Tether invests $200 million in biotech firm Blackrock Neurotech — link | tl;dr

ZachXBT claims North Korea's Lazarus Group laundered $200 million from crypto to fiat — link | tl;dr

The share of Bitcoin perpetual futures traded during APAC opening hours (1am-8am UTC time) has increased to 26%, up from 21% in the months preceding the CFTC’s lawsuit against Binance in early 2023.

The share of trading during US opening hours has decreased slightly from 48% to 46% — link

Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez pleads not guilty, released on $1M bond — link | tl;dr

Hong Kong officially debuts Asia's first spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs — link | tl;dr

Since the beginning of March, there has been a sharp rise in ETH staking outflows (dark blue) — link

Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs have soft debut, the total trading volume hit $12 million — link | tl;dr

Coinbase rolls out Lightning Network support in collaboration with Lightspark — link | tl;dr

“Sell in May, and stay away” pattern may re-emerge — link

CZ sentencing hearing — x thread

Roger Ver arrested in Spain and charged with mail fraud, $48 million tax evasion, and filing false tax returns, wanted for extradition to the United States — doj | theblock | tl;dr

CZ sentenced to 4 months in prison — link

Tether releases Q1 2024 attestation, reports record net profit of over $4.52 billion — link

Approximately $175B worth of Bitcoin are now held by ETFs, countries, public and private companies — link

Jack Dorsey's Block faces scrutiny from federal authorities over non-compliant crypto services — link | tl;dr

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $563.7m outflows on Wednesday, largest daily net outflows ever — link | tl;dr

BlackRock sees sovereign wealth funds, pensions coming to Bitcoin ETFs — link | tl;dr

Hong Kong Bitcoin & Ether ETFs saw $292m in assets on Day One — EricBalchunas

The current BTC price is the average purchase price of the Spot Bitcoin ETF buyers, ~$57K to ~$58K — link

Coinbase Q1 revenue $1.64b (estimated $1.32b) — link | tl;dr

Jack Dorsey’s Block says it will buy Bitcoin every month with 10% of its Bitcoin-related gross profit until the end of 2024 — link | tl;dr