PA Daily | It is suspected that about $330 million of BTC was stolen and converted to XMR; Binance Wallet will start MilkyWay TGE activity

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04/28/2025·15DToday's news tips:
Swiss Spar supermarkets will support Bitcoin payments in all stores soon
Bitcoin spot ETF net inflows of $3.06 billion last week, the second highest in history
Data: Tether casts 1 billion USDTs on Tron Network
Binance Wallet will open MilkyWay (MILK) token TGE on April 29
Data: Tether casts 1 billion USDTs on Tron Network
Regulatory/Macro
Swiss Spar supermarkets will support Bitcoin payments in all stores soon
According to Bitcoin News, Bitcoin News, Bitcoin payments will be expanded to all Swiss Spar supermarkets after the successful pilot in Zug and Kreuzlingen. The service will be launched as soon as possible.
Viewpoint
10x Research notes that while Bitcoin hovers in the resistance range of $94,000 to $95,000 and bearish signals are strengthened in the short term, South Korean crypto retail traders may soon turn to a certain altcoin. The two reversal indicators have turned bearish, with the stochastic oscillation indicator reaching 95%, indicating that there may be downside risks in the short term. However, this could be a brief consolidation phase before breaking through $100,000.
Alessia Baumgar, vice president of ecosystems at DWF Labs, shared key investment strategies and founder response advice. She pointed out that the current market environment is full of challenges and many investors are cautious, while DWF Labs selectively deploys capital in difficult macro environments to find opportunities. As a multi-stage and industry-independent investor, DWF Labs focuses on emerging blockchain networks, stablecoins and payment solutions. She advises founders to remain conservative, try to cut costs as much as possible, recruit cautiously, and ensure that there is enough funds to deal with long-term bear markets. In terms of investment standards, DWF Labs prioritizes teams with real income sources and strong execution capabilities.
Base founder Jesse shared Base's development plan and its strategic positioning in Asia in a Chinese community event. Jesse said Base has recruited national heads in the Philippines and plans to expand its team in Indonesia and Singapore. In addition, Base will work closely with Chinese developers to provide more communication channels and resources. Jesse believes that on-chain social platforms such as Zora can subvert the traditional model and return control to creators. Regarding future token issuance, Jesse said that Base currently has no plans to issue new network tokens and will continue to use ETH as a native asset to pay Gas fees. Base is committed to decentralized development to ensure users' autonomy over assets and fairness in transaction sorting. Jesse also introduced the Base Batches Global Developer Program, providing resources such as funding, exposure, mentor support, etc. to help developers develop from the creative stage to the company. Related reading: Jesse, the head of Base chain, is a guest in the Chinese community: How to compete with Solana? Can it help Ethereum revival?
According to Cointelegraph, the Bitcoin Bull Score Index is currently at 60, indicating a significant recovery in market optimism as demand for Bitcoin and stablecoin liquidity begins to grow again, according to Cointelegraph.
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley posted on X platform that the price of Bitcoin has reached $94,000, but the search volume of "bitcoin" on Google is close to a long-term low. This is not driven by retail investors. Institutions, investment consultants, enterprises and national entities have entered the market one after another. The types of investors who buy Bitcoin are constantly diversifying.
Project News
Sui Ecological Liquidity Staking Agreement Haedal announced that users can now view their qualifications through the OKX Web3 airdrop inspection page, and the collection time is 20:00 on April 29. Users can connect through the OKX Wallet App or plug-in to check their empty investment space. It is reported that Haedal allocates 5% of the total HAEDAL supply, which will be unlocked during TGE. Qualifications include core community members, active users, partner communities and event participants. Previous news, Binance Alpha will be launched on Haedal Protocol (HAEDAL) on April 29.
BNB AI Hack announced the latest batch of winners. The hackathon attracted hundreds of AI and Web3 project submissions around the world. In the latest round, more than 28 submissions were received, and 11 of them were selected as potential winners of Tier 4 projects, including Aster AI, Barktalkai, BNBOT, DataFlyer, EchoVote, Fezz, Idea Pie, Jam, NovelForge, TradingFlow and Visualyze. The next round of applications ends until April 30.
Binance Wallet will open MilkyWay (MILK) token TGE on April 29
Binance Wallet announced that it will launch its 13th MilkyWay (MILK) token-exclusive TGE event through PancakeSwap from 16:00 to 18:00 on April 29 (Beijing time). Participants are required to confirm the Alpha Points threshold qualification before the event begins. The event will also allocate an additional 20 million MILKs for future marketing activities, and specific details will be announced separately.
Binance will launch JST/USDT perpetual contract, with up to 75x leverage
News content: Binance Contract announced that it will launch the JSTUSDT perpetual contract with USDⓈ margin at 17:30 on April 28 (Beijing time), with a maximum leverage multiple of up to 75 times.
Nexo announces return to the U.S. market to provide full range of digital asset services
According to Finance Feeds, the digital asset platform Nexo fully restarted its services on April 28, 2025 and officially returned to the US market. At the return ceremony, Trump Group Executive Vice President Donald Trump Jr., Israeli Minister of Innovation and Technology Gila Gamliel and Nexo co-founder Antoni Trenchev attended. Donald Trump Jr. stressed that digital assets and blockchain technology are the key to the United States' consolidation of global financial leadership, and bluntly stated that "cryptocurrencies are the future of the financial industry." Nexo's return is a time when the United States' business confidence is recovering and its entrepreneurial vitality is increasing. It plans to launch high-yield crypto accounts, crypto asset mortgage credit, professional trading tools and institutional liquidity products to provide full-category services to US retail and institutional customers.
Binance Wallet: Airdrop SIGN tokens to eligible users
Binance Wallet said the Sign(SIGN) transaction opens at 18:00 on April 28 (UTC+8). All Binance users who qualify (at least 65 Alpha points) will receive airdrops of 1,500 SIGN tokens in their Alpha account within 10 minutes of the token being launched.
Melania project team once again sold 2.01 million MELANIA through DCA strategy today
According to Lookonchain monitoring, the Melania project team not only sold MELANIA tokens by increasing or decreasing liquidity, but also adopted a DCA strategy for direct sales in batches. Two days ago, they sold 1.18 million MELANIA through the DCA strategy at a price of 4,230 SOLs (about 632,000 US dollars); today, they once again sold 2.01 million MELANIA (about 938,000 US dollars) through the DCA strategy.
According to the official announcement, Binance will carry out wallet maintenance on the Ethereum Network (ETH) at 15:00 on April 30, 2025 (East Eighth Time). To support this maintenance, Binance will suspend the recharge and withdrawal services of Ethereum Network (ETH) at 14:55 on April 30, 2025 (East Eighth District time). Maintenance is expected to take 1 hour, and the recharge and withdrawal services will be automatically resumed after maintenance is completed.
Important data
According to CoinShares' latest weekly report data, the total inflow of digital asset investment products reached US$3.4 billion last week, the third largest single-week inflow in history and the largest inflow since mid-December 2024. The main reason is that investors seek digital assets as emerging safe-haven assets. Bitcoin investment products are the main beneficiaries, attracting $3.18 billion inflows last week, and total assets under management have now reached $132 billion, the highest level since the end of February this year. Ethereum investment products flowed in $183 million last week after eight weeks of outflow. It is worth noting that Solana is the only altcoin that has appeared outflows, totaling $5.7 million. Among other altcoins, Sui and XRP flowed in $20.7 million and $31.6 million, respectively. Blockchain-related stocks also flowed in $17.4 million, especially Bitcoin mining-related ETFs.
According to ZachXBT monitoring, about nine hours ago, a suspected theft of 3520 BTC (about $330.7 million) was transferred from the potential victim's account. After these bitcoins are transferred to a specific address, they are quickly exchanged into Monero (XMR) through multiple exchanges, causing the XMR price to rise by 50%.
Data: Tether casts 1 billion USDTs on Tron Network
According to Whale Alert monitoring, Tether Treasury cast 1 billion USDTs on the Tron Network at 15:30, worth approximately US$1.000799 billion.
Smart money that once made $4.9 million from Fartcoin purchased 488,000 Fartcoin again
According to Lookonchain, a smart trader who once made $4.9 million in Fartcoin spent $563,000 USDT to buy 488,000 Fartcoin again in the past hour. The trader currently holds 2.12 million Fartcoins, worth approximately $2.48 million. When this trader first entered the Fartcoin market, its market value was $32 million, achieving a profit of $4.9 million by buying low and selling high.
Bitcoin spot ETF net inflows of $3.06 billion last week, the second highest in history
According to SoSoValue data, last week's trading day (April 21 to April 25) Bitcoin spot ETF had a net inflow of US$3.06 billion last week. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest net inflows in a single week last week was Blackrock Bitcoin ETF IBIT, with a weekly net inflow of US$1.45 billion. Currently, the total net inflow of IBIT has reached US$41.20 billion in history. The second is Ark Invest and 21Shares' Bitcoin ETF ARKB, with weekly net inflows of US$621 million, and a record high for a single weekly net inflow. Currently, the total historical net inflow of ARKB has reached US$3.11 billion. As of press time, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETF was US$109.27 billion, the net asset ratio of ETF (market value compared to the total market value of Bitcoin) reached 5.80%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached US$38.43 billion.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a giant whale holding 1.32 million SOLs (worth about $192 million) transferred 35,000 SOLs (worth about $5.07 million) to Binance 40 minutes ago. In the past 19 days, the giant whale has transferred a total of 135,000 SOLs worth US$15.72 million. Specifically, the giant whale first released the pledge of 1.32 million SOLs, then deposited 1.2 million of them into the Kamino agreement, and lent 20 million USDC.
According to the market, ALPACA fell 53% in the early morning of today and is now at $0.1763. Earlier on April 24, Binance announced that it would remove ALPACA from the shelves on May 2. After the announcement was released, ALPACA had risen by more than 650%.
1inch team invested in the fund and spent 1.094 million USDC to buy 5.498 million 1INCH
According to the on-chain analyst Ember Monitor, the 1inch team investment fund started to buy 1INCH after selling some WBTC the day before yesterday: in the past day, it bought 5.498 million 1INCH at a price of $0.199 through a limit order, spending 1.094 million USDC.
According to the monitoring of the on-link analyst @ai_9684xtpa, Lorenzo Protocol's associated address 3E92s...1J7ckq nine hours ago recharged 560 BTC to Binance and OKX, and if sold, it would make a profit of US$11.86 million. This part of BTC was proposed from the exchange at an average price of US$72,835 from 2024.10.15 to 2024.11.29. Last year, the floating profit at the BTC currency price of ATH was as high as US$18.65 million.
Financing
Web3 Entertainment Company YOAKE Entertainment completed approximately US$1.25 million in financing
According to Kepple, Web3 entertainment company YOAKE entertainment announced that it has completed 180 million yen (about 1.25 million US dollars) financing through private token sales and convertible corporate bonds. Next Web Capital is the lead underwriter for this round of financing, and the participating investors include Bitbank Ventures, Credit Scend, Hakuhodo KEY3, Taisu Ventures, X2Y2, etc. Financing funds will be used for next-generation entertainment platform development, global IP content production, etc. According to reports, YOAKE was established in February 2024 and was jointly funded by many companies such as Twin Planet, Asobi System, W TOKYO, Y&N Brothers. The board members include well-known producer Yasuhiro Akimoto and Astar Network founder Tsuta Watanabe. YOAKE focuses on the blockchainization of entertainment IP and recently announced that it will launch the official NFT series of the popular Japanese anime "Seven Sins" and adopt the blockchain "Soneium" jointly developed by Sony Group and Startale Group.