According to on-chain analysis platform Glassnode data, since the launch of the Eigenlayer protocol, its staking activity has sharply increased, and the total locked value (TVL) has exceeded 14.2 million ETH (approximately 1.3 billion US dollars). This high demand for re-staking is partly due to the expected Eigenlayer airdrop activity, with 63% of deposits provided through liquidity re-staking providers. More than 61.1% of the total locked value (TVL) of Eigenlayer comes from native staked ETH, and the remaining portion is composed of liquidity staked tokens, with Lido's stETH accounting for 21.5% of the total TVL, ranking first.
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Binance's Web3 wallet launched the zkLink Nova airdrop on X platform, with a total allocation of 1 million ZKL tokens. Completing the relevant tasks will qualify for an equal share of the corresponding prize pool. The event runs from UTC time April 18th, 0:00 to May 1st, 23:59.
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Optimism has announced the information of 6 winning projects from the 2024 hackathon with a total prize pool of 2500 OP. They are: Satoshi AI, a Web3 infrastructure centered around intent and built using artificial intelligence, Optimism Agent, which automatically collects data and insights related to Optimism, Optimus Prime, an artificial intelligence toolkit for developers, Optimism Wallet Plugin, a data access service plugin for Optimism wallets, Optimism Token Hunting Game, which provides a fast and economical solution for storing game scores effectively, and OPVIEW, a data visualization service for the Optimism ecosystem.
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Centrifuge, a DeFi platform, has announced plans to create a lending protocol for real-world assets (RWAs) on Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network, Base. The protocol will enable verified institutions to borrow against their RWA holdings. The announcement comes as the market for tokenized assets is expected to reach $10 trillion by the end of the decade, with digital asset firms and global banks bringing traditional financial products to blockchain plumbing to increase efficiency, settlement speed, and transparency. Centrifuge recently raised $15 million in venture capital investment, with ParaFi Capital and Greenfield leading the funding round.
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Plena, an abstract account application, has completed a $5 million financing round with participation from Big Brain Holdings, DeWhale, GBV, WebWise, Galxe, Normie Ventures, FounderHeads, and others. In addition, Plena has announced a collaboration with DAO Maker, Chain GPT, Decubate, AI Tech, and Viction Chain by Coin98 to launch the largest airdrop campaign, distributing 2% of its total supply before listing.
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Whale Alert has monitored that an address starting with "0x2324" transferred 8,500 ETH, equivalent to approximately $25,691,450, to the Beacon Depositor address through the intermediate address "0xf007" at around 11:05 today.
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Jihoz.ron, co-founder of Axie Infinity, tweeted that encouraging someone to use blockchain for at least 10 minutes a day during these turbulent times could be one of the most important acts of kindness we can do for others.They stated that they are developing a habit application based on the Axie Infinity protocol/ecosystem to test this idea.
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According to L2BEAT data, the current Linea TVL has reached 627 million US dollars, with a 7-day increase of 23.56%. This may be due to the recent impact of the Memecoin project FOXY within the Linea ecosystem, leading to significant growth in Linea TVL.
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According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale who previously purchased 117.32 million FOXY with 330 ETH has sold 57.32 million FOXY on the chain for 336 ETH ($1.18 million) and deposited the remaining 60 million FOXY in OKX. As of now, they have made a profit of over $1 million on FOXY.
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According to The ETF Store President Nate Geraci, BlackRock has once again sparked a wave of advertising for its Bitcoin spot ETF. Geraci said, "iShares is aggressively advertising its Bitcoin ETF spot. I saw seven banner ads on the Bloomberg homepage. Remember, it's only been three months since the Bitcoin spot ETF was listed, and the marketing war has just begun."
Geraci also said, "In terms of assets, iShares' Bitcoin ETF is currently ranked in the top 100 among all ETFs, which is an achievement among nearly 3,500 ETFs. It did this in three months."
Meanwhile, the trading volume of the spot Bitcoin ETF remained stable on Thursday at $2.5 billion, once again led by IBIT, with a trading volume of $1.1 billion. It is worth mentioning that after reaching a record $9.9 billion on March 5, daily trading volume has declined slightly. (The Block)
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Ryan Selkis, founder and CEO of Messari, announced on X platform that he is applying to join the Investor Advisory Committee of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Selkis stated that he has consistently exceeded cryptocurrency targets for the past decade and has worked on actual investor protection standards, calling on the community for support.
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Multi-chain liquidity collateral platform Stader Ethereum has announced that $ETHx is now available on Arbitrum. Users can now use the XSwap bridge to bridge $ETHx to the Arbitrum mainnet.
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According to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie's monitoring, Distributed Capital transferred 7,000 ETH from Binance to provide liquidity to the Pendle ezETH pool, worth $24.56 million, half an hour ago. ezETH is a certificate token pledged by Renzo, providing liquidity will earn trading fees, Renzo & EigenLayer points, and a small amount of PENDLE rewards.
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According to official sources, UniSwap Labs announced that it will start providing access to Uniswap Extension to the waiting list on a first-come, first-served basis. The first batch of users has already been notified. UniSwap Labs reminds users that Uniswap Extension is still in the testing phase. If you have not been included in the waiting list, you can apply to join by applying for a uni.eth username in the Uniswap mobile application.
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The DePIN shared charging pile project PowerPod completed a seed round financing of $1 million. This round of financing was led by Waterdrip Capital, with participation from Iotex, Future Money Group, JDI Group, Future3 Campus, and Wagmi Venture.
The funds raised will mainly be used to strengthen hardware development and testing, verify the minimum closed loop of the business model, and build the community ecosystem. PowerPod aims to build a globally open and interconnected charging network to help accelerate the goal of low-carbon emissions in the global transportation sector.
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New Zealand Minister of Commerce Andrew Bailey responded to an investigation by the government's legislative committee by stating that New Zealand should support the development of the cryptocurrency industry and adopt an evidence-based approach to regulating the industry. This response requires cabinet approval and responds to recommendations made in a report by the Finance and Expenditure Committee after investigating the potential impact and risks of the industry.
Bailey also noted that the report indicated that the country's "wait and see" attitude could cause New Zealand to miss out on the benefits of industry development. New Zealand "should take a more proactive and innovation-friendly approach to digital assets and blockchain (including cryptocurrencies)."
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According to The Block, a16z Crypto has released a zkEVM solution called Jolt to provide a framework for EVM-compatible Rollups using SNARK. a16z Crypto stated: "In addition to the improvement in speed, due to Jolt's new design paradigm, developers can more easily scale and audit, thereby improving security."
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On April 9th, Arkham posted on X platform that two competitors were spreading rumors about ARKM token transfers in an attempt to create FUD (but did not disclose the names of these two competitors). Arkham clarified that the related ARKM token transfers, like all previous ARKM transfers, were based on the token economics unlocked by this release, and both transfers were for unlocked tokens:
20 million ARKM tokens were transferred from the foundation treasury to a separate wallet, and this transaction was approved in the recent Arkham governance proposal;2. 5 million ARKM tokens from the ecosystem fund, these tokens were unlocked according to the published token economics, and the ecosystem fund currently holds 260 million ARKM tokens. #DYOR42711

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has appointed Jim Lee, former chief of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) unit, to the newly-created role of Global Head of Capacity Building. Lee will work with regulators, law enforcement, tax agencies and financial institutions to advise them on how to use Chainalysis’ data and tools to fight crypto crime. During his time at the IRS, Lee helped to shut down darknet marketplaces Hydra and Welcome to Video, and seized crypto from Hamas. Chainalysis also played a role in each of these cases.
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