🐋 Investors Yank $326M from Bitcoin ETFs Ahead of Tariff Deadline

A sharp $326M outflow from spot Bitcoin ETFs hit Tuesday, the steepest pullback in nearly a month, as institutional investors braced for Trump’s sweeping 104% tariffs on Chinese imports. BlackRock’s ETF led the drawdown with a $253M loss, its third-worst day ever. The move comes amid escalating U.S.–China trade tensions, prompting large-scale de-risking and sending Bitcoin down to $75K before rebounding slightly.

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📣 CZ & Sun drama — WSJ claims, Sun denies

WSJ reported that CZ agreed to cooperate with the DOJ against TRON founder Justin Sun as part of his plea deal. Sun dismissed it, calling CZ a “mentor and friend,” and reaffirmed trust in both CZ and U.S. authorities. He accused critics of trying to divide the crypto space. Meanwhile, Binance is lobbying the U.S. Treasury to remove its federal monitor and eyeing a stablecoin deal tied to Trump’s WLFI.

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The chance of making money on Binance listings is only 37% 😧

Analysis of all tokens listed on Binance in 2025 shows that even with a perfect strategy (enter on the first day, exit on the peak) - the probability of being in the plus does not exceed 37%.

Why this happens:
- Binance is likely charging high listing fees
- For many tokens, listing is the final pampa
- After listing, the “post-hype” phase and protracted correction begins

Listing no longer = guaranteed growth. The market has become different - and blindly going “to Binance” doesn't work anymore

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⚡️ Ethena and Securitize to Launch Converge Blockchain Mainnet in Q2 2025

• Tech Stack: Built on Arbitrum and Celestia.
• Timeline: Testnet goes live in the coming weeks, mainnet set to launch by the end of Q2 2025.
• Gas Tokens: Ethena’s USDe and USDtb will be used for transaction fees.
• Security: Converge Validator Network (CVN) will secure the network, requiring validators to stake ENA.
• Hybrid Structure: Supports both KYC-free DeFi apps and regulated institutional products, bridging TradFi and crypto.

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📣 Uniswap CEO Backs Solana for L1 DeFi Scaling

Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams says Solana has the edge when it comes to building DeFi directly on Layer 1, citing a stronger roadmap, better team, and vertical scaling approach.

Meanwhile, Ethereum’s focus remains on L2-centric, horizontal scaling, which has been in development for over 5 years.

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📣 Smart money has stopped selling.

Long-term $BTC holders have slowed on their profit taking, with the VDD (value days destroyed) index back in the green.

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🚀 Scroll Launches Major 'Euclid' Upgrade, Moves to Rollup Stage 1

Scroll has released its Euclid update, marking a major step toward decentralization.

• Transition from Stage 0 to Stage 1 rollup, removing centralized security dependencies
• Sequencer decentralization eliminates unilateral control over transaction ordering
• Improvements in network performance, app compatibility, and data cost reduction
• Adds account abstraction support for smoother wallet UX

A pivotal move as Scroll aims to shed central points of failure and scale securely.

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🔥 Token2049 — A Turning Point for Crypto Narratives?

Token2049 kicks off on April 30 — one of the biggest crypto conferences of the year. With dozens of panels and project announcements, it could mark a narrative shift for the space.

A quick scan of the agenda reveals a heavy AI focus, including the emerging DeFAI trend — a fusion of DeFi and AI that’s been gaining traction since late last year.

Historically, such events have influenced market narratives. Last year’s example: Murad’s speech helped spark the memecoin boom.

This year, expect:

• A push for new narratives, especially in AI infrastructure, autonomous agents, and modular tech
• A shift from hype to more foundational themes like RWA and a fresh take on DeFi
• No clear dominant trend — but that’s often when new ideas are born

Watch closely. The next big crypto wave might just start here.

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💰Crypto finally gets a chance under new SEC leadership

Paul Atkins, the freshly appointed SEC head, slammed his predecessors for turning the digital assets sector into a regulatory minefield.

His focus? Building clear, fair frameworks for crypto innovation. Atkins firmly believes that digital assets will drive massive progress.
The U.S. might be serious about crypto after all.

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❕ Nike is being sued over the shutdown of its crypto division RTFKT

NFT buyers claim they suffered losses after RTFKT’s closure in December 2024 and are seeking over $5 million in damages, citing consumer protection violations. Nike has not yet commented.

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⚡️ Mastercard is expanding its support for stablecoin payments, working with Circle, Nuvei, and Paxos.

The company is also partnering with OKX to launch the "OKX Card."

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🔥 Arthur Hayes: Bitcoin will hit $1M by 2028

He expects the U.S. to flood the system with dollar liquidity again — just like in 2022 when $2.5T was injected via repo programs.
Despite current instability and Trump’s tariffs, more liquidity will flow in, partly through hedge funds buying U.S. debt.

Hayes believes it’s time to go long — on both crypto and equities.

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Did you know that 15 years ago you could buy 15 Bitcoin for 1 cent?

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🪙Crypto critic Peter Schiff regrets not buying BTC in 2010.

American financier and head of broker firm Euro Pacific Capital Peter Schiff admitted that he “made a big mistake” when he decided not to invest in Bitcoin.

It’s hard not to be affected by FOMO in the current market, isn’t it?😅

Over the years, Schiff has regularly criticized Bitcoin, deeming it worthless and generally referring to the asset as a Ponzi scheme.

He has known of the coin’s existence since 2010 and even considered buying it, but then decided the asset had no value.

However, Schiff remains consistent and still considers Bitcoin worthless, but he still really regrets that he did not buy it 14 years ago.

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⚡️ Chainlink launches Chainlink Rewards program

The new incentive program kicks off on May 8, with Season 1 launched in partnership with Space and Time.
100 million SXT tokens (2% of total supply) will be distributed to $LINK stakers as part of the rewards.

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🔥 Adidas to launch NFT collection on Sui

On May 16, Adidas will release 2,600 NFT boxes offering exclusive skins for XOCIETY — a sci-fi multiplayer third-person shooter that blends RPG and Web3 mechanics.
The game is built on the Sui blockchain.

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Crypto Speak: Wholecoiner

A “wholecoiner” is a person who has at least exactly 1 whole BTC. Considering that the world’s population is already at 8 billion and there will be 21 million Bitcoin in total (of which analysts believe 3 million–5 million is lost forever), there won’t be enough Bitcoin for everyone.

Think about about that…😅🚀

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💻BlackRock met with the SEC and went straight to the point: staking must be included in any real ETH ETF.

They claim that without staking, returns are lost and investor value is diluted.
They also pitched tokenization of real assets.
Their $2.9B BUIDL fund already operates on the blockchain — showing how it can be done cheaper and faster.

With ETH demand rising and institutions making moves, this could mark a shift in the market.

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❕ CZ warns: Ledger Discord admin account hacked

A scammer used the compromised account to spread fake “vulnerability” alerts and trick users into entering their seed phrases on a phishing site.

• Never share your recovery phrase — no matter who asks or how convincing it sounds.
• Social media remains one of the weakest links in crypto security.

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