Gitcoin will launch a new funding round from April 25 to May 9.

https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1643964805731205120

$10 trillion asset manager BlackRock Paris headquarters taken over by protestors.French protestors briefly infiltrated BlackRock’s Paris headquarters.

A few dozen trade unionists invaded the U.S. based investment firm‘s offices, raising their voices against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension changes. The French government plans to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. The rioters were chanting slogans and lighting fireworks inside the premises.

https://watcher.guru/news/blackrocks-paris-headquarters-infiltrated-by-protestors

Magic Eden rolls out Bitcoin Ordinals NFT creator launchpad.

Creators will now be able to mint their collections using the marketplace interface.

https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/04/06/magic-eden-rolls-out-bitcoin-ordinals-nft-creator-launchpad/

💧Changes in Crypto Categories vs BTC and ETH over the Q1 2023

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Notifi has joined the Cosmos ecosystem by integrating Injective.

Notifi allows for simplified communication across all web3 messaging channels (Discord, Telegram, SMS, Twitter).

https://medium.com/@mrmarcrose/notifi-enters-the-cosmos-ecosystem-with-injective-and-helix-554c61ffbe82

Solana (SOL) has launched a data compression feature. The first application is an NFT compression.

A key feature of compressed NFTs is that they make large-scale projects economically feasible.

The cost of storing 100 million compressed NFTs is only $1193.

Compressed NFTs are a new class of non-fungible tokens on Solana that employs a technique known as state compression to reduce the load of data storage.

https://solana.com/news/case-study-crossmint

LooksRare V2 is live.

Updates:
- Fee dropped to 0.5%
- Gas 50% cheaper than Blur
- One-signature bulk listing
- Buy 70+ NFTs at once
- Sellers get ETH instead of WETH

The LOOKS price increased by more than 10%.

https://docs.looksrare.org/blog/looksrare-v2-is-live

European Central Bank President reveals plans to launch a digital euro (CBDC), says there will be control over payments.

https://twitter.com/watcherguru/status/1644122520478445570

Twitter removed the DOGE logo.

https://dropstab.com/coins/dogecoin

Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of crypto exchange BitMex, and Akshat Vaidya, BitMex’s former head of corporate development, have established a new investment fund Maelstrom Capital, which will target infrastructure companies.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/07/former-bitmex-ceo-arthur-hayes-calls-his-maelstrom-capital-a-very-patient-fund/

CZ: “Who is the guy that put the bitcoin whitepaper on every Mac? I want to buy him a drink in person.”

https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1643991546512171014

Mina Protocol presented a multi-year public roadmap.

Roadmap is dedicated to the following sections:

▫️Trust minimization
▫️ZK programmability
▫️Settlement layer performance
▫️ Minaverse
▫️Road to DAOfication

https://twitter.com/minaprotocol/status/1644060302911078400

CLV just released the latest version of CLV Scan with enhanced features and improved functionality.

New CLVScan site is already available on mobile and CLV portal, and will soon be available on Chrome extension.

https://twitter.com/clv_org/status/1643966311419248640

xPortal cards, powered by xMoney, are coming to MultiversX in early Q3.

xMoney - a bridge between Fiat and Crypto.

https://t.me/MultiversXAnn/1831

The deadline for selection of repayment methods and registration of payee information for Mt Gox creditors has passed.

Repayments are currently scheduled to be made by October 31, 2023.

https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20230407_announcement_en.pdf

A contender to be the prime minister of Thailand is promising every citizen 10,000 Thai Baht (approximately $300) in digital currency if his party forms a government following a general election scheduled for May.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/07/head-of-thailands-opposition-party-promises-300-crypto-airdrop-if-elected-prime-minister/

dYdX is winding down user access from Canada.

New users located in Canada are not allowed to onboard to the exchange anymore.

Therefore, existing users will be able to continue to execute trades on the platform for one week.

On April 14th at 17:00 UTC, dYdX will move all existing users in Canada to close-only mode, and users will maintain the ability to withdraw funds from the protocol at any time. 

https://dydx.exchange/blog/canada-wind-down

OpenSea has introduced new updates for improving the user experience of the platform:

▫️Wallet overhaul w/ streamlined wrapping/unwrapping ETH
▫️Live balance refreshes
▫️Collection offer modal updates
▫️Offers tab for collection offer depth
▫️Trait filter on offers tab

https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1644434578676019200

Variant Fund has announced the launch of the Variant Founder Fellowship, a three-month program for Web3 founders at the earliest stages of their journey.

Fellows will get access to Variant’s peer network of founders, builders, and experts operating at the bleeding edge of crypto, and learn from functional experts in web3 and build alongside teams in the Variant portfolio that are further along in their journeys.

Applications are now open until April 17th, 2023.

https://variant.fund/variant-founder-fellowship/