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Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett reported that the financial disclosures of Federal Reserve Chair nominee Waller show that he holds early-stage investments through employment-related investment vehicles, covering a wide range of areas, including some crypto infrastructure projects. The projects involved include: Compound (decentralized lending protocol), Optimism and Blast (Ethereum Layer 2 network), as well as Solana, in addition to trading infrastructure, crypto investment firms, and platforms in various fields such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology. These holdings appear to be relatively small, with poor liquidity, and have not generated reportable income, indicating a preference for indirect venture capital-style exposure rather than direct, tradable liquid assets.

According to market news, a report released by the blockchain security company Hacken shows that Web3 projects lost a total of $464.5 million this quarter due to hacker attacks and scams, with phishing and social engineering attacks accounting for $306 million, becoming the main source of losses.A hardware wallet scam that occurred in January caused a loss of $282 million, accounting for 81% of the total quarterly losses. Smart contract vulnerabilities led to losses of $86.2 million, while access control failures (including breaches of keys and cloud services) caused losses of $71.9 million. The report points out that the largest security incidents often occur in off-chain operations and infrastructure layers, which traditional audits find difficult to cover. The European regulatory frameworks MiCA and DORA are increasing requirements for security monitoring and incident response, and global regulatory agencies are also raising standards for real-time monitoring and emergency response.

The decentralized physical infrastructure network SHARE has completed its seed round financing, led by Greenfield Capital, with participation from Kosmos Ventures, Generative Ventures, Zee Prime Capital, and other strategic funds and angel investors. The specific amount of financing has not been disclosed.

Totalis announced the completion of a $500,000 seed round financing on platform X, with participation from Y Combinator.Totalis is the first company to receive investment from Y Combinator entirely in the form of USDC, with the funds settled through the Solana network and hosted by Ramp. Totalis positions itself as the core derivatives layer of the prediction market, allowing users to build multi-colored combinations across categories, markets, and venues, covering geopolitical, cryptocurrency, and sports assets, aimed at enhancing capital efficiency in trading and market-making.According to Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan, YC will make investment payments in stablecoins in the future, and this new financial track of revolution will not be conducted through ACH or wire transfers.

The recent spot price of RAVE has surged from $0.3 to $6.2, achieving an increase of about 20 times, leading the community to suspect that the project is harvesting through contract operations. According to Coinglass data, this operation has resulted in a total liquidation amount exceeding $37 million across the network, with short positions liquidating over $31 million, and the project team expects profits to exceed $30 million.According to community revelations, the RAVE project is operated by the original ARPA and Bella Protocol teams, with the main operators being Felix Xu and Yemu. Felix Xu raised a $20 million crypto fund, ZX Squared Capital, in 2021, which primarily engages in quantitative trading. The active market-making and capital for RAVE mainly come from this fund, with the project team self-initiating the project, self-funding, and self-market-making to maximize the reduction of trust friction and the risk of insider trading, thereby achieving profit maximization.

According to tracking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData X, in the past 7 days, the decentralized lending platform Venus has been the project that X (Twitter) top figures have unfollowed the most. The new influential figures on X who have unfollowed this project include cryptocurrency trader Loomdart (@loomdart), crypto KOL Yuyue (@yuyue_chris), and Chinese Web3 KOL Calman (@CalmanBTC).

According to tracking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData X, over the past 7 days, the largest digital asset exchange globally, Binance, has been the project with the most new followers among X (Twitter) top personalities. New influential figures on X who have followed this project include cryptocurrency trader Loomdart(@loomdart), Zeneca(@Zeneca), and crypto trader James Wynn(@JamesWynnReal).In addition, the projects with the most followers among X top personalities also include Axie Infinity, StarkWare, Ledger, and DeFi Pulse.

According to crypto analyst Ai Yi @ai_9684xtpa, RAVE has increased by over 232% in the past 24 hours. Near the price launch phase, two addresses suspected to belong to the same entity deposited approximately 18.58 million RAVE to Bitget about 10 hours ago, which was worth around 8 million dollars at the time, and is currently worth about 19.08 million dollars.

On-chain investigator ZachXBT posted on platform X, stating that Spartans co-founder Gurhan Kiziloz may be the mastermind behind Blockdag Network. The project raised over $300 million from retail investors through social media advertising and has been accused of unrealistic profit promises and misleading partnership promotions.ZachXBT noted that the token sale of Blockdag has been ongoing for over two years, while gradually liquidating pre-sale funds through Middle Eastern over-the-counter (OTC) channels; during this period, Gurhan Kiziloz has been accused of high-end luxury spending, including luxury cars, real estate, and luxury goods. Relevant individuals have a significant amount of paid PR content in public information, and it was claimed that as early as October 2025, it was revealed that the management of Blockdag were "nominal leaders," with the actual controller being Gurhan Kiziloz, who later publicly admitted to his involvement.ZachXBT stated that he has received feedback from at least 10 to 15 victims regarding financial losses and reminded the market to remain highly vigilant about projects related to Gurhan Kiziloz.

Bitget Launchpool project Midnight (NIGHT) is now open for investment, with a total prize pool of 12,000,000 NIGHT, and the lock-up period ends on April 16 at 19:00 (UTC+8). This round of Launchpool has opened two lock-up pools, including:BGB Lock-up PoolTotal airdrop amount: 11,250,000 NIGHTVIP user lock-up limit: 50,000 BGBRegular user lock-up limit: 5,000 BGBNIGHT Lock-up PoolTotal airdrop amount: 750,000 NIGHTIndividual lock-up limit: 10,000,000 NIGHT

The new DeSci project NanoVita announced today that it has completed its Pre-A round of financing, with a post-investment valuation of 20 million USD, co-invested by K24 Ventures, LandScape Capital, and WestLabs.It is reported that NanoVita is a decentralized science (DeSci) protocol that deeply integrates nanotechnology, AI biological intelligence, and real-world health data, aiming to build an open on-chain health research infrastructure that allows everyone to participate in and benefit from the next generation of personalized health research and data sovereignty revolution.After this round of financing is completed, NanoVita will accelerate the advancement of the TGE (Token Generation Event), which is scheduled to officially launch on the BNB Chain (BSC) at the end of April.

Base has officially launched the third phase of its startup accelerator program, Base Batch 003. This phase lasts for 7 weeks (from April 6 to May 19), and after screening 1,175 applications, 12 teams focusing on areas such as DeFi, AI, stablecoins, and prediction markets have been selected.The 12 selected projects are:Blockrun.ai: Infrastructure for AI agents accessing LLM and data.Stealth: A new type of leveraged primitive for prediction markets.4Mica: Infrastructure for micro-trading settlement.OPAL: A privacy-focused Perp DEX (supporting cryptocurrencies and RWAs).Onsight: A gamified social prediction platform.Credifi: An unsecured lending protocol based on zk-tls and credit scoring.Tomorrow: A collateralized stablecoin lending platform for the creator economy.Agently: A routing layer for AI coordination and trading.Nivo: An on-chain foreign exchange hedging platform for SMEs.JPEG App: An opinion market based on image content.Floe Labs: A credit network for AI agents and institutions.Liminal: A self-custodied AI-native neobank.During the accelerator, selected teams will receive exclusive guidance and partner benefits from experts inside and outside of Coinbase, and they are expected to receive direct investment from the Base ecosystem fund. The program will conclude with an offline Demo Day in San Francisco on May 19.

Yili Hua posted on platform X, stating the establishment of the AI fund OpenX_Labs, focusing on investing in and collaborating on AI projects.Jack Yi believes that the golden age of primary investment has arrived, and the AI era provides tremendous opportunities for founders, putting startups and medium-sized enterprises on the same starting line. He plans to use the upcoming time for primary investment to learn from AI founders and expresses his willingness to assist excellent AI projects without compensation, as AI also provides him with opportunities and motivation for a second entrepreneurial venture.

The Web3 asset data platform RootData issued a daily transparency alert on Twitter (X), noting the absence of information such as team details, key calendar events, and token data for projects like Sentism.AI, Fortune, Ultima, Etherex, and Solomon Labs. It calls on project teams to submit/update information on RootData to improve their transparency scores. Additionally, RootData stated that it will continue to monitor and expose "black box" projects that lack core information.It is reported that the RootData transparency score is used to measure a project's integrity and timeliness, aiming to reflect the project's information disclosure status, urging project teams to immediately claim their projects. The transparency score is categorized into five levels from A to F, with lower scores indicating more incomplete information disclosure and higher risks of malfeasance, requiring investors to exercise heightened caution.

AI Agent Protocol Virtuals Protocol launched the Embodied Intelligent Robot project Eastworlds, aiming to help prototype robots in laboratories quickly transition to real-world applications.The core functions of Eastworlds include building a community of robotic engineers to collaboratively solve complex problems; providing ready-to-deploy robotic hardware; and creating an Embodied AI Data Lake to capture real-world chaotic data for training autonomy.

According to statistics from DeFi analysts, affected by the bear market, 21 cryptocurrency projects have recently announced closures or significant reductions in services, covering the fields of DeFi, NFT, wallets, and gaming.Among them, Leap Wallet will completely shut down all products on May 28, and users need to migrate their assets to Keplr or MetaMask as soon as possible. Magic Eden has decided to close ME Wallet and focus on the NFT market and infrastructure on Solana, with the wallet ceasing operations on May 1. Fantasy Top plans to take non-core functions offline in mid-June to concentrate resources on prediction market games.In the DeFi sector, Angle Protocol has stopped its stablecoin business due to reduced activity and increased competition, while ZeroLend and Polynomial Finance have scaled back services due to insufficient liquidity and low trading volume. The NFT platforms Nifty Gateway and Sound.xyz have closed some operations due to market changes and strategic adjustments.In addition, gaming projects like Runiverse and Pixiland Social have paused blockchain-related operations due to high development costs and regulatory uncertainties, while projects like Dmail, Yupp AI, and DataHaven have been forced to exit due to funding issues or market changes.Analysts believe that this industry reshuffle is a necessary reconfiguration of the market, and Web3 projects that prioritize actual utility and sustainable economic models will be more competitive in the future.

Anthropic is planning to invest approximately $200 million in a new private equity collaboration project aimed at providing AI tools to portfolio companies.According to informed sources, institutions such as General Atlantic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman are considering participating in the project, with an overall financing target of about $1 billion. This initiative is seen as an important move for Anthropic to expand its enterprise-level AI services.

According to The New York Times, Argentine President Milei had seven phone call records with project-related entrepreneur Mauricio Novelli on the night of February 14, 2025, when LIBRA went live, covering the time around his promotional post on X.The report states that newly discovered mobile forensic information also includes suspected payment recordings and draft funding arrangement documents, further raising doubts about Milei's previous claim of "no connection to the project." Milei has not yet been formally charged but has been listed as a key subject of the investigation.