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ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created address (0x70d... d318) received 25,000 ETH worth $57 130 000 from BitGo. This address may belong to Bitmine.

According to ChainCatcher news, the re-staking protocol Puffer Finance officially announced that it has invested treasury funds into the DeFi United ecological rescue operation led by Aave, but did not disclose the specific amount. Puffer believes that strong infrastructure and consistent incentives are key to DeFi gaining support at critical moments.

ChainCatcher news, according to BBX data, yesterday's mining enterprise credit management, Ethereum treasury reserve update and Bitcoin reserve expansion action were implemented simultaneously, and the core dynamics are as follows: Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: $RIOT) disclosed in its SEC Form 8-K signed on April 21 and published by CoinDesk on April 28 that the company has completed the second amendment to its credit agreement with Coinbase Credit, Inc., switching the original floating rate $200 million secured term loan to a fixed interest rate and extending the maturity date by 364 days, while retaining the option to extend it for another 364 days; The loan size and collateral structure remain unchanged, and the collateral is still Bitcoin, USDC, and Coinbase Custody cash in custody. The company's Bitcoin holdings have dropped from 19,368 at the beginning of the year to 15,680; If the price of BTC falls further, the selling pressure will continue under the loan-to-value ratio constraints, which is an analytical judgment and is not officially disclosed by the company. Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: $BMNR) released its latest position update on April 27, holding 5,078,386 ETH (approximately $2,369 at the market price of the day, market capitalization of approximately $12.04 billion), and 200 BTC, $200 million in equity in Beast Industries (owned by MrBeast) and $91 million in cash. the total amount of combined crypto assets and strategic investments is approximately $13.3 billion; ETH holdings account for approximately 4.21% of the total circulating supply, which is the size accumulated by the company in the 10 months since launching its Ethereum treasury strategy in June 2025. Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: $ASST) disclosed through an official announcement on GlobeNewswire on April 27 that the company purchased approximately 789 BTC (at a cost of approximately $61.43 million, with an average price of approximately $77,890), bringing its total holdings to approximately 14,557 BTC as of April 24; During the same period, it held $90.5 million in cash and equivalents, $50.3 million in Strategy Preferred Shares (STRC), and the total market value of BTC reserves was about $1.13 billion, surpassing Hut 8 to rank ninth in the world's listed Bitcoin reserves.

According to the Wall Street Journal: U.S. President Donald Trump instructed his aides to prepare for a long-term blockade of Iran. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher reported that after ASOS co-founder Quentin Griffiths fell to his death in Thailand, about $4 million in assets in his Bitcoin wallet were transferred. The funds were transferred from Quentin Griffiths' online account to an unknown location in three separate transactions within days of his death. His eldest son, Joel, reported the incident to the police six weeks after his father's death. Thai police are currently investigating the asset theft. Quentin Griffiths was previously investigated for alleged fraud and faced multiple legal proceedings and family property disputes before and after the fall.

According to ChainCatcher news, according to SoSoValue data, the XRP spot ETF had a total net inflow of $2.2018 million in a single day. The total historical net inflow now stands at $424 million. As of press time, the total net asset value of the XRP spot ETF was $1.053 billion, the XRP net asset ratio was 1.23%, and the cumulative net inflow in history had reached $1.293 billion.

The Canadian federal government announced in its spring economic update report released on Tuesday that it plans to ban cryptocurrency ATMs to protect citizens from scams. The government defines cryptocurrency ATMs as the primary means by which scammers, victims of fraud, and criminals transfer illicit funds. FINTRAC's previous analysis revealed that cryptocurrency ATMs have become the primary channel for scammers in Canada to obtain victims' funds. With such devices unbanked and lack of manual audits, funds are transferred quickly and difficult to trace. Canada currently has nearly 4,000 cryptocurrency ATMs, ranking first in the world in per capita ownership. The Canadian government said the measure aims to ensure that citizens purchase virtual currency through physical money service businesses while better protecting against illegal activities. Previously, countries such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia had implemented restrictions or bans against cryptocurrency ATMs.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Magazine, former PayPal president and Lightspark CEO David Marcus announced the launch of a new Bitcoin wallet that supports AI agents to purchase BTC and send and receive funds.

According to ChainCatcher news, RedStone, a decentralized oracle service provider, has officially launched RedStone Settle, a settlement layer product for decentralized finance, aiming to solve the structural obstacles faced by tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) as collateral for lending protocols. The core mechanism of this product is on-chain auctions: when a lending protocol triggers a liquidation event, liquidity providers can immediately intervene to purchase relevant positions, provide instant liquidity to the protocol, and bear the risk of delayed redemption of the underlying assets themselves. This move aims to bridge the mismatch between the near-instant liquidation required by DeFi platforms like Aave and the redemption cycles typically ranging from 60 to 180 days for RWAs, including tokenized funds and bonds. RedStone said the solution is expected to activate over $30 billion in tokenized RWAs currently idle in DeFi and enable users to borrow and borrow in interest-bearing positions more efficiently. According to RWA.xyz data, after excluding stablecoins, the current tokenized RWA market size has exceeded $30 billion, mainly dominated by US Treasury bond exposure and private credit products.

According to ChainCatcher news, Trump's second son Eric Trump responded to Forbes for criticizing him for using Bitcoin business to arbitrage large amounts of money and harm MAGA investors. Eric called Forbes a shame on journalism. Just over a year ago, American Bitcoin (ABTC), the Bitcoin company, did not exist. Listed on Nasdaq 7 months and 25 days ago, ABTC today holds more than 7,000 Bitcoins, making it the 16th largest publicly traded Bitcoin company in the world, backed by a huge cluster of nearly 90,000 mining machines, 28 EH/s of hashrate, and access to the highest quality energy in the United States. In Q4 alone, Bitcoin on the balance sheet increased by 58%, mining costs were 53% lower than Bitcoin's market price, and Q4 revenue reached $78.3 million, up 22% QoQ. American Bitcoin is arguably the fastest company in this space to break into the "Top 100" rankings and is actively expanding its mining scale every day. This narrative is the same as Forbes' argument back then. ChainCatcher previously reported that Forbes published an article criticizing Trump's second son Eric Trump's Bitcoin business as a disaster, and pointed out that Eric Trump's promotion of his Bitcoin company American Bitcoin (ABTC) as a money printing machine is actually just an arbitrage tool dedicated to harming investors who support MAGA (Make America Great Again).

ChainCatcher news, Forbes published an article criticizing Trump's second son Eric Trump's Bitcoin business as a disaster, and pointed out that Eric Trump's promotion of his Bitcoin company American Bitcoin (ABTC) as a money printing machine is actually just an arbitrage tool to harm investors who support MAGA (Make America Great Again). American Bitcoin, founded in 2025 and quickly listed on Nasdaq, has boosted its valuation to $13.2 billion with the help of the Trump family brand and the Bitcoin craze. Eric Trump touted the company as a "leader in the Bitcoin world" during its earnings call, but the company actually has only a handful of full-time employees and relies primarily on story marketing rather than solid operations. While the company continued to sell shares to buy Bitcoin at high valuations, Eric raised his personal wealth from about $190 million to $280 million, and other insiders also made huge profits. At the same time, ordinary investors, especially MAGA supporters, have suffered heavy losses. American Bitcoin stock has fallen by about 92% from its peak over the past eight months, resulting in cumulative losses of about $500 million among investors. Forbes questioned the actual profitability of American Bitcoin's Bitcoin mining business, arguing that its advertised "half-price mining" was difficult to achieve and was more about using the Trump brand for high-priced stock dumping.

According to ChainCatcher news, LayerZero Labs announced a commitment to provide more than 10,000 ETH to the DeFi United ecological rescue operation led by Aave. This includes donating 5000 ETH and depositing an additional 5000 ETH to enhance Aave market liquidity.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, former Federal Reserve vice chairman and economist Roger Ferguson said that the labor market is currently in a roughly stable state, but inflation remains at a high level of 3% and there is still a lot of work to be done. He expects the Fed to remain on hold for the time being and observe the development of the situation. Goldman Sachs Group economist David Merrick also expects the Fed's post-meeting statement to acknowledge the improvement of the job market and rising inflation, but policy guidance will remain unchanged, and most people are expected to support keeping interest rates unchanged.

According to TechFlow news, on April 29, according to the official disclosure of Tropykus, the decentralized lending protocol Tropykus announced the launch of the gradual closure process of the current version of the protocol, and the deposit and lending functions will be permanently disabled, and users can withdraw and repay through tropykus.com until July 27, 2026. The team stated that the decision to close was due to long-term strategic evolution considerations and did not stem from previous security reports received by Money on Chain partners. The report previously prompted the protocol to preemptively suspend deposits and add new lending capabilities, but the team emphasized that the decision to close was discussed internally before the incident, and the security incident only accelerated it. At the technical level, the team pointed out that the original architecture was designed in an early technical environment, and in the face of security challenges brought by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, the existing architecture is no longer able to meet the long-term development needs. The team recommends that all users complete withdrawals and close their lending positions through tropykus.com before July 27, 2026, and operations after the deadline will require the technical ability to interact directly with smart contracts.

On April 29, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis issued an article in response to reporters' concerns about the developer protection provision of the CLARITY Act, saying, "This is not a new problem, and efforts are currently being made to improve the provision, committed to ensuring the safety of non-fund transfer developers, and holding criminals accountable." ”

The Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations issued a statement on social media on the 28th, saying that Iran has the right to take all necessary measures to respond to security threats within its territorial waters. The statement pointed out that as a major coastal state in the territorial waters where the Strait of Hormuz is located, Iran has the legal right to take necessary and reciprocal measures to deal with emerging security threats. The Iranian side stressed that these measures are aimed at ensuring safe navigation and preventing the Strait of Hormuz from being used for hostile or military purposes. The statement accused the United States of illegal actions endangering the safety of international navigation. The statement also reiterated that any transportation disruption in the Persian Gulf region and its consequences should be borne by the United States. (CCTV News)

According to TechFlow news, on April 29, according to on-chain analyst PeckShield (@PeckShieldAlert), YieldCore-3rd-deal, a treasury owned by Trading Protocol, was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $398,000. The attack was caused by a vulnerability in the contract that was missing from caller permission verification, which the attacker exploited to bypass the authorization mechanism and withdraw all funds from the vault. At present, relevant on-chain transaction records have been disclosed.

According to Bloomberg, on April 29, JPMorgan Chase has appointed former Goldman Sachs executive Oliver Harris as head of its blockchain division, Kinexys. Harris officially joined the bank earlier this month and will be primarily responsible for advancing the commercialization of Kinexys' applications and deepening partnerships with institutional clients.

ChainCatcher reported that despite Bitcoin's recent rally, investors are betting more on its price decline. CEX. IO data shows that the interest rate paid by short traders to maintain short positions was around 11%, rising to 19% at one point, the highest level since early 2023. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is going through one of the largest hoarding phases in history. Strong buying and short bets are rising at the same time, indicating that there may be significant price movements in the market, and one side may be "squeezed" or reversed. Bitcoin is currently down 1.6% at $75,754.