🔥 Crypto & Market News – April 2

🏴‍☠️ BlackRock registers in the UK as a crypto company.

🎮 GameStop raises $1.5B to buy Bitcoin.

📈 Circle files for IPO.

🇬🇧 UK's Crypto Push: 6 trade associations urge the PM to make crypto a priority with suggestions:

- Appoint a "Crypto Tsar".

- Develop a national digital asset plan.

- Introduce government support for crypto companies.

- Explore blockchain’s connection with AI and quantum tech.

- Create a forum for industry-government dialogue.

👾 North Korean Hackers infiltrating EU blockchain firms, increasing espionage and cyber risks.

⚒️ Mining Downturn: Market cap of 14 public mining firms drops 25% in March 2025 — worst in history. Trump promises mining industry support and wants BTC mined only in the US.

🚀 SMBC (Japan's 2nd largest bank) partners with Avalanche to launch a stablecoin.

🛑 China tightens investment restrictions on US assets, tightening controls on Chinese companies investing in the US.

🇷🇺 Russia Tightens Internet Control:

- Telecoms must report device info (MAC, IMEI, serial numbers, and location).

- Operators can block internet access for specific devices.

- Real-time monitoring of connections via "Revisor" system.

💳 PayPal integrates Solana and Chainlink for US users.

🤖 AI Outperforms Humans: ChatGPT-4.5 passes Turing test 73% of the time, compared to 63% for humans.

📅 Fidelity launches a crypto-friendly retirement plan.

💥 FDUSD stablecoin drops 7%: Justin Sun warns of First Digital Trust insolvency.

🐋 Whales scoop up discounted FDUSD after the drop. Wintermute withdraws $31M in FDUSD from Binance.

💼 TON Wallet upgraded to MyTonWallet: New interface and improved compatibility with the TON ecosystem. Available now at wallet.ton.org.

🗿 STON.fi launches Omniston: A liquidity aggregation protocol uniting the entire TON ecosystem, using RFQ and resolver competition to find the best exchange rates across all TON DEX pools.