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Google Cloud's Web3 portal launch sparks debate in crypto industry
Google Cloud recently launched a Web3 portal with testnet tools, blockchain datasets, and learning resources for developers, receiving mixed reactions from the crypto industry.
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Apple reportedly courting OpenAI to develop AI features for iPhone
The Cupertino company is also considering a partnership with Google.
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Franklin Templeton launches Ethereum ETF, listed on DTCC
The DTCC listing of the Franklin Templeton Ethereum spot ETF does not guarantee SEC approval of the S-1 filing for a spot Ether ETF.
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Nvidia shares up 15% in 5 days — Will AI crypto tokens follow?
Nvidia's share price saw a 15% increase after a brief slump during the previous trading week, prompting analysts to speculate about the price movements of AI crypto tokens.
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Setting new standards in data transparency and security
Explore how decentralized technologies in @itheum are solving critical issues of data exchange and ownership in AI-driven environments.
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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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💰 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.
Читать полностью…⚡️ 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.
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‘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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Phoenix and Wasabi exit US market amid self-custody wallet crackdown
Recent regulatory action against Consensys and Samourai has instilled fear among other crypto service providers operating in the United States.
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Taiwan prosecutors target 20-year sentences for ACE exchange suspects
According to the prosecutors, the increased scale of the losses justifies the sentence recommendation.
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DTCC rules out collateral for Bitcoin-linked ETFs
This notice means that exchange-traded funds and similar investment instruments with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies as underlying assets will not be assigned any collateral value.
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Republic First Bank closed by US regulators — crypto community reacts
Republic First Bank's 32 branches across the United States will reportedly reopen under Fulton Bank starting next week.
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Is Dogecoin losing its dominance to emerging meme coins like WIF, DOG, and others?
🌚 - Yes, it is
🐳 - No, it isn’t
❤️ - It’s too early to tell
💰 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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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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