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This May has been one wild ride in crypto. Just when everyone was getting bearish and the fear and greed index hit the "neutral" territory for the first time in months, the markets decided to pull a 180 and go full bull mode. What kicked off this rally, you ask? Well, rumors started swirling yesterday that the SEC might finally be warming up to approving an Ethereum spot ETF. Before we knew it, ETH started pumping, surging over 20% in just a matter of hours. The unexpected news of experts getting optimistic about the ETF approval was all it took to flip the script. So let's unpack all the details of the big developments that happened in crypto in the past 24 hours. Here is a quick rundown of the top headlines: |
- Ethereum skyrocketed amid ETF approval hopes - but what changed experts' views? 🤔️
- Bitcoin rallied past $70K - but what exactly is fueling this price action? 👀
- Gala Games lost $206M in a massive exploit - does the team have a plan to recover?
- Prometheum is treating ETH as a security for custody - does it pose any threat to ETH ETF approval? 🧐
- An anon trader turned $2.2K into $2.26M with a meme coin - but how did they find the token? 💰️
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Let's dive into the details! |
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| | GLOBAL MARKET CAP | | $2.61T | | ▲7.72% (24h) | | | 24H MARKET VOLUME | | $142.36B | | ▲131.8% (24h) | | |
| | BITCOIN'S DOMINANCE | | 53.51% | | ▼1.0% (24h) | | | FEAR & GREED INDEX | | 70 | | Greed | | |
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 | Bitcoin | | | $70,979.31 | | ▲5.65% (24h) | |
|  | Ethereum | | | $3,711.36 | | ▲19.47% (24h) | |
|  | BNB | | | $617.71 | | ▲7.61% (24h) | |
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Data as of: 21 May 2024 11:00 UTC |
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Ethereum skyrocketed over 20% in a matter of hours amid swirling rumors that the SEC may be warming up to finally approving a spot ETH ETF product. The sudden run was sparked by none other than Bloomberg Intelligence's senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, who did a complete 180 on his previous approval odds projections. After initially giving a mere 25% chance, Balchunas and colleague James Seyffart have now revised their estimates all the way up to 75% probability following chatter of potential "SEC backpedaling" reaching a fever pitch. But what's the reason behind their optimism for the approval all of a sudden? What changed their views? Read the full story! |
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Bitcoin is officially back in action after a rally propelled the OG crypto straight past the $70,000 level. Over the past 24 hours alone, BTC tacked on a sizzling 6.6% to rocket as high as $71,785 per coin. Some prominent crypto analysts have begun sounding the alarms that this vertical price action may be displaying inorganic "market top" characteristics. However, the majority of on-chain metrics still reflect the market remaining in the early bull cycle phase on balance. But what exactly is fueling this price action? Weren't experts expecting Bitcoin to dive below $50K? Read the full story! |
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GALA Reels From $206M Exploit |
In what is shaping up to be one of crypto's biggest single-day debacles of 2024 so far, web3 gaming upstart Gala Games is reeling after suffering a massive $206 million exploit that sent its native GALA token into a tailspin. The incident happened on May 20th, with blockchain explorers detecting a smart contract minting and distributing 5 billion GALA tokens out of thin air - nearly 15% of the total supply! The aftershocks were felt instantly across both centralized and decentralized trading platforms. GALA's price plummeted from around $0.0467 down to $0.0397 in a matter of hours. Has there been any announcement from the Gala Games team? Read the full story! |
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Prometheum Is Treating ETH as Security |
In a move that could have profound ripple effects across the crypto landscape, Prometheum has officially launched its highly anticipated Ethereum custody service - with the caveat of treating ETH as a security. According to reports, Prometheum quietly kicked off the controversial offering in soft launch mode on May 17th. The full public rollout is scheduled sometime next month, with retail investor access potentially following later in 2024. But why does it even matter? Read the full story! |
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What Is Prometheum and Why Is It in Front of Congress? | |
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| SEC-licensed digital asset trading platform doesn't allow its customers to trade Bitcoin or Ether, the two assets that make up more than 60% of the digital asset market. |
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$2.2K Into $2.26M in 8 Hours |
We have a contender for the craziest degen trade of 2024 so far! An anonymous trader operating under the wallet "sundayfunday.sol" just turned $2,275 into $2.26 MILLION in less than 8 hours - all thanks to a newly-launched memecoin called 1DOL. It began on May 18th when our degen hero decided to yolo 13 SOL tokens (around $2.2k) into 1DOL right as it hit the markets. It turns out sundayfunday's timing was impeccable. Within a day, the meme coin's price skyrocketed over 100x to briefly peak at around $0.02 - pushing their investment into the multi-million territory in a matter of hours! So at what price did they cash out their investment? Read the full story! |
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And that's a wrap. We will be back with more updates tomorrow! |
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