Predicted Market Trading Volume to Surpass $5.3 Billion by Year-End, Achieving Growth for 6 Consecutive Weeks

On April 3rd, the Cosmos ecosystem wallet app Leap Wallet announced it will cease operations on May 28th, with users urged to complete their migration as soon as possible. Discontinued products include: - Compass Wallet (browser extension, iOS app, Android app) - Leap WebApp - Swapfast - Leap Cosmos Hub validation nodes - Leap Cosmos Snaps This update clarifies the announcement timeline, uses more natural phrasing for user communications (replacing "required" with "urged" to align with typical wallet migration notices), and structures product details in a scannable list—all in line with U.S. English news/announcement conventions.

On April 3rd, per LookOnChain monitoring, trader loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) is dumping 450,000 HYPE tokens—valued at $15.98 million. Over the past 9 hours, he has sold 311,946 HYPE via limit orders (totaling $10.97 million) and currently holds 138,054 HYPE, worth $4.91 million.

Pixie Chess, a Web3 magic chess platform, has secured $5.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Paradigm, with participation from SEED CLUB and several angel investors.

April 3 – SolanaFloor has released updated data showing the Drift protocol attack’s impact continues to expand, with the number of affected protocols rising to 20. Nine new protocols are now included: PiggyBank, Perena, Vectis, Valeo, Amp Pay, Loopscale, Prime Numbers Fi, Gauntlet, and Exponent. Losses per affected protocol are as follows: - Prime Numbers Fi: Estimated over $10 million - Gauntlet: Approximately $6.4 million - Neutral Trade: Approximately $3.67 million - Elemental DeFi: Approximately $2.9 million - Reflect Money: Approximately $1.95 million - Vectis: Approximately $1.69 million - Ranger Finance: Approximately $919,000 - Pyra: Approximately $551,000 - PiggyBank: Confirmed $106,000 loss (fully compensated by its team)

April 3rd — Per GMGN monitoring data, Solana ecosystem token PUMPCADE has hit an all-time high market cap, briefly topping $21.1 million before retracing to roughly $18.55 million. The token is up 45% over the past 24 hours. The project behind the token, Pumpcade, is a prediction market built on Pump.fun. It took third place in a March hackathon, earning a $250,000 investment from the Pump Fund — Pump.fun’s in-house investment arm.

On April 3, Intergaze—a zero-gas-fee blockchain optimized for NFTs—will begin winding down operations. Users must withdraw their assets within 14 days of the cross-chain shutdown cutoff, with a firm deadline of April 16. NFTs held by Intergaze users will migrate to Stargaze (on the Cosmos Hub) in the second half of May. To qualify for the migration, users must register a Cosmos wallet by May 1.