Sui announces partnership with Ledger, allowing users to securely manage SUI and Sui ecosystem tokens on their own

On April 18th, CNN analyst Stephen Collinson declared that on Thursday, Trump once more launched a vehement attack on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. This has cast an even darker shadow over the already volatile financial markets and economic outlook, which have been continuously hit by tariffs and trade wars. In the Oval Office, Trump informed reporters, "If I desired to, I would be capable of firing him very promptly. I have no doubts about it. I am extremely dissatisfied with him." Trump is extremely furious because Powell has ignored his repeated requests for a quick rate cut. A rate cut could have made it simpler for Americans to obtain loans for buying houses, boosted consumer confidence, and lifted the stock market. The Fed had cut rates three times last year when inflation was already close to the target level. However, against the backdrop of growing economic uncertainty, the Fed paused this strategy. This uncertainty has been further intensified by Trump's unpredictable leadersh

On April 18th, according to the GMGN market data, pump.fun reported that within the past 24 hours, no meme token had a market value exceeding 1 million US dollars, and the speculative sentiment on the Solana blockchain had significantly cooled down.

On April 18th, Photon has been incorporated into the top launchpad of the BNB Chain, Four.Meme. This development makes Four.Meme the first launchpad on the BNB Chain to integrate Photon functionality. Thanks to this integration, users are now able to directly trade tokens launched on Four.Meme on Photon and also facilitate trading within the platform.

On April 18th, based on CME's "FedWatch" data, the likelihood of a 25-basis-point rate cut by the Fed in May is 9.1%, and the probability of no change is 90.9%.

On April 18th, Ethereum's re-staking protocol EigenLayer announced on Platform X that its Slashing mechanism has been initiated on the mainnet, and the protocol committee has completed the upgrade and execution. Subsequently, node operators and stakers are required to upgrade in order to perform checkpoint using EigenPod CLI; AVSs can now directly incorporate the slashing conditions into services on the mainnet.

On April 18, Magic Eden announced on social media that the distribution of the first-season airdrop had been completed and the second-season activity had begun. Users could participate by staking ME and conducting trades on the platform, among other methods.