MicroStrategy plans to switch its preferred stock dividend payouts from monthly to semi-monthly, aiming to enhance investor gains and stabilize stock prices. Shareholders will vote on this by June 8. The stock has seen a trading surge and significant price fluctuations recently, influenced by Bitcoin trends and external geopolitical factors.

Vitalik Buterin warned on April 18 about an attack on the DNS registrar for eth.limo, urging users to avoid accessing vitalik.eth.limo and related pages. He recommended using IPFS as an alternative until the issue is resolved.

MicroStrategy proposed a proxy to allow preferred stockholders to switch to semimonthly dividend payments, aiming to enhance liquidity and reduce volatility. The annual dividend rate remains 11.5%, with retail investors comprising 80% of holders.

Etherscan announced a redesign of the contract tabs page, adding an IDE-style code browser with features like file tree navigation, multiple-file tabbed browsing, and cross-file search. It also updated the design of the read/write contract interface; users can switch to full screen and edit contract code directly in Blockscan and Ethereum Remix.

Osmosis DEX updated a Cosmos Hub proposal, deciding not to mint additional ATOM anymore, but instead to gradually acquire the required ATOM through market purchases for OSMO/ATOM conversions. The capped amount is less than 2.5% of the total ATOM supply. It has now entered the governance discussion stage; if the proposal is approved, it will achieve liquidity and governance integration.

On March 27, the on-chain address "Strategy Counterparty" liquidated all its BTC long positions using 40x leverage, resulting in a loss of approximately $249.8k. The address has since flipped and opened a $5.0M BTC short position and holds a $25.74M Brent crude oil long position, with an unrealized profit of $1.16M.

Gate News reports that on March 27, Google launched a new tool for its Gemini AI assistant, allowing users to upload chat histories and contexts from other AI applications. Users can upload conversation archive files from other AI providers such as OpenAI ChatGPT and Anthropic Claude through the new import option in Gemini. This feature is available to both free and paid users. Google's move aims to attract users from other AI platforms to switch to Gemini.

Musk's xAI is adopting an on-site strategy, dispatching engineers to potential customers' offices to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic for clients. Shift4 Payments has decided to adopt xAI's Grok while keeping Anthropic's Claude. xAI's customers are primarily connected to Musk's enterprises and government entities, a strategy that reflects a broader trend in the AI industry where competitors are also deploying engineers to support customers.

Gate News reports that on March 19, JustLend DAO protocol plans to adjust the collateral coefficient of the USDDOLD market around April, with a decrease planned. This adjustment is to coordinate with the USDDOLD delisting process, and the final adjustment plan will be executed after passing proposals from the USDD and JustLend DAO community. The platform reminds users who use USDDOLD as collateral assets to switch to other supported assets in advance and closely monitor their account risk status to avoid position safety being affected by changes in collateral coefficients.

Perplexity launched the Cloud AI Assistant Service Personal Computer on March 12, based on deep integration of local and cloud functions with Mac mini, providing 24/7 intelligent assistance. The system features secondary authorization and operation record functions, and is equipped with a one-click shutdown switch to ensure safety.