Bitcoin and cryptocurrency news of the week #105
The news around cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, is always changing. It can happen that critical points are missed because vital information is lost in the everyday flow of information. This format aims to address that. To bring you up to date on the state of cryptocurrencies right now, we review the news from Hebdo Crypto last week.
Australia's turn comes after Bitcoin ETFs were approved in the US and Hong Kong. Accordingly, a Bitcoin Spot ETF is about to be listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, which oversees 80% of all financial transactions in the nation.
Ethereum has the lowest petrol fees. Good news, according to Santiment, a startup that believes ETH and the assets held on the chain might potentially see the beginnings of an altseason.
The American legal system let the Tornado Cash developer's attorney down. As a result, the courts rejected his reply, which claimed that the First Amendment prohibited the charges. This determined that the claims were true and compliant.
EigenLayer announces the debut of its EIGEN token along with an airdrop. Nonetheless, there was disagreement in the community over the terms of the airdrop. Ultimately, the latter chose to reevaluate its terms in an effort to soothe the locals.
"Orange Protocol," MicroStrategy's decentralised identity project on Bitcoin, is unveiled. An announcement that the Bitcoin community did not agree upon.
Prague-Electra: What can we expect from the upcoming Ethereum network hard fork? Now, let's examine the various EIPs that will comprise the end-of-year update.
The upcoming years may see a meteoric rise in the use of cryptocurrencies due to these five significant advancements.
The Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ethereum Spot ETFs generated a volume of $6.3 million. Therefore, when these were released on April 30, there was a big demand for them.
Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance, need to spend four months in prison. He was convicted of money laundering offences connected to the US management of the Binance platform.
The treasure amassed by the North Korean cyber organisation Lazarus organisation is estimated to be between $3 and $4 billion. ZachXBT, a crypto-investigator, so disclosed that he has looked into every hack that the gang has executed between 2020 and 2023.
At the inception of the stablecoin USDT, Tether recorded an astounding profit of 4.5 billion dollars. This was disclosed in the company's financial report, which was released this week.
When one of the Zkasino members was being held by the Dutch authorities, 11 million euros were taken. Remind yourself that there is a criminal investigation ongoing for the project related to a rug-pull.