1. 🔬 Opportunities to watch
2. ❇️ DeFi
a. New projects in the past day.
Solido Cash --- CDP (Supra, 20,000)
Lista Lending --- Lending (Binance, 23,026 million)
Interest Curve --- Dexs (Movement, 0 million)
b. Project list
c. Related projects
Solayer launches native on-chain jade debit card, supporting global consumption and enjoying 4% U.S. Treasury yield.
Raydium launches token issuance platform LaunchLab.
The RWA stablecoin yield protocol R2 has officially become a liquidity provider for Ondo Finance.
Liquidity infrastructure Orderly launches OmniVault.
Superform announces the establishment of a foundation and will launch the token UP this year.
3. 🌏 Macro
Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to the U.S. imposing a 245% tariff on China: China does not wish to fight, but is also not afraid to fight.
Federal Reserve Powell: The Fed will not be influenced by political pressure.
Federal Reserve Powell: It is expected that there will be deviations from the established goals for the remainder of this year, but perhaps next year the goals can be re-achieved.
Federal Reserve Powell: Despite increasing uncertainties, the U.S. economy remains 'robust'.
Federal Reserve Powell: The labor market is solid, overall balanced, and currently does not exert pressure on inflation.
Federal Reserve Powell: If there is a shortage of dollars, the Fed is prepared to provide dollars to global central banks.
Federal Reserve overnight reverse repurchase usage hits a new low since 2021.
Federal Reserve Powell: The market is digesting the current drop in the stock market and U.S. Treasury yields.
Federal Reserve Powell: The Fed's two goals have not yet come into conflict, but the current trend is that the unemployment rate and inflation levels will rise.
Powell: Don't expect the Fed to intervene to save the market; Trump changes daily.
Bank of America: Investors' risk appetite has dropped to a near two-year low.
U.S. March retail sales month-on-month recorded 1.4%, the largest increase since January 2023.
Bitcoin spot ETF saw a total net inflow of $76.4151 million yesterday, with BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF IBIT leading with a net inflow of $38.2155 million.
Ethereum spot ETF saw a total net outflow of $14.1821 million yesterday, continuing six days of net outflows.
4. 🐳 Whale movements
a. Institutions, large investments, whale behavior
CryptoQuant: This week, whale holdings have decreased by approximately 30,000 BTC.
Whales that averaged $1,819 per ETH two years ago sold 5,596 ETH in the past hour.
b. DeFi, NFT, On-chain activities
c. Exchange-related fund flows
A newly created wallet withdrew 818,474 UNI from Cumberland.
Galaxy Digital has transferred a total of 37,500 ETH to Binance in the past four days, worth over $60 million.
Multiple institutions transferred over 24,000 ETH to exchanges within 24 hours.
5. 📃 Industry
a. NFT & GameFi & SocialFi & DID & DAO & Content creation
Social protocol Towns Protocol confirms it will issue coins this quarter, with an initial airdrop of 10%.
AI farm management game Love Terminal officially launched on Kaia Chain and listed on Dapp Portal.
Humanity Protocol founder: TGE is coming soon, and token H is on the way.
b. Exchanges/wallets
OKX announces entry into the U.S. market and will establish a regional headquarters in California.
Bitget will launch the Launchpool project GOMBLE (GM), locking BGB to earn 15 million GM.
c. Public chain/L2
BNB has completed its 31st quarterly token burn, totaling approximately $916 million.
Hyperlane Foundation: The pre-application for HYPER has ended, and applications are expected to open next week.
Soneium Sony Chain and EigenLayer, AltLayer collaborate to build a fast confirmation layer for Soneium.
d. Investment and financing
Bitcoin mining manufacturer Auratine completes $153 million Series C financing, led by StepStone Group.
Securitize acquires MG Stover's fund management business, becoming the largest digital asset fund management platform.
Hana Network completes $6 million financing, with mainnet phases two and three set to officially launch in the coming months.
Crypto investment service company Glider completes $4 million financing, led by a16z.
Resolv Labs completes $10 million seed round financing, led by Cyber.Fund and Maven11.
DeFi protocol Neutrl completes $5 million seed round financing, led by STIX and others.
e. Regulation
SEC completes two-year review of Coinbase, no need for modifications or restatements.
The joint motion to stay the appeal filed by the SEC and Ripple has been approved.
Federal Reserve Powell: Working with Congress to establish a compliance framework for stablecoins.
Federal Reserve Powell: It is expected that there will be 'partial easing' of cryptocurrency-related bank regulations.
Korean presidential candidate: Plans to follow the U.S. government's significant easing of regulations on blockchain and virtual assets.
f. Security
110 million ZK tokens were stolen and discovered two days later; ZKsync prematurely falls into Endgame.
A Ponzi scheme involving CBEX has emerged in Nigeria, with amounts involved potentially reaching tens of millions of dollars.
ZKsync founder responds to security incident: No code or key leaks, will release a full investigation result.
U.S. Secret Service launches 'Avalanche Operation' to combat Ethereum network phishing scams.
6. 🤖 AI-related
Market news: OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf for approximately $3 billion.
7. 🔧 Tools
GMGN launches Meme real-time tweet preview and real-time pool monitoring functions.
8. 💡 Opinions
Interpretation of Bitcoin's latest soft fork: What opportunities will Thunderbolt bring?
Jefferies: The era of a strong dollar has peaked, and the dollar may further weaken.
Oppenheimer: Coinbase's revenue and trading outlook are impacted by tariff tensions.
CoinGecko report reveals LBank's core competitiveness: Industry-leading listing speed.
Coinbase: Bitcoin may see a rebound in Q3, and its ability to withstand macro market headwinds is strengthening.
Analyst: Bitcoin's current 'surrender zone' is $65,000.
Coinbase Research: Multiple indicators show the market may enter a new round of 'crypto winter'.
VanEck: It is expected that Bitcoin's share in global trade settlement will rise to 10% against the backdrop of de-dollarization.
A new consensus paradigm in blockchain: The evolution from Hyperliquid to Sonic.
Interview with Bitwise Alpha's strategy director: Bitcoin will reach $200,000 by the end of the year.
Analysis states that BTC bullish sentiment is warming up, with Binance buy-sell ratio rising to neutral territory.
Oracle detailed series on Chainlink (Part 2).
Intent value chain: Reshaping a new paradigm of on-chain interaction.
The crypto industry is maturing, but VCs are still stuck in the past?
QCP: Bitcoin is not favored as a safe haven, participants remain defensive until a clearer situation emerges.
Analyst: The volatility of the crypto market may continue until the macroeconomic situation eases, and in the long run, the short-term pullback of BTC is a positive sign.
Santiment: The crypto market has rebounded moderately, and traders are optimistic about BTC returning to $90,000.
Analysis: Bitcoin is expected to experience a rebound similar to that of 2023.
Matrixport: Bitcoin ETF fund inflows are concentrated in top institutions, reflecting that institutional demand is stronger than widespread retail participation.