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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against New York State to prevent it from applying its gambling laws to prediction market platforms, Cointelegraph reported. The move follows previous lawsuits by New York authorities against Coinbase (COIN) and Gemini (GEMI), which accused the exchanges' prediction market subsidiaries of violating state gambling laws. CFTC Chairman Michael Gillick argues that jurisdiction over prediction markets lies with the CFTC, a federal agency, not with state governments.

Jesse Pollak, a developer for Coinbase's Layer 1 chain Base, said that agentic payments—where AI can autonomously pay for services like data access, computing resources, and travel bookings—will become a key trend, CoinDesk reported. He highlighted the x402 protocol, an open-source payment protocol being co-developed by Coinbase, Microsoft, Google, and Mastercard that enables payments through simple API calls. Pollak added that to date, around $48 million in payments have been processed through the protocol, with approximately 95% of this volume occurring on the Base chain.

U.S. Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna has accused former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of insider trading, BeInCrypto reported. Luna claimed that Pelosi's portfolio has surged by approximately 17,000% since she entered Congress, alleging that Pelosi's husband has a history of trading tech stock options before relevant legislation was passed. She also criticized the current regulations, noting that while the STOCK Act exists to govern stock trading by members of Congress, the penalty for a violation is only a $200 fine. Luna contrasted this with a case where a special forces soldier faces up to 50 years in prison for profiting from prediction markets related to military operations. Anna Paulina Luna previously filed a criminal complaint against Fed Chair Jerome Powell last July.

DeFi United has raised a total of 69,642 ETH, valued at approximately $161 million, with contributions from 14 ecosystem partners and individuals, Lookonchain reported via X. The initiative was organized by crypto lending protocol Aave (AAVE) and its DeFi partners in response to the KelpDAO hack. The goal is to restore the stability of rsETH.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) announced on X today the launch of a 2x long BNB futures ETF from independent issuer Teucrium. The new product will trade under the ticker XBNB.

Jupiter, a Solana-based decentralized crypto swap aggregator, announced via X on April 24 that it added another 211,474 JUP (approximately $36,000) to its Litterbox Trust. The project is accumulating JUP by depositing 50% of its protocol revenue into the trust over the next two years. A total of 9,405,535 JUP ($1.63 million) has been added this month, bringing the cumulative amount to 113,508,785 JUP, valued at around $19.56 million.

Approximately $13 million worth of FF tokens have been unlocked and distributed to multiple addresses, on-chain analyst onchainschool.pro reported on X. The analyst added that about $1 million of these tokens have already been sent to centralized exchanges (CEX), indicating a potential sell-off.

According to Singaporean media outlet Zaobao, the Singapore Police Force, in collaboration with cryptocurrency platforms including Coinbase and South Korean exchange Upbit, has blocked approximately 2.86 million Singapore dollars ($2.11 million) in scam-related damages over a one-month period. During an intensive crackdown from March 16 to April 15, authorities utilized analytics tools from Chainalysis and TRM Labs to uncover investment fraud, impersonation of government officials, and job-related scams. Law enforcement directly intervened in more than 90 cases involving victims. Authorities described the effort as a significant step forward in anti-fraud response through public-private cooperation.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated on April 25 that Turkey would consider participating in a mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. and Iran reach a peace agreement. He explained that technical teams are expected to carry out the work after a deal is made and that Turkey views such an operation as a humanitarian responsibility, maintaining a positive stance in principle. However, Fidan added that Turkey would reconsider its position if the multinational technical coalition were to become a party to a new conflict. He also expressed his belief that issues related to Iran's nuclear program could be resolved at the next round of talks in Pakistan.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on April 24 dismissed recent remarks by Israeli Defense Minister Katz as "nonsense." In a social media post, Qalibaf stated that the reason for the Israeli minister's anger and comments is Iran's unity around its leadership, which he claimed has completely thwarted their plots. The speaker's comments followed a video statement from Katz on April 23, in which he said Israel was prepared to resume military operations against Iran. Katz claimed Israel is awaiting U.S. approval and is ready to deliver a "destructive blow" to Iran's "most vulnerable points" to completely eliminate the regime.

The upcoming $75 billion initial public offering (IPO) for SpaceX could absorb liquidity from risk assets like Bitcoin (BTC), CoinDesk reported. When combined with potential IPOs from OpenAI and Anthropic, this effect could draw more than $240 billion from the market by the end of the year. Market observers are concerned that capital allocated for these major IPOs could erode the risk-on liquidity pool shared by tech stocks, AI, and cryptocurrencies. This situation is drawing comparisons to Coinbase's public listing in 2021, after which BTC hit a peak on the day of the listing before correcting by approximately 50% within six weeks. Some analysts noted that such institutional milestones often serve as signals for a cycle top.

BTC perp long/short ratios on top exchanges by open interest The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 50.12% long, 49.88% short - Binance: 49.96% long, 50.04% short - OKX: 49.82% long, 50.18% short - Bybit: 50.18% long, 49.82% short

According to monitoring by ai_9684xtpa, an address known as an 'ETH ICO $1 million investor whale' has transferred an additional 10,000 ETH (approximately $23.21 million) to a multisig address after about a week. The receiving address (0x26c…B9392) has deposited a total of 12,001 ETH (approximately $24.62 million) to OKX over the past two months. Based on past patterns, funds moved to this address are typically transferred in batches to various exchanges afterward.

On-chain analytics firm Arkham said on X that the wallet belonging to Avraham Eisenberg, the exploiter of DeFi protocol Mango Markets, has been detected signing a new transaction, raising speculation about his return. Eisenberg is known for an exploit of Mango Finance in 2022 valued at approximately $110 million. He was later imprisoned following a suggested attack on Aave and the liquidation of his position on Curve. In January, U.S. prosecutors appealed a not-guilty verdict against Eisenberg.

Nasdaq-listed mining company Bitdeer has once again sold its entire weekly production of Bitcoin. The company announced that it mined 185.7 BTC this week and sold the full amount. With production and sales matching, there was no net increase in its holdings. Bitdeer has been pursuing a strategy of holding zero BTC since February.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded net inflows of approximately $23.4 million on April 24, according to data from Farside Investors. This marks a return to net inflows just one day after the funds experienced net outflows. - BlackRock ETHA: -$7.7 million - BlackRock ETHB: +$32.3 million - Fidelity FETH: -$1.2 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately $14.4 million in net inflows on April 24, marking the ninth consecutive day of positive flows, according to data from Farside Investors. The breakdown by fund is as follows: - BlackRock (IBIT): +$22.9 million - Fidelity (FBTC): -$1.7 million - Morgan Stanley (MSBT): +$11.1 million - Bitwise (BITB): -$8.9 million - Ark Invest (ARKB): -$9.0 million

ZetaChain (ZETA), a Layer 1 blockchain focused on AI interoperability, announced on April 25 via its official X account that it has integrated OpenAI's latest AI model, GPT-5.5, into its proprietary AI layer. This move follows the recent addition of Alibaba's flagship model, Qwen 3.6 Max. According to the announcement, users can now access ChatGPT's GPT-5.5 model on ZetaChain 2.0-based Anuma without needing a separate installation. The model is optimized for coding, research, and data analysis and can maintain a context of over one million tokens on the platform. ZetaChain explained that Anuma leverages its decentralized infrastructure to create an integrated, privacy-focused memory layer across all AI models. This allows users to maintain their conversation history while using the latest AI models on ZetaChain, including ChatGPT GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, Google Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Alibaba's Qwen 3.6 Max.

Pump.fun announced that it has bought back a total of $360 million worth of its native token, PUMP, since launching its own buyback program. This figure represents 35.5% of the token's total circulating supply.

24-hour crypto futures liquidations The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $30.83 million liquidated (63.95% longs) - ETH: $24.73 million liquidated (65.94% longs) - APE: $81.96 million liquidated (55.05% longs)

Telegram founder Pavel Durov warned on X that 41 crypto-related kidnappings have occurred in France over the past four months. He attributed the incidents to an employee within the French tax authorities who passed information on crypto holders to criminal organizations and leaked large-scale tax data. Durov added that amid this situation, the state is also demanding the identities and private messages of social media users, cautioning that an increase in collected data would lead to more victims.

Brazil's Ministry of Finance has implemented a complete ban on prediction market platforms, citing concerns over investor protection and gambling addiction, Decrypt reported. According to the media outlet, authorities have blocked access to major platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi, determining that the services are not legally regulated within the country. Finance Minister Dario Durigan stated that stricter regulation and enforcement are necessary to mitigate the social costs and negative side effects associated with unregulated gambling.

An address presumed to belong to Grayscale staked 102,400 ETH, worth $236 million, about 10 hours ago, Lookonchain reported.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend deposits for ThetaDrop (TDROP) beginning at 1:30 a.m. UTC due to network maintenance.

An address associated with the Worldcoin team has deposited 21.17 million WLD, worth $5.57 million, to Bybit, Onchain Lens reported.