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Resolv Labs destroyed 36.73 million USR stablecoins held by an attacker through a contract upgrade on April 6, 2026, following a March exploit in which a compromised key allowed the attacker to mint 80 million unbacked USR tokens with less than $200,000 in initial collateral and dump approximately 34 million USR for 11,409 ETH (worth roughly $24.5 million).

Quack AI's partnership with Stable introduces a gasless payment platform addressing operational challenges in scaling AI agents. This collaboration ensures predictable, dollar-denominated costs and enhances settlement speed, facilitating seamless multi-agent deployments while maintaining efficiency and transparency.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump family-linked crypto project, has announced an exclusive partnership with Aster DEX to make USD1 the sole settlement asset for traditional finance perpetual contracts on the decentralized exchange, starting with gold, silver, crude oil, and Brent crude markets.

HypurrFi announced that its independently developed Hyperliquid client has successfully achieved block-hash consistency, enabling developers to independently verify the on-chain state and improving decentralization. On the same day, it discovered a domain-hijacking incident; although it did not affect users’ funds, it still urged everyone to stop interacting with suspicious domains immediately and to obtain updates through official channels. AI contributed 99.9% to this technical development.

Japan-listed company Metaplanet this week purchased 5,075 BTC for $405 million, becoming the world’s largest BTC buyer in a single week, surpassing Strategy’s $330 million. Metaplanet faces new JPX regulatory pressure, and the CEO said it will work with regulatory authorities. The total amount of BTC held by globally listed companies is 1,033,280 BTC.

Argentinian President Javier Milei had seven phone calls with a key figure behind the LIBRA cryptocurrency project on the night in 2025 when he publicly promoted the token on X, according to an ongoing federal investigation that has named Milei as a person of interest.

The global cryptocurrency market fell sharply between 2021 and 2022, while central banks in various countries began to use blockchain infrastructure developed by the private sector—such as the BIS’s mBridge project—without having to bear development costs. This model has sparked controversy, because when central banks adopt technology that has already undergone deep validation by the private sector, it may erode incentives for private-sector innovation and affect future financial venture investments.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf’s strategic adviser on April 7 launched a hard-hitting response to Trump’s “48-hour ultimatum,” saying, “Trump has only about 20 hours left—either he surrenders to Iran, or his allies will roll back to the Stone Age; we will not back down.” Earlier, at a White House press conference, Trump boasted that U.S. troops could destroy all of Iran’s bridges and power plants within 4 hours, and set Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the final deadline.

Japan’s regulators are raising concerns over disclosure gaps, investor risks, and speculative trading, as the Financial Services Agency signals a more cautious approach that could tighten oversight without limiting market innovation. Key Takeaways: Japan raises serious concerns that could drive s

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned in his annual letter to shareholders that losses in the private credit market will exceed expectations, and pointed to two major structural issues: looser credit underwriting standards and insufficient valuation transparency. He believes that while the private credit market of about $1.8 trillion does not pose systemic risk, losses will further widen as the credit cycle deepens. Dimon’s observations were borne out by Blue Owl Capital’s $5.4 billion redemption crisis, showing that the broader market is under pressure from liquidity risk.

Phantom, a self-custodial crypto wallet popular in the Solana ecosystem, reported a temporary service outage on the evening of April 6, 2026 that is affecting token prices and balances displayed on the platform, while assuring users that their funds remain safe.

Phantom crypto wallet experienced a brief service outage on April 7, preventing users from viewing token prices and account balances normally, and some users saw balances display as zero. The official said this issue was a technical problem with the front-end display layer, and that actual on-chain assets were not affected. On the same day as the outage, Phantom received a no-objection letter from the U.S. CFTC, allowing it to integrate regulated derivatives.

Risk management firm Chaos Labs announced it is ending its three-year partnership with DeFi lending protocol Aave, citing a fundamental disagreement between the two parties on approaches to risk management. This exit has exposed the legal gray area in the DeFi ecosystem where regulatory safeguards are lacking—especially after a recent oracle incident that led to an erroneous liquidation of about $27 million. The separation between Chaos Labs and Aave leaves Aave facing a governance vacuum during a critical period for the V4 upgrade, further fueling concerns about accountability for decentralized risk systems.

OpenAI’s policy white paper, published by OpenAI, proposes five policy measures for the era of superintelligence, including a robot tax, a universal AI wealth fund, a four-day workweek, an automatic safety net, and basic AI usage rights, to promote a sharing economy and reduce technical risk. At the same time, the white paper also emphasizes the risk of technical runaway and proposes a corresponding emergency response framework. This move echoes its IPO plan and the ongoing U.S. AI legislative process, aiming to establish a responsible corporate image.

Polymarket announced on April 6, 2026 that it will deploy a full exchange upgrade over the coming weeks, introducing a new 1:1 USDC-backed collateral token called Polymarket USD and a rebuilt trading engine under CTF Exchange V2.

Tom Lee said on CNBC that since the start of geopolitical conflicts, Ethereum has outperformed the broader market, posting a gain of more than 8% and ranking second globally. Wartime fiscal spending is expected to grow, which will provide support for the market. BitMine recently holds more than 4.8 million Ether—equivalent to more than 4.8 million Ethereum—showing bullish confidence and strategy.

Pi Network released the mandatory agreement 21.2 on April 6 and fully opened its software development kit (SDK), supporting an application development environment for 18 million KYC-verified users. The protocol upgrade mainly improves network stability, laying the groundwork for decentralized exchanges and smart contracts. The SDK unlock enables developers to build practical applications, marking Pi Network’s transition from early mining to payments and decentralized services, but the community still has concerns about communication and transparency.