💰 Dormant Bitcoin Address Awakens After a Decade, Moves $9.8 Million in BTC

After a much quieter April, May has witnessed numerous dormant bitcoin addresses becoming active after years of inactivity. Notably, a significant holder from 2010 reappeared this month, spending 2,050 BTC from a cache of block rewards. Additionally, $9.6 billion in Mt Gox bitcoins was transferred on Tuesday morning. On the same day, May 28, 2024, at block height 845,533, another entity decided to transfer 145.89 BTC worth $9.8 million from a dormant 2013 address.

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💰 Bitcoin price falls below $68,000 following transfer worth $9.6 billion from Mt. Gox cold wallet

The price of bitcoin fell below $68,000 following a significant transfer from a Mt. Gox cold wallet. Early on Tuesday, Mt. Gox appeared to have transferred out bitcoin worth at least $9.6 billion from its cold wallets, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. Bitcoin's price has decreased by over 1.5% in the past 24 hours and was changing hands for $67,818 at 10:17 a.m. ET, according to The Block’s Price Page. The GM 30 Index, representing a selection of the top 30 cryptocurrencies, increased by 1.42% to 145.45 in the same period.

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🇸🇻 Ark CEO Cathie Wood Talks Bitcoin With El Salvador's President — Applauds His Vision for BTC Hub

Cathie Wood, CEO of asset management firm Ark Invest, recently met with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and discussed bitcoin. She praised his progressive approach to economic and educational reforms. “President Bukele’s determination to transform El Salvador into a hub for the bitcoin and AI communities — two of the most significant economic and technological revolutions in history — is why I believe its real GDP could potentially increase tenfold during the next five years,” Wood stated.

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📣 Deutsche Bank sees blockchain as key to tackling margin compression

Deutsche Bank AG has announced its strategic push into blockchain technology as a potential remedy for the margin compression challenges facing the financial services industry, Bloomberg News reported on May 29. The German banking giant is participating in Singapore’s Project Guardian, an initiative led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, which aims to harness the benefits of blockchain for financial markets.

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💰 Dormant Bitcoin Address Awakens After a Decade, Moves $9.8 Million in BTC

After a much quieter April, May has witnessed numerous dormant bitcoin addresses becoming active after years of inactivity. Notably, a significant holder from 2010 reappeared this month, spending 2,050 BTC from a cache of block rewards. Additionally, $9.6 billion in Mt Gox bitcoins was transferred on Tuesday morning. On the same day, May 28, 2024, at block height 845,533, another entity decided to transfer 145.89 BTC worth $9.8 million from a dormant 2013 address.

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💰 Bitcoin price falls below $68,000 following transfer worth $9.6 billion from Mt. Gox cold wallet

The price of bitcoin fell below $68,000 following a significant transfer from a Mt. Gox cold wallet. Early on Tuesday, Mt. Gox appeared to have transferred out bitcoin worth at least $9.6 billion from its cold wallets, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. Bitcoin's price has decreased by over 1.5% in the past 24 hours and was changing hands for $67,818 at 10:17 a.m. ET, according to The Block’s Price Page. The GM 30 Index, representing a selection of the top 30 cryptocurrencies, increased by 1.42% to 145.45 in the same period.

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🇹🇷 Turkish Parliament Committee to Review Crypto Bill This Week

The Turkish parliament’s Planning and Budget Committee will discuss a draft law this week that would require crypto asset service providers to obtain licenses and register. This move aims to enhance Turkey’s compliance with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. In 2021, FATF placed Turkey on its “grey list” due to inadequate oversight of sectors prone to money laundering and financing terrorist organizations.

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🔵 Ethereum outperforms market surging to $3900 after ETF approval, Pectra upgrade in sight

Ethereum’s price has climbed to a two-month high of more than $3900 less than a week after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 19b-4 filings for eight spot exchange-traded funds (ETF)-related to the digital asset. This caps a week of positive performance for Ethereum, significantly outpacing the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. During the reporting period, ETH’s value increased by approximately 27%, while Bitcoin saw a modest gain of 2%.

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🪙 Ether (ETH) Could See Price Volatility Soon Due to These Metrics: CryptoQuant

Over the week, ether (ETH) received a large share of crypto investors’ attention as anticipation intensified about approvals for its spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). While the crypto asset rallied significantly as the market waited for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision on the ETFs, CryptoQuant analysts identified on-chain dynamics that could trigger major volatility soon.

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🇺🇸 Donald Trump declares US must not settle for ‘second place’ in crypto industry

The United States must not settle for anything but top place in the cryptocurrency industry, according to former U.S. president Donald Trump. “I am very positive and open minded to cryptocurrency companies, and all things related to this new and burgeoning industry,” he claimed, before taking aim at the current president, Joe Biden, whom he is up against in the 2024 presidential race, with the US election day scheduled on November 4.

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