CryptoQuant analysts highlight similarities between the current BTC situation and that of 2020.

📈 At that time, there was a notable surge in the number of large wallets accumulating coins, along with significant whale activity on the network.

👀 In 2020, Bitcoin traded around the $10,000 mark for several months before experiencing a major price surge. 🚀

Several executives at Bybit have "voluntarily resigned" following the Notcoin delayed deposit incident! 🙀

👀 Bybit is now publicly recruiting new technical and spot managers. 😁 This information comes from an internal letter sent to all employees.

Due to communication and technical issues, Bybit users received their Notcoin tokens late, preventing immediate sale. As a result, the exchange was forced to pay $23 million in compensation to 320,000 users. 💰

US Arrests Creator of $130M Botnet

🇺🇸 The US Department of Justice has taken down the infamous botnet 911 S5, responsible for numerous cyberattacks and frauds. Its creator, 35-year-old Yunhe Wang, who holds citizenship in China and Saint Kitts and Nevis, has been arrested.

🧑‍💻 From 2014 to 2022, Wang compromised a million home computers across 200 countries by offering free VPN services with backdoors. He then created a botnet with over 19 million IP addresses, selling access to other cybercriminals for cryptocurrencies.

🤖🕸The botnet facilitated a range of crimes, including financial fraud, identity theft, and child exploitation. Chainalysis analysts revealed that Wang’s associated wallets contained over $130 million in digital assets.

🚓 Authorities have seized 23 domains on 70 servers and $30 million in funds. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed financial sanctions on Wang, his accomplices, and his controlled organizations.

💰$739 Million Unlocked in June!

👀 Projects 1INCH, DYDX, SUI, ENA, APT, IMX, STRK, ARB, APE, PIXEL, ID, ALT, and YGG will unlock their tokens (considering unlocks of more than $10 million).

The most coins that will be released into the market are:

▪️ Arbitrum – $111 million
▪️ Aptos – $105 million
▪️ Starknet – $80 million

📉This doesn't mean that all altcoins on this list will crash, but some holders will definitely sell, and the bulls will need to withstand this pressure 🤔.

Tether Acquires Bitdeer Shares for $100 Million

👀 Tether has acquired shares in the miner Bitdeer for $100 million, with the possibility of further increasing investments by an additional $50 million.

Bitdeer intends to use the funds to expand its data center and develop an ASIC miner. 🔨

DMM Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for $305 Million! 😲

🇯🇵 The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin reported that it was hacked for $305 million in BTC.

👀 Specifically, 4502.9 BTC were stolen from the exchange.

Currently, the exchange has restricted all spot purchases. 🥶

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Changpeng Zhao Begins Serving His Prison Sentence

According to CNBC, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has started serving his sentence in a high-security federal prison in Lompoc, California.

⚖️ He was sentenced to four months in prison and pleaded guilty to aiding money laundering.

👀 CZ has become the wealthiest person serving time in an American prison — his stake in Binance and personal fortune are valued at $43 billion.

Franklin Templeton, ETF VanEck, Invesco, and Grayscale have updated Form S-1 to launch a spot Ethereum ETF. BlackRock did this earlier.

👀 After S-1 comes the listing. Ready? 🚀

President Joe Biden has vetoed a bill SAB 121 aimed at overturning the SEC's controversial bulletin, which sets accounting standards for firms that custody crypto.

🗒 In a statement to the House, Biden emphasized the importance of protecting consumers and investors.

👀 Earlier, the House and Senate had voted in favor of repealing SAB 121, with bipartisan support. However, overturning a presidential veto requires a two-thirds majority from both houses, making it a challenging endeavor.

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🔥 The week started well for those who haven't sold their Notcoins right after listing or at early stages. 🚀 Over the weekend, the price of $NOT reached a new ATH of $0.0294. Now, Notcoin seems to be undergoing a correction.

Did you manage to sell at a good price?

Yes - 👍
I sold right after listing - 😭
I'm still HODLing - ❤️

Velocore Hacked for $10 Million!

🙀 The decentralized exchange Velocore was hacked for $10 million. The project operated on two networks: zkSync and Linea.

Hackers transferred part of the ETH to the main Ethereum network.

👀 The developers noted that they are working to compensate those affected during the process. Users can claim a refund of up to 80% of their initial deposit on Velocore.

The developers of ZkSync have abandoned the idea of registering the term ZK as a trademark

🧑‍💻 Matter Labs (the company developing the ZkSync blockchain) has completely abandoned its attempts to register the term "ZK" as a trademark.

Previously, many industry participants opposed Matter Labs' intentions, stating that ZK and the concept of zero-knowledge should remain a public good.

Uniswap Delays Vote on UNI Stakers' Rewards

🦄 The Uniswap Foundation has delayed the vote on a proposal that would allow users to receive rewards for staking UNI.

It is unknown when the vote will be started. 🧐

💰 Billionaire and one of Facebook's early executives Chamath Palihapitiya stated that he expects Bitcoin to reach $500,000 by October 2025. He also mentioned that it would be a wise move for some countries to use BTC alongside their local currency.

👀 Meanwhile, tomorrow, June 4, the first spot Bitcoin ETF will start trading in Australia.

Crypto exchanges Binance, OKX, HTX, and Gate have withdrawn their licenses to operate in Hong Kong

👀 This happened following a demand by the Hong Kong regulator to include a complete ban on servicing clients from mainland China in the platforms' rules.

Since the SEC approved spot Ethereum ETFs, approximately 777,000 ETH worth $3 billion have been withdrawn from centralized exchanges.

However, not everyone is withdrawing ETH from exchanges; some are depositing it. For example, early Ethereum investors.

👀 A user who bought 100,000 ETH during the Ethereum ICO in 2015 (at $0.31 per coin) transferred 8,517 ETH ($32.5 million) to the Kraken exchange.

He has 14,600 ETH ($55.84 million) left in his account. 🧐

Analysts at Lookonchain have tracked a Notcoin whale with an unrealized profit of $862,000

👀 He spent 50,550 $TON ($278,000) to buy 46.4 billion $wNOT before $NOT was listed.

On May 21, he exchanged all 46.4 billion $wNOT for 46.4 million $NOT and has held them since, achieving a profit of approximately $862,000. 💰💪