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ChainCatcher reported that Coinbase will launch Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) spot trading on April 29, and the VIRTUAL-USD trading pair will open at or after 9 a.m. PT if liquidity conditions are met and the transaction is supported.

According to CoinMarketCap data, the top 100 tokens by market capitalization of cryptocurrencies perform as follows: Top 5 gainers: Humanity Protocol (H) rose 14.53% and is now trading at $0.1639; Binance Life rose 9.11% to $0.3754; siren (SIREN) rose 7.3% to $0.7059; Pi (PI) rose 5.45% to $0.1915; Tezos (XTZ) rose 5.34% and is now trading at $0.3842. Top 5 Losers: MemeCore(M) fell 9.26% and is currently priced at $3.55; DeXe (DEXE) fell 6.32% to $13.43; Zebec Network (ZBCN) fell 6.26% to $0.003695; Zcash (ZEC) fell 5.7% to $334.42; Chiliz (CHZ) fell 5.07% and is now trading at $0.04609.

According to ChainCatcher news, AI recruitment startup Dex announced the completion of a $5.3 million seed round of financing, led by Notion Capital, with participation from a16z Speedrun, Concept Ventures, and angel investors from OpenAI and other companies, with a total of $8.4 million raised. Founded by former Atomico consultant Paddy Lambros, Dex is positioned as an "AI talent agent" and focuses on the market for high-end technical talent such as AI researchers and software engineers. More than 15,000 engineers are registered and serve more than 50 technology companies, including ElevenLabs, Synthesia, and others. Its products interact with job seekers through voice or text, combine models such as OpenAI and Anthropic to build candidate profiles, and directly connect with recruiters through matching engines. Dex does not sell software to businesses and charges 20%-30% of a candidate's salary based on successful hiring. The company said it has generated about $1.8 million in annualized revenue since the start of charging at the end of 2025 and is on track to become profitable during the year.

According to ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Matrixport-related whales, who made a profit of more than $59 million, opened a long position of 30,000 ETH with 15x leverage in the past 1 hour, worth $68 million. Currently, the whale has been released through 3 different addresses (0xa5B0... 1D41、0xfd42... 3d97、0x6c85... 84f6) held a total of 58,000 ETH long orders with a leverage of 15 to 20 times, with a total position value of US$131.82 million.

According to ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, Fidelity deposited 19,934 ETH to Coinbase 30 minutes ago, worth $45.29 million.

ChainCatcher reported that Polymarket intends to introduce major exchanges to the United States, pending CFTC approval.

AggrNews: POLYMARKET SEEKS CFTC BLESSING TO BRING MAIN EXCHANGE TO US: BBG

Odaily Planet Daily News Sources said that Iran is expected to submit a revised peace proposal soon. (Jin Shi)

According to ChainCatcher news, NUVA Digital, a software development company on the RWA trading platform, has completed a $5.2 million seed round of financing, led by Morgan Creek Digital. Created by Animoca Brands and Nuva Labs, NUVA supports users to mint yield-bearing composable tokens through one-click deposits with stablecoins, and provides on-chain proof of reserves with no minimum deposit or lock-up requirements. This round of financing will be used to accelerate platform development and ecological expansion, including enriching the treasury market, introducing more issuers, multi-chain deployment, institutional-grade tool construction, and promoting the issuance of NUVA utility tokens. The company said that the current financing marks its move from the early development stage to the TVL and user scale expansion stage, aiming to solve the problem of fragmentation in the RWA market and create a unified entrance.

ChainCatcher news, CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said in an interview with CoinDesk that the CFTC is building tools that use AI to review registration applications and monitor transactions in the U.S. crypto market. Mike Selig pointed out that AI and automation technology will be used to fill the manpower gap and improve document review efficiency due to federal layoffs that have reduced the agency's staffing by more than one-fifth. Its employees are currently being trained on Microsoft Copilot, while the agency is also developing internal tools for reviewing swap data and market monitoring. Additionally, Mike Selig stated that the CFTC's joint digital asset classification guidelines with the SEC are the most significant initiatives during his tenure, aiming to provide regulatory clarity to market participants. In terms of prediction markets, Mike Selig reiterated the CFTC's exclusive jurisdiction and emphasized that strict enforcement action will be taken against violations such as insider trading.

Odaily Planet Daily News Monad co-founder Keone Hon posted on the X platform that the Monad account was frozen without any warning, which is presumed to be caused by a system error. Monad did not perform any unusual operations or use the API in violation of regulations. The X platform support team has been contacted through various channels, and the account is expected to be restored soon.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, about 1 hour ago, BlackRock transferred 6,040 ETH to Coinbase Prime through its Ethereum exchange-traded fund ETHA, worth $13.79 million. In addition, BlackRock also transferred a total of 362.682 BTC, worth $27.73 million, to Coinbase Prime through its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund IBIT.

According to the statement, the UAE announced its withdrawal from OPEC and OPEC+ from May 1. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher news, Polymarket issued a statement stating that the upgraded CLOB v2 trading platform has been launched, the API has begun to accept orders, and the public website will resume access soon. A $1 million liquidity incentive has been launched: $500,000 will be distributed in the first 2 hours, and the remaining $500,000 will be distributed for the rest of the day.

According to ChainCatcher news, crypto derivatives trading platform Liquid has completed a $18 million Series A financing, co-led by Neo and Left Lane Capital, with participation from Haun Ventures, K5 Global, SV Angel, AntiFund and Sunflower Capital. The company previously closed a $7.6 million seed round led by Paradigm. Founded by Franklyn Wang, a former Two Sigma quantitative researcher and Harvard graduate, Liquid started as a perpetual contract aggregation platform and has since expanded to multi-asset trading such as stocks, forex, commodities, and prediction markets. The platform supports up to 200x leverage and integrates trading across multiple asset classes, including Polymarket positions.

ChainCatcher news, according to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, there are signs of phased repair at the macro level, the performance of major stock indexes is differentiated but overall upward, and market risk appetite has rebounded. Against this backdrop, the crypto market rebounded simultaneously, with BTC rising 6.6% and ETH rising 4.7%, and recording net inflows of about $823.7 million and $155 million in spot ETFs, respectively, indicating an increase in capital returns. The overall market capitalization rose by 5.2%, while the market capitalization excluding BTC and ETH increased by 2.6%, indicating that the upward momentum is starting to spread to a wider range of assets, but the pace is still relatively moderate. In terms of asset and industry dynamics, structural opportunities continue to emerge. The top 30 assets rose by an average of 4.2%. At the same time, the promotion at the on-chain and industrial levels continues, including the continuous evolution of digital currency infrastructure and asset on-chain direction. In terms of investment and financing, a total of 12 transactions were completed last week, with a total disclosed financing of approximately US$54.89 million, an increase of about 31% month-on-month, with funds mainly flowing to the DeFi and infrastructure sectors. Among them, JPYC completed US$17.62 million in financing to promote the construction of yen stablecoin infrastructure; 3F completed a $4 million seed round of financing, with participants including Gate Ventures. In the context of marginal improvement in the macro environment, investment and financing activity has rebounded, and funds are still focusing on long-term application scenarios and underlying capacity building in a volatile environment.

Odaily Planet Daily News Market news: Saudi Aramco has extended its LPG delivery moratorium until the end of May. (Jin Shi)

According to ChainCatcher news, the Israeli Capital Markets Authority has approved Bits of Gold to issue the country's first shekel-pegged stablecoin, BILS. The token is a regulated asset launched by Bits of Gold after a two-year evaluation and pilot with the support of the Solana network, Fireblocks, as well as Ernst & Young. Bits of Gold said that the introduction of the shekel on-chain aims to put it on par with currencies such as the euro, yen, and Singapore dollar that have already entered the blockchain financial system. With a stablecoin market size of over $300 billion, this issuance aims to address the dominance of USD-pegged tokens in on-chain payments and maintain digital sovereignty.

According to official news, Polymarket is undergoing a coordinated upgrade of the exchange stack: including new smart contracts, a rewritten order book, and a new collateral token. During the switchover, trading will be suspended for approximately 1 hour (until approximately 20:00 UTC+8).