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📰 Here's what happened in crypto in the past 24 hours:
🥷 UK police authorized to seize criminal crypto holdings without arrests
❌ Mainland China investors won’t be able to buy Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs
⚖️ Chinese ‘Crypto Dad’ faces government investigation
💵 Trader earns $23M flipping Solana memecoins
🎯 US senators target cryptocurrency use in child abuse trade
⚡️ JUST IN: Bitcoin smashes its daily transaction record, surpassing 926,000 transactions in a single day.
While Runes generated significant interest in the Bitcoin community, the real market opportunity may only come months after the first wave of investor hype subsides
What’s your take on the new token standard on Bitcoin: Runes?
🔥 - A significant breakthrough
❤️ - More ponzinomics incoming
⚡️ - A gateway for new memecoins
🐳 - Other (please comment)
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⚡️ ‘Giant buy’ signal?
A total of $1.3 billion of USDC in transfers from apparent whale addresses to crypto exchange Coinbase on Thursday could potentially be a “giant buy signal” for Bitcoin and Ether, according to market observers.
🐳 - PUMP?
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FBI warning against crypto money transmitters ‘appears’ to be aimed at mixers
A recent FBI announcement urging Americans not to use unlicensed money-transmitting services misses “a great deal of nuance” about how crypto services operate, says Piper Alderman Partner Michael Bacina.
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📰 Here's what happened in crypto in the past 24 hours:
💰 EU enacts crypto regulations to combat money laundering
🇹🇷 Turkey tops the world in stablecoin buying share vs. GDP
🗳️ How blockchain-based voting can restore trust in the electoral process
🎰 Memecoins are like a ‘risky casino’
⚖️ Nigeria puts faith in new crypto-friendly regulator
🚨 BREAKING: Consensys files lawsuit against SEC over Ether regulation.
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⚡️ Bitcoin price risks 1-week lows as US GDP sparks 'stagflation' woes
Markets opened to troubled sentiment after U.S. Q1 GDP came in significantly lower than expected at 1.6%.
What does the Fed do when inflation is rising but the economy is weakening? If you cut rates, inflation will skyrocket. If you raise rates, economy crashes. Not exactly the definition of a ‘soft landing.’
🗣️ Rise’n’Crypto episode 115 is live!
Join us as we unravel the official approval of Bitcoin and Ether ETFs in Hong Kong, the unexpected arrest of a new figure in the OneCoin scheme, and the drama around Hedera and BlackRock. Uncover the reasons behind the sudden surge of Hedera’s $HBAR token and more.
Tap the link to find the latest crypto news on your favorite platform. 🎧
‘Buy Bitcoin’ sign that photobombed Janet Yellen sells for $1M
The original scrawled sign was auctioned off by “Bitcoin Sign Guy” Christian Langalis for 16 BTC after apparently sitting in his sock drawer for years.
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POV: your friend said he went all in on a memecoin. Aso them 👆
Do you still have memes in your portfolio?
🔥 - I still do
⚡️- Sold them all
🌚 - Never bought any
📰 Here's what happened in crypto in the past 24 hours:
⚡️ Chainlink debuts new protocol aimed at boosting cross-chain interoperability
🥷 North Korean Lazarus hacker group using LinkedIn to target and steal assets
🇬🇧 UK regulator scrutinizes Big Tech's role in AI industry
💾 Linux on Bitcoin? Open-source framework BitVMX envisions BTC-powered programs
🏃 New crypto users shouldn’t ‘rush into DeFi’
📈 Altcoin rally ahead: bullish pattern predicts surge
Analysts cite a classic trading pattern and growth in the altcoin total market capitalization index as proof of an upcoming altcoin season.
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🇭🇰 JUST IN: Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs officially approved to start trading on April 30
Unlike the cash-creation model of the United States spot Bitcoin ETFs, Hong Kong aims to offer in-kind creation models for ETFs, that enable the creation of new ETF shares by using $BTC and $ETH.
What's your prediction for $BTC after trading starts?
🐳 - TO THE MOON
🌚 - No change
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💰 Americans should have “nothing to do” with stablecoins, says Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick
Thoughts?
👍 - Agree
👎 - Disagree
🐳 - Wait, he doesn’t understand the concept of stablecoins.
🎧 Rise’n’Crypto: SEC faces lawsuit, ‘Giant buy’ signal, $2.1M Satoshi sale, and the rise of tokenizing RWAs in finance.
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📲 Solana Mobile ‘Chapter 2’ airdrops briefly exceed cost of pre-order
On April 1, the team behind MEW airdropped 37,600 of its tokens to each holder. At its peak post-airdrop price of $0.0089, this allocation was worth $334, per CoinGecko data.
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Solana sees ‘dramatic increase’ in institutional portfolios: CoinShares
CoinShares found a significant increase in hedge funds and wealth managers survey respondents who have allocated to Solana compared to earlier this year.
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Changelly and TON challenge you to the Probably Serious Quiz!
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Who would make a better president for the crypto industry?
🐳 - Trump
⚡️ - Biden
❤️ - RFK Jr.
🌚 - Other (comment below)
❌ US SEC expected to deny spot Ether ETFs in May
Other evidence suggests that the SEC will likely delay the approval of spot Ether ETFs, with Ether ETFs trading in Hong Kong from April 30.
“It seems more likely that approval will be delayed until later in 2024, or longer,”
⚡️ Runes make up 68% of all Bitcoin transactions since launch
Runes continue to make up the vast majority of Bitcoin transactions; however, the fees earned by Bitcoin miners from Runes have slightly tailed off since the record-setting halving day.
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BlackRock has ‘no commercial relationship’ with Hedera, HBAR sinks 32%
A BlackRock spokesperson confirmed the firm wasn’t directly involved in Archax and Ownera’s decision to tokenize BlackRock’s ICS Treasury Fund on Hedera.
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🗣️ Concerns around Liquid Staking Tokens
Let’s explore what’s happening with Renzo Protocol, a Liquid Restaking Token (LRT) and Strategy Manager for EigenLayer.
Acting as the interface to the EigenLayer ecosystem, Renzo Protocol secures Actively Validated Services and offers a higher yield than $ETH staking.
Renzo announced its token $REZ and airdrop plan on April 23, alongside Binance Launchpool, comprising 2.5% of the total $REZ supply.
⚠️ The depeg incident raised eyebrows as Renzo’s LRT - ezETH experienced a sell-off on DEX, with prices dropping to around $700 before recovering.
🛑 Renzo earmarked 10% of $REZ for the airdrop, with Binance stakers gaining a selling advantage over those claiming the airdrop later. Insider trading concerns and airdrop ratio criticisms have surfaced within the community.
🧐 Community members have raised questions about the clarity of Renzo’s token allocation pie chart, highlighting potential design flaws and inconsistencies. Is this a simple mistake or something more?
A significant portion of tokens is allocated to investors and the team, raising concerns about centralization.
What's your take on the chart?
🌚 - The chart was intentionally designed this way.
❤️ - It was simply a designer's mistake.
🚀 Can $TON's skyrocketing growth last?
The integration of Toncoin within the Telegram app could further increase its price as user engagement grows. However, the concentration of Toncoin ownership may be a concern for individual investors with the top 10 holders controlling 60%+ and 50% of supply unlocked.
Are you in or out?
👍 - IN
👎 - OUT
☕️ Rise’n’Crypto: Hackers leak code of El Salvador’s state Bitcoin wallet, $BTC price coils below the $67K liquidity zone, and Binance sued in Canada for securities law violations.
Smash “Play” or click the link and dive into the top crypto stories from the last 24 hours on Rise’n’Crypto. 🎧
📈 Can crypto traders out-predict Wall Street on Coinbase Q1 earnings?
Coinbase has surpassed EPS estimates for the last four quarters, and crypto analysts expect this trend to continue next week.
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