Morning News | Binance officially launches prediction market; Circle introduces stablecoin settlement solution; Bitmine listed on the NYSE main board

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Important News:

• SpaceX is about to go public, xAI urgently reorganizes engineering team to enhance competitiveness
• Binance announces the official launch of prediction markets
• Circle launches stablecoin settlement solution, targeting traditional financial institutions
• Bloomberg: Standard Chartered plans to bring Zodia crypto custody business back in-house
• US SEC Chair: Ready to implement the CLARITY Act after Congress takes action
• Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation plans to issue the world's largest digital bond, raising up to HKD 12 billion
• Bitmine lists on the NYSE main board and expands stock buyback plan to $4 billion

What important events happened in the past 24 hours?

Bitmine lists on the NYSE main board and expands stock buyback plan to $4 billion

According to ChainCatcher, Bitmine announced that Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) officially upgraded to the NYSE main board on April 9, 2026, with the stock code unchanged. The board also approved an increase in the stock buyback authorization from $1 billion to $4 billion, making it one of the top ten buyback plans announced in 2026.

As of April 6, the company holds approximately 4.803 million ETH, accounting for 3.98% of the total Ethereum supply, having completed over 79% of the "5% alchemy" target. The total value of the company's crypto assets, cash, and other assets is approximately $11.4 billion.

Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation plans to issue the world's largest digital bond, raising up to HKD 12 billion

According to ChainCatcher, Bloomberg reports that the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation plans to raise up to HKD 12 billion ($1.5 billion) through the first issuance of digital bonds, which could become the largest such bond issuance in history. The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation is a financial service provider owned by the Hong Kong government, with total assets of approximately HKD 221.8 billion.

Insiders revealed that the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation is expected to start marketing multi-currency digital bonds denominated in Hong Kong dollars and offshore renminbi as early as next month, utilizing this debt instrument that employs blockchain technology in issuance, trading, and settlement to shorten settlement times and reduce costs while accelerating scalability.

US SEC Chair: Ready to implement the CLARITY Act after Congress takes action

According to ChainCatcher, Paul Atkins, the Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stated on social media that "the design goal of the new policy Project Crypto is to ensure that once Congress takes action, the SEC and CFTC are ready to implement the CLARITY Act. Treasury Secretary Becerra is right: it is time for Congress to plan for future regulatory safeguards and advance comprehensive market structure legislation to the President's desk."

Binance announces the official launch of prediction markets

According to ChainCatcher, Binance announced the launch of prediction markets, a new feature that allows users to participate in probability-based markets through integration with third-party platforms from the Binance app. The Binance wallet will integrate market access provided by Predict.fun, a leading on-chain prediction market provider on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC).

Prediction markets allow participants to bet on future outcomes in areas such as sports, economics, world events, culture, and cryptocurrencies. Each outcome (yes or no) is represented by shares priced between $0.01 and $0.99, reflecting the collective belief of participants in the likelihood of the outcome— for example, in a sufficiently deep market, a share priced at $0.80 indicates an 80% probability of that outcome occurring. When the market settles, shares of the correct outcome will pay $1.

In the Binance app, go to the "Markets" tab. Click on the "Prediction" tab (available only in supported regions). Select a category to browse available markets with real-time probability pricing.

Bloomberg: Standard Chartered plans to bring Zodia crypto custody business back in-house

According to ChainCatcher, Bloomberg reports that Standard Chartered plans to bring the client custody business of its Zodia Custody back to its Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) digital assets division, with an announcement expected as early as this month. After the restructuring, Zodia will continue to operate solely as an independent custody technology software as a service (SaaS) platform.

Standard Chartered established Zodia Custody in late 2020 through its innovation arm SC Ventures in partnership with Northern Trust, subsequently attracting minority investors such as SBI Holdings, National Australia Bank, and Emirates NBD, and currently has about 150 employees across seven global offices.
Trump: The New York Times and CNN's ten-point plan on Iran negotiations is all fake news
According to ChainCatcher, US President Trump stated that the failing New York Times and the fake news outlet CNN reported a completely false ten-point plan regarding Iran negotiations, aimed at discrediting those involved in the peace process, and all ten points are fabricated scams.

Circle launches stablecoin settlement solution, targeting traditional financial institutions

According to ChainCatcher, Circle announced yesterday the launch of the Circle Payments Network (CPN) hosted payment solution, providing stablecoin settlement services for traditional financial institutions. This solution is aimed at payment service providers, fintech companies, banks, and global enterprises, with the core selling point being simplified operations: participating institutions only need to interact in fiat currency, while Circle handles all crypto track operations on the backend, including the minting and burning of USDC, payment scheduling, compliance, and blockchain infrastructure.

Application scenarios include cross-border settlements, merchant stablecoin collections, large-scale payments, and reduced foreign exchange costs. Initial partners include Thunes, Worldline, and payment company Veem. According to data from Visa and Allium, the monthly transaction volume of USDC has surpassed that of the largest stablecoin Tether USDT. This move comes as stablecoins accelerate towards becoming mainstream financial infrastructure.
SpaceX is about to go public, xAI urgently reorganizes engineering team to enhance competitiveness
According to ChainCatcher, Business Insider reports that SpaceX executive Michael Nicolls pointed out in a memo to xAI employees that the company's computational training performance is "embarrassingly low," and explicitly stated that xAI is "clearly lagging" behind competitors. Previous reports indicated that xAI is experiencing staff turnover and team adjustments.

The memo announced an immediate reorganization of the engineering team, appointing several new leaders responsible for pre-training, post-training, infrastructure, and other modules. This move is part of a comprehensive rebuild pushed by Elon Musk following SpaceX's acquisition of xAI in February 2026, aimed at quickly catching up with competitors like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

Bithumb launches asset preservation program to recover mistakenly sent Bitcoin

According to ChainCatcher, the South Korean exchange Bithumb has initiated an asset seizure preservation program for relevant users due to its failure to recover some mistakenly sent Bitcoin.

The incident occurred during a reward distribution event in February, where a total of 620,000 KRW was originally planned to be distributed to 249 users, but an operational error led to the distribution in "Bitcoin." Although the platform retracted the operation within minutes, some users had already completed transactions or transferred assets, resulting in approximately 12.3 billion KRW worth of assets not being recoverable. The platform subsequently contacted users one by one, with most returning the funds, but some users refused to return them.

Brother Ma Ji: After reading CZ's book, I felt a chill down my spine; it’s like a survival guide for cryptocurrency

According to ChainCatcher, Brother Ma Ji, Huang Licheng, posted on the X platform that after reading CZ's book, he did not feel excited but rather felt a chill down his spine.

Brother Ma Ji stated, "Most people see this as an entrepreneurial story, but to me, it feels like a survival guide for cryptocurrency. In this field, merely following trends is not enough. You must avoid risks, endure cycles, and overcome human nature."

Dunamu wins lawsuit against the Financial Intelligence Unit of South Korea, Upbit's three-month business suspension revoked

According to ChainCatcher, a South Korean court ruled in favor of Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, in an administrative lawsuit against the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), revoking the previous three-month partial business suspension. The court stated that Dunamu had taken measures, including customer commitment letters and internal monitoring, to fulfill reasonable obligations in the absence of clear execution guidelines from the regulatory agency.

Although there is still debate over whether the relevant measures are sufficient to completely block transactions with undeclared operators, it is not enough to support the previous penalty decision.

New meme trading platform Giggles completes $1.2 million Pre-Seed funding, with participation from 1kx Capital and others

According to ChainCatcher, TechCrunch reports that the short video + meme trading platform Giggles completed $1.2 million in Pre-Seed funding in 2025, with investors including 1kx Capital, Virtuals Protocol, Social Graph Ventures, Noar Ventures, Night Capital, and angel investors from OpenAI, Bain Capital, and other institutions.

Reportedly, Giggles was created by 19-year-old Canadian founder Justin Jin and is a TikTok-style short video social application, with the core mechanism being "all content is tradable," allowing users to discover prices and trade hot videos and memes. The project combines social video scrolling with prediction markets, allowing users to profit if early investments in content go viral. It is currently in an invite-only testing phase and has attracted a large waiting list of users, reflecting the integration of content economy and crypto trends.

Strategy preferred stock STRC raises funds today to purchase over 2,500 BTC
According to ChainCatcher, monitoring by BitcoinTreasuries.NET shows that the funds raised by Strategy's preferred stock STRC can purchase over 2,500 BTC, equivalent to five times the total supply of Bitcoin mined that day.
Anthropic completes tender offer, employees reduce share sales due to optimistic expectations
According to ChainCatcher, Bloomberg reports that insiders revealed that Anthropic employees have sold some equity to investors, completing a secondary equity sale that began earlier this year. However, due to the limited number of shares employees were willing to sell, some investors were unable to acquire as many shares as planned. Insiders indicated that the tender offer price is the same as the company's most recent financing valuation from February this year. According to its latest transaction, the company's valuation is $350 billion.

The total amount of shares sold has not been disclosed, but some sources indicate that it is lower than the $6 billion raised by investors. Anthropic employees hope to retain more shares before the company's upcoming initial public offering (IPO), which is expected to occur as early as this year.

One insider stated that this lower-than-expected transaction indicates that as the company's annual revenue rises, employees are optimistic about the company's prospects. Last month, the company's annual revenue exceeded $19 billion. By April, Anthropic announced that its annual operating revenue had surpassed $30 billion.

Claude launches Managed Agents, enabling rapid construction and deployment of AI agents

According to ChainCatcher, Claude announced the launch of Managed Agents, a feature that helps developers quickly build and deploy large-scale AI agents on the Claude platform, currently in public beta. The performance-optimized AI agent runtime is combined with production-ready infrastructure, allowing AI agents to go from prototype to launch in just days, increasing the speed of building and deploying agents by tenfold.

It provides managed infrastructure that automatically handles complex tasks such as sandboxing, error recovery, memory, and checkpoints, allowing users to simply define tasks, tools, and guardrails.

Meme Popularity Rankings

According to meme token tracking and analysis platform GMGN, as of April 10, 09:00,

The top five popular tokens on ETH in the past 24 hours are: HEX, SHIB, LINK, PEPE, UNI

The top five popular tokens on Solana in the past 24 hours are: swarms, Punch, neet, Buttcoin, testicle

The top five popular tokens on Base in the past 24 hours are: SKITTEN, PEPE, BASED, B3, SCAN

What are some interesting articles worth reading in the past 24 hours?

How long can the Ethereum ecosystem survive after the launch of Mythos

After Alan finished talking about Mythos, the crowd began to disperse. When I went to get my coat, I heard someone in the hallway calmly say, "What you just talked about, what does it mean for Ethereum?" I stopped and found the source of the voice. It was Marcus, leaning against the wall, holding a cup of water he hadn't finished. Alan turned around and was silent for about three seconds.

I stood a little further away, taking note of everything I could hear. This was the most honest conversation about Ethereum's security risks I had ever witnessed. Not because they used vocabulary I hadn't heard before, but because they clearly articulated one thing by putting together what had happened and the trends that are currently unfolding: the security boundary we thought existed may no longer be there in the face of Mythos.

Binance aims to tear apart market makers with AAVE, JUP, and others

On March 31, Binance announced that it would update the assessment trading pairs for the "Spot Small Coin Liquidity Enhancement Program" starting April 6, aiming to enhance the liquidity and trading efficiency of certain small coin trading pairs in the spot market.

This time, 36 new assessment trading pairs were added, and 15 trading pairs were removed.

I was a bit surprised when I saw this list.

AAVE, MORPHO, ALGO, JUP, LDO, 1INCH, and others—multiple coins that were once recognized by the market as top-tier, high market cap, and community favorites now appear on Binance's "liquidity assessment list" alongside a bunch of obscure small coins.

How have these once-mainstream coins fallen to the point of insufficient liquidity?

Tiger Research: A comprehensive analysis of the most profitable businesses in crypto and their business models

Stablecoin issuance is one of the most profitable businesses in the crypto space.

However, with Tether (USDT) and USDC collectively holding over 85% of the market share, it is unrealistic for new entrants to compete on the same reserve interest model.

This report analyzes four issuers, each carving out a unique position in this landscape.