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April 6 Major Events Recap

【Regulation】The SEC has finally made it clear—airdrops, mining, and staking generally do not count as securities. This is good news for the entire industry. Many projects have been stuck in regulatory gray areas for a long time, and now at least there is a clear direction. On the same day, the U.S. House of Representatives also passed three crypto bills, including the CLARITY Act. The GENIUS Act for stablecoins is also publicly soliciting comments. Regulation is not here to smash the scene; it’s about building rules, and it’s the necessary path for a mature market.
【Ethereum】The Glamsterdam upgrade for Ethereum is officially confirmed for launch in June. This upgrade raises the Gas limit to 200 million, with a TPS target directly set at 10,000. ETH has long been criticized for being slow and expensive. If this upgrade is successfully rolled out, it will be a substantive change—not just a slide deck.
【Institutions】Standard Chartered Bank has set an ETH target of $7,500 by the end of the year, saying that 2026 is “the Ethereum Year.” Charles Schwab has also officially opened a waitlist for crypto trading accounts—traditional financial giants are entering one after another, and this trend is more convincing than any KOL’s order-pushing.
【Security】In Q1, DeFi was hacked 34 times. Drift Protocol suffered a single loss of $285 million, and its TVL was cut in half directly. North Korean hackers have also set their sights on npm development packages, and supply-chain attacks are becoming increasingly covert. A reminder for everyone: on-chain wallet authorizations should be checked regularly. If you don’t need an authorization, revoke it in time—don’t wait for something to go wrong before regretting it.
The outlook is improving, but security is always first 🙏