☕️ GM! Here are the top events in #Crypto from the past 24 hours
📊Market Updates
🔸Michael Saylor hints at another BTC buy as Strategy’s holdings hit 580,250 BTC with $20B in unrealized gains and growing market influence.
🔸Metaplanet buys 1,088 more BTC, raising its total to 8,888 BTC worth $930M as it aims for 10,000 BTC by year-end.
🔸Ethereum saw $321M inflows in its strongest 6-week streak since 2024 while Bitcoin faced $8M outflows after US tariff ruling.
🌟Highlights
🔸Wintermute says Ethereum's new Pectra upgrade is being exploited, with 80% of EIP-7702 use tied to wallet-draining attacks.
🔸France charges 25 people, including minors, over crypto kidnapping plots targeting Paymium CEO’s family.
🔸Taiwanese exchange BitoPro likely lost $11.5M in a May 8 exploit. Stolen funds were laundered through Tornado Cash and Thorchain.
🔸TON blockchain went offline for 40 mins due to a masterchain error. Issue was fixed quickly and no user funds or transactions were affected.
🔸World Vision Korea sold 0.55 ETH on Upbit, marking South Korea's first institutional crypto sale since lifting its trading ban.
🔸UK-listed IG Group now offers spot crypto trading to retail users, expanding beyond CFDs via a new partnership with Uphold.
🔸Ross Ulbricht’s prison items auction raised $1.8M in BTC, with his prison ID card alone selling for 11 BTC.