Gate News message, April 24 — ECB Governing Council member Kazimir said a small rate hike may be needed to address current economic conditions.

Gate News message, April 23 — Hong Kong plans to introduce a crypto OTC compliance license by the end of 2026, according to Wu Jiezhuang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and chairman of the Legislative Council's Commerce and

ECB Executive Board member Cipollone downplays worry over delaying the digital euro vote, noting lawmakers likely set June 23 as the decision date instead of May 5. Abstract: This brief reports on a virtual Peterson Institute discussion in which Piero Cipollone said there is no concern about a potential delay to the European Parliament’s digital euro vote. He cited latest indications that the decision will be on June 23 rather than May 5, suggesting the shift is procedural and not policy-driven by the ECB.

Poland fails to override Nawrocki's veto on crypto regulation, delaying MiCA alignment by the July 1 deadline as firms relocate to Latvia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Malta amid regulatory uncertainty. Poland's parliament again blocks the crypto regulation by Nawrocki's veto, leaving MiCA alignment to a future date and spurring domestic firms to move operations to other EU member states. The dispute centers on concerns about overregulation and broad KNF powers, intensifying political tensions and accelerating crypto outflows before MiCA's transition ends.

Gate News message, April 21 — Germany's Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel warned on Tuesday that Anthropic's Mythos AI model poses significant cybersecurity risks to European financial institutions and called for broader access to the technology. Nagel, also a member of the European Central Bank

South Korea's Democratic Party member Lee Heon-seung proposed an amendment to enhance cryptocurrency exchange regulations following a major mishap. The amendment mandates asset verification and risk management while requiring segregated wallets for customer assets.

Marc Zeller of Aave announced his proposal to end the Aave-Chan Initiative Frontier project. He will exit his validator roles, return ETH to protect wETH depositors, and forgo potential income to minimize user impact. Zeller has significantly influenced Aave's incentive mechanisms and plans to exit Aave in July.

Trent Van Epps has left the Ethereum Foundation after five years, expressing gratitude for his team's collaboration on upgrades and funding. He will still contribute to Protocol Guild and Ethereum's political economy.

U.S. Representative reintroduces the “Digital Asset Protection Act,” revises the treatment of cryptocurrency taxation, removes the tax-exempt threshold for small transactions, clarifies the conditions for recognizing gains from stablecoin transactions, and sets rules for determining cost basis. Industry expects the bill to drive the inclusion of crypto provisions in tax legislation.

Gate News update, April 14, last December, a crypto community member @ufukless1 had to pay medical bills due to illness, and minted an NFT priced at $10 on OpenSea; 15k NFTs were fully minted. After that, Rave DAO air-dropped RAVE tokens to all minters. Currently, this airdrop is worth between $200 and $5,000, giving buyers returns of 20x to 500x.