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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) CEO Chen Yijing announced on April 15 a strategic initiative to strengthen Asian capital market connectivity through product innovation and institutional development. The announcement, made via an official blog post, outlined HKEX's role as a "super-co

South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has elevated artificial intelligence to a core pillar of national cultural policy, moving from strategic planning to active implementation in February 2024 through April 2024. The ministry published copyright guidelines for generative AI t

比特幣（BTC）持續上漲，4月15日報74,670美元。X平台在美國和加拿大推出Cashtags功能，整合即時金融數據及交易。比特幣減半進展中，距離下一次獎勵減半僅剩105,000個區塊。市場情緒樂觀，美股也錄得漲幅。各種幣圈新聞中，ARIA代幣價格暴跌，維吉尼亞州新法納入數位資產等事件更新。

Palo Alto Networks has completed its acquisition of Koi, an Israeli cybersecurity startup, in a deal valued at approximately US$400 million. The acquisition expands Palo Alto Networks' capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and software supply chain security, with Koi's technology set to be in

以太坊流動性再質押協議 Ether.fi 將在三年內向 ETHGas 提供價值 30 億美元的 ETH 作為「驗證者流動性」。此承諾將支援以太坊區塊空間期貨市場，並透過提高 MEV 收益，為驗證者和質押者帶來增益。ETHGas 允許用戶提前買賣以太坊區塊空間，確保交易執行，並預測 Gas 成本，促進以太坊生態系統的可預測性和穩定性。

Cow Protocol建構的DEX聚合平台Cow Swap於4月14日遭遇DNS劫持，攻擊者篡改域名記錄，將用戶流量重定向至偽冒網站，並部署錢包清空程序。Cow DAO隨即暫停服務並建議用戶撤銷授權。此事件未影響協議智能合約，惟用戶需警惕相關風險並核查交易紀錄。

4月15日，比特幣因川普稱伊朗欲達成協議而反彈約6%，突破75,000美元。市場對美伊談判重啟的預期升溫，亞洲股市上漲。技術面上，約60億美元的空頭被強制平倉，加速反彈。分析師指出，若美伊局勢持續緩和，比特幣有望突破80,000美元，並預測年底可能達150,000美元。

The 6th China International Consumer Products Expo (April 13–18, 2024, Hainan) showcased AI glasses from leading Chinese brands and announced the imminent production launch of a modular flying car, signaling a shift in consumer technology from niche innovation to mainstream commercialization. The

International crude oil prices surged dramatically in early 2025, with global aviation fuel averaging $209 per barrel by early April—more than double the $99.40 price from late February—forcing airlines including Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern to deploy multiple cost-mitigation

YouTube introduced new advertising controls for livestreams, including a feature that pauses ads when chat activity is high, and grants viewers a personal ad-free window after purchasing Super Chat, Super Stickers, or gifts. The updates reflect YouTube's effort to balance viewer experience with

More than 25 bond funds announced increased precision in share net value calculations during April 2024 following large redemption events, according to incomplete industry data. On April 14 alone, multiple fund companies including Hui Feng Jinxin Fund and Xinda Aoyu Fund issued precision

ChainGPT ($CGPT), an advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure project built to merge AI with blockchain technology, is excited to announce its strategic partnership with alloxdotai, an AI-Powered, non-custodial capital allocation platform operating within the blockchain and

Gagan Biyani, co-founder of Udemy, publicly criticized the company's acquisition by Coursera in a lengthy post on X in December 2025, describing the $2.5 billion all-stock merger as the consequence of years of weak product innovation, poor leadership decisions, and a board culture that

Polymarket, a leading prediction market platform, has updated its market integrity rules to eliminate insider trading and market manipulation across both its decentralized finance and exchange operations, signaling an industry-wide shift toward aggressive enforcement as prediction markets face

In brief SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony each took 10%+ in a new AI development company, joined by major banks and steelmakers. The company's trillion-parameter model targets Physical AI—robots, autonomous vehicles, and industrial machines—not conversational chatbots. Japan's government NE