- Top ApolloX Gainer: WAVESUSDT (+44.08%)
- Top ApolloX Loser: AXSUSDT (-2.51%)
Crypto QuickSnap
WAVES price surged and reached a new all-time high around $54, following three consecutive optimistic updates. Meanwhile, Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge was hacked for over $600M on Tuesday.
Market Analysis
Bitcoin rallied and reversed its gains throughout the week; but price settled at above $45k by Sunday as volatility faded. As compared to the previous week, bitcoin open interest decreased by more than $915 million as traders backed off from holding open positions. However, aggregated funding rates remained positive and even increased slightly, indicating that traders remain optimistic. Bitcoin’s rally to $47k on Monday alone caused over $142 million short positions to be liquidated.
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The Macro
- India’s government has drafted a consultation paper on crypto while consulting with various stakeholders including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The paper will form the country’s crypto policy and is expected to be finalized in the next six months. (Learn More)
- Indonesia plans to charge value-added tax (VAT) on crypto asset transactions and an income tax on capital gains from such investments at 0.1% each, starting from May 1. (Learn More)
Investment Talk
- Climate activist group Greenpeace and Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen are launching a “Change the Code, Not the Climate” campaign to pressure the Bitcoin community to alter Bitcoin’s damaging environmental footprint and make Bitcoin less power hungry. (Learn More)
- The Bitcoin (BTC) network reached a milestone on April 1 after records showed that 19 million bitcoin have been mined. This leaves two million of all bitcoin left to be mined. (Learn More)
- Global derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) may offer Solana and Cardano futures contracts in future, alongside its existing Bitcoin and Ethereum futures. (Learn More)
Projects
- Crypto exchange Kraken has integrated Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, a layer 2 scaling solution. Its customers can deposit and withdraw up to 0.1 BTC per transfer. (Learn More)
- Crypto-skeptic gamers are negatively reviewing auto-battle card game Storybook Brawl following crypto exchange FTX’s acquisition of its developers Good Luck Games. Gamers are fearful that the acquisition would mean NFT and blockchain integration. (Learn More)
- Ethereum-based lending protocol Inverse Finance has suffered a $15.6 million hack. The attacker targeted its Anchor money market by artificially manipulating token prices to borrow loans against extremely low collateral. (Learn More)
Web3.0
- OpenSea will list Solana-based NFTs on their platform from April. Magic Eden, Solana’s leading NFT marketplace, is expected to be the biggest loser in this deal. (Learn More)
- The oral care brand of Unilever, CloseUp, has introduced the world’s first NFT marriage certificate allowing couples to officiate their union in the metaverse. (Learn More)
- Wendy’s, another American fast food chain, has entered the metaverse. Users would require a Quest 2 virtual reality headset to access the Wendyverse through the Horizon Worlds app from Meta. (Learn More)
What’s New at ApolloX
- 12 New Perpetual Contracts - Things are kicking up! You can now trade APEUSDT, ZILUSDT, LOKAUSDT and 9 other perpetual contracts on ApolloX! (Trade Now)
- Updated Tick Size - The tick size of some trading pairs have been adjusted to improve the liquidity and trading experience of the market. (Learn More)
- Cross Chain Support - You can now deposit and withdraw funds using BSC or ERC20 on ApolloX DEX! (Learn More)
- Wallet Support by MathWallet - ApolloX is now listed on MathWallet DApp Store. (Find Us There)
The Week Ahead
- ApolloX at FutureFi - Join us on April 5, 14:30 UTC for BNB Chain’s FutureFi event to find out more about the future of DeFi Derivatives. FutureFi is a one-day event featuring leading projects from DeFi, blockchains gaming, and the metaverse. (Learn More)
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- DEX Referral Leaderboard Adjustments - There will be a new ranking factor and changes to the ranking score calculation from April 4, 00:00 UTC. (Learn More)
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