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According to GMGN monitoring, the market capitalization of the Ethereum chain meme coin ASTEROID has surpassed 20 million USD, currently reported at 21.84 million USD, setting a new historical high, with a 24-hour trading volume of 14.7 million USD.ChainCatcher reminds users that meme coin trading is highly volatile, largely relying on market sentiment and speculative concepts, with no actual value or use cases; investors should be aware of the risks.

The bond tokenization platform BlockInvest announced the completion of a €4 million strategic round of financing, with Italy's UniCredit participating and acquiring a 16% stake in the company.It is reported that BlockInvest will assist UniCredit in issuing Italy's first native digital mini-bond, as well as the first blockchain-based tokenized structured notes aimed at wealth management clients, and will build a system that combines digital ledger programmability with finance.

According to Cointelegraph, the Ethereum Foundation stated that its funded Ketman project identified 100 North Korean IT personnel lurking in Web3 organizations within six months and issued alerts to about 53 projects, indicating that they may have employed related personnel.The project focuses on the issue of "fake developers" in the cryptocurrency industry and is part of the ETH Rangers public safety funding program. Ketman also developed an open-source detection tool for identifying suspicious GitHub activity and collaborated with the Security Alliance to create an industry identification framework for recognizing North Korean IT personnel.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time April 16) the total net inflow for Ethereum spot ETFs was $18.0209 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was the Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a net inflow of $30.5059 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow for ETHA has reached $11.799 billion.The second highest was the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a net inflow of $6.7155 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow for ETH has reached $1.889 billion.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net outflow yesterday was the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETHE, with a net outflow of $16.679 million. Currently, the historical total net outflow for ETHE has reached $5.198 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $13.695 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Ethereum) is 4.83%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $11.816 billion.

The Ethereum NFT marketplace Foundation has officially announced its permanent closure. Founder Kayvon Tehranian posted on X stating that the original plan was to sell the platform to a buyer interested in continuing operations, but the deal ultimately fell through, and the company deemed it not worth searching for other buyers. The platform's infrastructure has been shut down, with no plans for relaunch.In January of this year, Tehranian transferred ownership of Foundation to the digital art display company BlackDove, at the time calling this move a step for the platform's long-term development. However, BlackDove only conducted a full due diligence after completing the operational handover and ultimately determined that building a proprietary marketplace was more feasible, leading to the termination of the collaboration.Since its launch, Foundation has facilitated approximately $230 million in primary sales and has hosted iconic auctions featuring artists such as Jen Stark, James Jean, and Edward Snowden. This closure has once again raised questions about the permanence of NFTs hosted on centralized infrastructure.

According to The Block, Josh Stark, a key figure at the Ethereum Foundation (EF), announced his resignation after five years and will officially step down at the end of the month. Stark joined the Ethereum Foundation in 2019, initially working in the special projects team, and later rose to leadership, collaborating with EF Chair Aya Miyaguchi, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, and co-executive directors Hsiao-Wei Wang and Bastian Aue.He is one of the most prominent members of the foundation's external image and has led several significant advancements in Ethereum, including the "The Merge" upgrade that transitioned from proof of work to proof of stake, as well as subsequent upgrades like Dencun, Fusaka, and Pectra. During last year's leadership adjustments at the foundation, he was appointed as the "co-manager" of the EF board and recently took on the role of co-chair of the "trillion-dollar security" initiative.Last month, Stark co-authored a strategic blog post on Ethereum with Josh Rudolf and Julian Ma, outlining Ethereum's latest scaling direction and its relationship with the Layer 2 ecosystem. Stark stated, "I haven't planned for the future yet; I just want to take a good rest and spend time with family and friends." This resignation occurs against the backdrop of ongoing changes at the Ethereum Foundation.Last year, the foundation underwent significant leadership adjustments, refocusing its strategic priorities on scaling the Ethereum mainnet and core cypherpunk values; Tomasz K. Stańczak also resigned from his co-executive director position at the end of February this year, having served for less than a year. On the same day, Trent Van Epps also announced his departure from EF to fully dedicate himself to Protocol Guild, the independent funding organization for Ethereum core developers that he founded.

The Ethereum Foundation announced that its jointly initiated ETH Rangers project has completed a 6-month operation. The project aims to fund independent researchers who contribute to public safety for the Ethereum ecosystem. Seventeen grantees have achieved multiple results in vulnerability research, security tool development, threat intelligence, and incident response, including: recovering or freezing over $5.8 million, reporting or documenting over 785 vulnerabilities and client issues, identifying about 100 attackers, providing security education content covering over 209,000 users, and handling over 36 security incidents.In addition, the project has also encouraged over 800 teams to participate in security challenges, produced over 80 technical sharing and training sessions, and developed or improved more than 7 open-source security tools. The Ethereum Foundation stated that the related results indicate that decentralized networks require "decentralized defense" and effectively enhance the overall security and resilience of the Ethereum ecosystem.

Charles Schwab officially announced the launch of Schwab Crypto™ spot cryptocurrency trading services, which will be gradually opened to retail customers in the coming weeks.The service supports direct trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and provides educational content and professional customer support, while integrating Charles Schwab's existing investment, trading, wealth management, and banking service systems.

According to Jinshi reports, the European Central Bank's meeting minutes show that all members believe the risks to the inflation outlook are tilted to the upside.

The ETH/BTC exchange rate has risen to a 10-week high, with Ethereum's recent performance outperforming Bitcoin. This ratio has broken through the resistance level of a downward trend line since 2025 and is above the 50-day and 100-day exponential moving averages.XWIN Research points out that the employee statement released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission explains that DeFi front-end and wallet interfaces do not need to register as broker-dealers under conditions such as non-custodial and neutral fee structures, which has boosted Ethereum's strength. On-chain data shows an upward trend in active addresses, and the Coinbase premium gap is also improving, indicating that U.S. institutional demand is recovering.Enterprise-level accumulation is accelerating, with Bitmine increasing its holdings by 279,000 ETH in the past 30 days, currently holding 4.87 million ETH, accounting for over 4% of the circulating supply. In the futures market, global ETH open interest has reached $16.37 billion, with the funding rate still negative, indicating that shorts are dominant. However, open interest on Binance has increased by 10.47% to $6.04 billion, and the funding rate has turned positive, creating an extreme imbalance between global shorts and Binance longs.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time April 15) the total net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $67.847 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was the Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a net inflow of $31.5064 million, bringing the historical total net inflow of ETHA to $11.769 billion.The second was the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a net inflow of $24.7859 million, bringing the historical total net inflow of ETH to $1.883 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $13.794 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market cap as a percentage of Ethereum's total market cap) of 4.84%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $11.798 billion.

Trent.eth, a member of the Ethereum Foundation, posted on the X platform stating that he is no longer serving at EF as of last Friday. He expressed respect for the partnership with the team over the past five years in network upgrades and funding support work.Trent Van Epps also stated that he will continue to participate in the Protocol Guild and work related to the political economy of Ethereum as long as funding allows.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the net inflow of Bitcoin ETFs in the United States is 4,566 BTC, the net inflow of Ethereum ETFs is 23,405 ETH, and the net inflow of Solana ETFs is 13,662 SOL.

Binance will delist the following spot trading pairs on April 17, 2026, at 11:00: ARB/EUR, BANANA/FDUSD, BTC/TUSD, CYBER/BTC, ETH/TUSD, ICP/FDUSD, RLC/ETH, TIA/BTC, TRUMP/EUR, and WIF/EUR. Users can still trade the related underlying assets and quoted assets on other trading pairs.

The major European stock exchange operator SIX Group announced that its Swiss SIX Swiss Exchange and Spain's BME Exchange will use Chainlink nodes to bring stock market data on-chain.This collaboration allows the market data from both exchanges to be directly read by smart contracts, facilitating the development of blockchain use cases including tokenized stock indices, structured products, decentralized finance applications, and prediction markets. The total market capitalization of the two exchanges under SIX Group reaches 2 trillion euros, providing a reliable data source for the global financial ecosystem. Previously, well-known financial institutions such as Deutsche Börse, FTSE Russell, S&P Global, and cryptocurrency companies like Coinbase have also engaged in similar collaborations with Chainlink. Since its launch last year, Chainlink's DataLink service has been integrated into thousands of decentralized applications and dozens of blockchains.

According to Santiment monitoring, small retail traders are actively selling their holdings of Ethereum (ETH), with wallets holding 0.01 ETH or less having reduced their holdings by a total of 1,791 ETH (approximately 4.16 million USD) in the past two days. The market generally views the 17% increase since March 29 as a "Bull Trap," and this sentiment has actually strengthened the likelihood of a continued bullish momentum.

According to market news, the Ethereum to Bitcoin price ratio (ETH/BTC) has rebounded to 0.0313, reaching a three-month high, indicating an overall recovery in the cryptocurrency market.The number of new users on the Ethereum network has increased by 82% year-on-year, reaching 284,000, and the trading volume has risen to 200.4 million transactions. The supply of stablecoins has surpassed $180 billion, accounting for about 60% of the global market. Analysts point out that if the ETH/BTC ratio closes above 0.035 on a weekly basis, it will indicate a continued inflow of funds into Ethereum and high-risk assets. Currently, the ETH price is still down over 50% from its 52-week high. Bitcoin's price remains above $74,000, and the total inflow into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs has exceeded $56 billion, providing long-term support for the market.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time April 14) the total net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $53.0329 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday was Fidelity ETF FETH, with a single-day net inflow of $38.0593 million. Currently, FETH's historical total net inflow has reached $2.271 billion.Following that is Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a single-day net inflow of $10.4902 million. Currently, ETHA's historical total net inflow has reached $11.737 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $13.393 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (the market value as a percentage of Ethereum's total market value) is 4.79%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $11.730 billion.

According to BBX data, yesterday the compliant stablecoin infrastructure and traditional institutional crypto layout advanced simultaneously, with the following core dynamics:OSL Group (HKEX: 863) announced on April 14 that its compliant enterprise-grade stablecoin USDGO has been online for about two months, with a circulation scale reaching $130 million; Goldman Sachs' stablecoin reserve fund STBXX officially joined the reserve asset system, alongside BlackRock's tokenized fund BUIDL as underlying support; the original ecological alliance GO Alliance was simultaneously upgraded to the global industry alliance Stable Alliance.Deutsche Börse Group (XETRA: DB1) announced on April 14 through an official announcement that it acquired $200 million in secondary market shares of Kraken's parent company Payward, Inc., obtaining approximately 1.5% fully diluted ownership; Bloomberg estimates the corresponding valuation of Kraken to be about $13.3 billion, down from $20 billion during the equity transfer in November 2025; the transaction is expected to be completed in Q2 2026, aiming to bridge traditional finance and digital asset institutional channels.Capital B (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCPB) recently purchased 37 BTC (average price approximately €60,892), raising its total holdings to 2,925 BTC, with a total cost of €269.4 million, YTD BTC Yield 1.25%; Blockstream and UTXO Management's debt-to-equity conversion was completed simultaneously, adding a total of 36,613,919 shares.