Trump will host a “Trump Dinner” for TRUMP token holders.

According to official news from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), SEC Chairman Paul Atkins will speak at the next cryptocurrency roundtable on April 25.

The newly formed company, Twenty One Capital, Inc., announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEP). Upon completion of the business combination, Twenty One will be majority-owned by Tether and Bitfinex, with SoftBank Group holding a significant minority stake. Twenty One and CEP have also entered into subscription agreements with investors to raise an additional $585 million of aggregate capital upon closing of the transaction. Twenty One and CEP have also entered into subscription agreements with investors to raise an additional $585 million of aggregate capital upon closing of the transaction, consisting of (i) $385 million through convertible senior secured notes and (ii) $200 million through a common equity private equity (PIPE) financing (the “PIPE Financing”). The net proceeds from the PIPE Financing will be used to purchase additional bitcoins concurrently with the completion of the business combination and for general corporate purposes. Twenty One expects to start with holdings of more than 42,000 bitcoins, which would make it the third largest bitcoin reserve holder in the world as of today. Twenty One aims to accumulate bitcoins and increase holdings per share, rather than simply tracking bitcoin prices.

SOL Strategies, a Canadian Stock Exchange-listed company, has received a convertible note financing of up to $500 million from ATW Partners, the largest financing of its kind in the Solana ecosystem. The funds will be used exclusively to purchase SOL and stake it on the validator nodes operated by the company. The first $20 million payment is scheduled to be completed on May 1, and the staking proceeds will be shared by both parties.

AI-driven digital asset trading platform BitradeX has completed a £12 million (approximately $15.96 million) Series A financing round led by Bain Capital. The funds will be used to set up a global AI strategy laboratory and upgrade compliance infrastructure.

Symbiotic, a cryptocurrency staking protocol, has completed a $29 million Series A financing round, led by Pantera Capital and Coinbase Ventures, with participation from more than 100 institutions and angel investors including Aave, Polygon and StarkWare. The financing will be used to launch the "Universal Staking Framework", a blockchain security coordination layer. The framework allows any combination of cryptocurrencies (including L1/L2 chain assets) to participate in network verification. It has been adopted by 14 networks including Hyperlane, and is expected to connect to 20 ecological projects.

About 15 cryptocurrency and fintech companies are applying for banking charters from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), with some seeking easier access to federal master accounts.

Kain, founder of Synthetix, published a blog post titled "sUSD: Restarting the Anchoring Path", which elaborated on the path to readjust incentives, restore sUSD anchoring, and lay the foundation for Perps V4 on L1 and snaxChain. When SNX fell below $1 at the end of 2024, Synthetix launched the "debt forgiveness" plan to concentrate historical sUSD debts in the 420 Pool on the chain. Although it avoided the liquidation crisis, it destroyed the arbitrage anchoring mechanism of sUSD. In order to restore sUSD to $1, incentives need to be reintroduced: positive incentives are to pledge sUSD to the 420 Pool to receive SNX inflation rewards; negative incentives require pledgers to deposit a certain proportion of sUSD (initially 5-10% of outstanding debt). If the standard is not met, debt forgiveness will be suspended, and the proportion will be increased when the anchor deviates. At the same time, the pledge model is optimized, SNX pooled pledge is implemented, and a new 420 Pool is created to accept new collateral assets, expanding the supply of sUSD without liquidation risk, including USDC in the initial stage, and can be expanded to other DeFi tokens in the future.

PayPal announced that it will launch a stablecoin PYUSD holding reward program this summer. US users who hold PYUSD through PayPal and Venmo wallets can obtain an annualized return of 3.7% (accumulated daily and distributed monthly). The income is distributed in the form of PYUSD, which can be exchanged for legal currency, sent to other users, used for international transfers or used when shopping on PayPal Checkout. The head of PayPal's blockchain business said that this move is aimed at increasing the use of PYUSD in its payment network, and the company regards stablecoins as a core component of the "next generation of payment infrastructure."

DWF Labs announced a strategic partnership with Mask Network and invested $5 million in $MASK tokens to promote the development of the decentralized social layer and Web3 ecosystem.

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, said that Trump may push for tariffs again in the future, but Bitcoin will not be affected like technology stocks. Bitcoin will benefit from high debt levels and deflationary policies that are difficult to maintain. He believes that the Treasury's debt repurchase program provides liquidity to the market, allowing Bitcoin to find support in uncertainty. It is expected that Bitcoin may climb all the way to $200,000 after breaking through $110,000, which may trigger a trend from Bitcoin to other cryptocurrencies and start a new "altcoin season."