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Ostium connects trades into the deepest underlying offchain liquidity and brings the institutional brokerage experience onchain. Rather than rebuilding order books, @ostium connects directly to real market depth and focuses on execution. They aren’t competing on the exchange model for global assets that already do trillions in volume offchain. Traders get access to global markets without having to choose between self-custody and execution quality. Trades are quoted from the real underlying markets and hedged through institutional liquidity partners while settlement remains fully onchain. The result is better pricing, tighter spreads, and execution that scales with size. Over 30 days, Ostium processed $4.8B in notional volume across 166K orders. $10M+ gold trades cleared at 0.65 bps, while seven-figure FX and index trades cleared below 1 bp of price impact. The deepest markets already exist offchain. Ostium makes them accessible onchain. Our new report "Ostium: The Gateway to Global Markets​" breaks down the unique model, how it works, and why it matters for finally bringing global markets onchain.

LATEST: 💰 Canton Network developer Digital Asset Holdings is raising roughly $300 million at a $2 billion valuation, led by a16z crypto, according to Bloomberg.

Tether Launches Developer Grants Program to Fund Local-First AI and Payments Infrastructure Read more: tether.io/news/tether-la…

: : 2026 Korean Web3 Market Report: Structure, Regulation, and Ecosystem Korea is one of the world’s most active crypto markets, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. The country has massive retail participation, deep exchange liquidity, high turnover, and powerful listing effects. But Korea is not yet a fully developed onchain economy. It is still a CEX-centered liquidity market. The next phase depends on whether that liquidity can move beyond exchanges into stablecoins, payments, STOs, RWAs, wallets, DeFi, and real onchain applications. Researched by @c4lvin 👇

Quantum-recoverable wallets are coming to Zcash. We first discussed Zcash’s quantum resistance roadmap in February, highlighting why it matters as Bitcoin’s private, sovereign complement. First 100 readers can read the report for free. delphi.link/zcash5

Beyond the Digital Copy: What's Next for Tokenization? Our research team developed a new index of 593 assets across a $320B market that reveals how far onchain finance still has to go. Access the full report here: panteracapital.com/state-of-token…

Hyperliquid, the decentralized crypto exchange that has emerged as one of the most active trading venues in digital assets, is proposing to add prediction markets to its platform — a direct challenge to Kalshi and Polymarket bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: Hyperliquid is preparing to take on Polymarket with a new way to trade real-world events

Mom how did we get so rich? Back in 2026, your dad read the YC Request for Startups and just built one of the ideas on the list.

Backers on perp dex @dango - Lemniscap, Hack VC (co-led), Cherry Ventures, Interop Ventures, Delphi Labs @bulktrade - Robot Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, Wintermute, Chapter One, Solana co-founder @cascade_xyz - Polychain Capital, Variant, Coinbase Ventures, Archetype @DecibelTrade - Aptos Labs + Decibel Foundation @StandX_Official - Solana Foundation @tradehotstuff - Delphi Ventures, Dialectic Group, Stake Capital @hibachi_xyz - Dragonfly, Electric Capital, Circle Ventures @variational_io - Coinbase, Dragonfly, Bain Capital, Peak XV @grvt_io - Delphi Ventures, CMS Holdings, Hack VC, others @extendedapp - StarkWare, ex-Revolut team, Cyber Fund, Tioga Capital @pacifica_fi - self-funded @nadoHQ - from the team that built Kraken @reya_xyz - Coinbase, Stani Kulechov, Framework Ventures @Dreamcash - Tether @etherealdex - Ethena @risextrade - Galaxy, Vitalik Buterin, Stani Kulechov, Sandeep Nailwal @01Exchange - Solana Ventures, Anatoly Yakovenko, Founders Fund Did I miss something?

CDR (confidential data rails) is an entirely new, general purpose onchain primitive for private data - invented by Story. today it's now live on testnet. tldr: you can now manage sensitive data onchain between parties who don't trust each other (different to ZK, read on) CDR vs ZK: ZK proves data exists, without revealing data, CDR focuses on controlling access to the data itself, ie who can use it and when. So they are perfectly complementary. how it works: under the hood, validators run specialized hardware (TEE), where they each hold pieces of a secret key, ensuring data stays encrypted and only unlocks when the right conditions are met. what CDR unlocks: > confidential AI inference without exposing models or queries > encrypted data marketplaces with programmable access > multi-party collaboration over sensitive datasets (think fraud detection, medical data, order books) this is a key piece of infra to let AI run on precious, confidential information. and CDR is live on testnet now! incredibly proud of the team that made this real. come build on it.

Perpetual futures trading for Based $BASED1 will go live on 20 APR 2026. The opening of our BASED1-PERP market will begin if liquidity conditions are met, in regions where trading is supported. Perpetual futures are available to retail traders in select jurisdictions via Coinbase Advanced. Institutions in select jurisdictions can access perpetual futures directly via Coinbase International Exchange.

Startale accelerates its growth in Abu Dhabi by joining @hub71ad Programme, an initiative by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, @AbuDhabiDED, powered by @Mubadala and based in Abu Dhabi Global Market, @ADGlobalMarket. Under a comprehensive, internationally-recognized regulatory framework, this unlocks global scale for @Soneium, Strium, @StartaleApp, and our stablecoin initiatives (Startale USD and @JPYStableCoin stablecoin). Learn more about our expansion👇

Korea Now Sees 30% of The World's Crypto Trading Volume According to data from Kaiko, South Korea now accounts for nearly 1/3rd of all crypto trading volume. Some 85% of this activity comes from altcoins with only 15% driven by $BTC and $ETH, despite a collapse in altcoin valuations over the past year. It certainly looks like Western cryptocurrency projects should be turning their attention to Asia... Source: Wu Blockchain

🇰🇷RIPPLE PARTNERS WITH KYOBO LIFE INSURANCE Kyobo becomes the first Tier-1 Korean insurer to explore on-chain financial infrastructure using Ripple Custody, moving government bond settlement closer to real-time.

South Korea dominates crypto trading with massive global share South Korea now accounts for around 30% of global crypto trading volume, according to data shared by Kaito. Altcoins dominate activity, making up roughly 85% of total trades. Bitcoin $BTC represents just 9%, while Ethereum $ETH holds about 6%. Weekly volumes average around $26 billion in the region. In contrast, Japan sees only $2 to $3 billion monthly. Despite lower volume, Japan shows stronger market depth in Bitcoin.

NEW: Morgan Stanley CFO says tokenization is the next major step for its multi-trillion dollar wealth business, as the firm pushes deeper into digital assets @helenebraunn reports