Crypto Market Fear Subsides Significantly, Today's Fear and Greed Index at 45

As of April 30th, data from GMGN (via the link https://t.me/gmgnaibot?start=i_m4TE56o8) shows Solana-based leveraged prediction market token Space (SPC) saw its market cap surge past $83 million shortly after official listing/trading yesterday evening—before plummeting sharply. Its current market cap stands at just $5.9 million, a drop of over 90%. Community consensus and on-chain analysis both point to massive sell-offs by early whales and internal wallets: the top five addresses control roughly 70% of the token supply, while the top 20 hold around 80%. Multiple whale addresses dumped significant amounts via decentralized exchanges (DEXs) including Jupiter, Raydium, and Orca shortly after launch. Community feedback also notes presale participants were unable to claim their tokens even after the price collapse. The project initially targeted a $2.5 million presale but ended up raising ~$24 million. In January, the team sparked controversy by changing rules to retain most oversubs

On April 30, Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) — a Canadian government-backed asset manager — disclosed its first purchase of 1.38 million MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares, valued at roughly $219 million. This marks the institution’s initial indirect exposure to Bitcoin.

On April 30, X Product Director Nikita Bier announced that since the "Topic Mute" feature launched, the most-muted topics among users in the For You section are: Crypto, Politics, Iran Conflict, Sports, Business & Finance, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence, Videos, Science & Technology, and Entertainment & Arts. The "Topic Mute" tool is currently only available to X Premium subscribers on iOS and the web, letting users actively customize their For You page content feed.

April 30 — OnchainLens data shows HYPE whale Loracle.hl began selling after receiving 556,825 HYPE tokens (valued at $22 million). The whale also used 5x leverage to open a short position worth over $32 million in HYPE.

April 30th — Per CertiK’s monitoring, Wasabi Protocol has suffered a security breach resulting in the theft of approximately $2.9 million in funds. Preliminary investigations indicate the attacker exploited a deployed wallet to gain a privileged role within Wasabi, enabling the exploit. The stolen funds are currently distributed across multiple addresses, and the incident remains under investigation.

April 30: Per LookOnChain monitoring, an insider who previously profited from APE longs is now going long on WIF. They’ve opened a 5x leveraged long position, holding 7.13 million WIF tokens valued at $1.3 million. The address has placed a limit order: planning to accumulate more at $0.17 and take profits at $0.49. BlockBeats reminds users: On-chain whale activity may not reflect their actual trading intentions. Do not use this as a basis for trading decisions. Please prioritize asset security.