Crypto Futures Trading

🪙 Saylor predicts SEC will designate Ethereum as a security and deny spot ETF applications this summer MicroStrategy executive chairman and co-founder Michael Saylor believes the SEC will classify Ethereum as a security this summer and reject the related spot ETF applications filed by various asset managers, including BlackRock. Saylor made the prediction in a social media post on May 2 during a presentation at the MicroStrategy World 2024 conference. He further predicted that other cryptos “down the stack” will also gain an unregistered security designation, including BNB, Solana (SOL), XRP, and Cardano (ADA). Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading

💰 Terraform Labs' lawyers push back against 🇺🇸 SEC, argue token sales were mostly outside US Lawyers for Terraform Labs pushed back against the Securities and Exchange Commission after the agency requested them to pay billions of dollars in fines. Terraform's offer and sales of tokens happened "almost entirely outside the U.S." the firm's lawyers argued in a brief filed on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the SEC has argued that the firm "targeted U.S. investors" and says they should pay $5.3 billion in fines, most of that being in disgorgement. Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading

💰 Bitcoin's average daily transaction fees fall back to 🪙 Ethereum levels after Runes hype subsides Average daily Bitcoin transaction fees have fallen back to the same level as Ethereum after the frenzy of activity surrounding the launch of the Runes protocol died down after the halving. The seven-day moving average of daily Bitcoin transaction fees surged to an all-time high of $25.8 million on April 24, more than five times the daily transaction fees Ethereum was generating at the time. However, it subsequently fell to $4.1 million on Wednesday — the same daily transaction fee average as Ethereum. Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading

🔵 Aave Labs debuts V4 roadmap in series of governance proposal Aave Labs unveiled a trio of governance proposals on Wednesday to guide its development of Aave V4. The Aave V4 roadmap, which is in the advanced research stage, proposes several improvements to Aave’s lending platform, such as improved support for its native GHO stablecoin and lower transaction fees, the protocol said Wednesday in a post on its governance forum. Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading

🇺🇸 US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Report 5 Straight Days of Outflows, Totaling $635 Million Since April 24, 2024, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have experienced five straight days of net outflows totaling $635 million. The most significant reduction occurred last Thursday, when BTC-centric ETFs offloaded $217.6 million. Yesterday’s activity ranked as the second highest, with $161.6 million exiting the funds. Notably, GBTC has consistently posted outflows daily since it began trading on Jan. 11, 2024, shattering all previous ETF outflow records ever documented. Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading

💰 Bitcoin retraces back to critical monthly all-time high support level from 2021 Bitcoin will close April down this evening following a drawdown of roughly 15% since the start of the month. The close of the monthly candle will mark the end of seven successive green candles and the end of a record-making streak. Bitcoin opened the month with a new all-time high for a monthly candle close at around $71,200. The previous high was around $60,500, set in 2021 when Bitcoin traded again as of press time. Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading

🇭🇰 Hong Kong's six spot bitcoin, ether ETFs see $11 million in volume on first trading day Hong Kong’s six new spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds recorded over HK$87.5 million ($11.2 million) in trading volume on their first trading day on Tuesday — a figure that pales in comparison to the $4.6 billion first-day volume for the 11 spot bitcoin ETFs in the United States in January. China Asset Management (ChinaAMC) told The Block that its spot bitcoin ETF secured $121.7 million in assets under management (AUM) as of the end of the first trading day, while its spot ether ETF had $20.4 million in AUM. Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading

🪙 Consensys alleges the SEC considered ether to be a security over a year ago The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a "formal order" to investigate ethereum a year ago, Consensys Software Inc. alleged in a newly unredacted complaint on Monday. The blockchain and web3 development company behind the well-known MetaMask Wallet said the regulator "already made what it knew would be a destabilizing reversal of its declaration that ETH was not a security" by early 2023. Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading

💰 VanEck lead charge as Australia prepares for Bitcoin ETF launch Earlier today, Bloomberg reported that the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) could approve its inaugural batch of spot Bitcoin ETF before the end of the year after receiving applications from notable players like VanEck, BetaShares, and DigitalX. Meanwhile, this upcoming launch would mark Australia’s second wave of such products. In 2022, the country witnessed the introduction of various crypto ETFs from entities like Cosmos Asset Management and Global X 21Shares. Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading

🇮🇹 Italy’s Securities Regulator Blocks Illegal Crypto Trading Platforms Italy’s securities regulator, Consob, reinforced its measures to safeguard Italian investors by expanding its list of banned websites engaging in illegal trading activities. In its latest move, Consob has targeted several FX platforms for illegally promoting trading products within the country. Notable additions to the blacklist include domains such as Luno Invest, Vantage Global Limited, and Capital4it Ltd. Source https://t.me/Crypto_Futures_Trading