Anthropic’s AI product Claude recently rolled out a Word document plugin in beta, supporting drafting, editing, and revisions while automatically preserving the original formatting. The plugin can share context with Excel and PowerPoint, enabling cross-document collaboration. At this stage, it is only available to Team and Enterprise users.

Trident Digital Tech Holdings and Ripple Strategy Holding have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to launch a blockchain-based tax settlement system in Africa, support cross-border payments, and plan to begin a stablecoin business pilot in 2026.

Circle has released a cross-chain interoperability infrastructure roadmap. Since CCTP launched in April 2023, it has processed over $110B in USDC transfers and supports 20 blockchains. In the future, it plans to expand to other assets and launch multiple innovative products to simplify cross-chain workflows.

Arc released the App Kits SDK suite on April 11. It provides cross-chain, swap, and transfer functionality, and developers can complete the integration with fewer than 10 lines of code. The suite is compatible with multiple wallets and includes a revenue-sharing mechanism. It is now available for free.

Circle released its 2026 Internet Finance Development Vision on April 10, aiming to build cross-chain interoperability infrastructure to improve capital liquidity and asset issuance capabilities. In the future, it will roll out sub-second settlement functionality and expand to more assets, while simplifying multi-chain operation processes to enhance the user experience.

Trident Digital Tech Holdings has partnered with Ripple Strategy Holding. Ripple will provide stablecoin technology to support Trident’s expansion across Africa. It plans to build a blockchain tax system for 2.1 million small and mid-sized businesses in Ghana, and to set up an RLUSD/GHS liquidity pool to enable low-cost cross-border payments.

The white paper jointly released by Gate Research Institute and Global HR states that by Q1 2026, the crypto industry will face job shifts driven by AI transformation, and cross-functional talent will become a core competitive advantage. The industry is mainly divided into four areas: exchanges, public chains and infrastructure, DeFi and derivatives, and stablecoins, with technology research and development needs being the most prominent.

The European Central Bank supports transferring regulatory authority over cross-border financial market participants such as crypto-asset service providers to the European Securities and Markets Authority, with the aim of strengthening the integration of the EU capital markets and their competitiveness; the related proposals will be subject to legislative talks between member states and the European Parliament.

Decentralized GPU cloud computing platform Aethir confirmed that its Ethereum bridge contract was attacked, with losses kept within $90k. The team promptly disconnected the contract and worked with exchanges to deal with the hacker wallets. The attacker used a cross-chain smart contract to move funds. Aethir plans to announce a compensation plan next week, and revenue is expected to reach $127.8 million in 2025.

Aethir issued a security advisory on April 10, confirming that it successfully blocked a malicious attack on the ATH token cross-chain bridge contract, with losses under $90k. All affected contracts have been disconnected, and the core circulating supply remains intact. Aethir will work with trading platforms and law enforcement agencies to support the freezing of funds and the identification and tracking of the attacker, and it will publish investigation updates and a compensation plan in its Discord community.