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According to the official announcement, the Gate TradFi stock section has launched 9 contract-for-difference trading pairs: GEV (GE Vernova), KLAC (KLA), SOXL (3x Long Semiconductor ETF), SMH (Semiconductor Index ETF), SOXX (Semiconductor ETF), HYG (Bond Index ETF), SQQQ (3x Short NASDAQ ETF), SOXS (3x Short Semiconductor ETF), GDX (Gold Mining ETF), supporting 4x fixed leverage.In addition, the Gate TradFi stock section will launch the third phase of the new coin airdrop from May 12 at 16:00 to May 22 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who sign up will receive 30 USDT and can participate in trading the newly listed assets to share a prize pool of 100,000 USDT, with a maximum individual reward of 3,130 USDT.

According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX has officially launched the "Seventh Leverage Trading Competition," with a total prize pool of 30,000 USDT, to celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day.From May 12, 18:00 to May 24, 18:00 (UTC+8), new users who complete their first leverage trade will receive a 50 USDT leverage coupon, limited to 2000 copies, first come first served; during the event, users with a leverage trading volume ≥ 1,000 USDT will receive a 5%-20% fee rebate.In addition, participating in leverage trading of BTC, ETH, DOGE, TRX, TON, ZEC, FIL, JST will have the trading volume counted as three times towards the total trading volume. Users can click on the event page [Sign Up Now] to participate.

According to official news, Gate Alpha will launch the AIPPP exclusive recharge & trading competition on May 12 at 15:00 (UTC+8). Users can click "Participate Now" to complete registration, and by completing designated tasks, they can share a prize pool of 30,000 AIPPP. This event features a dual reward mechanism: by recharging AIPPP through the Gate Quick Wallet, users can enjoy a 10% reward on the recharge amount, corresponding to a prize pool of 15,000 AIPPP, available on a first-come, first-served basis; users who achieve a cumulative trading volume of AIPPP (buy + sell) ≥ $5,000 during the event will share an average of 15,000 AIPPP.Gate Alpha now supports popular public chains such as SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BSC, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, Berachain, etc. Seamless trading of cross-chain tokens can be achieved through contract address search, enabling one-click circulation of on-chain tokens.

Binance will launch the GALA trading volume competition on May 8, 2026, at 18:00. Eligible users will have the chance to share a prize pool of 150,000 USDC token vouchers. The event will run from May 8, 2026, at 18:00 to May 15, 2026, at 18:00. Participating users must accumulate at least $500 equivalent in valid trading volume in the eligible trading pairs GALA/USDT and GALA/USDC.

According to the official announcement, Gate will launch the ETH airdrop event from May 7 at 16:00 to May 28 at 16:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of 20 ETH, open to both new and existing users. During the event, new users who complete identity verification and have a first ETH contract trading volume of $1,000 can participate in sharing a 2 ETH newcomer prize pool; users who complete a net ETH recharge of $500 and maintain it for 48 hours can share a 3 ETH airdrop reward based on the proportion of their net recharge.In addition, users who complete the ETH contract trading volume task or upgrade to VIP 5+ can also participate in a total of 15 ETH in the basic prize pool and lucky prize pool, with a maximum individual airdrop reward of 0.55 ETH.

According to official news, Gate Alpha officially launched the 36th Hot Coin Trading Competition on May 6 at 14:00 (UTC+8). Users can participate by trading designated hot coins to share a total airdrop reward worth over $100,000.This event features a dual reward mechanism: on the basic level, users can receive 1 chance to draw a regular blind box for every 200 USDT traded, with a total prize pool of about $30,000, a 100% winning rate, and prizes including iPhone 17, GT tokens, and Alpha fee rebate vouchers; on the advanced level, after reaching a trading volume of 4,000 USDT, users can earn 1 chance to draw a premium blind box for every additional 500 USDT traded, with a total prize pool of about $76,000, and prizes including iPhone 17 Pro Max, high-value GT tokens, and high-value Alpha fee rebate vouchers. Additionally, when inviting friends to make their first trade of 100 USDT, both the inviter and the new user can receive extra rewards. All rewards are distributed in real-time and are available until exhausted.Gate Alpha now supports popular public chains such as SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BNB Chain, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, and Berachain, and allows seamless trading of all-chain tokens through the contract address search function, enabling cross-chain trading and achieving one-click access to on-chain tokens.

According to the official announcement, Gate will launch the 13th Anniversary VIP Welcome Event from April 21, 10:00 to May 20, 23:59 (UTC+8), and the second phase of the VIP Reward Triple Gift from May 6, 12:00 to May 19, 23:59 (UTC+8), providing multiple incentives for new and advanced VIP users. The event includes VIP newcomer packages, trading cashback, GT airdrops, and level acceleration among other benefits.In the VIP Welcome Event, users who upgrade to VIP 5 or above can unlock newcomer packages and multi-track trading rewards, and participate in sharing an 800,000 USDT airdrop prize pool; at the same time, users can also receive a maximum airdrop reward of 1,500 USDT by meeting the standards through contract, spot, and TradFi trading. In the Reward Triple Gift event, users can participate in the trading cashback program and level acceleration mechanism after signing up, with a chance to receive a VIP+2 experience card and a 10% trading cashback voucher.In addition, users who meet the net deposit conditions can also receive GT airdrop rewards. The platform will also launch a VIP Growth Camp to help users quickly advance to VIP levels and unlock more benefits.

On-chain detective ZachXBT tweeted that the DSJ Exchange (DSJEX) and the BG Wealth Sharing Ponzi scheme collapsed last week, with a total amount involved exceeding $150 million. The scheme had been operating since 2025, luring victims with high returns of 1.3%-2.6% daily. Between April 27 and May 3, criminals transferred and laundered over $92 million across chains to cover their tracks.ZachXBT stated that it had assisted Tether, Binance security teams, OKX, and U.S. law enforcement, and has currently frozen over $41.5 million in funds, including a single freeze of $38.4 million USDT on the TRON chain by Tether on May 4. ZachXBT warns that such scams primarily target ordinary retail investors, and victims should report to local police in a timely manner.

Binance will launch the Acurast (ACU) trading competition on April 30, 2026. The event is divided into two batches: the first batch runs from April 30, 2026, 21:00 to May 7, 2026, 21:00, and the second batch runs from May 7, 2026, 21:00 to May 14, 2026, 21:00. Participants will be ranked based on their total buying trading volume of ACU tokens during the event. The top 2,000 users will share 1,160,000 ACU tokens, and the rewards will be distributed before May 28, 2026, 21:00.

According to SBS Biz, the Personal Information Protection Commission of South Korea has launched an investigation into Upbit and Bithumb for sharing order books with overseas exchanges, focusing on whether there is any cross-border transfer of personal information in the process. The commission has completed written investigations and on-site inspections and is currently in the phase of determining legality, with results expected to be finalized in the second half of the year.An order book is a list of buy and sell orders on an exchange, and sharing it with overseas entities can increase liquidity. However, if user identification information is transmitted along with it, it may violate personal information protection laws (cross-border transfers require user consent). It is reported that Upbit shares its order book with Southeast Asia's Upbit APAC and the Tether market, while Bithumb has shared its order book with Australia's Stellar.

According to the official announcement, the Gate TradFi stock section has launched 52 contracts for difference trading pairs including GIS (General Mills), MPWR (Monolithic Power Systems), HSY (Hershey), COTY (Coty Inc.), CTSH (Cognizant), INFY (Infosys), SO (Southern Company), ALK (Alaska Airlines), BAP (Credicorp), CIB (Grupo Cibest), SYY (Sysco), DD (DuPont), DTE (DTE Energy), PSX (Phillips 66), AON (Aon), MCO (Moody's), CHT (Chunghwa Telecom), GT (Goodyear Tire & Rubber), GFS (GlobalFoundries), MAR (Marriott International), WYNN (Wynn Resorts), SYF (Synchrony Financial), EPD (Enterprise Products Partners), CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange Global Markets), IVZ (Invesco), MLM (Martin Marietta Materials), EXC (Exelon), PNC (PNC Financial Services Group), AMT (American Tower), BDX (Becton Dickinson), WMB (Williams), AIG (American International Group), CPRI (Capri Holdings), HBAN (Huntington Bancshares), SYK (Stryker), ZTS (Zoetis), BMRN (BioMarin Pharmaceutical), APD (Air Products and Chemicals), STT (State Street), XLE (State Street Energy Select SPDR ETF), IBIT (iShares Bitcoin Trust), ASTS (AST SpaceMobile), AUPH (Aurinia Pharmaceuticals), PTON (Peloton Interactive), CRON (Cronos Group), GPRO (GoPro), OPFI (OppFi), RIG (Transocean), XRX (Xerox), MANU (Manchester United), URA (Global X Uranium ETF), LIT (Global X Lithium Battery ETF), supporting 4x fixed leverage.In addition, the Gate TradFi stock section will launch the second phase of the new coin airdrop from April 29 at 16:00 to May 8 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can register to receive 30 USDT and can share a prize pool of 100,000 USDT by participating in the trading of newly listed assets, with a maximum individual reward of 3,130 USDT.

Binance will launch the Perle (PRL) trading competition on April 28, 2026, at 21:00. The event is divided into two phases: the first phase will run from April 28, 2026, at 21:00 to May 5, 2026, at 21:00, and the second phase will run from May 5, 2026, at 21:00 to May 12, 2026, at 21:00. Participants will be ranked based on the trading volume of PRL tokens purchased, and the top 2,530 users will share 303,600 PRL tokens. Rewards will be distributed before May 26, 2026, at 21:00.

According to official news, OKX Wallet has officially launched the X Launch event for Fluent Network (BLEND) in the OKX Boost product. Eligible users can participate to share a prize pool of over 3 million BLEND.It is reported that Fluent Network is a blockchain specifically built for reputation-based applications. OKX Wallet, as an industry-leading one-stop Web3 gateway, supports over 140 popular public chains.RootData information shows that Fluent Network has a transparency score of 78% (out of 100%), which is above average, indicating that information disclosure is relatively complete.

Binance Wallet launches the OpenGradient (OPG) trading competition on Binance Alpha. The event is divided into two batches, with the first batch running from April 24, 2026, 21:00 to May 1, 2026, 21:00, and the second batch running from May 1, 2026, 21:00 to May 8, 2026, 21:00. Participants will be ranked based on their total buying trading volume of OPG during each event period, and the top 3,370 users will share 303,300 OPG tokens. During the event, users must trade OPG tokens through Binance Wallet (without private keys) or Binance Alpha, and specific rewards will be distributed before May 22, 2026, 21:00.

X product lead and Solana advisor Nikita Bier posted to announce two product changes for organizing communities on X, including:XChat now supports a joinable link feature for group chats. Users can create a public link to share directly on their timeline. Each group chat supports 350 members (and is still increasing).Due to declining usage, the X platform will officially deprecate X Communities on May 6.

Binance will hold a SOON trading competition from April 17, 2026, 21:00 to April 24, 2026, 21:00. Users can participate by trading SOON (SOON) through the Binance wallet (without private keys) or Binance Alpha, sharing a prize pool of 688,000 SOON. Rewards will be available for collection before May 8, 2026, 21:00, and eligible users must complete the collection within 14 days.

According to the official announcement, Gate DEX will launch the 13th Anniversary New Frontier Exploration Program from April 15 to May 27, with a total prize pool of 69,300 USDT. The event revolves around multi-dimensional on-chain behaviors such as trading, interaction, and invitations. After creating and binding a Gate Wallet, users can "board" by completing trading tasks, engaging in on-chain interactions, or inviting friends, unlocking different exploration footprints and participating in reward sharing.This event features five main sections, including the 13th Anniversary Trading Explorer Tasks, Contract Trading Leaderboard, Newcomer Boost On-Chain Interaction Carnival, Invite Top 13 Leaderboard, and 13th Anniversary Social Easter Eggs.Among them, the prize pool for the 13th Anniversary Trading Explorer event reaches up to 45,000 USDT, and users can share rewards based on the number of exploration footprints completed, with a maximum of 300 USDT per individual; the total prize pool for the Contract Trading Leaderboard is 13,000 USDT, with a maximum of 3,130 USDT available; additionally, there are multiple reward incentives for the invitation leaderboard and newcomer activities.

According to official news, Gate DEX will launch the "Hong Kong Stock Contract Trading Competition" from April 13 at 19:00 to May 12 at 19:00 (UTC+8). This event leverages Gate DEX's powerful on-chain contract execution capabilities, featuring the launch of perpetual contracts for Tencent, Meituan, Xiaomi, Kuaishou, Xunce, and Zhipu. Users only need to connect their wallets and start trading in the Hong Kong stock contract market to support 1-20 times leverage for bidirectional operations. The event includes multiple benefits such as first trade rewards, all-participant trading rewards, and invitation rewards, with a maximum individual reward of 100 USDT, and a total prize pool of 20,000 USDT.Gate DEX is an industry-leading multi-chain crypto platform, providing a one-stop connection to over 100 public chains, millions of assets, and tens of thousands of DApps, offering a professional-grade DEX experience and the best solutions for every DEX need. BountyDrop is a dedicated earning activity section in the discovery page of Gate DEX, where users can win rewards or participate in a lottery to obtain airdrop tokens by completing simple tasks.