Key Highlights for Next Week
April 27
Sources say the second round of talks between Iran and the United States is scheduled for April 27 .
April 28
The Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision and economic outlook report on April 28 .
April 29
The Bank of Canada will announce its interest rate decision and monetary policy report on April 29 .
April 30
The Federal Reserve announces its interest rate decision, and Powell delivers a speech ;
The Bank of England will announce its interest rate decision on April 30 .
The European Central Bank will announce its interest rate decision on April 30 .
MegaETH will hold a TGE on April 30th ;
The following is a preview of more noteworthy events in the industry from April 27 to May 3.
April 27
Sources: The second round of Iran-US talks is scheduled for April 27.
According to Odaily Odaily, citing New Delhi Television, sources say the second round of Iran-US talks is scheduled for April 27. (Jinshi)
Odaily Odaily that Alibaba's ATH (AI Technology Center) announced that HappyHorse-1.0 will gradually open its API for testing through the Alibaba Cloud Bailian platform starting April 27th, with enterprise customers being the first batch of invited testers. This "dark horse" in the video generation field is about to unveil its mystery. Alibaba ATH revealed that Alibaba has been deeply involved in AI video generation for many years. The HappyHorse project is led by ATH's Innovation Business Unit, in collaboration with multiple teams including Alibaba Platform Technology, Tongyi Lab, and Taotian Technology. After the open testing at the end of April, HappyHorse-1.0 will be officially released for commercial use in May. (Jinshi)
April 28
The Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision and economic outlook report on April 28.
According to Odaily Odaily, on April 28 (the exact time of the announcement is to be determined), the Bank of Japan will release its interest rate decision and economic outlook report.
Binance will delist VINEUSDT and AIUSDT perpetual contracts on April 28, 2026.
According to an official Odaily, Binance will automatically liquidate and delist all positions of USDⓈ-MVINEUSDT and AIUSDT perpetual contracts at 10:00 AM (UTC) on April 28, 2026. From 9:30 AM (UTC) on April 28, 2026, users will be unable to open new orders for these contracts. Users are advised to proactively close their positions before settlement to avoid automatic settlement.
April 29
The Bank of Canada will release its interest rate decision and monetary policy report on April 29.
Odaily Odaily reports that at 21:45 on April 29th, the Bank of Canada released its interest rate decision and monetary policy report. Subsequently, at 22:30, Bank of Canada Governor Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Rogers held a press conference on monetary policy.
April 30
The Federal Reserve announces its interest rate decision, and Powell delivers a speech.
Odaily Odaily reports that at 2:00 AM on April 30th, the Federal Reserve's FOMC announced its interest rate decision. Following this, at 2:30 PM, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell held a press conference on monetary policy.
The Bank of England will announce its interest rate decision on April 30.
Odaily Odaily reports that at 19:00 on April 30th, the Bank of England released its interest rate decision, meeting minutes, and monetary policy report. Following this, at 19:30, Bank of England Governor Bailey held a press conference on monetary policy.
The European Central Bank will announce its interest rate decision on April 30.
Odaily Odaily reported that at 20:15 on April 30, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its interest rate decision. Subsequently, at 20:45, ECB President Christine Lagarde held a press conference on monetary policy.
MegaETH will hold a TGE on April 30th.
Odaily Odaily reports that MegaETH has announced the completion of its first Key Performance Indicator (KPI), with 10 "Mega Mafia" applications officially launched within its ecosystem, and a TGE will be held on April 30.
It is understood that MegaETH previously linked its token release mechanism to actual business performance, rather than the traditional time-based unlocking model. The first KPI required applications to have real user interaction capabilities, including a single application accumulating over 100,000 transactions within 30 days, which has now been achieved. MegaETH co-founders stated that this move aims to ensure the network has real-world use cases and economic cycles before token issuance, rather than simply relying on market expectations.
Currently, the MegaETH ecosystem has incubated approximately 30 projects, covering areas such as stablecoin payments, yield tokenization, and on-chain lending. The total supply of MEGA tokens is 10 billion, of which 53.3% will be released gradually based on subsequent KPIs. (The Block)
According to official sources, the Rayls Odaily blockchain mainnet will launch on April 30th, simultaneously initiating a staking program and launching the Rayls native USD stablecoin, USDr, marking the official implementation of RLS's token economics. After mainnet activation, transaction fees (paid in USDr on the public chain, and RLS on the private chain) will be automatically converted, accumulated, burned, and redistributed: 50% of transaction fees will be permanently burned, creating deflationary pressure; the remaining 50% will be injected into the network security pool to reward validators.
Rayls token RLS has a fixed total supply of 10 billion, with most tokens locked until 2028 to ensure long-term incentives and stable development. The circulating supply of TGE is less than 15%. The majority of the shares held by investors and the team will be unlocked over 36 months after a 12-month cliff period. In addition, 10% of the tokens unlocked by the foundation each month will be burned to further accelerate deflation.
Binance has launched the Binance Debit Card page; the deadline for registration is April 30th.
According to a post on the X platform by Odaily KOL AB Kuai.Dong, Binance has launched a Binance Debit Card page, and registration for interest applications is currently open until April 30.
After registration, you will be notified once support is available in your region. According to the introduction, users can use USDC, USDT, FDUSD, BNB, etc., in their Binance Wealth Management accounts for everyday credit card spending, earning up to 3% cashback without affecting investment returns.
According to an official announcement, Binance's Instant Exchange Dollar-Cost Averaging (Odaily) program will terminate on April 30, 2026 at 23:59 (UTC). At that time, DCA transactions will no longer receive DCA rewards under this program. Qualified DCA accumulated by users in April 2026 will be distributed by the end of May 2026. Existing DCA plans will continue to run; only the DCA incentives will cease.
Binance will delist VINEUSDT and AIUSDT perpetual contracts on April 28, 2026.
According to an official Odaily, Binance will automatically liquidate and delist all positions of USDⓈ-MVINEUSDT and AIUSDT perpetual contracts at 10:00 AM UTC on April 28, 2026. From 9:30 AM UTC on April 28, 2026, users will be unable to open new orders for these contracts. Users are advised to proactively close their positions before settlement to avoid automatic settlement.
Odaily Odaily reports that UX Chain announced on the X platform that it will be gradually shutting down, and its protocol has entered the liquidation and exit phase. The official statement reminds users to promptly process all open positions before the platform-wide liquidation begins on April 30th.
According to the plan, UX Chain is expected to complete the entire shutdown process by May 15th. To address potential funding gaps, the protocol will utilize reserves and treasury assets. More details will be disclosed through the official governance forum.
Atomicals Market, a third-party Bitcoin marketplace, plans to cease operations on April 30.
According to Odaily Odaily, Atomicals Market, a third-party Bitcoin trading platform, announced on the X platform that it plans to officially cease operations on April 30. Currently, all order and bid data are recorded off-chain and will no longer be displayed after the shutdown. Users do not need to perform any additional operations on order placement or pricing, but they need to transfer assets or export their AM Wallet private keys before the shutdown.
May 1
According to Odaily Odaily, Nasdaq announced that starting May 1, 2026, it will officially remove the 10% minimum free float threshold and introduce a new "fast track" rule, allowing mega-IPOs to be included in the Nasdaq 100 index within approximately 15 trading days.
Odaily Odaily reports that NFT marketplace Magic Eden has announced its native wallet will enter export-only mode on April 1st and cease operation completely on May 1st. Users must export their private keys or seed phrase before then, otherwise their assets will be unrecoverable. The wallet has been removed from major app stores, and new wallets cannot be downloaded or restored. Magic Eden had previously shut down its Ethereum and Bitcoin marketplaces, shifting its focus to entertainment and the Dicey application. The ME token will remain the core of its ecosystem incentives, with stakers receiving USDC rewards, and the project has established a ME buyback program.
May 2
None available
May 3
None available
Other (specific time to be determined)
Justin Sun: Personal AI avatar "Brother Sun 1.0" is scheduled to launch next week.
According to Odaily Odaily, TRON founder Justin Sun stated in his speech at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival that AI is becoming a core accelerator driving Web3 from experimentation to real-world operation, and has evolved from a tool into an independent entity capable of autonomously calling upon resources and executing tasks. He pointed out that TRON currently emphasizes stability and security rather than simply low cost, and that under the premise of decentralization, the AI project B.AI has the potential to grow into a critical infrastructure of the same level. Furthermore, Justin Sun revealed that TRON is advancing the development of quantum attack resistance capabilities, aiming to become the world's first public blockchain with quantum-resistant security features.
Justin Sun also mentioned that the existing payment system is ill-suited to the development of AI agents. B.AI aims to build a foundational financial infrastructure for the AI era, integrating payment and model invocation through blockchain addresses and supporting anonymous access to advanced global models. At the application level, he shared that they have created an AI avatar, "Brother Sun 1.0" (expected to launch next week), through continuous collection of personal data and distillation training. This avatar can be invoked at any time to handle transactions and is continuously optimized and iterated. B.AI has already launched chatbot and claude functions, and will launch a "cloned brain" function next week, combining existing advanced models to provide customized free cyber fortune telling. More product updates are expected next month.
Starknet: STRK20 is scheduled to launch mainnet at the end of April.
Odaily Odaily reports that Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet announced on the X platform on March 2nd that the STRK20 testnet will launch next week, with the mainnet planned for release at the end of April. STRK20 is designed to support the issuance of privacy stablecoins and other privacy assets while also meeting compliance requirements. It aims to provide token-level privacy for assets on Starknet, keeping transaction amounts and account balances confidential and compatible with DeFi applications.
