As google searches for Ethereum decline, BNB and NFT gain popularity.

Retail interest in the crypto market increases as new Twitter following of crypto exchanges nears all-time-high.

🔊YFDAI is excited to announce that their SSGT Pre-sale will take place at 5 pm UTC on Wednesday, May 5th, 20 days from today!

☝️🏻 Pre-sale Eligibility: The SSGT Presale will launch on YFDAI LaunchPad and will only be available to those Staking or Farming YF-DAI for at least 15 days prior to the pre-sale (snapshot at 5 pm UTC on Apr. 20th).

⛏ Uses of SSGT:

1. DAO Governance Voting
2. SafeSwap Liquidity Rewards
3. Earn Staking Rewards of 72% / year
4. Upsize Your Pre-sales Allocations

🧠 SSGT Airdrop Reminder: To receive your SSGT airdrop, don’t lower the amount of YF-DAI they hold/stake/farm between the final qualifying snapshot (March 16) through the initial SSGT airdrop claim date (1 month after SSGT listing)

📖 Review YFDAI's full SSGT Summary and FAQ on their Medium page: https://yfdaifinance.medium.com/ssgt-key-points-and-faq-8fbac372ea19

OpenEthereum ETH nodes out of consensus at block 12244295 after Berlin activation — link

$SXP/BTC breakout and retest confirmed. Now UP ONLY.

https://www.tradingview.com/x/y9LoAVWT/

Bitcoin plunge to $51k liquidates $7.8 billion worth of positions.

According to bybt.com, in the past 24h over 1 million traders got liquidated with nearly $10 billion worth of positions across exchanges.

CZ is going to burn a huge amount of #BNB at some point.

EASY dumping hard ...

Seems there are some big issues going on, probably a hack

⁠Bitcoin traders are eyeing these price levels as BTC rebounds from weekend crash

Bitcoin is recovering and traders are pinpointing $57,000 and $60,300 as the key short-term price levels to watch.

https://ct.com/9jpo

$ONT may follow $NEO

The amount of Tether launched on Tron (USDT_TRX) is catching up to the amount of Tether launched on Ethereum (USDT_ETH).

USDT_ETH appears to be used for relatively large transfers, while USDT_TRX is typically used for smaller transactions — link

Former top bank regulator Brian Brooks will become the new CEO of Binance U.S. — link

GBTC sinks to record 17.8% discount

In the spirit of transparency and trust, YFDAI has started an interview series with core YFDAI team members and advisors.

🗣YFDAI's first interview installment features LaunchPad Manager & Legal Advisor, Richard V. ESQ!

👉🏼In this interview, you will learn more about Richard, his views on the DeFi market as a whole, the vetting process of new YFDAI LaunchPad projects, fulfilling YFDAI’s vision, key regulatory developments, and some hints on the road ahead.

🗓YFDAI will be putting out a new interview every week, in addition to more community AMAs, new marketing initiatives, and more.

👨🏽‍💻Stay tuned and read the full interview on YFDAI's Medium page: https://yfdaifinance.medium.com/get-to-know-yfdai-an-interview-with-launchpad-manager-legal-advisor-richard-v-esq-63ddf7bd0d9c

🚀This will be a busy week of announcements (new website, new detailed roadmap, etc...), so check YFDAI's Announcement channel daily (https://t.me/yfdai)

According to glassnode, the number of addresses holding 10,000 $ETH has just reached a new all time high

⁠Bitcoin bears have a $340M lead heading into Friday’s BTC options expiry

$1.55 billion in Bitcoin options are set to expire on April 23 and the recent BTC crash to $51,000 has given bears a $340 million advantage.

https://ct.com/9jwo

CME ether futures saw record volumes on Monday.

In the near term, the breakout of the ETH/BTC pair could lead to a broader parabolic rally, particularly for altcoins.

The strong momentum $ETH is showing at the moment would likely spill over to alts.