Decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Paradex on the X platform released its Q2 roadmap, with the following highlights:

In a remarkable achievement, bitSmiley's Alphanet V1 skyrocketed to over $24 million in TVL within just 24 hours of its launch with over 6 million bitUSD stablecoins minted through over-collateralization. bitSmiley stands as a pioneering initiative, introducing stablecoins by over-collateralizing Bitcoin.

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, stated on social media that PoW is also quite centralized. It just hasn't been discussed too much because everyone knows it's just a temporary stage before transitioning to PoS. This doesn't even involve how to potentially avoid ASICs, simply because the upcoming PoS transition means there's no incentive to build them.

According to court documents submitted by the Southern District of New York, William Morro, a person involved in OneCoin, has been arrested. Prosecutors said Morro lied to banks about the source of funds to conceal the source of funds related to OneCoin. He was involved in transferring $35 million related to OneCoin to an account in Hong Kong and about $6 million to an account in the United States.

CZ has released the Giggle Academy Logo and its design concept. He hopes that the logo can showcase youthfulness, fun, positive energy, and growth while continuing the "Binance tradition":

Grayscale Ethereum Trust (Grayscale ethereum trust) plans to go public on the NYSE Arca (New York Stock Exchange Growth Board Market) with the code "ETHE".

The Financial Times reported that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has had its data analysis team conduct a survey of its members to evaluate their interest in switching to 24/7 trading. The Financial Times stated that this idea has gained increasing attention in recent years, partly due to the increased activity of retail investors caused by the round-the-clock operation of cryptocurrency trading.

On April 23, according to mempool data, an empty block (a block containing only one transaction, the Coinbase transaction) was mined at Bitcoin height 840421, with a time interval of only 27 seconds from the previous block height.

BNB Chain updated its Dapp Bay high-risk DApp Red Alarm project list. The projects that were added to the list in the past 24 hours include AlphaOrBeta, Rocket Wallet, BIM Finance, Goose Finance, Uno Re, Anchor Finance, and Sashimi Swap.

Wormhole, a messaging protocol startup, has raised $225 million in funding at a $2.5 billion valuation, making it the largest round in the Web3 space this year. The funding round included investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Jump Trading, Multicoin Capital, and Arrington XRP Capital, with their stakes consisting of token warrants for a yet-to-be-unveiled cryptocurrency. The Wormhole team has also announced the launch of Wormhole Labs, an independent company focused on building products and tools to help grow cross-chain development. Despite a slow year for funding in the Web3 sector, this round is exceedingly large and demonstrates continued interest in blockchain technology.