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/

EOS EVM has successfully passed its security audit.

On April 14th, EOS EVM will be live.

https://twitter.com/bigbeardsamurai/status/1644507124599226370

Binance US struggles to find a bank to take its customers' cash after the collapse of Signature Bank.

Deposits were previously sent to either Signature Bank or Silvergate Capital.

Binance US now conducts customer cash through Prime Trust LLC, a crypto services and financial technology firm.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/binance-us-struggles-to-find-bank-to-take-its-customers-cash-83150ac5

According to Coinbase CEO, Coinbase will integrate Bitcoin Lightning Network.

https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1644794656570617856

Arianna Simpson, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, says that a16z will continue to tailor the fund sizes to opportunities it sees in the market.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/08/a16z-will-continue-to-tailor-its-multi-billion-dollar-crypto-funds-to-market-opportunities-gp-says/

Investors sued KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and other Silicon Valley Bank auditors for misrepresenting it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-08/kpmg-goldman-sachs-faulted-in-investor-suit-over-svb-failure

SushiSwap RouterProcessor2 contact has an approve-related bug, which leads to the loss of >$3.3M loss (about 1800 eth).

It is recommended to revoke the signature and transfer funds to another wallet.

https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1644907207530774530

Hong Kong finance minister says that the government will adopt a proper regulation and promotion strategy for Web3.

https://www.fso.gov.hk/sim/blog/blog20230409.htm