⛏📈 #BTC BTC mining difficulty reduced to 83.13 T. #mining

🇭🇰 HKbitEX received approval from the Hong Kong regulator for a virtual asset trading platform. mp.weixin

💰 1kx raised $75 million, with Accolade as the lead investor. bloomberg.com

🕵️‍♂️ Over the past 7 days, GSR Markets and Wintermute transferred 48.2 million ARB ($80.83 million) to CEX:
1. GSR Markets transferred 26.94 million ARB ($45.1 million) to Binance. These tokens are obtained as a result unlock March 16.
2. Wintermute transferred 21.24 million ARB ($35.7 million) to various CEXs, mainly to Binance. Current assets: ARB 19.96 million ($33.7 million).

📝 #FIS StaFi_Protocol presented the roadmap for Q2.
medium.com

🇺🇸⚖️ #FTT The sentencing hearing against SBF will take place at 13:30 UTC in midtown Manhattan.

📊👀 Deribit: ~$15.16B options expiring tomorrow:
#BTC
- par value of options: $9.53 billion;
- put/call ratio: 0.84;
- maximum number of pain points: $51,000
#ETH
- par value of options: $5.63 billion;
- put/call ratio: 0.63;
- maximum number of pain points: $2600

⚠️ #PRISMA Prisma Finance may have been hacked

🏴‍☠️💸 #PRISMA MetaTrust: Prisma Finance was attacked and losses amount to 2275 #ETH for $8.1 million.

💰🥳 #ACH Alchemy Pay invests in UK Fintech LaPay and receives an API license as part of Web3's global expansion.
alchemypay.org

🎁 TON Foundation distributed ~200,000 #TON to some DEX traders.
twitter.com

🇺🇸 #macroUSA. Initial Jobless Claims: 210 thousand (prog 212 thousand; pre 210 thousand)

- GDP (4Q 2023): 3.4% (prog: 3.2%; pre 4.9%)

🤝 #LRC Loopring integrated WalletConnect into Loopring Pro DApp.
twitter.com

🇺🇸🕹 #AI The White House unveiled the first comprehensive policy to manage AI risks.

Federal agencies must, within 60 days, appoint a chief AI officer, disclose AI use, and implement safeguards. #regulation
cointelegraph.com

🇳🇱🥳 Bybit launch a trading platform in the Netherlands.
cointelegraph.com

🥳📝 #AVAX Avalanche selected their first cohort of 15 early-stage Web3 startups for the Codebase accelerator program.
theblock.com

🆕 Bybit adds perpetual contract #PUNDU/USDT

📊💸 in the first quarter, the crypto industry lost $336 million due to hacker attacks and fraud. Orbit Bridge and Munchables were the two largest exploits, accounting for 43% of the losses, although Munchables funds were later recovered.

📝Circle shared plans to release native #USDC on zkSync.

👀🕵️‍♂️ The US and UK are investigating the transfer of crypto to the Russian “sanctioned” exchange Garantex for $20 billion.
bloomberg.com