Ondo Finance filed a request with the SEC on April 13, seeking confirmation that recording securities interests on the Ethereum mainnet in a tokenized form is compliant under certain patterns. Ondo believes that this on-chain recording can improve collateral monitoring, optimize processes, and simplify reconciliations, with the goal of operating in coordination with traditional finance.

The message says that on April 13, a certain account placed a win bet of about $58k on Bilibili Gaming in the League of Legends esports World Cup China qualifiers, with a win rate of over 77%. Bilibili Gaming has been in good form recently, while JD Gaming has performed poorly; the winner will have a chance to advance to the main esports World Cup event.

Gate News message: On April 13, according to Gate Market data, as of the time of writing, VVV (Venice) is trading at $8.20. In the past 24 hours, it is up 0.47%, with a high of $8.28 and a low of $7.72. Its current market cap is approximately $373 million. Venice is a privacy-focused artificial intelligence platform that offers services such as private conversations and image creation. The platform uses a privacy architecture to ensure user data security; all data is stored on the user’s device rather than on servers. Venice provides multiple advanced open-source models, including Claude, GPT, and others. It supports developers in building high-performance applications through OpenAI-compatible APIs, while also working to eliminate any form of censorship on the platform. This information does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be mindful of market volatility.

Bittensor co-founder Jacob Steeves responded to Covenant AI’s exit from the network, proposing to restart the subnet governance mechanism and bring in community votes to elect the team. He believes this is an opportunity to redefine the subnet’s form and criticized Covenant AI’s founder’s decision-making.

Gate US launched a tax dashboard on April 9, providing users with a unified interface to access tax information and tools. Users can submit W-9 or W-8 forms according to IRS requirements, view the applicable IRS forms, and get reminders of filing deadlines.

Crypto analyst Ali Martinez says that current market volatility could provide cycle-level get on board opportunities, and has set multiple key price ranges based on on-chain data. The main support band is $63,111 to $70,685; if it breaks below, it could lead to a liquidity vacuum. In the long term, BTC is approaching its historical uptrend line, and it’s recommended to accumulate in batches.

Gate News, according to Gate’s official announcement, the platform has decided to remove the trading markets for 30 tokens. After the platform’s re-evaluation, these tokens do not meet the criteria for enabling trading, involving tokens such as SHI, ZORO, ORTB, CRE8, ORNJ, LCAT, SOULS, XCAD, BOOM, GAI, TOKE, CLOT, VIVI, MIST, APRS, PSTAKE, LIFE, DEAI, DOMI, DUEL, GEAR, GARI, VISTA, CALCIFY, PIZZA, KOII, PTS, DAOLITY, DMAIL, SEAM, and the corresponding USDT trading pairs. The platform has suspended the deposit service for the related tokens, and will suspend the trading service at 11:00 on April 16, 2026 (UTC+8), including both spot trading pairs and quantitative grid trading. After delisting, users holding positions can withdraw the tokens to the Gate Web3 wallet for storage. In addition, the KOII token cannot be contacted with the project team at this time due to abnormal activity on-chain. The chain withdrawal service for the time being is not supported; it will be restored once security has been confirmed. For any of the related tokens that remain stored on the platform after April 30, 2026, users may submit a form application for buyback between April 30, 2026 and May 7. The platform will conduct the buyback at the specified price, and the maximum compensation amount for individuals is 100 USDT.

Gate News message, April 9, Arthur Hayes posted a comment on reports that Iran is charging Bitcoin tolls. Hayes said he would only believe that Iran is truly collecting tolls in the form of BTC after seeing the related transactions on the real Bitcoin blockchain. He believes that before that, it is only the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps playing with the Western fiat currency and financial system.

Gate News message, April 9, OpenClaw released the 2026.4.9 version update. This update officially introduces the “Dreaming” feature, using REM backfilling to process historical data and adding a diary timeline UI so that AI agents can replay users’ notes to form memories. The update also strengthens security protections against SSRF and node execution injection, adds role atmosphere QA assessments, and fully optimizes the Android pairing process.

Short video + meme trading platform Giggles completed a $1.2 million Pre-Seed funding round in 2025, with investors including 1kx Capital, etc. The app developed by founder Justin Jin combines social features with prediction markets. It is currently in an invite-only testing phase, where users trade on trending content.