The Brazilian court sentenced the three main perpetrators of the Braiscompany crypto scam to a total of 171 years in prison. The mastermind, Joel Ferreira de Souza, was sentenced to 128 years for illegal operation of financial institutions and money laundering, and the other two suspects were sentenced to 27 and 15 years respectively. The scam defrauded about 20,000 investors and raised $190 million. The court also ordered the confiscation of assets worth about 36 million reais.

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According to Reuters, U.S. President Trump said on Thursday that the tariffs between the United States and China may be coming to an end, and hinted that an agreement on the fate of TikTok may have to wait. He told reporters at the White House: "I don't want the tariffs to continue to rise, because at a certain point, people stop buying." He added: "So I may not increase the tax further, and I may not even want to tax it at the current level. Maybe I will choose a lower tax rate because you want people to continue to consume, and at a certain critical point, people will stop buying."

Lending protocol Dolomite announced that its DOLO Token Generation Event (TGE) will be officially launched on April 24, and users can start claiming DOLO tokens on April 24. The total number of DOLO tokens is 1 billion, of which about 361 million will be in circulation at the TGE, including locked veDOLO. 20% of DOLO tokens will be distributed to platform users as airdrops, with the airdrop snapshot date being January 6, 2025, taking into account only activities on Dolomite before the snapshot. In addition to the airdrop, Boyco depositors will receive a 3% allocation of DOLO tokens. Earlier news, Dolomite will launch DOLO tokens on Berachain, and 20% of the total supply will be airdropped to community members.

Binance announced that it will open Balance (EPT) trading on the Binance Alpha platform at 20:00 on April 21, 2025 (GMT+8), and will launch EPTUSDT perpetual contracts at 21:00, with a maximum leverage of 20x. To celebrate the launch, all eligible Binance users will receive an airdrop of 3,500 EPT tokens in their Alpha accounts, which will be completed before 20:10 on April 21, 2025. Airdrop qualifications are limited to users who have purchased through Binance Alpha using spot or funding accounts between 00:00 on April 11, 2025 and 23:59 on April 17, 2025.

Global chain retail giant SPAR is testing cryptocurrency payments in Switzerland. The retail group, which has more than 13,900 stores in 48 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, was recently revealed to have accepted Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network at its store in Zug, Switzerland.