Today's news in the cryptocurrency field are as follows:

DeFi researcher Ignas analyzed the three factors for the success of the Runes protocol: technological innovation, token minting opportunities, and attractive stories. He specifically mentioned several noteworthy protocols such as Sovryn, RunePro, Rune Bitcoin, Runessance, Liquidium, and Saturn.

Bitcoin Layer2 network Bsquared Network announced that the mainnet has been launched. Users can now bridge BTC from Bitcoin to the Bsquared Network mainnet, and can transfer assets between EVM addresses and BTC addresses on its mainnet through Particle Network's account abstraction.

The CFG token of the on-chain financial platform Centrifuge briefly broke through $0.79 and is now at $0.776, up 12.44% in 24 hours. Centrifuge completed a $15 million Series A financing round, with IOSG Ventures and others participating.

BNB fell below 540 USDT, and the 24-hour increase narrowed to 0.97%1.

Members of the British Parliament called on the government to invest in cultivating employment demand in the cryptocurrency, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) industries.

In the first quarter of 2024, hacker attacks resulted in losses of more than $824 million, 83% of which came from access control vulnerabilities. Approximately $444 million in funds have been successfully recovered or frozen.

The total market value of cryptocurrencies exceeds $2.30 trillion, with Bitcoin accounting for 54.1%1.