ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the U-based AIOT perpetual contract, with a leverage range of 1-50 times. The contract trading BOT will also be opened simultaneously.

ChainCatcher news, Securitize and Gauntlet are launching a leveraged DeFi yield strategy based on the tokenized version of the Apollo credit fund, which uses a DeFi-native technique called looping to enhance yields and demonstrates how tokenized assets are increasingly being utilized in crypto-native applications. It is reported that the Hong Kong leveraged RWA strategy will initially launch on Polygon and plans to expand to the Ethereum mainnet and other blockchains after the pilot phase.

ChainCatcher news, the CEO of the US-listed company Semler Scientific, Eric Semler, announced that the company spent $15.7 million to increase its holdings by 165 BTC, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 3,467 BTC, with a year-to-date BTC return of 23.8%.

ChainCatcher news, Movement Labs is investigating whether it was misled into signing a market-making agreement that granted an unknown intermediary control over 66 million MOVE tokens, leading to a $38 million sell-off after the token's debut.Rentech appeared on both sides of the transaction, once as a subsidiary of Web3Port and once as an agent for the Movement Foundation. Foundation officials initially referred to the Rentech deal as "possibly the worst agreement" they had seen, which incentivized people to inflate the price of MOVE before dumping tokens to retail investors.

ChainCatcher news, Zhao Changpeng stated on the TOKEN2049 stage in Dubai today, "So far, the focus of this cycle has been on ETFs. And it's almost entirely Bitcoin. Ethereum hasn't been as successful yet, but Bitcoin's success will eventually drive other coins. But this takes time. I think we are still in the early stages."

ChainCatcher news, according to ai_9684xtpa monitoring, "the whale that sold 76,000 ETH during the 2015 ICO" has sold 3,000 ETH (5.39 million USD) again after two weeks, with a cost as low as 0.31 USD. This OG deposited 3,000 ETH to Kraken five minutes ago, likely for selling, and the ETH received by this address has been fully liquidated in two transactions.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement from Huobi HTX, Huobi's leverage has launched the 43rd leveraged hot coin trading party event at 12:00 on April 30, which will end at 12:00 on May 6 (UTC+8). During the event, users participating in full margin trading of designated cryptocurrencies (BTC/USDT, ETH/USDT, DOGE/USDT, SOL/USDT, XRP/USDT, PEPE/USDT, TRX/USDT, TRUMP/USDT, LTC/USDT, LINK/USDT, ADA/USDT) and achieving a cumulative trading volume of 100,000 USDT will be eligible to share a reward of 15,000 USDT based on their cumulative trading volume ranking. It is important to note that users must click the registration link on the event page to sign up.

ChainCatcher news, according to Binance announcement, Binance Earn on the blockchain has launched Solv Protocol BTC staking.

ChainCatcher news, Scroll's official post on X states that it has upgraded to meet Stage 1 standards of Zk-Rollup through the Euclid upgrade. The Euclid upgrade introduces a permissionless sequencer model, ensuring that the network remains active even if the sequencer fails.In addition, Scroll has established a diverse security council consisting of 12 members (with 75% voting approval, including 7 independent members) to provide security guarantees, while users can safely exit before the upgrade. In the future, Scroll plans to advance to Stage 2 through multi-proof systems and Zk+TEE technology.

According to ChainCatcher's message and monitoring by @lookonchain, an address purchased approximately 25.77 million HOUSE tokens for $239 about a month ago. The current holding value has reached $2.15 million, achieving a return of approximately 9228 times. During this period, it only sold 1.91 million HOUSE tokens, cashing out about $58,800, and still holds 23.85 million tokens. This address previously traded about 10 tokens daily, but trading activity has significantly decreased since the purchase of HOUSE.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews, the Russian anti-money laundering agency, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, plans to push for criminal liability for illegal cryptocurrency mining activities, accusing them of facilitating money laundering. The agency's deputy director, German Neglyad, revealed that they have collaborated with the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank to draft relevant legislation, which has received support from policy-making bodies such as the State Duma.Nikolai Zhuravlev, vice chairman of the Federation Council, emphasized that legislation needs to "be forward-looking to eliminate loopholes in the financial system." Osman Kabaloev, deputy director of the Financial Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance, confirmed that amendments are being drafted, which will introduce administrative penalties in addition to criminal liability. This move aims to curb illegal mining activities that exploit cheap electricity and transfer funds.

ChainCatcher news, according to a press release, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced that it has begun offering its new Cboe FTSE Bitcoin Index futures trading.These new cash-settled futures contracts are based on the FTSE Bitcoin Index (code: XBTF). XBTF futures contracts are listed exclusively on the Cboe Futures Exchange and are expected to provide market participants with another versatile tool to express their views on Bitcoin or manage risk. XBTF futures are cash-settled contracts, meaning they are settled in cash at expiration, eliminating the complexities of physically delivering Bitcoin.XBTF futures are settled on the last business day afternoon (P.M) of each month. They are based on the XBTF index developed in collaboration between FTSE Russell and Digital Asset Research, which represents one-tenth of the value of the FTSE Bitcoin Index.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the education finance (EduFi) RWA protocol Pencil Finance has announced the successful completion of a $10 million liquidity pool financing supported by Animoca Brands and Open Campus, aimed at supporting Pencil Finance's first on-chain education loans and debt financing for education companies. The funds have been fully deployed in the liquidity pool of Pencil Finance on the Open Campus EDU Chain.Pencil Finance will collaborate with traditional education loan companies to bring education loans from Southeast Asia and the United States on-chain, opening up a new asset class for on-chain investors. At the same time, Pencil Finance helps reduce interest rates on education loans by providing on-chain yield opportunities for traditional education loan companies.Animoca Brands founder Yatsiu stated, "Blockchain will fundamentally change the existing model of education finance. Pencil Finance will bring profound changes to the $3 trillion education loan market."

According to ChainCatcher news, on-chain analyst Yu Jin monitored that Standard Crypto partner @izebel_eth transferred 2,000 MKR (approximately $3.06 million) and 20,000 AAVE (approximately $3.31 million) to Coinbase 1 hour ago.This batch of tokens was purchased on-chain between the end of February and the beginning of March this year, and the current transfer price is below the purchase cost, with an expected total loss of approximately $262,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Magazine, the executive director of President Trump stated that there is a "space race" style accumulation of Bitcoin among countries, and said, "We view Bitcoin as digital gold."

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, about 8 hours ago, a whale withdrew 1.5 trillion PEPE from Binance, worth approximately 13.54 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, the Japanese listed company Metaplanet announced the appointment of Bitcoin Magazine CEO David Bailey as a member of the Strategic Advisory Board.

ChainCatcher News: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ross Lutnick said in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday that he has reached a trade agreement with an unnamed country.He stated, "I have a deal that has been reached, reached, reached, reached. But I need to wait for their leaders and their parliament to approve it, and I expect it will be approved soon." This trade agreement will be the first trade deal reached by the Trump administration. However, Lutnick declined to disclose which country it is.

ChainCatcher news, Pudgy Penguins announced integration with the Walrus protocol to store and manage its growing digital media library, including stickers and GIFs for product and community experiences. The team will use 1TB of decentralized storage through Tusky (Walrus's user-friendly file management tool) and plans to expand to 6TB within the next 12 months.Pudgy Penguins previously used centralized storage solutions, facing challenges with long-term access and consistency with decentralized principles. Walrus addresses these issues by providing permanent, decentralized storage, ensuring that assets are always accessible and verifiable. Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz stated that Walrus enables their team to easily upload, organize, and share content.Walrus is a decentralized data storage protocol based on Sui, while Tusky, as an important partner in its ecosystem, allows the team to manage access and version control without deep technical knowledge. This collaboration lays a more consistent, reliable, and scalable foundation for content management for Pudgy Penguins, while showcasing the potential of decentralized storage in practical applications.