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Local media reports that several companies, including Microsoft and EY, have reduced the number of employees working on drex-related solutions. This reduction is due to the central bank’s lack of support for these initiatives during the second phase of the CBDC pilot. Brazilian CBDC Pilot Drex Affected by Company Withdrawals Following Resource Cutbacks Drex, the Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, is facing headwinds as the process has slowed its development due to a reduction in the level of resources destined for the project. According to Valor Economico, two of the largest companies involved in designing the privacy solution…

SOL tokens worth $3.72 million at $116.25 each were purchased by a Solana whale on April 10th, 2025 as they purchased 32,000 SOL tokens. The investor made this purchase after a six-month absence indicating absolute faith in the token’s future development while adding to their current substantial holdings. A whale bought another 32,000 $SOL($3.72M) after 6 months.This whale seems to be extremely bullish on $SOL.Three years ago, he bought 30,541 $SOL($6.61M) at $216 and didn’t sell — even when $SOL dropped below $10.https://t.co/ouiQ0QsxeZ pic.twitter.com/qMDeQoks7T — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) April 10, 2025 A History of Confidence The whale has demonstrated this aggressive…

Bitcoin experienced an extraordinary surge in accumulation activity, marked by the largest single-day inflow into accumulation addresses in over three years. Notably, a sudden shift for Bitcoin price occurred on April 9, 2025, just as President Trump announced a temporary 90-day pause on tariffs affecting several nations. The decision significantly impacted crypto markets, with Bitcoin prices fluctuating from below $75,000 earlier in the week to a recovery, although still below the $85,000 mark. Consequently, data from on-chain analytics platforms revealed strong signals of renewed buying from large holders during this period. Record Inflows Align with Accumulation Patterns On April 9,…

Centrifuge, a decentralized asset finance protocol, recently entered into a new partnership with Wormhole, a leading interoperability protocol. The collaboration is focused on launching a multi-chain asset tokenization platform, starting with Anemoy’s $230 million Janus Henderson Treasury Fund. The platform revealed the partnership on its official X social media account. Wormhole’s integration into Centrifuge places a significant focus on automating issuance and tokenization across multiple chains. This will reportedly enable unprecedented and scalable fund management by removing barriers to operation across different chains. The latest version of Centrifuge V3 provides an inclusive interface for the benefit of investors and managers.…

Ethereum remained the most active network for NFT sales at $ 37.2 million and 119,693 transactions in the week. Polygon and Mythos were close behind with compounded transaction growth and growing buyer interaction on their platforms. Ethereum remains the most popular chain when it comes to weekly NFT sales, with $37.24 million in sales by April 11, 2025, according to Phoenix Group data. The network also facilitated 119,836 transactions, with over 20,797 buyers and 16,096 sellers contributing to its dominance. TOP BLOCKCHAINS BY WEEKLY #NFT SALES VOLUME #Ethereum #Polygon #Mythos #Solana #Bitcoin #Arbitrum #Immutable #Base #BNBChain #Flow #Panini #Ronin pic.twitter.com/G28QbVJeFV…

This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. With the Pectra fork now scheduled for May 7, Ethereum core developers have begun to shift their focus toward defining the next major upgrade: Fusaka. During yesterday’s All Core Devs call, the teams aligned on Pectra client release deadlines and began CFI’ing (considering for inclusion) a new set of EIPs for Fusaka. Client releases for Pectra are expected by late next week, followed by a public announcement around April 22–23. Barring any last-minute issues, nodes will simply need to upgrade in time for the fork on May…

Amid the global trade war and President Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariffs, the Chinese yuan has declined to multi-year lows against the US dollar. In an effort to defend its fiat currency, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has been responding with monetary interventions and a torrent of positive media about yuan usage. In the nine months prior to March 11, 2025, if PBOC data is to be trusted, unique personal wallets of its digital yuan (e-CNY) more than quadrupled from 180 million to 800 million, and cumulative transaction volume increased 45% from 7 to 10.2 trillion e-CNY. Although the US…

XRP price could witness a substantial spike if the XRP Ledger (XRPL) handles only 10% of broker firm Hidden Road’s daily transactions. Notably, Ripple recently acquired prime brokerage firm Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, a move that could impact the future of the XRP Ledger and XRP itself. XRPL Could Handle a Fraction of Hidden Road’s Volume Speaking on the importance of the acquisition, Ripple CTO David Schwartz stressed that it marks a turning point for the XRPL. According to him, Hidden Road clears over $10 billion in daily liquidity and processes more than 50 million transactions each day. Ripple’s…

Major crypto exchange Bybit is undertaking a significant delisting sweep this April, removing over 20 spot trading pairs and two derivative contracts from its platform. This move involves well-defined phases impacting numerous digital assets and requires user attention regarding key dates for deposits and withdrawals. The exchange is also removing affected tokens from its direct swap Convert feature. What’s Being Delisted and When? The Spot Trading Schedule Bybit detailed a three-stage removal for spot pairs. On April 10 at 8:00 a.m. UTC, the platform removed the KON/USDT, REN/USDT, and XYM/USDT trading pairs. Heads up: The next deadline is April 16…

TL;DR StarkWare developed ColliderVM, an architecture that enables the execution of complex smart contracts on Bitcoin without modifying its protocol. It uses hash collisions to reduce computational costs and eliminate locked guarantees, improving efficiency compared to methods like BitVM. It facilitates the integration of STARK proofs in Bitcoin by drastically reducing script size. Researchers from StarkWare and the Weizmann Institute proposed a new architecture to implement complex smart contracts on Bitcoin without modifying the base protocol. The system, named ColliderVM, aims to overcome the current limitations of Bitcoin’s scripting language, which restricts operations to simple calculations without memory of previous…