🇺🇸✅ The U.S. Senate has confirmed the former chief legal officer of cryptocurrency company Bitfury to head the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). cointelegraph

🔍🐳 Whale Transactions:

1. A wallet affiliated with the Ethereum Foundation sold 1,210 #ETH for 3.5 million #USDC at an average price of ~$2,890;
2. FTX/Alameda withdrew 189,851 #SOL ($30.94 million) from steaking.

🎰 #BTC James Wynn's #BTC Short in was completely liquidated in less than 12 hours, causing him to lose $27,921.

🙋‍♂️ New Coin Metrics Weekly State of the Market Report

https://x.com/coinmetrics/status/1943406383933817173

#research

📊 Friday expiration of ~$4.6 billion worth of options**:
- Nominal value of #BTC options: $3.99 bln
- put/call ratio: 0.94
- max pain point: $107,000

- Nominal value of #ETH options: $609 million.
- put/call ratio: 1.04
- max. pain point: $2,550.

📊 Friday expiration of ~$4.6 billion worth of options**:
- Nominal value of #BTC options: $3.99 bln
- put/call ratio: 0.94
- max pain point: $107,000

- Nominal value of #ETH options: $609 million.
- put/call ratio: 1.04
- max. pain point: $2,550.

🍿 #LIBRA The creator of the LIBRA token is seeking to have a class action lawsuit against it dismissed in a New York court, arguing that the court lacks jurisdiction because the token was offered worldwide. cointelegraph

💸 #BTC Over the past 24 hours, ~$1.24 billion worth of contracts have been liquidated, of which longs have liquidated ~$127.75 million and shorts ~$1.11 billion.

🥳🆕 #RESOLV [Market Added] Added RESOLV KRW Market feed.bithumb.com RESOLVUSDT: 0,1657 #Bithumb #Listing

🥳🆕 #RESOLV 리졸브(#RESOLV) 원화 마켓 추가 feed.bithumb.com #Bithumb #Listing

🇩🇪 #BTC The German government's decision to sell 50,000 BTC at a BTC price of $54k cost them $3.1 billion in lost profits.

🤑😱 Fear&Greed Index for #BTC and #ETH

💰 #COIN #HOOD Ark Invest sells $6.5M worth of Coinbase shares, $5.8M worth of Robinhood shares. theblock.co

🗣 #BTC CZ reminds: If you “missed” the previous dips — don’t worry, there will always be more. Right now, we’re still in one.

💵 #USDT Tether minted 1 billion USDT

🏴‍☠️ #GMX Hacker GMX returned 5.49 million #FRAX GMX.

🇵🇾⛏️ #BTC Mining in Paraguay is attracting investment from big companies because of cheap electricity. source

📊👀 #ETH is approached the $3,000 mark again, last seen in February.

As it rises, there's minimal on-chain resistance until $3,100. However, this level could trigger selling pressure as 4.1 million ETH addresses, holding at a loss for around six months, break even.

🕵️‍♂️ #BTC CQ: Until recently, whales on the US-based Coinbase exchange were driving the market, but today's surge in BTC to $118,000 was driven by a significant move from a major whale on the Binance exchange.

🔍🇧🇹 #BTC The Bhutanese government has transferred another 100.21 BTC ($11.83 million) to Binance.

🕵️‍♂️📈 Long Aguila Trades at 3000 #BTC ($356M) now sits at an unrealized gain of $29.32M It is close to recouping the $35M it lost earlier, with total losses now reduced to just $4.55M.