Bounce Brand has introduced Bounce Predict, marking the debut of the first prediction market platform within its ecosystem. According to NS3.AI, this innovative platform allows users to forecast auction results, with initial support focused on Sotheby’s auctions. The launch aims to enhance user engagement by providing a new avenue for predicting auction outcomes.

NFT sales in March totaled $105.9 million, marking the lowest monthly sales record since 2021. According to ChainCatcher, this data was sourced from CryptoSlam. The decline in sales highlights a significant downturn in the NFT market, which has seen fluctuating interest and investment over recent years.

Around 200 protesters marched through San Francisco, stopping outside Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI to demand a pause on developing more powerful AI systems. They called on AI companies to agree to a coordinated halt in building advanced models and focus instead on improving safety.

Pakistan has reportedly been facilitating secret communications between Iran and U.S. envoys, according to the Financial Times. Senior Pakistani officials have been involved in these discussions, which include U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook and Jared Kushner, a senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. The talks aim to address ongoing tensions and explore potential diplomatic solutions. According to Jin10, these efforts reflect Pakistan's strategic role in regional diplomacy, as it seeks to mediate between conflicting parties. The discussions are part of broader international efforts to stabilize relations and prevent further escalation in the region.

Q1 of 2026 was characterized by volatility, with a general decline across the industry, but financial applications and tokenization projects led the way, and AI-related tokens performed exceptionally well.

Telegram has successfully repaid bonds issued five years ago, according to PANews. The company's founder, Pavel Durov, announced that since 2021, Telegram has been developing new monetization strategies and is on track to achieve profitability by 2024. Durov highlighted that the improved profitability has led to an oversubscription of the new round of bonds issued last year.

Japan's petrochemical industry is actively working to secure naphtha supplies despite elevated prices, according to Jin10. The Japan Petrochemical Industry Association has emphasized the importance of maintaining uninterrupted supply chains and is taking measures to ensure procurement continues smoothly. The association is committed to overcoming challenges posed by the current market conditions to sustain operations and meet industry demands.

Samsung SDI has announced plans to utilize cathode materials from L&F for the production of energy storage systems in the United States. According to Jin10, this strategic move aims to enhance Samsung SDI's capabilities in the energy storage sector by leveraging L&F's advanced materials. The collaboration is expected to bolster the company's presence in the U.S. market, aligning with its broader goals of expanding its energy solutions portfolio. This development underscores Samsung SDI's commitment to innovation and sustainability in energy storage technologies.

The Ethereum Foundation outlines the collaborative relationship and respective roles of Ethereum's L1 and L2 blockchains. The article points out that L2's primary goal has shifted from scaling Ethereum to providing differentiated functionality, customized services, and independent market strategies, while L1 should continue to scale as a permissionless hub for global settlement, shared state, liquidity, and DeFi, without sacrificing core attributes such as censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security. The article suggests that L2, seeking the closest integration with L1, should advance synchronous composability, full interoperability, shared liquidity, and Stage 2 validation, and explore native Rollup mechanisms. L2 should at least reach Stage 1 and pass a "walkaway" test to ensure users can safely exit to L1 even in the presence of malicious actors. The Ethereum Foundation states it will continue to expand L1 and blob capacity, advance native Rollup technology development, improve L1 liquidity and L2 liquidity access, collaborate with organizations like L2Beat to monitor L2 security attributes, and establish a Platform team led by Josh Rudolf to improve the overall Ethereum platform experience.

Hong Kong's optical communication stocks experienced a notable surge, with Changfei Optical Fiber and Cable (06869.HK) leading the gains by rising over 9%. According to Jin10, Cambridge Technology (06166.HK) also saw an increase of more than 5%, while Huiju Technology (01729.HK) climbed over 4%. This upward trend highlights the growing investor interest in the optical communication sector within the Hong Kong stock market.

Australian wheat farmers are reducing their planting areas due to growing concerns over fertilizer supply, according to Jin10. As one of the world's largest agricultural exporters, Australia is facing disruptions in farm production activities linked to the ongoing conflict involving Iran. Wheat, a crop with high nitrogen fertilizer demand, is significantly affected by fertilizer usage, which is crucial for yield. The reduction in exports through the Strait of Hormuz has led to a rapid increase in global crop nutrient prices and supply difficulties. Additionally, low wheat prices and ample global supply have already frustrated farmers before the conflict. With winter planting set to begin in a few weeks, Australian farmers are considering decreasing wheat planting while increasing oilseed and legume crops to achieve better returns.

Even though Trump has unilaterally TACO multiple times, a quick victory is no longer possible. Whether it's backing down or a protracted war, it's all bad news for dollar assets, and the risk of the petrodollar collapsing is rising.

Gold, bonds, and Bitcoin are reflecting the current trends in the financial markets. Why is this happening? And what future trends do these three asset classes foreshadow?

Tokens, artificial intelligence, AI agents, "burning tokens" becomes a KPI. One programmer spent 150,000 yuan in a month. (Jinse Finance, the bill is borne by the company.)

Jinse Finance launches its cryptocurrency and blockchain industry daily news bulletin, "Jinse 8 AM," issue 3005, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

With the widespread adoption of local payment channels, the costs of traditional transfers have been significantly reduced. Currently, the main costs are concentrated in the domestic settlement process, which is precisely what stablecoins cannot bypass.

Jinse Finance launches the "Jinse Web3.0 Daily," providing you with the latest and fastest news on MEME, DeFi, DAO, NFT, and the metaverse industry.

In the past few months and weeks, the RWA cycle has become one of the hottest topics in the cryptocurrency space.

War and inflation should be gold's most loyal allies, but this time, gold has thoroughly disappointed investors.