BroadChain learned that at 09:16 on April 24, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States last week was 214,000, slightly higher than the expected 210,000. The previous value was revised upward from 207,000 to 208,000.
Trump announced an extension of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon by three weeks and warned Iran of military action if it does not negotiate. He stated that this move helps eliminate a key obstacle to ending the hostile state between the US and Iran.
The US Treasury repurchased $15 billion in outstanding Treasury bonds, setting a record for the largest Treasury bond buyback in US history.
Trump announced an investigation into federal employees using confidential information to place bets in prediction markets. Previously, a soldier involved in the operation to capture Venezuelan leader Maduro profited approximately $400,000 by successfully betting on Maduro's imminent downfall.
Aave founder Stani Kulechov personally donated 5,000 ETH to DeFi United and is working with partners to secure more funding commitments to restore normal market conditions as soon as possible.
Aave announced the suspension of all operations related to rsETH reserves on the Ethereum mainnet, as well as on Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, and Linea, in order to preserve capital as much as possible and reduce systemic risks during the recovery process.
The Aave community proposal suggests significantly increasing the Slope 2 parameter for USDC to 50% to alleviate the current liquidity crisis. The proposal notes that after the rsETH incident on April 18, the utilization rate of the USDC pool has remained close to 100%, with available liquidity below $3 million.