ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Brazil's largest crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin has partnered with Wormhole to bridge tokenized products to over 30 blockchain networks using its interoperability solution. Mercado Bitcoin offers a variety of tokenized products through MB Tokens, with a total market capitalization of approximately $180 million. This partnership marks the beginning of a long-term collaboration, with the Wormhole Foundation making a strategic investment in one of the products.

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.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, the crypto payment framework AEON announced a partnership with the RWA public chain project Plume to support the offline payment function of its native token $PLUME. Users can now use PLUME for consumption at over 10,000 brand stores worldwide, including McDonald's, Starbucks, and Uniqlo, accelerating the application of crypto assets in daily life.

According to ChainCatcher news and SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market has rebounded across the board, with the AI sector leading the way with a 9.07% increase. Within this sector, Bittensor (TAO), Render (RENDER), ai16z (AI16Z), and Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) rose by 8.16%, 8.78%, 18.03%, and 39.50% respectively over the past 24 hours.In addition, Bitcoin (BTC) increased by 2.04% in 24 hours, briefly rising above $95,000. Ethereum (ETH) rose by 1.80%, approaching the $1,800 mark. Notably, MAG7.Ssi increased by 1.79%, DEFI.Ssi rose by 3.52%, and MEME.Ssi went up by 2.13%.Other standout sectors include: the DePIN sector, which rose by 6.09% in 24 hours, with Filecoin (FIL), IOTA, and Theta Network (THETA) increasing by 2.97%, 3.16%, and 7.13% respectively; the GameFi sector, which rose by 5.33%, with Decentraland (MANA) and GALA increasing by 5.49% and 6.56%; and the NFT sector, which rose by 4.40%, with SuperVerse (SUPER), Apecoin (APE), and Moca Coin (MOCA) increasing by 5.29%, 5.66%, and 29.91% respectively.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical performance show that the ssiAI, ssiDePIN, and ssiGameFi indices increased by 9.12%, 6.59%, and 5.58% respectively over the past 24 hours.In other sectors, the DeFi sector rose by 4.27% in 24 hours, the Layer2 sector increased by 3.48%, the Meme sector rose by 3.10%, the PayFi sector increased by 3.06%, and the Layer1 sector rose by 2.44%.

ChainCatcher news, viewed by Wall Street as the top contender to succeed current Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh stated in a column for The Wall Street Journal that the Federal Reserve has reached the limits of its statutory and implied powers, surpassing certain long-standing principles and practices of central banking.The Federal Reserve's role in all economic policy matters within the government has become increasingly expansive. This all-encompassing and opportunistic expansion by the Federal Reserve has led to systematic errors in macroeconomic policy.Warsh believes that monetary policymakers should avoid discussing fiscal matters. However, if the Federal Reserve chooses to overstep, it should maintain consistency in its words and actions during both crises and periods of prosperity. The maintenance of the Federal Reserve's independence primarily depends on the Federal Reserve itself, but this does not mean that central bank experts should be treated like spoiled princes.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation in the cryptocurrency market reached 140 million USD, with long positions liquidated at 82.097 million USD and short positions liquidated at 57.8692 million USD. The total liquidation amount for BTC was 17.4803 million USD, and for ETH, it was 28.9123 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market has seen a total liquidation of $338 million in contracts, including $110 million in long positions and $228 million in short positions. A total of 136,144 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance's BTCUSDT worth $12.4586 million.

ChainCatcher news, Cryptoquant analysts indicate that as MicroStrategy continues to purchase Bitcoin, MicroStrategy's Bitcoin portfolio has surpassed $50 billion for the first time, and the Bitcoin investment strategy is becoming an important indicator for market observation and analysis.

According to Coinglass data, the total liquidation amount in the cryptocurrency market in the past 24 hours reached $247 million, of which long positions accounted for $129 million and short positions accounted for $117 million.The liquidation amount for BTC reached $43.34 million, for ETH it was $46.2865 million, and for TRUMP it was $24.9338 million.In the last 24 hours, a total of 121,354 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance's ETHUSDT worth $1.4868 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the TON Foundation announced the appointment of MoonPay co-founder Maximilian Crown as CEO. Crown previously served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of MoonPay and has extensive collaboration experience with banks, payment companies, and regulators. This appointment comes after the TON Foundation secured $400 million in venture capital, aimed at driving the global expansion of the TON blockchain.In the past year, the number of active users on the TON blockchain grew from 4 million to 41 million, despite the TON token price dropping by 46% during the same period. Crown stated that TON's speed, scalability, and deep integration with Telegram give it a unique advantage in the blockchain space, with plans to bring 30% of Telegram's active users into the blockchain ecosystem by 2028.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the decentralized telecom infrastructure project Helium has announced a partnership with American telecom giant AT&T to integrate its community-built WiFi network into the AT&T service ecosystem. Under the agreement, AT&T users can now access over 93,500 hotspot nodes globally covered by Helium (primarily located in the United States), which are operated by individuals and businesses and maintained through digital asset incentives for network expansion.Helium Mobile CEO Amir Haleem stated that this collaboration will accelerate the commercialization of decentralized networks, allowing users to achieve automatic authentication access through AT&T's Passpoint WiFi roaming service. Currently, Helium's network has over 800,000 daily active users and has previously established a similar partnership with Mexican telecom company Telefónica, with plans to launch the first free mobile plan in the United States in February 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to official social media announcements, Huobi HTX will hold a themed live broadcast today at 8 PM titled "Tariff Swings, SEC Leadership Change, Powell's Shift: Prelude to a Return to a Bull Market?" At that time, industry macro analysis experts such as Qinbafrank, Gary Yang, and Data Alchemist will be invited to attend, jointly interpreting the mysteries behind Trump's policies and exploring potential investment opportunities. This event will be broadcast simultaneously through Huobi Live and Huobi HTX Twitter Space.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Bitcoin native DeFi protocol Brotocol has officially launched, aiming to promote the development of "BTCFi" (Bitcoin ecosystem DeFi) by building cross-chain infrastructure, trading, and payment tools. It is reported that Brotocol positions Bitcoin as the core asset of DeFi, emphasizing the connection of global liquidity through a native cross-chain solution without relying on Ethereum architecture.The core functional modules include:BroBridge (Cross-chain bridging)Supports users to transfer on-chain stablecoins (such as USDC) from chains like Arbitrum and Solana into the Bitcoin network, and allows assets to be staked through the Babylon protocol, maintaining Bitcoin's attributes as a foundational financial account.BroSwap (On-chain trading, currently in public beta)Allows users to exchange tokens directly within Bitcoin wallets (such as Xverse), supporting swaps between BTC and assets like USDT, SOL, ETH, and MEME coins, without the need to manage multiple chain wallets.BroPay (Payment gateway)Non-Bitcoin users can pay merchants using ETH, SOL, or USDT, with the backend automatically converting to native BTC for settlement, reducing the entry barrier for using the Bitcoin ecosystem.Brotocol plans to collaborate with multi-chain projects to build a unified ecosystem and has already partnered with Joltz to integrate USDT and Taproot assets, connecting the Bitcoin Lightning Network, Liquid sidechain, and DeFi protocols. Its long-term goal is to provide seamless Bitcoin financial infrastructure for developers, users, and merchants.The project team claims that the introduction of on-chain stablecoins for Bitcoin may trigger a "BTCFi Summer," encouraging users to manage BTC and stablecoins through a single Bitcoin wallet and participate in DeFi applications. More technical details can be found in their official Medium article.

ChainCatcher news, reported by The Block, Ethereum Layer 2 Scroll is launching an upgrade that promises to reduce fees by 90% while providing higher network throughput and security. The team describes this upgrade, named Euclid, as the "most significant protocol transformation" since the launch of the autonomous network. The Euclid upgrade will implement five major improvements to the protocol, including migration to a new L2 "prover" and state commitment system, optimized aggregation processing, and support for EIP-7702 and RIP-7212.

ChainCatcher message, according to the meeting memorandum released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 22, 2025, the Perkin Law Firm, the National Digital Assets Commission of El Salvador (CNAD), and former Goldman Sachs partner Heather Shemilt submitted a cross-border regulatory sandbox collaboration proposal to the SEC, aimed at promoting regulatory innovation in the digital asset space. This proposal provides the SEC with an opportunity to collaborate with international regulatory bodies to support the development and optimization of the U.S. digital asset regulatory framework with actual data.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, the total liquidation amount in the cryptocurrency market in the past 24 hours reached 656 million USD, of which long positions accounted for 87.1359 million USD and short positions accounted for 569 million USD.In the past 24 hours, a total of 172,964 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance's ETHUSDT worth 4.3287 million USD.