Fantom’s Cronje is the latest in a line of blockchain teams that are open to directly engaging with memecoins. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/09/fantom-cofounder-mulls-idea-for-safer-meme-coins/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Metaplanet began as Red Planet Japan, a budget hotel operator, before pivoting to become a Web3 developer. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/09/metaplanet-shares-soar-as-japanese-firm-mimics-microstrategy-on-bitcoin-buying/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The tool has made over $5 million since going live in early March, with thousands of tokens issued daily. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/09/solana-meme-coin-generator-pump-on-track-for-66m-yearly-revenue/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The crypto market faces the U.S. tax season liquidity test around the time Bitcoin’s blockchain implements the fourth mining-reward halving on April 20. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/09/bitcoin-could-slump-around-reward-halving-time-arthur-hayes-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The move will allow the crypto payments firm to consolidate its custody technology. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/04/09/bcb-group-moves-custody-of-digital-asset-operations-to-metacos-platform/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

On April 10, 2024, South Korea is heading into its legislative polls which will see multiple parties and coalitions battle it out for 300 seats in the national assembly …

Liquid staking tokens like Lido, Rocket Pool, and ether.fi follow ether’s gains. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/09/ether-rallies-to-36k-as-bitcoin-holds-steady-at-71k/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The two-week trial will test the government’s strategy of portraying complex crypto trades as simple fraud. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/08/crypto-trader-eisenbergs-110m-fraud-trial-to-put-defi-under-microscope/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Rapidly expanding stablecoin supply shows that “fiat money is being moved into crypto at an accelerated pace,” 10x Research’s Markus Thielen said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/08/stablecoin-growth-is-more-important-cue-for-crypto-bull-market-than-bitcoin-etf-inflows-analyst/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Brad Garlinghouse highlighted several macroeconomic factors behind the potential growth of the total crypto market value. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/04/08/crypto-market-cap-to-double-to-5-trillion-by-year-end-ripple-ceo/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines