On April 25, Jin10 reported that international credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced on April 24 the downgrade of Belgium's credit rating from 'AA' to 'AA-', with a stable outlook. According to Jin10, S&P cited Belgium's long-term public finance imbalance as the primary reason for the downgrade. In a statement, S&P noted that Belgium's budget deficit is expected to significantly widen in 2025, and the fiscal consolidation plan from 2026 to 2029 is progressing slowly, posing serious fiscal challenges. S&P forecasts that Belgium's government net debt as a percentage of GDP will rise from 103% in 2025 to 109% in 2029, with interest expenses also expected to increase substantially. Additionally, S&P highlighted Belgium's reliance on fossil fuels and its already tight energy supply, making it vulnerable to the impact of soaring international oil prices due to ongoing Middle East conflicts, which introduces new uncertainties to its public finances.

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Russia's Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina has outlined the primary function of the digital ruble as automating the monitoring of national contract expenditures, replacing current manual review processes. According to ChainCatcher, Nabiullina emphasized that the digital ruble offers the same level of transparency as the existing cashless ruble, dismissing concerns about monitoring individual payments as a misunderstanding. She assured that the central bank will not mandate citizens to open digital ruble accounts or enforce its usage. Starting in September, the public will have the opportunity to voluntarily experience the digital ruble, with the central bank promoting its advantages to encourage adoption. Previously, the Russian Central Bank updated the rules for businesses and individuals to open digital ruble accounts.

Elon Musk's X Chat application has officially launched on Apple's iOS platform and is now available for use. According to Odaily, the app allows users to log in with their X accounts and offers features such as end-to-end encrypted messaging, screen recording prevention, and cross-device voice or video calls. Additionally, users can delete messages for everyone, set chats to self-destruct after viewing, or have them automatically disappear.

On April 24th, US stocks closed with Nvidia shares rising over 4%, pushing its market capitalization above $5 trillion. This marks the first time in nearly six months, since the end of October last year, that Nvidia's market capitalization has surpassed $5 trillion. A report released last week by Stanford University highlighted the rapid adoption of AI. The report stated that AI is spreading at an unprecedented pace, with generative AI adoption reaching 53%, faster than personal computers and the internet. However, DeepSeek released its new model, DeepSeek-V4, which boasts a million-word context and leads both domestically and in the open-source field in agent capabilities, world knowledge, and inference performance. This model is developed in collaboration with Huawei's Ascend platform. The collaboration and adaptation of this cutting-edge model with domestic computing power providers is expected to promote the use of domestic computing power, objectively posing a challenge to Nvidia. (CBN)

A suspected insider has reportedly profited approximately $2.27 million by strategically opening both long and short positions on APE during a significant price surge exceeding 110%. According to NS3.AI, on-chain data revealed that the individual initially posted 75 ETH as margin. Subsequently, they acquired 1,027 ETH on HyperLiquid and an additional 26 ETH on-chain, ultimately securing a profit of 978 ETH.

According to Odaily Seer's monitoring, in the Polymarket prediction event for "NBA Western Conference First Round Game 3: Spurs vs. Trail Blazers," an account that lost nearly $1.5 million (address: 0xbd14b65383c15e0b0f64944ca000f9a2bc5dd62a) purchased $390,000 worth of bets on the Spurs defeating the Trail Blazers, with an average opening price of 57.2¢; additionally, it purchased $70,000 worth of bets on the Spurs to win by a 2.5-point spread against the Trail Blazers, with an average opening price of 52.2¢. Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference First Round playoffs between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers will tip off at 10:30 AM Beijing time today. The series is currently tied 1-1. The Spurs are confirmed to be without Wernbanyama and McLaughlin; the Trail Blazers are confirmed to be without Lillard. Odaily Seer continuously monitors the prediction market, seeing changes before prices are set.

Elon Musk's X Chat messaging app has officially launched on Apple's iOS and is now available for use. The app supports X account login, end-to-end encrypted chat, blocking screen recording, and cross-device voice or video calls. It also allows users to delete all messages, and features such as self-destructing or automatically disappearing messages. (TechCrunch)

Nasdaq-listed Aurelion disclosed that it currently holds 33,318 Tether Gold (XAUT), worth over $157 million based on the April 23 price of $4,719.15 per ounce. The company also disclosed that it has pledged 10,000 XAUT, transforming the gold token from a mere reserve asset into a yield-generating collateral asset. The remaining 23,318 XAUT are unpledged. (PRNewswire)

Aave announced on the X platform that its service provider has released an Aave DAO governance proposal, suggesting a contribution of 25,000 ETH to the ongoing DeFi United initiative. This ETH funding will support the restoration of rsETH's asset backing, helping it to quickly regain its peg and normalize market conditions. This proposal aims to accelerate the rsETH risk resolution process and stabilize the relevant DeFi market ecosystem through financial support at the Aave DAO level.

Nasdaq-listed Nakamoto announced the launch of its Bitcoin Derivatives Program. Part of its Bitcoin holdings will be held in Kraken's compliant custody arrangement as collateral for derivatives strategies. Bitwise will manage these strategies in a separately managed account (SMA), generating continuous premium income through covered call options and call spread strategies, and hedging against market capitalization volatility caused by falling Bitcoin prices through protective put options and put spread strategies. (Businesswire)

Before the World Cup, the crypto industry's biggest surprise is bound to appear in the prediction market, but it's best to see this as an exit opportunity rather than the beginning of a massive upheaval.

Jinse Finance launches its cryptocurrency and blockchain industry daily news bulletin, "Jinse Morning 8," issue 3037, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

The Nasdaq index hit a new high, driven by a triple factor: increased weighting of technology stocks, strengthened earnings expectations, and a rebound in risk appetite.

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.

Since the launch of Seedance 2.0, the production cost of AI short dramas has been reduced by dozens of times, and a model is rewriting the rules of the entire film and television industry.

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Four attacks were detected between April 13 and April 19, 2026, involving multiple chains including Ethereum, Unichain, Arbitrum, and NEAR, with a total estimated loss of approximately $310 million.

The structural contradictions of prediction markets have been fully exposed. While blockchain has solved the problem of settlement trust, it can never solve the problem of the legitimacy of information sources.

The $100 anchor point was once the cornerstone of Strategy's fundraising magic. This perpetual motion machine of fundraising, built by Michael Saylor to buy Bitcoin, is now stuck.