Gate News message, on April 12, a researcher proposed a transaction scheme that enables quantum-resilient protection for Bitcoin without requiring a fork. At present, the quantum computing threat to Bitcoin is still at the theoretical level. Meanwhile, tech companies such as Google and Cloudflare have already begun preparing countermeasures and set a target timeline to complete the migration of quantum cryptography after 2029.

The three major U.S. stock indexes finished mixed, with the Nasdaq up 0.35% to set an eight-session winning streak, while the S&P 500 fell 0.11% and the Dow Jones fell 0.56%. Tech stocks were broadly higher, and the Nasdaq’s gain for the week reached 4.68%. Blockchain-related stocks showed mixed performance.

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.

Trident Digital Tech Holdings has partnered with Ripple Strategy Holding. Ripple will provide stablecoin technology to support Trident’s expansion across Africa. It plans to build a blockchain tax system for 2.1 million small and mid-sized businesses in Ghana, and to set up an RLUSD/GHS liquidity pool to enable low-cost cross-border payments.

April 10, Hong Kong-listed AI application stocks rose strongly, with Xunce rising 11% and Dipu Technology up more than 5.5%. Both the Hang Seng Index and the Hang Seng Tech Index rose by more than 1%, and multiple stocks including Longfor Group and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation performed strongly.

U.S. stocks rose across the board on Thursday. The Dow rose 0.58%, the S&P 500 rose 0.6%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.8%. Tech stocks were broadly higher, with Amazon up more than 5%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 1.3%, while NIO and Baidu fell more than 4.5%. Crypto-related stocks showed mixed performance.

Well-known analyst Tom Lee said in an interview that despite the U.S.-Iran conflict and rising oil prices, the stock market did not fall, showing that the market has strong resilience. He believes that most S&P constituents have undergone significant adjustments, that the worst-case scenario for the overall market may already be behind us, and that there is room for upside from here. He is bullish on Ethereum as well as technology, industrial, and mid- and small-cap stocks.

Goldman Sachs’ research report says that technology stock valuations have become relatively cheap, making this a good time for investors to enter the market. Even though returns in the technology sector have been lackluster, its earnings performance remains strong—especially with an expected growth of 44% in the S&P 500.

Gate News announcement, April 2, Tech investment platform Fundrise’s innovation fund VCX announced that it will partner with a certain CEX to tokenize its fund shares. The tokenized assets are named VCXx, will be listed for trading on that exchange’s xStocks platform, and investors can buy them using USDG or US dollars.

On April 2, the three major U.S. stock indexes fell across the board. The Nasdaq fell 1.69%, the Dow Jones fell 1.19%, and the S&P 500 fell 1.34%. The seven major tech stocks also declined in tandem, including Apple down 0.82%, Microsoft down 1.28%, and Alphabet down 2.28%, among others.