💰 Grayscale's GBTC reaches its own halving, down 50% in bitcoin holdings since spot ETFs launch

Grayscale’s GBTC bitcoin holdings have halved in around three months since the U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds launched on Jan. 11. In contrast to the newborn nine ETFs from BlackRock, Fidelity and others, Grayscale’s pre-existing Bitcoin Trust was converted into an ETF rather than launching from a standing start — holding around 619,220 when spot bitcoin trading began.

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💰 Bybit Report Suggests Bitcoin Exchanges to Run Dry in 9 Months

As the crypto landscape evolves, a significant tightening in bitcoin’s available supply on exchanges has emerged, hinting at just nine months of reserves left. Bybit’s latest halving report unveils the reasons behind this tightening grip, indicating a looming scarcity that could reshape market dynamics.

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💰 Buy Bitcoin Miners Ahead of the Halving, Bernstein Says

The “miner fear factor” is at its peak ahead of the imminent halving, and investors should buy outperform-rated Riot Platforms (RIOT) and CleanSpark (CLSK) because the market will reward these companies for their superior execution and for being market leaders by self-mining hashrate, broker Bernstein said in a research report on Wednesday.

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🔵 Ethereum Is More Correlated To Stocks Than Bitcoin: IntoTheBlock

According to recently published data from IntoTheBlock, the correlation between ETH and several traditional market indexes is now far higher than those between its larger rival, Bitcoin (BTC), and the same markets. The firm’s figures show a correlation coefficient of 0.7 between ETH and the DAX – a stock index tracking 40 over the largest and most liquid German companies traded on the Frankfurt exchange. The equivalent correlation for BTC is 0.63. ETH’s correlations to both indexes are 0.77 and 0.7 respectively, versus Bitcoin’s 0.56 and 0.44 correlations.

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💰 Bitcoin to Hit $122,000 in 2024, Predicts Finder’s Latest Survey of Experts

Finder’s latest survey on bitcoin’s (BTC) price involved a unique panel of 31 crypto and fintech experts. The results suggest that BTC could reach a peak of $122,000 in 2024, and then settle at $109,000 by year’s end. Nick Ranga, the senior crypto and forex analyst at Forextraders, attributes the current uptick in BTC’s value to growing institutional engagement. Ranga is among those experts who foresee BTC reaching its zenith once more in 2024, ultimately closing the year around the $100,000 mark per unit.

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🟣 Kraken acquires online brokerage TradeStation's crypto arm amid U.S. expansion

Kraken has acquired the cryptocurrency arm of online brokerage TradeStation. The acquisition is part of the exchange's push to broaden its services in the U.S., a Kraken representative said in a statement to The Block. Kraken's stateside growth forms part of the company’s broader expansion strategy that has seen the exchange pick up licenses in several key European markets, such as Spain and Ireland, earlier this year.

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💰 Bitcoin soars to $65,000 as Israel-Iran sparring looks to conclude

Bitcoin’s price momentarily exceeded $65,000 as the market reacted to seemingly reducing geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran. During the past week, the crypto industry slumped amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and plunged again in the early hours as news broke of Israel’s retaliation on Iran. However, following the muted response from Iran and tempered action from Israel, this morning saw a turnaround as the broader crypto market rose by more than 4%.

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💰 Bitcoin network completes the fourth-ever ‘halving’.

The Bitcoin network completed its fourth "halving," reducing the rewards earned by miners to 3.125 bitcoins from 6.25.

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💰 Halving Milestone: Block 840,000 Mined, Ushering in a New Chapter as Bitcoin Miners Face Shrinking Rewards

Bitcoin’s latest halving event occurred at block 840,000 which was mined by Viabtc on Friday evening. Additionally, the mining pool SBI Crypto unearthed the final 6.25 BTC block reward at block height 839,999. Starting with block 840,000, the reward has been reduced to 3.125 BTC per block. The mined block also achieved a whopping 37.626 BTC in transaction fees.

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❄️ Tether brings USDT and gold stablecoins to the TON blockchain

Stablecoin issuer Tether is launching its U.S. dollar-backed USDT and gold-backed XAUT stablecoins on The Open Network blockchain. USDT on TON will go live on April 20, and XAUT on TON will follow in the coming months, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino told The Block. While USDT is available on over a dozen blockchains, TON is the second blockchain XAUT is expanding onto after Ethereum, Ardoino said.

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💰 Bitcoin Halving, Runes Proliferation Results in Historic Fee Increases, Crypto Community Reacts

Onchain fees have soared to their highest level since block height 840,000 and continue to stay elevated. At approximately 9 p.m. ET on Friday, a high-priority fee on the Bitcoin network escalated past the $240 per transfer mark. Currently, fees are hovering around 590 satoshis per virtual byte (sat/vB), which equates to approximately $52 per transfer. The significant increase in fees has generated a considerable amount of discussion within the cryptocurrency community over the past 12 hours.

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💰 Mt Gox: Euphoria Hits Community As New Repayment Date Comes Into View

Mt Gox may be nearing the final stage of its much-anticipated repayment process to its creditors as the community recently took to Reddit to celebrate the new updates on its website. One Reddit user dubbed Due_Career_4786 stated that the Mt Gox website went down a few days ago due to some suspected technical discrepancies. He precisely mentioned that the glitch was a function of an ongoing update being carried out on the platform.

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💰 Mt. Gox creditors report bitcoin and bitcoin cash payment update on claims system

Multiple Mt. Gox creditors have reported that the trustee has updated claim accounts with bitcoin and fiat repayment data. According to users of the Mt. Gox insolvency subreddit, the Mt. Gox trustee has added specific amounts to be repaid and dates of the completion of repayment to their claim accounts. Multiple screenshots show that the repayment status in the fiat currency repayment claim section is labeled complete. A number of users have claimed that they received fiat currency repayments in their bank accounts.

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💰 Bitwise: Bitcoin Will Have 'a Great Next 12 Months'

Bitwise Asset Management expects bitcoin to have a great next 12 months. A Bitwise researcher has explained that the cryptocurrency will likely continue to test its “higher highs” this year and next. He considers regulatory risk to be the primary concern for bitcoin.

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🟠 Binance unveils spot copy trading feature in automated strategy tools expansion

Binance, the largest crypto exchange by trading volume, is set to roll out a new spot copy trading tool — enabling users to follow and automatically execute the same trades as some of the platform’s top traders. “At Binance, we’re always listening to our users and incorporating their feedback into our products. Our users give us great ideas because, very often, they know what works best for them,” Binance CTO Rohit Wad said in a statement shared with The Block.

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💰 Do Kwon, Terraform Labs Should Get $5.3B Fine, SEC Tells Court

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a New York court to impose $5.3 billion in fines on Terraform Labs and co-founder Do Kwon for their role in the $40 billion implosion of the Terra ecosystem in 2022. Terraform Labs and Kwon were found liable on civil fraud charges earlier this month, when a Manhattan jury concluded that they had misled investors about the stability of their so-called “algorithmic” native stablecoin, Terra USD (UST), and the use cases for the Terra blockchain.

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🇺🇸 US SEC expected to deny spot 🪙 Ether ETFs in May

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will most likely deny spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETF) in May, according to a new report. Reuters reported on April 24 that U.S. issuers and other firms expect the SEC to reject spot Ether ETF applications next month following meetings with the regulator in recent weeks, citing four people who participated in the meetings.

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🪙 USDT's exchange balance hits highest level in a year and keeps rising

Exchanges are holding more of Tether's USDT. The 7-day moving average of the change in USDT held by exchanges reached $568 million earlier this month, the highest it's been in a year. The moving average has remained positive since the start of February, indicating consistent growth of exchanges’ USDT holdings.

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