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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.

April 29 — DeFi researcher Stacy Muur (@stacy_muur) notes that as the stablecoin market cap tops $310 billion and real-world assets (RWAs) ramp up on-chain adoption, Pendle is emerging as core infrastructure for the on-chain fixed-income market. Per the report, a flood of RWA yields is flowing into Pendle—including returns from traditional finance assets like U.S. Treasuries, private credit, corporate bonds, and dividends from Nasdaq-listed firms. Through its PT/YT yield-splitting mechanism, Pendle converts floating yields into fixed-rate products, meeting institutional demand for predictable returns. Several top TradFi and DeFi projects have already integrated with Pendle: - An Apollo Global Management credit fund with over $840 billion in AUM has integrated via the Ember protocol; - Strategy’s STRC dividend income has been tokenized by Saturn and Apyx and listed on Pendle; - Paxos’ U.S. Treasury-backed stablecoin USDG hit over $120 million in TVL within two months; - Et

April 29 — Per Hyperinsight monitoring (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight), within the past hour, two whales on the Hyperliquid platform simultaneously opened 40x leveraged short positions on Bitcoin (BTC) near $77,000 after the token rebounded above that level. Total position size: ~$9 million, with an average entry price of ~$77,100. Both addresses have set their liquidation prices at ~$77,900 — less than 1% above their average entry. A $9 million on-chain liquidation could trigger if BTC rebounds to $78,000. Addresses: 0xd736d75130dfe60e0f93a8788cc0e0bbf0eb35e1 0x8fcc8f55d7a8cdaee770a9e4112725d4a2c60492

April 29 — Binance Alpha will launch the Gensyn (AIGENSYN) airdrop today, per an official announcement from Binance Wallet. Eligible users can claim the airdrop by visiting the Binance Alpha event page and using their Binance Alpha points once trading goes live.