Tok-Edge, a digital asset financial services company, will launch a crypto hedge fund aimed at institutional investors, with plans to complete its first round of fundraising of $100 million by 2026. The initial size will be $21 million, and the cornerstone investors will be Marcus Meijer and his investment consortium, which will provide $10 million in funding.

ClearBank has recently been approved by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets to become a provider of crypto-asset services. It will launch EURC and USDC stablecoin services, aiming to improve the efficiency of cross-border payments. It will also deepen its collaboration with a certain CEX by offering savings accounts that cover the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Gate News message, April 12, Musk’s social app XChat will officially launch on the App Store on April 17. Musk previously said that XChat’s goal is to replace the old Twitter direct message system and build a fully encrypted platform supporting text, file transfers, and audio and video calling.

Bitwise filed an amendment for its spot Hyperliquid ETF with the SEC on April 11, adding the trading code BHYP, with a management fee of 0.67%. Analysts noted that these updates often signal that a product is about to launch. Bitwise, Grayscale, and 21Shares are competing for the right to issue the first Hyperliquid spot ETF.

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.

As of April 10, 2026, World’s official announcement states that the total supply of WLD is 10 billion units, of which 49% has been unlocked. Since its launch in 2023, the unlocking mechanism has enabled the gradual release of tokens; starting in 2026, the unlocking rate will decrease, resulting in an overall drop of 43%.

Gate News message, on April 10, HSBC said it welcomes the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s issuance of a stablecoin issuance license and plans to launch a Hong Kong dollar–denominated stablecoin in the second half of 2026.

Gate News, April 10, OpenAI announced it will launch a monthly $100 ChatGPT Pro subscription tier. Compared with the Plus version, the Pro tier offers a higher Codex usage allowance and is intended for high-intensity, code-related scenarios. At the same time, the official said that during a limited-time promotion (through May 31), Pro users’ Codex usage will be further increased to about 10 times that of the Plus version.

Gate News update: On April 9, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP) today announced the launch of a new initiative designed to strengthen cybersecurity protection capabilities across the digital asset industry. The program will provide timely, actionable cybersecurity information to eligible U.S. digital asset companies and industry organizations, helping them more effectively identify, prevent, and respond to cyber threats targeting customers and network systems. This initiative implements key recommendations put forward by the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets in its report, “Strengthening U.S. Leadership in Digital Financial Technology.”