First Mover Americas: Ether Steals the Show, Alts Follow Suit

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 11, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Source

World’s Most Influential Central Banks’ Balance Sheets Look to Have Troughed

The directional change suggests an end to the quantitative tightening that roiled cryptocurrencies last year.Source

HashKey Group to Debut Regulated Exchange in Second Quarter

The exchange will be open to professional investors and the company is preparing to welcome retail users in “coming months.”Source

Developers Block Potential ‘Eight Figure’ Exploit Involving Cosmos-Based Ethermint

Ethermint enables the use of Ethereum smart contracts within the Cosmo ecosystem and is employed by several chains, including Cronos, Kava, and Canto.Source

Yearn’s Staked Ether Token yETH Gets Mixed Results on Govenance Poll

The non-binding poll seeks to do a temperature check of sentiment toward launching yETH.Source

DeFi Protocol Balancer Experiences Budget Cuts, Headcount Slashes Ahead of Strategy Pivot

The protocol’s service providers have let go of two front-end engineers as they focus on overhauling the platform’s brand.Source

First Mover Asia: Ether Climbs Over $2.1K to Further Its Post Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade Surge

Bitcoin has continued its more moderately-paced momentum, inching toward $31K. ALSO: CoinDesk columnist considers Shapella’s immediate and potential long-term impact.Source

MonkeDAO Plans to Buy Rights to Popular Solana Monkey Business NFT Collection for $2M

MonkeDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization formed by fans of Solana Monkey Business, will purchase all intellectual property rights to the collection from its current owner HadesDAO.Source

Asia-Based Digital Asset Firm Hashkey Group Introduces Wealth Management Service

HashKey has also expanded its OTC service by expanding its liquidity coverage and its range of tokens in the spot market.Source

ROOK Investors Begin Swapping Tokens for $25M Crypto Treasury

Holders of the former governance token have 90 days to exchange their ROOK for USDC.Source