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🇺🇸 SEC delays making a decision on spot 🪙 Ethereum ETF proposals from Franklin Templeton, Grayscale The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is delaying making decisions on the next steps for two proposed spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds proposed by Grayscale and Franklin Templeton. The agency pushed its timeline to decide to June 11, 2024 for the Franklin Ethereum ETF after which the SEC could approve or disapprove or institute proceedings, the SEC said in a filing on Tuesday. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

🇻🇪 Venezuela plans to speed up 🪙 USDT adoption following US sanctions: Reuters Venezuela’s state-run oil firm PDVSA is gearing up to increase the use of the Tether stablecoin for exporting crude and fuel oil, as the U.S. has recently decided to reimpose sanctions on the country, Reuters reported Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Reuters reported last week that the Biden administration would not renew a license that eased oil sanctions on Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro failed to measure up to his election promises. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

🇺🇸 US Presidential Candidate RFK Jr Unveils Plan to Put Entire US Budget on Blockchain U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has unveiled his plan to put the entire U.S. budget on a blockchain. “Every American can look at every budget item in the entire budget, anytime they want, 24 hours a day,” he explained, adding that if somebody is spending $16,000 for a toilet seat, everybody is going to know about it. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

🟠 Binance Executive Arrested in 🇰🇪 Kenya, Facing Extradition Drama! Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British and Kenyan national employed at cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has been detained in Kenya following his flight from Nigeria in March. Reports from Kenyan news outlets on April 22 reveal that local police apprehended Anjarwalla, potentially for extradition to Nigeria, where he faces criminal charges. Anjarwalla reportedly fled custody in Nigeria on March 22, exploiting a visit to a mosque for escape and utilizing his Kenyan passport to leave the country. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

💰 New Emails Reveal Satoshi Nakamoto’s Early Vision for Bitcoin The recent release of a set of emails between Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous founder of Bitcoin, and an early Bitcoin contributor, Martti Malmi, has shed light on the digital currency’s original philosophy and initial operational issues. These emails are among a wider communication initially unearthed during legal proceedings involving Craig Wright, which reveal Nakamoto’s particular goals for Bitcoin. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

💰 Bitcoin's halving created the most valuable blocks in history, aside from one Bitcoin's halving may have split the reward paid to miners in half, but a fierce battle for blockspace generated millions of dollars of payments to miners as the halving commenced. In fact, aside from an apparently accidental $3 million overpayment last November, all of Bitcoin's top 10 most valuable blocks have been mined since the halving, as first flagged by X user Clark Moody, in terms of U.S. dollar value at the time the block was mined. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

🇺🇸 IRS releases draft form to report certain crypto transactions The Internal Revenue Service released an early draft of a tax form for brokers and exchanges to report certain sales of digital assets, giving insight into how the IRS may categorize brokers. In the Form 1099-DA draft posted on Thursday, the IRS lists broker types: kiosk operator, digital asset payment processor, hosted wallet provider, unhosted wallet provider and others. The form also asks for a "digital asset address" and whether the asset is a "noncovered security." Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

💰 Spot Bitcoin ETFs Record 5 Consecutive Day of Outflows; Analyst Declares Cool-Off 'Totally Normal' The newly launched spot bitcoin ETFs have been active on the stock market for 99 days, having commenced trading on Jan. 11, 2024. Throughout this period, they have experienced significant trading volumes, marked by substantial inflows from entities such as IBIT and FBTC, as well as notable outflows, particularly from GBTC. During Thursday’s trading sessions, the market observed another net outflow totaling $4.3 million, following a more substantial outflow of $165 million the previous day. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

💰 Bitcoin soars to $65,000 as Israel-Iran sparring looks to conclude Bitcoin’s price momentarily exceeded $65,000 as the market reacted to seemingly reducing geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran. During the past week, the crypto industry slumped amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and plunged again in the early hours as news broke of Israel’s retaliation on Iran. However, following the muted response from Iran and tempered action from Israel, this morning saw a turnaround as the broader crypto market rose by more than 4%. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

🏦 Coinbase leases larger New York office, abandons Hudson Yards workspace Coinbase is relocating to a new office in New York, abandoning its Hudson Yards workspace in the process, a source familiar with the matter told The Block. According to the real estate trade publication, the exchange this month signed an eleven-year lease for a 67,208-square-foot space at One Madison in Manhattan's Flatiron District. A source informed The Block that Coinbase will not retain its office at 55 Hudson Yards, which has been leased since 2021. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit