Dragonfly Capital 称，2024 年加密行业招聘人数激增，较 2023 年增长 80%

印度顶尖商学院博拉管理技术学院已推出供校园使用的内部加密货币。 据官方新闻稿称，这种名为 BIMCOIN 的加密货币将有助于实现学生、供应商和管理员之间的交易，同时也是区块链和数字金融实践学习的实用工具。 BIMTECH 得到了印度企业集团 Birla 集团的支持，并与专注于数字创新的非营利组织 Kalp Decentra 基金会合作，在许可区块链上开发 BIMCOIN。 对于那些不知道的人来说，许可区块链是需要授权才能参与的私有或半私有区块链网络。与任何人都可以加入和验证交易的公共区块链不同，许可区块链将访问权限限制为经过批准的参与者，从而确保更好的控制、安全性和效率。 你可能还喜欢：印度正与谷歌和 Facebook 合作打击加密猪屠宰骗局 企业和机构通常将它们用于供应链管理和其他定制用例等应用。 BIMTECH 主任 Prabina Rajib 表示，BIMCOIN 不仅仅是一种支付解决方案，它还将充当“一种教育工具”，为学生提供区块链技术和数字货币的实践机会，为他们从事金融科技工作做好准备。 BIMTECH 计划将 BIMCOIN 融入其学术课程，以巩固其作为实用教育工具的作用。 BIMCOIN 的试点已经启动，重点是解决技术集成和用户入门等挑战，在此期间记录了超过 1,100 笔交易。在下一阶段，BIMCOIN 将进行更多轮近距离网络测试以完善其功能，之后将在整个校园范围内全面推出。 随着印度全国范围内加密货币和区块链采用的激增，BIMCOIN 也已推出。上周，印度最大的电信运营商 Reliance Jio 与区块链开发商 Polygon Labs 合作推出了在 Polygon 区块链上开发的奖励代币 JioCoin。 然而，对于官方立场相对沉默的立法者来说，加密货币仍是一个边缘话题。印度储备银行等监管机构对加密货币带来的风险表示担忧，并主张采用其 CBDC 计划，即数字卢比。 阅读更多：报告称，随着加密货币交易者转向离岸平台，印度面临 20 亿美元税收损失的风险

Bitcoin price has pulled back from its all-time high as investors take profits following a 50% surge from its April lows. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $108,645 on Thursday, around $4,000 below its all-time high of $112,965.  Analysts remain optimistic about further upside, citing ongoing demand and tightening supply dynamics. Speaking at a Bitcoin conference, Adam Back, the founder of Blockstream, noted the coin could climb to $1 million within the next five years. With Bitcoin trading at $108,645, a move to $1 million would represent an 825% gain from current levels. It would also give the cryptocurrency a fully diluted valuation of $21 trillion. Back is one of the most recognized figures in the crypto industry, having appeared in Satoshi Nakamoto’s original white paper. He now runs Blockstream, a crypto infrastructure company whose valuation peaked at $3.2 billion in 2021. Several other high-profile analysts also see significant upside for Bitcoin. Ark Invest projects it could reach $2.4 million by 2030, while BlackRock estimates a potential peak of $700,000. Michael Saylor has suggested Bitcoin’s market cap could eventually hit $100 trillion. The bullish case for Bitcoin price The core argument for higher prices is rising institutional demand. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have surpassed $45 billion in cumulative inflows, with the iShares Bitcoin ETF alone managing $71 billion in assets. Companies are also beginning to accumulate Bitcoin. Trump Media is raising $2.5 billion to buy BTC, while GameStop bought over 4,000 coins last week. Only a few publicly traded global firms have entered the space, leaving room for broader corporate adoption, particularly in light of Strategy’s success. Nation-states may also ramp up purchases. El Salvador was the first to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, and in the U.S., Donald Trump has proposed creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Pakistan, the Czech Republic, and Poland have also signaled interest in holding reserves. You might also like:Pakistan confirms plans for a strategic Bitcoin reserve Rising demand coincides with tightening supply. Bitcoin held on centralized exchanges has dropped to its lowest level in seven years. Bitcoin price short-term forecast BTC price chart | Source: crypto.news The daily chart shows Bitcoin consolidating in recent sessions. This sideways movement forms the handle of a cup-and-handle pattern, a well-known bullish continuation setup. The cup has a depth of approximately 32%, which suggests a price target of $143,920 when projected from the pattern’s upper boundary. You might also like:Vance: Bitcoin needs political support to stay protected

Paycoin 背后的公司 PayProtocol 透露，计划于 4 月 30 日推出自己的万事达卡借记卡。 根据该公司4月14日在其Medium页面上发布的公告，该卡将允许用户使用加密货币充值并在全球万事达卡商户消费。该卡将与瑞士新银行SR Saphirstein AG合作开发，并将支持Paycoin的代币PCI、以太坊（ETH）和美元币（USDC）。 Paycoin Mastercard 每月充值限额为 1,000 瑞士法郎，可用于线上和线下支付，并兼容 Apple Pay 和 Google Pay。该卡的自主托管结构是其主要特点之一。它让用户完全掌控自己的资产，同时还能访问万事达卡的全球支付网络。 该卡最初将在欧盟和欧洲自由贸易联盟地区提供，并计划在未来扩展到其他国家并支持更多加密货币。PayProtocol 还指出，自从 PCI 通过 Arbitrum (ARB) 桥在 Uniswap (UNI) 上上市以来，其流动性有所增长。 您可能还喜欢：万事达卡与 Kraken 合作，在欧洲扩展加密支付服务 PCI 现已在去中心化金融生态系统中更加稳固地建立，由于其费用低廉、交易速度快，它可以作为 PayProtocol 更广泛支付模式中的实时结算资产。 Paycoin 在韩国已广泛应用，超过 10,000 家机构（例如 7-Eleven、达美乐披萨和肯德基）接受 PCI 支付。借助新的万事达卡，该团队目前正尝试从欧洲开始，扩大 Paycoin 的全球影响力。 据Coingecko数据，Paycoin的价格在公告发布后上涨了5.7%，其日交易量增长了900%，达到780万美元。PCI的市值为7000万美元，目前排名第512位。万事达卡的推出或许将成为普及率的一个转折点，尽管目前其普及率仍比峰值低了98%以上。 阅读更多：总部位于 Solana 的 Zebec Network 推出由万事达卡支持的加密借记卡

国际连锁杂货店 Spar 已开始在瑞士的一家商店接受比特币，这可能为其全球零售网络更广泛地采用加密货币铺平道路。 提供加密货币兑现金解决方案的公司DFX Swiss在其4月17日的领英帖子中宣布，位于瑞典楚格市的Spar门店已正式上线BTC Map——一个追踪全球接受比特币(BTC)商家的平台。DFX Swiss使用一款名为OpenCryptoPay的新工具启用了该支付系统。 该公司写道：“得益于我们新的#OpenCryptoPay 解决方案——一种用于面对面加密支付的开放 P2P 标准，这家 SPAR 超市是瑞士首批可以使用比特币（通过 LNURL）在收银台直接付款的超市之一。” 顾客可以通过闪电网络使用 BTC 付款，只需在结账时扫描二维码即可。瑞士比特币协会理事 Rahim Taghizadegan 在 LinkedIn 的一篇帖子中分享了一段视频，演示了在 Spar 使用 BTC 付款是多么简单。 如果在楚格的试点成功，Spar 可能会将比特币支付扩展到瑞士全境，甚至有可能在全球范围内推广。鉴于 Spar 的业务范围广泛，在 48 个国家/地区拥有超过 13,900 家门店，每天服务 1470 万名购物者，并在全球拥有 45 万名员工，这将标志着加密货币应用的一大里程碑。 您可能还喜欢：你能用比特币买什么？ 通过在其门店接受 BTC，Spar 加入了全球一系列尝试或成功采用比特币支付的超市和零售连锁店的行列。 在荷兰，位于阿纳姆的一家 Spar 门店早在 2014 年就开始接受 BTC，作为“比特币城”计划的一部分。 2023年4月，南非最大的连锁超市之一Pick n Pay在其1600多家门店试点成功后，正式推出BTC支付，成为媒体关注的焦点。顾客可以使用闪电网络支付，类似于Spar在楚格州的部署。据报道，顾客每月使用BTC的支出超过5万美元。 全食超市和星巴克等美国主要连锁店也通过 Spedn 等第三方应用程序涉足加密支付，这些应用程序可以在结账时将加密货币转换为法定货币。 您可能还喜欢：南非“Pick n Pay”与 CryptoQR 合作接受比特币

Ethereum price may be on the verge of a bullish breakout to $4,000 after forming a bullish flag and a golden cross pattern, and as the iShares Ethereum ETF nears a crucial milestone. Ethereum (ETH) was trading at around $2,500 at last check on Saturday — higher than this week’s low of $2,380. A potential catalyst for ETH is the ongoing exchange-traded fund inflows, which have surged in the past few weeks. SoSoValue data shows that these funds have added substantial inflows in the past three weeks. They added $25 million on Friday, the 15th consecutive day of gains, bringing the cumulative inflows to over $3.3 billion. All these funds now hold over $9.4 billion in assets, equivalent to 3.1% of Ethereum’s market cap. You might also like:IOST price surges amid $21m raise to accelerate RWA growth The iShares Ethereum ETF, whose ticker symbol is ETHA, has had a cumulative inflow of $4.85 billion and is slowly nearing the $5 billion milestone. This growth is likely because BlackRock is the biggest name in the ETF industry, and it trades at a 0.35% discount to net asset value. Rising Ethereum ETF inflows are notable because it is an indirect signal that American institutional investors are buying.  More data shows that Ethereum’s network is doing well. For example, the total value locked in its decentralized finance ecosystem has jumped by 26% in the last 30 days to $130 billion. Its bridged TVL has moved to about $400 billion, while the stablecoins in its network have jumped to $125 billion. Ethereum price technical analysis ETH price chart | Source: crypto.news The daily chart shows that ETH price surged in May and reached a high of $2,743, which coincided with the 50% Fibonacci Retracement level.  It has now formed a bullish flag pattern, a common bullish continuation sign. This flag pole is about 50% long, and measuring the distance from its breakout zone gives the target price of $4,097. This target coincided with its highest point in 2024. The other bullish case is that Ethereum price has formed a golden crossover as the 50-day and 200-day Weighted Moving Averages have crossed each other. This crossover often leads to more gains. For example, it happened in November last year, triggering a 35% jump.  Read more:Here’s why UMA token price just surged