Gate News message: On April 10, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will announce today at 5:00 p.m. the list of the first stablecoin issuer licensees. Driven by expectations of regulatory positives, Conflux (CFX) surged strongly in the short term. According to market data from a certain trading platform, CFX opened today at $0.0518, and the intraday high reached $0.0557. The gain for the day was 7.5%.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will announce the first batch of stablecoin licenses on April 10 in the afternoon, with an expected issuance of 2 to 3 licenses. Previously, after a rigorous review process, it received 36 applications, aiming to ensure the soundness of stablecoin issuance.

Bitcoin Bancorp launched a licensed Bitcoin ATM network in Southern California on April 9, with the first batch of machines already installed in Los Angeles, marking a new phase of retail expansion in the United States. The company’s accelerated expansion strategy is significant, and it is expected that the industry’s size will reach $7.68 billion by 2034.

Biconomy and the Ethereum Foundation launch the ERC-8211 smart batch processing standard to address static limitations in smart contract execution, support dynamic parameter adjustments, and enhance the execution capabilities of AI agents and complex DeFi workflows.

Gate News message, April 7, according to crypto analyst Ai Yi monitoring, a certain address built a position of 4,827 ETH at about $2,047.53 between April 4 and April 5, and sold it on April 7 at about $2,100.94. This batch of ETH was transferred to a certain CEX within the past 3 hours and exchanged for USDT; the transaction amount was approximately $10.14 million. The profit from this swing trade was approximately $256k.

According to analysis, on April 5 an address received 30.99 million STO tokens worth $5.98 million, and then deposited 10 million tokens to a CEX, earning a profit of $207k. During the April 2 price peak, this batch of tokens was up by $52.33 million.

Linea launched the EIP-7702 protocol on April 3, enabling users to execute smart contracts, batch transactions, and enable features like paying for gas without changing their wallet addresses. The protocol is fully compatible with ERC-4337, has been integrated into MetaMask, and is planned to achieve full EVM compatibility in 2026.

Gate News message: On April 1, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin’s monitoring, a Bitmine-controlled address received 45,000 ETH today from the digital asset custody institution BitGo, worth approximately $95.3 million. Of this batch of ETH, 25,000 ETH had previously been deposited into BitGo after being introduced by a centralized exchange; then it was combined with the remaining assets to complete this transfer.

Hong Kong’s first batch of stablecoin issuer licenses was originally set to be issued in March 2026, but it did not roll out as scheduled. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority said it is moving forward with the licensing process, and the market is watching the application status of HSBC and Standard Chartered. Among the applications for the second batch of licenses, Futu Securities and OSL Group are strong contenders.

Gate News message. On March 30, an on-chain analytics platform monitored and showed that a whale address deposited 1,102 BTC into a certain CEX, worth approximately $74.21 million. This address bought this batch of BTC 8 months ago at an average price of $117,770. Based on the current price, this transfer is in an unrealized loss of about $55.6 million, a drawdown of 43%.