Meta will introduce stablecoin payments for creators through Stripe, settling in USDC

April 30 — Spartan Group announced in a social media post Wednesday that an individual has recently been impersonating one of its members, actively reaching out to others via X, Telegram and email. The account **@huchengxian is not affiliated with Spartan Group** — do not interact with it. The firm urges the community to report this impersonating account. Key note from Spartan Group: It **will never proactively contact individuals** via Telegram or unknown accounts. If you have questions, verify directly with a confirmed Spartan Group contact.

April 30th — Per the Ark Invest Tracker, Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest added 553,892 shares of Robinhood stock yesterday, worth approximately $39.43 million. Breakdown of the purchases: - ARKK: +469,858 shares - ARKW: +55,939 shares - ARKF: +28,095 shares

April 30 Per The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is exploring a revival of *The Apprentice*—the reality series once hosted by Donald Trump that catapulted him to fame. Amazon execs have been internally weighing the possibility of having Donald Trump Jr.—the former host’s eldest son—host the new season if production goes ahead. Talks are still in the early stages, and Amazon has not yet reached out to the Trump family. If the project moves forward, it would debut on Prime Video. *The Apprentice* was a massive hit during its original run, with Trump serving as host and executive producer. Contestants vied for the chance to work at his company. Sources familiar with the situation say demand for a reboot has surged since Trump won the 2024 election. Notably, Trump shared an old article touting the show’s high ratings on his social media last week, captioning it: “My Apprentice final season was unbeatable!”

April 30th, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents, working with law enforcement partners in Dubai, China, and Thailand, led a large-scale multinational joint operation that dismantled at least 9 overseas cryptocurrency scam centers, arresting 276 suspects total and securing millions of dollars in illicit funds. U.S. federal prosecutors in San Diego have charged 6 suspects with federal wire fraud and money laundering. The individuals—holding Myanmar and Indonesian citizenship—ran scam organizations under the names “Sanduo Group” and “Giant Company.” Dubai police arrested 275 suspects, while Thailand’s Royal Police took one fugitive into custody. The scam network used a “pig butchering” scheme, gaining victims’ trust via fake friendships or romantic relationships, then luring them to transfer funds to a fake cryptocurrency investment platform before laundering the money into criminal accounts. This operation aligns with an executive order former President Donald Trum

April 30 — The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield surged to 4.42% on Tuesday, inching closer to the 4.50% policy inflection point that former President Donald Trump had repeatedly intervened in during his tenure. Some analysts note Treasury yields are emerging as a key market focus. Similar scenarios in April 2025 and March 2026 forced Trump to directly intervene and release positive developments, and the current trend could again test the administration’s ability to address high bond yields and inflation pressures.

April 30 – Per Hyperinsight’s monitoring, a crypto “whale” account has erased all paper gains from the past week amid a market downturn, now sitting on a paper loss of $3.94 million. On the operational front, the whale urgently deleveraged a batch of ETH and BTC long positions in the early hours as markets slid — though some positions still got liquidated during the rapid drop. It then replenished positions again within two hours. Post-downturn, the whale’s total position value has fallen to $29.06 million, with ETH liquidation at $2,188 and BTC at $72,143.1.