Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, plans to resign before Trump takes office

According to Cointelegraph, Australia's anti money laundering agency AUSTRAC requires cryptocurrency exchanges that have registered but are not actually operating to voluntarily revoke their registration, otherwise they will be forcibly deregistered. The institution stated on April 29th that some of the 427 registered exchanges that have not conducted business for a long time may be acquired by criminals for fraud. AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas emphasized that registered companies need to update their operational status in a timely manner, otherwise they will face the disposal of "use or cancellation". AUSTRAC plans to publish a list of registered exchanges to help the public identify legitimate platforms. Since 2019, 10 institutions have been disqualified, including FTX local subsidiaries processed in June 2024. In February of this year, the institution also took compliance review measures against 13 remittance service providers and exchanges. At present, Australia has not yet introduced specific cryptocurrency regulations, and the government plans to promote the inclusion of exchanges in the regulatory framework of existing financial services laws before the May 3 election.

BlockBeats News: On April 30th, according to official information from Monad, Monad announced a partnership with Fireblocks, a cryptocurrency custody service provider. Fireblocks will synchronize its login to the ecosystem on the first day of its mainnet launch, providing a secure infrastructure for the transfer, storage, and issuance of digital assets. It is reported that Fireblocks is an institutional level platform focused on network security, blockchain, digital assets, encrypted custody, and other fields. It aims to help financial institutions such as banks, exchanges, liquidity providers, OTC and hedge funds efficiently manage digital assets through the Fireblocks network and MPC wallet infrastructure, and securely and quickly transfer digital assets. Currently, Fireblocks has provided services to over 800 financial institutions.

According to Cryptonews, Russia's anti money laundering agency, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, plans to push for criminal accountability for illegal cryptocurrency mining, accusing it of facilitating money laundering activities. The deputy director of the agency, German Neglyad, revealed that relevant bills have been jointly formulated with the Ministry of Finance and the central bank, and have received support from policy-making institutions such as the Russian Civil Service. Nikolai Zhuravlev, Vice Chairman of the Federal Council, emphasized the need for legislation; Maintain foresight to eliminate loopholes in the financial system;. Osman Kabaloev, Deputy Director of the Financial Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance, confirmed that the amendment is currently being drafted and will introduce administrative penalties in addition to criminal liability. This move aims to curb the illegal mining and transfer of funds using cheap electricity.

According to official announcements, Binance is expected to suspend token recharge and withdrawal services for the IOTA (IOTA) network on May 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM (GMT+8 time) to support its network upgrade and hard fork. The project team is expected to carry out network upgrades and hard forks on May 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM (GMT+8 time).

According to Crowdfunding Insider, cryptocurrency payment platform MoonPay has announced the opening of a new US headquarters in SoHo, New York City, with over 5000 square feet (approximately 465 square meters) of office space. The site selection aims to leverage New York's location advantage as a financial innovation center and strengthen synergies with local financial institutions and partners. The new headquarters will serve as the business hub for the United States, with a focus on promoting the research and commercialization of cryptocurrency payment solutions.