Powell: Q1 growth slowed (imports, spending, tariffs). Labor market balanced, not fueling inflation. Policy changes (tariffs) could impact growth/inflation, effects unclear. Fed will monitor data, balance employment & prices, maintain current policy. Price stability key for strong labor markets.
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Colorado's crypto tax payments since 2022 total $57K (0.0005% of revenue), per Decrypt. PayPal converts crypto to USD. Despite 20% of voters using crypto, it's seen as value storage, not payment. Stablecoins may change this.
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Russia eyes stablecoin pegged to non-USD currencies amid crypto wallet blocks (Reuters). Finance Ministry's Kabaloev says it's under consideration. Despite Central Bank opposition to internal crypto payments, Governor Nabiullina mentions companies are testing international crypto payments.
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US Secret Service & BC Securities Commission's "Operation Avalanche" targeted Ethereum "permit phishing" scams, uncovering $4.3M in stolen funds from compromised wallets. They collaborated with Canadian police, exchanges, & blockchain firms to warn victims & freeze assets. #crypto #scam #security
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QCP Capital: US softened tariff stance, inviting China back. Rising Treasury yields pressure the Fed, now eyeing recession risks over inflation. Market expects 3.5 rate cuts in 2025. Gold rises on risk aversion, while Bitcoin lags as safe haven. Market remains defensive.
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Whale (2p63sf…TePVxu) moved 635K TRUMP tokens ($5.04M) to Binance Deposit at 15:04 UTC+8, per Arkham data. This whale withdrew the tokens from Binance, OKX & XT a week ago & is near break-even. Link to Arkham data
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Binance Futures is set to launch AERGOUSDT perpetual contracts with up to 15x leverage. It's noteworthy that Binance delisted the AERGO spot trading pair on March 28th at 11:00 AM Beijing time.
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Binance will remove the following spot trading pairs on April 18, 2025, at 11:00 AM UTC+8, based on recent review results: RAY/BNB, TNSR/BTC, VANA/BNB, VANRY/BTC, and WOO/BTC.
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BNB Chain completed its 31st quarterly BNB burn, destroying 1,579,207.716 BNB (worth $916M)! 🔥 This follows a previous burn of 1.63M BNB. BNB aims to reduce its total supply to 100M via an auto-burn system based on BNB price & BSC block generation. #BNB #cryptocurrency
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South Korean presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo plans to boost blockchain & crypto with Trump-style deregulation, fostering them as independent industries and using blockchain in public services. He also pledged $36B for AI, quantum tech, & superconductors R&D. #crypto #blockchain #SouthKorea
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South Korean exchange Upbit has announced it will list MyShell (SHELL) and DeepBook (DEEP) against BTC and USDT trading pairs.
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South Korean exchange Upbit will list Wallet Connect (WCT) in KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs.
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Unichain's TVL exploded to $71M+ after a 2-week UNI incentive program (via @UniswapFND & Gauntlet)! TVL was previously under $1M. USDC/USDT0 pool dominates with $44M. $330k in UNI distributed daily across 12 pools, with USDC/USDT0 getting ~7.7k UNI (~$40.6k) per day.
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Ethereum ETFs see 6th day of outflows! 📉 $14.18M exited on Apr 15, per SoSoValue. Grayscale's ETHE led the way with $10.57M outflow. Total net assets: $5.357B. ETF net asset ratio: 2.78%. Historical cumulative net inflow: $2.256B.
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Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $76.4M net inflow on April 15, per SoSoValue. BlackRock's IBIT led with $38.2M. Total net asset value is $93.7B, representing 5.62% of Bitcoin's market cap, with $35.4B historical cumulative inflow.
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OKX Wallet is now available on the US Apple App Store, according to its App Store page. OKX previously announced on March 17th that its DEX aggregator trading service was suspended due to service upgrades, and that the App Store listing was under review.
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Binance Futures is set to list the INITUSDT perpetual contract with up to 5x leverage, according to Wu Blockchain. Initia focuses on core infrastructure decisions related to data availability, interoperability, and oracles.
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, the country's second-largest, will list KERNEL in its KRW (Korean Won) market, according to Wu Blockchain.
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Shardeum's CTO explains how they're building an auto-scaling Layer-1 blockchain using dynamic state sharding & a non-blockchain TX model. This achieves linear scalability with low node requirements, balancing performance & decentralization. Mainnet launch planned for May 5th! #blockchain #shardeum
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EmberCN data shows the MELANIA project team sold 20.5M MELANIA tokens (~$14.06M) in the last month via liquidity/community addresses. Tokens were sold at ~$0.686 using a one-sided liquidity method. $MELANIA is currently at $0.4257 on CoinMarketCap, down ~96% from its ATH.
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