1. 🔬 Opportunities to watch
2. ❇️DeFi
a. New projects in the past day
Kame Aggregator --- DEX Aggregator (Unknown chain, 0 million)
Moonchain Swap --- Dexs (Moonchain, 0 million)
40 Acres --- Lending (Multi-Chain, 4.4 million)
Sablier Flow --- Payments (Multi-Chain, 370,000)
b. Project list
c. Related projects
Circle launches stablecoin payment non-custodial dispute resolution solution Refund Protocol
Moonshot launches meme coin Italianrot on the Solana blockchain
Ethena and Securitize plan to launch Converge blockchain mainnet in the second quarter
Research: The average daily trading volume of Hyperliquid in the past 3 months reached $6.4 billion
3. 🌏Macro
Reuters survey: The probability of the US entering a recession in the next year is 45%
European Central Bank cuts interest rates by 25 basis points as scheduled
In the week ending April 12, the number of initial jobless claims in the US was 215,000, expected 225,000, previous value revised to 224,000
Trump: Powell is acting too slowly, he should have learned from the European Central Bank earlier
Russian Finance Ministry officials say a national stablecoin should be launched to adapt to global payment changes
Fed's Williams: Currently does not believe there is a need to adjust interest rates quickly
Trump: If I ask, Fed Chair Powell has to resign
Data: Stablecoin trading volume will exceed Visa payment volume for the first time in 2024
Today, the US Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of 2050 BTC, and the Ethereum ETF saw a net outflow of 10,484 ETH
Glassnode: Stablecoin supply growth is slowing, crypto market liquidity is contracting
4. 🐳Whale movements
a. Institutions, large investments, whale behavior
"2015 ICO 76,000 ETH whale" suspected of dumping 3000 ETH 45 minutes ago
Whales sold a total of 143,000 ETH in the past week
ETH segment whales restart operations, building positions of 4520 ETH within 17 hours
Whales sold 16,950 BNB for approximately $9.82 million
b. DeFi, NFT, On-chain activities
A whale deposited 2 million USDC into Hyperliquid to increase HYPE holdings
c. Exchange-related capital flows
Galaxy Digital has transferred a total of 49,681 ETH to CEX in the past 5 days
Abraxas Capital-related address has withdrawn 1107 BTC today, valued at approximately $93.47 million
A newly created wallet withdrew 1398 BTC from Kraken, worth about $118.3 million
Ark Invest transferred about 746 BTC to Coinbase, valued over $63 million
Grayscale transferred 5161 ETH to Coinbase Prime hot wallet
5. 📃Industry
a. NFT & GameFi & SocialFi & DID & DAO & Content Creation
YakiHonne Smart Widgets opens a new social entry for DA(gentic)O
b. Exchanges/wallets
Market news: Binance is in talks with several sovereign wealth funds to establish cryptocurrency reserves
Coinbase international site will launch WCT, BABY, KERNEL, and PROMPT perpetual contracts
Coinbase completed infrastructure upgrade for Solana on the platform
OKX Wallet independent app officially listed on app store
CoinGecko: Huobi HTX is the only Top 10 exchange to achieve Q1 growth in spot trading volume
OKX officially launched "Leaderboard" feature to track trading experts in real time
Binance Alpha will list GOMBLE (GM)
c. Public chain/L2
Wormhole's first phase staking rewards (SRP1) have been fully distributed, users must claim by July 15
BNB Chain TVL incentive program #5 has ended, with 5 projects receiving delegated support
Shardeum will conduct its TGE on May 5, with detailed information on airdrops and token distribution to be announced soon
Stellar: Plans to put $3 billion of real-world assets on-chain by the end of 2025
Base officials have issued two tokens on the Zora platform, later clarifying that they are unofficial brand tokens
BNB Chain announces 13 projects that won at the BNB AI Hack
d. Investment and financing
Galaxy Ventures I completed $100 million fundraising, exceeding targets
Hyperion completed strategic round financing, with OKX Ventures and Aptos Labs participating
e. Regulation
The US SEC will hold its third crypto policy roundtable on April 25, focusing on crypto asset custody issues
US SEC: Crypto asset market maker CLS Global FZC has acknowledged violations of securities laws
US banks are lobbying for stablecoin issuance rules that favor banks over tech companies
South Korea's Financial Services Commission: Considering allowing banks to directly custody crypto assets
f. Security
Zero Edge founder Richard Kim arrested for misappropriating investor funds for gambling
KiloEx: Vulnerability has been fixed and compensation plan is being formulated, filed in Hong Kong
6. 🤖AI-related
From pure information to application tool services: Has the next phase of AI Agent begun?
AI App platform Infinity Ground releases Agentic IDE 1.0, aiding no-code application building
7. 🔧 Tools
Lombard Finance launches software development kit to support BTC staking services
Ave.ai completes omnichannel layout and officially releases iOS professional version application
8. 💡Viewpoints
Fitch: Expects the Federal Reserve to wait until the fourth quarter of 2025 to cut interest rates
Telegram founder: French media reports claiming Telegram was forced to comply with European rules are false
"PayFi Rising Star" Huma is it really P2P?
JPMorgan: Bitcoin has not benefited from safe-haven funds driving up gold
Analyst: The Federal Reserve may not cut interest rates early, expects BTC to maintain in the $80,000-$90,000 range
BitMart market report: BTC is expected to continue its volatility in the short term
Analysis: Deribit options market shows investors are not optimistic about XRP's recent price trend
Viewpoint: Tokens are not only customer acquisition costs but also financial tools for underwriting user behavior
Altcoin bear market, which tokens have the highest short-selling cost-effectiveness?
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