Here are the brief news for the week
The cryptocurrency market is recovering: Bitcoin has exceeded the $97,000 mark, reaching February levels. The total market capitalization has risen to $3 trillion.
Scandal at Movement Labs: the project is investigating a failed deal with the market maker Rentech, which led to the collapse of the MOVE token. Co-founder Rushi Manche has been removed from his position.
OP_RETURN war in Bitcoin: a proposal to abolish the data limit in transactions has divided the community. Opponents fear "spam" and centralization.
The "extinction" of crypto-assets: CoinGecko analysts stated that more than half of the tracked projects have ceased trading, especially in 2024–2025. The reason cited is the increase in the number of "meme tokens" due to the simplification of their creation.
New "neutral rollup" Ethereum R1: An independent team has announced a decentralized L2 without its own token, relying on donations.
Other news: Dinner of TRUMP whales, a series about lost bitcoins, criticism of cryptocurrencies by Adi Shamir, a North Korean spy at Kraken, Mastercard payments in stablecoins, Vitalik Buterin's priorities.$BTC $MOVE $ETH
