according to the official announcement, Binance is expected to suspend token deposits and withdrawals on the Sei (SEI) network on April 2, 2025 at 23:00 (UTC+8) to support its network upgrade. The project team will upgrade the network at block height 139,936,278 (expected on April 3, 2025 at 00:00 UTC+8).

according to on-chain data tracking service Whale Alert, around 11:33 AM Beijing time, 370,000,000 XRP (778,259,699 USD) was locked in a Ripple custody address.

On January 14th, the AIOS Foundation announced that it has completed the destruction of tokens held in its wallet. Previously, the AIOS Foundation issued a statement stating that in order to further enhance the transparency and fairness of the AIOS community, and to promote the AIOS project with the highest standards of integrity, it will destroy all AIOS tokens held by the foundation within the next 24 hours. Two addresses held by the foundation held 64.03% and 2.58% of the AIOS tokens respectively.

 The Data Nerd has monitored that Amber Group deposited 2.2 million VIRTUAL coins with a value of approximately 5.19 million US dollars to Gate 9 hours ago. On the other hand, 2 whales accumulated a total of 1.17 million VIRTUAL coins (approximately 3.03 million US dollars) from Gate 2 hours ago.

 on the 24th local time, Iran and Israel officially announced a ceasefire.

On April 2nd, Senator Ted Cruz of the United States announced the introduction of the "Facilitating Low Emissions Energy Utilization (FLARE) Act," a federal proposal aimed at converting wasted energy into effective use through targeted tax reforms. The federal bill seeks to: amend the 1986 Internal Revenue Code to provide for the full expensing of property used to capture natural gas that would otherwise be flared or emitted, and used for value-added products. Cruz described this measure as a strategic step to leverage the state's abundant energy supply and strengthen its leadership position in the digital asset space. The senator stated: "I am committed to making Texas the premier destination for Bitcoin mining. The 'FLARE Act' incentivizes entrepreneurs and cryptocurrency miners to utilize stranded natural gas."

On March 14th, news came that Trump threatened to impose a 200% tariff on EU alcoholic products, and firmly stated that there would be no "compromise" on Canadian tariffs, insisting on implementing the tariff plan on April 2nd, causing market turmoil. According to 4E monitoring, US stocks collectively plummeted on Thursday, with the S&P 500 index falling by 1.39% and the Dow falling by 1.30% for the fourth consecutive day, with the tech giants dragging down the Nasdaq by 1.96%.

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, revealed that Cardano is discussing the possibility of integrating Ripple's new stablecoin, RLUSD. The aim is to strengthen Cardano's DeFi ecosystem and provide wider opportunities for the use of RLUSD.

monitored by the on-chain analyst Yu Jin, half an hour ago, the whales/institutions that hoard PENDLE withdrew 913,000 PENDLE (2.7 million USD) from Binance. Currently, they have hoarded a total of 2.452 million PENDLE (7.03 million USD) through 3 addresses in the past five days, with an average price of 2.86 USD.

Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store, predicted on social media that BlackRock will apply for Solana and XRP ETFs. The application for Solana ETF may be submitted at any time, while the XRP ETF may be launched after the end of the lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Geraci further explained the basis of his prediction: "BlackRock is currently leading in the asset size of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. I don't think they will allow competitors to launch ETFs on two of the top five non-stablecoin crypto assets without any resistance. BlackRock will also apply for a crypto index ETF."

According to JPMorgan's estimate, ETPs for XRP and SOL may attract nearly $15 billion in net inflows. Matthew Sigel, Director of Digital Asset Research at VanEck, said the forecast takes into account the market capitalization and ETP traffic performance of BTC and ETH.

Gryphon, a bitcoin mining company listed on NASDAQ, announced that its stock price rose by 20% on Friday after acquiring an 850-acre industrial site powered by natural gas from Canadian oil and gas company Captus Generation for $18.7 million.

according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, six hours ago, market maker Amber Group recharged 1.26 million KAITIO to Binance, worth 1.3 million US dollars; from four o'clock in the morning to now, the price of KAITO has dropped by 9.4% (1.0402 US dollars - 0.9421 US dollars).

according to the Japanese listed company Metaplanet, the company has added 160 bitcoins, with an average purchase price of 12,489,609 yen per coin. After this purchase, Metaplanet's total bitcoin holdings reached 4206 coins.

On January 14th, according to an announcement by the Eigen Foundation, the Protocol Council has officially launched and the Foundation has completed the final locked transaction to transfer control to the council. The Protocol Council is the core decision-making body for EigenLayer governance, responsible for reviewing and approving EigenLayer Improvement Proposals (ELIPs) to ensure all protocol upgrades meet security requirements and support the sustainable development of the ecosystem. Council members are composed of diverse representatives from the Eigen ecosystem, aiming to promote decentralized governance of the protocol.

 in a public letter on January 12th, Warren asked incoming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if the Treasury Department should have more power to sanction the cryptocurrency industry. Warren wrote, "Should the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing and Sanctions Programs include a well-designed, risk-based provision to prevent money laundering or terrorist financing involving digital assets?" He is about to become the chief Democrat on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes' family office Maelstrom stated that they have terminated their advisory relationship with Drift Protocol. Any mentioned articles and tweets are outdated and they no longer hold its tokens.

pump.fun tweeted that its mobile application has added a chat function. Users can send private messages, create group chats, and seamlessly share specific token information.

According to official sources, Astar Network has announced that Astar zkEVM will be migrated to Soneium L2. Liquidity providers will need to withdraw assets and liquidity from DEX/DeFi projects on Astar zkEVM and transfer them to Ethereum using Astar Portal's native cross-chain bridge for ETH, DAI, MATIC, USDC, USDT, WBTC, or wsETH. vASTR holders will need to cancel their pledges through Omni and once the pledge period ends, ASTR tokens will automatically be transferred to Astar zkEVM. Other token projects should pay attention to relevant migration announcements. NFT holders do not need to take any action.

 Luo Zhuojian, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a consulting expert of the Ministry of Finance, called for the active development of stablecoins to maintain Hong Kong's financial center advantages. He pointed out that Hong Kong can cooperate with financial institutions in other regions in the application of stablecoins, explore their potential in international settlement and cross-border application models, and also encourage traditional financial institutions, payment platforms, and technology companies to cooperate in promoting the application of stablecoins. In addition to cross-border and payment, stablecoins can also be used in fundraising and asset management, further expanding their application scope. In addition, it is necessary to expand the participation scope of the sandbox, relax the application conditions, and allow more start-ups and innovative projects to test new products in a low-risk environment.