CRYPTO PHISHING SCAMS SPIKE WITH FAKE EMAILS TARGETING CRYPTO PROJECTSThe crypto industry is facing a rise in sophisticated phishing campaigns. Attackers are impersonating accounting and audit firms to gain user trust.MH Ventures (@mhventures) recently flagged fake emails posing as Berkower LLC. These emails include fraudulent audit forms designed to collect sensitive data.An MH Ventures spokesperson said that at least seven to eight teams have reported receiving these emails.Users are being urged to avoid ...

US CRACKS DOWN ON IRAN CRYPTO FLOWS WITH MAJOR SEIZUREThe US Treasury has seized hundreds of millions in cryptocurrency tied to Iran.Officials say the move is part of a broader economic pressure campaign. Over $344 million has been frozen to disrupt illicit financial flows.The move is tied to Operation Economic Fury targeting oil revenues. Billions in projected income have reportedly been disrupted.Authorities warn further actions will follow to tighten restrictions. ...

META ENABLES USDC PAYOUTS TO CREATORS ON SOLANA AND POLYGONMeta has started offering creators the option to receive payouts in $USDC. Payments can be sent directly to crypto wallets on Solana (@Solana) and Polygon (@0xPolygon).The move expands Meta’s push into digital asset based payments.Stripe will handle the backend payment processing and reporting. Creators are responsible for securing their wallet credentials and records. ...

CANADA IS FULLY BANNING BITCOIN ATMSReported by CBC, Canada's Federal Government is planning to issue a full ban on crypto ATMs in the country.There are nearly 4,000 crypto ATMs in Canada, more than any other country relative to its population size.The Canadian government wants to issue the ban to protect consumers from scams, the government believing crypto ATMs are a major tool in such activities. ...

ALTURA HITS $1 MILLION TVL ON ARBITRUM AS APY HITS 38%@alturax, which specializes in providing yield opportunities through a single multi-strategy vault on @HyperliquidX EVM, has now reached $1 million TVL on @arbitrum alone.Its overall TVL comes in at around $15.5 million, per both DefiLlama data and its official website.What's more, Altura depositors currently have access to an insane yield rate of 38.51%, once base APY is combined with $ALTU rewards. ...

VITALIK BUTERIN JUST SOLD MEMECOINS FOR ETH AND USDCLegendary @Ethereum founder @VitalikButerin sold a handful of 'freely received' memecoins, according to Lookonchain data.In return for the sale, Buterin received around $114.6k in @Circle's $USDC and around $5k in $ETH.For as long as we can remember, new memecoins have been sending tokens to Buterin's public addresses, in order to gather publicity and rightly or wrongly claimed that Buterin himself is a holder. ...

ERIC TRUMP DEFENDS AMERICAN BITCOIN AGAINST FORBES ATTACK@EricTrump has defended the @ABTC project after a post from Forbes claimed American Bitcoin was an "arbitrage vehicle that preys on MAGA-minded investors".Eric Trump said Forbes had been "acquired by China" after the Hong Kong based Whale Media Investments bought a majority stake in 2014.He also pointed to American Bitcoin's 90,000-strong miner fleet and its insane holdings of some 7,000 $BTC."In Q4 alone, we increased the Bitcoin on our balance sheet ...

CORE SECURED BY 90% OF BITCOIN'S HASHRATEAccording to @Coredao_Org itself, the network is now secured by around 90% of $BTC's hashrate."Institutions deploying billions in Bitcoin can't afford to settle for less".Core DAO broke headlines again in recent days after its $CORE token ripped an insane 136% between April 19 and April 22. ...

MAJOR MEMECOINS PEPE & SHIB SEE SERIOUS HOLDER GROWTHDespite a difficult market for memecoin assets, both @Shibtoken and @pepecoineth have seen sizeable increases in their holder bases.Since April 15, SHIB's unique holder addresses have risen by around 20,000 to reach nearly 1.583 million.In the same period, PEPE's holders have surged by nearly 37,000, to reach roughly 551.5k total holders.Is memecoin season finally back...? ...

SPOT XRP PRODUCTS SEE BIGGEST INFLOWS OF ANY ETFAs both $BTC and $ETH ETFs bled 8-figures in net outflows on April 28, spot @Ripple $XRP ETFs clocked a net inflows of $2.2 million.This continues a bullish streak for the products, which now hold 1.23% of $XRP's supply and have not seen a single day of net outflows since April 9.$AVAX was the only other crypto asset to see net inflows to its ETF products on April 28. ...