DeFi analysis platform IntoTheBlock and liquidity service provider Trident Digital announced a merger to form Sentora and completed a $25 million founding round of financing, led by New Form Capital, with participation from Ripple, Tribe Capital, UDHC and Joint Effects, and further support from strategic ecosystem investors such as Curved Ventures, Flare and Bankai Ventures. The new company will be led by Trident co-founder and former Coinbase risk strategy director Anthony DeMartino, and aims to provide institutional investors with one-stop on-chain financial services covering income strategies and compliance risk control.

Chainalysis data shows that since the launch of the meme coin TRUMP earlier this year, its creators have earned more than $320 million in fees. After the Trump dinner was first announced, the trading activity of the meme coin surged and the price rose accordingly. But the Trumps don't need to sell any meme coins to make money. According to its white paper, 20% of the total supply of 1 billion TRUMP coins are in circulation, half of which are invested in decentralized exchange liquidity pools. CIC Digital, an affiliate of the Trump Group, makes a profit by charging a 0.3% fee on each transaction. Blockchain analysis company Nansen pointed out that this model does not rely on coin price fluctuations, but instead continuously obtains income through trading volume. Currently, 80% of the tokens are still locked and belong to Trump-related companies.

Israeli social investment platform eToro announced the details of its New York IPO, planning to issue 10 million Class A common shares at $46-50 per share, raising up to $500 million, with a valuation target of $4 billion. 5 million of the shares will be sold by existing shareholders, and underwriters can subscribe for an additional 1.5 million shares in over-allotment. Seven institutions including Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Citigroup form the underwriting group, and BlackRock has expressed its intention to subscribe for shares worth $100 million. The company's stock will be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market with the code "ETOR".

Binance Futures will launch perpetual contracts at the following time: B2USDT perpetual contracts with a maximum leverage of 50x.

Binance founder CZ (Changpeng Zhao) recently shared his feelings about prison life, his views on Trump's presidency, and his insights on the future development of the crypto industry in an interview. CZ said that his prison experience made him value health and family more, and he had a new understanding of the priorities of life and work. He also mentioned that the Trump administration's support for cryptocurrencies has brought positive changes to the industry, and believes that the US policy shift is crucial to the development of the industry. When talking about the crypto industry, CZ pointed out that although the market has paid more attention to Memecoin recently, he is more optimistic about the combination of blockchain with AI, scientific research and other fields, and expects decentralized exchanges (DEX) to surpass centralized exchanges (CEX) in the future. In addition, CZ revealed that he is currently helping entrepreneurs more as a mentor and consultant, and no longer plans to lead Binance again or create new crypto projects. For the future price of Bitcoin, CZ predicts that this cycle may be between $500,000 and $1 million. He also emphasized that the industry needs to pay more attention to long-term value rather than short-term speculation.

Binance Futures will launch the ASRUSDT perpetual contract at 17:30 Beijing time on May 6, and the ALPINEUSDT perpetual contract at 17:45, both of which support up to 75x leverage.

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Florida House Bill 487 and Senate Bill 550 were "delayed indefinitely and withdrawn for consideration" on May 3.