Binance Alpha launches SPX, MOG, and POPCAT

On April 21st, according to Blockworks, Kado Software, a Web3 payment infrastructure company, was acquired by (Swapped. com). Although the team did not disclose details of the transaction terms, it is reported that this acquisition aims to expand the US business of the Danish company (Swapped. com).

According to Foresight News, Binance Wallet will launch the Hyperlane TGE event from 17:00 on April 22, 2025 to 19:00 on April 22, 2025. Participants must have purchased at least $20 worth of Binance Alpha tokens through Binance Private Key Wallet or Binance Exchange's spot/fund account between 16:00:00 on March 22, 2025 and 15:59:59 on April 21, 2025, in order to qualify for participation.

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to Lookonchain monitoring, 10 US Bitcoin ETFs had a net inflow of 306 BTC today, including 306 BTC from Fidelity, which currently holds 194578 BTC worth $17.17 billion.

BlockBeats News: On April 21st, a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNCTAD) shows that transnational criminal groups from East and Southeast Asia are rapidly expanding their operations globally, using illegal cryptocurrency mining as a "powerful tool" for laundering billions of dollars in illegal gains. The report titled 'Turning Point: The Global Impact of Southeast Asian Fraud Centers, Underground Money Banks, and Illegal Online Markets' documents how these criminal groups have infiltrated weakly regulated regions such as Zambia, Nigeria, Tonga, and the Middle East. The author of the report stated that the criminal activities of these criminal gangs are becoming increasingly diverse, no longer limited to fraud and trafficking. They have also established mature online ecosystems, including unlicensed cryptocurrency exchanges, encrypted messaging tools, and stablecoins, to promote an industrial scale fraud economy. The report points out that Huione Guarantee (recently renamed Haowang) is one of the central hubs of this underground economy. Since 2021, this platform based in Cambodia has over 970000 users and $24 billion in cryptocurrency traffic, making it a one-stop shop for money laundering tools, false identities, and fraud services. With increasing law enforcement pressure, many services are now available on Telegram. The platform has also launched its own stablecoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency trading platform, and online gambling products aimed at "evading government control".

The People's Bank of China, the General Administration of Financial Supervision, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government jointly issued the Action Plan of Shanghai International Financial Center to Further Improve the Facilitation of Cross border Financial Services. The plan proposes to support financial institutions in utilizing blockchain technology and other technologies to optimize the authenticity verification of customer electronic documents and information, enhance their "accurate profiling" capabilities, and improve the quality of cross-border financial services for "going global" enterprises. Strengthen the construction of CIPS, improve system functions, research and promote the application of blockchain technology, and provide safe and efficient settlement and clearing services for global trade, shipping, and investment and financing denominated in RMB. Using blockchain technology to standardize the development of supply chain finance: leveraging the role of key industry chain main enterprises, implementing key links such as orders, logistics, and warehousing information on the chain through blockchain, big data, and other technologies, carrying out carbon footprint certification pilot projects, gradually building a green and low-carbon supply chain system, implementing differentiated credit management in supply chain finance, improving the supply chain finance product system, standardizing the development of accounts receivable, order financing, warehouse receipts, and inventory pledge financing products, and increasing credit support for upstream and downstream enterprises in the industry chain.