ChainCatcher News, May 1, 2025, Bitget's institutional department will jointly host "Into the Dunes" in Dubai with digital asset prime broker LTP and Amazon's cloud service platform AWS. This event is supported by Zand Bank, the first fully compliant digital bank in the UAE, and aims to further strengthen communication and connection with global institutional partners, promoting the sustainable expansion and globalization of the digital asset market.The event will gather top crypto institutional investors, leading market makers, and quantitative trading teams from around the world to engage in in-depth discussions on topics such as the next phase of industry development trends, potential sector opportunities, and the global asset liquidity landscape.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Lookonchain monitoring, Abraxas Capital withdrew 6,000 Ethereum (approximately $9.88 million) from Binance exchange about 2 hours ago and deposited it into the Aave protocol. Data shows that the institution has withdrawn a total of 8,719 Ethereum (approximately $14.22 million) from Binance in the past week.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, two hours ago, Abraxas Capital withdrew 6,000 ETH (worth 9.88 million USD) from Binance again and deposited it into Aave.In the past week, Abraxas Capital has withdrawn a total of 8,719 ETH (worth 14.22 million USD) from Binance.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale deposited 5.1 million USDC into HyperLiquid and placed short orders for HYPE between $18.5 and $18.9.

ChainCatcher news, Adam Posen, who has served at the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, stated in a speech this week, "We may fall into a recession, or we may not, but in any case, we will face inflation." Posen, who currently serves as the president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, has considerable influence and believes the probability of a recession is 65%.As for the Federal Reserve, Posen believes that given the still high levels of inflation, it has over-lowered interest rates. Once prices start to rise again, the Federal Reserve may not be able to keep up with the changes. As a result, the Federal Reserve may be forced to rapidly and significantly raise interest rates, putting additional pressure on the economy.If all of this comes to pass, Posen said, it may take years or longer to repair the damage.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a giant whale that acquired 76,000 ETH during the 2015 Ethereum ICO has awakened after three years of dormancy, depositing 3,000 ETH (4.78 million USD) into Kraken 45 minutes ago, suspected of selling off, with an ETH cost as low as 0.31 USD.An hour ago, the whale transferred 6,000 ETH to a new address, worth 9.55 million USD, and is expected to sell off all soon.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has deposited 2 million USDC into Hyperliquid to purchase more HYPE.In the past 5 days, this whale has cumulatively deposited 7.99 million USDC into HyperLiquid, of which 5.99 million has been used to purchase 376,442 HYPE at a price of 15.9 dollars each, with an unrealized profit of 266,000 dollars.Currently, this whale has a pending order to purchase 100,000 HYPE.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, a Reuters survey shows that the U.S. economy is expected to grow by 1.4% in 2025 and 1.5% in 2026 (previously forecasted at 2.2% and 2.0% in March). The probability of the U.S. entering an economic recession in the next year is 45%, the highest level since December 2023.The inflation expectations for the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) in 2025 have also seen the largest upward adjustment since March 2023.

ChainCatcher news, monitored by The Data Nerd, suggests that GSR may be the market maker for WCT. 6 hours ago, GSR deposited 4 million WCT into Binance, approximately worth 1.61 million USD. Today, a total of 7 million WCT, approximately worth 3.46 million USD, has been deposited into Binance.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a certain whale has deposited 1,161.77 ETH, worth approximately $1.84 million, into Kraken after being silent for two and a half years. Initially, the whale withdrew 943 Ethereum (worth $1.11 million) from Binance, exchanged 253,730 USDC for 146.59 stETH, and staked it 2.5 years ago, earning 72 ETH.

ChainCatcher news, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the two goals of the Federal Reserve have not yet come into conflict, but the current trend is that the unemployment rate and inflation levels will rise. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher news, Matrixport released the latest report stating that the net inflow of funds into Bitcoin ETFs is just slightly above zero, despite a strong performance at the beginning of the year, which recorded nearly $5.5 billion in inflows.This phenomenon is quite surprising, as Bitcoin has outperformed U.S. tech stocks this year, while gold has also reached an all-time high. Notably, the total net inflow into Bitcoin ETFs is $35.5 billion, with BlackRock accounting for $39.6 billion and Fidelity for $11.4 billion, together making up the vast majority of the share.In contrast, the inflows from other ETF issuers are relatively limited. This indicates that the current buying is more likely coming from a specific institutional client group, rather than being driven by widespread retail funds—if it were the latter, the inflows would be more evenly distributed among various ETF providers.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by @lookonchain, the TRUMP project team removed liquidity 13 hours ago, extracting 4.6 million USDC from the pool, and then cross-chain transferred the funds to Ethereum, which has been deposited into CoinbasePrime.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the NFT collection project CyberKongz announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded its investigation. This is the latest investigation of such projects concluded by the SEC since President Donald Trump took office earlier this year. On Tuesday, CyberKongz confirmed in a post on the X platform that the SEC's investigation has officially ended and revealed that it will launch a "rebranding" plan. "The shackles are off for CyberKongz," the company stated, "We have been preparing for this for a long time. Soon, we will announce a comprehensive rebranding plan and new development direction."Last December, CyberKongz received a Wells Notice from the SEC, which is a formal warning issued to relevant companies before the SEC may take enforcement action. CyberKongz revealed that they have been under immense pressure since they first received inquiries from the SEC two years ago. The project team stated that the SEC's enforcement team raised "a very concerning argument that tokens (ERC-20) cannot be used in conjunction with blockchain games without being registered as securities."

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by Cyvers, the ZKsync hacker has transferred 1.7 million tokens across chains to ETH and deposited 10 ETH into a HitBTC address.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, Multicoin Capital's managing partner Kyle Samani borrowed 7 million USDC from Kamino and deposited it into Coinbase 2 hours ago, suspected of increasing his position in SOL.

ChainCatcher message, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a newly created address withdrew 3,000 ETH ($4.92 million) from Kraken 5 hours ago and deposited it into Aave and Compound. Then it borrowed 3 million USDC and either deposited it back to Kraken or used it to buy more ETH.

ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, the U.S. Department of Commerce is conducting a national security investigation into the import of semiconductor technology and related downstream products. Official documents call for public comments on the investigation, further confirming that the chip and electronics supply chain will not be excluded from President Donald Trump's tariff plan, although Trump stated on Friday that many of these products are not subject to his "reciprocal tariffs."As part of the investigation, the U.S. Department of Commerce will examine the "feasibility of increasing domestic semiconductor capacity" to reduce reliance on imports, as well as whether additional trade measures, including tariffs, are "necessary to protect national security." The investigation covers a wide range of items, including chip components like silicon wafers, chip manufacturing equipment, and "downstream products containing semiconductors." Semiconductors play a role in nearly all types of modern electronic products, so this investigation has significant implications for Trump's global trade war aimed at boosting U.S. manufacturing.Despite granting exemptions for a range of electronic products, Trump and some of his officials indicated over the weekend that this exemption is only temporary and is part of a separate tariff plan for the industry.

ChainCatcher message, according to monitoring by The Data Nerd, 8 hours ago, wallet address 0xc9f deposited 710,000 AVAX (approximately 14.49 million USD) into Coinbase. Three months ago, when he received these tokens, their value was 26.68 million USD. If he had sold these tokens three months ago, his account would have had an additional 12.2 million USD.