Poland, Uzbekistan, and China purchased 244 tons of gold in the first quarter

Rakuten Wallet today launched XRP integration for 44 million Rakuten Pay users in Japan, supporting the conversion of Rakuten Points to XRP and available for use at over 5 million merchants. （CoinDesk）

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a giant whale deposited 4.5 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a 750.3 BTC long position with 10 times leverage, with a position value of $570 million. （Onchain Lens）

According to The Block, Ark Invest, a subsidiary of Cathie Wood, bought approximately $39.4 million worth of Robinhood stock on April 29th and sold approximately $6.1 million worth of its own spot Bitcoin ETF Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF. Robinhood's stock price fell 13.2% to close at $71.20 due to weak first quarter financial reports. The Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF had a net outflow of $30 million on the same day, while the US spot Bitcoin ETF had a total net outflow of $137.8 million.

According to Bloomberg, Hiromi Yamaji, CEO of Japan Exchange Group, stated that if legal revisions allow, cryptocurrency exchange traded funds (ETFs) may go public as early as next year. Asset management companies have shown strong interest in creating related products, and JPX is ready to proceed with the work after legislation and tax treatment are clarified. If the progress lags behind, the listing may be postponed to 2028.

[Alberta Investment Management Corporation Makes First Allocation to Bitcoin-Related Assets] According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Canada's Alberta Investment Management Corporation (managing assets of approximately CAD 142 billion) has purchased 1.38 million shares of Strategy stock, valued at approximately USD 219 million, marking its first indirect allocation to Bitcoin.