Hakan Ateşler 
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov stated that cryptocurrencies should not be banned and should be regulated. Speaking to the country’s official news agency Tass, the minister said, “I am sure that (the ministry) and the Central Bank will come to an agreement”
In the tax evasion investigation in Nigeria, which resulted in the detention of some Binance executives in recent weeks, it was stated that a exchange executive escaped from the country. It was stated that Nigerian authorities opened an investigation into how the manager, who apparently escaped with a fake passport, obtained these documents. It was reported that the Binance manager escaped after going to a mosque for Friday prayers accompanied by staff.
Binance Labs, the venture arm of Binance, which has recently invested in many start-up projects, announced its investment in StakeStone, a Singapore-based company. The founder of the company, which provides Ethereum restaking services, also stated that they are doing research for restaking services in Bitcoin.
Cryptocurrency funds closed last week in the negative for the first time after a total investment of $12.3 billion in 7 weeks. While net $942 million came out of the funds, Grayscale was again in the lead in this regard. The company’s weekly sell-off reached $2 billion.
Vitalik Buterin, who does not write on X as much as he used to and keeps his posts at a limited level, was called to “return” to the platform, while Elon Musk also intervened in the issue. Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO asked “Why did he quit?” for Buterin.
The steps of BlackRock, which has received great demand for Bitcoin spot ETFs, in the field of real-world assets, also known as RWA, have enabled cryptocurrency investors to be heavily focused on this side. It is noteworthy that some whales have been buying ONDO, which has increased close to 100% since last week and ATH today.
While the cryptocurrency industry is eagerly awaiting the Bitcoin halving that will take place in mid-April, the Coinbase exchange has published a report on the subject. In the report for institutional investors, it was stated that the current halving is similar to the first halving, where Bitcoin experienced large increases before and after. The report also stated that the recent movements are similar to the time between 2018-2022.
A new one has been added to the recently frequent phishing attacks in the cryptocurrency industry. In particular, a hacker who captured the e-mail addresses of many people, including FTX and BlockFi victims, managed to steal cryptocurrencies and NFTs valued at $5 million within a week from the wallets of creditors.
Bitcoin, which started to give bullish signals as of yesterday evening, made a strong start to Monday morning. Surpassing the $67,700 level, the largest cryptocurrency has set its sights on the upside again as the recent Grayscale sell-offs have begun to decline.
ARK Invest, which regularly sold Coinbase shares this year and made more than $250 million in sales, disposed of $50 million worth of shares yesterday. The company made the sale at the peak level for this year.