Craig Wright Drops Appeal Against Hodlonaut in Norway Wright’s decision to drop his appeal comes a month after a U.K. court ruled that he was not Satoshi Nakamoto.

The SEC’s Suit Against Unswap Is an Opening Attack Against DeFi The DEX received a Wells Notice from the regulator, suggesting an enforcement action is imminent. While we don’t know the nature of the potential charges, the news raises the threat of legal jeopardy for decentralized finance.

Avi Eisenberg May Testify in $110M Crypto Fraud Trial, Defense Says The crypto trader is facing up to 20 years in jail if convicted on all counts.

Pepe Coin Spikes on Coinbase International Plan to List Perpetual Futures The crypto exchange’s off-shore arm will open perpetuals market for the popular meme coin on April 18.

‘Bitcoin Sign Guy’ Is Auctioning His Bitcoin Sign Christian Langalis, whose 2017 photo-bombing of Janet Yellen became a viral meme, will use the proceeds to fund his Bitcoin/Lightning/Urbit startup.

Crypto for Advisors: Are ETH ETFs Coming? Market odds of approval in May are dwindling, but David Lawant and Purvi Maniar of FalconX say we’ll likely see an ETH ETF approval over the next 12-18 months.

Chainlink Aims to Make Transfers Across Blockchains Safer with New Bridge App ‘Transporter’ The bridge leverages Chainlink’s CCIP tech, and allows users to transfer crypto assets across multiple blockchains, starting with Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Optimism, Polygon, and WEMIX.

Shiba Inu Joins CDSA to Battle AI-Driven Concerns Using Shibarium Shiba Inu is the first layer 2 blockchain to join the media and entertainment association to develop blockchain technology for content security and distribution.

Ether Spot ETFs Still Have No More Than 50% Chance of Approval in May: JPMorgan There will probably be litigation against the SEC after May if ether ETFs aren’t approved, the report said.

DePIN Platform Uplink Raises $10M Led by Framework Ventures The decentralized wireless platform offers a token-reward system to incentivize users to contribute to the network.

First Mover Americas: Uniswap’s Token Slides on SEC Lawsuit The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 11, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Protocol Village: Tate Berenbaum Launches ‘AO Ventures,’ With $35M for Arweave Development The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17.

Dubai Regulator Wants to Lower the Cost of Compliance for Small Crypto Firms While Dubai’s regulatory rules were broadly welcomed, some firms worried about the expense.

Luno Among First Crypto Firms to Receive South Africa License Regulators in the country have said they plan to authorize up to 60 digital asset firms by April.

Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Sees Record Lowest Daily Outflow of $18M The relatively low figure is a sharp decline from GBTC’s usual outflow amounts.

Bitfinex Securities Introduces El Salvador’s First Tokenized Debt to Fund New Hilton Hotel The token will be issued on the Liquid Network, a bitcoin sidechain.

Bitcoin Ecosystem Tokens, RUNE, STX, and ORDI May See Gains After Halving “There exists a large, untapped pool of capital within the Bitcoin ecosystem that remains dormant,” Wintermute’s OTC desk told CoinDesk.

Stablecoins Are Beneficial to U.S. Economy, Tether’s Custodian Says Stablecoins boost demand for U.S. Treasury notes, Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Tether custodian Cantor Fitzgerald, said.

Bitcoin’s Meteoric Rise Makes Everything Else Look Like ‘Junk,’ Trader Says Bitcoin’s Relative Strength Index is now above 79, a place it hasn’t been since the bull market of late 2021.

MarginFi Leader Resigns on Fiery Day for Major Solana Lender “The main problem was our lack of organizational execution,” MarginFi’s longtime leader Edgar Pavlovsky told CoinDesk.