23rd April — 30th April
▫️ Tether, USDC, and DAI collectively surpass Visa’s average monthly transaction volume in 2023, according to Nansen.
▫️ Industry sources indicate that the SEC is likely to reject spot Ether ETFs next month.
▫️ A lawsuit against the SEC regarding Ethereum prompts the prosecuting firm to demand clarification on Ethereum’s security status.
▫️ ConsenSys receives a Wells notice from the SEC, alleging violations of securities laws related to MetaMask Swaps & MetaMask Staking.
▫️ Vitalik Buterin remarks on Ethereum’s PoW, calling it “quite centralized” and a “temporary stage” until PoS.
▫️ Samourai wallet founders face charges in the US for operating a non-custodial Bitcoin coinjoiner.
▫️ The UK National Crime Agency & police gain authority to seize cryptocurrency without arrest.
▫️ Asia’s first spot bitcoin and ether ETFs officially debut in Hong Kong.
▫️ Magpie suffers a $129k exploit in cross-chain swaps due to unchecked function selector position.
▫️ A $36k exploit named Rico occurs on Arbitrum via a flash loan entry point.
▫️ Victims of the DAO Maker hack are still awaiting reimbursement three years after the incident.
▫️ Optimism discloses two issues in the FaultDisputeGame contract found by Offchain Labs.
▫️ Stripe announces plans to support stablecoin payments by mid-year.
▫️ The Safe{Pass} campaign is launched to incentivize a transition away from EOA.
▫️ Polygon integrates optimal Ate pairing over BLS on zkEVM by leveraging 381-bit field into 256-bit registers.
▫️ Renzo’s ezETH depegging and subsequent airdrop draw criticism.
▫️ Magic Eden unveils a platform for Bitcoin Runes.
▫️ Gitcoin Grants 20 goes live on Arbitrum.
▫️ Tether invests $200M in biotech firm Blackrock Neurotech.
▫️ Movement Labs raises $38M to develop an L2 blockchain on Ethereum.
▫️ Aligned Layer closes a $20M funding round to advance ZK proof technology on Ethereum.
▫️ Fjord Foundry secures $15M for its $FJO token.
▫️ Shiba Inu raises $12M in funding through a token round.
