Truebit has been launched.

Truebit is a blockchain enhancement which enables smart contracts to securely perform complex computations in standard programming languages at reduced gas costs.
https://truebit.io/

TRU is trading on Uniswap.
https://www.dextools.io/app/uniswap/pair-explorer/0x80b4d4e9d88d9f78198c56c5a27f3bacb9a685c5

Vitalik Buterin wrote an article on how to build an EVM optimistic rollup using Truebit.
https://ethresear.ch/t/evm-optimistic-rollup-using-truebit/9318

Also in 2017, Vitalik Buterin co-authored "Interactive Coin Offerings" with Truebit founder.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.04295

FTX has announced the next IEO - Mercurial Finance.
https://twitter.com/FTX_Official/status/1388147134759772166?s=20

Date: May 13
Details: TBA

Mercurial Finance has received funding from a range of the most active ecosystem players, including Alameda Research, Solana Ecosystem Fund, OKEx, and Huobi.
https://mercurialfi.medium.com/mercurial-finance-dynamic-vaults-for-stables-b7d0c3bed702

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🔥ETH surpassed the $3,000 mark for the first time.

BNB has hit a new all-time high above $650 and its market cap has surpassed $100 billion.

CME Group today launched Micro Bitcoin futures.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cme-group-announces-launch-of-micro-bitcoin-futures-301281660.html

After the ETH growth, Vitalik Buterin's personal wallet has more than $1 billion.

https://decrypt.co/69745/vitalik-buterin-now-owns-more-than-1-billion-in-ethereum

Genies has raised $65 million.

The Series B was led by Mary Meeker’s Bond Capital with participation from Dapper Labs, Polychain, Coinbase Ventures, Hashkey and others.

The funding will be used to invest in the technology behind the Genies avatar system and to expand its digital goods and non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace on Dapper Labs’ Flow blockchain.

Dapper Labs, which was responsible for the highflying digital collectibles platform NBA Top Shot, will launch a “secondary digital products market” with Genies later this year.

https://www.coindesk.com/dapper-labs-coinbase-ventures-join-65m-investment-in-avatar-startup-genies

OKEx lists Chia Network.
Trading: today at 18:00 UTC.

https://twitter.com/OKEx/status/1389201705888276481?s=20

PlotX plans to launch on Binance Smart Chain.

https://t.iss.one/plotx_ann/310

Bounce partners with Automata Network to bring private community voting to the Bounce governance system.

https://bouncefinance.medium.com/announcing-bounce-x-automata-strategic-partnership-c77b7093d42e

Tether (USDT) is now available on Coinbase

https://blog.coinbase.com/tether-usdt-is-now-available-on-coinbase-214f075deaa2

PayPal is exploring the launch of a stablecoin

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/103617/paypal-has-held-exploratory-talks-about-launching-a-stablecoin-sources

Ebay exploring crypto payment options and NFT auctions

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ebay-exploring-crypto-payment-options-and-nft-auctions

The Casper and CoinList teams are planning on distributing CSPR tokens for Option 3 to the CoinList Wallets on or around May 5.

Deposit, withdrawal, staking, and trading support for CSPR are expected to be enabled by the end of next week.

After the start of trading on OKEx, Chia token reached $2,500 and is now trading at ~$650.

https://www.okex.com/trade-spot/xch-usdt

Burnt Finance, the first fully decentralized auction protocol built on Solana, has published an article about its project.

https://twitter.com/BurntFinance/status/1389384977142386696?s=20

Dogecoin is now in the top 4.

FEI stablecoin is trading at ~$1 again.

https://www.gate.io/trade/FEI_USDT

Drops, a groundbreaking project that unlocks additional value for nonfungible tokens, announces the closure of around $1 million from private investors.

This funding round was led by Axia8 Ventures, Bitscale Capital, Blocksync, AU21, X21, D64 Ventures, Genblock and Drops Ventures.

https://twitter.com/dropsnft/status/1389572496458805254
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/drops-closes-1m-private-funding-round-to-create-new-value-for-nfts

DFINITY (ICP) will be launching on Coinbase Pro and supported by Coinbase Custody.

https://blog.coinbase.com/the-internet-computer-icp-will-be-launching-on-coinbase-pro-and-supported-by-coinbase-custody-b15bf731c758