GatewayEVM contract, a smart contract serving as a unified entry point for cross-chain interactions between external EVM-compatible chains and ZetaChain applicati

Circle Ventures, Consensys, and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin announced support for the DeFi United initiative on Monday, a coordinated effort to cover losses from the Kelp DAO exploit. Together, Consensys and Lubin have committed 30,000 ETH, representing one of the largest single contributions t

Gate News message, April 27 — Circle minted 500 million USDC on the Solana blockchain in two separate transactions of 250 million tokens each, according to on-chain data. The minting occurred within minutes of the report.

Gate News message, April 27 — Banking Circle, a European payments processor, officially launched its stablecoin settlement service today. The company has obtained a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from Luxembourg's financial regulator CSSF. The new service enables instant two-way conve

Gate News message, a whale deposited $2 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened short positions of 21,000 BRENTOIL and 19,000 CL with 3x leverage.

Standard Chartered's global head of digital assets research, Geoffrey Kendrick, said on April 29 that the decentralized finance ecosystem has taken a hard hit from the KelpDAO rsETH exploit but ultimately not a fatal one. In a note titled "DeFi – Bent, not broken," shared with The Block, Kendrick ar

Gate News message, April 26 — Over the past seven days through April 23, Circle issued approximately 5.1 billion USDC while redeeming about 5.8 billion USDC, resulting in a net decrease of 700 million USDC in circulation. USDAC's total supply stands at 78 billion, backed by approximately $78.2 bill

Gate News message, a wallet address associated with @RookieXBT has executed a transaction spending 25,000 USDC to acquire 1.89 million SPIKE tokens.

Gate News message, April 25 — In the seven days through April 23, Circle issued approximately 5.1 billion USDC while redeeming about 5.8 billion, resulting in a net decrease of 700 million USDC in circulation. Total USDC circulation stands at 78 billion, backed by approximately 78.2 billion in

## Opening Aave and DeFi United released a detailed recovery plan on April 28 to restore KelpDAO rsETH backing following an April 18 bridge exploit that released 116,500 unbacked rsETH from the Ethereum-side adapter, according to Wu Blockchain. The plan focuses on two key steps: refilling the missi

Gate News message, April 24 — OSL Group (HKEX: 863), a global stablecoin payment and trading platform, announced a partnership with Circle (NYSE: CRCL), a leading financial platform company, on April 22 to expand USDC access across OSL's payment and trading ecosystem. Through OSL Global, OSL's