Global Payments is buying Worldpay for $24.3B!๐ฐ Deal includes acquiring 45% from FIS & 55% from GTCR. FIS gets Global Payments' issuer solutions biz valued at $13.5B. GTCR gets cash/stock & retains 15% stake. Expected to close 1H 2026. #fintech #acquisition #payments
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Eliza Labs launches auto.fun, a no-code AI agent platform! ๐ค Deploy AI agents for tasks like DeFi & social media management without coding. They're using a "super fair" token launch. ๐ 15 projects are already integrated, including FightFi & Kryptonite. Open-source & transparent! โจ #AI #NoCode #DeFi
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SEC bans UAE's CLS Global from US transactions, imposing a $425K fine for manipulating the crypto asset "NexFundAI". CLS Global created a false trading market, enticing retail investors. The ruling follows an FBI investigation and guilty plea.
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Whale Alert reported a transfer of 700 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $59 million, from the Kraken exchange to a Coinbase institutional account at 21:41 Beijing time.
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Grayscale Transfers 5,160 ETH to Coinbase
On-chain data indicates that Grayscale transferred approximately 5,160.7 ETH to a Coinbase hot wallet from its Coinbase Prime deposit address at 21:26 Beijing time. The transferred ETH was valued at around $8.24 million at the time of the transaction.
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ECB President Lagarde Urges EU to Accelerate Digital Euro Efforts
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has called on the European Union to intensify its efforts regarding the capital markets union and the digital euro project.
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Rumor: OpenAI might acquire Windsurf (formerly Codeium), an AI programming assistant, for $3B! ๐คฏ This would be their biggest acquisition yet, boosting their AI programming tools. Windsurf was valued at $1.25B last year. #OpenAI #AI #Windsurf
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Market sources indicate that European financial regulators are scrutinizing the traditional safe-haven designation of U.S. Treasury bonds.
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KiloEx reports April 15th hack to Hong Kong Police, working with Cybercrime Division & SlowMist to find perpetrators. Vulnerability patched, trading to resume soon, existing positions safe. Raising funds for compensation. Vault funds secure, stolen assets unmoved.
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Ethena & Securitize launching Converge mainnet (Q2)! ๐ Built on Arbitrum & Celestia, Converge focuses on Real World Assets (RWA) & DeFi. USDe/USDtb power gas, ENA staking secures. Bridging TradFi & crypto with compliant apps. #DeFi #RWA #Ethena #Securitize
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John Williams of the Federal Reserve indicated that the long-term federal funds rate is likely to remain around 3%.
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BNB Chain burned 1,579,207.72 BNB in its 31st quarterly burn on April 16th! ๐ฅ That's ~$916 million worth of tokens destroyed. Remaining supply: 139.3M BNB, with 40.887M more planned for future burns. #BNB #cryptocurrency
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Initial jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending April 12th totaled 215,000, the lowest figure since the week of February 8, 2025. This is down from the previous week's 223,000 and below the expected 225,000.
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ECB cuts key interest rates! Deposit facility rate down 25bps to 2.25%, a widely expected move. Main refinancing and marginal lending rates also reduced. This is the 6th consecutive rate cut by the ECB.
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Dormant Ethereum whale, inactive for 3 years, just moved 6,000 ETH ( ~$9.55M)! X user AIๅงจ reports the whale, a 2015 ICO participant holding 76,000 ETH, transferred the funds to a new address. Rumors say 3,000 ETH (~$4.78M) may already be sold, bought originally for $0.31 each! ๐ณ๐ฐ
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Whale alert! ๐ณ๐ฐ An address invested nearly $8M in $HYPE on Hyperliquid, buying 376,442 tokens at ~$15.90. They've already made $266K in 5 days and have orders pending for 100K more! #crypto #HYPE #whale
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DOJ re-evaluating crypto crime victim compensation after asset value surges, per Unchained. Current rules reimburse based on value *at time of theft*, not current value. FTX example: Bitcoin at $17.5k in 2022, now over $108k. Potential policy changes could mean fairer payouts.
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Lombard Finance launches a BTC staking SDK, enabling one-click staking & LBTC minting (3% APY). Binance & Bybit integrated, aiming to unlock $154B in idle Bitcoin for DeFi. TVL in Lombard DeFi Vault exceeds $200M. #BTC #DeFi
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited Beijing, meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng & DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng (FT). Discussions focused on customizing next-gen chips for China, which Huang called a "very important market," expressing hope for continued collaboration. #Nvidia #China #AI
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