Gate News message, April 17, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, PEPE (PEPE) is trading at $0.00000396. It is up 5.29% over the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.00000406 and a low of $0.00000372. The 24-hour trading volume is $6.3415 million. The current market cap is approximately $1.66B. PEPE is a meme coin designed to become the most flexible meme coin. The project emphasizes that there are no taxes, the liquidity tokens have been burned, and the contract permissions have been renounced. It is a permanent token for everyone. PEPE’s total supply is 420,690,000,000,000, driven entirely by pure meme power. Recent important updates on PEPE: 1️⃣ *

The Ethereum Foundation’s Barnabé Monnot introduced an “execution tickets” mechanism at the EthCC conference. The goal is to reduce block proposer monopolistic power by using a protocol auction for transaction execution and ordering rights, thereby increasing transparency and fairness. The revenue from execution tickets will be directly burned, ensuring that MEV profits are fairly distributed to all ETH holders, and lowering the participation barrier for home stakers. This mechanism is a core proposal of the Ethereum roadmap’s “Scourge” phase, and it will effectively prevent transaction censorship.

Aster DEX, a decentralized perpetual contract trading platform, announced adjustments to the $ASTER tokenomics model. It will adopt a pure staking rewards mechanism and abolish the monthly linear unlocking of 78.4 million tokens to reduce circulating inflows. The current monthly release amount is 1.8 million to 2.25 million tokens.

Cryptocurrency incubator Obex announces deployment of $1 billion to connect Sky ecosystem's USDS stablecoin with real-world assets, focusing on investments in credit, energy, and AI assets to enhance USDS holder yields and drive the Sky ecosystem beyond pure crypto returns. Sky is the world's third-largest stablecoin issuer and plans to increase USDS supply to $20 billion.

CEX Co-Founder Ben Delo pledges to donate $27 million to the London Mathematical Science Research Institute to support research in theoretical physics, pure mathematics, and artificial intelligence. He hopes the institute can cultivate outstanding scholars and criticizes the shortcomings of the UK's research funding mechanism. Meanwhile, UK lawmakers are calling for a suspension of cryptocurrency political donations to prevent external interference.

ChainCatcher News, according to official sources, BitRing announced the launch of a pre-sale event for its smart rings. The 1-gram pure gold smart ring will be priced in real-time to match the current gold price. This limited pre-sale will include 50,000 units and requires strict KYC verification. Partner exchanges will oversee the process to ensure transparency. The project stated that a $3 million subsidy will be invested in this pre-sale event to directly connect the supply chain and reduce middlemen and premiums. Users need to follow their social media accounts and complete designated interactions to qualify for participation.

ChainCatcher News, according to official sources, BitRing announced that it will implement a price reduction strategy. Its pure gold ring is priced at 498, aligned with the standard Oura4 ceramic version; the Mosang diamond version is priced one dollar lower than the Oura4. The strategy aims to attract users with unprofitable flagship products and expand market share.

DeFiance Capital CEO Arthur stated that the cryptocurrency market has shifted from a risk investment-centric model to one focused on short-term cash flow generation, which can better deliver returns to investors. He emphasized that future investment projects need to have strong cash flow and recover their investment within 6 to 12 months, believing that projects relying solely on growth will no longer be effective.

AI Health Technology Platform Bitring announces it will launch a new product this month, with pricing divided into two tiers, targeting Oura. The 24K pure gold ring version is priced lower than Oura, and the company will shift towards a software subscription service. At the same time, it has completed buybacks for early investors and will no longer provide services to users in Mainland China.

January 30 News, XRP once again became the focus of the crypto community due to a real-time price display error during a television program. During this week's CNBC "Crypto World" show, the screen once displayed XRP at $126.01, which was over 6500% higher than the actual price of about $1.90 at the time, instantly igniting social media discussions. Looking back at the footage, the program was broadcasting a hearing by the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on the structure of the crypto market. Bitcoin and Ethereum prices were normal, but when the camera switched to XRP, the price suddenly jumped to three digits. The show's producers later confirmed that this was a pure technical error caused by mistakenly applying Solana's spot price at the time to the XRP segment.