U.S. Treasury Secretary Vincent Bescent: Trading partners are working with us in good faith and there has been no change in their attitude in the past 48 hours. Several major agreements are imminent.
Iranian sources: Iran may agree to a temporary halt to nuclear enrichment if the US recognizes Tehran's right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes. A temporary halt to nuclear activities under a "political agreement" would also require the US to unfreeze frozen Iranian funds.
U.S. and European Union trade representatives are scheduled to meet on Monday. Analysts warn that a temporary respite does not represent a resolution of the fundamental conflict. Click to view...
State Administration for Market Regulation: Clarify the principles to be followed by platform fees. Platform fees shall follow the principles of fairness, legality and good faith, and comprehensively consider operating costs and the operating conditions of operators on the platform based on factors such as service agreements, trading rules, and trading habits.
According to official news, the Ethereum Layer2 network Blast has announced that it will not renew its service agreement with Safe. Users who previously accessed multi-signature wallets through the Safe front-end are now faced with a new option: to choose the managed front-end provided by Brahma; or to self-host the front-end to reduce supply chain risk.
Sources: The United States has signed a mining deal with Ukraine.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Vincent Bescent: We are ready to sign [on the Ukraine minerals deal]; Ukraine made some last-minute changes. "We've been looking for rare earths," Mr. Trump said.
Ukraine is preparing to sign a U.S. mining deal as early as Wednesday.
President Donald Trump is "confident" of signing a key minerals deal with Ukraine, the White House said, in a move that could bolster US support for Kiev amid frustration at the delay in ceasefire talks with Russia. "Not only will this help the US recover the billions of dollars in taxes we've spent, but it will also put some of the critical minerals under control," Carolyn Levitt, White House press secretary, told reporters on Tuesday.
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The quarrel was just a show? Washington suddenly "let go" over the weekend, and the mineral agreement involving Ukraine's tens of billions of resources will be signed as soon as this week... Click to view...
Helium, the DePIN project, has announced the signing of "a commercial agreement" with telecoms company AT & T to connect its community-built Wi-Fi networks to AT & T subscribers' networks. Mario Di Dio, managing director of Helium Networks, said AT & T subscribers would "automatically connect" to the Helium network when they are close to a hotspot. Hotspot device deployers will not receive payments directly from AT & T, but will continue to earn HNT tokens through a "usage-based rewards system"....
President Trump: The mining agreement will be signed next Thursday.
On April 12, local time on April 11, US and Ukrainian officials held talks on a US-Ukrainian mineral agreement proposed by the United States. According to reporters, a person familiar with the matter said that given the "antagonistic" atmosphere of the talks, the prospects for a breakthrough are slim. It is reported that the latest draft will give the United States priority access to Ukrainian mineral deposits and require Kiev to deposit all revenues from the exploitation of natural resources by...
Ukrainian President Zelensky: A draft proposal for a new minerals agreement between Ukraine and the United States will be ready next week.