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30 Apr 2025 10:17

🔺 Robert Mitchnick, head of digital assets at BlackRock, highlighted the growing interest from institutional investors in BTC ETFs:

▫️ After the launch of ETF trading, initial inflows were primarily from retail clients with positions of $100 million or more.

▫️ Each quarter, the share of retail clients decreases, while the share of institutional clients and those working with financial advisors increases.

▫️ Mitchnick noted that BTC is appealing to investors as a hedging asset that is not tied to the monetary risks of any specific country.

▫️ Regarding the idea that new SEC Chairman Paul Atkins might allow ETFs for altcoins, Mitchnick expressed caution: "A regulatory framework will be established that could complicate some things," he said.

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29 Apr 2025 19:31

Mastercard will add support for stablecoin payments in partnership with issuers Circle and Paxos. With this functionality, 150 million merchants on the Mastercard network will now be able to accept payments in stablecoins, regardless of how the customer pays, Mastercard said.

The payment giant has also partnered with crypto exchange OKX to create a crypto-enabled bank card.

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28 Apr 2025 16:01

On Sunday, a transfer of approximately 3,520 BTC ($330.7 million) took place, which on-chain analyst ZachXBT identified as a theft.

ZachXBT reported that the transfer was made from a potential victim's wallet to the address "bc1qcry...vz55g." Shortly after, the stolen funds were laundered through exchanges and converted into Monero (XMR) to conceal the activity. This caused a 50% surge in XMR's price due to the size of the swaps and low liquidity on platforms.

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28 Apr 2025 11:01

Tether minted another 1 billion USDT on the TRON blockchain.

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27 Apr 2025 14:36

The DeFi protocol Loopscale on Solana was exploited for ~$5.8 million (~12% of the protocol's TVL) and has temporarily suspended operations.

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26 Apr 2025 11:58

The new SEC Chairman Paul Atkins criticized the previous approach to cryptocurrency regulation under the Biden administration:

"Unfortunately, innovation has been stifled over the past few years due to market and regulatory uncertainty, which, regrettably, the SEC contributed to."

Atkins stated that creating a clear regulatory framework for digital assets will be a top priority for the SEC, and he expects "tremendous benefits" from digital assets.

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24 Apr 2025 17:59

🪙 The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) plans to launch XRP futures trading on May 19.

XRP will become the fourth cryptocurrency, following BTC, ETH, and SOL, with futures traded on CME.

Two types of contracts will be available: a standard contract for 50,000 XRP and a micro-contract for 2,500 XRP.

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24 Apr 2025 14:41

The new SEC Chairman, Paul Atkins, will speak at the SEC's roundtable on cryptocurrencies this Friday.

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23 Apr 2025 16:52

BTC: Open interest at all exchanges grew to a new month of maximum, exceeding $ 34 billion.

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21 Apr 2025 16:44

#OM Mantra's Founder and CEO John Patrick Mullin announced the burning of 150,000,000 team tokens, with discussions underway for an additional burn of 150 million tokens.

The token burn aims to restore trust in the ecosystem.

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21 Apr 2025 08:28

🪙 Vitalik Buterin proposed transitioning the Ethereum Virtual Machine to the RISC-V architecture.

Such a change could boost efficiency, optimize smart contract execution, and increase network speed by 100 times.

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20 Apr 2025 07:25

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published a report stating that cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi) have reached a "critical mass" and started posing potential risks to the traditional financial system, which could widen the gap between the rich and the poor. It is recommended to integrate KYC procedures, information disclosure, and other regulatory framework elements into DeFi.

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17 Apr 2025 19:19

A whale that acquired 76,000 ETH during the ICO (at $0.31) today transferred 6,000 ETH to a new address and sold 3,000 ETH (~$4.78M).

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09 Apr 2025 13:31

Malware designed to steal cryptocurrencies has been discovered on the SourceForge hosting site. The program is disguised as a Microsoft Office plugin.

When translated, the software replaces the wallet address copied by the user in the clipboard with the attacker's address, causing funds to be directly transferred to the hackers' account.

Experts recommend downloading software only from trusted sources.

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29 Apr 2025 22:41

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Latnick said that the Trump administration actively supports the development of mining in the country.

Mining companies will be offered to build data centers and power plants near gas fields in order to reduce dependence on existing power grids. According to the minister, this will significantly accelerate the development of the industry.

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29 Apr 2025 18:48

The UK has introduced a bill to regulate the cryptocurrency market

The project provides for the introduction of new types of regulated activities, including the issuance of stablecoins, the management of crypto exchanges, and the storage of digital assets.

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28 Apr 2025 14:45

Strategy acquired 15,355 BTC for ~$1.42 billion at ~$92,737 per Bitcoin. The company owns 553,555 BTC, purchased for ~$37.90 billion.

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28 Apr 2025 10:20

The Ethereum Fusaka upgrade is scheduled for Q3-Q4 2025.

Ethereum developers plan to test a fourfold increase in the gas limit during the Fusaka hard fork.

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26 Apr 2025 17:40

According to Standard Chartered, the total supply of stablecoins could grow nearly tenfold by the end of 2028, reaching $2 trillion compared to the current $230 billion.

▫️ The growth will be driven by the adoption of the U.S. GENIUS Act, a stablecoin-focused bill passed by the Senate Banking Committee last month and set to take effect this summer.

▫️ Analysts state that this level of growth will boost demand for U.S. Treasury bonds from stablecoin issuers by $1.6 trillion over the next four years.

▫️ Based on this model, stablecoin issuers will collectively hold approximately $1.75 trillion in Treasury bonds by 2028, compared to ~$150 billion today.

▫️ The increase in stablecoin reserves will heighten demand for U.S. dollars. It may also maintain the dollar's position as the leading currency, despite trade tensions posing risks to its status, according to Standard Chartered analysts.

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25 Apr 2025 10:30

🔺 The U.S. Federal Reserve has rescinded a directive that required banks to notify the regulator or obtain approval before engaging in operations with cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.

Any cryptocurrency-related activities will now be overseen as part of the Fed's standard supervisory process.

"Banks can now freely support Bitcoin," commented Michael Saylor.

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24 Apr 2025 16:31

The Japanese company Metaplanet bought another 145 BTC, its total balance grew to 5000 BTC

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23 Apr 2025 18:16

Donald Trump will hold a dinner for large holders of the #TRUMP token.

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22 Apr 2025 13:40

🪙 Circle announced the launch of the Circle Payments Network, a payment network for cross-border transfers using regulated stablecoins.

The service will connect banks, neobanks, fintech companies, crypto platforms, and digital wallets, enabling transactions with minimal costs.

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21 Apr 2025 10:01

Japanese company Metaplanet bought another 330 BTC

Metaplanet currently owns 4,855 #BTC with a total average purchase price of $89,928, making it the largest corporate BTC holder in Asia and the tenth largest in the world.

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20 Apr 2025 09:36

$10T asset manager Charles Schwab plans to launch direct spot crypto offerings in 12 months.

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18 Apr 2025 14:19

The US, China, Japan, and the EU are actively injecting liquidity into their economies. Historically, this has been a positive signal for the crypto industry.

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17 Apr 2025 19:51

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) purchased ZRO tokens for $55,000,000.
a16z led LayerZero’s Series A+ and B funding rounds.
Lock-up period: 3 years.

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17 Apr 2025 09:41

🔒 Project Eleven, a quantum computing research firm, is offering 1 BTC to anyone who cracks the largest part of a bitcoin key using a quantum computer within the next year.

The goal of the competition is to assess the current quantum threat of Bitcoin and accelerate the development of quantum-resilient security solutions.

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09 Apr 2025 11:20

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) plans to raise $20 billion to create a new investment fund. The fund's primary focus will be on startups in the AI sector.