【2025.4.18 Crypto Market Highlights】
1. The number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending April 12 was recorded at 215,000.
2. The U.S. Treasury Secretary warns that replacing Powell could lead to market instability.
3. Binance continues to lead the global spot market in Q1 2025 with a 45% market share.
4. Backpack platform's open contract positions increased by 31.9% in 7 days, currently reported at $129 million.
5. Coinbase International will launch perpetual contract trading for WCT, BABY, KERNEL, and PROMPT.
6. Synthetix stablecoin sUSD has de-pegged further to $0.7, down 13.9% in 24 hours.
7. a16z invests an additional $55 million to buy ZRO, with a lock-up period of 3 years.
8. Zhao Changpeng claims that BNB is a meme coin.
9. Co-founder of Pump.fun: We will continue to experiment in the intersection of social media and tokenization, but will not issue a token.
10. Reminder: European and American stock markets are closed today, trading in gold, silver, oil, and foreign exchange is suspended.
11. OpenAI plans to acquire the AI programming tool WindSurf for $3 billion.
12. Federal Reserve's Williams: The long-term federal funds rate may remain around 3%.
