Gate News message. On April 16, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, BARD (Lombard) is trading at $0.32. Over the past 24 hours, it is up 4.53%, with a high of $0.33 and a low of $0.30. The 24-hour trading volume reached $2.5407 million. The current market cap is approximately $71.82 million. Lombard is a decentralized finance project that aims to change the use of BTC through liquid-staking Bitcoin tokens (such as LBTC), promoting yield generation and DeFi participation. Lombard is committed to bringing BTC on-chain to create value for individuals, protocols, and platforms. The project has introduced a series of products, including the LBTC liquid-staking token, the Bitcoin Earn automated yield product, and a DeFi trading marketplace, among others.

UK's Legal & General Asset Management has tokenized over £50 billion in liquid funds via Calastone's blockchain network, allowing for trading and same-day settlements in various currencies. The assets are deployed on Ethereum, with future expansion plans.

Polygon has launched sPOL, a liquid staking token, enabling greater liquidity for staked POL tokens. Audited for security, sPOL allows stakers to earn rewards while using assets in DeFi, with initial liquidity from the treasury and live pools on Uniswap V4.

Polygon has launched sPOL, a liquid staking token for POL that increases yields for stakers and unlocks 3.6 billion staked POL. It facilitates DeFi engagement, allowing users to migrate existing stakes without penalties and accumulate rewards. Despite its benefits, sPOL carries associated risks.

Jito Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with KODA, South Korea’s largest digital asset custodian, to promote compliant access to liquid staking tokens JitoSOL for institutional investors in South Korea, including market education and explorations of compliant custody. KODA provides cold wallets and digital asset insurance, and Jito is also seeking to launch a JitoSOL ETF.

2026-04-12 22:00 to 22:15 (UTC), ETH showed a clear downward move in a highly liquid environment. The candlestick chart indicates a return of -0.66%, with price fluctuations ranging from 2186.76 to 2211.25 USDT, and a swing amplitude of 1.11%. Market attention rose rapidly, short-term sentiment turned cautious, and volatility intensified. The main driving factors behind this unusual move are a sharp increase in exchange net inflows and concentrated selling by short-term holders. On-chain data shows that over the past 24 hours, net inflow of ETH into exchanges totaled 9,567.65 ETH, suggesting that a large amount of capital entered the market in the short term, potentially increasing selling pressure.

2026-04-09 22:45 to 2026-04-09 23:00 (UTC), ETH saw a clear price swing. During this period, the 15-minute candlestick’s return rate recorded -0.63%. The quoted price ranged from 2197.61 to 2215.0 USDT, with a swing of 0.79%. Although this move did not reach extreme levels, as a mainstream, highly liquid asset, the change in the return rate over a short time has already drawn market attention—trading activity increased and volatility became noticeably more intense. The main driving force behind this deviation is that on-chain top-position holders (whale addresses) continuously reduced their holdings in small increments, and ET

Gate News, April 9, the Solana treasury company DeFi Development listed on Nasdaq released its March operating report. The report shows that as of the end of March, the company held 2.22 million SOL, and the amount of the liquid staking token dfdvSOL increased from 513k to more than 656k. In addition, DeFi Development said it will continue to advance its strategic investment in the stablecoin protocol Apyx.