🌪 Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Appeals Conviction

Alexey Pertsev, developer of Tornado Cash, has appealed his conviction in the 🇳🇱 Netherlands for money laundering.

👀 Pertsev's appeal was filed with the s-Hertogenbosch Court of Appeal, but it's unclear if the appeal has been approved yet. It could take several months before a hearing is scheduled.

✔️Pertsev was sentenced to 64 months in prison for facilitating $1.2 billion in money laundering through the crypto mixer between July 2019 and August 2022.

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Ten times more companies invested in Bitcoin ETFs than in gold!

🙀 As of March 31, 937 professional firms invested in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, while only 95 firms invested in gold ETFs in the first quarter.

👀 However, retail investors still own the majority of shares in Bitcoin ETFs. Professional investors had $11.06 billion in Bitcoin ETFs by the end of Q1, which is 18.7% of the total assets under management (AUM) for Bitcoin ETFs.

✔️ The largest ETFs have attracted the most institutional money. ARKB and HODL have a lot of institutional investments, supported by ARK and VanEck's involvement in these ETFs.

In the U.S. Senate, support was given to reject the SEC directive that strictly limits regulated companies' rights to own cryptocurrency.

🇺🇸 The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives voted to repeal SEC rule SAB 121, which contains guidelines for the storage of cryptocurrencies. Specifically, banks must reflect it on their balance sheets. This makes the process expensive and limits institutions' ability to provide custodial services on a large scale.

👀 However, the decision supported by the Senate and House of Representatives may face difficulties at a higher level. On May 8, the White House administration announced that President Joe Biden is prepared to veto the bill.

✔️ Advisors to the head of state emphasized that repealing SAB 121 would hinder the SEC from "protecting investors in cryptocurrency markets and ensuring the safety of the entire financial system."

JPMorgan: BTC mining cost is $45,000

🏦 According to JPMorgan analysis, the cost of BTC production today is up to $45,000.

“We previously anticipated a significant drop in the hashrate post halving as unprofitable bitcoin miners exit the bitcoin network. This appears to be happening, albeit with some delay”

- the report said.

📈 The current mining difficulty is 583.8774 EH/s and the ATH, 720.6836 EH/s, was reached immediately after the halving.

👀 The value of Bitcoin at the moment is $66,000

The Notcoin Foundation donated $6.8 million to Pavel Durov as a token of gratitude.

Earlier, Durov showered the Notcoin team with compliments.

One hand washes the other? 👀😁

🚨 Tether Blocked 4 Wallets With 52.8 Million #USDT! - Whale Alert

Nigerian Court Denies Bail for Binance Executive

🇳🇬 On May 17, the Federal High Court in Abuja denied a bail request for Tigran Gambaryan, Vice President of Global Intelligence and Investigations at Binance, as reported by local media.

⚖️ The judge, after a thorough review of the application, determined that the accused was unlikely to appear in court if released on bail.

👀 Earlier, Binance CEO Richard Teng appealed to Nigerian authorities for Gambaryan's release, describing the arrest as a tactic to pressure the exchange and alleging an extortion attempt by "unknown individuals." The government refuted any bribery allegations.

Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance's director for West and East Africa, who was detained alongside Gambaryan, managed to escape custody to Kenya. However, Nigerian authorities tracked him down and are arranging his extradition.

🧐 Gambaryan and Anjarwalla face charges of tax evasion and using the exchange to launder nearly $21.6 billion.

DTCC and Chainlink Conducted Asset Tokenization Testing

💵 The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Chainlink have completed pilot testing for asset tokenization.

👀 The experiment included participation from American Century Investments, BNY Mellon, Edward Jones, Franklin Templeton, Invesco, JPMorgan, MFS Investment Management, Mid Atlantic Trust, State Street, and U.S. Bank.

DTCC handles clearing for Nasdaq.

There is also information that whales have been actively accumulating $LINK over the past 5 weeks.🧐

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Bank of America Upgraded Coinbase

🏦 Bank of America (BAC) upgraded Coinbase (COIN) from underperform to neutral. This upgrade follows the positive dynamics of the crypto market, which led to an increase in market capitalization and trading volumes.

👀 Following this, Coinbase shares rose by 2.5% in pre-market trading, reaching around $204. Improved expense discipline and diversification at Coinbase are expected to increase earnings further.

✔️ However, there are risks related to regulatory issues (the ongoing lawsuit with the SEC) and potential competition from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) entering the spot bitcoin trading market.

🙀 Will NotCoin reach $1?

💎 Pavel Durov received more than 1 billion $NOT ≈ $6.8 million as a gift yesterday. He promised to hold all the coins until $NOT gives 100x returns! 🚀 Then he will invest these $680 million in servers for Telegram.

Are you holding or have you already sold everything? 😁

Holding - 👍
Managed to sell - 🔥

Bitcoin's correlation with tech stocks hits highest since August!

📈 Bitcoin is now behaving more like tech stocks, with its 90-day correlation coefficient with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index reaching 0.46, the highest since late August.

➡️ This shift reflects growing optimism that borrowing costs might soon decrease, making Bitcoin more akin to high-growth assets.

👀 Despite being touted as an uncorrelated asset, Bitcoin's recent behavior suggests otherwise. The approval of Bitcoin ETFs has opened the market to new investors, driving its price up significantly.

🐃 Analysts believe that if the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, it could be bullish for Bitcoin and other risk assets.

Kraken is considering removing support for Tether (USDT) in the EU due to upcoming regulations.

🇪🇺 The EU's new MiCA rules, effective from July, will restrict stablecoins like USDT, which are crucial for traders to move assets and avoid volatility.

👀 Tether expects exchanges to focus on EUR liquidity for EU customers. OKX has already limited USDT trading in the EU but allows deposits, withdrawals, OTC transactions, and EUR exchanges.

🐙 Kraken's decision will depend on the finalized guidelines from the European Banking Authority. Tether's CEO, Paolo Ardoino, has expressed concerns about MiCA and will continue discussions with regulators.

The inflow of capital into the Bitcoin ETF in May has already fully compensated for all the April outflows - Eric Balchunas, analyst Bloomberg.

"The bitcoin ETFs have put together a solid two weeks with $1.3b in inflows, which offsets the entirety of the negative flows in April- putting them back around high water mark of +$12.3b net since launch"

- he stated.

Everything is just beginning!

BTC is currently in the middle of a bull cycle. 📈 Market capitalization is growing faster than realized capitalization, and this trend usually lasts about two years.

💪 If we maintain these metrics, the bull cycle will last until April 2025.

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Tokens likely to be listed on Binance

🗒 This list features projects that Binance has invested in but hasn't yet listed.

👀 If Binance is an investor, a listing on their exchange is likely just a matter of time, which could positively affect the token's price.

Fantom to Rebrand and Become Sonic Blockchain

The Fantom Foundation has announced that it will rebrand its Fantom blockchain to the Sonic Network.

FTM coins will be converted to S coins at a 1:1 ratio.

The Sonic blockchain will feature a native L2 bridge connecting it to Ethereum.

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