Today's News:
1. In the past 24 hours, the entire network experienced liquidations totaling $210 million, with short positions liquidated for $154 million;
2. Loopscale: A total of 5,697,102.5 USDC and 1,215 SOL were recovered, and a 24-hour withdrawal limit is temporarily imposed on the treasury;
3. Riot Platforms: Q1 mining output of 1,530 BTC, total Bitcoin holdings reached 19,223 BTC;
4. Japanese listed company Metaplanet Inc. announced it will issue 3 billion yen zero-interest ordinary bonds to increase Bitcoin holdings;
5. The three major U.S. stock indices collectively closed higher, with the Nasdaq up 1.52%, the S&P 500 up 0.63%, and the Dow Jones up 0.21%. Microsoft surged over 7%, with the company exceeding expectations across the board in Q3 of fiscal year 2025, driven by strong growth in cloud computing. Meta rose over 4%, Amazon increased over 3%, Nvidia rose over 2%, Google increased over 1%, and Apple and Netflix saw slight gains; Tesla and Intel experienced slight declines;
6. Strategy plans to raise another $21 billion to buy BTC, having lost $4.2 billion in Q1 due to falling coin prices;
7. Tether's latest proof claims the company holds Bitcoin valued at over $7.6 billion;
8. The listed company DeFi Development Corp will receive $24 million in private equity financing to purchase more SOL;
9. USDC Treasury burned 150 million USDC on the Ethereum chain;
11. The spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of 382 BTC yesterday, while the spot Ethereum ETF had a net outflow of 1,648 ETH;
12. U.S. unemployment claims rose to the highest level since October last year, with initial claims for unemployment benefits reaching 241,000 for the week ending April 26, higher than the expected 224,000;
14. Interest rate futures expect the Bank of England to cut rates by 100 basis points for the remainder of 2025;
15. Binance Wallet: Airdropping S tokens and Sonic Chain ecosystem assets to active Alpha traders on the chain;
16. Binance Wallet announces a product upgrade, adding support for SUI exchanges, wealth management recommendations, and other features;
17. Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump: The WLFI stablecoin USD1 will be used for MGX's investment in Binance;
18. Worldcoin announces that WLD token access and all related services will launch in the U.S. starting May 1;
19. The crypto project World launches in the U.S., planning to introduce a Visa card and a Tinder pilot project. #BTC