💰 Bitcoin Miner Revenue Reached $106.7 Million On The Halving Day

Bitcoin miner revenue experienced a significant boost following the recent halving event, driven by a surge in transaction fees. According to data from Glassnode, on April 20, Bitcoin miner revenue hit a record high of $106.7 million, with 75.444% of it stemming from network transaction fees. The spike in transaction fees was attributed to increased activity on the Runes protocol, particularly in capturing newly minted runes.

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💰 Post-Halving Fee Madness on the Bitcoin Network After the Introduction of Runes

Bitcoin’s brief record-breaking fees were due to the frenzy of activity on the new Runes Protocol, which went live on the halving day. The average Bitcoin transaction fee dropped on Sunday after reaching a record high the day before. Following the much-anticipated halving, the average fee per Bitcoin transaction hit a record high of $128.45 stemming from Runes. However, data from YCharts revealed that the figure subsequently fell to $34.8 million on April 21.

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💰 ViaBTC auctions 'epic sat' after mining Bitcoin's halving block and holding back rewards

Bitcoin mining pool ViaBTC is auctioning the "epic sat" after mining Bitcoin's fourth halving block on Friday and setting aside 40.75 ($2.6 million) in rewards. "The auction for Sat 1,968,750,000,000,000 — 1 of only 4 epic sats in the Bitcoin ecosystem — has officially begun!," ViaBTC posted on its official X account earlier on Tuesday. "We're thrilled to partner with [crypto exchange] CoinEx Global for this monumental event.".

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💰 Bitcoin has room to trend higher in less leveraged market: Standard Chartered

Bitcoin, along with the rest of the cryptocurrency market, may trend higher following the liquidation of highly elevated leveraged positions before the halving, an analyst said Tuesday. The week leading up to last Saturday's bitcoin halving saw a flush-out of a substantial amount of leveraged long positions, when bitcoin fell to a recent low below the $60,000 level.

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💰 Bitcoin mining difficulty rises for first time immediately after a halving amid Runes fee frenzy

Bitcoin mining difficulty rose 2% on Wednesday to hit a new all-time high in the first adjustment since last week’s halving event. The difficulty adjustment came at block height 840,672, reaching a record of 88.1 trillion, according to Bitbo data — marking the first time Bitcoin mining difficulty has risen in the first adjustment following a halving.

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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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💰 Fidelity’s spot bitcoin ETF records outflow for first time

Fidelity’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund saw daily net outflows of $22.61 million on Thursday, becoming the first day the ETF saw more funds move out since its January listing, according to SoSoValue data. Several other U.S. bitcoin funds reported daily outflows, totaling a drainage of $217.58 million. Grayscale’s converted ETF lost $139.37 million, while Ark Invest and 21Shares’ fund saw $31.34 million move out, SoSoValue data showed. Valkyrie’s fund lost $20.16 million and Bitwise saw an outflow of $6 million.

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🪙 Franklin Templeton lists Ethereum ETF on DTCC

Asset management firm Franklin Templeton has listed its spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) — the Franklin Ethereum TR Ethereum ETF (EZET) — on the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) website, a significant platform for securities transactions in the United States. The DTCC website’s “Create/Redeem” column lists the ETF, indicating its availability for creation and redemption.

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🟠 Binance's CZ Will Spend Less Than a Year in Prison, Polymarket Traders Bet

Binance's founder and former CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, will be sentenced in a U.S. court in Seattle Tuesday. The Department of Justice said in a recent sentencing memo that he should spend three years in prison, citing the scale of his misconduct. "Yes" shares for the "less than six months" contract on the crypto-based prediction market platform were trading at about 42 cents Monday, indicating a 42% chance CZ will be out in less than six months.

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🪙 Consensys vs. SEC litigation over whether ether is a security 'will take years': TD Cowen

Ethereum developer Consensys brought the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to court, seeking a declaration that ether is not a security. This legal battle will be a prolonged affair, according to investment bank TD Cowen. As a result, the bank reiterated that spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds are unlikely to gain approval before 2025. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler is "okay" with the court deciding whether ETH is a security or commodity, according to TD Cowen.

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🟠 Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao says crypto industry has 'entered a new phase'

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as CZ, expressed his thanks to his supporters following his sentencing to four months in prison over breaking compliance rules. Zhao was sentenced in Seattle on Tuesday after pleading guilty to anti-money laundering violations. He has also agreed to pay a $50 million fine. The former Binance CEO said that he plans to spend the next chapter of his life on education, where he has started a project called Giggle Academy.

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🔵 Aave Labs debuts V4 roadmap in series of governance proposal

Aave Labs unveiled a trio of governance proposals on Wednesday to guide its development of Aave V4. The Aave V4 roadmap, which is in the advanced research stage, proposes several improvements to Aave’s lending platform, such as improved support for its native GHO stablecoin and lower transaction fees, the protocol said Wednesday in a post on its governance forum.

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