The week of 27/05 in short. The news about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are in constant boiling. It may happen that capital information getting lost in the daily informative flow and that you miss the important points. This format is there to remedy it. We return to the news of the week spent in the weekly crypto In order to keep you informed about the current situation of cryptocurrencies.
Crypto news in short
▶ Michael Saylor declares that he is not a fan of the proof of reserve on-chain. According to him, this exposes companies to security risks and prefers audits to them by recognized firms.
▶ Thailand wants to attract crypto tourism by authorizing payments to cryptocurrencies. For this, he wants to allow tourists to link their crypto portfolios to payment cards to pay for their purchases in the country.
▶ Validators on Ethereum want a new increase in the Gas limit. Thus, approximately 15 % of them try to push an increase of 66 %.
▶ Jack Dorsey announces the arrival of BTC payments on Square. The founder of Twitter wants to add the queen of cryptocurrencies to his payment solution for merchants.
▶ The United Kingdom exceeds the US in terms of the adoption of cryptos. Thus, 24 % of UK nationals say they have cryptos, compared to 22 % in the USA.
▶ Metamask announces the support of the Solana blockchain for its wallet. A feature announced last February which was deployed this week.
▶ The mayor of New York wishes to launch a Bitcoin Bond and remove the Bitlicense. This is a municipal obligation backed by Bitcoins.
▶ a few months ago, the USA announced a BTC strategic reserve. But how does Donald Trump intend to buy BTC massively?
The 5 metrics of the week
➤ $ 63 millionthis is the amount raised by the French company Blockchain Group to buy bitcoin. In total, it acquired 590 BTC and now has a total of 1437 BTC.
➤ $ 2.6 millionthis is the sum lost by a user victim of a so -called address poisoning attack. Thus, the hacker will perform transactions that will appear in the history of the victim suggesting a legitimate address. The objective is then that the user transfer of funds to this address which he thinks legitimate.
➤ 5 to 6 billion dollarsit’s the Valuation referred to by Circle as part of its IPO. In parallel, rumors suggest that the company would not spread a takeover and would be in discussion with Ripple and Coinbase.
➤ $ 3.3 billionthese are the Fund entries recorded by the ETF Ibit of BlackRock in 7 days. A return to the green after several weeks of net outings for ETF BTC Spot in the USA.
➤ $ 21 millionthis is the amount of bonds issued by Metaplanet to buy BTC. Thus, more and more companies follow the strategy adopted by Michael Saylor Strategy’s company (formerly Microstrategy).
Have a good week on the local newspaper! 🙂