ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Professional Capital Management founder and CEO Anthony Pompliano stated that if Trump fires Federal Reserve Chairman Powell, it would set a very bad precedent, especially considering the real motives behind it. He explained that although the Federal Reserve's intention is to operate independently and has made mistakes, an eye for an eye is not the right approach.Anthony Pompliano emphasized that he is not a fan of the Federal Reserve. Previously, he referred to Bitcoin holders as one of the earliest large groups to recognize the issues with U.S. economic data and to seize financial opportunities for growth through holding assets.

ChainCatcher message, after the Binance security team assisted in recovering the stolen funds from KiloEx, some community members suggested that Binance disclose specific support details regarding the incident to enhance community trust in the ecological security. In response, Zhao Changpeng stated: "Some details in the middle can help with the handling of future security incidents; if everything is fully disclosed, hackers might learn to avoid them. We must respect the opinions of all parties involved. Everything else should be transparent."

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a cryptocurrency KOL sold 2 million SPX tokens at a price of $0.427 in the past two days, with a total transaction amount of approximately 856,000 USDC.The address currently still holds 7 million SPX tokens, worth approximately 3.07 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, Du Jun, co-founder of ABCDE, stated on social media that ABCDE has officially ceased new project investments and suspended the fundraising plan for the second phase of its fund. The original team will continue to be responsible for post-investment support and exit arrangements for existing projects, ensuring that commitments to entrepreneurs and LPs are fulfilled seriously.His personal work focus will also gradually shift from financial investments in the primary market to a strategy-led approach combined with deep incubation, with a greater emphasis on industrial synergy and long-term value creation.Du Jun added that he has launched a new incubator brand, Vernal, and will announce the incubator shareholders and incubation rules, as well as the first batch of incubated projects in May. In May, he will also release the first buying list, detailing how much was bought and the reasons for the purchases.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain Meme trader address bought 19.14 million LUCE at a price of $0.0275 six months ago and has held it ever since, with a peak unrealized profit exceeding $5.2 million. Since then, LUCE has plummeted over 70%, and is currently facing an unrealized loss of $335,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to DeFiLlama data, in the past 24 hours, the DEX trading volume on the Solana chain reached $1.887 billion, ranking first, surpassing the $1.182 billion trading volume on the Ethereum chain.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), the MELANIA project team has recently continued to sell tokens by adding unilateral liquidity. In the past 7 hours, the project team has exchanged 2.95 million MELANIA for 9,009 SOL (approximately 1.2 million USD) through the Meteora platform.In the past month, the project team has sold a total of 23.45 million MELANIA, obtaining 110,000 SOL (approximately 14.75 million USD). In the last 3 days, the project team has transferred 7.643 million MELANIA (approximately 3.21 million USD) from the liquidity pool and community addresses, and sold it through the MELANIA/SOL trading pair on the Meteora platform.

ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, on April 18 local time, U.S. President Trump delivered a speech at the White House, reiterating that Federal Reserve Chairman Powell should lower interest rates. He also mentioned that the U.S. is very likely to reach an agreement with Ukraine.Federal Reserve Chairman Powell recently stated during a speech at the Chicago Economic Club that he would not take emergency measures to stabilize the market due to market fluctuations. Powell's remarks immediately drew strong criticism from President Trump. On the 17th, Trump once again pressured Powell, stating that he could immediately let Powell go and demanded that the Federal Reserve lower interest rates immediately.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, after Russia announced the end of a month-long ceasefire targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, U.S. President Trump hinted that if the two sides cannot reach an agreement soon, he may abandon efforts for peace. "If for some reason one side creates tremendous difficulties, we can only say you are foolish," Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday. "You are fools, you are terrible, then we might as well just let it go. Of course, I hope we won't reach that point."Trump stated that he has not set a "specific number of days" for withdrawing from negotiations if an agreement is not reached, but he hopes to see rapid progress. "I can see clearly whether people are playing us," Trump said, "so I need to see a keen desire to end this. I also believe I have seen that keen desire. I think both sides have it."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump: If it becomes extremely difficult for all parties to end the conflict in Ukraine, I will choose to walk away, but I hope it won't come to that. I do not want to claim that I will withdraw from negotiations.We have a great opportunity to reach an agreement between Ukraine and Russia, and the Ukraine agreement needs to be finalized as soon as possible. When asked if Russia is taking advantage of him, Trump stated, "No one can take advantage of me."

ChainCatcher message, according to analyst @ali_charts, who published an observation on Bitcoin market peak signals, "Retail frenzy is absent in this round of gains. Historical data shows that whenever Bitcoin's price reaches a cyclical peak, it is often accompanied by a surge in retail trading activity. However, in this upward wave from $70,000 to $110,000, this typical characteristic is notably missing—this abnormal situation is highly similar to the market structure at the end of the bull market in late 2021."

According to ChainCatcher news, as shown on the Aptos governance proposal page, community member moon shiesty submitted the AIP-119 proposal, suggesting a monthly reduction of 1% in the staking annual yield over the next three months, to an eventual rate of approximately 3.79%. This proposal aims to serve as a preliminary attempt at restructuring the Aptos economic model, with plans for gradual implementation over six months to assess its potential impact.The proposal argues that the current ~7% staking yield is too high, reducing capital efficiency and encouraging the community to explore riskier or costlier opportunities such as restaking, DePIN infrastructure, MEV, and DeFi rewards. Although lowering staking rewards may reduce the incentives for holding APT, the proposal believes that the reduction in inflation combined with new reward mechanisms is expected to offset the impact.The proposal points out that this move may impact small validators and suggests considering support for validators holding less than 3 million APT through a community staking program, as well as discussing more efficient long-term incentive methods. The proposal is expected to undergo community and foundation review in the next four weeks, with a mainnet vote to be submitted in the fifth week.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Coingecko quarterly report, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies fell by 18.6% to $2.8 trillion in the first quarter of 2025. Bitcoin further solidified its dominance in the market downturn, with its market share rising to 59.1% (a new high since 2021), while altcoins generally performed poorly. The shares of stablecoins USDT and USDC increased, while Ethereum's market share dropped to a five-year low of 7.9%.​1. Bitcoin outperforms traditional risk assetsBitcoin broke through $100,000 in January, reaching an all-time high, but ended the quarter at $82,514 (a decline of 11.8%). Its performance outpaced the Nasdaq index (down 10.3%), but lagged behind gold (up 18%) and U.S. Treasury bonds. Analysts pointed out that the strengthening of the yen and euro, adjustments in monetary policy, and geopolitical uncertainties have intensified market volatility.​2. Ethereum and altcoins under pressureEthereum's price plummeted 45.3% to $1,805, erasing all gains made in 2024, with daily trading volume shrinking to $2.44 billion. Leading altcoins like Solana (SOL), XRP, and BNB experienced smaller pullbacks, highlighting Ethereum's relative weakness. Meme coins suffered a significant setback due to the exit of Argentine President Javier Milei's related project LIBRA, with daily token deployment on the Pump.fun platform dropping by 56.3%.​3. Changes in exchange landscapeThe spot trading volume of centralized exchanges (CEX) decreased by 16.3% to $5.4 trillion, with Binance maintaining a market share of 40.7%; HTX became the only platform in the top ten to see growth (+11.4%), while Bybit's trading volume was halved due to a hacking incident in February. Among decentralized exchanges (DEX), Solana led Q1 with a 39.6% share, but Ethereum briefly reclaimed the top spot in March. The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi fell by 27.5% to $12.86 billion, while the new public chain Berachain's TVL rose against the trend to $5.2 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. National Economic Council Director Hassett stated: Trump is considering whether "removing Federal Reserve Chairman Powell" is an option.

ChainCatcher news, according to DL News, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson responded to not being invited to the White House Crypto Roundtable in an exclusive interview, stating "there's no need to make a deal with Trump," and emphasized that the current U.S. push for crypto policy reform should focus on a "sustainable, long-term framework," rather than being reliant on short-term political figures.Previously, Trump met with crypto executives including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse at the White House to discuss digital asset regulation, while Hoskinson, seen as a representative of the sovereign blockchain camp, was not invited, despite the White House recently considering including ADA in the national crypto reserve.Hoskinson stated that he is lobbying globally to promote blockchain policy, closely engaging with U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott to support his proposed stablecoin legislation, the Genius Act; meeting with former Digital Transformation Minister Takaya Hirai in Japan; and communicating with President Milei's team in Argentina. He stressed that even if Trump issues a crypto executive order, establishes a Bitcoin strategic reserve, and appoints crypto-friendly individuals to lead the SEC, the real importance lies in the regulatory stability brought about by legislation.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump stated on the 17th local time that he is confident about reaching a tariff agreement with China. U.S. President Trump: "I think we will reach an agreement with China, and we will reach agreements with everyone. If we can't reach an agreement, then we set a goal, and that's it, which is also fine. Things should be able to be wrapped up in the next three to four weeks."

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, CARV has announced that the second season of CARV airdrop claims is now open, and the snapshot was completed on April 17 at 20:00 (Beijing time).

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain analyst @ai 9684xtpa monitoring, address 0xcff...836c0 has accumulated a profit of $108,000 through the recent two ID0 projects FHE and BANK: among them, FHE was entered three days ago at $0.05447, with a return rate of 24.7%; BANK was entered an hour ago at $0.01964, with a return rate of 93%.

ChainCatcher message shows that the data indicates approximately 412,000 new or active addresses on the Base network daily over the past 30 days.