ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Texas House will hold a public hearing on the "Bitcoin Strategic Reserve and Investment Act" on April 23.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance Futures will adjust the funding fee settlement frequency for the VOXELUSDTU perpetual contract from once every four hours to once every two hours on April 19, 2025, at 16:00 (UTC).

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, Binance will adjust the collateral rates of 10 assets under the portfolio margin model on April 25, 2025, at 6:00 (UTC). The collateral rates for ZEC and TWT will be reduced from 70% to 60%, ZIL, ONE, ROSE, and C98 will be reduced to 55%, and ANKR, SKL, and COTI will be reduced to 50%. The rate for 1INCH will be reduced from 65% to 45%.During the adjustment period, the unified maintenance margin rate (uniMMR) may be affected, and users should be aware of the liquidation risk.

ChainCatcher news, Robert Kiyosaki, the author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad," reiterated in a post on the X platform his warnings mentioned multiple times in books such as "The Illusion," "Who Stole My Pension?" and "Rich Dad Poor Dad," pointing out the impending financial disaster.He emphasized that those who take action and invest in gold, silver, or Bitcoin may become wealthy after the upcoming economic collapse. He firmly believes that by 2035, Bitcoin will reach $1 million, and gold and silver will also appreciate significantly.

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, Fed's Daly expressed satisfaction with the expectation of two rate cuts this year, but if inflation proves to be more persistent, the number of rate cuts this year may be less than two.If economic growth slows down, further rate cuts will be necessary. Gradually lowering the policy interest rate without urgency is the right approach. The only commitment of the Federal Reserve is to restore price stability. Currently, the U.S. has a stable labor market, but price stability still needs to be achieved.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the cryptocurrency asset management platform Bitwise will hold the "Bitcoin Standard Corporate Investor Day" summit in New York, inviting top Bitcoin operators and institutional investors from around the world. Strategy founder Michael Saylor, and Eric Semler, chairman of medical technology company Semler Scientific, which holds 3,192 bitcoins, will be in attendance.

ChainCatcher news, reported by Bitcoin Magazine, that due to Bitcoin, Michael Saylor's Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has outperformed Nvidia, Tesla, Google, Apple, and Microsoft in returns.

ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum has announced the launch of the new transaction ordering strategy Timeboost on Arbitrum One and Nova. This new transaction ordering strategy allows users to bid for fast lane access, providing faster transaction inclusion speeds while keeping Arbitrum as a private mempool. The new ordering strategy reduces network congestion by suppressing wasted latency competition and creates new potential revenue streams for DAOs. Through the private mempool, users remain protected from front-running and sandwich attacks.

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 message, according to CME's "FedWatch" data, the probability of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 25 basis points in May is 9.1%, while the probability of maintaining the current rate is 90.9%.

ChainCatcher news, Glassnode stated that the supply of stablecoins continues to grow, but the growth rate has slowed in recent weeks.As stablecoins are widely used as a core pricing asset in the crypto market, this slowdown further confirms the trend of liquidity contraction and declining risk appetite in the entire digital asset market.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 reports, traders are increasing their bets on the European Central Bank cutting interest rates, expecting three more rate cuts this year.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Williams stated that monetary policy is in a good position and does not believe there is a need to adjust interest rates soon.This year's tariffs will raise inflation rates and suppress economic growth. Under uncertain factors, the economic situation remains very good, making it difficult to predict the Federal Reserve's specific actions regarding interest rate policy in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the European Central Bank has lowered the deposit facility rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%, in line with market expectations, marking the sixth consecutive meeting of rate cuts.In addition, the European Central Bank has reduced the main refinancing rate and the marginal lending rate from 2.65% and 2.9% to 2.4% and 2.65%, respectively.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, at 20:15 Beijing time, the European Central Bank will announce its interest rate decision.