Bitcoin’s Uptrend Threatened by Looming ‘Stochastics’ Signal: Fairlead Strategies

The pending signal, if confirmed, would imply a challenging time ahead, according to analysis by Fairlead Strategies.Source

Top Republican Retains Hope U.S. Crypto Legislation Can Get Done This Year

Sen. Cynthia Lummis said the window is closing, but it’s not shut yet.Source

Nearly Half of All Corporate Election Spending in 2024 Cycle Comes from Crypto Companies, Study Finds

Nearly half of all corporate political contributions in the 2024 election cycle came from cryptocurrency companies, according to a Wednesday report from corporate influence watchdog Public Citizen.Source

TradFi Underestimates Bitcoin’s Enormous Scale, Franklin Templeton CEO Says

Bitcoin processed $36.6 trillion in transactions last year, far more than payment network giants Mastercard and Visa combined.Source

Kamala Harris Signals Interest in Friendlier Stance on Crypto: Bloomberg

The cryptocurrency industry has made no secret of its displeasure with the Biden administration’s approach towards regulating digital assets.Source

DePIN Media Network PTK Starts Up on Coinbase’s Base to Bring Transparency to Making Movies

PKT has Hollywood talent behind it who are sick of the the black box that is the industry’s film production process.Source

Bitcoin Gets Brief Boost After U.S. Employment Growth Revised Lower

Job growth for the 12-months ending in March 2024 was 818,000 lower than previously reported, according to a government report.Source

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Trades Down Despite Gains from MATIC and UNI

Polygon and Uniswap gain ground as Litecoin and others drag CoinDesk 20 index down by 0.3%.Source

Controversial Crypto Firm Prometheum to Treat Uniswap and Arbitrum’s Tokens as Securities

Prometheum is forging ahead with its strategy to comply with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s view on cryptocurrency transactions by letting two more tokens into its custody operation for crypto securities, whether the rest of the industry agrees or not.Source

BlackRock’s ETHA Becomes First Ethereum ETF to Cross $1B in Net Inflows

ETHA holds over $860 million in net assets. Only Grayscale’s mini ether trust (ETH) and Ethereum trust (ETHE) have more. Its net inflows are more than the next three highest ETF inflows combined.Source