🥳 #ETH Binance Introduces Wrapped Beacon ETH (#WBETH) for ETH Staking

WBETH will allow users to participate in DeFi projects outside of Binance while ensuring they are eligible to receive the corresponding accumulated ETH staking rewards.

👀 #SOL Floor app for NFT portfolio tracking now supports Solana NFT decrypt.com

🥳💰 #XLM Franklin Templeton announced that the AUM of the Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund (FOBXX) (the first U.S. registered mutual fund to process transactions and register share ownership on the Stellar blockchain) has surpassed $270 million.

💰 Thetanuts Finance DeFi protocol completes $17M funding coindesk.com

⚖️ WSJ: First-Ever Trial Related to Alleged #NFT Insider Trading Begins in New York Federal Court Today former OpenSea employee

🗿 #BIT Bybit: Beginning May 8, 2023, identity verification at least level 1 will be mandatory for all Bybit products and services. Existing users who have not passed identity verification as of May 8, 2023 will only be allowed to close existing open positions or orders, repay loans or withdraw funds.

🇺🇸 US opening:
S&P 4,133.94 (0.01%)
NASDAQ 12,052.63 (-0.16%)
Dow 33,869.86 (0.18%)

💰👨‍💻 Katmai Virtual Office Platform Raises $22M Led by Starr Insurance Companies www.venturebeat.com

🤝 #CBDC The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), China, Thailand and the UAE are planning to set up a cross-border project to "increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of cross-border transactions." cointelegraph

🇬🇧 #AI UK establishes £100m artificial intelligence task force. uktech.news

🇪🇺 #CBDC ECB: the digital euro will initially be available to eurozone residents, merchants and governments

🐳 BitInfoCharts: A BTC whale that has not been active for 12 years transferred 400 #BTC (~$11 million) today. He had 1,000 BTC on his wallet, bought first at $480 and later at $4,300

🥳 By the end of 2024, #BTC could reach $100,000 - Standard Chartered

😁 Tim Draper continues, but just changes the year: #BTC $250,000 by the end of year 24

👀 #bgb Bitget updates BGB feature roadmap and launches multiple deposit address feature, supports 50 address deposits without switching accounts. In the future, Bitget will also open a BGB buyback and destruction mechanism to reduce the number of tokens in circulation. In addition, Bitget simultaneously launched a BGB staking service. Bitfinex lists #bgb

🗽 The US has imposed sanctions on three North Korean citizens for supporting the Lazarus Group. coindesk

📊 Messari: #ETH volume share on DEX has started to decrease

🤝 #XRP Xumm (XRP Ledger) integrated with Ecwid from Lightspeed, the leading e-commerce platform

📊 Glassnode report:
- In recent weeks, we can see mixed behavior suggesting indecision in all cohorts except for the largest organizations with more than 10,000 BTC;
- the market has confidently moved from the mode of unrealized losses to the mode of unrealized profit;
- The amount of profit, expressed in dollars, received this year, remains well below the highs of the 2021 cycle, but its amount is equivalent to the 2019 rally;
- on a macro scale, a degree of sales exhaustion has been reached, at least in terms of large holders fixing significant losses

🇪🇺 ECB: Members of the European Parliament may still ban the European Central Bank from issuing a digital euro as lawmakers express growing doubts about the value of #CBDC