Protocol Village: Zircuit Launches ‘Build to Earn’ Program With Rewards for Devs

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3.Source

Crypto Addresses of ‘Hamas-Aligned’ Gaza Now Sanctioned by U.S, U.K.

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found that the online organization raised a mere $21,000 in crypto for Hamas since the October 7th attacks.Source

Crypto Addresses of ‘Hamas-Aligned’ Gaza Now Is Sanctioned by U.S, U.K.

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found that the online organization raised a mere $21,000 in crypto for Hamas since the October 7th attacks.Source

Ethena, a $1.3B Yield-Earning Protocol, to Debut Governance Token Next Week

The DeFi protocol, which generates yield from ether derivative funding rates, is set to airdrop 750 million ENA tokens, 5% of the total supply, on April 2.Source

BlackRock’s Tokenized Fund Quickly Rakes in $245M, Right Behind Franklin Templeton’s Older Offering

The tokenized U.S. Treasury market is poised to reach $1 billion “very soon” given the growth of BlackRock’s BUIDL, an analyst noted.Source

BlackRock’s Fink Says an Ether ETF Is Possible Even if ETH Is a Security

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink isn’t worried about the U.S. Securities and Exchange classifying Ethereum’s ether as a security.Source

What Binance’s Exit From Nigeria Means for P2P Bitcoin

The exchange was forced to leave Nigeria, and I’m sure it will happen to other crypto companies in other countries, Ray Youssef, CEO of NoOnes, writes.Source

The Protocol: Meme Coins (and Pepe’s Best Friend) Swarm Coinbase Layer 2 Chain

The meme coin frenzy that drove up activity – and failed transactions – on Solana appears to have quickly migrated to Base, Coinbase’s six-month-old layer-2 blockchain. Who is the blue-faced creature behind the $BRETT token?Source

Crypto Stocks Like MicroStrategy, Coinbase Could Shoot Up if Short Sellers Exit

MicroStrategy and Coinbase’s stock prices could shoot up if short sellers bail out, according to a report by data analytics firm S3 Partners.Source

Dutch Prosecutors Seek 64-Month Jail Sentence for Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev

The judge will deliver the verdict on May 14, the court said.Source