BlackRock Bitcoin ETF holdings top $32 billion

Speaking at the third cryptocurrency roundtable, Paul Atkins, the new chairperson of the SEC, said: "This is my fourth day on the committee, and I am eager to address long-standing issues in the blockchain space, such as regulatory processing of digital assets and distributed ledger technology, and work with my colleagues and staff, and will also seek outside input. This is important work as entrepreneurs across the United States are using blockchain technology to modernize the financial system....

On April 26th, Sign released its airdrop query page, where users can check the number of airdrops obtained by their X account and wallet address. According to market news, a single Sign NFT received 47,500 SIGN airdrops.

The SEC's third crypto roundtable will be held from 1 am to 5 am Beijing time on April 26, and is now open for live webcast. SEC Chairperson Paul Atkins will attend and speak. Previously, the Securities Exchange Commission has announced details of its third cryptocurrency policy roundtable, which will focus on custody issues, with two panels, one on broker-dealers and wallet custody, and another on investment advisors and investment firm custody.

BTC ETFs saw their biggest weekly net inflows since Trump's inauguration as bitcoin rallied to $95,800 today, according to Santiment data. Institutions including BlackRock drove a strong rally across the crypto market.

The dollar is heading for its worst performance since the first 100 days of the US presidency, according to a gauge dating back to the Nixon era, when the US abandoned the gold standard in favour of a freely floating exchange rate, according to Bloomberg. Since Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20, the dollar index has fallen almost 9 per cent by April 25 and is on track for its biggest fall in the first 100 days of a presidency since 1973. By contrast, US presidents in recent ...

TON announced that it will officially close the Toncoin Bridge, which has been running for nearly 4 years, on May 10, 2025. At that time, users will no longer be able to transfer Toncoin from TON to the Ethereum or BNB smart chain through the bridge, but the previous cross-chain assets can still be claimed. The bridge function of Toncoin to TON will be temporarily retained, and the termination time will be announced separately in the future.

According to Cynthia Lummis, chair of the U.S. Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets, she said she will continue to hold the Federal Reserve accountable until the digital asset industry is treated fairly.

The European Union will next week consider amending its law mandating a 15 percent minimum corporate tax in a bid to ease tensions with the United States. At a meeting next Tuesday, officials will discuss several policy options that could significantly change the way the European Union applies the law, documents show. Their aim is to reassure Trump that the U.S. government does not want U.S. companies to be bound by the law. The Minimum Tax Directive, which came into effect less than two years a...

Bitcoin has led a rally in risk assets, on track for its biggest weekly gain since Trump won the US Presidential Election. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index is up about 5 percent as investors digest the impact of Trump's trade war, but bitcoin has gained about 12 percent since last week and topped $95,000 for the first time since early March. Jack Ostrovskis, a trader at cryptocurrency market-making firm Wintermute, said: "Amid the constant volatility, add...

The Nasdaq exchange sent a letter to the US SEC Crypto Working Group, advising regulators to carefully divide digital asset classes and clarify regulatory "referees". The document, signed by John Zecca, head of regulatory affairs, proposes four categories: first, financial security tokens (such as tokens linked to stocks, bonds, and ETFs, which should be treated the same as underlying assets), which are regulated by the SEC;...

According to the official announcement, Binance detailed its listing and delisting criteria, including the listing requirements for products such as Binance Alpha, Binance Futures, and Binance Spot, as well as the conditions to be met by the project team. Binance also emphasized the continuous monitoring of market performance, team background, compliance and product safety, and projects that do not meet the standards may be removed from the shelves.

Jeff Weinstein, head of products at U.S. payments giant Stripe, posted on the X platform that Stripe is building its first stablecoin-centric financial product, which is ready for testing. Previously, Stripe completed the $1.10 billion Bridge acquisition transaction and is ready to promote stablecoins.