Chung Daily Note - 2025/4/21

Happy Monday! New week, new opportunities! Start strong and make it count! 💪✨

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Some highlights from today's note

🔸@MicroStrategy buys 6,556 Bitcoin for $555.8M between April 14–20, at an average price of $84,785

🔸@circle, @BitGo, and other crypto firms plan to apply for bank charters or licenses

🔸@hyperlane pre-claim users can start claiming $HYPER from April 22, 12:00 UTC to May 22, 13:00 UTC

Read More Below 👇

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📰 News

• MicroStrategy buys 6,556 Bitcoin for $555.8M between April 14–20, at an average price of $84,785

• @Metaplanet_JP adds 330 more Bitcoin, worth $28 million, to their balance sheet

• Circle, BitGo, and other crypto firms plan to apply for bank charters or licenses

• Singapore Exchange to list $BTC perpetual futures

• @GSR_io leads $100M investment into Upexi to back its Solana-based treasury strategy

• Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered plan to expand crypto operations in the U.S

• @MANTRA_Chain announces 300M $OM token burn

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📖 Good Reads

• @ahboyash - Next-gen EVM chains battle: @megaeth_labs vs @monad_xyz

• @Stopthefire01 - @infinex_app $67.7M-backed DeFi super app by the Synthetix founder

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🎉 New Protocols

• @megabnb_labs

• @Maneki_DeFi

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💰 Crypto Fundraising

• @SolvProtocol (DeFi) - $TBD Strategic investment from @UFLY_Labs

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💵 Airdrops

• @zora airdrop is set for April 23, 2025

• @hyperlane pre-claim users can start claiming $HYPER from April 22, 12:00 UTC to May 22, 13:00 UTC

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💡 Videos & Podcasts

• @therollupco - We Asked Nick White About The Future of @celestia $TIA

• @BanklessHQ - Ethereum’s Strategic Pivot: The Plan it Needs to Win

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😇 Opportunity

@defidotapp streamlines DeFi access across EVM & Solana with gasless swaps, native account abstraction, and new OKX Wallet integration. Intuitive even in volatile markets. 150M swap volume in 24h. Season 1 points live—airdrop likely

That's all!