Bitcoin Edges Below $27K as Latest Bank Crisis Fails to Trigger Price Increase

BTC has been trading largely below the psychologically important $30,000 mark since late April, as investors wrestle with recent bank sector debacles and other macroeconomic uncertainties.Source

Elon Musk’s Twitter, Crypto’s Town Square, Has Found a New CEO

Musk says he’ll shift to being chief technology officer.Source

McHenry to U.S. SEC: Which Crypto Firms Have Tried to Register?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has so far disregarded congressional requests for information on its interactions with crypto platforms seeking registration as exchanges, according to Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives, who threatened a hearing if they’re ignored any longer.Source

Decentralized Exchange Uniswap Trading Volume Outpaces Coinbase for 4th Consecutive Month

Uniswap, the decentralized exchange, outpaced centralized exchange Coinbase in April.Source

EU Could Veto Large Stablecoins During MiCA Approval Process, Regulator Signals

The European Banking Authority doesn’t want private crypto initiatives to threaten monetary policy privilegesSource

Franklin Templeton to List Blockchain Fund Targeting Institutional Investors

The Blockchain Fund II is a private equity fund and will carry a minimum investment sum of $100,000.Source

Developers Deploy Uniswap Contracts on Bitcoin as BRC20-Based SHIB, PEPE Gain Popularity

Tokens issued on Bitcoin ran to a cumulative market capitalization of as much as $1.5 billion earlier this week before sharply correcting.Source

Bitcoin Miner Marathon First-Quarter Earnings Beat Estimates as SEC Extends Probe

The U.S. regulatory body is probing related-party transactions that may have violated securities laws.Source

Coinbase Newsletter Flags Rise of Pepecoin and BRC-20 Tokens, Irks Crypto Twitter

A Coinbase newsletter said meme coins allow investors to make big profits in a short period of time but warned of long-term investing in these tokens.Source

First Mover Asia: Expect Bitcoin to Hit $25.2K Soon: Strategist

ALSO: Bitcoin needs a compelling narrative to break from its current range, but that likely will not occur until next year, says the CEO of Web3 bond-market platform Umee.Source