A whale that accumulated over 10,000 ETH in the past three days deposited 6131 ETH into Binance one hour ago.

On April 2nd, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cryptocurrency Specialized Task Force announced after the first roundtable meeting that it will hold four more meetings in the first half of this year to have in-depth discussions on aspects such as crypto trading, custody, asset securitization, and decentralized finance. The four meetings will be held on the following dates with their respective themes: April 11th - "Between Blocks and Regulation: Tailoring Rules for Crypto Trading", April 25th - "Know Your Custodian: Key Considerations for Crypto Asset Custody", May 12th - "Asset Securitization: The Intersection of Traditional Finance and DeFi", and June 6th - "DeFi and the American Spirit". The head of the task force, Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, said: "These roundtable meetings enable us to listen to expert opinions, clarify regulatory challenges, and discuss the SEC's response strategies." All roundtable meetings will be live-streamed to the public.

On April 2nd, as per Bitcoin Magazine, BlackRock has filed registration with the UK Financial Conduct Authority as a cryptocurrency asset firm.

On April 2nd, according to an official announcement, Bybit Web3 will officially stop operating the NFT marketplace, Inscription marketplace, and IDO product page at 16:00 (UTC) on April 8th, 2025. At that time, the relevant pages will no longer be accessible.

On April 2nd, according to an official announcement, Bitget has declared the commencement of the U-based PUMP perpetual contract, and the leverage ranges from 1 to 20. Simultaneously, the contract trading BOT will also be opened.

On April 2nd, Binance Alpha made an announcement regarding the launch of PUMP.

On April 2nd, the Israeli Finance Minister signed an instruction to immediately eliminate all remaining import tariffs on US goods. This seems to be in anticipation of the "probation" of reciprocal tariffs that the Trump administration is expected to announce on Wednesday. The order was coordinated with the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Minister of Economy Barakat, but still requires final approval from the Finance Committee of the Israeli Parliament. In a letter sent on March 20th to Barakat and the Minister of Agriculture Avi Dichter, Smotrich requested the cancellation of tariffs on American products, mainly in the agricultural sector. Israel and the United States signed a free trade agreement in 1985. Under this agreement, the US and Israel carried out phased tariff reductions and eventually almost completely eliminated tariffs on manufactured goods by 1995. However, the agreement does allow the US and Israel to maintain some import and tariff restrictions, such as agr