Flare announced a governance proposal on April 10. The plan is to capture the maximum extractable value (MEV) to the protocol layer through a newly established entity called FIRE, and to repurchase and burn FLR tokens. The proposal includes a three-stage block-building reshaping, along with the FLR annual inflation rate and an annual hard cap reduction, with the goal of optimizing the network’s economic model and improving protocol transparency and security.

Valve is developing an internal artificial intelligence tool called “SteamGPT” to improve customer support efficiency and internal task management. The system includes features to automatically compile player information and provide intelligent summaries of support requests, with the goal of optimizing workflows. At present, it is used only as an internal productivity tool.

DeSci project NanoVita announced on April 9 that it has completed a Series A funding round, with a post-investment valuation of $20 million. The funding amount was not disclosed. This round was participated in by K24 Ventures, LandScape Capital, and WestLabs, with the goal of building open on-chain health research infrastructure.

Cardano launches the Orion Fund in 2026, releasing 50 million ADA and shifting to an investment-driven expansion strategy. The fund size is $80 million, with the goal of activating Bitcoin liquidity, and the overall ecosystem expansion relies on the DeFi sector. At the same time, Cardano’s on-chain TVL target is $3 billion; stablecoin liquidity and real demand are key challenges.

Sui and Foresight News will host a private gathering in Hong Kong Central on April 21, inviting outstanding Chinese-language creators to participate. Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder of Mysten Labs, will share insights on finance and DeFi to drive Sui’s growth. The event is limited-invite only, with the goal of bringing together key creators in the industry.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) acknowledges that its prior enforcement actions against the crypto industry have had shortcomings, emphasizing that the focus should not be on the number of cases. Since February 2025, seven crypto cases have been withdrawn, with the goal of adjusting policy. The new chair, Atkins, is pushing for regulatory innovation, proposing a “safe harbor” mechanism designed to give compliant space to startup crypto projects and aiming to reshape the industry’s compliance path.

The Financial Services Commission of Korea requires all domestic cryptocurrency exchanges to reconcile accounts every 5 minutes to address internal control vulnerabilities exposed by recent payment incidents. The new regulations include establishing automated reconciliation systems, setting standards for when trading must be paused, and strengthening reviews of high-risk processes, with the goal of improving asset security.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire plans to visit South Korea in April to meet with executives from multiple banks and exchanges to discuss USDC use cases, international payments cooperation, and its KRW stablecoin plans, with the goal of expanding USDC’s use in the Korean market.

OpenMind’s Fabric Foundation has announced that it is building the infrastructure for a robot economy, focusing on four main pillars: robotic financing, agent payments, data flywheels, and a behavioral framework for robots. The goal is to improve the sustainability and safety of the robotics industry.

Ethena officially announced that it will expand USDe’s collateral types after obtaining approval from an independent risk committee, with the goal of reducing concentration risk and achieving collateral structure diversification. It will cover four areas: institutional stablecoin lending and borrowing, real-world assets, basis trading in stocks and commodities, and financing for trading institutions.