Top-10 exploits, rug pulls, and hacks by funds lost in Q1 2025

The data highlights notable incidents such as phishing, private key compromises, rug pulls, and flash loan attacks, featuring a jaw-dropping $1.4B crypto heist from Bybit conducted by Lazarus Group.

Top 8 Public Chains by TVL launched in Q1 2025

Among the top performers are Berachain, an EVM-compatible L1 chain incorporating Proof-of-Liquidity consensus, Hemi, a modular Layer 2 integrating Bitcoin and Ethereum, and Soneium, Sony’s Layer 2, built on Optimism’s OP Stack.

Sei (SEI) DeFi Ecosystem Overview

Sei DeFi ecosystem TVL – $462 million, with an 85.3% growth in the last 30 days. Leading the ecosystem are Yei Finance ($223M), Stargate ($40.3M), and SiloStake ($34.5M)

Binance Launches second batch of Vote to List Campaign

Binance invites users to help select new token listings. This round features projects such as Virtual, Bigtime, UXLINK, Morpho, Grass, Aethir, Walrus, Safe, Zeta Chain, Story, Ondo, and Plume. Let's take a look at the initial lineup of projects in this second batch.

Top 15 Countries with the Highest New U.S. Tariffs

The graph showcases countries facing the highest new U.S. tariffs, introduced as a response to existing trade barriers. The highest tariffs target Cambodia (49%), Laos (48%), and Madagascar (47%), with Vietnam, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka also seeing over 40% tariffs.

CoinList returns to the U.S. after a five-year absence

​CoinList has resumed hosting token sales in the United States, marking its return with the DoubleZero (2Z) token sale. The sale is specifically designed for validators operating on Solana, Aptos, Avalanche, Celestia, and Sui networks.

Performance of the latest secondary Coinbase listings

This analysis shows that 9 of the last 10 listings are underwater, with losses hitting as much as 52%. The only gainer is Pendle, up by +10.3% and +$48M in market cap. DOGINME is the biggest price loser (-53.1%), while Morpho saw the largest market cap drop at –$205M.

Recent Projects marked with Binance Monitoring Tags

Binance has flagged ARDR, BSW, FLM, LTO, NKN, PDA, PERP, VIB, VOXEL, and WING with monitoring tags for potential delisting risks. Shortly afterward, prices fell sharply — BSW down 29%, LTO 37%, NKN 27%, PDA 26%, VOXEL 31%, and WING 33%.

Meanwhile, seed tags were removed from JUP, STRK, and TON.

Matcha expands to Solana with cross-chain support and Anti-Rug Pull feature

Matcha now supports Solana, becoming the first DEX to enable trades on SVM and EVM-compatible chains. It also introduces anti-malicious features and revamped token pages to help users avoid memecoin rug pulls & scams.

Matcha, the DEX aggregator by 0x Labs, utilizes 0x Aggregator service alongside other liquidity sources, such as Uniswap, SushiSwap, 1inch, to provide users access to the best possible trading prices.

BNB Chain, YZi Labs, and CMC Labs launch Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Season 9

Season 9 kicks off on April 5 with a two-day in-person event in Hong Kong. A selective process admitted 16 MVB Season 9 Accelerator teams, including BitGPT, Datai, Eurexa AI, Super Protocol, TermiX, Citadel Labs, and more.

Projects by Diluted Valuation launched this week

Let's discover the latest projects making waves in the space. Leading the list are Definitive, an onchain trading platform, StakeStone, an omnichain liquidity infrastructure platform, and PumpBTC, a liquid staking protocol.

The biggest Fundraising Rounds conducted in the last 7 days

Projects that received the most funding include Codex ($15.8M), a blockchain optimized specifically for stablecoins, Ultra ($12M), a blockchain-based PC video gaming ecosystem, and The9 Limited ($8M), an online game operator and developer listed on Nasdaq.

Binance unveils results of the 1st batch of Vote to Delist campaign

Following the campaign results and completion of the due diligence process, Binance will delist BADGER, BAL, BETA, CREAM, CTXC, ELF, FIRO, HARD, NULS, PROS, SNT, TROY, UFT and VIDT on April 16th.

Blackbird has closed a $50M Series B funding round

The funding was led by Spark Capital. ​Blackbird is an open-source intelligence tool designed to quickly search for user accounts by email across numerous platforms, aiding in digital investigations.

WalletConnect (WCT) will hold its initial listing on OKX

Deposits for WCT will open on April 15 at 10:00 UTC. In February 2025, WalletConnect conducted a sale on CoinList, drawing 18,000 participants from 100+ countries and raising $15.5M. WalletConnect is a Web3 communications protocol.

Babylon (BABY) launches on Binance HODLer Airdrops

The BNB subscribers from March 7 to March 12 will receive a BABY airdrop. HODLers Airdrop Supply - 75M BABY. BABY listing is expected to occur on Binance on April 10, 10:00 AM UTC. Babylon enables secure, native Bitcoin staking for PoS network security.

Binance's second voting for a new listing has concluded

UXLINK led the vote with 26.3%, followed by ATH at 17.1% and BIGTIME at 15.2%. IP, PLUME, and SAFE followed with 11.5%, 9.5%, and 6.9% respectively. The rest, including GRASS, ONDO, VIRTUAL, WAL, ZETA, and MORPHO, each received under 5%.

WalletConnect (WCT) will be the 67th project on Binance Launchpool

Launchpool Rewards: 40,000,000 WCT (4%). Users can stake BNB, FDUSD, and USDC to farm WCT over a 4-day period from April 11th. Binance will then list WCT on April 15th, 11:00 AM UTC. WalletConnect is a Web3 communications protocol.

Top-11 PJTs by open interest leverage ratio (OILR)

OILR is calculated by dividing the amount of dollars locked in open perpetual futures contracts by the Market Cap of the cryptocurrency. The higher the OILR, the bigger the impact of the upcoming long/short squeeze on the cryptocurrency price, providing traders with big possibilities for spot trading.