Upbit partner KBank to Test Ripple-Based Cross-Border Remittances

On April 27, Coinglass data shows the entire crypto network recorded $292 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours—$125 million from long positions and $167 million from short positions.

April 27: Qualcomm (QCOM.O) is up 10% in pre-market trading, per Bitget market data. Earlier, an analyst disclosed the firm is collaborating with OpenAI on a smartphone processor.

April 27 — Per GMGN monitoring data, the Solana-based meme coin ASTEROID ([https://gmgn.ai/sol/token/i_m4TE56o8_4UeLCRqARmfb6e6KQijtiktqqXUxbfk6jZng7DhuBAGS](https://gmgn.ai/sol/token/i_m4TE56o8_4UeLCRqARmfb6e6KQijtiktqqXUxbfk6jZng7DhuBAGS)) surged 30% in one hour, hitting a $7 million market cap. It’s up 160% over 24 hours, with $5.2 million in trading volume during that period. The token has been listed for 10 days and briefly topped $9 million in market cap this morning. Meanwhile, the Ethereum-based meme coin with the same theme—also named ASTEROID ([https://gmgn.ai/eth/token/0xf280b16ef293d8e534e370794ef26bf312694126](https://gmgn.ai/eth/token/0xf280b16ef293d8e534e370794ef26bf312694126))—has maintained a high valuation, currently at $129 million. It’s down 13.3% in 24 hours, with $19 million in trading volume over the same span. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coin trading is highly volatile, driven mostly by market sentiment and concept hype rather than actual value or u

April 27 — Iranian state media reports that Iran has suspended exports of steel billets and steel plates until May 30.

On April 27th, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that monitoring data shows an address linked to new token CHIP deposited 75 million CHIP tokens (valued at $5.73 million) to OKX one hour ago. The address was created three days ago, with funds originating from CHIP’s token deployment address. After receiving this batch of tokens two days ago, all 75 million have now been deposited to the exchange today.

Report: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Tuesday (April 27) he firmly rejects direct negotiations with Israel, per Xinhua News Agency.