⚡️ BNB Chain has completed its 35th quarterly $BNB token burn
The burn permanently removed 1,569,307 BNB, or the equivalent of approximately $1.02B. The latest quarterly burn didn't include the Pioneer Burn Program. Every quarter, Binance burns BNB, until 50% of total supply is removed from circulation.
⚡️ Crypto News Digest: Key Updates You Need to Know
The current report features updates of Tether, Kraken, Tempo, Arc, Goldman Sachs, Aptos, Ledger, Canton Network, Ethereum Foundation, Printr, Zama, and Scroll.
⚡️ Circle CEO unveils plans for Arc to launch mainnet & token soon
Circle is retedly exploring a token for Arc Network, its stablecoin-focused Layer-1 blockchain with mainnet is expected to launch soon. The roadmap also includes plans to move Arc over to a proof-of-stake system, expanding validator participation & community governance frameworks.
⚡️ Tether announces the launch of tether.wallet, its self-custodial digital wallet
The solution offers support for USDT and USAT, gold via XAUT, and Bitcoin across multiple networks. Users can send funds using a simple, human-readable name tags with transactions can be completed without the need of holding separate network or gas tokens.
OpenGradient and Wingbits are nearing TGEs on April 21st and April 22nd, while Pharos, Fluent, USD AI, and INK are preparing token launches across this spring.
⚡️ Oriole Insights has announced the launch of its new Telegram Stars functionality
The innovation allows users to buy INSIGHTS in the "Earn" tab, swap them for $ORI and make more predictions when the daily tasks are done, and ORI balance is zero. Oriole Insights is a gamified prediction platform currently in the ORI Public Testnet phase on BNB Chain. 👉🏻 t.me/orioleinsights_app_bot?startapp=ref_jcj3ijaj2ojp5da
⚡️ Crypto News Digest: Key Updates You Need to Know
The current report features updates of Securitize, Bitget, Bittensor, World, Morpho, Pyth Network, OKX Ventures, Binance, Standard Chartered, World Liberty Financial, Drift Protocol, and Startale.
Let's take a look at the ranking of top centralized exchanges by weekly visits. Weekly visits to the website (not including mobile app) based on data from SimilarWeb and CoinmarketCap.
A $25,000 portfolio split equally across Perps, DeFi, Stablecoin Protocols, RWA and AI on January 1st 2026 is worth $28,390 today, a gain of $3,390 or +13.6%.
AI was the strongest sector finishing at $8,011 driven by Venice at +331% and Bittensor at +47.6%. RWA followed at $6,305 with ADI Chain posting +272%.
Stablecoin Protocols edged up to $5,167 while DeFi barely held even at $4,979. Perps was the only sector in the red at $3,928, dragged down by Drift which bottomed at $189 and Lighter at $400.