Let's turn our attention to today's overall Crypto market situation.
As of 12:01 PM on April 19, 2025, according to sosovalue, the total market cap of the crypto market stands at 2.78 trillion US dollars, witnessing a decrease of 0.919% compared to yesterday; the total trading volume is 46.71 billion US dollars, marking a decline of 29% from the previous day.
According to sosovalue, the price of $BTC is 85,217 USD, an increase of 0.648% from yesterday. The market cap of $BTC is 1.69 trillion USD, accounting for 60.9% of the total market cap; $BTC's 24-hour trading volume is 10.61 billion USD, making up 22.7% of the total trading volume.
The price of $ETH is 1,597 USD, up 0.395% from yesterday; the market cap of $ETH is 192.76 billion USD, representing 6.94% of the total market cap; $ETH's 24-hour trading volume is 5.34 billion USD, comprising 11.4% of the total trading volume.
The combined market capitalization of $BTC and $ETH accounts for 67.84% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, and their combined trading volumes constitute 34.1% of the total trading volume.
According to sosovalue, out of 15 sectors, 15 are up and 1 is down. Notably, AI and GameFi sectors are worth mentioning.
The AI sector has risen by 2.38% relative to the UTC 0 time, led by gains in DARK (943%), SPORE (39.6%), and degenai (26.8%).
The GameFi sector has increased by 2.13% relative to UTC 0, with voxel (114%), gmm (34.8%), and duel (31.4%) leading the rise.
According to Wu, Du Jun, co-founder of ABCDE, tweeted that ABCDE has officially ceased new project investments and suspended the fundraising plan for its second phase fund. The original team will continue to be responsible for post-investment support and exit arrangements for existing projects, ensuring that commitments to entrepreneurs and LPs are taken seriously. Furthermore, it has launched a new incubator brand called Vernal, which will announce the incubator shareholders, incubation rules, and the first batch of incubated projects in May.
According to Wu's report, as monitored by Lookonchain, Abraxas Capital's related wallet withdrew 505 $BTC (approximately 42.64 million USD) from Binance again 9 hours ago. Over the past 4 days, this address has withdrawn a total of 2949 $BTC (approximately 250 million USD) from the exchange.
According to Wu's report, CloverPool data shows that the Bitcoin network completed a new round of difficulty adjustment on April 19, 2025, at 17:13:37 (block height 893,088), with the difficulty value increased by 1.42% to 123.23 trillion, setting a new historical peak. The current average hash rate of the Bitcoin network has risen to 884.53 EH/s, and the next difficulty adjustment is expected to occur in approximately 13 days and 22 hours.
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has released a report indicating that cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi) have reached a "critical scale," posing potential risks to the traditional financial system. The report highlights that Bitcoin spot ETFs, the expansion of stablecoins, and the tokenization of real assets are deepening the connections between the crypto market and TradFi. It also warns that the crypto market may exacerbate wealth inequality, as small investors tend to increase their positions during market downturns, while the wealthy exit early. The BIS recommends a "containment" strategy, promoting the inclusion of DeFi within compliance frameworks such as KYC and information disclosure, and calls for further research on topics like DAO governance, stablecoin risks, and the "cryptonization" of emerging markets.
Japanese fashion brand and Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed company ANAP announced that it has purchased 16.6591 $BTC (valued at approximately 200 million yen) through its subsidiary "ANAP Lightning Capital." This move is the latest action in the company's asset diversification strategy, aimed at leveraging Bitcoin as a form of "digital gold" to enhance financial stability and expand new revenue sources. (CoinPost)
According to Wu Shuo, monitoring by Lookonchain has revealed that a certain Meme trader address purchased 19.14 million LUCE at a price of $0.0275 six months ago and has held it since, with a peak unrealized profit exceeding $5.20 million. Subsequently, LUCE has plummeted over 70%, and currently, there is an unrealized loss of $335 thousand.
According to reports from Wu, Binance has announced that it is requiring all users in India to undergo identity verification (KYC) again to comply with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. Both new and existing users are required to complete the KYC re-verification.
According to Wu's report, monitored by Lookonchain, Galaxy Digital has withdrawn 606 thousand SOL (approximately 79.70 million USD) from exchanges in the past 4 days, and has staked 462 thousand SOL (approximately 60 million USD) of that amount.