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Blockchains
Arbitrum Enables Any Token for Gas Fees on All Chains Including AnyTrust; ETH No Longer Required, MetaMask Supports Custom Tokens
Arbitrum has announced that builders can now select any token as the gas fee payment method across all Arbitrum chains, expanding on a feature that has been available on AnyTrust chains for over a year

TradFi & Fintech
UAE Digital Bank Ruya Becomes First Shariah-Compliant Islamic Bank to Enable Bitcoin Purchases with Licensed Partner Fuze
Ruya, a digital bank based in the United Arab Emirates, has become the first Islamic bank globally to allow its customers to purchase Bitcoin

CeFi
Securitize Launches $400 Million Mantle Index Four Fund with BTC, ETH, SOL Exposure as Largest Tokenized Crypto Fund
Securitize, a digital asset securities firm specializing in asset tokenization, has launched a new institutional-grade crypto index fund called Mantle Index Four (MI4)

CeFi
Shaquille O’Neal Settles FTX Class Action Lawsuit Amid Bankruptcy With Confidential Terms
Shaquille O’Neal has reached a confidential settlement in a class action lawsuit related to his endorsement of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX

Markets
HK Asia Holdings to Raise HK$65.5 Million via 3.27M Shares and HK$52.4M Convertible Notes to Expand Bitcoin Holdings
HK Asia Holdings Limited, a publicly traded company based in Hong Kong, has announced plans to raise approximately HK$65

Hacks
Matter Labs Sued Over ZKSync IP; $5.7M Stolen Tokens Recovered After April 15 Hack, Now in Security Council Custody
Matter Labs, the developer behind the layer-2 blockchain ZKSync, is facing a lawsuit from defunct blockchain firm BANKEX, which alleges that two former employees stole its technology to build ZKSync

Markets
Fidelity, $5 Trillion Asset Manager, Reports Bitcoin Supply on Exchanges at Lowest Since 2018 Due to Public Company Purchases
Bitcoin exchange balances have reached their lowest levels since late 2018, according to recent market observations

Markets
US Bitcoin ETFs Acquire $917 Million in BTC on April 23, Totaling $2.2 Billion for the Week
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States purchased $917 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) on April 23, 2025, contributing to total inflows of approximately $1

CeFi
PayPal and Coinbase Expand Partnership to Innovate PYUSD Stablecoin Solutions with No Fees
PayPal and Coinbase have expanded their partnership to drive innovation in stablecoin-based solutions, focusing on the adoption and utilization of PayPal USD (PYUSD)






