Apple has removed the Freecash rewards app from its App Store due to misleading marketing. Google is investigating, while concerns about data privacy have been raised. Freecash, owned by Almedia, claims its ads were from affiliates and denies wrongdoing.

Egyptian fintech startup Masroofi raises $1.5 million to enhance digital payment services for children, targeting 2 million users in five years. It offers NFC bank cards and an e-wallet app, aligning with Egypt's financial inclusion goals.

Gate News message, April 14, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, INX (Infinex) is trading at $0.01516. It is down 29.98% over the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.0296 and a low of $0.01413. The 24-hour trading volume is $9.0676 million. The current market cap is approximately $54.7882 million. Infinex is a crypto super app (Superapp) that aims to provide users with a unified experience across more than 25 blockchains by abstracting away the complexity of on-chain interactions. Infinex was founded by Kain Warwick, the founder of Synthetix. It includes Passkey authentication, cross-chain swaps and bridging, as well as native trading applications

Gate News update: On April 14, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, WLD (World) is trading at $0.31. Over the past 24 hours, it is up 5.27%, with a high of $0.32 and a low of $0.29. The 24-hour trading volume reached $1.1855 million. The current market cap is approximately $1.028 billion. World is an open-source protocol system designed to help everyone enter the global economy. By design, it uses a decentralized architecture, where oversight and decision-making ultimately depend on the user community. Through four major tools—World ID, World App, World Chain, and Worldcoin—World is committed to building a real human network. Among them, World ID provides anonymous human identity verification, and World App

Zcash’s core development team, ZODL, has released the latest strategic roadmap, focusing on post-quantum security, scalability, and user experience, and moving into the Zcash IV phase. The new version is now live, improving user experience and advancing key development. Meanwhile, ZODL is actively involved in industry cooperation, but due to regulatory issues it has temporarily taken down the Russian app store.

Gate News message: On April 13, American musician Garrett Dutton (stage name G. Love) downloaded and used an application that impersonated a Ledger wallet from the App Store. After he entered his recovery phrase, 5.9 BTC was stolen, for an estimated loss of about $420k. On-chain analyst ZachXBT found that the attacker had moved the stolen Bitcoin through some

Philadelphia musician G.Love had about 5.92 Bitcoins stolen due to mistakenly downloading a counterfeit app. On-chain investigator ZachXBT traced the flow of funds and questioned Apple’s App Store review process, saying it allows counterfeit apps to be listed, increasing user risk.

Gate News message, April 12, Musk’s social app XChat will officially launch on the App Store on April 17. Musk previously said that XChat’s goal is to replace the old Twitter direct message system and build a fully encrypted platform supporting text, file transfers, and audio and video calling.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority Deputy Chief Executive Officer Chen Weimin said that stablecoin issuers may choose to issue currencies such as Hong Kong dollars or renminbi based on their own discretion, but must obtain regulatory approval from the Mainland. As for the timetable for the second batch of stablecoin issuer licenses, there is no schedule yet. HSBC’s stablecoin will be integrated with PayMe and the HSBC HK App, supporting real-time transfers and person-to-merchant services.

Gate News message, April 11, Web3 wallet Zerion posted an announcement on the X platform saying that it detected abnormal activity on the platform, and the web app service has been temporarily taken offline. Zerion urges users to temporarily not use the web app; at the moment, the iOS and Android apps, as well as the browser extension program, are running normally and are secure, and users’ funds in the wallet are not affected. Zerion says it is actively monitoring the situation, and it will notify users separately once the web application is restored.