🔵 Aave Labs debuts V4 roadmap in series of governance proposal

Aave Labs unveiled a trio of governance proposals on Wednesday to guide its development of Aave V4. The Aave V4 roadmap, which is in the advanced research stage, proposes several improvements to Aave’s lending platform, such as improved support for its native GHO stablecoin and lower transaction fees, the protocol said Wednesday in a post on its governance forum.

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💰 Record Withdrawal From US Bitcoin ETFs Marks Largest Single-Day Outflow

Data sourced from coinglass.com reveals that these funds saw a withdrawal of $563.7 million on Wednesday, with Fidelity’s FBTC experiencing the highest outflow, totaling over $191 million. Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) followed closely with withdrawals exceeding $167 million, while Blackrock’s IBIT reported its first negative outflow, nearing close to $37 million.

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🏦 Coinbase's Q1 earnings jump to $1.6 billion as transaction revenue soars

Coinbase had a bumper first quarter, reporting $1.6 billion in revenue, an increase of 72% from the previous quarter, the company said after today's closing bell. The company also reported a huge swing in net income, registering of $1.18 billion for the quarter, compared to a loss of $79 million in the same period of last year. Coinbase also generated $1.01 billion in EBITDA. Earnings of $4.04 per share beat the consensus estimate of $1.15 per share, according to MarketWatch data.

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💰 Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Records Modest Revenue Gain Despite 36% Decrease in Mined BTC

Riot Platforms Inc., an integrated bitcoin mining company, reported revenues exceeding $79.3 million in the first quarter of 2024. The revenue increase was slight, rising from $73.2 million to $79.3 million. Remarkably, this was achieved even as Riot Platforms experienced a 36% decrease in the number of bitcoins mined, down to 1,364.

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📊 Crypto firms raised $2.5 billion in Q1, representing 29% quarterly increase

Galaxy reported an assortment of VC investment data, including nearly $2.5 billion invested in the first quarter, on May 3. Crypto firms attracted funding across 603 deals during the period, representing 29% growth in dollar value and 68% growth in deal count quarter-over-quarter. The growth represents the first increase by both measures in three quarters, though Galaxy emphasized that future quarters will show whether the trend can continue.

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💰 Sui creator says crypto’s “ChatGPT moment” coming as protocol celebrates mainnet's first year

After a busy 12 months that included launching on mainnet and the announcement of fresh partnerships with TikTok parent ByteDance and Google, Mysten Labs, creator of the Layer 1 Sui protocol, is confident that blockchain tech is about turn the proverbial corner. “The killer app for web3 is coming. The ChatGPT moment is coming soon,” Evan Cheng, CEO and co-founder of Mysten Labs told The Block, adding the current bull run is coinciding with web2 tech giants expressing more interest in blockchain than before.

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🇰🇪 Kenyan President Requests 💰 Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital to Review Nation’s Cryptocurrency Regime

Kenyan President William Ruto recently announced that his government has requested Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital to review the country’s cryptocurrency regime. Ruto stated that the U.S.-based Bitcoin miner will also discuss electricity usage in cryptocurrency mining with the Kenyan Energy Ministry. The apparent acceptance of crypto and Bitcoin mining by the Ruto-led Kenyan government seems to be a shift from the stringent approach previously adopted by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and other government entities.

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📊 Less Than 10% of Stablecoin Transaction Volume Coming from Real Users: Report

Less than 10% of stablecoin transaction volumes are organic or come from real people, according to new findings by Visa and data platform Allium Labs, Bloomberg reported. Out of about $2.2 trillion in total transactions in April, just $149 billion originated from “organic payments activity,” the report said. The analysis removed transactions done by bots and large-scale traders to “isolate those made by real people.”.

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🇭🇰 Hong Kong’s spot 💰 bitcoin ETFs see first outflows, solely from ChinaAMC

Hong Kong’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their first cumulative daily bitcoin outflows on Monday — solely from China Asset Management’s ETF — after debuting on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 30. ChinaAMC’s spot bitcoin ETF saw 75.36 leave the product yesterday, while the other two ETFs recorded zero inflows. That came after the three funds logged an inflow of 3,910 BTC on their first trading day, according to SosoValue data.

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⚪️ Robinhood Would Likely Win Crypto Court Case With the SEC: KBW

Robinhood (HOOD) being issued a Wells Notice by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is surprising given the company’s very conservative approach to digital asset listings, KBW said in a research report on Monday. KBW notes that Robinhood only offers fifteen cryptocurrencies on its U.S. platform, while some of its peers offer more than two hundred digital assets.

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🪙 Ethereum's Dencun upgrade is making ETH inflationary again: CryptoQuant

The Dencun upgrade has made ether inflationary again, potentially killing its characteristic as “ultra-sound” money, analysts at data firm CryptoQuant said. A report released Wednesday by CryptoQuant said that due to decreased transaction fees on the Ethereum network because of the Dencun upgrade, the amount of ether burned has dropped to one of its lowest levels since the Merge.

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🔻 Optimism’s Superchain now supports Layer 3 chains via OP Stack

Optimism noted that Layer 3 chains can now join the Superchain by building on the OP Stack and sharing sequencer revenue with its governance body — Optimism Collective. Layer 3 builders who join the Superchain will have access to retroactive funding, airdrops, and growth campaigns, along with a broad network of developers, Optimism said. A Layer 3 chain is a network that settles on one of Optimism’s Layer 2 chains: OP Mainnet, Base, Mode, and others.

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🇳🇬 Nigeria claims 🟠 Binance’s bribery allegations are ‘blackmail’

The Nigerian government has refuted bribery allegations made by crypto exchange Binance, which were described as baseless and an attempt to distract from the company’s legal challenges in the country, according to a press statement released on May 8. Binance CEO Richard Teng recently alleged that Nigerian officials demanded $150 million in crypto to settle an ongoing criminal investigation against the company.

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🏦 Kraken makes another push to dismiss 🇺🇸 SEC lawsuit ahead of June hearing

Crypto exchange Kraken's lawyers argue in their latest court filing that the Securities and Exchange Commission's arguments don't hold weight as both sides are gearing up for a hearing in June. Kraken also argued that the agency failed to satisfy elements of the Howey Test, a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case frequently cited by the SEC, to determine if an asset qualifies as an investment contract and, therefore, a security.

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🪙 ARK Invest and 21 Shares cut staking component from latest spot Ethereum ETF filing

A spot ether exchange-traded fund proposal from Cathie Wood's ARK Invest and 21Shares will not include staking. In a previous filing, ArkInvest/21 Shares included a staking component that said that the "sponsor may, from time to time, stake a portion of the Trust’s assets through one or more trusted Staking Providers." That specific language was not included in the updated filing on Friday.

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🇺🇸 SEC Rebuts 🏦 Coinbase's Attempt to Get Appeals Court to Answer Key Crypto Question

U.S. regulators said an appeals court shouldn't heed Coinbase's request to review how – or if – conventional securities rules apply to cryptocurrencies. Coinbase, the largest U.S. crypto exchange, filed for permission to ask the Second Circuit Court of Appeals if the Howey Test, a longstanding Supreme Court assessment for securities, should apply to digital assets. Coinbase hopes it doesn't. Coinbase hasn't successfully argued this is needed, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday.

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