According to ChainCatcher, OKX-BTC/USDT is currently trading at $63984.10, up 1.67% in 24 hours.

According to Odaily, two senior executives of OKX have left. The report quoted anonymous sources as saying that Tim Byun, the company's global government relations officer, and Wei Lan, the head of product, have left OKX. Byun once served as the CEO of OKCoin, the US subsidiary of its parent company.

Odaily Odaily News: Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said that recent inflation data suggests that it may take longer for the central bank to gain the confidence needed to cut interest rates. Powell pointed out that after a rapid decline at the end of last year, there was a lack of further progress in inflation. He said that if price pressures persist, the Fed can keep interest rates stable as long as necessary. He said that given the strength of the labor market and the progress of inflation so far, it would be appropriate to give restrictive policies more time to work and let the data and changing outlook guide the Fed.

According to Lookonchain data, on April 16, 9 Odaily spot ETFs (including Grayscale) reduced their holdings by 1,299 BTC, with a net outflow of about $81.44 million. Among them, Grayscale reduced its holdings by 2,524 BTC, with a net outflow of about $158.21 million, and currently holds 311,621 BTC, equivalent to about $19.53 billion. BlackRock increased its holdings by 1,162 BTC, with a net inflow of about $72.82 million, and currently holds 272,139 BTC, equivalent to about $17.06 billion.

Odaily Odaily reported that the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has once again extended the suspension of the license of FTX (EU) Ltd, the local subsidiary of the now defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX in Cyprus. The latest suspension of the license will last until September 30, 2024. It is reported that the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission initially suspended the FTX EU license in November 2022 and has since extended the suspension several times. Although FTX EU has entered bankruptcy proceedings, the Cypriot regulator emphasized that as long as the license is suspended, the exchange cannot "provide/conduct investment services/activities, conduct any commercial transactions with anyone and accept any new transactions."

Odaily Odaily News: After Hong Kong regulators approved spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in principle, other Asian regulators may also take similar actions. South Korea, Japan and Singapore may follow Hong Kong's example and approve virtual asset ETFs. Karim Saber, a research assistant at 21Shares, a cryptocurrency ETP issuer, said that the victory of the pro-Bitcoin South Korean opposition party in the April election may lead to regulators approving Bitcoin ETFs as early as this year; Tim Bevan, CEO of cryptocurrency ETP issuer ETC Group, expects Japan and South Korea to approve such products in the next 6 to 12 months.

Odaily Odaily News DappRadar data shows that the total transaction volume of NFT aggregation platform Blur has reached the milestone of 10 billion US dollars, and the current total number of traders on the platform is about 396,430. Historical data shows that the transaction volume of the Blur platform exceeded 8 billion US dollars in mid-January this year, exceeded 9 billion US dollars in early March, and exceeded 9.5 billion US dollars on March 16, which means that the indicator value has increased by more than 5% in the past month. In terms of other NFT markets, the current total transaction volume of OpenSea NFT market is about 36.78 billion US dollars, and the total number of traders is about 5.32 million; the total transaction volume of LooksRare is 4.86 billion US dollars, and the total number of traders exceeds 156,000.

According to BlockBeats, on April 17, according to Lookonchain monitoring, 56 minutes ago, a whale transferred 5,000 ETH to Kraken, about $15.2 million. From September 3, 2022 to September 7, 2022, the whale withdrew 96,638 ETH (about $151.42 million at the time) from Coinbase at an average price of $1,567. The whale currently still holds 76,638 ETH (about $233.56 million), with a total profit of about $153.7 million.

According to BlockBeats, on April 17, according to market data, Altcoin followed the market and fell across the board, including: TAO is currently priced at $467.8, down 16.12% in 24 hours; ENA is currently priced at $0.956, down 14.81% in 24 hours; PENDLE is currently priced at $5.965, down 13.11% in 24 hours; IMX is currently priced at $1.847, down 11.53% in 24 hours.

According to BlockBeats, on April 17, the chain detective ZachXBT stated on the social platform that on March 28, 2024, the Prisma team observed a series of transactions on the MigrateTroveZap contract, resulting in a loss of 3,257 Ethereum (worth about $11 million). It has investigated the PrismaFi attacker 0x77 (Trung) and multiple other attacks involved. At first, the attacker communicated with the Prisma contract deployer, claiming to be a white hat hacker. Later that day, all funds were deposited in Tornado Cash, which contradicted the statement. The attacker then asked for a $3.8 million (34%) white hat bounty, which is significantly higher than the industry standard of 10%, essentially blackmailing the team. ZachXBT discovered that TGviNZ was funded by the Arcade_xyz vulnerability exploit from March 2023, and the attacker demanded additional funds from the protocol. Further investigation revealed that the team had been in contact with an attacker using the alias "0x77" on Telegram, and the account is still active. This attacker was subsequently linked to another attack on Pine Protocol in February 2024. ZachXBT found that the attacker's address was associated with the deployer of @modulusprotocol. 0x77 is one of the few accounts followed by the project, strengthening the connection between each incident. ZachXBT further analyzed the phone number, email, and other details of the alleged attacker. Based on their posts on X, it is clear that they have a strong technical background. As of now, all personal details have been compiled and the Prisma team is pursuing all possible legal avenues in Vietnam and Australia. ZachXBT urged the attacker to return the funds.

Odaily Odaily News Solana Solana on-chain AI encryption project 1intro announced on the X platform that it will conduct an airdrop, and will distribute 20% of all tokens sold during the LBP period to participants who purchase and hold their tokens. For example, if 15% of the total supply is sold during the LBP period, an additional 3% (20% of the total sold) will be distributed through airdrops, but any sale will cancel the airdrop qualification. In addition, the airdrop will be calculated based on the total amount of SOL spent by each user (including transaction fees). Participants who purchased at a higher price in the early stage will receive a correspondingly larger share of the airdrop, and the tokens will be distributed to your eligible wallet within 72 hours after the end of the LBP.

According to BlockBeats, on April 17, according to official news, Solana Ecosystem's first LBP platform 1intro announced that it will conduct an airdrop, and will distribute 20% of all tokens sold during the LBP period to participants who purchase and hold their tokens. For example, if 15% of the total supply is sold during the LBP period, then an additional 3% (20% of the total sales) will be distributed through airdrops. Any sales behavior of users participating in the LBP will disqualify them from the airdrop. The airdrop will be calculated based on the total amount of SOL spent by each user, including transaction fees. Participants who purchase early at a higher price will receive a larger proportion of the airdrop share. Tokens will be distributed to users' eligible wallets within 72 hours after the end of the LBP.

Odaily Odaily News: Xlayer chain meme project OKBPEPE is launched on DINOSWAP. OKBPEPE is a new meme token of the 314 protocol on the Xlayer chain. Users can directly experience on-chain transactions through contract transfers.

Odaily Odaily News Paxos published an article on the X platform to analyze that since last weekend, the spot price of gold has fluctuated greatly, and the price of gold stablecoin PAXG on various exchanges has soared. Paxos said that holding PAXG means directly owning London Good Delivery Gold that Paxos keeps in the London vault, 1 PAXG = 1 troy ounce of gold, but on Friday, April 12, 2024, the spot price of 1 ounce of gold fluctuated by more than $100, which is unprecedented. Each exchange is its own ecosystem with unique behavior. For example, the price of PAXG on DEX exchanges such as Uniswap is relatively stable, while the price of PAXG on CEX exchanges varies greatly, which is expected because the liquidity of different venues varies.

Odaily Odaily News Web3 reward advertising discovery protocol Everyworld published a post on the X platform stating that the first phase of Season 1 community airdrops have been launched. This airdrop is based on the Base network and the deadline for claiming is December 31, 2024. In addition, the second phase of Season 1 airdrops will be carried out after all KYC submissions are completed and verified.

According to ChainCatcher, Ethereum re-staking protocol EigenLayer announced that all Liquid Staking Token (LST) caps have been lifted. LST re-staking is now open, and ETH can be re-staked through EigenPod on the EigenLayer application. Previously, ChainCatcher reported on April 13 that EigenLayer announced that it would remove all deposit limits for Liquid Staking Tokens (LST) on April 16 and reopen the deposit window.

According to ChainCatcher, according to DefiLlama data, Ethereum has an on-chain loan liquidation quota of approximately US$50.67 million around US$2,831.

According to BlockBeats, on April 17, according to market data, the stablecoin USDP briefly broke through $1.5 and is currently quoted at $1.12.

According to BlockBeats, on April 17, according to OKX market data, Ethereum briefly fell below $3,000 and is currently quoted at $3,011, a 24-hour drop of 4.58%.

According to BlockBeats, on April 17, according to official news, the total number of Lighting Crystal NFTs launched by TaprootChain is 120,000. Minting (freemint) started at 21:00 and all the minting was completed in 2 hours. The number of active wallet addresses on the TaprootChain mainnet has increased sharply to more than 130,000. TaprootChain is a breakthrough second-layer solution on the Bitcoin network. It adopts OP-Rollup transformation, simplified verification process and other methods to achieve a seamless experience with the BTC ecosystem.