$USDT 👌 The US has frozen $344 million in USDT tied to Iran
Tether, in collaboration with US authorities, has locked up around $344 million in USDT across two addresses linked to Iranian financial entities and sanction evasion.
$ETH 🪙 Bitmine has never closed a month without scooping up hundreds of millions of dollars worth of ETH — the company has been consistently stacking this asset since the summer of 2025.
Currently, Bitmine holds around 5 million ETH, of which approximately 3.33 million ETH are staked.
$TON Reducing fees on the blockchain The TON Core team has rolled out an update that will cut fees by 6x in line with Pavel Durov's MTONGA plan. This update includes: 1) Performance Boosts The previous Sub-Second update didn't just speed things up; it also ramped up the overall performance of the blockchain, enabling lower fees. Since then, further optimizations and performance upgrades have been implemented, including a new mempool based on a persistent Cartesian tree. 2) Fixes Alongside performance improvements, this update will address issues identified in the mainnet after the Sub-Second release. Specifically, it fixes synchronization loss on some light servers and the rare instability of block generation speeds. Planned schedule: April 28, 2026, 12:00 UTC — Validator software update. April 30, 2026, 13:00 UTC — Voting on gas price reduction in the blockchain configuration. Lowering fees is crucial for the next phases of the MTONGA plan.
$TON ⚡️ In a week, transaction fees in TON will drop sixfold — to just 0.00039 TON (~$0.0005) per transaction. This will be a fixed fee and won't depend on network congestion.
🆓 Soon after, most transactions will become completely free — zero fees.
$TON AlphaTON Capital plans to raise $43 million. 🚀🚀🚀🐳🐳🐳
The funds will be directed towards expanding AI infrastructure. In particular, for the purchase of graphics cards to enhance Cocoon (AI platform in Telegram).
The deal is expected to close in the 2nd quarter of 2026.
Ray Dalio believes that the conflict between the USA/Israel/Iran is just part of a larger process that will last for years.
— Several wars and "non-military" conflicts (economics, technology, influence) are happening simultaneously in the world — Blocks are forming: China–Russia–Iran against the USA and allies — The global order is breaking down and returning to a model where "might makes right" — The USA remains the strongest but is overloaded and vulnerable — The key factor is not strength, but the ability to endure pressure for a long time
According to his assessment, we are at a stage that historically precedes major wars (analogous to 1913–1914 or 1938–1939).
And the main conclusion:
Markets are currently living with the expectation that "everything will end soon," but the scenario could be quite different — a protracted global conflict with a restructuring of the world order.
$TON 🔥Grayscale has added more than 30 digital assets, including $TON , $JUP, $HYPE, $ENA and $TRX, to the list of those being considered for future investment products in the second quarter of 2026.
$TON Waiting for the first reward from the stake today 🚀🚀🚀🐳
Catchain 2.0 — an important technical step that transforms TON into a blockchain with finalization in fractions of a second and lays the foundation for reducing fees and improving the user experience in Telegram. Will this be a sustainable advantage? It depends on the implementation of the MTONGA plan and the growth of activity in the network, which must exceed the risks associated with rising inflation and the concentration of tokens among large holders.
$TON Blockchain TON based on Toncoin (TON) has updated its consensus to Catchain 2.0, which has ensured the finalization of transactions in a fraction of a second and significantly increased the speed of the network. 1. Catchain 2.0 reduced the block creation time from approximately 10 seconds to about 400 milliseconds, while payments are completed in about 1 second, and trading occurs almost in real time. 2. This update is the first step in a broader strategy "Make TON Great Again," aimed at making TON competitive with fast blockchains like Solana and BNB Chain, as well as reducing fees. 3. Users should monitor changes in network activity, fees, and tokenomics, as faster blocks increase inflation, and the concentration of large holders (whales) remains an important risk.
$SOL Solana Foundation announced the launch of a security initiative for the DeFi sector 🚨
1. Solana Foundation funded new security initiatives in collaboration with Asymmetric Research. 2. The STRIDE program covers auditing, monitoring, and standards for DeFi protocols. 3. The SIRN incident response network has been launched with leading cybersecurity companies.