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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.

Written by: Tiger Research
Translated by: AididiaoJP, Foresight News
Key Highlights
The macro environment remains supportive, though the pace has slowed: Global M2 has reached a historical high of $13.44 trillion. Bitcoin ETF fund flows turned into net inflows for the first time in 14 months. However, the oil shock triggered by the Iran conflict pushed March’s CPI up to 3.3%, narrowing the Federal Reserve’s rate-cut path.
Bitcoin on-chain indicators are shifting from undervaluation toward early equilibrium: key on-chain metrics have exited the panic zone from the first quarter. At the current price of $70,500, it is about 13% below the average entry cost of long-term holders, which is $78,000. Breaking above this level will be the main signal of a short-term trend reversal.
The target price of $143,000 and 2x upside potential still hold: Based on

According to cryptocurrency news reports, the widespread application of AI has driven a surge in bug bounty reports, but a large number of low-quality reports have increased screening burdens. The platform receives an average of 20-50 reports per day, a year-over-year increase of about 900%; another party stated that low-quality and false positives have risen, and AI has reduced the cost of report generation. Curl founder Stenberg shut down the bug bounty program due to pressure. Industry experts recommend introducing defensive AI for automatic screening and tightening submission standards to reduce invalid reports and ensure that genuine vulnerabilities are addressed promptly.