AI analytics company Helika launches a $50 million blockchain accelerator

According to Ark Invest Daily, ARK Invest sold 39,575 shares of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) through its ARKW fund on April 17, valued at about $3.35 million at the closing price of $84.71 on the day. And through the ARKW fund and the ARKF fund, a total of 475,000 shares of the 3IQ SOLANA STAKING ETF (SOLQ, U) were purchased, valued at about $4.95 million at the closing price of 14.42 Canadian dollars (about $10.42) on the day.

According to Onchain Lens, a whale bought 3,659.83 ETH with 5.88 million DAI after 2.8 years of sleep. The whale also transferred 1,000 ETH (1.61 million USD) via Tornado Cash.

On April 18, Pump.fun co-founder Alon Cohen posted on the X platform: "Pump.fun will continue to experiment at the intersection of social media and tokenization. Some of these attempts (like live streaming, which by the way has now been fully restored). Whatever we do, we will do our best to ensure alignment with our core client base. That being said: don't expect me, pump.fun, or any employees to issue tokens (and there won't be a" secret offering ")."

On April 18, CZ quoted BNB's upcoming Kraken as saying: "BNB is a Meme coin." Previously, it was reported that BNB will launch Kraken on April 22, and deposits are now open.

Ethereum re-staking protocol EigenLayer tweeted that its Slashing mechanism has been launched on the mainnet, and the protocol committee has completed the upgrade implementation.

According to on-chain analyst Ember, Blur, which was unlocked on January 1, transferred the 23.80 million BLUR ($2.30 million) unlocked this month to Coinbase Prime 1 hour ago. Since entering the unlock cycle 2023/6/15, Blur has unlocked 35.6% of the total BLUR (1.068 billion) and transferred to Coinbase Prime for circulation. At the price at the time of unlocking the transfer, the value is $340 million. The average transfer price is $0.318, while BLUR is now only $0.096.

According to Cointelegraph, Solana surpassed all other blockchains in DEX trading volume in 7 days, surpassing $15 billion.

The latest JPMorgan report points out that Bitcoin's safe-haven narrative has not reached its mythical status, with investors instead preferring to put their money in gold amid the recent volatility in the market due to the global trade war launched by President Trump. Analysts at the investment bank said in a report on Thursday that gold ET...

According to Onchain Lens, in the past 10 hours, Alameda Research deposited 9.50 million USDT into Wintermute over the counter, which is likely to be transferred to Binance and Coinbase. In addition, they also sent 129,871 USDT to a wallet that may have belonged to B2C2.

Market maker Wintermute announced in a statement that its investment institution Wintermute Ventures has invested in Euler Finance, a DeFi lending agreement, for an undisclosed amount.

On April 18, US President Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday that New York State Senator and Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blocked Jay Clayton's nomination, leaving Clayton currently in a temporary position, so the former SEC chairperson will have to wait longer to officially become the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). Due to the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY)...

Gold prices surged to an all-time high of $3,357 an ounce on April 17, prompting speculation about whether Bitcoin will follow suit. In 2017, Bitcoin surged to $19,120 after gold rallied 30% a few months earlier. Similarly, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, gold reached a new high of nearly $2,075, followed by Bitcoin surging to $69,000 in 2021. Historically, whenever gold has rallied, Bitcoin...