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Curve Finance proposes a market-based recovery plan for the CRV-long LlamaLend bad debt issue by establishing trading pools for crvUSD and cvcrvUSD (damaged debt certificates), providing affected users with options to exit, hold, or participate in liquidity recovery. This mechanism allows users to sell their debt at market prices in exchange for liquidity, rather than passively waiting for recovery, but does not guarantee loss compensation. Curve stated that as the CRV price rises, the repayment capacity of related positions is expected to gradually improve, and the lessons learned from this i

MoonPay launches a stablecoin debit card called "MoonAgents Card" for AI agents and users, operating on the Mastercard network and issued by Monavate. The card supports direct spending from on-chain wallets, converting stablecoins to fiat currency in real-time during payment without preloading or transferring to off-chain accounts; if a transaction is declined, funds are immediately refunded to the wallet. The product is currently available in the UK and Latin America, with plans to expand to the US and EU markets. (TheBlock)

According to Fortune, the crypto payments infrastructure startup Fun announced that it completed a $72 million A round of financing in January this year, led by Multicoin Capital and SignalFire. The company provides deposit and withdrawal channels between fiat currency and crypto assets for platforms, and will use the funding to expand its team and drive more non-crypto-native enterprises to connect to the related payment infrastructure.

Tether releases Q1 2026 audit report, achieving a net profit of approximately $1.04 billion during the period, with excess reserves rising to a record high of $8.23 billion. As of March 31, USDT-related liabilities are approximately $183 billion, with reserves mainly in short-term highly liquid assets, including about $141 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds; additionally, holding about $20 billion in gold and $7 billion in Bitcoin. The report states that total assets are approximately $191.7 billion, maintaining an overall over-collateralized structure.

The Central Bank of Brazil issued Resolution No. 561 amending the rules for cross-border payment services eFX. The new regulation clearly states that cross-border eFX transactions must be conducted through foreign exchange trading or non-resident real accounts, prohibiting the use of virtual assets; at the same time, the limit for single digital payments and cross-border transfers related to investments is set at $10k USD. The rules also strengthen KYC, information retention (for 10 years), and data reporting requirements, and allow banks, brokerages, and payment institutions to provide this s

CryptoQuant reports that Bitcoin rose from $66k to $79k in April 2026, mainly driven by perpetual contract demand, while spot demand remained in continuous contraction throughout the rally.
The divergence between price increases and weakening spot demand indicates this round of market movement is more speculative, lacking fundamental support, and its structure is similar to the early stages of the 2022 bear market, with downside risks.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin has fallen back from its high to around $75k, and CryptoQuant's bull-bear indicator has dropped from 50 to 40, re-entering a bearish zone

Arkham monitoring shows that Tom Lee has recently staked approximately $508 million worth of ETH.
Meanwhile, Bitmine Immersion Technologies has accumulated over 4 million ETH staked, worth about $9.3 billion, accounting for approximately 10.5% of the current total ETH staked.

Crypto mining company Riot Platforms announced Q1 2026 revenue of $167 million, with data center business revenue of $33.2 million, marking its first revenue contribution. This quarter produced 1,473 BTC, with a mining cost of approximately $44.6k per coin. At the same time, AMD exercised an additional 25MW expansion option, increasing contracted hash rate capacity to 50MW. The company stated it is transitioning from mining to data center operations and maintains a reserve of about 15,679 BTC.

According to Greekslive, 23k BTC options are expiring, with a Put Call Ratio of 1.13, the maximum pain point at $76,000, and a notional value of $1.74 billion. 175k ETH options are expiring, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.94, the maximum pain point at $2,325, and a notional value of $400 million. This week, implied volatility for major expiration options has shown a significant decline. Bitcoin's main expiration IV has fallen below 40% across the board, while ETH's main expiration IV has dropped even more, with short-term IV falling below 50%, and medium to long-term IV also dropping below 60%.

According to Greekslive, 23k BTC options are expiring, with a Put Call Ratio of 1.13, a maximum pain point of $76,000, and a notional value of $1.74 billion. 175k ETH options are expiring, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.94, a maximum pain point of $2,325, and a notional value of $400 million. This week, implied volatility for major expiration options has shown a significant decline. Bitcoin's main expiration IV has fallen below 40% across the board, while ETH's main expiration IV has dropped even more, with short-term IV falling below 50%, and medium to long-term IV also dropping below 60%.

According to official disclosures from Purrlend, on April 25, 2026, a security incident occurred during deployment on HyperEVM and MegaETH, resulting in a loss of approximately $1.52 million. The cause was that the team’s two-thirds multisignature admin wallet was compromised. After gaining multiple management permissions, including BRIDGE_ROLE, the attacker minted about 2 million pUSDm and 4.85 million pUSDC, which are uncollateralized tokens, and used them as collateral to borrow real assets. Ultimately, about $1.52 million worth of assets were withdrawn from the protocol pool. Afterwards, t

According to Bloomberg, Japan Exchange Group (JPX) CEO Yuki Yamada stated that after the amendment of laws related to crypto assets and clarification of tax treatment, JPX will advance preparations for listing crypto asset ETFs, potentially launching as early as 2027, or possibly delayed until 2028 due to progress in legal amendments.

According to Coinpost, SBI Holdings announced on May 1, 2026, that it has entered into discussions with Bitbank Co., Ltd., which operates the cryptocurrency exchange "bitbank," regarding capital and business cooperation, intending to incorporate it as a consolidated subsidiary, and plans to acquire its shares after completing due diligence and internal procedures. The timing and method of the acquisition have not yet been clarified; previously, the SBI Group, in April 2026, continued industry consolidation by merging with SBI VC Trade to acquire Bitpoint Japan. Bitbank had disclosed that it or

Wu Shuo learned that, according to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time April 30) Bitcoin spot ETF had a total net inflow of $14.76M, marking its first net inflow after three days of net outflows. Ethereum spot ETF had a total net outflow of $23.64M, continuing for the fourth day of net outflows.

Wu reports that Arbitrum DAO governance proposals show that Aave Labs, KelpDAO, LayerZero, EtherFi, Compound, and others have submitted constitutional-level proposals to approve the release of 30,765.67 ETH previously frozen by the Arbitrum Security Council for rsETH recovery plans to cover collateral gaps and restore collateral support; the proposal states that the frozen funds as of April 21, 2026, come from attacker-related addresses, and currently about 76,127 rsETH are missing. The funds will be transferred to a multi-signature Gnosis Safe address to repair losses and compensate affected

Wu says that according to Lookonchain disclosure, Tom Lee's Bitmine pledged another 162,088 ETH eight hours ago, worth approximately $366 million; it has now pledged a total of 4,194,029 ETH, valued at about $9.48 billion, accounting for 82.59% of its total holdings.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the crypto mining company Riot Platforms continues to sell BTC, depositing 500 BTC into NYDIG 5 hours ago, worth approximately $38.24 million.

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announces it has received approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to obtain a Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) license, allowing it to serve as a clearinghouse for its derivatives-related activities, including internal clearing of prediction market bets and other derivatives trading. (Decrypt)

According to Nikkei News, the Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association (JCBA) has recently developed operational guidelines for companies that provide “staking” investment services and will release them soon. With the Japanese government loosening regulations related to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) involving investments in cryptocurrencies, trading related to cryptocurrencies is expected to become more active. JCBA aims to promote protection of user rights and expand the scope of trading.