NEW: Dormant #Bitcoin 🐳 whale awakens after 10.3 years, moving 687.33 #BTC (💵 $43.9M). 
NEW: Hong Kong's new spot #Bitcoin ETFs attract
💵 $230M in assets under management (AUM) during their first week.
China AMC was the most successful with $116M, followed by Bosera International & HashKey Capital at $57M, and Harvest Global Investment also at $57M. 
The next edition of the newsletter is dropping at 7am EST 👀
Buying a poncho in 🇵🇪 Peru with #Bitcoin 🙌
from nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg https://video.nostr.build/43f5e667ad3a3936ad6d91fe78519633457e0200b075ae9c54ac1e1b4d59506d.mp4
#Bitcoin passes 1 BILLION verified transactions today 🙌 https://video.nostr.build/e46db4dcfe333b33e60f7620fea51444dbddddb23dc37a9640639c65b8bef7ae.mp4
NEW: nostr:npub1yxp7j36cfqws7yj0hkfu2mx25308u4zua6ud22zglxp98ayhh96s8c399s releases Emessbee: Unstoppable Coinjoins with No Coordinator 👀 
NEW: Dennis Porter discusses the threat of #Bitcoin centralization at Freedom Festival 2024 https://video.nostr.build/0326337ec10704ede8218200f4aefdaa44f4eb7310aac75507718dc1abfa336b.mp4
NEW: Following the crackdowns on Samourai, Wasabi, and other crypto mixer services by the United States 🇺🇸 government, Edward Snowden has sounded the alarm against the erosion of privacy, urging #Bitcoin developers to prioritize it at the protocol level. 
JUST IN: Alexander Vinnik, an operator of BTC-E, a crypto exchange linked to the 2011 collapse of Mt. Gox, has pled guilty to money laundering charges. Vinnik was first arrested in Greece 🇬🇷 in 2017, but faced a prolonged extradition process. 
NEW: “The ongoing [#Bitcoin and] 'crypto' mining activity by the 🇮🇷 Iranian government threatens our national security,” says 🇺🇸 US Sen. Elizabeth Warren. 
The money is broken.
#Bitcoin fixes this. 
NEW: Jack Dorsey pens a letter to shareholders of Block, explaining "why the hell [the company] is spending so much time on #Bitcoin ?" 
Nuclear microreactor powered #Bitcoin mining is coming… 
NEW: Trezor announces that they will disable the Coinjoin feature in Trezor Suite starting June 1st.
They state that all funds in users' Coinjoin accounts will remain accessible even after this transition. 
JUST IN: Jack Dorsey announces that each month Block will be DCA'ing 10% of their monthly gross profit from bitcoin products into purchases of #bitcoin for investment.
They plan to purchase bitcoin on a monthly cadence utilizing TWAP orders, starting April 2024. 
Orange-colored #Bitcoin mining immersion fluid 👀 https://video.nostr.build/f0d5de0cfb250d594a90675191944bf1596a79ce777981b1678a755e549eb662.mp4
NEW: 🇺🇸 Arkansas House passes bills SB 78 and 79 to tighten #Bitcoin mining regulations, including noise limits, water use restrictions, foreign ownership bans, and local control.
A state licensing system will be created under the Department of Energy and Environment. 
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis says she is “deeply concerned by the Biden administration criminalizing core tenants of the Bitcoin network and decentralized finance.” 👀 
NEW: MicroStrategy releases "did:btc", an "orange checkmark for your email" that uses the #Bitcoin blockchain to verify a user's identity online 👀 
NBC News reports federal prosecutors are investigating internal practices at Block for processing "thousands of transactions involving countries subject to economic sanctions" and "multiple cryptocurrency transactions for terrorist groups." 