U.S. CFTC Acting Chairman: Enforcement Division Restructured, Refocused on Combating Fraud

A wallet linked to @RookieXBT spent 25,000 $USDC to buy 1.89M $SPIKE.

April 24th — Per HTX market data, KAT (Katana) briefly surged above $0.019, posting a 24-hour gain of over 70%. The token is now trading at $0.01845, with a market capitalization of $47 million. KAT is the native token of Katana, an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain focused on decentralized finance (DeFi).

Per Coinglass data as of April 24, Bitcoin’s cumulative short liquidation intensity across major centralized exchanges (CEXs) would hit $647 million if the token breaks above $79,000. Conversely, a drop below $77,000 would trigger $597 million in cumulative long liquidation intensity on those same major CEXs. **Note from BlockBeats**: Liquidation charts do not display the exact number or value of contracts set to be liquidated. Instead, the bars reflect how significant each liquidation cluster is compared to adjacent clusters — in other words, its intensity. Accordingly, these charts illustrate how much the underlying asset’s price will be impacted when it hits a specific level: a taller liquidation bar signals a stronger price reaction driven by a liquidity cascade.

April 24 — Polymarket has added Steam account login support, per the platform’s official website.

April 24 — According to Hypurrintel data, HypeStrat, the treasury arm of HYPE Treasury Company, has added 186,877 HYPE tokens to its holdings over the past four days, with the purchase valued at $7.6 million. As of now, HypeStrat holds 19.15 million HYPE tokens (worth approximately $7.8 billion) alongside $1.12 billion in cash.

April 24 — Pre-market trading for U.S. semiconductor stocks continued to climb, per Bitget data. Intel (INTC) extended gains to 30%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) rose more than 10%, Arm Holdings (ARM) jumped over 8%, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) gained 4%.