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💰 Former PayPal President David Marcus says Bitcoin is “going to be the native currency of AI” 🤖 @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

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🟠 Changpeng Zhao says crypto has entered new phase where ‘compliance is super important’ Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the crypto industry has entered the next phase where “compliance is super important.” Last year, Zhao admitted guilt to federal money laundering charges. Prosecutors spotlighted a corporate culture at Binance that neglected fraud prevention in pursuit of expansion, resulting in his departure from the company and a hefty $150 million fine. This sentencing arrives at a critical juncture for the emerging industry, which is witnessing intensified regulatory scrutiny worldwide. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

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🇺🇸 US spot 💰 bitcoin ETF outflows continue with $51.5 million more exiting Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States saw more than $51.5 million in net outflows yesterday. Notably, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust was not the biggest culprit. The ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF saw $31.34 million leave the product on April 29, while GBTC experienced $24.66 million in net outflows, per data from SoSoValue. The Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund also saw a net outflow of $6.85 million. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 MicroStrategy Bought 122 Bitcoin In April, Now Holds 214,400 BTC MicroStrategy, a leading business intelligence and software company, has continued its steadfast commitment to Bitcoin by purchasing an additional 122 BTC in April at a total cost of $7.8 million, Founder & Chairman Michael Saylor announced today. The company initially entered the Bitcoin market in August 2020, making a significant initial investment of $250 million into BTC. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

🪙 Ethereum Gas Fees Six-Month Low Suggests Impending Altcoin Rally: Santiment Gas fees on the Ethereum network have dropped to a six-month low. The average cost is $1.12 per transaction, marking the lowest figure since October 18. Analysts from Santiment noted that this drop in gas fees could be the start of an upcoming altcoin rally. According to Santiment, traders typically cycle between periods of extreme optimism, often characterized by the belief that a certain asset is set for exponential growth, and periods of pessimism, marked by the sentiment that it is declining. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 ‘Buy Bitcoin’ Sign Held at Janet Yellen’s 2017 Speech Sells for $1M Christian Langalis is anticipated to receive roughly $875,000, equivalent to 13.6 BTC, after Scarce.City deducts its 15% fee. A piece of notebook paper featuring the phrase “Buy Bitcoin,” famously seen in the background during a broadcast featuring then-United States Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen in 2017, has been sold for 16 BTC, equivalent to approximately $1.027 million. The auction, held at PubKey, a Bitcoin-themed bar in New York City, was organized and facilitated by the auction house Scarce.City. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

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💰 Bitcoin Breaks Daily Transaction Record Days After Halving The new record comes three days after the Bitcoin Halving, coinciding with the launch of Runes. The launch of Runes sparked a rapid increase, demonstrating growing interest and utility in cryptocurrencies, setting a new all-time high in Bitcoin’s transaction activity. Runes, a new token standard on the Bitcoin blockchain, has dominated transactions since its launch following the halving on April 20, accounting for over two-thirds of all Bitcoin transactions. With more than 2.38 million transactions processed, Runes make up 68% of the total. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Arkham Intel finds wallets associated with Wisdomtree's Physical Bitcoin ETP WBIT The blockchain data tracking firm Arkham Intel found wallets associated with WBIT, a physical Bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) from the asset manager WisdomTree. "WisdomTree Physical Bitcoin is a physically backed exchange-traded product (ETP) designed to offer shareholders a simple, secure and cost-efficient way to gain exposure to the price of Bitcoin,” according to WBIT’s website. “The ETP provides for easy investor access, tradability, transparency and institutional custody solutions with a robust physically backed structure." Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 The buy Bitcoin sign shown behind Janet Yellen at a congressional testimony in 2017 sells for 16 $BTC (+$1 Million) at auction @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

BREAKING: 🇪🇺 The EU reportedly prohibits use of anonymous hosted 💰 Bitcoin wallets and cash payments > €10,000 @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Bitwise CIO predicts Bitcoin volatility will fall 50% as institutional adoption rises Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan provided a comprehensive outlook on Bitcoin’s trajectory towards the 2028 halving, predicting a 50% decrease in volatility and heightened institutional investor engagement. Bitcoin (BTC) hit a new all-time high weeks before the 2024 halving in an unprecedented surge. Hougan believes this trend will continue post-halving and cause Bitcoin’s price to escalate dramatically, as it has in the past since its $13 valuation at the time of its first halving in 2012. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Bitcoin Runes made up 57.7% of transactions on halving day Bitcoin halving, Runes have sparked intense debate and speculation by embedding rich data within Bitcoin's ledger, shifting how users interact with the blockchain. By leveraging transaction augmentation, Runes can enhance transactions with diverse data, from simple messages to complex scripts, showing a remarkable capability distinct from other Bitcoin-enhancements like Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

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💰 BlackRock Bitcoin ETF enters elite top 10 continuing a 70-day positive run of inflows According to Farside data, Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a net inflow of $62.2 million on April 22. This marks back-to-back net inflows for the first time since April 11. Grayscale GBTC recorded a $35 million outflow, its smallest outflow since April 10. This could be influenced by their plans to create a mini-trust ETF with competitive fees of 0.15%. This development could be a contributing factor to the reduced outflow. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 100k signatures can trigger Swiss national referendum on adding Bitcoin to country reserves Bitcoin advocates in Switzerland have initiated a campaign to trigger a National Referendum urging the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to include the flagship digital asset in its asset reserves. The campaign is spearheaded by Yves Bennaïm, the founder and chairman of 2B4CH, a nonprofit think tank, and enjoys support from Luzius Meisser, the chairman of asset manager Bitcoin Suisse. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Pro-Democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Feliz Maradiaga highlighted Bitcoin tool for freedom @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

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💰 Bitcoin Rally Holds Around $63,700 Following 4th Block Reward Halving Bitcoin (BTC) held steady around $63,700 in the aftermath of the cryptocurrency's fourth halving, an event that upends the economics for the miners who power the Bitcoin ecosystem. BTC recently barely moved from its level right before the 840,000th Bitcoin block was mined just as Saturday began in UTC time. Bitcoin had slumped as low as $59,685 on Friday before rebounding above $65,000. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Bitcoin ushers in fourth halving as miners' block subsidy reward drops to 3.125 BTC Bitcoin’s latest halving is now complete, seeing miners’ block subsidy rewards drop from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. Bitcoin’s fourth halving occurred at block height 840,000, ushering in a new epoch for the network. Hopes of many in the community that the halving would land on the memeable date of 4/20 failed to materialize for the U.S. market as miners appeared to ramp up their hash rate on the network ahead of the subsidy drop. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Bitcoin has officially halved! @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 IMF says Bitcoin has become necessary financial tool for preserving wealth amid financial instability Bitcoin (BTC) is increasingly serving as a critical channel for cross-border financial flows amid global financial instability, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The report — called “A Primer on Bitcoin Cross-Border Flows” — sheds light on how the decentralized nature of Bitcoin is being leveraged to bypass traditional banking systems, especially in regions experiencing economic distress or strict capital controls. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Bitcoin Halving: Goldman Sachs Downplays Impact of 'Buy the Rumor, Sell the News' Goldman Sachs analysts believe that whether the upcoming Bitcoin halving will turn out to be a “buy the rumor, sell the news” event may have less impact on bitcoin’s medium-term outlook. They explained that the bitcoin price performance will likely continue to be driven by the supply-demand dynamic and continued demand for spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), “which combined with the self-reflexive nature of crypto markets is the primary determinant for spot price action.” Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Bitcoin mining firm Foundry plans to redistribute halving 'epic sat' proceeds Foundry Digital’s USA Pool Team said it will distribute profits to its members if the pool mines the first satoshi in the halving block, according to an email screenshot posted by The Mining Pod host Will Foxley on X. “We’ve taken the steps to isolate the epic sat if Foundry USA Pool does mine this block, and we will make reasonable efforts to monetize it and distribute 100% of the proceeds to our pool members,” the team said in the email. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Blackrock Closes in on Grayscale in the Battle for the ‘World’s Largest’ Bitcoin ETF Grayscale’s GBTC continued to report reductions in its bitcoin (BTC) reserves following two days of significant outflows—a $55.1 million drop on Friday and a $36.7 million decline on Monday. The reduction continued into Tuesday’s session with a $58 million decrease. Trading volume on Tuesday reached $2.45 billion, which was lower than the volumes recorded on Monday and Friday. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Buy Bitcoin Miners Ahead of the Halving, Bernstein Says The “miner fear factor” is at its peak ahead of the imminent halving, and investors should buy outperform-rated Riot Platforms (RIOT) and CleanSpark (CLSK) because the market will reward these companies for their superior execution and for being market leaders by self-mining hashrate, broker Bernstein said in a research report on Wednesday. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews

💰 Umoja Partners With Merlin Chain to Launch Bitcoin's First High-Yield Synthetic Dollar The smart money protocol Umoja has joined forces with the Bitcoin layer two (L2) initiative, Merlin Chain, to roll out a Bitcoin-based high-yield synthetic dollar. The newly introduced stablecoin is engineered to uphold a self-sustaining peg via transparent, onchain trading techniques developed by Umoja. Source @BitcoinAltcoinCryptoNews