Binance is experiencing an issue with its DNS service provider.
Users can access Binance backup site.

https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1250411645307744256

Binance.com DNS has been restored.

https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1250432336774086660?s=21

Prysmatic Labs, the Ethereum 2.0 client implementation team, is set to launch a new version of its testnet this weekend.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/61996/eth-2-0-client-team-prysmatic-labs-is-releasing-a-new-test-network-this-weekend

Solana Partners with Terra to Build a Low-Latency Token Bridge, Bringing Stablecoins To The Solana Ecosystem.

https://medium.com/solana-labs/solana-partners-with-terra-to-build-a-low-latency-token-bridge-bringing-stablecoins-to-the-solana-180d76b22a22

Binance will list Rupiah Token (IDRT) and open trading for BNB/IDRT, BTC/IDRT, USDT/IDRT and BUSD/IDRT trading pairs at 2020/04/17 4:00 AM (UTC).

Rupiah Token (IDRT) is a stablecoin issued by PT Rupiah Token Indonesia that is pegged at a 1:1 ratio to the Indonesian Rupiah.

https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042362191

Binance is intriguing and has published a video with the word "evolve " and Binance logo.

https://twitter.com/binance/status/1250680479239434241

The next phase of China's digital currency public beta will begin in May.
The digital Yuan will replace half of state employees' transportation allowances. The test pilot will initially target employees in the city of Suzhou.

https://decrypt.co/25764/chinas-digital-yuan-to-go-live-in-may-for-government-employees

The U.S. state of Wyoming has amended its insurance code to allow domestic insurance companies to invest in “digital assets” such as bitcoin.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/62059/wyoming-passes-law-to-allow-insurance-companies-to-invest-in-bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrencies

With Cartesi being announced as the next project to be on Binance Launchpad, Binance and Cartesi are collaborating to give away 50,000 USD in CTSI tokens as rewards for users that compete in Cartesi’s Creepts game. Creepts is a decentralized tower defense tournament game built on top of Cartesi’s Layer 2 solution for blockchains.

https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042358331-Play-Cartesi-s-Creepts-Game-to-Enter-a-50-000-CTSI-Token-Giveaway
💧 icodrops.com/cartesi

Libra now plans to develop a handful of stablecoins each representing a different fiat currency. Libra still intends to issue a multi-currency stablecoin, but it would be backed by the new stablecoins, rather than directly by fiat currencies held in a bank.

https://www.coindesk.com/libra-scales-back-global-currency-ambitions-in-concession-to-regulators
https://libra.org/en-US/blog/libra-developers-the-path-forward/

Asset management firm Grayscale reported record inflows in the first quarter of 2020.
Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) led the pack with inflows topping $388.9 million.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/62032/grayscale-quarter-report-record-inflows-crypto

Binance will be adding support for Tomochain (TOMO) staking starting from 2020/04/18.

https://binance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042426811

Binance Chain Community Releases Whitepaper for Enabling Smart Contracts

🔸 Smart Contracts
🔸 $BNB Staking
🔸 Open Source
🔸 EVM Compatible
🔸 Fast Block Times
🔸 Low Transaction Costs

https://twitter.com/binance/status/1251058130428952576?s=21
https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684900520/Introducing-the-Binance-Smart-Chain-for-Smart-Contracts

For the 11th quarterly BNB Burn, Binance burned 3,373,988 BNB, equivalent to 52.4 million $USD.

This is the biggest BNB burn ever recorded, in terms of both BNB and fiat volume.

https://twitter.com/binance/status/1251342636511715332
https://twitter.com/binance/status/1251342788223922176
https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684900521/11th-BNB-Burn-%7C-First-Quarter-Highlights-and-Notes-from-CZ
https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684900521/11th-BNB-Burn-%7C-First-Quarter-Highlights-and-Notes-from-CZ

Decentralized finance protocol dForce has lost over 99 percent of its assets ($25M) in an attack Saturday night.

https://defipulse.com/dforce
https://www.coindesk.com/attacker-drains-decentralized-protocol-dforce-of-25m-in-weekend-attack

Renaissance, which had nearly $166 billion in regulatory assets under management at the end of 2019, has “permitted” the Medallion fund to enter the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) cash-settled bitcoin futures market.

https://www.coindesk.com/166b-asset-manager-renaissance-eyes-bitcoin-futures-for-flagship-fund

Central Bank of China claims that digital Yuan will not cause inflation.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bank-of-china-says-digital-yuan-will-not-cause-inflation

Venture Smart Asia Ltd. has launched Hong Kong’s first approved cryptocurrency fund with a target first-year size of $100 million, offering an officially sanctioned window for institutional investors in Bitcoin.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/hong-kong-s-first-approved-crypto-fund-is-targeting-100-million

Facebook is still actively hiring for hundreds of roles in Ireland and intends to create 50 new jobs by the end of 2020 for its financial services subsidiary Calibra.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/facebook-continuing-to-hire-for-hundreds-of-roles-in-ireland-1.4232703

Coinbase is making another big push into the institutional market – and it has hired former Barclays executive Brett Tejpaul.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/62362/coinbase-taps-barclays-executive-to-lead-institutional-business

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, has said that its digital currency could be used in the 2022 Winter Olympics event.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/62418/chinas-central-bank-says-digital-currency-could-be-used-in-2022-winter-olympics