PANews reported on April 27 that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange issued three notices, announcing the inclusion of Bosera HashKey Bitcoin ETF shares and Bosera HashKey Ethereum ETF shares, Huaxia Bitcoin ETF shares and Huaxia Ethereum ETF shares, and Harvest Bitcoin Spot ETF shares and Harvest Ethereum Spot ETF shares as eligible securities for the central clearing system multi-counter. It is reported that: 1. The trading unit of BOSDAQ HashKey Bitcoin ETF shares and BOSDAQ HashKey Ethereum ETF shares is 10 shares, and the trading currency is Hong Kong dollars and US dollars; 2. The trading unit of Harvest Bitcoin Spot ETF Shares and Harvest Ethereum Spot ETF Shares is 100 shares, and the trading currency is Hong Kong dollars and US dollars; 3. The trading unit of Hua Xia Bitcoin ETF shares and Hua Xia Ethereum ETF shares is 100 shares, and the trading currencies are Hong Kong dollars, US dollars and RMB. The above-mentioned ETF is expected to be listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Limited on April 30, 2024, and will be included as a multi-counter eligible security (as defined in the general rules of Hong Kong Clearing) in the Central Clearing and Settlement System on the same day.

PANews reported on April 27 that the 110th Runes·X·BITCOIN airdrop has been completed, covering more than 100 Ordinals communities, with a total of 81,069 user addresses, no need to claim, and the number of addresses surpassed DOG to rank second. The airdrop is divided into seven parts: - 25% airdrop to Xname community .x domain name holders - 15% airdrop to BitChain x Concept NFT Community (finalist collection: xMonkes) - 10% airdropped to brc20 user addresses (x concept tokens: OXBT, Satx, Vmpx, etc.) - 10% airdropped to A+B+C holders (holding Runestone+brc20+NFT at the same time) - 10% airdropped to OG Pass users and Inscription Community volunteers - 10% airdropped to users who participated in x rune gas donation - 20% will be airdropped to active MerlinChain users through ecological cooperation with the unicros platform; RUNES·X·BITCOIN is a decentralized rune initiated by the Xname community, deployed on the Genesis Block of April 20th, with a total of 210 billion.

Odaily Odaily reported that OKX market data showed that GLM briefly broke through 0.57 USDT and is now trading at 0.5609 USDT, with the 24-hour increase expanding to 45.99%.

Odaily Odaily News Blockchain analysis platform Santiment published an article on the X platform stating that despite the large price fluctuations, the total number of Bitcoin wallets is still growing rapidly. After a sharp increase in wallets holding Altcoin including DOGE earlier this year, the number of addresses has now flattened. Cardano is one of the few networks with a decline in active wallets.

According to ChainCatcher, The Data Nerd monitors that 5 days ago, the smart money address CeSo4 spent 251 SOL (worth $38,000) to buy 52.2 million MANEKI. One day later, he sold 42.11 million MANEKI, making a profit of $642,000 (ROI up to 17 times). Now, he still has 10.1 million MANEKI (worth $182,000) in his wallet.

According to Mars Finance, Clearpool, a decentralized credit market, has published a post on the X platform stating that the weekly MNT token rewards have been distributed, with a total of 9,352.13 MNT tokens being airdropped to the relevant wallet addresses that provide @0xMantle liquidity to Clearpool's borrower pool. During the yield-boosting event, all lenders will receive an additional 15% reward paid in MNT tokens.

According to Mars Finance, user @shady_oak1 posted on the X platform that the Base Ecosystem Meme Coin project BRETT was not actually issued fairly, and insiders held more than 81% of the token supply before most people could buy it. @InvestWithRex and others made a profit of nearly 1,600 ETH through the tokens purchased for marketing during the whitelist stage.

According to Mars Finance, 21.co Strategy analyst Tom Wan posted on the X platform that according to Dune data, 15% of the staked ETH is now staked on EigenLayer.

Odaily Odaily News Financial services giant DTCC said it will not allocate any collateral to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that touch Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies, nor will it provide loans to them. Cryptocurrency enthusiast KO Kryptowaluty clarified that this only applies to inter-entity settlements within the line of credit (LOC) system. According to him, the use of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds for loans and as collateral for brokerage activities will continue to be unaffected, depending on the risk tolerance of individual brokers. (Cointelegraph)

PANews reported on April 27 that according to News.bitcoin, a recent survey showed that half of Canadian institutional investors and financial services organizations have actively provided at least one type of cryptocurrency asset product or service to customers in the past year. The study showed that half of the institutional investors surveyed were exposed to cryptocurrencies through ETFs, closed-end trusts or other regulated products. About half of Canadian institutional investors and financial services organizations actively offer at least one type of crypto-asset product or service to clients by 2023, according to results of a new survey. This figure is 9 percentage points higher than the number observed in 2021. The biannual survey, commissioned by KPMG Canada and the Canadian Alternative Assets and Strategies Association (CAASA), found that nearly four in ten (39%) institutional investors have direct or indirect exposure to crypto-assets. In contrast, only three in ten reported the same in 2021. Half of the institutional investors surveyed invest through ETFs, closed-end trusts or other regulated products. The survey also found that 58% of investors have exposure to public stocks related to cryptocurrencies. In 2021, only 36% had the same level of exposure. Meanwhile, the survey results show that only a quarter of the institutional investors surveyed invest in venture capital or hedge funds as limited partners, compared to 29% in 2021.

According to ChainCatcher, Omni Network officials posted on social media that the OMNI Genesis Staking Rewards will end on May 1, and users can check their eligibility through the corresponding official claim portal. In addition, it should be noted that staking will continue indefinitely, and May 1 is only the deadline for special Genesis Rewards.

According to ChainCatcher, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a Meme trader address starting with Ceso4 earned 7,945 SOL (about $1.09 million) in profits by trading Meme coins in the past week. It is reported that the address earned 5,363 SOL (about $735,000) on MANEKI and 2,449 SOL (about $336,000) on GUMMY. A total of 13 Meme coins were traded, 8 of which were profitable, with a winning rate of 61.5%.

According to Mars Finance, Base Ecosystem Game Fren Pet has announced the release of a new version on the X platform, which supports ETH payment (officially responsible for FP conversion) and a new Bonk reward distribution and system, while allowing the use of new loot boxes to improve pet attributes.

Odaily Odaily News Since 2023, Russia has been trying to track cryptocurrency transactions and their sources. The Bank of Russia and the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) revealed that there is currently a system that allows private banks to track the connection between fiat-based transactions and cryptocurrency businesses. The announcement was made at the "Current Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing Issues" forum organized by Rosfinmonitoring, which also disclosed that the pilot started in 2023 and five large credit institutions are working with Rosfinmonitoring. It is expected to last until April next year, but it can also be extended. Ilya Bushmelev, director of project portfolio management at Rosfinmonitoring partner Innotech, said the pilot may help banks establish "know your crypto customers" and "know your crypto transactions" procedures, and pointed out that the system may be useful for compliance and regulatory purposes. (Bitcoin.com)

According to Token Unlocks data, 5.31 billion MEME tokens worth more than $155 million will be unlocked on May 3, 2024, accounting for 31.96% of the circulating supply. These tokens will be unlocked and distributed to airdrops, consultants, and investors.

According to Mars Finance, Grand Base, the RWA market of Base Ecosystem, posted on the X platform that it has cooperated with Extra Finance to take a snapshot of LP balances at block height 13180566. More updates about other partners will be announced soon. The airdrop query tool will be ready next week. Once the official uses a new smart contract to restart the token, users can use the tool to check the amount of airdrops they can get. Earlier in mid-April, it was reported that Grand Base was hacked and lost about $1.7 million.

According to official news from Mars Finance, the liquidity re-pledge platform Eigenpie announced the launch of its latest innovative product, Eigenpie Enterprise, designed to meet the specific needs of global institutional clients. As institutional interest in DeFi continues to grow, Eigenpie has specially designed a security-oriented framework that enables global companies and fund managers to access EigenLayer's native reinvestment and LRT ecosystem without increasing risk.

According to Mars Finance, DeFiLlama data shows that the transaction volume of DEX on the Ethereum chain was US$1.868 billion on April 26, ranking first. In addition, the transaction volume of DEX on the Solana chain was US$856.15 million yesterday, ranking second for 5 consecutive days; the transaction volume of DEX on the BSC chain was US$655.5 million yesterday, ranking third.

According to Mars Finance, in addition to Bosera, China Asset Management, and Harvest, Hong Kong-based institution Value Partners also applied to issue a virtual currency spot ETF, but it did not appear on the approved list in the end. People familiar with the matter revealed that Value Partners withdrew from the application due to poor preparation, tight time, and insufficient manpower. Moreover, compared with the other three companies, Value Partners mainly does active business in Hong Kong, and its ETF business is relatively weak, so it plans to wait and see.

PANews reported on April 27 that PolkaWorld published a statement saying that Coretime transactions on Kusama have begun, marking the end of the parachain time period. With the passage and execution of Kusama Referendum 373, the proposal upgraded the Kusama relay chain runtime to v1.2.0 and brought Coretime functionality. Immediately afterwards, the community passed Kusmaa Referendum 375 last Friday, allowing the Coretime chain to start selling Coretime. Currently, Kusama is in the Renew Period, which means that batches of cores are being sold. After the renewal period, the Sale period begins, which is the period of on-demand purchases, including price discovery (Dutch auctions, auctions where prices decrease over time) and fixed prices. Agile Coretime brings a more flexible and dynamic way to manage blockchain resources. With the launch of Agile Coretime sales, the resource allocation pattern on Kusama has changed. Parachain auctions have stopped, and existing and future parachains on the relay chain will: - Existing parachain leases will automatically migrate to bulk coretime. Leases that have not yet started will be canceled and locked KSM will be refunded. - Existing parachains can use the core time renewal feature to continue to allocate bulk core time to their cores without going through the regular purchase process.