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This is a segment from the Blockworks Daily newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. “I respect his independence,” former President Nixon reassured the White House crowd at the 1970 swearing-in of Fed Chair Arthur Burns. “However, I hope that independently he will conclude that my views are the ones that should be followed.” There’s no video of the event, so it’s hard to say for sure, but I’m guessing that was meant as a joke. It’s also exactly how things worked out. Burns famously allowed Fed policy to become subservient to Nixon’s political goals, fueling the 1970s epidemic of inflation.…

INIT crypto is riding a wave of explosive momentum as price edges towards $1 fueled by 45,000% surge in volume. Initia (INIT) price has surged 36% in the past 24 hours, currently trading at $0.90, with trading volume surging by over 45,000% . The rally is fueled by major exchange listings, with the most recent addition being Gate.io, offering both spot and perps. The project is fresh out of Binance Launchpool, launching yesterday after 6-day farming period through staking USD Coin (USDC), Binance Coin (BNB), or FDUSD, where 3% of the total supply was allocated for rewards. Additionally, 5% of…

Unicoin has rebuffed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) attempt to negotiate a settlement agreement to close an ongoing probe into the Miami-based crypto company, its CEO Alex Konanykhin revealed in a Tuesday letter to investors. In his letter, Konanykhin said Unicoin was given an “ultimatum” by the SEC to attend a settlement negotiation meeting last week, on April 18. “We declined to show up,” Konanykhin told CoinDesk, adding that the SEC had made demands ahead of the meeting that he found “unacceptable.” He declined to share specifics, telling CoinDesk that the communication between Unicoin’s lawyers and the SEC…

Panama City has officially signed an agreement with Towerbank to enable crypto payments for municipal services, including taxes, fees, and permits. This move marks a significant step forward in the city’s adoption of digital currencies. Residents will soon be able to pay using Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), USD Coin (USDC), and Tether (USDT). A Step Toward Crypto Adoption Panama City’s mayor, Mayer Mizrachi, explained that his team’s decision to push for crypto payments stemmed from the inability to pass a proposed Crypto Law last year. Realizing that legal barriers could slow progress, the team sought an alternative approach. The result…

Bitcoin price consolidates around $94,000 on Friday after rallying over 10% this week. US Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total inflow of $2.68 billion until Thursday, the highest weekly inflow since mid-December. Risk-on sentiment prevails as pro-crypto Paul Atkins swears in as head of the US SEC and Trump eases rhetoric on the Fed and China. Bitcoin (BTC) price is consolidating around $94,000 at the time of writing on Friday, holding onto the recent 10% increase seen earlier this week. This week’s rally was supported by strong institutional demand, as US spot Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) recorded a total inflow…

A senior French central banker has warned that U.S. policy shifts promoting stablecoins could erode European monetary sovereignty in the absence of a digital euro. Denis Beau, first deputy governor of the Banque de France, warned that the Donald Trump administration’s recent executive order promoting dollar-backed stablecoins poses “concrete adverse consequences” for Europe’s financial sovereignty and called for urgent progress on a digital euro. In a speech last week, Beau noted that the dxecutive order, signed by U.S. President Donald Trump in late January, prohibits all work related to the development of a new form of central bank digital currency,…

Dragonchain’s DRGN rallied over 97% after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it plans to dismiss its long-running lawsuit against the project over alleged unregistered securities sales. According to a joint filing on April 24, the SEC and Dragonchain have agreed the case should be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be refiled. The SEC cited the work of its newly established Crypto Task Force and said dropping the suit was the appropriate step. The lawsuit, originally filed in August 2022, accused Dragonchain, its foundation, and founder Joseph Roets of raising $16.5 million through an unregistered token sale. The…

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is offering digital asset managers special accounts that allow pooling of their investors’ assets to make crypto fund management operations feel more like a traditional finance experience. The omnibus “Fund Accounts” introduce a universal net asset value (NAV) per unit concept used by buyside firms to provide a clear and trackable profit-and-loss for each fund, addressing the lack of a common market standard in crypto asset management, Binance said on Wednesday. Unlike the rarified world of high finance, crypto trading is still developing from a relatively unsophisticated retail market into a more institutional-friendly environment,…

Grayscale is accelerating its ETF expansion as the company seeks new avenues for growth amid increasing competition in the crypto ETF market. Grayscale, a leading asset management firm specializing in crypto investment products, is planning an expansion of its ETF lineup. According to Fortune’s interview with CEO Peter Mintzberg, the company has already increased its monthly launches or regulatory filings from one product in 2024 to five per month in 2025. The ramp-up comes as the firm struggles to maintain its edge after losing the fee advantage that once set its core product GBTC apart. The U.S. Securities and Exchange…

Solana (SOL), dubbed the “Ethereum killer,” has recorded significant gains in a key metric to justify that name. In the last 24 hours, Solana’s chain fees have outranked those of Ethereum (ETH) as the two crypto assets continue to battle for users’ attention. Solana tops Ethereum in daily fees despite lower TVL Data from DefiLlama shows that SOL earned $1.49 million in fees in the period under consideration. This was from its Total Value Locked assets worth $8.841 billion. Despite having a higher Total Value Locked of $58.741 billion, Ethereum could only manage chain fees of $1.09 million. This suggests…