X product owner Nikita Bier hints at a plan to launch a product aimed at fixing the encryption industry, drawing market attention. Speculation links it to X’s financial ecosystem expansion, possibly including features such as payments, digital wallets, and stablecoins. X’s official account has not yet made a formal response. Musk says the early public version of X Money will go live in April.

Gate News, according to Gate’s official announcement Gate’s initial listing of Sentio (ST) includes spot trading and instant exchange, and it has launched the 339th HODLer Airdrop campaign. Users holding 1GT or more can participate for free and share 750,000 ST tokens. This airdrop will end at 2026-04-15 17:00 (UTC+8). Spot trading will open at 18:00 on the same day, instant exchange trading will open at 19:00, and withdrawals are expected to open at 2026-04-16 18:00. Sentio is a decentralized, AI-agent-ready blockchain data network that provides unified Web3 observability and a data platform, integrating indexing, querying, visualization, and alerting features. The project has been adopted by 70,000 users and 24 billion in customer TVL. ST is a BEP-20 standard token with a total supply of 1,000,000,000. The contract address is 0x70be40667385500c5da7f108a022e21b606045dd. In this campaign, the participation cap for VIP 0–VIP 4 users is 2,000 GT. VIP 5–VIP 9 users receive different amount bonuses based on their tier, and VIP 10 and above users have no participation cap. All airdrop rewards are 100% immediately unlocked.

Gate News message, April 14, Scroll released an important proposal for protocol governance, planning to dissolve the Security Council and transfer protocol management permissions to the Scroll Admin multisig address. The transition is expected to be completed within the next ten days. Scroll said that the operating costs of the Security Council are no longer reasonable compared with the actual usage in the past few quarters, and the related resources should be better used for product development and growth. Scroll will work with major stakeholders to explore a new Security Council structure that is more suitable for current market conditions.

Gate News message, April 14, on the X platform, product leader Nikita Bier posted that the crypto industry has gone through a difficult year, and perhaps some products should be introduced to improve the current situation.

Gate News update, April 14, according to a report by WSJ, Meta is expected to surpass Google this year to become the world’s largest digital advertising platform. Data shows that Meta’s net ad revenue is expected to reach $243.46 billion, while Google’s is $239.54 billion.

On April 14, the probability on Polymarket that Israel will carry out attacks against Yemen before April 30 fell to 14%. U.S. Secretary of State Rubio will host talks in Washington between Israel and Lebanon to discuss a ceasefire and a peace agreement. After diplomatic mediation was launched, market expectations for Israel’s new front were significantly reduced.

Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo announced that he will take on the role full-time as a crypto and technology adviser, continuing to push the development of digital currencies and financial technology. He had been dubbed “Crypto Dad” for his support of the crypto industry, and after stepping down he has provided consulting services to multiple organizations.

Bernstein’s research report states that the Bitcoin pullback reflects market concerns about the risks of quantum computing, and argues that the quantum threat is manageable and does not constitute a systemic risk. Current technological progress provides a cushion for Bitcoin, giving developers 3 to 5 years to push forward a post-quantum upgrade. Institutional investors will help drive consensus formation, but user migration remains the main challenge.

U.S.-listed Bitcoin custody company Exodus Movement filed a lawsuit in Delaware state court on April 13, seeking W3C Corp and its CEO to carry out the 2025 share acquisition agreement and to speed up the completion of the transaction. Exodus has received approval from the UK’s financial regulator and plans to drive the acquisition forward through litigation and the enforcement of security interests.

Gate News, April 13, OpenAI praised its alliance with Amazon in a memo, saying that Microsoft "limits its ability to reach its customers." Denise Dresser, OpenAI's newly appointed Chief Revenue Officer, said in the memo that the alliance with Amazon is viewed as a key growth driver for OpenAI's enterprise business. So far, Microsoft has not responded to requests for comment on the matter. (CNBC)