SpaceX's Dragon safely landed! 🎉 Crew included F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang, Jannicke Mikkelsen, Rabea Rogge, & Eric Phillips. The Fram2 mission, launched April 1, 2025, was the first crewed polar orbital flight & sponsored by Wang. A four-day success! 🚀
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Avara (Aave's parent company) launches Lens Chain mainnet, an Ethereum layer-2 network! CEO @StaniKulechov says it's built to boost decentralized social media apps with optimal tools, low transaction costs, and strong security. #LensChain #Aave #DeFi #SocialFi
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P2P me, a crypto P2P payment app, raised $2M led by Multicoin Capital & Coinbase Ventures (via CoinDesk). It converts stablecoins like USDC to fiat in Indonesia, Nigeria, & Vietnam, skipping exchanges & KYC. Plans to expand to Latin America & launch a token in 12 months! #crypto #fintech
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PumpFun live streaming returns for 5% of users after a pause for harmful content. New content management system & guidelines in place. Violators risk losing streaming access or account termination. Illegal content may be reported to law enforcement. - via @insert source here
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Codex raised $15.8M in seed funding led by Dragonfly Capital to build a stablecoin-focused Layer-2 blockchain on Optimism. Dragonfly invested $14M in equity with future Codex token rights. (via Wu Blockchain)
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EigenLayer mainnet slashing is live April 17! AVS can now reward good operator behavior & penalize failures. Testnets on Holesky, Sepolia & Hoodi coming soon. Mainnet upgrades start April 7, initiating a 14-day withdrawal queue. Slashing is phased, giving stakers/operators a choice to accept standards.
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Trump says he had a "productive" call with Vietnam's leader To Lam, who expressed interest in zero tariffs if a deal is reached with the US. Trump said he's grateful and looks forward to future talks. #Trump #Vietnam #Tariffs
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Fed holds steady on interest rates! ⚠️ Chair Powell says they'll wait for more clarity on the impact of past hikes amidst weaker growth & rising inflation. Expects two rate cuts in 2025, but says it's "premature" to decide the path forward. #FederalReserve #InterestRates #Economy
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Fed Chair Powell: Trump's tariffs "beyond expectations." Reuters reports potential for rising inflation & slower growth, creating tough choices for the Fed. Powell notes "highly uncertain outlook" & the Fed's focus on stabilizing long-term inflation. Monitoring impact closely!
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Ethena's USDe stablecoin is now live on BNB Chain, according to reports. USDe and sUSDe can be utilized on PancakeSwap, Venus Protocol, and Pendle BNB deployments, enabling users to engage in swapping, lending, and savings activities on the BNB Chain.
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Trump urges Fed Chair Powell to cut interest rates "as soon as possible," citing falling energy prices, interest rates, inflation, and rising employment. He criticizes Powell for being "too slow" and "playing politics," highlighting a 69% drop in egg prices. #economy #federalreserve
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BofA's Hartnett: Stocks, oil, yields, & USD falling could boost risk appetite. BUT weak jobs or fiscal uncertainty = bad. He says aggressively buy risk assets when S&P 500 hits 4800-5000 AND Trump's approval drops to 40-45%.
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KuCoin completed its SOC 2 Type II audit, proving strong security, availability, privacy & data processing controls. Conducted by Decrypt Compliance, this is part of KuCoin's global compliance strategy, including pursuing MiCAR compliance for enhanced security & transparency. #KuCoin #SOC2
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Grayscale has filed an S-1 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a Solana ETF, according to Wu Blockchain. The Grayscale Solana Trust will be renamed the Grayscale Solana Trust ETF. The ETF will not involve any staking of SOL.
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AllianceDAO co-founder QwQiao tweeted that the market is reacting as expected, with assets heavily reliant on global supply chains, like Apple, experiencing the largest declines. Conversely, assets less dependent on supply chains, such as Bitcoin, are performing more strongly.
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US added 228k jobs in March, beating expectations! However, unemployment rose to 4.2%, the highest since late 2021. Previous month's job growth revised down to 117k.
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BNB Chain's MVB Season 9 selected 16 early-stage projects in AI, DeFi, DePIN, DeSci & gaming! 🚀 Projects like BitGPT, Datai Network & more will join a 4-week incubation program with potential investment from YZi Labs. Kick-off in Hong Kong April 5-6! #BNBChain #MVB #Web3
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BlackRock's BUIDL fund (tokenized treasury fund) hit a new monthly record, distributing $4.17M in dividends in March! Total dividends since launch: $25.4M. BUIDL operates on 7 blockchains (ETH, SOL, APT, ARB, AVAX, OPT, POLY) and offers daily payouts on business days. #DeFi #tokenization
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China to impose 34% tariffs on all US goods starting April 10, 2025, in response to US tariffs announced April 2. China calls US actions "unilateral bullying" and a violation of trade rules. Existing tax policies unaffected. Goods shipped before April 10, arriving before May 13 exempt.
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Scallop, a Sui lending protocol, ranked 4th in revenue among all lending protocols last week, generating $279k+! Only Venus, AAVE, & Kamino Finance earned more. Scallop also accrued $641k+ in fees. Lending was temporarily paused for 24h due to FDUSD de-pegging risks.
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