• Cybersecurity analysts have discovered an open-source artificial intelligence trading robot that contains malicious code designed to steal cryptographic private keys. The robot was found to steal private keys through a binary script in the "checkrug.py" file, which could cause serious losses to users. Evilcos, the anonymous founder of the well-known blockchain security company SlowMist, confirmed the findings and warned that the robot has a backdoor and may be re-added after the backdoor code is removed to lure more unsuspecting users to download it. Experts advise the cryptocurrency community to be cautious with complex code and open source projects​

  • Bitcoin's halving has led to a drop in miners' income, but at the same time, the new Runes protocol launched by Casey Rodarmor has led to a surge in transaction fees and an increase in miners' income. The Runes protocol supports the creation of digital tokens on Bitcoin, similar to the Ethereum blockchain, but creates unprecedented transaction demand on Bitcoin. The introduction of this protocol has caused Bitcoin transaction fees to hit a record high, with miners' income soaring to $107.8 million in a single day, and the average transaction fee reaching $127.97.

  • After Bitcoin's halving event, the price was relatively stable, increasing by 1.5%, while the price of meme coins surged significantly. BONK on Solana is up 46%, FLOKI on Ethereum is up nearly 26%, and Shiba Inu is up 24%. Compared to Bitcoin’s relative stability, these meme coins show high growth potential. In addition, it is expected that Bitcoin may achieve greater gains in the coming months, and the long-term impact of the halving event on Bitcoin deserves attention.

  • The Bitcoin blockchain is undergoing a historic transformation, driven by the introduction of the Runes token standard. This new standard enables the creation of fungible tokens, enhancing the functionality of Bitcoin. This change significantly increased transaction fees and miner revenue, reshaping the economics of the Bitcoin network. Lucas Outumuro, director of research at IntoTheBlock, pointed out that altcoins on Bitcoin represent a historic shift, but they also bring challenges, and retail investors have not fully participated in this trend.

  • Figure Markets will set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to participate in FTX's upcoming SOL auction and allow community participation. Investors can invest in USD, USDC, BTC, and ETH, with a minimum investment of $5,000 and a minimum auction of $5 million. Figure Markets will charge an annual management fee of 0.5% to cover the cost of setting up the SPV and ongoing management and reporting. The SPV will be available to non-US investors and accredited investors in the US, and the community will decide on the auction strategy through consensus ($1 = 1 vote)​

  • According to on-chain analysts, the whale who previously lost $4 million by longing Ethereum (ETH) with leverage has transferred 1,293 ETH from Binance again, worth about $4.09 million. The whale deposited these ETH into Compound as margin and borrowed $2.66 million in USDT. So far, the whale has pledged a total of 9,542 ETH and borrowed $19.96 million in USDT.

  • According to the market data of Mars Finance, among the top six NFT projects in terms of market value, Bitcoin and Ethereum NFT projects each account for half. The projects ranked first to sixth are CryptoPunks, Runestone, BAYC, Pudgy Penguins, NodeMonkes and Bitcoin Puppets.

  • In the past two months, the daily average active addresses (DAA) of the Ronin ecosystem has increased by 44.25%. Among them, Axie Infinity's DAA increased by 73.71%, pixels_online's DAA increased by 147.06%, and ApeironNFT's DAA increased by 188.79%.

  • The Federal High Court of Nigeria postponed the trial date of Binance’s tax evasion case to May 17. This is the second time that the Federal Taxation Bureau of Nigeria has postponed the trial of Binance’s tax evasion case. Previously, the trial on April 4 was postponed because the Federal Taxation Bureau of Nigeria failed to serve a summons to the parties involved before the trial.

  • Big Brain Holdings posted on the X platform that it had never invested in ZKasino. Previously, Web3 entertainment platform ZKasino announced that it had completed a round of financing with a valuation of US$350 million, claiming that investors included Big Brain Holdings. However, Big Brain Holdings stated that it had not invested in ZKasino and would not accept its token allocation. Some members of the ZKasino team previously participated in ZigZag Exchange, a project that caused financial losses to Big Brain Holdings.

  • Moonbeam Network released a message on the X platform saying that due to the Polkadot upgrade, the network had a block production problem of about 1 hour, causing all parachains including Moonbeam to stop producing blocks at around 10:27 UTC time. Moonbeam resumed normal operation at around 11:36, and the network has now returned to normal. The official said that it is waiting for the Polkadot core development team to provide more details of the incident and will share relevant information later.

  • The ApeCoin DAO community has launched a proposal to create an NFT Launchpad platform powered by the APE token. The platform is designed to facilitate the minting and trading of NFTs, thereby enhancing the utility and adoption of APE tokens. The main goal of this proposal is to build a Launchpad that uses APE as currency to mint NFTs on the ERC-20 network, providing creators with a space to showcase and trade their NFTs. Voting on the proposal will end on May 2nd.

  • According to on-chain analysts, an address known as "smart money" sold 45 WBTC in the past 15 minutes, worth about $2.92 million. This address previously made a profit of $5.16 million by shorting LUNA/UST. This address bought 260.82 WBTC at an average price of $56,355 between February 18 and March 7. The current sale has made a profit of $390,000, and the remaining floating profit is $1.83 million.

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