PANews reported on April 1 that according to the official announcement, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit will launch COMP in the Korean won market, and trading will start at 15:00 on April 1 (estimated).

Just days after South Carolina dropped its staking lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase, Kentucky became the third state in weeks to do the same, following Vermont’s withdrawal last month. The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions filed a joint agreement to dismiss the lawsuit on Monday, effectively ending its legal action against Coinbase’s staking service, which had been accused of violating state securities laws. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal later posted on the X platform: “Congress needs to pass a federal market structure law as soon as possible to end this state-by-state litigation approach.

The U.S. Treasury and other federal agencies are expected to disclose their holdings of Bitcoin and other crypto assets on April 5 to comply with President Trump's recent directive. Whether digital assets previously mentioned by Trump, such as XRP, SOL and ADA, will be included in the national digital asset reserves will also be clarified soon. David Bailey, CEO of BTC Inc, said that the audit results may reveal the reasons for Bitcoin's recent price movements.

A recent report from Fidelity Digital Assets questioned whether Bitcoin prices have already experienced their cyclical "peak-to-fall" or whether Bitcoin is on the verge of another "acceleration phase." According to Fidelity analyst Zack Wainwright, Bitcoin's acceleration phase is characterized by "high volatility and high returns," similar to the price action when Bitcoin broke through $20,000 in December 2020. Although Bitcoin's returns so far this year reflect a loss of 11.44%, and the asset is down nearly 25% from its all-time high, Wainwright said that the recent performance after the acceleration phase is in line with Bitcoin's average retracement compared to previous market cycles.

Bill No. 0451, submitted to the Rhode Island Senate last month, proposes that state residents and businesses can conduct up to 10 Bitcoin transactions (or sales of equivalent value) per month, with each transaction valued at less than $1,000, without paying state capital gains tax.

In the first quarter of 2025, there were more than 60 cryptocurrency hacking incidents, with a total loss of $1.63 billion, an increase of 131% from $706 million in the first quarter of 2024. In March 2025, there were 20 cryptocurrency hacking incidents, with a loss of $33.46 million, including a $5 million hacking incident affecting 1inch, 90% of which has now been recovered.

Pantera disclosed in a blog post titled "PANTERA's All-in-One Blockchain Investment Strategy" that it plans to raise funds for its fifth venture capital fund (Pantera Fund V), which is now open for subscription. The new fund is an "all-in-one" venture capital style fund that provides access to a full range of blockchain assets, including venture capital equity, private tokens, liquidity tokens, etc. The first closing date is June 30, 2025, with a target fundraising amount of US$1 billion and a minimum investment amount of US$1 billion.

Elon Musk plans to resign from his position at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the end of May. In an interview with Fox News, Musk said he was confident that he would achieve his goal of reducing the federal deficit by $1 trillion before leaving office. He also stressed that the government is inefficient, there is a lot of waste and fraud, and he is confident that spending can be reduced by 15% without affecting key services. In addition, Musk questioned the phenomenon of the unusually rich wealth of members of Congress. He pointed out that many members of Congress only earn $200,000 a year, but have assets as high as $20 million, questioning how they can accumulate such huge wealth on limited income.

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, said in a recent blog post: "Bitcoin Value = Technology + Fiat Liquidity. The technology works and is not going to change in any significant way in the near future, for better or worse. Therefore, Bitcoin is traded entirely based on the market's expectations of future fiat money supply. If my analysis of the Fed's major pivot from Treasury QT to QE is correct, then Bitcoin hit a local low of $76,500 last month and now we are starting to move towards $250,000 by the end of the year. Of course, this is not an exact science, but if I use gold as an example, if I had to bet between whether I think Bitcoin will hit $76,500 or $110,000 first, I would bet on the latter. Even if the U.S. stock market continues to fall due to tariffs, collapsing earnings expectations, or falling foreign demand, I still believe there is a greater probability that Bitcoin will continue to climb. Recognizing the pros and cons, Maelstrom is deploying capital cautiously. We do not use leverage, and we make small purchases relative to the size of our total portfolio. We have been buying Bitcoin and altcoins at all levels between $90,000 and $76,500. The pace of capital deployment will speed up or slow down depending on the accuracy of my forecasts. I still believe that Bitcoin can reach $250,000 by the end of the year. ”