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On-chain data tracking firm Arkham Intelligence’s latest data shows that on April 29, Bhutan transferred about 100 BTC worth nearly $8 million. Arkham Intelligence data indicates that Bhutan’s total Bitcoin sales from 2026 to date have exceeded $200 million; it currently still holds more than 3,400 BTC, with cumulative profits of over $750 million.

According to SoSoValue data, on April 29 in U.S. Eastern Time, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $138 million in total funds, marking a net outflow for the third consecutive trading day; on the same day, U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $87.7256 million in total funds, with Fidelity (FETH) and BlackRock (ETHA) as the main sources of outflows.

PayPal officially announced a strategic reorganization on April 30, simplifying its business structure into three main core segments: checkout solutions and PayPal, consumer finance services and Venmo, and payment services and crypto; within this, the payment services and crypto segment was established separately, integrating Braintree, SMB processing, value-added services, and crypto business (including the stablecoin PYUSD).

According to the Los Angeles Times, on April 30, Evan Tangeman, a 22-year-old man from Newport Beach, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the District of Washington, to 70 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release; Tangeman pleaded guilty in December 2025, admitting to laundering $3.5 million for a crypto scam group.

According to a notice released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 30, an international joint operation led by Dubai Police with the joint participation of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and China’s Ministry of Public Security dismantled at least 9 cryptocurrency fraud hubs last week, resulting in 276 arrests in total, including 1 additional person arrested by the Royal Thai Police. The DOJ announcement on the same day also stated that 6 defendants have been charged in the U.S. District Court in San Diego with federal fraud and money laundering crimes.

According to Kite’s official announcement, Kite, a payment infrastructure for the AI Agent economy, officially launched its mainnet on April 30. During the mainnet launch period, Kite Treasury will cover network fees, so users do not need to worry about gas. Kite also opens Kite Agent Passport to the public, serving as the authorization and payment control layer for agents.

SlowMist’s Chief Information Security Officer 23pds posted on X on April 30, stating that a logic vulnerability named “Copy Fail” (CVE-2026-31431) was found in Linux systems, which is extremely easy to exploit; SlowMist advises users to quickly upgrade the kernel.

According to Visa’s official announcement on April 30, Visa said it is expanding its global stablecoin settlement pilot program to five new networks: Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo, bringing the total number of supported blockchains to 9. Visa’s blockchain settlement annualized run rate has reached $7 billion, growing 50% quarter-over-quarter from about $4.7 billion previously.

Gumi Cryptos Capital managing partner Miko Matsumura said in an interview with BeInCrypto reporter at the NBX Warsaw conference on April 30 that the crypto industry has already achieved a structural victory. He warned that founders who repeat the meme-coin speculation pattern face the risk of being eliminated, and that this cycle will define success based on different behaviors.