Crypto Morning News - April 28th

72,000 Bitcoin options will expire on April 30th

According to BYBT data, 72,000 bitcoin options (approximately $4 billion) will expire on April 30th for delivery.

Weiss Ratings: Very bullish on Ethereum this week, DeFi may break out again

Weiss Ratings published an article today stating that Ethereum has made a good start this week and has risen by more than 10% since Monday morning. ETH's weekend trading volume far exceeds BTC, and it is already close to the previous record high. Very bullish on Ethereum this week.

At the same time, he said that UNI hit a record high earlier today, which seems to be ready for the next rise. Moreover, the gas fee has been reduced by a quarter from the highest point last week, and both Uniswap protocol and DeFi users will benefit from the lower gas fee of Ethereum. He believes, "With the arrival of the new climax season, DeFi may break out again."
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Vulnerability in Uranium Finance leads to the theft of $50 million

According to MyCrypto.com, a loophole in Uranium Finance, a BSC ecosystem, resulted in the theft of $50 million. Currently, the official Twitter said that the team is in contact with the Binance security team.

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Visa CEO: The company is aggressively entering the cryptocurrency field

According to The Block, payment giant Visa CEO Alfred Kelly stated on Tuesday's earnings call that the company is aggressively entering the cryptocurrency space. In addition, Kelly also distinguished the different elements of the overall plan, such as consumption and purchase of cryptocurrencies, crypto-related APIs for financial institutions, and settlement through stablecoins and CBDC.
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Data: The amount of Ethereum 2.0 pledge exceeded 4 million ETH

According to OKLink data, the balance of the Ethereum 2.0 pledge contract has reached 4.0237 million ETH, which also means that 3.48% of the current Ethereum supply has been pledged to Ethereum 2.0 and the contract. At present, 7,617 addresses have participated in the pledge of Ethereum 2.0. The most pledged address is addresses starting with 0xa40d. The total pledge of this address reaches 151040 ETH, at the same time, 47 addresses have pledged more than 10,000 ETH.

ETH breaks through $2,700 and continues to brush its price to a new high

ETH has continued to climb recently and has now exceeded $2,700, with a price of $2,70.89, which is the highest price in history, with an increase of 7.69% in 24H.

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South Korean gaming giant Nexon has purchased about $100 million in Bitcoin, with an average unit price of $58226

According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean gaming giant Nexon announced on the 28th that it has purchased approximately $100 million in Bitcoin. The total number of purchases is 1717, and the average unit price is $58226. This cost is less than 2% of Nexon's total cash and cash equivalents.

Coinbase: The statement that company executives sold most of their shares at the time of listing is wrong

Coinbase said that there is a false claim that Coinbase executives sold most of the stock when we listed on the Nasdaq. Coinbase said that on the first day of stock trading, company executives and early investors sold some of their holdings to create liquidity. Chief Financial Officer ALESIA HAAS sold 15% of the outstanding shares instead of 100% as reported in some reports. Company CEO Brian Armstrong sold no more than 2% of his shares instead of 71%.

American restaurant chain giant Landry's accepts Bitcoin as payment

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. reported that Dillman Feltita, chairman and CEO of the American restaurant chain Landry's, told CNBC on Tuesday that most of his restaurant chains will soon accept Bitcoin as a payment method. . In an interview on the "Power Lunch" show, the billionaire described this move as an "inevitable" step in the mainstreaming of cryptocurrencies. Fertitta said that in the next 90 days, we may use it in 80% to 90% of brands. Consumers can use Bitcoin or other digital currencies instead of credit cards, Visa or American Express. Some locations of Mastro's, one of the high-end concept restaurants under Landry, with more than a dozen branches in the United States, began accepting Bitcoin this week. The company's other brands include Morton's The Steakhouse and Bubagan Shrimp.

DeFi's total lock-up volume exceeds $100 billion, a record high

According to the latest data from DeBank, the total lock-up volume of DeFi exceeded $100 billion on April 28th, a record high. The current total lock-up volume is $101.6 billion, and the net lock-up volume is $72.84 billion. The current top three DeFi agreements with locked positions are PancakeSwap ($12.7 billion), Uniswap ($10.6 billion), and Compound ($9.7 billion). The total lock-up amount (TVL) is the most important indicator when measuring the scale of use of a DeFi project. It is obtained by calculating the total value (USD) of all ETH and various ERC-20 tokens locked in the smart contract of the project .

Messari data: In addition to Bitcoin and Ethereum, the most commonly held assets of venture capital institutions include DOT, KEEP, and UNI, etc.

Analyst Mason Nystrom tweeted that according to data from Messari Screeners, the most commonly held assets in all portfolios of more than 35 large venture capital and hedge funds tracked including Coinbase Ventures, Pantera, Polychain, a16z, etc. are DOT, KEEP, UNI, etc. This data does not include Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Privacy network AnomaNetwork completes $6.75 million financing, Coinbase participates in the investment

According to Coindesk, on April 27th, privacy network AnomaNetwork completed a $6.75 million financing. Polychain Capital led the investment. Electric Capital, Coinbase Ventures, FBG Capital, CMS Holdings, Lemniscap, CygniLabs, and Walden BridgeCapital participated in the investment. Anoma aims to provide users with private transactions of different types of assets, such as Bitcoin as the payer and Ethereum as the receiver. The project plans to launch a public testnet in June.
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