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Foresight News reports that the Solana Foundation has published an update on its progress preparing for quantum resistance. Solana’s two major validator client development teams, Anza and Firedancer, independently arrived at the same conclusion, selecting the post-quantum digital signature scheme Falcon as their migration path. Both have completed initial implementations, with code released on their respective GitHub repositories. In addition, Blueshift’s Solana Winternitz Vault has been deployed for more than two years, making it one of the few quantum-resistant primitives in active use among major blockchains. Earlier this year, it was cited in a Google Quantum AI white paper. The Solana Foundation stated that although quantum computing remains years away from being a substantial threat and immediate migration is not necessary, research, infrastructure, and ecosystem coordination are already in place. When the time is right, migration can be launched swiftly, and no significant impact on network performance is expected.

```htmlJinse Finance reported that on April 27, Lido posted an update on X regarding the progress of the Kelp security incident. Lido disclosed that its proposal to provide 2,500 ETH in aid has passed the main voting phase and reached quorum, with voting to conclude at 20:09 UTC on April 28. Final execution is expected to be completed next week. Meanwhile, Lido Earn, Mellow Protocol, and the Ethereum Foundation have reached a bilateral swap agreement for approximately 21,269 aWETH and wstETH, helping the EarnETH treasury directly repay WETH debt on Aave, reduce borrowing costs, and improve the treasury’s health. Additionally, Lido emphasized that stETH and wstETH have not been affected by last week's incident, and the Lido staking protocol is operating normally.```

BlockBeats news, on April 27, all G7 member states will hold central bank meetings this week, while companies representing 42% of the S&P 500 by market capitalization will release earnings reports, including five of the seven major tech giants—even without considering possible breaking news from the Iran war, this will be a pivotal week. The Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision on Tuesday, with Kazuo Ueda holding a press conference. This will be followed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada on Wednesday (early Thursday morning in UTC+8). On Thursday, it's the turn of the European Central Bank and the Bank of England to announce their rate decisions. While all central banks are expected to hold rates steady, the key issue is how each bank’s reaction mechanism will be influenced by the conflict and related stagflation risks. Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta will also announce their Q1 earnings after the US market closes on Wednesday (early Thursday morning in UTC+8), while Apple will report on Thursday (5am UTC+8). Economists at Deutsche Bank expect that any meaningful guidance change from the Federal Reserve will be postponed until June, as this week marks Powell’s last meeting before stepping down. Nevertheless, communications may tilt slightly hawkish—either through tweaks in wording such as “additional policy adjustments” or via Chairman Powell signaling a more symmetrical assessment of the risks to the Fed’s dual mandate. An explicit acknowledgment that the risks to price stability and employment are now more balanced is likely to be interpreted as a slightly less dovish stance. Beyond meetings, Thursday’s personal income and spending report—especially the latest jobless claims data and core PCE figures—will be crucial. The detailed schedule for key information this Thursday (UTC+8) is as follows: · 2:00 (UTC+8): FOMC interest rate decision announcement · 2:30 (UTC+8): Federal Reserve Chairman Powell’s remarks · 4:30 (UTC+8): Alphabet earnings call · 5:30 (UTC+8): Microsoft, Amazon, Meta earnings calls · 20:15 (UTC+8): European Central Bank interest rate decision · 20:30 (UTC+8): Latest US employment data, initial Q1 real GDP annualized quarter-on-quarter