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DeFi remains the core of crypto, but the narrative has shifted from high APY to real returns and sustainability. The hype around AI, Memecoin, and RWA has faded; at its core, it is still financial infrastructure, relying on genuine protocol revenue and user retention to navigate cycles. TRON/JST forms a self-reinforcing cycle where higher revenue leads to more buybacks and burns, tied to protocol income. Over six months, 1.36B JST have been burned, with the price rising significantly, reflecting a value shift anchored in real fundamentals.

DeFi Technologies' subsidiary Valour secures approximately $11 million in institutional investment for the purchase of Hedera-related ETP products, including about $10 million listed in Frankfurt and about $1 million listed in Spotlight Sweden. The transaction was facilitated by a seminar in Abu Dhabi, demonstrating increasing institutional demand for Hedera exposure through regulated ETPs and aiding the expansion of their asset management scale in the German market.

Gensyn launches its flagship product Delphi, a decentralized information marketplace settled by AI. Creators can create markets and earn a 1.5% commission based on trading volume after settlement. Currently open to all users for trading, market creation requires an invitation, and the mainnet is expected to go live within a few weeks. Delphi is built on Ethereum Layer 2, using verifiable smart oracles to complete settlements. Since its testnet launch in December 2025, the trading volume has reached several million dollars.

Deep Tide TechFlow reported on April 22 that NeoCognition has completed a $40 million seed round of funding, led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with participation from Vista Equity Partners and others. The company was founded by Ohio State University professor Yu Su and others, focusing on improving task reliability by enabling AI agents to build environment-specific world models during actual operation, rather than relying solely on general pre-training. Currently targeting the enterprise market, the company plans to provide embeddable AI agent systems for SaaS companies.

Deep Tide TechFlow News, April 22, according to BeInCrypto, traditional financial giant Mastercard has joined the Blockchain Security Standards Committee (BSSC) as a founding member, will participate in developing security frameworks for blockchain networks and tokenized assets, and has joined a working group focused on security and privacy guidelines.
BSSC is a nonprofit alliance, whose current members include Coinbase, Fireblocks, Anchorage Digital, BitGo, Figment, and Ribbit Capital. Mastercard’s Claire Le Gal will represent the company on the BSSC board. The report notes that Mastercard previously launched Multi-Token

After Iran announced that it would collect tolls through Bitcoin and other methods for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, scammers impersonating Iranian officials demanded BTC/USDT from stranded vessels within just two weeks. At least one paid oil tanker was fired upon by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, but on-chain evidence showed no indication of large-scale collections. Even if the payers intended to transfer funds to a sanctioned party, the act may still constitute a violation. In this scenario, Bitcoin’s irreversible nature turns what would otherwise be recoverable losses into losses that cannot be pursued. Conclusion: the incident may not have truly come to fruition, but the scam has already profited and exposed compliance risks.