Trump: Pence Will Not Attend US-Iran Talks

April 19: In an interview with the New York Post today, former President Trump said he would “most likely” travel to Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, if the U.S. and Iran reach an agreement there. When asked if he planned to go to Islamabad, Trump initially responded, “I think I’ll hold off on that for now—we need to see how things play out tomorrow.” Pressed further by the reporter, he added he wouldn’t decide until negotiations show progress, but noted he “most likely will go later on.”

April 19th — Per OnchainLens monitoring, a whale with the moniker "ThisWillMakeYouLoveAgain" sold 29,400 AAVE tokens for 1,171 ETH (roughly $2.73 million), incurring a loss of over $6 million. The whale initially invested $11.03 million to acquire AAVE; its current holdings are 14,993 AAVE tokens, valued at $1.39 million. Address: 0xbcda26b7c6fe36b4f97c21a57807817b06e15c77

On April 19, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) noted that address 0xb01…58c68 has spent $707,000 over the past 10 hours buying up 1.85 billion ASTEROID tokens, at an average price of $0.0003822 per token—now sitting on an unrealized loss of nearly $100,000. ASTEROID is now the top-held token in this address, which has only traded four meme tokens, all at a loss—including a $1.64 million loss on CULT. Per GMGN market data (link: https://gmgn.ai/eth/token/0xf280b16ef293d8e534e370794ef26bf312694126), this morning Elon Musk agreed to make Asteroid SpaceX’s mascot. Fueled by the news, the Ethereum-based meme coin ASTEROID (launched in September 2024) briefly topped a $160 million market cap, hitting a daily peak of $194 million. It’s now back to $137 million, still up 700% over the past 24 hours with a trading volume of $125 million. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coin trading is extremely volatile, primarily driven by market sentiment and hype, with little to no practi

On April 19, Curve Finance officially announced it is temporarily pausing its LayerZero infrastructure as a precautionary measure—this comes after an exploit targeting rsETH on the LayerZero network during a recent hacker incident. The pause will remain in place until the team gains further clarity on the incident’s root cause. This action impacts two key areas: 1. CRV bridging on the following chains: BNB Chain, Sonic, Avalanche, Fantom, Etherlink, and Kava (bridging on other chains will continue via native methods). 2. Fast bridging for crvUSD (slow bridging on Layer 2 networks will operate normally).

**April 19 Update** - The U.S.-Iran temporary ceasefire is set to expire Tuesday Eastern Time. - President Trump said a U.S. delegation will arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan, the evening of April 20 (Eastern Time) to join U.S.-Iran talks scheduled for April 21. - Iran has indicated it will not send a negotiating delegation as long as a naval blockade remains in place (it will not negotiate under the blockade). - Jerome Powell’s confirmation hearing as Federal Reserve Chair nominee is also scheduled for April 21. - Polymarket odds put a 94% probability Powell will ultimately be confirmed. - The highly anticipated TRUMP token lunch for crypto holders is set for Saturday. **Key Macro Data & Events by Day:** - **Monday:** China’s 1-year Loan Prime Rate (through April 20); Speeches by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and ECB President Christine Lagarde. - **Tuesday:** U.S. March Retail Sales (month-over-month); U.S.-Iran temporary ceasefire expiration; Trump

On April 19, Defillama founder 0xngmi noted that no WETH positions are currently at risk of imminent liquidation. While weETH on Aave is very close to its liquidation price, all loans using it as collateral are backed by ETH—meaning the overall situation remains safe unless borrowing rates spike sharply. Per official Aave data, the current borrowing rate for weETH on Aave V3 mainnet is ~1.00%.