Gate News message: On April 7, the crypto rewards fintech company GoSats announced the completion of a $5 million Series A round of financing, led by Konvoy, with participation from Y Combinator, Taisu Ventures, and others. GoSats' business model links Bitcoin and gold rewards to everyday spending, helping businesses acquire customers and boost user loyalty. The funds from this round will be used to develop innovative fintech products and to build AI-powered personalized services.

Broadridge Financial Solutions chooses Avalanche to build an on-chain shareholder voting system, improving voting efficiency and transparency and attracting more retail investors to participate. The first case will go live at Galaxy Digital’s annual shareholder meeting, marking the beginning of fully on-chain voting for shareholders of U.S. listed companies. The system also supports the integration of traditional and digital assets, advancing blockchain’s application in the financial sector.

Traditional finance giant Charles Schwab plans to launch “Schwab Crypto” in the second quarter of 2026, offering spot trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum to 38.9 million customers. This model will lower the investment threshold, change the previous way investors indirectly allocate to crypto assets, and meet market demand. Meanwhile, with low fees and a large customer base, Schwab may disrupt existing crypto platforms, and in the future it may also roll out stablecoin products to build a digital asset ecosystem.

Gate News message. On April 6, according to The Block, South Korea’s payments and banking giant Toss disclosed that it is considering developing its own blockchain network and issuing a native cryptocurrency. Insiders say Toss may build on a Layer1 mainnet and is exploring Layer2 expansion solutions, but has not yet made a final decision on what architecture to use. Related decisions are influenced by the progress of South Korea’s “Digital Asset Basic Act,” which will regulate key areas such as token issuance, stablecoins, and crypto ETFs.

Gate News message, April 6, BTC Digital signed a joint development and operations agreement with Canadian energy company Aurora Energy. The two sides will combine Aurora Energy’s natural gas resource advantages and BTC Digital’s experience in operating computing infrastructure to jointly build high-performance computing facilities. The facility’s initial phase will support Bitcoin mining, with plans to expand in the future to artificial intelligence computing, data center computing, and other high-performance computing application scenarios.

GoPlus announced on April 3 that SafuSkill would launch the Launchpad feature, aiming to build the underlying infrastructure for issuing AI Skills and generating revenue. This feature integrates the marketplace, a token launchpad, and a rewards system. It supports developers in issuing Skill tokens and connecting them to liquidity pools, providing security safeguards and enabling reward withdrawals. SafuSkill is intended to help AI Skills shift toward asset-like characteristics and to promote the growth of the Skill Economy ecosystem.

Gate News message, April 2, Nasdaq-listed company Soluna Holdings announced that it has spent $53.0 million to acquire a wind farm located in West Texas. Soluna Holdings focuses on developing green data centers for compute-intensive applications such as bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence. After the transaction is completed, the company will launch the Dorothy 3 project development to support building a renewable-energy-driven AI data center.

Block is using artificial intelligence to restructure enterprise organizations and proposes “company agents” to replace traditional hierarchical management. This model includes three types of roles: individual contributors, direct owners, and “player-coaches.” It also uses data to build an “economic graph,” supporting automated financial services for intelligent layers.

Former a16z crypto investor Sam Broner and friend Adam Zuckerman co-founded The Better Money Company, raising a $10 million seed round. The company will build a stablecoin clearinghouse, provide low-cost exchange services, and plans to support all tokens that comply with the Genius Act. The product is expected to launch within weeks.

Trezor firmware product manager Jan Setina announced at the EthCC conference that the team is shifting the firmware architecture to a modular application platform to address the problems of slow integration and limited hardware storage. Developers can build their own applications using the firmware, with each application running in an independent sandbox to enhance security and expandability.