dYdX is launching a Solana spot trading product

April 29 – Former President Trump posted on Truth Social: “Iran is a mess. They have no clue how to negotiate a nuclear deal. They’d better wake up soon!”

April 29 — Iranian reports indicate Pakistan has opened six land routes to Iran, bypassing the commercial blockade tied to Hormuz Strait tensions and offering an alternative passage for thousands of containers. (CGTN)

April 29: Kalshi has launched a prediction market tied to weekly Spotify play counts for top artists, letting users trade on stream numbers for names like Drake, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Bad Bunny and others.

April 29: Binance Wallet announced via an official statement that the Gensyn (AIGENSYN) airdrop distribution launches today at 17:00 UTC. Users holding at least 227 Binance Alpha Points qualify to claim the airdrop. They can snag 715 AIGENSYN tokens on the Alpha activity page on a first-come, first-served basis. If the event remains ongoing, the points threshold will automatically drop by 5 points every five minutes.

April 29th — Gaming public chain Ronin announced it will migrate to Ethereum Layer 2 on May 12, with roughly 10 hours of downtime for on-chain operations during the transition. Normal operations will resume post-migration. The new underlying architecture will be built on the OP Stack, integrating EigenDA as its data availability (DA) layer. Users are advised to unbond their RON stakes before the May 12 migration; otherwise, the system will automatically unbond stakes after the migration completes. The core goal of the move is to leverage Ethereum’s security, data availability, and finality, while bringing mature on-chain gaming infrastructure to the Ethereum ecosystem. As the underlying network for popular titles like Axie Infinity and Pixels, Ronin calls this a key milestone in its ecosystem development. Post-migration changes include: - RON’s annual inflation rate dropping from over 20% to below 1% - The treasury receiving ongoing revenue from staking, Sequencer net proc

On April 29th, analyst Darkfost reported that Bitcoin spot trading volume in April has continued to plummet, hitting levels last seen in September 2023—the tail end of the prior bear market. Since March, major centralized exchange (CEX) Bitcoin spot volumes have nosedived, with Binance alone posting a roughly $25 billion decline. Darkfost cites macroeconomic pressures—including uncertainty over the Iran conflict and persistent inflation concerns—as the key driver, noting these factors have eroded investors’ confidence in holding long-term spot positions.