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According to Bitcoin News, a Bitcoin wallet that has remained silent since 2011 transferred 35.55 BTC (approximately $2.54 million) yesterday to prove it has not been abandoned.Previously, the wallet was listed as a defendant in a lawsuit in New York, which claimed that nearly 3.8 million dormant Bitcoins are legally considered abandoned property. Earlier reports indicated that an American man filed a lawsuit against two companies to claim ownership of over 39,000 dormant Bitcoin addresses.

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of South Korea plans to no longer advance the mandatory suspicious transaction reporting (STR) requirements for large cross-border virtual asset transfers and personal wallet transfers, but will continue to expand the regulatory coverage of the Travel Rule and further strengthen the tracking of digital asset transactions.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the swing whale "pension-usdt.eth" turned a profit after holding a short position in ETH for nearly two months, closing the ETH short position today with a profit of 1.13 million USD.In addition, this whale still holds a long position of 1,000 BTC (73 million USD), currently with an unrealized loss of 4.98 million USD.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the address that built a position of 3845 ETH at $2074 yesterday has added another 967.01 ETH. Since yesterday, a new round of accumulation has gathered 4812.03 ETH, with a total value of $10 million and an average acquisition price of $2078.91, currently showing an unrealized profit of $114,000.

According to crypto analyst Ai Yi @ai_9684xtpa, a whale address that has attracted attention for multiple high-win-rate swing trades of PEPE has transferred all of its remaining 63.9 billion PEPE to Bitget in the past 12 hours, valued at approximately $2.357 million, suspected to have completed liquidation.Data shows that the recharge price for this portion of PEPE was about $0.000003687, with an entry cost of about $0.00001683. If sold, it would incur a loss of approximately $8.4 million. Combined with the portion of the position that was transferred to exchanges two months ago, the total estimated loss has exceeded $17.12 million. Additionally, this address has also recharged other altcoins such as UNI and CAKE to the exchange, and it is currently uncertain whether it plans to fully liquidate or is simply changing addresses.

Mastercard has abandoned its investment plan for the cryptocurrency infrastructure company Zerohash, which had previously agreed in March to acquire the UK stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK for $1.8 billion. Mastercard had considered a strategic investment in Chicago-based Zerohash in January of this year. At that time, Zerohash was seeking to raise $250 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion, while the company is currently advancing a new funding round at a higher valuation. Founded in 2017, Zerohash primarily provides APIs and developer tools for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenized products.Meanwhile, recent transactions involving Kraken's parent company Payward and Bullish indicate that consolidation in the digital asset infrastructure sector is ongoing. In terms of stablecoin payment arrangements, Mastercard has acquired BVNK for $1.8 billion and may pay an additional $300 million in performance-based compensation. BVNK currently serves payment and payroll platforms like Worldpay and Deel for cross-border payments, fund settlement, and financial management.Mastercard plans to integrate BVNK's technology into its Mastercard Move network to support 24/7 stablecoin settlement for payment institutions and merchant acquirers, and to explore adding stablecoin checkout functionality in payment gateways. Analysts believe that this transaction will further intensify the competition between Mastercard and Visa in the networked strategy of payment networks and accelerate the evolution of traditional cross-border clearing systems towards stablecoin settlement models.

According to CoinDesk, after KelpDAO was attacked resulting in a loss of $292 million, the industry's scrutiny of the security of cross-chain infrastructure continues to heat up, with approximately $4 billion in assets having completed or currently migrating from LayerZero to Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP).The DeFi protocol Lombard is the latest project to join this migration trend. The protocol announced it would abandon LayerZero and migrate over $1 billion in Bitcoin-backed assets to Chainlink CCIP, stating that this decision stemmed from a comprehensive internal security review following the April attack incident.Lombard issues two types of Bitcoin-backed tokens—LBTC and BTC.b—and will prioritize the migration of assets on chains such as Solana, Etherlink, Berachain, Corn, and TAC, while terminating the use of LayerZero on Morph and Swell. Lombard stated that the reason for choosing CCIP is its independent node operators, built-in rate limiting mechanisms, and audited infrastructure. Additionally, the protocol will adopt Chainlink's cross-chain token standard to achieve asset cross-chain circulation through a burn-and-mint model.Previously, Kelp DAO, Solv Protocol, Re, and the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken have all completed similar migrations, with these projects collectively transferring approximately $4 billion in assets. Chainlink Labs Chief Business Officer Johann Eid stated, "We are witnessing a continued wave of risk-averse migration within the industry."

In April, the CPI in the United States increased by 3.8% year-on-year, reaching a new high since May 2023, exceeding the market expectation of 3.7%. Previously, on May 8, Bank of America economists stated in a report to clients that due to inflationary pressures remaining above expectations and robust job growth, they have abandoned their earlier predictions of rate cuts in September and October this year, postponing the first rate cut to the second half of 2027.The previous view was based on the expectation that Trump would nominate Kevin Warsh to replace Powell as the chairman of the Federal Reserve, leading to a more accommodative policy. However, with changes in the economic situation, this view has shifted. The report mentioned, "We no longer expect the Federal Reserve to cut rates this year." They also pointed out that multiple shock factors affecting the economy, including the war in Iran, tariffs, and the rise of artificial intelligence, have made predicting interest rate changes more difficult.

According to The Block, after experiencing a bridge attack of approximately $292 million last month, Kelp DAO decided to abandon LayerZero and instead adopt Chainlink's cross-chain infrastructure.Kelp DAO will use the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, which requires 16 independent node operators to validate cross-chain transactions, becoming the first major protocol to leave LayerZero after the attack. During the attack, the LayerZero-driven OFT bridge used a 1-of-1 single validator configuration, with 47% of LayerZero applications using the same configuration at that time. LayerZero subsequently announced the cessation of single validator configurations.Kelp DAO stated that migrating to Chainlink CCIP directly addresses the architectural vulnerabilities in the attack. rsETH will also adopt a cross-chain token standard. As part of the DeFi United rescue operation, LayerZero has donated and lent approximately 10,000 ETH to Aave.

Binance will delist the following spot trading pairs on May 1, 2026, at 11:00: BAND/BTC, BAT/BTC, BREV/BNB, NEO/BTC, ROSE/BTC, SOLV/BNB, and TFUEL/BTC. Users can still trade the related tokens on other trading pairs available on the Binance platform, and it is recommended that users disable related trading bot services before the delisting.

According to Cointelegraph, the monthly Bollinger Bands for Bitcoin have reached the tightest level in history, with technical signals indicating that the market may experience significant volatility.The report points out that for Bitcoin to further open up upward space, it must first break through the resistance around $80,000. Meanwhile, the monthly RSI for Bitcoin has dropped to a low not seen since the end of 2022 and has once again touched a multi-year support trend line.Market data shows that there is strong selling pressure in the $78,000 to $80,000 range; if it stands above the resistance zone of $76,000 to $78,000, the price may further test $84,000.

Digital art platform Blackdove announced the abandonment of its acquisition of the NFT platform Foundation. It stated that the purpose of acquiring Foundation was to improve Blackdove's software infrastructure. Due to the rapid progress of the acquisition, Blackdove conducted due diligence only after the operational handover was completed, but later realized that developing its own platform was the best direction, leading to the decision to abandon the acquisition. Foundation has now been returned to its founder Kayvon Tehranian and the foundation team.Previously, Blackdove announced the acquisition of Foundation on January 28, 2026. Foundation was established in February 2021 and is an NFT platform focused on high-quality digital art, known for its curatorial model that emphasizes exclusivity, artistic quality, and creator empowerment, primarily serving digital artists and professional collectors. It has received investments from a16z, 1kx, and Coinbase Ventures.

According to The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Vice President Vance stated after marathon peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran that the two sides failed to reach an agreement because Tehran refused to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons. "Unfortunately, we were unable to make any progress." Vance also called on Iran to make a "clear commitment" to no longer seek nuclear weapons. The chief negotiator for Iran stated that Washington had failed to earn its trust.The U.S. also stated that two U.S. Navy destroyers passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, marking the first time U.S. warships have traversed the waterway since the war began. In response, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy denied that these ships passed through the waterway and stated that any attempt to navigate this route would face a "decisive and tough response."

According to CoinDesk, the cryptocurrency market is generally stabilizing, with Bitcoin slightly fluctuating around $71,700 and Ethereum at $2,180, continuing the low volatility trend of the past few months.In terms of technical indicators, Bitcoin's daily Bollinger Bands have narrowed to their tightest level since early 2024. Crypto analyst Eric Crown noted that since early February, Bitcoin's price has remained within the range of $63,000 to $75,000, and historically, whenever such a narrow range occurs, the price eventually experiences about a 40% fluctuation.According to CoinGlass's liquidation heat map, if Bitcoin breaks above $75,000, it will trigger upward momentum, forcing short sellers to cover their positions; if it falls below $70,000 in the short term, approximately $200 million in long positions betting on a breakout will be liquidated.One of the key catalysts on Friday is the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. The inflation rate for March is expected to be 3.3% year-on-year, driven by soaring energy prices. Higher inflation data often strengthens the dollar, which in turn puts pressure on risk assets like Bitcoin.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, the whale "pension-usdt.eth" is currently shorting 1000 BTC with 3x leverage, with an average entry price of $67,992.1; shorting 20,000 ETH with 3x leverage, with an average entry price of $2,131.94, totaling an unrealized profit of $2.6 million.

According to monitoring by The Data Nerd, pension-usdt.eth increased its short position in ETH by $41 million with 3x leverage yesterday, currently holding a total short position of about $107.5 million in BTC and ETH.

According to Jinshi reports, the Iranian embassy in Afghanistan stated that after Iran issued a firm warning, Trump has backed away from plans to attack energy infrastructure.

According to Bloomberg, a man has accused his ex-wife of stealing over 2,323 bitcoins from his wallet and transferring them to an inaccessible location after their divorce, with the assets involved valued at up to £180 million (approximately $238 million). The plaintiff, Ping Fai Yuen, has filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife Fun Yung Li in a London court.According to the ruling documents from the London court, the valuation of the bitcoins involved in the case has reached a maximum of £180 million since the lawsuit was initiated.