Vitalik Buterin outlines nine-step plan to enhance privacy on Ethereum
Daily top performer — Babylon (BABY)
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Today's top performer is BABY, up 25%, following the launch of Babylon's L1 mainnet and its partnership with Axelar for interoperability.
Babylon (BABY), launched on August 22, 2024, is a Bitcoin staking platform that enables users to earn income by temporarily locking their BTC tokens. Its trustless design differentiates it from other platforms by reducing the risk of malicious activity. Babylon launched its Layer 1 mainnet, Genesis, and native token, BABY, on April 10, alongside a partnership with Axelar for blockchain interoperability. With over $4 billion in Bitcoin staked, Babylon allows Bitcoin holders to stake directly, earning rewards in BABY, which also serves for gas and governance. The launch marks Bitcoin’s entry into the staking market.
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Talk of the town
Vitalik Buterin has outlined a nine-step roadmap to improve privacy on Ethereum, aiming to enhance user privacy with minimal changes to the network’s consensus. Key steps include integrating privacy tools like Privacy Pools into wallets, making private sends the default, and adopting a "one address per application" standard. Buterin also proposed using trusted execution environments (TEEs) for short-term privacy solutions, transitioning to private information retrieval (PIR) for stronger privacy. Additional suggestions include supporting privacy protocols and allowing multiple privacy transactions to share a single proof. The goal is to ensure stronger privacy protections against RPC node adversaries.
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Bitcoin spot ETF flows
Date | GBTC (M USD) | Non-GBTC (M USD) | Total (M USD) |
07 April 2025 | (74.0) | (29.9) | (103.9) |
08 April 2025 | (8.5) | (317.8) | (326.3) |
09 April 2025 | (33.8) | (93.4) | (127.2) |
10 April 2025 | (44.6) | (104.9) | (149.5) |
11 April 2025 | 0.0 | (1.0) | (1.0) |
Total (weekly) | (160.9) | (547.0) | (707.9) |
Current Total (from inception): | (22,782) | 58,243 | 35,461 |
Between April 7–11, 2025, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $707.9 million, driven by $160.9 million from GBTC and $547 million from non-GBTC products, with the largest outflow occurring on April 8. Despite the weekly dip, total flows since inception remain positive at $35.5 billion, as $58.2 billion has flowed into non-GBTC ETFs, outweighing the $22.8 billion in cumulative GBTC outflows.
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Airdrop to watch
Irys, a new Layer 1 blockchain backed by Arweave and Framework Ventures, has launched its testnet and arcade portal. Users can earn test IRYS tokens by playing games like Snake and Frogger, potentially qualifying for a future airdrop. Daily faucet claims and active participation may increase rewards.