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Strategy purchased 5,355 bitcoins for $1.42 billion.

The company continues to actively buy at any price and maintains a position in only one asset. After yesterday's purchase of bitcoins, Strategy is only 20,000 BTC behind the BlackRock holding: 573,869 BTC vs. 553,555 BTC.

BTC is steadily recovering and is only 10% off its ATH with a slight margin. Almost all major players have placed their bets specifically on BTC.

The market has seen 100 new bitcoin whales with balances of over 1,000 BTC starting from January 2025.

The dinner for TRUMP token holders has sparked calls for Trump's impeachment

Democratic Senator from Georgia Jon Ossoff criticized US President Donald Trump's plans to host a dinner for 220 largest holders of the TRUMP cryptocurrency. According to Ossoff, this event goes beyond any previous standards that could be grounds for impeachment.

"When the President of the United States sells access to events that are essentially payments to him directly, there is no doubt that this crosses the line of acceptability and could be seen as a crime warranting impeachment," the senator stated.

The dinner will host 220 largest holders of the TRUMP cryptocurrency. Among them, 15 individuals who lead in the number of tokens in their wallets will have the opportunity to attend an exclusive reception before the event and take a VIP tour of the White House. The dinner is scheduled for May 22 and will take place at Trump's private golf club in Washington.

Ossoff expressed support for the idea of impeachment but believes that with the current composition of the House of Representatives, which is responsible for such decisions, it is impossible.

SOL is moving towards decentralization.

According to the new policy, for every new validator added to the Delegation Program, three old ones will be removed if they meet the following criteria:

1) have been delegates from the Solana Foundation for more than 18 months
2) have less than 1,000 SOL in external stake

The change aims to reduce reliance on Foundation delegation, encourage community-supported validators, and maintain a more efficient and decentralized network.

The network is becoming increasingly mature, and the project is becoming more attractive.

MetaMask has finally implemented the feature of paying fees with other tokens.

Now you can pay fees not only in ETH but also in many other coins. In the Ethereum mainnet, these can be USDT, USDC, DAI, ETH, wETH, wBTC, wstETH, and wSOL.

It has also been announced that Ruya Bank (UAE) is becoming the first Islamic bank in the world to offer investments in virtual assets, including Bitcoin.

This service is part of a broader investment offering by Ruya aimed at promoting ethical (from a Sharia perspective) wealth accumulation and long-term financial growth.

BTC is being accepted worldwide at an increasing pace.

Many companies are turning their attention to SOL.

The public company Janover (ticker JNVR on NASDAQ) acquired another 88,164 SOL for $11.5 million as part of its cryptocurrency treasury strategy. The company's total balance reached 251,842 SOL for $34 million (including staking rewards).

In the last 2 weeks, Galaxy Digital deposited 65,600 ETH ($105.48 million) on Binance and withdrew 752,240 SOL ($98.37 million).

Many are converting ETH to SOL and see greater potential specifically in SOL, which is reflected in its price.

Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether and SoftBank create a joint cryptocurrency company 21 Capital

The new company has a total investment size of over $3 billion. Tether will contribute $1.5 billion in BTC Bitfinex and SoftBank will add $600 million and $900 million respectively.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has previously participated in investments and is familiar with the market. In 2017, he personally bought BTC for $200 million at the peak, and then sold it a few months later at a loss of over $130 million.

This year, SoftBank invested $50 million in Cipher Mining, acquiring about 10.4 million shares (3%).

Meanwhile, a record has been set for liquidity inflow into spot ETFs - $912.7 million in net inflows.

Asian companies continue to increase investments in BTC

The largest holder of bitcoin is Strategy, a software development company. Its CEO, Michael Saylor, reported that the company's team owns 538,200 bitcoins. The latest purchase amounted to 6,556 coins for a total of $555.8 million.

Asian companies are also actively investing in cryptocurrency. Leading the list of bitcoin buyers in Asia are Metaplanet from Japan and HK Asia from Hong Kong.

Simon Gerovich, CEO of Metaplanet, recently announced the acquisition of 145 bitcoins for $13.4 million. The company now owns 5,000 coins and plans to increase this volume to 10,000 bitcoins by the end of 2025.

By the end of 2026, Metaplanet expects to acquire 21,000 bitcoins. Since the announcement of the start of cryptocurrency purchases, the company's stock price has increased by more than 3000%.

HK Asia started buying bitcoins in February. Over three months, the company's reserves have nearly increased to 9 bitcoins. The company plans to raise capital on the stock market and use it to increase its cryptocurrency holdings.

Tether froze 28.7 million USDT across 13 addresses

The company Tether froze assets totaling approximately 28.67 million USDT across 12 addresses on the TRON network. Additionally, about $99,630 was blocked in one of the Ethereum wallets. This information was revealed by the MistTrack service.

Experts note that the frozen funds were moved through several well-known cryptocurrency platforms such as Gate, KuCoin, and HitBTC. They also interacted with addresses that were added to a blacklist.

The issuer of USDT regularly freezes assets if there are suspicions of illegal activity. On April 17, Tether blocked 870,000 USDT across three wallets.

In March, Jacob King, founder and CEO of WhaleWire, commented on the company's actions regarding four addresses on the TRON network, where 601,798 USDT was frozen:

"No explanations, no warnings — just another day in the world of centralized stablecoins! It’s a harsh reminder that control lies in the hands of a few"

Nvidia bans projects related to crypto.

Startups related to crypto cannot participate in their NVIDIA Inception Program accelerator. The program supports young companies working in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud technologies, and other advanced areas — but without the participation of cryptocurrency projects.

These are the conditions set by one of the largest corporations on the planet.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin has surpassed Google in capitalization and has entered the top 5 most expensive assets on the planet.
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From January to March, approximately 62,800 BTC that had been dormant for over 7 years suddenly 'woke up'

During the period from January to March of this year, there was a significant increase in activity in the cryptocurrency market. About 62,800 bitcoins that had not been used for seven years suddenly 'woke up' and began to move between wallets.

In comparison, during the same period last year, only 28,000 bitcoins were moved. The increase in activity was 121%.

The calculation excluded 141,000 bitcoins associated with the transfer to Mt.Gox in May 2024, which provided a more accurate picture of market activity.

Such a phenomenon may indicate a change in sentiment among long-term investors. Possible reasons include current macroeconomic instability, changes in price expectations, or an increased need for liquidity from institutional investors.

In April, an increase in activity was detected from 1,057 bitcoins that had not been used for the past 7–10 years. A possible reason for this was the panic in the stock market after tariffs were imposed by US President Donald Trump.
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After the Crash — Dinner: Trump Gathers TRUMP Token Investors

Despite the token's price falling by almost 90%, Trump decided to support his 'whales' — owners of large TRUMP token holdings. The dinner is set for 220 people and has already sparked a wave of discussions online.

Investors believe this could be the beginning of a new strategy to revive the project.

💵 Bitcoin Surpassed Google in Market Capitalization for the First Time

On April 23, BTC overtook Alphabet for the first time, although their capitalizations are close (~$1.86 trillion).

📔 Now, only Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, and gold are above it.

The rise of BTC and the decrease in the value of competitors allowed it to enter the top five leaders.

💡 Despite the minimal gap with Alphabet, the cryptocurrency demonstrates higher growth rates in capitalization, strengthening its position in the ranking.

Over 70 ETFs are awaiting approval.

Currently, 72 cryptocurrency-related ETFs are under review. Starting from the SOK ETF to the Melania ETF (the native token of Trump's wife).

This year still has many surprises in store for us, but for now, it's worth preparing for yet another wave of market decline. At least everything is heading that way. Talks about raising rates are becoming increasingly absurd.

"Everyone calling for lower interest rates to ease the pain of the American economy's transition from imports to manufacturing is mistaken. This transition will not happen without raising interest rates. Lowering interest rates is counterproductive to achieving this goal."

The founder of HEX declared victory over the SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided not to resume the case against Richard James Schueler, known as Richard Heart, the founder of HEX, PulseChain, and PulseX.

The entrepreneur announced this on the social network X, referring to a letter received from the agency.

Heart called this decision a victory over the SEC and emphasized that it provides "clarity of regulation." He also noted that this case is important for the protection of open-source software, digital assets, and freedom of speech.

Heart stated that this is the first case in which a court dismissed all SEC claims against a cryptocurrency project.

The capitalization of USDC is approaching $61 billion

Over the past year, the supply of the USDC stablecoin in the market has increased by 38.6%.

At the end of December, the capitalization of the stablecoin was $41.5 billion, and in April it approached $61 billion.

Over the year, the figure grew from $138 billion to $145 billion.

The main blockchain for dollar tokens remains Ethereum. On this platform, stablecoins worth $130 billion are based.

Also, over the past year, the supply of tokens in the Tron and Solana networks has significantly increased.

USDC is popular among institutional investors. This token is also widely used in the decentralized finance (DeFi) market.

AUM of spot Ethereum ETFs has fallen to a record low

The assets under management (AUM) of exchange-traded funds based on the spot price of Ethereum have decreased to $5.21 billion, marking the lowest level since the products were launched.

Over seven weeks from February 23, ETH ETFs recorded a total outflow of $1.1 billion. This trend continued: on April 21, investors withdrew another $25.4 million, despite a slight market increase.

The main source of outflow was ETHE from Grayscale. Subsequently, the exchange-traded fund, converted from a trust, lost a total of $4.27 billion.

Paul Atkins has officially become the head of the SEC

He has been sworn in and has begun fulfilling his duties as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Perhaps now the SEC's policies will stabilize, and there will be no more pointless lawsuits involving securities.

Paul Atkins is more favorable towards cryptocurrencies and should create adequate regulation for them.

Then it will be much easier for crypto companies to exist, and problems like those with XRP will not happen again.

The Ethereum Foundation focuses on scaling L1

After changes in the leadership of the Ethereum Foundation (EF), the organization has focused on improving user experience (UX) and addressing L1 scaling issues. This was reported by co-director Tomas Stanczak.

According to him, the goal of the changes is to give Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, more time for research and finding solutions, rather than dealing with everyday tasks and managing crises.

On March 1, the new co-executive directors of EF became Xiao-Wei Wang and Tomas Stanczak. Xiao-Wei Wang worked in the organization as a researcher for seven years and made significant contributions to the development of Beacon Chain. Tomas Stanczak is the founder of the Nethermind project and one of the early members of the Flashbots team.

According to Tomas Stanczak, Buterin's recent posts have helped advance promising directions and restructure the community around the organization's core values.

Forbes: Bitcoin is the new gold, only without guards and trucks

The magazine urges replacing gold reserves with BTC. In their opinion, this is not only logical but also strategically beneficial.

"The budget will not suffer, and the asset will improve.".
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HashKey Capital launched the first XRP-ETF in Asia

HashKey Capital, a cryptocurrency service provider, announced the launch of a new investment instrument — the HashKey XRP Tracker exchange-traded fund. This is the first investment instrument in Asia that tracks the value of XRP.

Ripple became one of the first investors in this fund.

The HashKey XRP Tracker is designed for professional market participants who want to invest in XRP but do not want to face the difficulties associated with direct ownership of the asset.

According to the partners of HashKey Capital, the XRP token stands out among other cryptocurrencies for its innovation and demand among international companies. The fund simplifies access to the asset and opens up opportunities for investors in the digital payments sector.

HashKey XRP Tracker is the third product in HashKey Capital's lineup. Previously, the company already launched ETFs for Bitcoin and Ethereum.