23 Apr 202516:56
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Crypto Events Recap, April 22-23

Crypto Events Recap, April 22-23

Bitcoin

Flipped Amazon, Google, and Silver in market capitalization but then fell back to the 8th rank between Silver and Saudi Aramco. $280,000,000 worth of BTC shorts have been liquidated in the past 24 hours.



PayPal

Announced that it will launch a rewards program for holding its stablecoin PYUSD this summer. U.S. users who hold PYUSD in their PayPal or Venmo wallets will be able to earn an annual yield of 3.7%.



World Economic Forum

Launches investigation into its founder, Klaus Schwab, for financial misconduct, days after he resigned as Chairman.



Ripple

The XRP Ledger Foundation has warned of a potential security vulnerability in recent versions of the xrpl JavaScript library.



PumpBTC

On April 23, PumpBTC suddenly crashed 43%, with the main trading volume concentrated in Binance and Bybit futures.



Bybit 

Bybit CEO BEN introduced the AI applications in Bybit: CryptoLens - AI projects analysis, TradeGPT - technical analysis, and AI customer support.



Kraken

Kraken has been shedding 'Hundreds' of jobs over the past few months as it streamlines business ahead of IPO.



Gate 

The futures interface of some users of Gate Exchange suddenly failed to display asset balances today.



KIP Protocol 

KIP Protocol team met with Malaysia’s Finance Minister to propose state-level AI and data sovereignty initiatives.



Scroll 

Ethereum Layer 2 Scroll introduces ‘Euclid’ upgrade, promising improved network throughput and security.



SEC 

SEC cracs down on new $198 million crypto fraud as it drops case agains HEX's Richard Heart.



Gmail 

Billions of Gmail users’ personal information at grave risk in ‘sophisticated’ phishing attack.



Bank of America

Bank of America says it doesn't expect interest rate cuts this year due to inflation.



Sharpe AI

Introduced Sharpe Newsfeed, the ultimate news dashboard for crypto traders.



Oriole Insights

Walrus WAL has been listed on Oriole Insights for price movement predictions.



Polyhedra

Announces the launch of AI Marketplace on EXPchain.