Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, wrote on the X platform: "The situation is developing in full swing. If this trend continues, we will see more policy responses this weekend. Bitcoin is about to enter a mode of only rising and not falling."

The official meme coin of US President Donald Trump will unlock $321 million worth of vested tokens on April 18. According to Tokenomist data, 40 million Trump tokens will be released in a cliff unlock, which means that all of them will be available at once. Given that the tokens are currently trading at around $8, this unlock means that about $321 million of supply will flood the market at once.

Binance Futures will launch XCNUSDT perpetual contracts at 23:30 (ET) on April 11, 2025, with a maximum leverage of 25x.

On-chain connectivity solution WalletConnect will launch its native WCT token on April 15. The launch is managed by the WalletConnect Foundation, which aims to promote the decentralization of the WalletConnect network with WCT at its core. Token holders can propose, discuss and make decisions on the introduction of fees in the long-term economic model of the network through the governance mechanism. WCT tokens are not only used to incentivize network use, but also give holders staking and governance rights.

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."