Bitcoin Surges Above $84,000

On April 17th, a Reuters survey indicates that the U.S. economy is expected to expand by 1.4% in 2025 and 1.5% in 2026 (versus the previous forecasts of 2.2% and 2.0% in March). The likelihood of the U.S. entering an economic recession in the next year is 45%, which is the highest level since December 2023. Expectations for the U.S. 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation have witnessed the largest rise since March 2023. (IG)

On April 17th, based on GMGN data, spurred by the news of Binance Alpha's listing, the market capitalization of the Solana ecosystem Meme coin DARK surged past $33 million and reached a new all-time high. It is currently trading at $31 million, with a 24-hour gain of 52.51%. DARK is an experimental network composed of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) that supports the infinitely scalable world of MCPs.

According to official sources on April 17th, Binance Alpha has launched the Meme coin DARK based on Solana.

On April 17th, as monitored by OnchainLens, a new address withdrew 38,592 SOL from Binance, with a value of $5.15 million.

On April 17th, Trump posted on Truth Social and stated that the European Central Bank is anticipated to implement its seventh interest rate cut. Nevertheless, the actions of Fed Chair Powell were "too late," constantly acting late and making incorrect decisions. Yesterday, his remarks were once again a typical and complete "mess." Currently, oil prices are on the decline, grocery prices are also dropping, and the US is reaping significant benefits from tariffs. The Fed should have lowered interest rates a long time ago, just like the European Central Bank. This should have been done a long time ago. Now, the Fed definitely should cut interest rates. Powell should be dismissed as soon as possible.

On April 17th, BNB Chain made an announcement regarding the winners of the BNB AI Hackathon in Quarter 1. The winners include: DeFAI Operating System BINK AI, the AI Autonomous Trading Platform Botzilla, the AI Eco Assistant Tutorial Agent, the AI Trading Assistant Tokrio, the NFT Platform Polycruz, the On-chain AI Agent Protocol WORLD3 Protocol, the Multi-agent Platform Sentism AI, the Web3 Game Platform iDos Games, the AI Token Deployment Bot Boomie, the AI Agent Marketplace VitaminAI, the Decentralized Knowledge Hub Stitch AI, the Web3 Automation Eco Tearline, and the AI Agent Commitment Framework Kudo. The winning projects will be awarded $50,000 in seed funding and receive MVB Incubation support. As the hackathon activities will continue until 2025, more winning projects will be announced and supported. BNB Chain encourages participants to submit their projects in a timely manner.