Galaxy Digital deposited another 12,500 ETH worth $20 million to Binance in the early morning
According to Lookonchain monitoring, Galaxy Digital deposited another 12,500 ETH (worth $20 million) to Binance 8 hours ago. In the past 6 days, Galaxy Digital has deposited 62,181 ETH (worth $99.46 million) to the exchange.
Zhao Changpeng calls BNB a Meme Coin
Zhao Changpeng cited the news that BNB will be listed on Kraken soon and said: "BNB is a Meme coin." Earlier news said that BNB will be listed on Kraken on April 22 and deposits are now open.
Alon Cohen, co-founder of Pump.fun, wrote on the X platform: “Pump.fun will continue to experiment at the intersection of social media and tokenization. Some of these attempts (such as live streaming, by the way, have now fully resumed live streaming). Whatever we do, we will do our best to ensure that it is consistent with our core user base. That being said: don’t expect me, pump.fun, or any employee to issue tokens (there will be no “secret issuance”).”
Wintermute announces investment in lending protocol Euler Finance
Market maker Wintermute announced on the X platform that its investment institution Wintermute Ventures has invested in the DeFi lending agreement Euler Finance. The specific amount has not been disclosed yet.
sUSD de-pegging intensified to $0.6825, with a 24-hour drop of 16.5%
The market data shows that the decoupling degree of Synthetix ecological stablecoin sUSD has intensified, and it is currently trading at US$0.6825, with a 24-hour drop of 16.5%, and its market value has fallen to US$21.98 million.
Crypto exchange eXch announced it will shut down on May 1 amid money laundering allegations
According to Cointelegraph, the crypto exchange eXch announced that it will cease operations on May 1. It was previously reported that the platform was used to launder some of the stolen funds from the Bybit exchange. In an announcement on April 17, eXch said that the majority of its management team voted to "cease operations and exit" in response to allegations that the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group laundered about $35 million through the platform-the funds originated from the $1.4 billion hacker attack on Bybit. The exchange said it had become the target of a "transatlantic joint law enforcement operation" that aims to shut down its business and may bring criminal charges. "Although we have withstood multiple attempts to shut down our infrastructure and maintain operations, we believe that it is meaningless to continue operating in a hostile environment that has become a target of signal intelligence surveillance just because some people misinterpret our purpose," eXch said in a statement. The exchange initially denied the blockchain detective's allegations that it helped the Lazarus Group launder money, but admitted to handling "a very small portion of funds" from the February hack.
Slovenia plans to impose 25% tax on personal cryptocurrency profits from 2026
According to Fxstreet, Slovenia plans to impose a 25% tax on personal cryptocurrency profits from 2026, which will be levied on January 1, 2026, pending public feedback and parliamentary approval. The draft law proposed by the country's Ministry of Finance on Thursday aims to align the treatment of crypto assets with other investment tools such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Currently, Slovenian law taxes cryptocurrency income earned by companies, but individual investors are in a legal gray area and are able to make huge profits tax-free. The proposed changes are intended to end this difference and establish a more balanced framework for capital gains on various types of assets. According to the Ministry of Finance, the new rules will apply to profits obtained from converting cryptocurrencies into fiat currencies such as the euro or using them to purchase goods and services. However, according to the new guidelines, exchanges between cryptocurrencies (such as exchanging Bitcoin for Ethereum) will still be tax-free, considering the technical complexity and impracticality of taxing such transactions. It is worth noting that Slovenia's cryptocurrency regulatory proposal excludes security tokens, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), electronic currency tokens and NFTs from the scope of taxable assets. The government estimates that the tax reform could add between 2.5 million and 25 million euros per year to the state budget.
a16z announces another $55 million investment in LayerZero
Ali Yahya, general partner at a16z, announced on the X platform: "The company has invested an additional $55 million to purchase ZRO tokens of the cross-chain messaging protocol LayerZero, with a 3-year lock-up period." a16z has previously invested in LayerZero, including its initial investment in March 2022 and a subsequent investment during LayerZero's Series B financing in April 2023. The two companies did not disclose the valuation of the financing round.
Coinbase International will launch four perpetual contract transactions including WCT and BABY
According to the announcement of Coinbase International Exchange, the platform will launch perpetual contract (PERP) transactions for four tokens, WCT, KERNEL, BABY and PROMPT, starting at 17:30 Beijing time on April 24, which is applicable to the international station and Coinbase Advanced.
Moonshot launches Italian Brainrot ($Italianrot)
Moonshot announced the launch of the new Solana chain currency Italian Brainrot ($Italianrot), with a current market value of approximately US$5.2 million and a 24-hour trading volume of US$5.7 million.
Applications for the sixth Ethereum Protocol Scholarship are now open, with a deadline of April 30
According to the official blog of Ethereum, the sixth Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF) is now open for application, and the application deadline is April 30. This EPF will be held from June to November 2025, during which two offline events will be held at EthCC in France and Devconnect in Argentina. The program is aimed at software engineers with certain experience, providing mentor guidance and allowance support, aiming to promote the development of Ethereum protocol, and the project directions include consensus, client development, testing, etc.
Ethena and Securitize plan to launch Converge mainnet in Q2, focusing on RWA+DeFi integration
According to CoinDesk, DeFi protocol Ethena and asset tokenization platform Securitize plan to launch Converge, a blockchain focused on real-world assets (RWA), in the second quarter of this year. The mainnet will be built on Arbitrum and Celestia, support USDe and USDtb tokens to pay for gas fees, and maintain security by staking ENA. Converge supports both permissionless and institutional compliance applications, aiming to connect traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem.
The number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending April 12 was 215,000
The number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending April 12 was 215,000, the lowest since the week ending February 8, 2025. The previous value was 22.3, and the expected value was 22.5. GOMBLE (GM) will be listed on Binance Alpha and launch an airdrop event
According to the Binance announcement, GOMBLE (GM) tokens will be available for trading on Binance Alpha at 19:30 Beijing time on April 17. To celebrate the launch, all users who have purchased on the Alpha platform through Binance spot or fund accounts between March 27 and April 16 will receive 403 GM tokens airdropped, which will be directly distributed to Alpha accounts.
Binance Alpha now supports DARK
The Binance APP page shows that Binance Alpha has added the DARK (DARK) token.
