ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale deposited 5 million USDC into the HyperLiquid platform and opened a short position on HYPE with 5x leverage.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Pendle PT has officially launched as collateral on the Aave Core Market. Within hours of its launch, the $150 million quota was fully subscribed. The quota has now been increased to $250 million, with approximately $162.2 million in Pendle PT collateral deposited, accounting for 65% of the total quota.

ChainCatcher news, according to @ai_9684xtpa, an old address from the 2015 ICO holding 76,000 ETH deposited 3,000 ETH (about $5.39 million) to Kraken five minutes ago, with a cost of only $0.31. This address has liquidated all ETH in two transactions over the past two weeks, and this is expected to be another selling action.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the number of independent addresses in the Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem has reached 13.6 million, a record high, with a growth of 74% in 7 days. The dominance of Layer 2 has reached 6.69 times, with weekly transaction volume exceeding 832,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to official documents, U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno introduced the "2025 American Blockchain Deployment Act" (S.1492) on April 10, aimed at requiring the Secretary of Commerce to support the United States' global leadership in the deployment, application, and competitiveness of blockchain technology. The bill has been submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for review.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, Binance has completed the integration of USDC (USDC) on the Sonic network and has opened deposits. Withdrawal services will be available once there are sufficient deposits, and no further notice will be given.Please note that the USDC on the Sonic network supported by Binance is a bridged asset, managed by Sonic Labs, and is not issued by Circle, nor can it be redeemed through Circle.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, Binance has released important changes regarding the deposit requirements for Binance P2P merchant levels. To upgrade to a higher merchant level, merchants need to supplement their deposits according to the new requirements below. This change will be rolled out in phases. In the new deposit requirements, the Silver level must reach 130% of the base deposit, and the Gold level must reach 200% of the base deposit.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of the now-defunct cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network, faces the possibility of spending the next 20 years in prison—if the sentencing recommendation submitted by the U.S. Department of Justice is adopted by the court.In the recommendation submitted later on Monday, the Department of Justice urged the court to impose a 20-year prison sentence, stating that Mashinsky's crimes were "deliberate and well-planned" fraudulent acts that resulted in nearly $7 billion in customer losses, leaving thousands of people financially devastated.

ChainCatcher message, Binance stated regarding Alpha points that only the main account is eligible to receive Alpha points, and the assets of sub-accounts will be combined into the main account's points. Distributing assets across multiple accounts to obtain more points is not allowed. Therefore, sub-accounts are not independently eligible to receive Alpha points and will not participate in airdrops separately.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on Monday that the estimated net borrowing for the second quarter is $391 billion higher than the February forecast, due to the fact that Congress has yet to raise the federal debt ceiling, and the initial cash reserves at the beginning of the second quarter are far below previous expectations. The Treasury stated that if the seasonal cash balance factor is excluded, the borrowing estimate for the second quarter is actually $53 billion lower than the February forecast.Zerohedge analysis indicates that this shows the government efficiency department "DOGE," led by Musk, is indeed functioning, with an improvement in fiscal conditions and a decline in the actual financing needs of the U.S. Total revenue is slightly above last year's levels, while spending is close to the lower end of historical ranges.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, market maker Cumberland DRW deposited 300,000 TRUMP tokens, worth $4.4 million, to the OKX exchange 5 hours ago.The analyst stated that top market makers such as Cumberland DRW, Wintermute, and GSR Markets are all participating in TRUMP market making.

ChainCatcher news, the payment platform Bridge has launched a local fiat deposit and withdrawal channel in Mexico, allowing developers to seamlessly transfer funds between USD, pesos, and stablecoins via API. This channel provides businesses with near real-time USD-MXN settlement, market-leading exchange rates (with no minimum transaction volume requirement), and global operational support without the need for multiple bank accounts.

ChainCatcher news, according to Spot On Chain monitoring, a certain whale deposited 13.94 million ENA to Binance 5 hours ago, worth approximately 4.66 million USD. These tokens were released from the Ethena Labs contract 3 days ago.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, Galaxy Digital's OTC wallet has deposited 23,900 ETH to Coinbase in the past 8 hours, worth approximately 42.52 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, 46 minutes ago, a whale holding 1.32 million SOL (190 million USD) sent 35,000 SOL (5.07 million USD) to Binance.In the past 19 days, this whale has sent 135,000 SOL, worth 15.72 million USD. Additionally, the giant whale unstaked 1.32 million SOL, deposited 1.2 million SOL into Kamino, and borrowed 20 million USDC.

ChainCatcher message, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale created a new wallet and deposited 1.33 million USDC into the decentralized exchange HyperLiquid to short the TRUMP token. The opening price of the trade was $14.787, and the liquidation price was $21.538.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance will perform wallet maintenance on the Ethereum network (ETH) on April 30, 2025, at 15:00. To support the wallet maintenance, Binance will suspend the deposit and withdrawal services for the Ethereum network (ETH) starting at 14:55 on April 30, 2025. The deposit and withdrawal services will resume after the maintenance is completed, which is expected to take about one hour. Transactions of tokens on the above network will not be affected.