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Author: Ariel, Crypto City
Pokémon 30th Anniversary, Tokenized Pokémon Card Market Weekly Revenue Surprising
On the occasion of Pokémon's 30th anniversary, the market trading of Pokémon card NFTs or "tokenized" Pokémon cards is lively, with weekly earnings reaching $5.38 million as of April 6, approaching the historical high of September 2025.
Compared to six months ago, the recent Pokémon card trading boom has structural differences.
Foreign media outlet "The Block" pointed out that the peak in September 2025 was concentrated on a single platform, Collector Crypt, issuing tokens that triggered a one-week surge, but the recent high points have lasted for six consecutive weeks, with most of the revenue coming from the well-known digital collectibles platform Courtyard.
Image source: The Block | The market trading heat of "tokenized" Pokémon cards

Author: Ariel, Crypto City
Six Taiwanese Banks Potentially Launching Stablecoins
Taiwan's Draft Virtual Asset Service Act has been approved by the Executive Yuan, though it has not yet passed the third reading in the Legislative Yuan. However, the Financial Supervisory Commission is actively drafting subsidiary regulations, initially planning to allow only domestic financial institutions to issue stablecoins, encouraging many industry players to try.
According to the Economic Daily, six banks are rumored to be the first to issue stablecoins: CTBC Bank, Cathay United Bank, Taishin Bank, KGI Bank, Union Bank, and Taipei Fubon Bank.
The deployment of these six banks in blockchain and virtual asset-related fields is summarized as follows:
CTBC Bank: Approved by the Financial Supervisory Commission to pilot virtual asset custody services, initially focusing on Bitcoin and Ethereum, managed through cold wallets and private key sharding technology, and publicly recruiting blockchain engineers in 2025.
Cathay United Bank: Approved to pilot virtual asset...

The Financial Supervisory Commission has allowed professional investors to trade overseas virtual asset ETFs through multiple agency agreements for over a year. The market is now focused on when retail investors will be further permitted to participate. Deputy Director of the Securities and Futures Bureau, Huang Zhonghao, stated yesterday (23rd) that he has asked the Securities Association to compile the recent one-year business execution status and international development overview, and to submit a report. It is expected that "it will be received soon," and at that time, an assessment will be made based on the report content to determine whether to open participation to general investors.
14 brokerages handle the transactions, with a trading scale close to one billion yuan
The Financial Supervisory Commission opened securities firms to trade foreign virtual asset ETFs through entrusted transactions in October 2024. However, due to system adjustments required by brokerages, the business only gradually began in early 2025. Currently, 14 brokerages offer professional investors the opportunity to invest in virtual asset ETFs through multiple agency agreements, including UBS Securities, Union Securities, China Trust Securities, Pocket Securities, Mega Securities, Taishin Securities (including the merged Yuanta Securities), Kanghe Securities, Yu

Author: Ariel, Crypto City
Pokémon 30th Anniversary, Tokenized Pokémon Card Market Weekly Revenue Surprising
On the occasion of Pokémon's 30th anniversary, the market for Pokémon card NFTs, also known as "tokenized" Pokémon cards, is bustling. As of the week ending April 6, the revenue reached $5.38 million, approaching the historical high of September 2025.
Compared to six months ago, the recent Pokémon card trading boom has structural differences.
Foreign media outlet "The Block" pointed out that the peak in September 2025 was concentrated on a single platform, Collector Crypt, which issued tokens that triggered a weekly surge. However, the recent high points have lasted for six consecutive weeks, with most of the revenue coming from the well-known digital collectibles platform Courtyard.
Image source: The Block | The market trading frenzy of "tokenized" Pokémon cards

Author: Ariel, Crypto City
Six Taiwanese Banks Potentially Launching Stablecoins
Taiwan's Draft Virtual Asset Service Act has been approved by the Executive Yuan, though it has not yet passed the third reading in the Legislative Yuan. However, the Financial Supervisory Commission is actively drafting subsidiary regulations, initially planning to allow only domestic financial institutions to issue stablecoins, encouraging many industry players to get involved.
According to the Economic Daily News, six banks are rumored to be the first to issue stablecoins: CTBC Bank, Cathay United Bank, Taishin Bank, KGI Bank, Union Bank, and Taipei Fubon Bank.
The strategic plans of these six banks in blockchain and virtual asset-related fields are summarized as follows:
CTBC Bank: Approved by the Financial Supervisory Commission to pilot virtual asset custody services, initially focusing on Bitcoin and Ethereum, managed through cold wallets and private key sharding technology, and publicly recruiting blockchain engineers in 2025.
Cathay United Bank: Approved to pilot virtual asset...

Author: Max, Encrypted City
Unveiling the financial fog, the documentary claims Satoshi Nakamoto is a duo
Since the birth of Bitcoin in 2009, the true identity of its creator "Satoshi Nakamoto" has remained the biggest financial mystery of the 21st century. Despite countless investigative reports, academic analyses, and speculations over the years, this mysterious figure who changed the global financial landscape still hides behind digital fog. On April 22, 2026, the brand-new documentary "Finding Satoshi" was officially released.
The production team claims that through four years of meticulous investigation, they have provided the "definitive answer" to this long-standing question spanning over a decade. This film is a joint effort by renowned investigative journalist William D. Cohan and private detective Tyler Maroney.

Author: Ariel, Crypto City
Six Taiwanese Banks Potentially Issuing Stablecoins
Taiwan’s draft Virtual Asset Service Act has been approved by the Executive Yuan. Although it has not yet passed the third reading in the Legislative Yuan, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is actively drafting its implementing regulations. The initial plan is to allow only domestic financial institutions to issue stablecoins, encouraging multiple industry players to jump in.
According to a report by Economic Daily, the market rumors that there are 6 banks that may be the first to issue stablecoins: CTBC Bank, Cathay United Bank, Taishin International Bank, KGI Bank, Union Bank, and Taipei Fubon Bank.
The strategic layout of these 6 banks in blockchain and virtual asset-related fields is summarized as follows:
CTBC Bank: Approved by the FSC to pilot virtual asset custody services. In the first phase, it focuses on Bitcoin and Ethereum. It manages assets through cold wallets and private key sharding technology, and previously publicly recruited blockchain engineers in 2025.
Cathay United Bank: Approved to pilot virtual asset custody business for stablecoin-related services. It plans to develop relevant technologies and build a custody platform, with an emphasis on compliance and risk control.

Author: Kurumi, Encrypted City
Pornhub announces the switch of stablecoin, $USDT officially exits the payout mechanism
Adult platform Pornhub has recently stopped using $USDT as a creator payout tool, switching to $USDC issued by Circle.
According to screenshots of notices circulating within the creator community, the platform states that this move is to improve the "reliability" of payouts, and emphasizes that $USDC is a fully reserve-backed stablecoin compliant with regulatory requirements.
The relevant information indicates that $USDC maintains a 1:1 peg with the US dollar and can operate on the ERC-20 network, with a user experience similar to that of previous USDT.
Image source: X/@graciehartie ｜ According to screenshots of notices circulating within the creator community, Pornhub lists $USDC as a payment option
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In pursuit of a bright future "driven by tokens," the Web3 gaming industry has burned through $15 billion, but the harsh reality is: players never actually paid from start to finish.
According to the latest data released by market maker and trading institution Caladan, up to 93% of "blockchain games (GameFi)" projects are now defunct, with token values plummeting about 95% from their 2022 peak, and funding flowing into game development studios has shrunk by 93% by 2025.
Looking back, investors and developers poured billions of dollars into tokens and NFTs before even creating a decent game. Now, as capital shifts heavily toward artificial intelligence (AI), real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and infrastructure sectors, over 300 Web3 games have quietly shut down.
The rise and fall of Web3 gaming,

Author: Max, Encrypted City
Unveiling the financial fog, the documentary claims Satoshi Nakamoto is a duo
Since the birth of Bitcoin in 2009, the true identity of its creator, "Satoshi Nakamoto," has remained the biggest financial mystery of the 21st century. Despite countless investigative reports, academic analyses, and speculations over the years, this mysterious figure who changed the global financial landscape still hides behind digital fog. On April 22, 2026, the brand-new documentary "Finding Satoshi" was officially released.
The production team claims that through four years of meticulous investigation, they have provided the "definitive answer" to this long-standing question spanning over a decade. This film is a joint effort by renowned investigative journalist William D. Cohan and private detective Tyler Maroney.

New York State officially filed lawsuits against Coinbase and Gemini on Tuesday, accusing these two cryptocurrency exchanges of offering prediction market contracts (covering sports events, entertainment activities, and elections) that violate the state's gambling laws—making it yet another state government to take legal action against prediction market providers after Nevada, Washington, and others.
According to the complaint, Coinbase and Gemini's prediction market products are essentially “unauthorized gambling products.” The complaint not only points out how these companies promote prediction markets, but also directly claims that they effectively act as “bookmakers” on their platforms.
The New York Attorney General's Office further describes how these platforms operate, directly defining users as “bettors,” and also asserting that “each contract is a wager.” The complaint also mentions that New York State explicitly prohibits anyone under 21 from using mobile devices to…

Taiwan is promoting the development of stablecoins, with six banks already becoming potential issuers. The Financial Supervisory Commission plans to allow only domestic financial institutions to issue them, and these banks are involved in virtual asset custody and related services. In the past, Taiwan's stablecoin failed due to a lack of market demand, but as regulations gradually improve, the market's demand for stablecoins may rise again, and financial institutions will play an important role in this process.

Vercel due to Context.ai data breach, after employee Google Workspace accounts were hijacked and internal environment was compromised, unencrypted non-sensitive environment variables were stolen, exposing information of 580 employees and multiple keys. The official has strengthened security measures, reviewed logs, replaced variables, and enabled encryption for sensitive variables. Blockchain projects are high risk; private RPC and API keys may have been leaked, and Linear/GitHub integrations are also affected.

This year's biggest DeFi theft occurred at Kelp DAO, where hackers used LayerZero cross-chain technology to steal approximately $292 million worth of rsETH. LayerZero accused Lazarus Group, claiming that Kelp's use of 1-of-1 DVN caused a single point of failure and lacked node decentralization. Kelp DAO rebutted, stating that the single point verification strategy is the default in LayerZero's official documentation, and both parties have long-standing disputes over DVN configuration. During the incident, Kelp urgently paused contracts and blacklisted addresses to contain the damage.