ChainCatcher news, according to ai_9684xtpa monitoring, "the whale that sold 76,000 ETH during the 2015 ICO" has sold 3,000 ETH (5.39 million USD) again after two weeks, with a cost as low as 0.31 USD. This OG deposited 3,000 ETH to Kraken five minutes ago, likely for selling, and the ETH received by this address has been fully liquidated in two transactions.

According to ChainCatcher news, an official document image released by Bitcoin Magazine shows that the city of Roswell, New Mexico, has officially confirmed the receipt of its first Bitcoin donation totaling 3,050,323 satoshis (approximately 0.0305 BTC), valued at about $2,906 at the time. This donation serves as "seed funding" to initiate and establish the "Roswell Strategic (Bitcoin) Reserve" managed by the city government.According to the document, the fund will:Be held for at least ten years to accumulate Bitcoin donations and sponsorships;Be available for use as a "Bitcoin emergency fund" after reaching the $1 million threshold, with 21% accessible every five years, requiring unanimous approval from the city council;Be prioritized for subsidizing water bills for local senior residents and emergency disaster response.The donation was officially received on April 29, confirmed by Roswell's acting mayor Juliana Halvorson and Bitcoin certification expert Guy Malone. The donation address has been made public.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, OKX CEO Star announced at the main venue of the Token2049 summit in Dubai that OKX Pay has officially launched, stating that OKX Pay is the world's first crypto payment wallet with a fully integrated compliance system, allowing users to send and receive USDT and USDC instantly and securely worldwide. OKX Pay is built on an Account Abstraction (AA) architecture and ZK Email technology, featuring mechanisms such as multi-signature, anti-money laundering (AML), and password recovery, while achieving zero transaction fees on OKX's self-developed ZK Layer 2 network X Layer, providing users with an annual yield of up to 5% on USDT.Star emphasized: "In the future, all financial institutions will provide some degree of non-custodial services in a compliant manner, covering scenarios such as payments and remittances. OKX Pay and X Layer are building the underlying infrastructure needed for this future, which will enable hundreds of millions of users to truly enter the world of crypto and Web3."

ChainCatcher news, according to CryptoQuant analysts, Bitcoin's realized capitalization has reached $882.228 billion, setting a new all-time high. This on-chain metric evaluates the actual investment value by calculating the price at which each Bitcoin unit was last transferred on-chain, providing a more accurate measure of market sentiment than traditional market capitalization.Analyst Carmelo Alemán pointed out that historical data shows large accumulations of realized capitalization often precede significant price increases for Bitcoin. Although the price has increased since April 9, there has yet to be a typical short-term explosive surge in Bitcoin. If the current accumulation trend continues, it may indicate that Bitcoin is about to enter the next major market cycle.

ChainCatcher news, Binance Futures will launch PUNDIXUSDT and CTKUSDT perpetual contracts.The Binance Futures platform will launch the perpetual contracts at the following times:April 30, 2025, 18:00 (UTC+8): PUNDIXUSDT perpetual contract, with a maximum leverage of 75xApril 30, 2025, 18:15 (UTC+8): CTKUSDT perpetual contract, with a maximum leverage of 75x

ChainCatcher message, Binance ALPACA contract funding rate has reached the maximum limit of 4%.It is reported that Binance will automatically liquidate the perpetual contract for ALPACA tokens at 5 PM on April 30, and after the liquidation, the ALPACA/USDT perpetual contract trading pair will be removed.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, BlackRock's head of digital assets Robert Mitchnick stated at the Token2049 event in Dubai that there is a massive inflow of funds into Bitcoin ETFs, and the investor structure is shifting from retail to institutional.Mitchnick pointed out that in the early stages of ETF launches, participation was mainly from retail clients, including high-net-worth individuals with holdings exceeding $100 million. However, the proportion of retail clients has gradually decreased each quarter, while the share of institutional and wealth management clients has been continuously rising. Regarding altcoin ETFs, he mentioned that current market interest is still primarily focused on Bitcoin, as Bitcoin's attributes as a portfolio hedging tool differ from those of other cryptocurrencies.

ChainCatcher message, Matrixport released today's chart stating that, based on the daily chart since March 19, Bitcoin ETF funds have been continuously flowing out, and the open interest in the futures market has also decreased accordingly. From January to April, the cumulative net outflow of the ETF approached 5 billion dollars.However, recently we have observed a large-scale inflow of nearly 3 billion dollars, and the open interest in futures has also increased. Interestingly, the funding rate remains at a low level.This indicates that the current new inflows of funds mainly come from genuine long-term holding demand, which is more positive overall compared to the ETF buying driven by arbitrage funds at the beginning of the year.

ChainCatcher news, according to official social media announcements, Huobi HTX will hold a live stream today at 8 PM titled "Trump Crypto Dinner: Real Benefits or Fake Hype? Discussing the Compliance and Risks of TRUMP Coin."At that time, crypto KOLs such as Tony Fu, Data Alchemist, Shiwen.Eth, Big Brother, and Archie Li will be invited to attend, sharing stories behind the Trump dinner and unveiling the mystery of "Politicians and Crypto Narratives."

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, MOCA is suspected of entrusting Galaxy Digital for market making or token selling.In the past two weeks, the Mocaverse liquidity distribution multi-signature address transferred 74.07 million MOCA to Galaxy Digital, worth 5.92 million USD;4 hours ago, Galaxy deposited 40 million of those tokens to Bybit, worth 3.6 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, the Kaia Foundation announced on X that it has received investment from top crypto venture capital firms, led by Blockchain Capital and 1kx, with participation from Galaxy, The Spartan Group, IDG Capital, Mirana Ventures, SNZ Holding, Comma3 Ventures, Caladan, Lingfeng Capital, Waterdrip Capital, and MEXC Ventures. The specific investment amounts have not been disclosed.Kaia is formed by the merger of Klaytn and Finschia blockchains, originally developed by Kakao and LINE respectively. It features the lowest transaction latency in EVM L1, with a block time of 1 second and instant finality, enabling a smooth user experience and opening up possibilities for use cases that require near real-time responses.

ChainCatcher news, according to the latest data shared by Bloomberg analyst @JSeyff, multiple institutions have submitted applications for spot crypto ETFs such as LTC, SOL, and XRP.Bloomberg Intelligence estimates that the approval probability for Litecoin, Solana, and crypto asset basket/index ETFs is 90%, for XRP it is 85%, and for DOGE and HBAR it is 80%, while DOT, AVAX, and ADA are at 75%.All projects' 19b-4 filings have been confirmed by the SEC, with the final approval deadline concentrated in the second half of 2025.

ChainCatcher news, Huobi HTX spokesperson and HTX DAO ambassador Molly (Huobi HTX Liu Ye) was invited to attend the "2025 HTX DAO Confidence Journey - Dubai Whale Night." At the event, Molly shared the latest achievements and future development plans of Huobi HTX and HTX DAO. She pointed out that Huobi HTX continues to lead in the global trading ecosystem, being the only platform among the Top 10 exchanges in the first quarter to achieve growth in spot trading volume, with a cumulative registered user base exceeding 50 million and a net inflow amount increasing by as much as 210% quarter-on-quarter, while maintaining a reserve ratio of over 100%. In her view, the remarkable achievements of Huobi HTX are attributed to the platform's ongoing efforts in safety transparency and market sensitivity.In addition, she further stated that in the future, Huobi HTX will deepen its strategic cooperation with HTX DAO to collaboratively empower sustainable ecological development. Through the DAO's voting mechanism, community members can widely participate in key aspects such as platform governance and new asset listing decisions, ensuring that the decision-making process is more open, transparent, and democratic. At the same time, Huobi HTX will continue to optimize in areas such as security assurance, trading experience, quality asset introduction, and product innovation, continuously enhancing the platform's overall competitiveness. Through the organic combination of centralization and decentralization, Huobi HTX and HTX DAO will jointly promote ecological prosperity, creating a more open, co-built, and shared crypto world.

ChainCatcher message, hosted by HTX DAO, the "2025 HTX DAO Confidence Journey - Dubai Whale Night" was held in Dubai. Huobi HTX global advisor and TRON founder Justin Sun attended the event and delivered a speech. He stated that upgrading the platform's international brand to HTX aims to better promote the globalization strategy, which has achieved significant growth in the past two years, now ranking among the Top 5 offshore exchanges globally, and is continuously improving. At the same time, Huobi HTX will fully focus on the Middle East market and actively expand into Europe and CIS regions.Justin Sun emphasized that in the coming years, the focus will be on the U.S. market, and the Staked TRX ETF application is an important milestone. He will continue to expand international business locally.In addition, Huobi HTX has incorporated high-quality projects such as USDD and TRUMP into its trading ecosystem and is actively seeking more collaboration opportunities. He mentioned that global users are welcome to provide feedback, suggestions, or ideas to Huobi HTX.

ChainCatcher news, on April 29, the "2025 HTX DAO Confidence Journey - Dubai Whale Night" hosted by HTX DAO was grandly held in Dubai.At the event, the user growth leader of Huobi HTX comprehensively showcased the platform's SVIP benefits system. This system focuses on three core advantages: "cost optimization, capital efficiency, and exclusive privileges," providing industry-leading solutions for high-frequency traders, institutional investors, and long-term holders.Specifically, it includes: ultra-low fees (spot Maker as low as 0.0126%, contract Maker 0 fee), low-interest high-limit leveraged loans, customized wealth management, one-on-one exclusive account managers, and global elite private board meetings.According to reports, SVIP users can reduce fees by upgrading their Prime level, saving nearly ten thousand dollars in transaction costs per month; they can also increase returns by up to 20% through flexible wealth management and increasing loan limits.In addition, the Huobi HTX SVIP recruitment program has been launched simultaneously, inviting new users to upgrade to SVIP to share a million dollars, with a maximum reward of 5,000 USDT per person. Moreover, special invitations for VIP rewards from other platforms are doubled, and inviting multiple people can earn an additional maximum of 2,000 USDT cashback voucher airdrop rewards.

ChainCatcher message, according to DappRada data, the total number of new active users of Dmail Network in the past 7 days has exceeded 1.08 million, and it set a historical high of 386,000 UAW (Unique Active Wallets) in a single day two days ago.As a leading DApp in the Dfinity (ICP) ecosystem, Dmail's rapid growth may be closely related to its recent integration with Outlook, highlighting the strong demand and broad prospects for Web3 messaging communication in the market. Dmail is leading a new trend in decentralized communication, becoming a key bridge connecting Web2 and Web3.

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) monitoring, an address (D3ZFL...gn2dx) withdrew 42.73 million KMNO tokens from FalconX about 5 hours ago, with a transaction value of approximately 2.88 million USD, at an average price of 0.06737 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Berachain (BERA) will unlock approximately 10 million tokens at 1 PM Beijing time on May 7, worth about 36.96 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Australia's anti-money laundering agency AUSTRAC has requested registered but non-operational cryptocurrency exchanges to voluntarily cancel their registrations, or they will be forcibly deregistered. The agency stated on April 29 that among the current 427 registered exchanges, some that have not conducted business for a long time may be acquired by criminals for fraud. AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas emphasized that registered businesses must timely update their operational status, or they will face "use it or lose it" measures.AUSTRAC plans to publish a list of registered exchanges to help the public identify legitimate platforms. Since 2019, 10 institutions have had their qualifications revoked, including the local subsidiary of FTX, which will be processed in June 2024. In February of this year, the agency also took compliance review measures against 13 remittance service providers and exchanges. Currently, Australia has not yet introduced specific cryptocurrency regulations, and the government intends to advance the inclusion of exchanges into the existing financial services regulatory framework before the May 3 elections.