Currenc Group Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company, engaged Securitize to tokenize its common stock, aiming to enable 24/7 trading and fractional ownership, and to advance decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Securitize is a leading institution in the tokenization space, and it also participates in building a tokenized securities platform for the New York Stock Exchange.

AgentPay, launched by Alchemy, is designed to address interoperability issues between AI payment systems and provides a unified interface for multiple payment protocols. By simplifying payment integration through an API entry point, the tool enhances system security and scalability, promotes the fusion of AI with crypto payments, and helps drive the development of decentralized payment networks.

DRIFT (Drift Protocol) recently saw large fluctuations. The price rose from $0.0386 to a high of $0.167, up 115.72% within 24 hours. This decentralized exchange is built on Solana and offers multiple trading products and high yield rates. Despite experiencing a security incident of about $285 million, market expectations for a fix improved, selling pressure from holders eased, and liquidity became concentrated on major exchanges.

Gate News update: On April 8, according to Gate market data, as of the time of this release, JOE (LFJ) is trading at $0.0747. In the past 24 hours, it is up 59.55%, with a high of $0.064 and a low of $0.0352. The 24-hour trading volume reached $625,300. The current market cap is approximately $30.1268 million. Trader Joe is an all-in-one decentralized trading platform on the Avalanche network. JOE is a governance token, and it also rewards its holders with a share of exchange revenues. This news is not investment advice. Investing involves risks, including market volatility.

The decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter launched a Token Verification API (VRFD) on April 8, allowing developers to implement programmatic verification during token creation. The API uses a three-step process; developers must burn 1,000 JUP tokens to submit a verification request, and it requires no Gas fees. The initiative aims to become the standard foundational infrastructure for Solana projects.

Gate News message: On April 8, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, L3 (Layer3) is trading at $0.01448. In the past 24 hours, it is up 28.98%, with a high of $0.01524 and a low of $0.01081. The trading volume over the past 24 hours reached $945,100. The current market cap is approximately $20.2989 million. Layer3 is infrastructure for the value of a new era that users own, supported by the All-Purpose Chain identity and the Distribution Protocol. Through a decentralized engine, the platform has created an open identity, incentive, and interface network owned by participants. Layer3 is the first cryptocurrency protocol to commoditize attention, and is committed to solving the problem of ecosystem fragmentation. The platform offers features such as smart wallets, curated activations, rewards and earning, social and community building. Users can do so by completing on-chain

Solana decentralized exchange Stabble issues an emergency notice urging liquidity providers to withdraw funds due to a security risk involving a former North Korean employee. The warning was disclosed by on-chain investigator ZachXBT, in the context of a U.S. warning about the infiltration of North Korean technical personnel. Stabble emphasizes that no attack has happened yet and will conduct a new security audit.

On April 8, the U.S. stock market closed: the Dow fell 0.18%, the S&P 500 rose 0.08%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.1%. The crypto market was mixed—TRON fell by more than 7.92%, while CRCL rose by more than 2.14%. The decentralized RWA trading platform msx.com has launched hundreds of RWA tokens.

Gate News message. April 7, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the team is developing a decentralized search engine called hypersearch. The product is built on a distributed hash table (DHT, a decentralized data storage technology) architecture.

Gate News update: On April 7, AINFT announced integration with Google sign-in. Users can choose to connect via a Google account or via a decentralized wallet. After logging in, new users can receive a million-point rewards bonus and access multiple leading AI model platforms worldwide.