Web3 financial education platform BugsCoin announced the completion of a $12 million Series A financing round, with participation from Becker Ventures, Castrum Istanbul, BullPerks, DuckDAO, Maxx Capital Official and an Asian family office. The new funds will be used to expand global and localized education projects, upgrade its decentralized asset management protocol BugsFunded, develop AI-driven smart advisor tools, and optimize token economics and explore new ecosystem use cases.

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, reported total net inflows of $84 billion in the first quarter of 2025, an annualized increase of 3%. According to its earnings report released on April 11, the strong performance was mainly due to the record performance of iShares ETFs and continued strong net inflows from private markets. BlackRock said that of the $107 billion in net inflows into iShares ETFs, $3 billion (2.8%) flowed into digital asset products in the first quarter. As of March 31, 2025, digital assets brought BlackRock $34 million in base fees, less than 1% of its long-term revenue; at the end of the first quarter, it managed a total of $50.3 billion in digital assets, accounting for about 0.5% of total assets under management. Although the proportion is not high, BlackRock's $3 billion in net digital asset inflows is still worth noting given the widespread liquidation of the Bitcoin ETF market earlier this year, and data shows that investors have a stable interest in cryptocurrency-backed ETFs.

The US prosecutors said that although the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued an internal memorandum to relax the enforcement standards for crypto companies, it will not modify the existing charges against Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon. The memorandum was signed by Deputy Minister Todd Blanche, calling for the suspension of criminal prosecutions of crypto exchanges, currency mixing services and other companies except in special circumstances, and stated that relevant supervision should be the responsibility of the Trump administration regulators. Do Kwon is currently charged with multiple crimes including commodity fraud, securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money. If convicted, he could face up to 130 years in prison. The court has postponed the trial date from January 26, 2026 to February 17, 2026, and the next pre-trial conference is scheduled for June 12, 2025.

Binance will list Ondo (ONDO), Big Time (BIGTIME), and Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) for spot trading on April 11, 2025 at 22:00 (UTC). Please note: Binance Alpha is currently available for trading of the above tokens and will no longer be displayed after spot trading is enabled. Users can now transfer their Binance Alpha tokens to spot accounts.

Well-known leading indicators show that Bitcoin is showing classic "bottom" characteristics. On April 10, John Bollinger, the founder of the Bollinger Bands volatility indicator, posted on the social platform X that Bitcoin bulls are brewing positive signals. The Bollinger Bands %b indicator suggests that Bitcoin prices are about to rebound, and the latest Bollinger Bands data shows that Bitcoin may be building a long-term bottom. Through weekly level analysis, Bollinger specifically pointed out that his original %b indicator is releasing trend reversal signals. The indicator provides a basis for judging market turning points by calculating the closing price of an asset relative to the Bollinger Bands position (based on the standard deviation range of the 20-period simple moving average). Among them, the W-shaped double bottom pattern is particularly worthy of attention-when the price first falls below the lower track to form a low point, the second correction forms a higher low point, which often indicates a reversal opportunity. Bollinger confirmed to his followers: "Bitcoin is forming a classic Bollinger Bands W bottom pattern, but it still needs to be confirmed."

Curve founder Michael Egorov said on X that he has extended the lock-up period of his veCRV to 4 years again, and publicly disclosed the specific transaction records of the extension of the lock-up.

Cybersecurity personnel have discovered the latest threat that attackers targeting Atomic Wallet and Exodus Wallet users are uploading malicious packages to online code repositories with the intention of stealing cryptocurrency private keys. ReversingLabs security researchers pointed out that the vulnerability exploitation method implements attacks by hiding malicious code in seemingly legitimate npm packages. These pre-built code packages are widely used by software developers.

The Litecoin ETF of cryptocurrency fund management company Canary Capital has been included in the ETF list of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). The ETF appeared on the official DTCC website with the ticker LTCC on Thursday evening. Canary's Litecoin spot ETF is still awaiting regulatory approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, the inclusion of DTCC marks a preparatory step for the ETF towards a potential launch. "Inclusion in the list does not mean that it has been approved or is ready to start trading, but it does indicate that the issuer is preparing for approval," said Eric Balchunas, chief ETF analyst at Bloomberg. There is a 90% chance that Canary's Litecoin spot ETF will be approved. If approved, Litecoin will become the third cryptocurrency to serve as the underlying asset of a spot ETF after Bitcoin and Ethereum."

The State Council Tariff Commission announced that starting from April 12, 2025, the tariff rate on imported goods originating from the United States will be increased from 84% to 125%. This adjustment is based on relevant Chinese laws and regulations and basic principles of international law and has been approved by the State Council. The Commission pointed out that even if the United States continues to impose tariffs, it will no longer make economic sense and will become a joke in the history of the world economy. At the current tariff level, there is no market acceptance for American goods exported to China. If the United States continues to play the tariff numbers game, China will ignore it, but if the United States insists on substantially infringing on China's interests, China will resolutely counter and fight to the end. Other related matters will continue to be implemented in accordance with previous announcements.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost recommends that investors consider implementing a DCA strategy on altcoins. He noted that it has entered a buy zone, defined by a 30-day moving average volume below the annual average. This last occurred in September 2023, after the bear market ended. Such phases can last for weeks or even months, and historically have provided good opportunities to set up a DCA strategy.

Grayscale has announced a list of potential digital assets that may be included in its investment products in the future. The assets being considered for inclusion include APT, ARB, TIA, HBAR, MNT, TON, TRX, VET, AREO, BNB, ENA, HYPE, JUP, ONDO, PENDLE, PLUME, AIXBT, IMX, IP, AKT, FET, AR, EIGEN, GEOD, HNT and JTO. In addition, assets not included in the crypto industry framework include Babylon, BERA, Monad, MOVE, Lombard, OM, SYRUP, ELIZA, DEEP, GRASS, Prime Intellect, Sentient, Space and Time, and WAL.