Market Shakeup: Binance CEO Sentenced, Bitcoin Plummets, and BlackRock Sets Record

M6 Labs Alpha Bytes🚨: 1st May

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M6 Labs
May 01, 2024

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In today’s Alpha Bytes,

Changpeng Zhao Sentenced - Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been sentenced to four months in prison, a development that's causing ripples across the crypto industry.

Bitcoin Price Tumbles - Bitcoin has dropped below the $60,000 mark, currently trading at $57,668, reflecting a sharp 5.7% decrease. This drop is part of a broader market downturn that's considered the worst since the FTX crash.

BlackRock's BUIDL Achievement - BlackRock's BUIDL has become the world's largest tokenized treasury fund, marking a significant milestone in the adoption of blockchain technology in mainstream financial services.

and much more…👇

BTC $57,668 (-5.7%), ETH $2,901 (-3.6%), SOL $123 (-4.3%)

Crypto News 📰

  • Binance boss Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison 

  • Bitcoin tumbles below $60,000, risks deeper pullback as markets endure worst month since FTX crash

  • BlackRock’s BUIDL becomes the world’s largest tokenized treasury fund 

  • BONK surpasses Floki to become the fifth-largest meme coin 

  • Probe agency seizes 90 crore kept in crypto wallets in ‘e-nugget gaming app’ scam 

  • Raoul Pal signals ‘Banana Zone’ rally, predicts strong crypto summer for digital assets. 

  • Cryptocurrencies, stocks side ahead of Fed rate decision 

  • Bitcoin sinks below $58,000 as crypto market tumbles 9% in run up to Fed decision 

  • Crypto analyst reveals why $59,000 is an important level for Bitcoin

  • Meme coin protocol raises $5.5 million, VC calls it Ethereum’s Ordinal moment 

  • Crypto markets see significant decline as markets slip 

  • What will it take to push Solana back to its high of $260 

  • House’s McHenry accuses Securities and Exchange Commission’s Gensler of misleading Congress on Ethereum 

  • Indonesia’s election results could be good for the crypto industry

  • Bitcoin Jesus charged with evading nearly $50 million in taxes 

  • Bitcoin set to become more dominant even as it stares at first monthly loss since August 

  • ETH holds up despite market correction 

  • Web3 in the Middle East  

  • Web3 gaming won’t exist in 5 years 

  • No sign of Bitcoin miner capitulation despite plummeting revenue 

  • EigenLayer sees over 12,000 queued withdrawal, how far will the TVL fall?

  • Nigeria restricts fintech onboarding to stop KYV-evading crypto investors 

  • What happens to all the lost Bitcoin?

  • Changpeng Zhao’s 4-month sentence a general deterrence 

  • XRP, SOL, DOGE open interest falls 51% over the past month

  • Vitalik Buterin breaks down Binius as a way to speed up zero-knowledge proofs 

  • RWA protocols are closing in on $8 billion total value locked: Messari

  • Fantom bets on safer meme coins with the launch of $6.5 million dev fund 

  • Traders seem unfazed by Bitcoin’s recent price correction 

  • Bitcoin’s euphoria phase cools, but bottom could be near 

  • US Court to hear proposed remedies from Terraform Labs, Do Kwon

  • A chronology of Binance’s legal battles in the US

  • Physical version of gold-backed token replaces Zimbabwe Dollar 

  • Bitcoin ecosystem is thriving despite market correction 

  • Coinbase integrates Lightning Network for Bitcoin transactions 

  • April sees $25 million in exploits and scams, a historic low. 

  • Renzo plummets 43% after Binance listing and airdrop 

  • Circle-backed Pike Finance loses $1.6 million due to USDC vulnerability 

  • Crypto community reacts to Changpeng Zhao’s sentence 

  • Germany’s Bundesbank says households appear open to CBDCs 

  • NYC woman sentenced to 19 years in prison for funding terrorism using Bitcoin

  • Why did Bitcoin ditch Ordinals?

  • The best crypto apps for beginners 

  • US stablecoin bill may trump Bitcoin ETF impact: Bitcoin CIO

  • EigenLayer airdrop draws criticism amidst transferability concerns, allocations 

  • Liquid restaking protocol Renzo bags $150 million volume following airdrop 

  • Ripple eyes $1 while meme coins prepare for potential gains in Q2

  • HAQQ Network expanding Islamic Web3 initiative with Gold token and RWA 

  • Ethereum overtakes Solana by DEX trading volume 

  • Omnity reveals first interoperability solution for Runes 

  • BlackRock Bitcoin ETF attracts no inflows for 4th consecutive day 

  • Hong Kong ETF Day 1 flows 

  • Ripple announces partnership with Hashkey Group and SBI Group to bring supply chain finance to Japan 

  • MicroStrategy announces Q1 financial results 

  • FTX estate concludes second tranche of locked Solana sales with bids averaging around $100

  • Milky Way announces $5 million seed round led by Polygon and Binance Labs 

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