Bitcoin briefly fell to $76,111 and Ether dropped to $2,076 in a sharp overnight sell-off. CoinGlass data showed $840 million in liquidations over 24 hours, affecting 127,008 traders.
Ethereum’s shift to Layer 2 has pushed optimistic rollups and ZK rollups to the front. Both cut costs and raise throughput, but they differ in security checks, withdrawal speed, EVM compatibility, and ecosystem maturity.
Trump signed two quantum computing executive orders at the White House and praised IBM CEO Arvind Krishna. IBM rose 3.26% in premarket trading, while JPMorgan later lifted its price target to $291 and upgraded the stock to overweight.
CME Group plans to launch Avalanche and Sui futures on May 4, pending regulatory review. Starting May 29, crypto futures and options will trade 24/7. March average daily volume rose 19% YoY, with nearly $8B in daily notional value.
Google has added Notebooks to the Gemini app, letting users organize chats, files, and Google Drive content in one place with two-way sync to NotebookLM. The web rollout starts with AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers.
Ozak AI opens its Ambassador Program featuring a $100K $OZ reward pool across two tracks. Presale raised over $7.4M, exchange listing targeted for Q3 2026, with ecosystem partners expanding.
GTreasury's acquisition of Solvexia automates treasury reconciliation, delivering up to 100x faster verification and 98% fewer errors. Ripple, which acquired GTreasury for $1B in October 2025, supports the push toward enterprise blockchain finance.
Rollblock had set April 30, 2026 for its token debut at $0.07 on Uniswap, with staking and claiming also scheduled to go live. Hours into the day, the team had not posted any update, fueling speculation that the launch could slip to May 7.
