Gate News message, April 11, Tesla’s FSD driver-assistance software received regulatory approval in the Netherlands, becoming the first EU country to approve the software for on-road use. Tesla said it hopes other EU member states will take similar action. Widespread adoption of FSD is at the core of Tesla’s growth strategy. A large portion of the company’s current valuation of roughly $1 trillion depends on Musk’s bet that AI-driven self-driving software and robotaxi services will become the company’s primary revenue sources in the future.

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.

Securitize, an asset tokenization platform, appointed Brett Redfearn as President and a member of the board of directors on April 9. Redfearn previously served as Chair of the advisory committee and has extensive experience in regulation and market structure, helping advance the development of capital markets.

Iran’s regime is increasingly using cryptocurrencies for cross-border trade, especially in oil sales. In 2024, an IRGC member linked to the Houthis facilitated more than $178 million in oil transactions through crypto addresses; by 2025, the network began purchasing weapons from Russia using cryptocurrencies, with transaction volumes nearing $1 billion.

Gate News message, April 5, the prediction market platform Polymarket has taken down a betting page related to a U.S. military rescue operation. Local time on Friday, a U.S. F-15E fighter jet was shot down by Iran, one crew member has been rescued, and the other remains missing and falling. The page previously allowed users to bet on which day the U.S. side would confirm that the two pilots had been rescued.

Anthropic has applied to the U.S. Federal Election Commission to form a member-funded political action committee, AnthroPAC, a move tied to its dispute with the Trump administration over the use of AI for military purposes. The company previously refused the Pentagon’s request and sued the government; a court has temporarily stayed the finding that it poses a risk to the national security supply chain.

Li Xiong, a core member of the Taizi Group, has been escorted back to China on suspicion of multiple crimes. Since 2021, the Huiwang Pay company he established in Cambodia has been involved in large-scale cryptocurrency transactions, becoming the largest online illegal marketplace.

Gate News message, April 2, a certain CEX issued a Drift (DRIFT) token warning notice. For the purpose of protecting users, member companies of the Digital Asset eXchange Alliance (DAXA) may take measures such as issuing warnings, designating trading warning assets, or terminating trading support.

At the EthCC conference, Nethermind founder Tomasz Stanczak said that Ethereum has shifted toward efficient execution and market integration, emphasizing the importance of collaboration between the protocol team and developers, and proposing three major technical directions. In addition, he revealed that he is working on a Taiko-based Rollup project to improve integration with traditional finance.

Spanish bank CaixaBank was approved on March 30 to become the sixth crypto-asset service provider under the EU MiCA regulation, allowing it to offer services for crypto-asset custody, trading, and transfers. The EU’s MiCA authorization is valid across member states, providing regulatory convenience. Unauthorized institutions will lose their eligibility to provide services in 2026.