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🪙 Stripe to enable USDC payments starting this summer Fintech company Stripe will begin supporting transactions in USD Coin this summer, reviving its involvement in crypto-based commerce. Stripe said Thursday that stablecoin payments will be integrated into the servicer's checkout suite in several weeks. According to the company, crypto transactions will “immediately” settle to fiat. "Crypto is back," Stripe's cofounder, John Collison, posted along with a demonstration video Thursday on X. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

🇺🇸 SEC delays decision on listing and trading spot bitcoin ETF options, asks for public comments The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is again delaying a slew of proposals that would allow for options on spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds and asked for public input. Multiple exchanges have since filed to allow for options trading on the newly approved spot bitcoin ETFs including Cboe Exchange, Inc., BOX Exchange LLC, MIAX International Securities Exchange LLC, Nasdaq ISE, LLC and NYSE American LLC. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

💰 Latin American Fintech Giant Nubank Enables Bitcoin Withdrawals and Deposits: Report São Paulo-based Nubank announced the launch of a new feature that allows withdrawals and deposits of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. With this latest move, customers will now be able to send and receive Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana using the Nubank app. The withdrawal and deposit options are now available, allowing users to check the functionality on the app’s main crypto screen. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

🇳🇬 Nigeria denies freezing over 300 P2P accounts on more crypto exchanges amid forex concerns Nigerian authorities are gearing up for the next phase of their crackdown on crypto trading, targeting peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms like OKX, Binance, KuCoin, and Bybit, according to a trending circular on social media platform X. Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the information contained in the circular did not originate from it, claiming it is “fake content.” People familiar with the matter stated that backtracking on unpopular policies was not uncommon in the region. Source t.me/Binance_Coinbase_Bybit

🇺🇸 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