Binance has announced the next IEO - Cartesi.

Launchpad Hard Cap: $1,500,000
Max Number of Winning Lottery Tickets: 7,500
Allocation Per Winning Ticket: $200

Lottery:
BNB hourly snapshots: Apr 14, 0:00 - Apr 21, 0:00 UTC.
Ticket claim: Apr 21, 6:00 - Apr 22, 6:00 UTC
Announcement of winners: Apr 22, 8:00 UTC.

https://twitter.com/binance/status/1249638666315522049
https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041795572

Binance has announced the official launch of Binance Options trading. Options trading is currently only available on the latest version of Binance mobile app.

https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041793272-Binance-Launches-Options-Trading-on-Mobile-App

Chinese tech giants Tencent and Alibaba filed the most blockchain patent applications in 2019.

Overall, about 63% of firms with over 20 blockchain patent filings are based in China. The U.S. follows next.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/61547/chinese-tech-giants-tencent-alibaba-filed-for-the-most-blockchain-patents-last-year

The Blockchain Research Institute headed by China’s Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) has released its 17th Global Public Chain Technology Evaluation Index.

EOS, Tron and Ethereum keep the first three places in the list. Bitcoin is now ranked 14th.

http://news.ccidnet.com/2020/0413/10520453.shtml
https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinese-public-blockchain-index-ranks-bitcoin-14th-while-eos-tops-list

Blackmoon Crypto, an exchange that aspired to be the first to sell Telegram’s blockchain tokens, is closing.

https://www.coindesk.com/exchange-banking-on-tons-gram-tokens-to-shut-down-after-telegram-court-order

BNB balance snapshots for Cartesi IEO have started on Binance Launchpad.

Ticket claim: Apr 21, 6:00 - Apr 22, 6:00 UTC
Announcement of winners: Apr 22, 8:00 UTC.

https://launchpad.binance.com/en/lottery/b135073088dd4ce7ae8c40a52a99628d#lpd2
https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041795572
💧 icodrops.com/cartesi

Upbit today lists Origin Protocol and opens OGN/BTC trading pair.

https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=1237
💧 icodrops.com/origin-protocol

JUST, the first IEO on Poloniex Launchbase, will airdrop $JST tokens every month during the next two and a half years to TRON holders.

1. May 20 - 2.2% of the total supply
2. June 20, 2020 — May 20, 2021 (12 months) - 2.4% of the total supply
3. June 20, 2021 — May 20, 2022 (12 months) - 2.6% of the total supply
4. June 20, 2022 — October 20, 2022 (5 months) - 2.8% of the total supply

https://medium.com/@TronFoundation/just-jst-airdrops-for-tron-trx-holders-ef0c68cc8267
💧 icodrops.com/just

It looks like there will be something new from Binance.

https://twitter.com/binance/status/1249955574428487680

BitMax lists OneLedger.
OLT trading starts on April 15, 14:00 UTC.

https://bitmaxhelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046065694-BitMax-io-Listing-of-OneLedger-OLT-Upcoming-OLT-BitTreasure-Net-Buy-Contest-with-30-000
💧 icodrops.com/oneledger

Coinbase Custody is launching staking support for holders of Polkadot's DOT tokens with the help of blockchain infrastructure firm Bison Trails.

https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-custody-to-support-polkadot-staking-with-up-to-20-returns

Binance will be adding support for Ark (ARK) staking starting from 2020/04/15.

https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042267411

Vitalik Buterin: "Mining on phones is a fool's game. Goes against everything we know about hardware economies of scale and more likely to trick users with false hope than help them.

*Staking* on phones, OTOH, is IMO quite promising..."

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1249692200369360897

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), which coordinates rules for the Group of 20 (G20) economies, has issued recommendations for regulating “global stablecoins” such as the Facebook-led Libra project.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61743/g20-watchdog-issues-recommendations-for-regulating-global-stablecoins
https://www.fsb.org/wp-content/uploads/P140420-1.pdf

Bitmain is handing out cash coupons to compensate customers who ordered its latest bitcoin mining machines ahead of recent price markdowns.

https://www.coindesk.com/bitmain-partially-refunds-bitcoin-miner-buyers-after-price-cuts

China’s government has announced members of its national blockchain committee.
It includes executives from China’s central bank, as well as from tech giants Baidu and Tencent.
The committee would work on setting industrial standards for blockchain technology.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61734/china-announces-members-of-its-national-blockchain-committee-includes-baidu-and-tencent-executives

Andreessen Horowitz is aiming to raise $450m for a second cryptocurrency investment fund.

https://www.ft.com/content/329ca57b-5b57-4c81-9037-e704ef5c4476

China is poised to launch its national blockchain platform as part of Beijing's grand strategy to lead the digital transformation of the world economy.

https://www.coindesk.com/inside-chinas-plan-to-power-global-blockchain-adoption

The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), one of the nation's four state-owned banking giants, is trialing a test interface for the country's central bank digital currency (CBDC).

https://www.coindesk.com/chinese-state-owned-bank-offers-test-interface-for-pboc-central-bank-digital-currency

Google Removes 49 Phishing Extensions That Steal Cryptocurrency Data

https://cointelegraph.com/news/google-removes-49-phishing-extensions-that-steal-cryptocurrency-data

China’s Digital Yuan Reportedly to Test in Four Cities — Shenzhen, Chengdu, Suzhou and Xiongan.

Screenshots of a purported pilot version of a wallet app for China’s forthcoming digital yuan are circulating on social media.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinas-digital-yuan-reportedly-to-test-in-four-cities