RFK Jr. Promises Blockchain based budget
The nature of political promises has changed; now US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed that, if elected, he will put the entire US budget on blockchain. The crypto community is seeing this as an attempt to attract their vote; most believe that it is already too late. Trump supporters claim RFK Jr. has no actual plan for doing so.
OTHER NEWS
Coinbase adds new support
New Support: Coinbase is all set to include -
० Pepe perpetual futures on 23rd April.
० Karrat (KARRAT) on the Ethereum network (ERC-20).
Midas raised $45 million
० Fund raised: Turkey-based fintech startup Midas is set to launch crypto and investment platform, after successfully raising $45 million.
० Investors: Canada-based venture-capital firm Portage raised fund for Midas in an equity financing.
Shiba Inu raised $12m for new blockchain
० Fund raised: Shiba Inu is set to develop its Layer 3 blockchain, after successfully raising $12 million via its non-stable TREAT token.
० Non Americans: According to Shytoshi Kusama, the investors were all non-U.S. firms, however, some reports suggests that some of the investors have headquarters in US.
Thai pressure on exchanges
Thailand is set to block all exchanges which are not registered with authorities. Thailand has already blocked Binance, Bybit. According to Thai SEC, this is to check crypto crime, but there might be more, commonly excluding people from economic freedom.
Tether Market Cap crosses $110B
Tether's USD pegged stablecoin $USDT makes its market cap surpasses $110 Billion. The combined market cap of other USD pegged stablecoin cryptos is less than USDT.
