News Preview:
- Strategy proposes to adjust the dividend frequency of STRC preferred shares to once every half month, with formal documents to be submitted on April 28 and voting to be initiated;
- On April 30 at 02:00, the Federal Reserve FOMC will announce the interest rate decision; at 02:30, Powell may hold his last monetary policy press conference;
- The Rayls public chain mainnet will officially go live on April 30 at 23:00 and will launch a staking plan along with the native stablecoin USDr;
- MegaETH announces that the TGE for the MEGA token is scheduled for April 30;
- Nasdaq will eliminate the 10% minimum outstanding shares requirement starting May 1 and introduce a "fast track" rule;
- Sui (SUI) will unlock approximately 42.62 million tokens at 08:00 on May 1 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 1.08%, valued at approximately 40 million USD.
April 27
Macroeconomics:
Insiders have stated that the second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States is scheduled for April 27.
Project Updates:
Ali HappyHorse will gradually open API testing starting April 27
Ali ATH announced that HappyHorse-1.0 will gradually open API testing through the Ali Cloud Bailian platform starting April 27, with the first batch of invited testers being enterprise-level clients. Ali ATH revealed that Alibaba has been deeply engaged in AI video generation for many years, and the HappyHorse project is led by the ATH Innovation Division, collaborating with various teams including Ali platform technology, Tongyi Laboratory, and Taotian Technology. After opening testing at the end of April, HappyHorse-1.0 will be officially released for commercial use in May.
Kalshi previews a major event announcement on April 27
The prediction market platform Kalshi tweeted a preview of a major event to be announced in New York, USA, on April 27. The community speculates that it may involve the introduction of perpetual contract products.
April 28
Exchanges:
Binance will delist DEGO, DENT, and TRU on April 28
Binance will delist the Dego Finance (DEGO), DENT, and TrueFi (TRU) spot trading pairs on April 28, 2026, at 11:00 (UTC +8), and will terminate related trading bots and services such as instant swaps and micro-asset exchanges.
Binance futures will delist B3, DEGEN, and other USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts on April 28
Binance futures will close and settle the B3USDT, DEGENUSDT, and BOBUSDT contracts on April 28 at 17:00 (UTC+8). New positions will be prohibited 30 minutes before the respective settlement times, only allowing position reductions.
Binance will delist VINEUSDT and AIUSDT perpetual contracts on April 28
Binance Futures will automatically settle the USDⓈ-M VINEUSDT and AIUSDT perpetual contracts on April 28, 2026, at 18:00 (UTC+8) and will delist them immediately afterward. Users will be unable to open new positions from April 28, 2026, at 17:30 (UTC+8).
Project Updates:
Everstake will exit the Celestia validator network before April 28
Everstake announced that it will exit the Celestia ecosystem before April 28, and will no longer provide services as a $TIA validator. Everstake advises current $TIA holders who have staked on its node to complete redemption or re-stake to other validators before this date to avoid impact on staking rewards or rights.
Strategy proposes to adjust its STRC preferred share dividend plan, changing the frequency from monthly to once every half month. The company stated that this move may "reduce reinvestment delays, improve liquidity, enhance market efficiency, and strengthen price stability." The proposal is planned to submit formal documents for voting on April 28, with voting to be completed by June 8. If approved, the dividend plan will take effect from June 30, with the first payment on July 15. STRC is a perpetual preferred stock designed to trade near a par value of $100 while paying floating cash dividends, currently with an annualized dividend yield of 11.5%.
BNB Chain will undergo the Osaka/Mendel hard fork upgrade on April 28
BNB Chain announced that the Osaka/Mendel hard fork upgrade will be implemented on April 28, 2026, at 10:30. This upgrade includes 9 BEPs, adopting 6 Ethereum EIPs and introducing 2 exclusive optimizations for BNB Chain. The focus of the upgrade is to achieve better execution, more stable performance, and faster final confirmation to respond to actual usage scenarios, including limits on block size ceilings, optimizing gas fee mechanisms, improving memory voting pools for fast finality, and adding new CLZ opcodes and eth_config JSON-RPC methods.
April 29
Exchanges:
Binance futures will delist ZKJ and other USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts on April 29
Binance futures will close and settle the ZKJUSDT, IRUSDT, and DAMUSDT contracts on April 29 at 17:00 (UTC+8), after which they will be delisted. New positions will be prohibited 30 minutes before the respective settlement times, only allowing position reductions.
April 30
Macroeconomics:
On April 30 at 02:00, the Federal Reserve FOMC will announce the interest rate decision; at 02:30, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell may hold his final monetary policy press conference;
At 20:30, the following U.S. economic indicators will be released: initial jobless claims for the week ending April 26, March PCE price index, March personal expenditure monthly rate, Q1 labor cost index quarterly rate, Q1 actual GDP annualized quarterly rate advanced estimate, Q1 actual personal consumption expenditure quarterly rate advanced estimate, and Q1 core PCE price index annualized quarterly rate advanced estimate;
Exchanges:
Binance launches debit card page, intention to apply registration ends on April 30
Binance has recently launched a debit card page where users can register their application intentions, with the registration deadline being April 30. After registration, users will be notified when support is opened in their respective regions. According to the introduction, users can use assets such as USDC, USDT, FDUSD, BNB from their Binance financial accounts for everyday card spending, with the cooperation network being Mastercard, and enjoy up to 3% cashback without affecting financial returns. Some practitioners point out that upstream issuers likely do not accept KYC from mainland China, and related features may not be supported for mainland users.
Project Updates:
The Rayls Public Chain mainnet will officially launch at 23:00 on April 30 (Beijing time), and will simultaneously launch a staking plan along with the native stablecoin USDr. After the mainnet launch, network transaction fees will trigger the automatic repurchase of RLS, 50% destruction, and validator reward distribution. The foundation will also destroy an additional 10% of the monthly unlocked share starting from April 2026 to strengthen the deflation mechanism.
MegaETH announces MEGA token TGE on April 30
The Ethereum Layer 2 project MegaETH announced on platform X that it will hold the MEGA token TGE on April 30.
The Atomicals Market will officially close on April 30
The Atomicals ecological trading platform, Atomicals Market, announced that it will officially close on April 30, 2026. The platform stated that the current orders and bids are off-chain data, and after the closure, they will no longer be displayed, and users do not need to take additional actions on orders. The project team reminds users to extract assets from AM Wallet or export private keys before April 30 to avoid being unable to manage assets in that wallet due to service cessation.
The Cosmos ecosystem lending blockchain UX Chain announces closure, liquidation to start on April 30
The Cosmos ecosystem lending blockchain UX Chain announced on platform X that it will gradually shut down, with the liquidation process starting on April 30, and full operations expected to cease by May 15. Users need to settle their outstanding positions before this date. The UX reserves and treasury will be used to fill the funding gap of the protocol, with specific details to be announced in the governance forum.
DeBox announces vBOX service will be offline on April 30
The Web3 social platform DeBox announced that due to adjustments to its business operations, the vBOX service will be offline at 23:59 on April 30, 2026. Users need to complete automatic withdrawal of points for free through the original system channel before this date. Starting May 1, the automatic withdrawal channel will be permanently closed, and any unwithdrawn points will be frozen, with subsequent withdrawal requests supported only manually and subject to an additional fee, with longer processing times.
Token Unlocking:
Gunz (GUN) will unlock approximately 354 million tokens at 21:00 on April 30 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 17.00%, valued at about 5.5 million USD;
Kamino (KMNO) will unlock approximately 229 million tokens at 20:00 on April 30 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 3.26%, valued at about 4.5 million USD;
Optimism (OP) will unlock approximately 31.34 million tokens at 08:00 on April 30 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 1.53%, valued at about 3.9 million USD;
Zora (ZORA) will unlock approximately 166.7 million tokens at 08:00 on April 30 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 3.57%, valued at about 2.3 million USD;
May 1
Macroeconomics:
On May 1, Friday at 21:45, the final value of the April S&P Global Manufacturing PMI in the United States will be released.
Nasdaq announced that starting May 1, 2026, it will officially eliminate the 10% minimum outstanding shares requirement and introduce a "fast track" rule, allowing super-large IPOs to join the Nasdaq 100 index within approximately 15 trading days.
Project Updates:
The Solana Foundation will implement new validator delegation plan requirements starting May 1
The Solana Foundation announced that new validator delegation plan requirements will be implemented starting May 1, 2026. This adjustment aims to enhance network performance and user experience, with the monitoring platform Ghost assisting in tracking and publishing network health metrics.
The new requirements include scheduling sorting (using FIFO or prioritizing fee sorting within 50ms or shorter), regular shred releases (release shred every 50ms, or immediately after full erasure batch merging), no censorship of transactions received via TPU, and no delay in transactions received via TPU beyond the permitted 50ms batch time. SFDP will subsidize voting costs for participants joining the program in the first year, with subsidy amounts gradually decreasing over time, covering for 12 months before termination. Additionally, the total staking ratio held by the operating ASN must not exceed 25%, and the total staking ratio held by the operating data center must not exceed 15%.
Magic Eden wallet will completely cease operations on May 1
The NFT market Magic Eden announced that its native wallet will enter export-only mode on April 1 and will cease operations completely on May 1. Users need to export their private keys or mnemonic phrases before this date, otherwise they will not be able to recover their assets. The wallet has been removed from various app stores, and new wallets cannot be downloaded or restored. Magic Eden previously closed its Ethereum and Bitcoin markets, refocusing its business on entertainment and Dicey applications. The ME token will continue to serve as the core of ecological incentives, with stakers able to receive USDC rewards, and the project team has established a ME repurchase program.
Token Unlocking:
Sui (SUI) will unlock approximately 42.62 million tokens at 08:00 on May 1 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 1.08%, valued at about 40 million USD;
EigenCloud (EIGEN) will unlock approximately 36.82 million tokens at 12:00 on May 1 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 7.01%, valued at about 6.6 million USD;
ZetaChain (ZETA) will unlock approximately 44.26 million tokens at 08:00 on May 1 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 3.25%, valued at about 2.5 million USD;
May 2
Token Unlocking:
Omni Network (OMNI) will unlock approximately 7.99 million tokens at 19:00 on May 2 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 23.25%, valued at about 5.3 million USD;
Ethena (ENA) will unlock approximately 40.63 million tokens at 15:00 on May 2 (Beijing time), with a circulation ratio of about 0.50%, valued at about 4.4 million USD;
May 3
No updates available
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