While the U.S. consistently accounts for the lion’s share of stablecoin purchases, global demand is increasing, with a diverse representation of nations and regions contributing to over $40 billion in purchases in March 2024 alone — link

SEC charges Texas mining firm and co-founders for $5.6 million fraud scheme — link | tl;dr

Australia’s largest stock exchange could list approved spot Bitcoin ETFs by end of 2024 — link | tl;dr

Digital asset investment products saw outflows for the third consecutive week totalling $435m, marking the largest outflows since March this year — link

Tether invests $200 million in biotech firm Blackrock Neurotech — link | tl;dr

ZachXBT claims North Korea's Lazarus Group laundered $200 million from crypto to fiat — link | tl;dr

The share of Bitcoin perpetual futures traded during APAC opening hours (1am-8am UTC time) has increased to 26%, up from 21% in the months preceding the CFTC’s lawsuit against Binance in early 2023.

The share of trading during US opening hours has decreased slightly from 48% to 46% — link

Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez pleads not guilty, released on $1M bond — link | tl;dr

Hong Kong officially debuts Asia's first spot Bitcoin, Ether ETFs — link | tl;dr

Since the beginning of March, there has been a sharp rise in ETH staking outflows (dark blue) — link

Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs have soft debut, the total trading volume hit $12 million — link | tl;dr

Coinbase rolls out Lightning Network support in collaboration with Lightspark — link | tl;dr

“Sell in May, and stay away” pattern may re-emerge — link

CZ sentencing hearing — x thread

Roger Ver arrested in Spain and charged with mail fraud, $48 million tax evasion, and filing false tax returns, wanted for extradition to the United States — doj | theblock | tl;dr

CZ sentenced to 4 months in prison — link

Tether releases Q1 2024 attestation, reports record net profit of over $4.52 billion — link

Approximately $175B worth of Bitcoin are now held by ETFs, countries, public and private companies — link

Jack Dorsey's Block faces scrutiny from federal authorities over non-compliant crypto services — link | tl;dr

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $563.7m outflows on Wednesday, largest daily net outflows ever — link | tl;dr

BlackRock sees sovereign wealth funds, pensions coming to Bitcoin ETFs — link | tl;dr