According to BlockBeats, on April 26, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said on the social platform that PoW is also quite centralized. It's just not discussed too much because everyone knows that this is just a temporary stage before switching to PoS. This doesn't even touch on how ASICs might be avoided in the first place, just because the upcoming PoS transition means there's no incentive to build them.[Original Link]

According to BlockBeats, on April 26, Bitget announced that it will launch a trading mining event. During the event, all transaction fees generated by trading BTC/USDT or ETH/USDT will be returned to traders in the form of BGB. Participating users can get up to 500 BGB per day. Different transaction amount tiers can get different weight bonuses. The higher the weight, the higher the mining reward. Participants must click the "I want to sign up" button on the event page and complete KYC verification before they can participate in the event. To ensure fairness for users, sub-accounts, KYB institutional users and market maker accounts cannot participate in this event.

According to BlockBeats, on April 26, according to Spot On Chain monitoring, James Fickel, founder of Amaranth Foundation, spent 24.7 million USDC in the past 40 minutes to buy 7,814 ETH at an average price of about $3,161. James Fickel currently deposited 128,516 ETH (US$404 million) and 40.97 million USDC in Aave, and borrowed 2,266 WBTC (US$146 million), and has been long on the ETH/BTC trading pair since December 2023.[Original Link]

According to BlockBeats, on April 26, according to Greeks.live data, 96,000 BTC options are about to expire, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.68, a maximum pain point of $61,000, and a nominal value of $6.2 billion. 990,000 ETH options are about to expire, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.51, a maximum pain point of $3,100, and a nominal value of $3.1 billion. This week, the trading volume of the crypto market has dropped significantly, with Bitcoin and Ethereum fluctuating at low levels. The weakness of the market has led to a sharp drop in IVs of major maturities. Since the halving, Dvol has dropped by as much as 15%. The halving has failed to bring volatility, resulting in accelerated selling by a large number of option sellers. Recently, ETF funds have been outflowing, and market sentiment is relatively low. Last week, it was mentioned that the whales lack confidence in the future market. At present, this trend has not changed, and BTC faces great resistance to return to its historical high.[Original Link]

According to BlockBeats, on April 26, Joseph Lubin, founder of Consensys, said on Warpcast that any DEGEN tips received will be used to defend the Ethereum ecosystem. As previously reported, Ethereum infrastructure development company Consensys sued the US SEC, accusing it of "illegal power grabbing" of Ethereum. The company hopes that the federal court will declare that Ethereum is not a security, and any investigation of ConsenSys based on the idea that Ethereum is a security "will violate" the company's Fifth Amendment rights and the Administrative Procedure Act. MetaMask is not a broker under federal law, and MetaMask's pledge service does not violate securities laws, and prohibits the SEC from investigating or taking enforcement actions related to MetaMask's exchange or pledge functions.[Original Link]

According to BlockBeats, on April 26, according to official news, Harvest Global CEO and CIO Han Tongli will attend the Bitcoin Asia Summit to discuss the significance of this major milestone with industry experts and investors. Harvest Global Investments Limited was approved by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) for Bitcoin Spot ETF and Ethereum Spot ETF in April 2024, and will be officially listed at the end of April. At the Bitcoin Asia Summit, Harvest Global executives will share their insights and explore the prospects of the Hong Kong ETF market, the opportunities and challenges of digital asset investment, and the future development of blockchain technology in the financial field.

According to BlockBeats, on April 26, Creator.bid, a blockchain-based and AI-driven digital content monetization and ownership platform, announced the completion of a new round of financing. Mechanism Capital, Zee Prime Capital, Moonrock Capital, Cogitent Ventures, Momentum 6, ID Theory, NxGen.lens, HV Capital, MH Ventures, SkyVision Capital, MQdao, AlfaDAO, Tempo, and Silvermine Capital participated in the investment. The specific amount has not been disclosed. Creator.bid supports content creators to build AI-driven digital assets to monetize content and manage writing. In addition, Creator.bid also provides tools to enhance creators' autonomy in managing their work and income.[Original Link]

According to BlockBeats, on April 26, according to official news from BlockFi, the deadline for submitting crypto withdrawal requests for initial bankruptcy assets on the platform is 7:59 (UTC+8) on April 29, 2024. The platform must receive the identity verification information request before 7:59 (UTC+8) on May 4.[Original Link]

According to BlockBeats, on April 26, the data privacy platform Aleo officially announced that Aleo plans to push a limited number of validators to the mainnet first, and then set up a Canary network with more validators running. As confidence in Aleo's node operators and consensus mechanisms increases, people can be transferred from the Canary network to the mainnet. Regarding testing on the development network, 61% of the test cases have been completed, and the goal is to fix some vulnerabilities and reach 100% completion by the end of this week. It is planned to test the development network and the Canary network for the rest of this month, and then launch the final test network in May.[Original Link]