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Wild Bitcoin, Ether Price Swings Amid Spot ETH ETF Decision Triggers $350M Liquidations U.S. regulators approved listing spot ETH ETFs but have not yet cleared to trade. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/23/wild-bitcoin-ether-price-swings-amid-spot-eth-etf-decision-triggers-350m-liquidations/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Ether ETFs Clear Major Hurdle, Though SEC Hasn't Cleared Them for Trading Yet The Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) on Thursday approved 19b-4 forms filed by issuers looking to launch a spot ether exchange-traded fund (ETF), marking a key step forward in bringing the fu... https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/23/sec-approves-spot-ether-etf-listing-still-needs-to-approve-products/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Is the House’s FIT21 Bill Really the Legislation That Crypto Needs? While many in the industry cheered the passing of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act yesterday, many other raised criticisms and concerns. https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/05/23/is-the-houses-fit21-bill-really-the-legislation-that-crypto-needs/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Federal Reserve From Issuing a CBDC https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/05/23/us-house-passes-bill-banning-federal-reserve-from-issuing-a-cbdc/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Are Sideline Skeptics Crypto’s Biggest Enemy or Greatest Strength? https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/05/23/are-sideline-skeptics-cryptos-biggest-enemy-or-greatest-strength/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Wake Up, Web3: Your Marketing Is Fueling a Bot Epidemic We need airdrops and KOL campaigns that, instead of creating empty buzz and boosting vanity metrics, convert real committed users, build brand relationships, and bring large rewards to engaged communi... https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/05/23/wake-up-web3-your-marketing-is-fueling-a-bot-epidemic/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Layer-2 Network Starknet Gets Ethereum Virtual Machine With Zero-Knowledge Proofs The zkEVM, called Kakarot, already in testing, will be available via the Starknet Stack. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/05/22/layer-2-network-starknet-gets-ethereum-virtual-machine-with-zero-knowledge-proofs/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Humanity Protocol Raises $30M at $1B for Decentralized Identification to Rival Worldcoin While Worldcoin's technology is based on iris scans, Humanity Protocol uses palm prints. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/15/humanity-protocol-raises-30m-at-1b-for-decentralized-identification-to-rival-worldcoin/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Robinhood Wells Notice Shouldn’t Deter Eventual Approval of an Ether Spot ETF: JPMorgan The potential legal action against Robin Hood should be viewed as a continued attempt by the SEC to reinforce its position that all crypto tokens outside bitcoin and ether should be classified as secu... https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/09/robinhood-wells-notice-shouldnt-deter-eventual-approval-of-an-ether-spot-etf-jpmorgan/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Bitcoin Could Benefit From U.S. Fiscal Dominance and a Trump Win, Standard Chartered Says A Trump election win could be positive for crypto as his administration would likely push for a more supportive regulatory environment, the report said. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/07/bitcoin-could-benefit-from-us-fiscal-dominance-and-a-trump-win-standard-chartered-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines