LayerZero Co-founder: DAO holdings of remaining STG have been fully burned, and the STG to ZRO exchange contract remains fully open

Aptos token overhaul: staking yield slashed in half, Gas fees up 10x as it moves toward deflation

Aptos Foundation updated its tokenomics on April 14. The main reforms include lowering the staking annualized rate to 2.6%, increasing Gas fees by 10x, setting a supply cap of 2.1 billion tokens, and permanently locking 210 million APT. This adjustment is intended to shift the supply model from a “subsidy-driven” approach to a “performance-driven” one, in order to achieve a deflationary target and encourage long-term participation.

Pi Network 18 million users complete KYC, and 26.5 million PI are issued to verifiers

Pi Network distributes 26.5 million PI tokens to more than 1 million community members who have completed KYC verification, to accelerate user identity verification and strengthen the decentralized model. 18 million already-verified users have laid the groundwork for the ecosystem’s development, but the key lies in how to convert these users into active participants. With the protocol upgrade, Pi Network is moving toward the open network phase, and smart contract support signals richer application scenarios.

Circle confirms Arc Network’s token launch and advances the post-quantum security mainnet

Circle co-founder Jeremy Allaire announced that he will issue a native token for Arc Network, covering three main functions: governance, ecosystem incentives, and economic interests alignment, and plans to transition to a Proof of Stake (PoS) system. Arc Network will build post-quantum signatures within the first day of mainnet to address future quantum attack threats and ensure blockchain security. The token plan has not yet released specific details; more information will be published soon.

Genius published a whitepaper after the airdrop, and the token surged 850%—market cap broke past 800 million

Genius launched an airdrop on April 14, and the token value surged by 850%; at one point, FDV exceeded $820 million. The platform’s core is built around three key development directions, including privacy transactions, actively managed liquidity AMMs, and binary options tools. It designs a refund mechanism to protect users and promote token stability, but liquidity risk must be kept in mind.

WLD (World) up 5.27% over the past 24 hours

Gate News update: On April 14, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, WLD (World) is trading at $0.31. Over the past 24 hours, it is up 5.27%, with a high of $0.32 and a low of $0.29. The 24-hour trading volume reached $1.1855 million. The current market cap is approximately $1.028 billion. World is an open-source protocol system designed to help everyone enter the global economy. By design, it uses a decentralized architecture, where oversight and decision-making ultimately depend on the user community. Through four major tools—World ID, World App, World Chain, and Worldcoin—World is committed to building a real human network. Among them, World ID provides anonymous human identity verification, and World App

Pi Network price hits a new 7-week low as a wave of 60 million token unlocks comes in

Pi Network's native token PI fell to $0.165 in April, hitting a 7-week low and leaving market sentiment weak. The unlock peak will release more than 60 million PI, adding downward pressure. Despite the core team recently publishing technical updates, it failed to improve market confidence and instead drew community criticism due to KYC access issues and the ongoing slide in price. Increased future supply could further drive prices lower.