Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Keonne Rodriguez Pleads Not Guilty, Released on $1M Bond
NEW YORK — Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges tied to creating and marketing the privacy-focused bitcoin wallet application and mixing service in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday.Source
Press Briefing With ChinaAMC Executive Ahead of Tuesday Launch of Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs
Zhu Haokang is head of digital asset management and family wealth at one of the ETF providers, ChinaAMC.Source
EigenLayer, After Touching Off Restaking Frenzy, Plans Own EIGEN token
Some 45% of the EIGEN token supply will go towards the EigenLayer community, while investors will be allocated 29.5% of the token supply, and 25.5% will go towards early contributors.Source
Bitcoin, Ether Nurse Losses as U.S. Stagflation Fears Grip Market
The crypto market is balancing the threat of stagflation against a liquidity injection from the Treasury General Account (TGA), and the launch of Hong Kong’s bitcoin ETFs.Source
Protocol Village: Natix, Crowdsourced Camera Network With Web3 Incentives, Secures $9.6M
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 25-May 1.Source
DOJ Disputes Roman Storm’s Characterization of Tornado Cash Operations in New Filing
The U.S. Department of Justice rebuffed Roman Storm’s motion to dismiss criminal charges against him late Friday.Source
Bitcoin Chops Around $64K, With Japanese Yen’s Tumble Maybe Signaling ‘Currency Turmoil,’ Analyst Says
The yen’s volatile episode may spread to other fiat currencies as U.S. rate cuts remain elusive amid sticky inflation, which could drive investors to gold and bitcoin, Noelle Acheson said in an interview.Source
Warren Rival for Senate Race John Deaton Argues for Coinbase in SEC Challenge
Lawyer-turned-politician John Deaton further reinforced his credentials as an outspoken crypto ally on Friday, filing a friend-of-the-court brief in Coinbase Inc.’s (COIN) effort to get a higher U.S. court to rule on a central question about when a digital token qualifies as a security.Source