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📈Market Overview Trump is working to lift market sentiment, stating that “interest rates should be coming down now.” BTC and SOL remain stable, with no significant movement. TAO has seen a notable 10% gain, whereas FARTCOIN, BABY, and BERA have each dropped over 10% in value. Market Cap: $2.79T 24h Liquidation: $123.8M Fear & Greed Index: 33 (Fear) 👉 Latest News - Galaxy Research proposes new voting system to reduce Solana inflation - EigenLayer activates mainnet slashing on April 17, reaching feature-complete status - Coinbase adds Solana wallets, upgrades infrastructure with 5x faster block processing 👉 Small Cap Gainers Reef +116% Masa +57.2% Send +31.6% Kishu Inu +30.3% Open Loot +30.2% 👉 Recent Funding Rounds ORO AI $6M Seed Round led by Delphi Ventures and a16z CSX Neutrl $5M Seed Round led by Accomplice and STIX Glider $4M Funding Round led by a16z CSX

Ethereum = yesterday’s innovation? Experts and traders are comparing Ethereum to Nokia’s slow fall. Is it a signal to rotate into newer projects, or just noise? In crypto, staying relevant is the real challenge.

Trump: Powell’s hesitation is hurting the economy Trump blasted Jerome Powell for failing to act, despite falling commodity prices. He claimed the ECB is leading the way with seven consecutive cuts — while the Fed is “lost in confusion.” He concluded Powell should be fired “as soon as possible.”

📣 Last Week In Crypto 🌐 Macro News: — OM token crashes over 90%, Mantra blames centralized exchanges — CryptoPunk Trader Admits Hiding $13M NFT Profit From IRS, Faces Prison Time — Bitcoin Dominance at Multi-Year Highs as BTC Flirts With $85K 🛠 Project Updates: — Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin reveals roadmap to boost Layer-1 privacy — Interchain Labs launches IBC Eureka to connect Ethereum to the Cosmos ecosystem — Solana launches zero knowledge-based Confidential Balances to merge privacy with compliance 🪂 Drophunting: ALLO — RWA Expert Role Swisstronik — Checker is live Babylon — Claim & TGE Layer3 — Claim is live Huddle01 — Incentivized Testnet 0G Labs — Puzzle Mania campaign BackPack — New Week Kernel — Claim & TGE

🇺🇸 U.S. White House says gold reserves may be used to purchase Bitcoin.

A friendly flex? Trump doesn’t need Elon. Or Tesla. But he got the car anyway to “support a friend.” Now he praises Musk as doing a fantastic job while letting his team cruise around in the Tesla. Compliment or a passive-aggressive dig?

🪀 Another billion, no big deal Tether printed 1B USDT out of nowhere. As usual, no one’s panicking — yet.

China’s Tariff Commission announced it will raise tariffs on certain U.S. imports from 84% to 125%, effective April 12, 2025. The move responds to the U.S. increasing its own tariffs on Chinese goods to 125%. China stated that at this level, U.S. exports to China are no longer commercially viable, and it will disregard any further U.S. tariff hikes.

🗽 Donald Trump has signed a resolution repealing a crypto tax rule introduced in the final days of the Biden administration. Custodial brokers are no longer required to report user transactions to the IRS or issue 1099 forms for non-employment-related income. Less bureaucracy = more comfort using crypto. But freedom comes with responsibility.

Ethereum price drops below its realized price Ethereum has dropped below its realized price of $2.0K — a rare event. The last time this happened was in March 2020, when ETH plunged from $283 to $109. After that, the price began to rise, and by March 2021, ETH was worth more than it is today.

⚡️ Musk vs. Navarro: The Trade War Gets Personal Over the weekend, Musk targeted White House trade advisor Peter Navarro, sarcastically downplaying his PhD from Harvard. Musk has long opposed tariffs, fearing they would harm Tesla’s operations in both the U.S. and China. Analysts warn that Tesla could become a “political football” amid the escalating economic war.

📉Market Overview The market is plunging, with over $200B in market cap wiped out. The drop is driven by recession fears sparked by tariffs set to take effect on April 9. BTC has fallen below $77K. ETH, XRP, and SOL have each lost over 14%. Market Cap: $2.58T 24h Liquidation: $1.01B Fear & Greed Index: 23 (Extreme fear) 👉 Latest News - Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest buys $13.4M worth of Coinbase shares - Conor McGregor team refunds failed memecoin auction - Pump.fun brings livestream feature back to 5% of users 👉 Small Cap Gainers Retard Finder +63.4% Aergo +28.9% Luce +25.3% Hive AI +22.1% Ampleforth Governance +21.4% 👉 Recent Funding Rounds P2P.me $2M Seed Round backed by Multicoin Capital Ultra $12M Funding Round backed by NOIA Capital Codex $15.8M Seed Round led by DragonFly

Top 10 Blockchains by TVL Growth in Q1 2025 Sonic +2,740% Morph +854% Etherlink +697% Eclipse +215% Swellchain +196% Sophon +157% Venom +132% ZetaChain +76.3% Waves +58.5% opBNB +55.1%

🇺🇸 New U.S. trade tariffs: who gets hit hardest? A 10% tariff applies to all, but some countries face even steeper rates.

⏺ Trump’s Tariffs Could Boost Crypto — Arthur Hayes Hayes argues that the Federal Reserve will be forced to loosen its policy and ramp up money printing as tariffs reduce U.S. exports and global dollar usage. A weaker dollar and declining treasury bonds would push risk assets higher, giving crypto another boost. So, is Trump unintentionally helping Bitcoin?

Ethereum hodlers in 2021 vs Ethereum hodlers in 2024

📉 Bitcoin Closes Q1 2025 With 11.7% Price Decrease Bitcoin ended the first quarter of 2025 with a price decline of 11.7%. Meanwhile, BTC closed March's trading session down 2.1%.

📈Market Overview Market remains cautious ahead of the upcoming U.S. tariff announcement, with BTC and ETH posting modest gains. Meanwhile, WAL, EOS, CRV, and AI16Z surged over 10%, signaling strong upward momentum. Market Cap: $2.84T BTC dominance: 58.13% Fear & Greed Index: 34 (Fear) 👉 Latest News - Strategy buys 22,048 BTC worth $1.92B at $86.9K per BTC - Circle targets $4-5B valuation in IPO with JP Morgan, Citibank by late April - Tether has acquired an additional 8,888 BTC, valued at ~$735M, in Q1 2025 👉 Small Cap Gainers Retard Finder Coin +293% Doginme +58.9% FOMO +56.4% CrypTalk +44.9% Keeta +36.8% 👉 Recent Funding Rounds Abound $14M Funding Round backed by Near and Circle Warlock $8.0M Seed Round led by Polychain Capital The9 $8M Strategic Round backed by FineWill Capital

🔓 Top 7 Token Unlocks of the Upcoming Week The following tokens with the largest unlock amount will be unlocked next week: Sui - $179.33M Ethena - $32.62M Optimism - $23.36M TRIBE - $13.52M Grass - $6.26M dYdX - $5.14M Maverick Protocol - $3.31M

📊 Ethereum under pressure: possible drop to $1000 Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone warns that ETH could reach $1000 if traditional markets continue their decline. The strong link between Ethereum and risk assets puts it at risk of further correction.