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An analyst compares Ethereum to Nokia, suggesting it may lose relevance as Solana outperforms in scalability and user experience. While Ethereum maintains dominance in DEX volume, it must accelerate its development to avoid being overtaken.
While Bitcoin spot ETFs face continued outflows, derivatives markets remain optimistic, with positive funding rates and strong demand for call options signaling bullish sentiment.
Over $2.5 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire today, with analysts anticipating market volatility due to fading call premiums and global uncertainty. Traders are eyeing these expirations for clues on short-term price direction.
Share link:In this post: In March, trading volumes on centralized exchanges continued to slow down, following the trend for the first two months of the year. Crypto derivatives markets declined by 5%, while spot markets lost 16.4% of their volumes. Binance retained the biggest share among centralized exchanges, for both spot and crypto derivatives activity.
- 13:27Important Developments on the Evening of April 241. Fed's Harker: Possible rate cut in June 2. Ethereum to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its genesis block on July 30 3. Decentralized exchange Theo completes $20 million financing 4. Securitize launches a crypto index fund with $400 million support 5. Fidelity: Bitcoin supply on exchanges is decreasing due to purchases by public companies 6. Revolut's 2024 pre-tax profit benefits from customer growth and cryptocurrency trading reaching £1 billion
- 13:26Catalysis completes $1.25 million Pre-Seed funding, led by Hashed EmergentWeb3 infrastructure startup Catalysis announced the completion of a $1.25 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Hashed Emergent, with participation from Presto Labs, Spaceship DAO, Funfair Ventures, Cosmostation, and Crypto Times. Catalysis is developing the first "security abstraction layer" to unify the economic security of multiple re-staking protocols and simplify the process for developers and node operators to deploy shared security services. The platform has integrated with re-staking protocols such as EigenLayer, Symbiotic, and Kernel DAO, and plans to launch its public testnet in the second quarter of 2025.
- 13:26USDC Treasury Mints Additional 250 Million USDC on Solana ChainAccording to Whale Alert monitoring, 7 minutes ago, USDC Treasury minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana chain.