Last week, crypto startups raised approximately $52 million, with Fedi raising $17 million and zkLink raising $10 million.

Bitcoin miners have received a boost in profits after the scheduled difficulty level adjustment resulted in a positive balance, which is the first time since February that the difficulty has decreased.

The United States White House has released a national standards strategy for key and emerging technologies, which includes distributed ledger technology (DLT) and digital identity infrastructure.

The cryptocurrency's dominance rate, which measures Bitcoin's share of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization, has risen to over 50%, its highest level in months.

US-based crypto exchanges lost market share in the 2023 Q1 as trading volumes continue to fall amid the crypto crackdown.

Kraken has joined Coinbase in an effort to push back against the growing regulatory scrutiny by United States regulators.

Pre-seed companies can receive up to $2,000 in Google Cloud credits, while seeded startups can access up to $200,000 in Google Cloud and Firebase usage, along with other benefits.

South Korea is reportedly moving closer to launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC), with a new draft law set to create legal terminology for CBDCs.

Investor confidence in Ethereum (ETH) increased following the Shapella upgrade, leading to $17 million worth of inflows into ETH-based investment products during the week of April 17-23, according to CoinShares' weekly report.

The digital ruble platform being developed by the Bank of Russia will have the capability to interact with other state-issued digital currencies, according to the central bank.