Pumpfun attacked; Pumpfun exploiter slams ‘horrible bosses.’ 

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In today’s Alpha Bytes👇

The crypto market is up 2.50% in the past 24 hours, pushing the total market cap to a cool $2.4T. Major players like Bitcoin and Ether are riding the wave, and there are some juicy catalysts behind this surge. 

All in all, it's looking like a good day to be in crypto.

BTC $66,342 (+0.13%), ETH $3,037(+1.54%), SOL $167.95 (+3.07%)

Crypto News 📰 

• Pumpfun exploited 

• Pumpfun exploiter slams ‘horrible bosses.’ Demands $100k payouts for non-founders 

• MEV bot baiting brothers charged by US prosecutors 

• Morgan Stanley discloses $270 million spot Bitcoin ETF holdings 

• Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit blacklisted in France 

• Sam Trabucco submits character reference letter for Ryan Salame 

• The Senate is voting on overturning the Securities and Exchange Commission’s anti-crypto rule 

• Vanguard appoints new CEO Salim Ramji who played a crucial role in launching BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF 

• Bitcoin analysis mostly noise, A $70k breakout is what matters 

• Spot Ethereum ETF sparks debate in community as ETH drops below $3000 once more 

• Turkey proposes aligning crypto legislation with international standards 

• French regulator warns investors over ByBit ban 

• Hong Kong’s shaky crypto ETF debuts dent global hub aspirations 

• Coinbase shares sink by 9% 

• US Treasury plans to increase focus on combating illicit financial activity via crypto, emerging tech 

• Tether and TON announce partnership with Oobit for USDT-to-fiat transactions via mobile app 

• Hong Kong debuts China’s digital yuan, prohibits peer-to-peer transfers 

• Bitcoin’s path to $150,000

• Indian securities regulator proposes multi-agency approach to regulate crypto 

• Wallet drainer service Pink Drainer to wind down operations 

• Blockchain games secured $990 million in April alone, a new record 

• Binance teams up with Taiwan regulators to curb $6.2m money laundering ring 

• NOT tumbles 55% as airdrop farmers sell off post-exchange launch 

• Nearly 75% of all stolen funds via crypto drainers funneled into DeFi 

• Tornado Cash developer appeals verdict 

• Big miners pose a growing existential threat to Bitcoin 

• “We’re just scratching the surface of crypto and AI” – Microsoft exec 

• Altcoins a relatively huge risk as days of big returns are over, say analysts 

• DTCC, Chainlink complete fund data tokenization pilot with US banks 

Project Updates 🔥

• Nillion Network joins the Interchain network

• @RuneKek shares more information regarding NewStable and PureDai

• Marginfi introduces Solana’s liquidity layer 

• Blast L2 delays airdrop to June 26th 

• 0xMantle proposal to introduce cMETH and a new governance token 

• @shufflecom listed on @Backpack 

• @aveoxyz issues update following completion of $RBN -> $AEVO

• ICP reveals roadmap 

• Backpack lists SHFL 

• Linea announces the launch of the Linea Surge program 

• CyberConnect rebrands to Cyber 

• MakerDAO founder announces plans for fully decentralized “PureDai” launch 

• PancakeSwap to reimburse interface fee for Uniswap users 

Threads 🧵

• A thread about governance tokens vs meme coins by @yashhsm 

• A thread by @0xShual explaining Etherscan’s code reader 

• Synchronicity: A look at potential protocol synergies within the Berachain ecosystem and their relationship to PoL - @knowerofmarkets 

• A deep dive into the TON blockchain and the opportunities it is providing right now 

• How to safeguard yourself from an address poisoning attack: @only1temmy 

• Autonomous Degen | Arweave AO’s Autonomous DCA Agent 

• Three tokenless zk-proofs projects 

• Redacted research | Introducing eOracle 

• Yash Agarwal | Is Solana DeFi truly OPOS (Only Possible On Solana)

• Wei Dai | Assessment of Proof of Sampling (PoSP)

• Navigating market trends with Solana, Ethereum, and Borroe Finance 

• What is zero-knowledge proof and how does it protect your data 

Launches 🚀

• Drift airdrop and TGE

• Notcoin TGE and claims 

• NuLink TGE 

• yPrisma migration 

• CreatorBid CreatorDrop Season 1

Fundraise 💰

• Humanity Protocol raises $30 million in round led by Kingsway Capital 

• Defi_raven raises $2.7 million in seed round led by @hack_vc 

• @shogunfi (DeFi) raises $6.9 million in seed round led by @polychaincap 

• @mygamichq raises $1.8 million 

That's a wrap for today!

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