The weekly news preview | US SEC holds its second roundtable on crypto regulation; US House of Representatives holds a hearing to promote digital asset regulation legislation
Reprinted from chaincatcher
04/08/2025·1MCompiled by: Jerry, ChainCatcher
Key News:
- The U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing on April 9 to promote digital asset regulation legislation
- US SEC postpones BlackRock Ethereum ETF option trading decision to April 9
- China imposes a 34% tariff on all imported goods originating from the United States starting from April 10
- Coinbase International Station will launch NIL, VINE, GUN and EDGE perpetual contracts on April 10
- Do Kwon hearing is postponed to April 10 as more time is needed to review new evidence of 4TB
- US judge postpones verdict on Mango Markets attackers until April 10
- US SEC will hold its second roundtable on crypto regulation on April 11
- The registration date for the next round of FTX is April 11
April 7 (Monday)
BNB Chain 's AI Agent Competition will end on April 7
BNB Chain announces the launch of the AI Agent competition, aiming to encourage innovation and tap into potential AI decentralized applications. The competition aims to encourage innovation and development in the field of AI and is in line with the development direction of BNB Chain AI First.
The competition has 8 rounds in total. In each round, the best performing AI agents will be selected based on specific criteria, including market cap ranking, market cap growth, community member influence and community participation. The BNB Chain Foundation will use BNB to purchase $10,000 in winning AI project tokens per round and distribute them to 1,000 users holding these tokens through airdrops.
Competition details
Match time: From February 11, 2025 to April 7, 2025, the match will be held in multiple rounds.
Qualifications: All AI agents deployed on BNB Chain, rankings will be updated daily to track progress.
Winner Benefits: Qualifications, market exposure opportunities, and marketing support for participating in the upcoming AI Fast Track Program.
Real-time rankings: The rankings will be available on February 6, 2025, providing key performance data for all participants.
Wednesday, April 9
Crypto reporter Eleanor Terrett posted on social media that the House of Representatives will hold a hearing on legislation on the crypto market structure. The House Financial Services Committee Digital Assets Subcommittee will hold a hearing next Wednesday (April 9) to discuss the issue of establishing a federal regulatory framework for digital assets.
The theme of the hearing was "The Future of Innovation and Digital Assets in the United States: Adjusting the U.S. Securities Law to Adapt the Digital Age", marking the first public promotion of the 119th Congress to formulate rules to regulate the way the crypto industry with a market value of $2.7 trillion is operating in the United States.
US SEC postpones BlackRock Ethereum ETF option trading decision to April 9
According to The Block, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) posted on Friday whether to approve BlackRock's decision to list and trade options on its spot Ethereum ETF. According to the filings, the SEC said it will decide on April 9, 2025 whether to approve or refuse to allow BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust to trade options.
"The Commission believes it is necessary to designate a longer time to issue an order to approve or reject the proposed rule changes so that there is sufficient time to consider the proposed rule changes and the issues it arouses," the SEC said.
Also on Friday, the SEC solicited public comment on a proposal to list and trade options on its spot Ethereum ETFs submitted by the Cboe BZX exchange on behalf of Fidelity. These comments must be submitted within 21 days of the publication of the Federal Register.
Thursday, April 10
[**China imposes a 34% tariff on all imported goods originating from the
United States starting from April 10**](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2175607)
Starting from 12:01 on April 10, China has imposed a 34% tariff on all imported goods originating from the United States.
Coinbase International Station will launch NIL, VINE, GUN and EDGE perpetual contracts on April 10
According to the official announcement, Coinbase International Station will launch NIL, VINE, GUN and EDGE perpetual contracts on April 10.
Do Kwon hearing is postponed to April 10 as more time is needed to review new evidence of 4TB
According to Protos, the resolution of its court case was delayed by a month as the U.S. government claims that the defense team of Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon needs more time to review the additional 4TB of evidence. The status meeting, which was scheduled for March 10 (both lawyers discussing the current progress of the case and possible solutions) has been postponed. The New York District Court yesterday extended the meeting until April 10, according to a written request filed by the U.S. government. The court agreed to the U.S. request and said it would postpone the meeting so that the defense could review a large amount of evidence.
The U.S. government claims to have submitted 600GB of evidence to the defense on February 27, including Do Kwon's mobile phone data, email and cryptocurrency transaction records. In addition, the government also said it is expected to provide additional 4TB of evidence to the defense before the end of next week. The court order that postponed the meeting stated that the final trial is still scheduled to take place on January 26, 2026.
US judge postpones verdict on Mango Markets attackers until April 10
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, the District Court of New York, postponed the verdict on Mango Markets attacker Avi Eisenberg until April 10, Cointelegraph reported. The judge extended the sentencing hearing to April 10 at the request of lawyer Avi Eisenberg, which was originally scheduled to be held at the December 12 hearing, documents show.
Previously, Avi Eisenberg was convicted of fraud and market manipulation in April 2024 or faced 20 years in prison.
April 11 (Friday)
[**The registration date for the next round of FTX is April
11**](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2168284)
FTX announced that it has begun its first payment allocation to the Convenience Classes approved claim holders in the Chapter 11 restructuring plan. Clients are expected to receive funds within 1 to 3 working days.
The expected registration date for the next round of allocations is April 11, 2025 and applies to holders of approved FTX Class 5 customer equity claims and Class 6 general unsecured claims, both defined in the Restructuring Plan.
For Convenience Claims that have been approved after the initial registration date but have not yet received the allocation, the next round of registration date is also set as April 11, 2025. The next round of allocation is expected to begin on May 30, 2025.
April 13 (Sunday)
According to CoinDesk, the interoperability protocol Hyperlane disclosed details of the airdrop, which will be conducted on April 22, with most of the token allocations going to the community, with 57% going to users, and the remaining circulating tokens will be allocated to core teams (25%), investors (10.9%) and foundation vaults (7.1%).
Users can check whether they are eligible for $HYPER tokens through the Hyperlane Foundation’s portal by April 13.
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