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Odaily Planet Daily News: U.S. President Trump stated that gasoline prices have dropped to $1.98 per gallon, the lowest in recent years. Food, energy, and mortgage rates have all decreased, employment is strong, and tariffs have brought in billions of dollars in revenue. He noted that this is currently just a transitional phase, the long-awaited drop in consumer prices has been achieved, inflation has disappeared, and he calls on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to further stimulate the economy.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) on the X platform, MicroStrategy announced the '42/42 Plan', aiming to raise $8.4 billion over the next two years to purchase Bitcoin, following last year's '21/21 Plan' with a $4.2 billion investment to further its strategy. The company reported a loss of $4.23 billion in the first quarter (16.49 dollars per share), with revenue decreasing by 3.6% to $111.1 million, below expectations.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Due to the decline in the US dollar and US Treasury yields, gold futures rose in light trading, but overall fell this week due to Thursday's sell-off. SP Angel analysts report that the outflow of ETF funds indicates that traders have taken profits after gold rose 21% this year. Easing trade tensions and Trump's comments about not firing Powell have weakened gold's appeal. The market is focused on Friday's non-farm data; if the data is below expectations, it may boost the Fed's rate cut expectations, benefiting non-yielding gold. (Golden Ten)

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a giant whale sold 14.38 WBTC (about 1.39 million USD) after being dormant for 2.11 years, purchasing 758.25 ETH at a price of 1836 USD.

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to reports, if the price of Bitcoin reaches $100,000, approximately $3 billion in Bitcoin short positions will face liquidation. The current price is $96,765, and data shows that the cumulative short leverage has significantly decreased, leading to increased market volatility. CoinGlass charts indicate that if the price rises, platforms such as Binance, OKX, and Bybit may trigger large-scale liquidations, and investors need to pay close attention. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily Planet Daily News: Decentralized exchange Ethereal announced on X that USDe pre-deposits have exceeded $1 billion, and Season Zero is coming to an end. The community currently has 25,000+ unique depositors, with hundreds of new people added every day, including @ethenaLabs, @aave, @pendle_fi and other projects. Ethereal provides high-performance spot and perpetual trading, supported by native yield USDe. The private testnet is open to selected users, and the public testnet, mainnet and Season One will be launched soon.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, plans to launch a dollar-pegged stablecoin in the United States as early as this year. CEO Paolo Ardoino said at the Token2049 conference that the specific time depends on the progress of US legislation, which may be at the end of this year or early next year. Tether has recently actively lobbied in Washington, meeting with Senator Bill Hagerty and others to promote cryptocurrency-friendly policies. Ardoino emphasized Tether's cooperation with law enforcement agencies and said that it holds nearly $120 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds and reserves of more than $5.6 billion to cope with market fluctuations.

Odaily Planet Daily News On May 2, according to Spot on Chain monitoring, Curve founder Michael Egorov has sold another 343,452 CRV (approximately $224,000) since April 8, bringing the total sales volume to 3.433 million CRV (approximately $1.85 million) since March 24, with an average selling price of $0.539.

Odaily Planet Daily News: The US GDP contracted for the first time in three years, while the core PCE inflation rate remained stable, decreasing year-on-year from 3.0% to 2.6%, alleviating inflation concerns. BRN analyst Valentin Fournier stated that inflation is approaching the Federal Reserve's 2% target, and market expectations for interest rate cuts have increased, which could benefit alternative assets like Bitcoin rather than the stock market. Bitcoin has risen over 13% since 'Liberation Day,' reaching $97,000, with a net inflow of $442 million into spot ETFs on May 1. Douro Labs CEO Mike Cahill mentioned that if the employment data on May 2 is weak, Bitcoin's price may rise again due to expectations of interest rate cuts. (The Block)

Odaily Planet Daily News REVOX stated on official social media that it encourages community members to provide liquidity for REX tokens on PancakeSwap to enhance on-chain market depth and improve trading experience. The team will consider indicators of liquidity contribution in subsequent airdrop activities. REVOX is the AI infrastructure of the BNB ecosystem, and the REX token has increased by over 330% in the past week.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Block CEO Jack Dorsey stated that the company's developed Bitcoin mining chip Proto will be launched in 2025 and will be produced in the United States to address tariffs and risks associated with overseas manufacturing. Dorsey emphasized that cooperation with domestic suppliers and manufacturers will ensure the chip is released as scheduled. Block's gross profit for the first quarter reached 2.29 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 9%, with Cash App's gross profit growing by 10% to 1.38 billion USD, and Square growing by 9% to 898 million USD. However, due to the macro environment and weak consumer spending, the company has lowered its gross profit forecast for the entire year of 2025 to 9.96 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 12%.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to official sources, Binance HODLer airdrop page launches the 17th project StakeStone (STO). From April 27, 2025, 00:00 (UTC) to April 29, 2025, 23:59 (UTC), users who deposit BNB into Simple Earn (flexible earnings or locked earnings) or On-Chain Yields products will receive airdrop rewards. Airdrop information will be released within 5 hours, and the new tokens will be credited to users' spot accounts at least 1 hour before trading begins.

Odaily Planet Daily reported that the American cryptocurrency exchange Kraken disclosed that its team discovered a North Korean hacker disguised as a job seeker for an engineering position, attempting to infiltrate the company. After receiving warnings from industry partners about North Korean hackers targeting cryptocurrency firms, Kraken identified that the email used by the candidate was linked to a hacker organization. The security team, through open-source intelligence analysis, found that the hacker applied for positions at multiple companies using several false identities and detected technical anomalies, such as the use of a VPN and forged identification documents. Kraken ultimately revealed the hacker's identity through verification testing and reported it to U.S. authorities.

Odaily Planet Daily News Aria officially launches the points system, open to users holding OG identity. Users will receive 1 point for staking 1 USDC to the Stakestone vault; experience points earned from completing Zealy tasks will be counted towards points at a 1:1 ratio. Users who have not yet obtained OG identity can strive for participation eligibility by continuously completing tasks. Points will serve as an important reference for subsequent incentives and rewards distribution.

Odaily Planet Daily News: CryptoQuant analyst Axel posted on social media that the annualized real MVRV (Market Value/Realized Value Ratio) of BTC has returned to positive territory, indicating that the average cost price of all tokens purchased in the past year is now below the current market price. Panic selling pressure is easing—most holders are now in profit and do not need to realize losses to exit. Holder confidence is continuously strengthening. This 'turning point' coincides with the market recovery phase, marking the beginning of a more sustainable price growth cycle. This trend will continue until speculative premiums accumulate to a sufficiently high level, prompting holders to choose to take profits.

Odaily Planet Daily News Bitget Onchain Trading has launched the Solana ecosystem MEME tokens BOOP, MAGA, horni. Users can start trading in the on-chain trading section. Bitget Onchain Trading aims to seamlessly connect CEX and DEX, providing users with a more convenient, efficient, and secure on-chain trading experience. Users can directly use their Bitget spot accounts (USDT/USDC) to trade on-chain popular assets. Currently, it supports popular public chains such as Solana (SOL), BNB Smart Chain (BSC), and Base.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to the official announcement, BitMart's contracts will launch the HAEDALUSDT perpetual contract on May 2, 2025, at 15:00 (UTC+8). Haedal is the main liquid staking protocol built natively on Sui.

Odaily Planet Daily News - Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs, stated at TOKEN2049 that the company will expand its digital asset trading activities, explore crypto lending, and heavily invest in tokenization. Mathew McDermott mentioned that an increasing number of Goldman Sachs clients are eager to participate more actively in digital asset trading, and Goldman Sachs will focus on business implementation. The firm hopes to obtain various regulatory approvals. Previously, Goldman Sachs was mainly active in secondary market trading such as private equity, but in the future, it will promote tokenization and collateral liquidity business. (CNBC)

Odaily Planet Daily news: Blockchain finance company Dinari announced the completion of a $12.7 million Series A financing round, led by Hack VC and Blockchange Ventures, with participation from VanEck Ventures, F-Prime, and Avalanche Fund. The company's total funding has reached $22.65 million, and according to Pitchbook data, Dinari's valuation in 2024 is $40.15 million. The current valuation is unclear, but the company stated it has achieved profitability, although it declined to disclose specific amounts. (Fortune)

Odaily Planet Daily News: Based on the ZK Rollup privacy and scalability solution, Aztec has announced on social media that it has launched a public test network.