Gate News message, April 27 — Jesse Pollak, an executive at a major CEX, has argued that autonomous AI agents are creating a new "demand center" for crypto payments, requiring software-native payment infrastructure. On April 20, it was announced that the x402 ecosystem had processed more than 165

Gate News message, April 27 — Developer Paul Sztorc has proposed a Bitcoin hard fork scheduled for August 2026 at block height 964,000 to create a new blockchain called eCash, according to CoinDesk. The fork will distribute eCash to users holding BTC at a 1:1 ratio and introduce Drivechains

Gate News message, April 27 — DeepSeek announced a 75% discount on its new V4-Pro model for developers and reduced input cache hit prices across its API lineup to one-tenth of previous levels. The V4 model, released on April 25 in Pro and Flash versions, has been optimized for Huawei's Ascend

Gate News message, April 27 — China-made electric vehicles accounted for approximately one-third of new EV registrations in South Korea during the first quarter of 2026, driven primarily by Tesla models manufactured in Shanghai. According to the Korea Automobile and Mobility Association, sales of Ch

Gate News message, April 27 — Hong Kong-listed MiniMax-W fell over 14% intraday, while Zhipu dropped over 6% during the same session. The decline followed DeepSeek's release of a new model on Friday and its announcement of limited-time promotional offers on

Gate News message, April 27 — Polymarket announced it will upgrade its platform on April 28, 2026, at approximately 19:00 UTC, with trading suspended for about one hour during the maintenance window. The upgrade includes a new-generation trading contract (CTF Exchange V2), a reconstructed order book

Gate News message, April 27 — Iran has proposed a new diplomatic initiative to the United States, prioritizing an agreement on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting maritime blockades while deferring nuclear negotiations to a later phase, according to AXIOS citing U.S. officials and sources fam

Gate News message, April 27 — A new academic paper analyzing all Polymarket transactions from 2023 through 2025 concludes that the platform's accuracy reflects "the wisdom of an informed minority, not the wisdom of the crowd." The working paper, revised April 25, was authored by Roberto Gómez-Cram,

Gate News message, April 26 — Blockchain analytics platform Arkham has identified renewed on-chain activity from an address believed to be connected to Avi Eisenberg, the attacker who profited approximately $110 million from the 2022 Mango Markets exploit. Eisenberg was previously sentenced to

Gate News message, April 26 — Michael Saylor, co-founder of MicroStrategy, declared "winter's over" as Bitcoin traded around $78,000. Analyst Mati Greenspan characterized recent price movements as a correction within a broader bull market rather than a new bear phase, noting that Bitcoin's bottom ha