Ray Chan, co-founder of the internationally acclaimed meme platform 9GAG, has officially completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Howking Technology International Holdings Limited and announced plans to rename the company as MemeStrategy Inc. ("MemeStrategy")

MemeStrategy is committed to driving the adoption and application of AI and blockchain technologies.

https://www.prnewswire.com/apac/news-releases/9gag-founder-completes-acquisition-of-controlling-stake-in-howking-tech-2440hk-proposing-rename-to-memestrategy-set-to-become-asias-first-publicly-listed-virtual-asset-ecosystem-venture-302416945.html

Franklin Templeton explores crypto ETP offering in Europe

https://www.etfstream.com/articles/franklin-templeton-explores-crypto-etp-offering-in-europe

Japan's second-largest bank SMBC eyes stablecoin launch with Ava Labs

https://www.theblock.co/post/349208/japans-second-largest-bank-smbc-eyes-stablecoin-launch-with-ava-labs-nikkei

Grayscale Launches Grayscale® Bitcoin Covered Call ETF (Ticker: BTCC) and Grayscale® Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (Ticker: BPI)

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/02/3054292/0/en/Grayscale-Launches-Grayscale-Bitcoin-Covered-Call-ETF-Ticker-BTCC-and-Grayscale-Bitcoin-Premium-Income-ETF-Ticker-BPI.html

Binance Introduces the 2nd Batch of Vote to List Campaign: VIRTUAL, BIGTIME, UXLINK, MORPHO, GRASS, ATH, WAL, SAFE, ZETA, IP, ONDO, and PLUME

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/8c015531bfc34ac3bebfc15b939e4647

PayPal Adds Solana (SOL) and Chainlink (LINK) for Customers in the U.S. and U.S. Territories

https://x.com/TreeNewsFeed/status/1907448774240170306

The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 61.23%

Market Cap - $2.70T
BTC - $83,500.14 (-1.36%)
ETH - $1,824.19 (-2.98%)
XRP - $2.05 (-1.95%)
BNB - $601.16 (+0.04%)
SOL - $119.79 (-3.8%)

https://dropstab.com

CoinList has announced the DoubleZero token sale

Indication Submission + Validator Verification: April 2 - 10
KYC & Accreditation: April 2 - 22
Allocation Generation: April 11 - April 15
Eligible participants will receive their allocation on April 15th
Purchase Period: April 15 - April 22
Token Price: To be determined based on the indicated interest from validators and announced on April 15
Vesting Schedule: US Purchasers: 1-year cliff from purchase date.
Non-US Purchasers: the longer of (i) mainnet or (ii) 40-days from purchase date.
Allocated Supply: Up to 150,000,000 2Z (1.5% of initial supply)

https://coinlist.co/doublezero

Jupiter buys DRiP Haus

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/04/02/solana-s-jupiter-buys-drip-haus-defi-exchange-s-first-nft-play

BlackRock received approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority to operate as a crypto asset firm in the country, while Galaxy Digital has been granted a license to execute derivatives trading through its London office.

https://www.theblock.co/post/349259/fca-crypto-asset-firm-register-blackrock-galaxy-digital

FDUSD recovered after depegging

Yesterday, FDUSD stablecoin, issued by the Hong Kong-based trust First Digital Trust (FDT), decreased by more than 12% following statements from Justin Sun.

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/a43abc2076b14f768669703ee5f93574

Binance Wallet announced the Token Generation Event on BNB Smart Chain for StakeStone

StakeStone Subscription Details:
Token Name: STO (StakeStone)
Start Date: 3rd April, 2025 08:00 UTC
End Date: 3rd April, 2025 08:30 UTC
Total Raise Amount: $1,000,000 in BNB
Available Token: 50,000,000 (5% of the total supply)
Price per Token: $0.02 USD in BNB
Subscription Cap per Binance Wallet user: 3 BNB
DEX Trading Date: Immediately after 3rd April, 2025 08:30 UTC in Binance Wallet DEX or on PancakeSwap

StakeStone is a decentralized omnichain liquidity infrastructure protocol designed to transform how liquidity is acquired, distributed, and utilized across blockchain ecosystems. StakeStone powers a growing suite of products including STONE (yield-bearing liquid ETH), SBTC and STONEBTC (liquid and yield-generating BTC assets), and LiquidityPad, a customizable liquidity vault platform for emerging chains.

https://www.binance.com/en/events/stakestone-tge-rules

Treasure DAO is restructuring as “a matter of survival” to extend its financial runway to at least February 2026

Treasure DAO chief contributor John Patten says the annual burn rate for the DAO has been $8.3 million, but the new measures aim to reduce costs.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/treasure-dao-announces-huge-pivot-attempt-extend-runway

Startale Group is taking a strategic step in supporting the Astar ecosystem through a direct, onchain investment backed by real usage of the Soneium sequencer

https://startale.com/en/blog/ASTR-Investment-Initiative

South Korea may open up local crypto market to foreign investors if AML strengthens

https://www.theblock.co/post/349411/south-korea-local-crypto-market-foreign-investors-aml

The Cardano Foundation announces the launch of Veridian, an open-source digital identity platform for individuals and organizations

https://cardanofoundation.org/blog/veridian-digital-identity-platform