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A list of key crypto industry figures attending a luncheon hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump for holders of the TRUMP memecoin on April 25 has been released. The attendees include: - Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether - Song Chi-hyung, Chairman of Dunamu - Joey Krug, Partner at Founders Fund - Zhu Xiaoxiao, head of Jupiter - Cathie Wood, founder of Ark Invest - Arianna Simpson, General Partner at a16z Crypto - Tim Draper, founder of Draper Venture Network - Nikil Viswanathan, co-founder of Alchemy - Lee Seung-yoon, co-founder of Story Protocol - Mike Alfred, founder of Alpine Fox - Aaron Weaver, head of Molecule - Anthony Pompliano, CEO of ProCapFinancial - Nathan McCauley, CEO of Anchorage Digital - Luke Martin, crypto trader and analyst The event, held at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, is limited to 297 participants, with eligibility determined by the ranking of TRUMP token holdings. Meanwhile, Cointelegraph reported that the attendance of Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun is uncertain. Sun, a major Trump supporter and investor in the Trump family-affiliated crypto business World Liberty Financial (WLFI), is on the leaderboard for TRUMP holdings but has filed a lawsuit against the WLFI team, alleging abuse of token authority.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed mixed today. - S&P 500: +0.80% - Nasdaq: +1.63% - Dow Jones: -0.16% Semiconductor stocks showed strength, with Intel (INTC) soaring 23.6% to become the top performer among components of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index. Arm (ARM) and AMD (AMD) also rose, gaining 14.76% and 13.91%, respectively. Meanwhile, newly listed X-Energy (XE) closed up 26.96% on its first day of trading.

A governance proposal has been submitted to the Aave (AAVE) DAO to use 25,000 ETH, worth approximately $58 million, from its treasury to address the recent $292 million hack of Kelp DAO's rsETH bridge. According to the proposal, initial losses from the incident were estimated at 163,183 ETH but have since been reduced to 75,081 ETH following the freezing and recovery of some assets. The proposal also noted that a "DeFi Alliance" composed of Aave's partners and service providers has donated around 14,570 ETH. Furthermore, an agreement has been reached to borrow up to 30,000 ETH from Mantle (MNT), with any additional donations to be used for repaying this loan.

Mike Novogratz, CEO of crypto financial services firm Galaxy Digital, has identified $100,000 as the key resistance level for Bitcoin, suggesting a breakout above this point could trigger an explosive rally. In a recent interview with Anthony Scaramucci, Novogratz stated that market momentum appears much improved compared to at least a month ago, U.Today reported. While he acknowledged that the options market could slow Bitcoin's rise in the short term, he said the long-term outlook remains optimistic. Novogratz added that the Bitcoin market is moving beyond its traditional four-year halving cycle, which he views as a sign of the asset's growing maturity in the global financial market.

The primary goal of talks between Pakistani and Iranian officials in Islamabad on April 25 and 26 is to restart negotiations with the Trump administration, Axios reported, citing a Pakistani government official. The official added that a decision on whether to proceed with trilateral talks involving the U.S. would be made after the meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi. Following the talks, Araghchi is reportedly scheduled to travel to Moscow via Muscat, Oman. The timing for a meeting with the U.S. negotiation team has not been confirmed. However, according to two sources, a meeting between a U.S. special envoy and Araghchi could take place on April 27. The sources also noted that the U.S. team, including Kushner and Witkoff, is expected to hold separate bilateral meetings with Pakistani mediators beforehand.

Iran has never requested direct talks with the United States, according to the Tasnim News Agency.

Paul Sztorc, the developer who first proposed the Bitcoin sidechain 'Drivechain', announced on his X account that he plans to launch a new Bitcoin hard fork called 'eCash' this August. He explained that Bitcoin holders will receive an equivalent amount of the new coin; for instance, someone holding 4.19 BTC will receive 4.19 eCash. Sztorc noted that the eCash Layer 1 node is nearly a copy of Bitcoin Core, will be mined using the SHA-256d algorithm, and will maintain code compatibility. He added that 'Drivechain', a sidechain designed to introduce programming capabilities to Bitcoin, is also planned for launch alongside eCash.

U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters that Iran wants to discuss with the United States the possibility of dialogue and making a deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran plans to present a proposal to address demands from the United States. He added that Iran wants to talk and that they will see if a deal can be reached.

DeFi lending protocol Spark (SPK) has released its financial report for the first quarter of 2026 via its official X account. According to the report, the protocol's total revenue for the quarter was approximately $31.5 million, a 31% decrease from the previous quarter. Net income stood at $6.91 million, with an operating profit of $3.46 million. The value of the Spark protocol's treasury grew by 5.7% quarter-over-quarter to $46.1 million. The protocol also bought back approximately $986,000 worth of SPK through a new buyback program during the first quarter. Spark noted that the quarter ended with a surplus, describing the diversification and resilience of its protocol-level revenue sources as meaningful progress.

An Iranian delegation has arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, for a second round of peace talks with the U.S., Walter Bloomberg reported, citing two Pakistani government officials. Meanwhile, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported that no meeting is currently scheduled between Foreign Minister Araghchi and the U.S. negotiating team.

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced new sanctions related to Iran via its official website. According to the Treasury, these measures include the recent freeze of over $344 million in USDT. Tether, the issuer of the world's largest dollar-pegged stablecoin, previously stated that it had frozen the assets, which were held in two addresses linked to the Iranian government, in cooperation with U.S. authorities.

Whale Alert reported that 5,000 BTC has been transferred from Kraken to an unknown wallet. The transaction is valued at about $389 million.

Iran's Tasnim News Agency has denied Western media reports that Parliament Speaker Qalibaf will not accompany Foreign Minister Araghchi. The agency also reported that Iranian officials have not held any negotiations with the U.S. in Islamabad.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has adopted Chainlink (LINK) data standards for its AWS Marketplace, Decrypt reported. The move will make Chainlink's Data Feeds, Data Streams, and Proof of Reserve solutions available on the marketplace.

According to Fox News, the White House has announced that Vice President Vance is on standby in the U.S. It added that all relevant officials are prepared to depart for Pakistan immediately if necessary.

Tether has frozen over $344 million in USDT held in two addresses, an action taken in cooperation with the U.S. government. According to Solid Intel, the addresses are linked to Iran.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright, an analyst at CryptoSlate, has analyzed that while the total value lost to hacks in DeFi and traditional finance (TradFi) was comparable last year, the loss rate relative to transaction volume was 85 times higher for DeFi. Citing IBM data, Wright noted that TradFi institutions lost $2.6 billion to hacks on a transaction volume of approximately $35 quadrillion, a loss rate of 0.00007%. In contrast, DeFi protocols lost $2.8 billion on a volume of $46 trillion, representing a loss rate of 0.006%. Wright warned that this disparity is a significant red flag for the reliability of the DeFi space.

Whale Alert reported that 2,770 BTC has been transferred from an unknown wallet to Kraken. The transaction is valued at about $216 million.

Tether has announced that it has frozen over $344 million in USDT held in two addresses in cooperation with the U.S. government. The action was taken immediately after the addresses were identified to prevent any further transfer of the funds. The freeze was based on information provided by several U.S. law enforcement agencies following the detection of fund flows linked to illicit activities.

The hacker behind the Balancer (BAL) exploit has swapped 13,191 ETH for 386.52 BTC over the past 15 hours, Onchain Lens reported. The transaction is valued at approximately $30.54 million. The hacker still holds 8,000 ETH, worth around $18.52 million, and may conduct additional swaps. Balancer previously suffered a loss of $137.4 million from an exploit last year.

According to CNN, U.S. Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to participate in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi.

Iran's foreign minister is set to present the country's initiative for ending the war, Tasnim News Agency reported.

A spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry told Iranian state media that Foreign Minister Araghchi's regional tour will include consultations on the latest efforts by the U.S. and Israel to end the war against Iran.

Independent researcher Giancarlo Relli has successfully cracked a 15-bit Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) key using public quantum hardware, claiming a one BTC (approx. $78,000) bounty from Project Eleven, CoinDesk reported. The feat marks the largest quantum attack demonstration to date, representing a 512-fold increase in scale over a record set last September. While this does not pose an immediate threat to Bitcoin's 256-bit security system, experts have pointed out that quantum attacks are materializing faster than anticipated. The estimated number of physical qubits required to crack 256-bit encryption has recently fallen to under 500,000.