Weekly Crypto Recap | May 5–11, 2025
by @Cryptocurrency_Inside

🧠 Ethereum & Vitalik

Vitalik Buterin unveils a new Ethereum architecture aiming for Bitcoin-level simplicity within 5 years.

Pectra upgrade activated: 11 improvements enhance UX, validator efficiency, and Layer 2 scaling.

💰 Bitcoin & Macro

MicroStrategy adds 1,895 BTC ($180.3M) at an avg. price of $95,167 (Apr 28–May 4).

Arthur Hayes says Bitcoin bottomed on April 9 – eyes $1M by 2028.

Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged.

🏛️ Institutions & Regulation

Coinbase to acquire crypto options platform Deribit for $2.9B – expanding into derivatives.

Standard Chartered predicts $BNB to reach $2,775 by 2028 – sees it as a BTC-ETH hybrid.

🎉 Politics & Tokenization

Donald Trump unveils official poster for his $TRUMP Gala Dinner set for May 22.

⚖️ Enforcement

Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years for crypto fraud.

📈 Altcoins & ETFs

21Shares launches Cronos ($CRO) ETP on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam.

Stay tuned for next week's top stories!

FEAR & GREED INDEX

#BTC

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🏔💒🌄♨️

Michael Saylor shared the Saylor Bitcoin tracker again. MicroStrategy typically announces a new #BTC purchase the following day.


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🦺👓🕶🥽🥼

💰 Bitcoin hit ATH in Turkey 🇹🇷

Every currency soon.

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🐷 How many times have you checked Bitcoin price today?


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🍋‍🟩🥥🧅🌽

#BTC has surpassed four of the seven 'Magnificent 7' companies in size and is poised to exceed the total value of US paper dollars in circulation.


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🌎🌐🏜🏣

US and China Slash Tariffs for 90 Days

Both the United States and China have agreed to temporarily reduce tariffs:

• US cuts tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% → 30%
• China slashes tariffs on US goods from 125% → 10%
• Duration: 90 days

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🏔💒🌄♨️🐷

A fresh wallet pulled 500 #BTC ($52.26M) from Binance within the past hour.


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🏤🌃👜👟

Bitcoin hits $104,000


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🌎🌐🏜🏣👥

Michael Saylor's 'Strategy' acquires 13,390 Bitcoin for $1.34 billion.


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🐱🙏🐶🚨

🇹🇼 Taiwan Legislator Ko Ju-Chun advocates for 💰 Bitcoin as a strategic reserve.

Asia is getting prepared 🚀

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🐱🙏🐶🚨

American Bitcoin Corp. and Gryphon Digital Mining announce merger, impacting the Bitcoin mining sector.


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🏔💒🌄♨️

🇺🇸 Missouri moves to become the first U.S. state to eliminate capital gains tax on Bitcoin with the passage of HB 594.

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