🏦 Coinbase’s Appeal Request Now Opposed by SEC
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has firmly rebuffed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s plea for an interlocutory appeal regarding the application of traditional securities regulations to digital assets. Coinbase’s appeal request to the court, seeking a review of whether conventional securities rules, notably the Howey Test, are pertinent to cryptocurrencies, was dismissed by the SEC. The regulatory body contended that Coinbase’s aim was to manipulate the interpretation of the issue itself.
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🪙 Ethereum transaction fees hit record low as Layer-2 networks siphon activity
The average transaction fee on Ethereum has reached record lows as more activity moves to the Layer-2 (L2) networks on the chain. According to Ultrasound.money data, the average gas has dropped to 4.81 Gwei — the lowest level since the network completed the Merge event in 2022. Market observers attributed this decline to increasing activity on L2 networks following the completion of the Dencun upgrade. The Dencun upgrade significantly reduced fees for L2 networks, making transacting on the base layer less attractive.
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💰 Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Misses Q1 Revenue Expectation On Operational Challenges
Marathon Digital (MARA), one of the largest bitcoin miners, missed consensus first-quarter revenue expectations due to operational challenges it faced during the quarter. The company mined just 2,811 bitcoin during the year's first three months, down 34% from the previous quarter.
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🇭🇰 Wintermute announces liquidity support for Hong Kong spot bitcoin, ether ETFs
Crypto market maker Wintermute announced today that it will provide liquidity to OSL and HashKey for Hong Kong’s spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds, in an attempt to “foster Wintermute’s presence in the Asia crypto markets.” In a Wednesday statement, Wintermute said that it plans to work closely with OSL and HashKey — both sub-custodians for the spot crypto ETFs in Hong Kong — on buying, selling and delivery of underlying bitcoin and ether for the spot ETFs.
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💰 Grayscale spot bitcoin ETF inflows may be result of short-term trading: Bloomberg ETF analyst
Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF ended a 78-day streak of outflows after registering two consecutive days of net inflows. Bloomberg ETF Analyst James Seyffart told The Block while he's not absolutely sure what might have caused the swing, there could be a few different explanations. "It could be a short-term tactical trade or pairs trade of sorts. Where the fee is far less relevant over shorter time frames," he said.
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🇪🇺 European Banking Giant Embraces BlackRock’s 💰 Bitcoin ETF
BNP Paribas, the second largest bank in Europe, took a major step in the digital asset market by buying BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF shares. According to a recent 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), BNP Paribas bought 1,030 IBIT shares of BlackRock during the first quarter of 2024. Furthermore, the multinational bank spent over $40.47 per share, totaling $41,684 for the acquisition. This amount is lower than the price of a single bitcoin, which is currently trading at over $58,000.
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💰 Bitcoin miner CleanSpark records highest single mining day in April in post-halving report
CleanSpark has released its first monthly unaudited Bitcoin mining and operations update since the halving. The company exceeded 17 EH/s in hashrate, mining an impressive 721 BTC with a record daily high of over 48 BTC. CEO Zach Bradford highlighted the company’s monthly gains in efficiency metrics as they deploy advanced S21 machines across their expanding facilities. These improvements have amplified mining output and optimized operational costs.
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🇺🇸 Texas A&M Professor Korok Ray presents that 💰 Bitcoin “is the first time in the history of human kind where we see the value of scarcity illustrated”
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💰 MicroStrategy launches an enterprise platform for building decentralized identity applications on Bitcoin — MicroStrategy Orange
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🥇 Bitcoin and a handful of altcoins were down around 7%-10% over the last 24 hours. Here are several factors:
1. Several macro data is being released this week and had investors spooked. Particularly, there is a declining probability of US interest rate cuts this month, and rumors of possible rate hike considerations
2. Over the last 24 hours, 115,804 traders were liquidated for a whopping $387.91m.
3. US Spot BTC ETFs saw an outflow of $161m yesterday
4. Hong Kong’s Bitcoin and Ether ETFs failed to meet expectations
5. RSI divergence indicators suggest a bearish trend, as it was in the "overbought" area during the US BTC ETFs launch
6. More BTC miners approach shutdown levels amid price drop below $57,000
It is important to note that during the 2015-2017 bull market, over 13 different 20% pullbacks occured. Price swings are quite normal and sometimes good for the markets.
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🟠 Binance Reportedly Fired Investigator Who Discovered Market Manipulation at Client Company
Binance and DWF Labs have refuted market manipulation claims in a WSJ report, with the former stating that the company is intolerant to market abuse. With Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao recently sentenced to four months imprisonment, a WSJ report is alleging that the crypto exchange giant fired one of its investigators who exposed market manipulation by one of the company’s clients, DWF Labs.
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💰 Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 6% in largest fall since bear market lows
Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped 5.7% on Thursday in the largest negative adjustment for nearly 18 months. The difficulty adjustment came at block height 842,688, falling to 83.1 trillion, according to Bitbo data. It marks the highest negative adjustment since the bear market lows, when difficulty fell 7% on Dec. 6, 2022, and bitcoin was trading for around $17,000.
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💰 Core Scientific self-mined over $175 million of bitcoin in Q1, swings to profit
It's been a busy first quarter of the year for North American bitcoin miner Core Scientific. First, its shares began trading again on the Nasdaq after emerging from bankruptcy and now the company has reported a major turnaround that includes posting $210.7 million in net income. That compares to the first quarter of last year when Core Scientific reported a loss of roughly $400,000.
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🇺🇸 SEC Slaps Robinhood With Wells Notice Over Securities Law Violations
Robinhood Markets Inc. has become the next crypto trading platform to receive a threat of legal action from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), adding to the sizable list of industry giants on the agency’s hit list. Per the SEC’s website, Section 15(a) makes it unlawful for broker-dealers to effect or induce the purchase or sale of securities unless that broker is registered with the SEC. Meanwhile, Section 17A pertains to defrauding customers of their money through material misstatements or omissions.
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💰 Block Is Buying Bitcoin Every Month for Its Balance Sheet
Block Inc. has announced its strategy of regularly purchasing bitcoin for its corporate balance sheet via dollar-cost averaging (DCA). The company plans to allocate 10% of its monthly gross profit from bitcoin products towards investments in the cryptocurrency. “We view bitcoin as an instrument of global economic empowerment; it is a way for individuals around the world to participate in a global monetary system and secure their own financial future,” the company stated.
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💰 Bitcoin Whales Bagged $2.8B Worth of BTC in a Day: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin’s recent market correction that dragged the world’s largest cryptocurrency near the low of $56,500 turned out to be a good opportunity for high-profile investors. Data shared by CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju revealed that whales have accumulated a whopping 47,000 BTC – worth more than $2.8 billion in current price – over the past 24 hours alone. This shopping spree signals the beginning of “a new era” for the primary cryptocurrency, according to the exec.
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💰 Spot bitcoin ETFs record largest daily net outflows ever
Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the U.S. recorded $563.7 million in total net outflows on Wednesday — the largest total net daily outflows since their debut — according to data from SosoValue. Fidelity’s FBTC experienced the largest net outflows among the ETFs, with over $191 million moving out of the fund. That exceeded the $167.3 million net outflow recorded by Grayscale’s GBTC, SosoValue data showed.
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🟠 Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao says crypto industry has 'entered a new phase'
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as CZ, expressed his thanks to his supporters following his sentencing to four months in prison over breaking compliance rules. Zhao was sentenced in Seattle on Tuesday after pleading guilty to anti-money laundering violations. He has also agreed to pay a $50 million fine. The former Binance CEO said that he plans to spend the next chapter of his life on education, where he has started a project called Giggle Academy.
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🟠 Binance founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao sentenced to 4 months in prison
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been sentenced to four months in prison, according to a report from Bloomberg on April 30. Zhao’s final sentence is considerably less than the three-year prison sentence prosecutors were seeking — more than twice the recommended guideline for the relevant charges. A separate report from Fortune noted that Zhao will pay a $50 million personal fine, allowing him to keep most of his $43 billion in personal wealth. Zhao will be the wealthiest individual in the US prison system, according to the report.
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