The UK Treasury issued a statement on April 30, saying that it plans to work with the United States to promote innovation in the crypto industry. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said that through the "Change Plan", new regulations will be formulated for crypto asset service providers such as Bitcoin and Ethereum to enhance investor confidence and promote growth. The move is aimed at making the UK "the best place for innovation in the world." The statement revealed that Reeves recently met with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington to discuss cooperation on digital asset regulation, including relevant proposals put forward by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. The two finance ministries will continue to explore ways to support the responsible development of digital assets through the "UK-US Financial Regulatory Working Group."

BlackRock has applied for a digital share class, DLT Shares, for its $150 billion money market fund. DLT shares will be sold only through BNY Mellon, which intends to use blockchain technology to mirror ownership, which may be a preliminary preparation or foreshadowing for the future use of digital currency/cash.

At 02:18 and 02:22 Beijing time this morning, Tether Treasury minted a total of 2 billion USDT through two transactions on the Ethereum network. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said that the newly minted USDT was a replenishment of inventory. This is an authorized but unissued transaction, which means that the amount will be used as inventory for the next issuance request and chain exchange.

Trump Media & Technology Group, the media company owned by US President Donald Trump, is considering launching a utility token that users of the “Truth digital wallet” can use to pay for “Truth+ subscriptions” and, in the future, perhaps other products and services within the Truth Social ecosystem.” Last November, the company filed a trademark application for the fintech brand Truth.Fi, which mentioned services related to “downloadable computer software that acts as a digital wallet.”

According to the official website of the UK Treasury, the UK government today released a draft of new regulations on crypto assets, which will formally include cryptocurrency exchanges, dealers and agents into the regulatory system and require them to comply with transparency, consumer protection and operational resilience standards.

Camp Network, a blockchain project focusing on AI copyright sharing, announced the completion of a $25 million Series A financing round, led by 1kx and Blockchain Capital, with participation from OKX, Lattice and Paper Ventures, with a maximum valuation of $400 million.

The 14th exclusive TGE event will be held on April 30th from 8:00-10:00 UTC via PancakeSwap, and requires meeting a specified Alpha Points threshold, which will be announced before the event. Another 8.4 million B2 tokens will be used for subsequent market activities.

Polygon Labs did not invest directly, but incubated and reached an agreement to allocate approximately 10% of Miden's future tokens to Polygon token holders. Miden focuses on achieving transaction privacy through zero-knowledge proofs while taking into account the performance and decentralization of the blockchain.

Stablecoin issuer Circle has received preliminary approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to operate as a money service provider.

Binance announced that its platform Binance Alpha will launch Haedal Protocol (HAEDAL) trading at 20:00 on April 29. All eligible Binance users will receive 356 HAEDAL airdrops, provided that the user has at least 80 Alpha Points. Earlier news, Haedal released the token economics: the initial circulation accounted for 19.5%, of which Sui ecological airdrop accounted for 5%.