The live prediction market Pumpcade has completed a $5 million seed round financing, with Jump Crypto participating.

April 17: OKX will list USDS for spot trading, per an official announcement.

April 17th — Flow Capital Partners, a Hong Kong-based alternative asset manager, plans to launch its $150 million private credit fund on a Singapore blockchain platform by the end of this month, per Bloomberg. The move makes it one of the early asset management firms in Asia to tap into the expanding stablecoin liquidity. The firm will deploy the flagship fund through DigiFT Tech Pte. and aims to raise an additional $30 million by year-end via tokenized shares. Jacky Tian, the company’s Chief Investment Officer, noted the goal is to grow the fund—launched in June—to $250 million by the end of 2024.

**Mint Blockchain Shuts Down Operations; Users Urged to Migrate Assets by Oct 20, 2026** Mint Blockchain has officially ceased operations as of April 17, 2026, per an official announcement. To protect user assets, the project team is reminding all users to migrate their on-chain assets (including ETH, WBTC, USDC, and USDT) to the Ethereum mainnet as soon as possible via the official withdrawal portal. The asset migration deadline is October 20, 2026. Users can still complete smooth withdrawals to external networks before this date—but assets not withdrawn by the cutoff will not be processed or recoverable afterward.

April 17th – Jon Ma, founder of crypto data platform Artemis, said in a post that after four years of research, his team has concluded most tokens lack sustainable value backing, and blockchain’s core value is gradually shifting toward the equity space. Since its 2022 launch, Artemis has focused on bringing fundamental analysis to the crypto industry and now counts several top liquidity token funds among its users. Still, most market tokens—without real revenue support—continue to face pressure. Ma noted Artemis was an early adopter in building stablecoin data analytics, application-layer revenue tracking, and cross-chain KPI comparison systems. Though the team once faced industry pushback for emphasizing traditional metrics like revenue and free cash flow, reality has proven these fundamentals remain core to assessing asset value. Building on that insight, Artemis has officially launched its next-gen product, Artemis II—positioned as an open investment terminal for all invest

As of April 17th, over the past four days, 55% of AKE’s circulating supply (12.3 billion tokens, worth $8.67 million) has been transferred to Binance Alpha via four wallets. AKE retraced 65% after hitting a high yesterday. Following the token’s flow into Binance Alpha, its daily trading volume surged from $2 million to $34 million.

April 17 — Ethereum-based NFT marketplace Foundation is shutting down permanently, per crypto outlet The Defiant, after a failed acquisition by digital art display firm BlackDove. Founder Kayvon Tehranian announced the decision on X (formerly Twitter), noting the platform’s planned sale to a buyer who intended to keep it operational fell through. The company has opted not to pursue a new buyer. In a post, Tehranian wrote: “Our sole goal in pushing the sale forward was to keep Foundation running. That’s no longer possible. As part of our shutdown process, we’ve taken down the infrastructure — and we can’t bring the platform back online.”