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⁠Ethereum eyes mini breakout above $3K as Coinbase ETH outflows hit new record Macro headwinds continue to hamper Ethereum's long-term upside prospects.

⁠Happy birthday Hal Finney: Crypto community honors world's first known Bitcoiner Hal Finney, a computer scientist and the world’s first publicly known Bitcoiner, would have celebrated his 66th birthday today.

⁠Polkadot launches cross-chain messaging system to solve blockchain’s bridge problem Bridges have become one of the largest points of failure in the crypto industry. Polkadot wants to do away with them.

⁠Elon Musk swaps Twitter avatar for a horde of Bored Apes, BAYC floor price surges 10 ETH The development has caused a stir in the NFT community, with some saying Elon Musk made a collage of bored apes on his avatar to t…

⁠Proposed digital euro designs lack privacy options, ECB presentation shows Transactions via the EU’s prospective CBDC could be transparent to intermediaries, as any non-crypto digital transactions are.

⁠BTC price gains 4% pre-Fed as MicroStrategy vows to protect Bitcoin from $21K crash Worries over capitulation see MicroStrategy give away key insights into what it would do should Bitcoin price strength deteriorate.

⁠Global private bank LGT to open Bitcoin and Ether trading LGT Bank has partnered with the Swiss crypto bank Seba to offer custody and trading services for Bitcoin and Ether.

⁠‘They didn't see it coming:’ Podcaster Joe Rogan sees Bitcoin as a viable form of currency Joe Rogan noted that Bitcoin is like the “early internet,” and the “government is freaking out” about BTC in conversation with t…

⁠Virginian county wants to put pension funds into DeFi yield farming The next few days will see a decision made, which if approved would be the first time pension fund money was used in decentralized finance.

⁠Ape-themed airdrop phishing scams are on the rise, experts warn As the crypto community notices and calls out such scams, the fraudsters tend to turn off replies to their tweets to prevent being exposed as scammers.

⁠Quantum-based random number generator for Web3 games and wallets launched The QRNG uses a fluctuating quantum system to guarantee unpredictable randomness, which can be used in Web3 gaming and gambling.

⁠Bitcoin-friendly Republican candidate JD Vance wins Ohio Senate primary Ohio’s midterm election in November will feature a Democrat and Donald Trump-backed Republican who are both friendly to the crypto industry.

⁠WSJ says 'the NFT market is collapsing' but the data says otherwise An article by the WSJ suggesting the non-fungible token (NFT) market is “collapsing” doesn’t show the full picture as contrasting analysis reveal a con…

⁠South Korea's new president delays crypto taxes in favor of consumer protections The country’s president elect is proving his crypto savvy by declaring there will be no tax on crypto investment gains until legislation c…

⁠Bitcoin funds saw largest single week of outflows since June 2021 “It is difficult to ascertain the precise reason for this other than the hawkish rhetoric from the US Federal Reserve and the recent price decline,” Coin…

⁠Coinbase took out the first Bitcoin-backed loan from Goldman Sachs The largest exchange in the U.S. has taken out a loan from Goldman collateralized in Bitcoin as a Wall Street first, paving the way for others to follow…

⁠Vitalik: L2 transaction fees need to be under 5c to be 'truly acceptable' Despite Layer-2s offering relatively cheap transactions, Vitalik Buterin said that all transactions need to be under $0.05 to be truly acceptable…

⁠MicroStrategy may explore 'future yield generation opportunities' on 95,643 BTC holdings As of March 31, MicroStrategy held a total of 129,218 BTC, which the firm reported had a carrying value of roughly $2.9 billion.

⁠Ex-Fed vice-chair Quarles has lost none of his fervor in opposing US CBDC The former Federal Reserve official once again expressed his opposition to a United States central bank digital currency in a Tuesday podcast.

⁠Markets are weak, but ALGO, FXS and HNT book a 20%+ rally — Here’s why Algorand, Frax Share and Helium staged brief double-digit rallies in an otherwise stagnant market, thanks to a major partnership and new project dev…

⁠Sen. Lummis teases upcoming crypto bill, says NFTs won’t be included in it The senator spoke about the importance of definitions and weeding out nonviable altcoins for her comprehensive bill on cryptocurrency.

⁠Gatorade trademark applications hint at joining the metaverse Should Gatorade go meta, it may join a number of major food and drink brands exploring virtual offerings, including Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Anheuser-Busch…

⁠Record-high surge in Ethereum Name Service domains triggers 90% rally in ENS ENS price gained 90%+ after the protocol surpassed 1 million registered domain names in April.

⁠Nym Technologies raises $300M to advance internet privacy, sending token price up The NYM Innovation Fund will support research on mixnets and privacy-enhancing technologies.

⁠3 reasons why Bitcoin price is clinging to $38,000 BTC is in a lengthy downtrend but three key price metrics explain why traders are confident that the $38,000 level will hold.

⁠Square Enix to sell Tomb Raider franchise and invest in new initiatives such as blockchain The Japanese video game publisher has already made grounds in the adoption of nonfungible tokens and expects metaverse technolog…

⁠Is Bitcoin price optimism fading after the crypto market’s rocky April? Approximately $3.8 million has been created or returned to the BTC network by whale addresses since the Russian-Ukrainian war began.

⁠Kraken NFT marketplace opens waitlist for beta According to the exchange, users will not incur any gas fees for trading NFTs custodied with Kraken — only transferring tokens and NFTs off the platform.

⁠ALGO price in danger of 25% correction despite Algorand FIFA partnership hype ALGO price struggles to clear technical resistance despite the ongoing Algorand-FIFA partnership hype.