Circle released its 2026 Internet Finance Development Vision on April 10, aiming to build cross-chain interoperability infrastructure to improve capital liquidity and asset issuance capabilities. In the future, it will roll out sub-second settlement functionality and expand to more assets, while simplifying multi-chain operation processes to enhance the user experience.

Gate News message, April 9, according to a report by the AXIOS website, OpenAI is finalizing a product with advanced cybersecurity capabilities and plans to first roll it out to a small number of partners. According to reports, AI technology has already reached a tipping point in autonomy and hacking capabilities. Developers of AI models are concerned about the potential damage that their own tools could cause, so they are taking a cautious approach toward a wider release.

Visa officially launched its “Smart Business Connect” platform on April 9, aiming to provide AI agents and merchants with a gateway into AI-driven commerce. The platform supports multiple payment methods; it is currently being piloted and is planned to roll out nationwide in 2026.

The Korean Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service announced that they will implement an “enhanced version of the withdrawal-delay制度,”统一制定 and standardize the exception criteria for delayed virtual-asset withdrawals, with the aim of preventing scam funds from being withdrawn and ensuring trading security.

Polygon announces that the Giugliano hard fork will be activated on April 8, aiming to improve transaction confirmation speed and fee transparency, and support high-throughput payments and tokenized assets. The upgrade will embed fee parameters into the block header and roll out new RPC endpoints to optimize the developer experience. In addition, this upgrade is a major improvement for Polygon after experiencing multiple issues; despite market expectations, the POL token is still down by nearly 5%.

Traditional finance giant Charles Schwab plans to launch “Schwab Crypto” in the second quarter of 2026, offering spot trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum to 38.9 million customers. This model will lower the investment threshold, change the previous way investors indirectly allocate to crypto assets, and meet market demand. Meanwhile, with low fees and a large customer base, Schwab may disrupt existing crypto platforms, and in the future it may also roll out stablecoin products to build a digital asset ecosystem.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to roll out new rules for “regulating cryptocurrencies” to完善 the crypto asset regulatory framework and clarify whether trading constitutes a security. The rule is based on the 1933 Securities Act and may affect compliance pathways for mainstream assets, aiming to balance protecting investors with encouraging innovation.

X platform product lead Nikita Bier announced that it will roll out new measures against crypto phishing scams. The account that is first to publish relevant content will be locked and will need to complete identity verification. It is expected to eliminate 99% of malicious actors’ motives. He also pointed out that Google failed to effectively block phishing emails.

Polygon announced it will roll out a Private Mempool feature, providing MEV protection by routing transactions directly to the block producers selected through the validator election, avoiding the risk of transactions in the public mempool being manipulated, thereby reducing the likelihood of user slippage and transaction failure.