美联储会议纪要：所有与会者认为考虑到经济前景的不确定性明显，维持利率不变是适当的

Odaily Daily News: Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of Grayscale, stated on the podcast "Journey Man" that his highest return investment was holding Bitcoin, not investing in cryptocurrency startups. When it discovered Bitcoin in 2011, the price of each Bitcoin was about 7-8 US dollars. As the price of Bitcoin began to rise, he shifted his investment focus to investing in emerging cryptocurrency companies like Coinbase and using Bitcoin to fund these transactions. But in hindsight, holding Bitcoin alone is better than anything else. （FinanceFeeds）

According to Cointelegraph, the Wyoming Stablecoins Commission, which authorizes the issuance of stablecoins in the state of Wyoming, has stated that it is considering adjusting its policy wording to better comply with potential regulatory guidelines from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On April 17th, at a meeting held at the expansion of the Wyoming State Capitol, committee member Joel Revill proposed that the agency could reduce the risk of the state's proposed issuance of WYST stablecoins being recognized as securities under SEC rules. Previously, the SEC issued guidelines stating that certain "regulated stablecoins" are considered "non securities" and are essentially not subject to reporting requirements. Subsequently, committee members and executive director Anthony Apollo engaged in discussions. Apollo stated, "We plan to create our own jargon around some of these issues to clarify and use as a starting point for committee discussions." He added that the committee has already discussed SEC guidelines internally, but plans to address this matter in a memo in May. After Wyoming passed a law to issue a state-level stablecoin pegged to the US dollar and convertible into legal tender, the committee was established and has been exploring issues related to WYST. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon stated in August last year that the government initially planned to launch the stablecoin in the first quarter of 2025, but later revised the timeline to possibly launch it in July.

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According to BlockBeats, on April 18th, 2025, the search popularity of "Bitcoin" on Google reached 34, the highest level so far in 2025. The search popularity in January and February was only 31 and 27, respectively. This marks a relative increase of 26% in the month on month search volume for 'Bitcoin', and also indicates a shift in the trend of the indicator's continuous decline since November 2024. Similarly, in March, the search popularity of "Ethereum" on Google reached its highest level since 2025, with a record of 19. Slightly increased from 16 last month. Analysts say that although it is still far from reaching the previous cycle peak, the increase in Google's search interest in Bitcoin and Ethereum in March may reflect a renewed curiosity among retail investors, at least better than its performance so far in 2025. A broader theory for the rise in interest in Bitcoin in March could be the newly announced tariffs by the United States, which could reignite the long-standing narrative of "digital gold" and "value storage" associated with Bitcoin, especially in the context of heightened geopolitical or macroeconomic tensions. This theory is supported by the BTC to SPX ratio, which has risen by over 8% since the announcement of the "Liberation Day" tariffs on April 2nd.

Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov signed amendments that provide its digital som legal status.