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Binance determined the application was not necessary "when assessing [its] global needs." The move is unrelated to the exchange's legal settlement in the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) argues that Binance's former CEO should remain free until sentencing – but only in the U.S.

The Department of Justice wants him to stay in the U.S. prior to sentencing.

After the first gold ETFs were approved in 2003, the price of gold increased by 420% in the following 10 years. And that's for the old and traditional asset, gold. Imagine what the ETF impact could be for Bitcoin?

A white paper titled: "BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin", Stirring up widespread interest

Despite a very cold market overall, Friend.tech has shown no signs of fading. Several strategy has been proposed to profit from this social application.

FTX intends to sell billions of dollars crypto asset holding, $MATIC, $TRX, and $DOGE would be the most impacted tokens, according to Messari.

While SEC could pick a different reason to deny Grayscale again, it is also possible the SEC could take the new court decision as a graceful exit from their anti-ETF position.

Don't ready too much into the move, said one observer, calling it a typical position reset.

HashKey Exchange obtained approval HK SFC to become the first cryptocurrency exchange to offer retail services in Hong Kong. The registration process indicates that non-Hong Kong residents can also apply for registration.
- 02:35A Whale Withdraws Over 9,000 ETH from CEX in the Past 2 DaysAccording to Odaily Planet Daily, monitored by Onchain Lens, a certain whale deposited 20.18 million USDT into a CEX over the past two days and withdrew 9,023.5 ETH at a price of $2,237. Currently, the whale's address holds 11,739 ETH worth $27.57 million and 9.38 million USDT.
- 02:35The cumulative net inflow of U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs surpasses $40.8 billion, setting a new recordBlockBeats reports that on May 10, according to Farside Investors monitoring, as of May 8, the cumulative net inflow of the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF since its launch reached $40.806 billion, setting a new historical high. The previous highest total net inflow of the Bitcoin ETF was on February 7, reaching $40.78 billion.
- 02:34BlackRock and SEC Cryptocurrency Group Discuss Staking and Options for Crypto ETFsOdaily Planet Daily News According to the minutes of a relevant meeting, representatives from BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, met with staff from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this Friday to discuss methods for addressing issues related to cryptocurrency asset regulation. The meeting covered topics such as staking and options for crypto ETFs.It is reported that Robert Mitchnick, Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock, also attended the meeting. BlackRock representatives and SEC staff discussed "considerations related to ETP products with staking features" and deliberated on parameters such as position calculation and exercise limits for cryptocurrency ETF options, including liquidity thresholds. Additionally, BlackRock and the SEC explored general standards for approving crypto ETFs.