☕️ GM! Here are the top news in #Crypto for the past 24 hours
🟠 SEC requests final S-1 filings for Ether ETFs by July 16, aiming to launch the funds on July 23, says Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas.
🟠 Mt. Gox moves 140,000 BTC ($9B) after two weeks of inactivity, sparking market concerns and a 3% BTC price drop.
🟠 Metaplanet buys $1.2M of Bitcoin as price nears $65K, boosting its shares 22% on Tokyo Stock Exchange, now holding 225.6 BTC.
🟠 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, once a skeptic, now calls Bitcoin "digital gold" and a "legitimate" financial instrument.
🟠 Ether could outperform Bitcoin post-spot ETF launch, with Bloomberg analyst predicting US Ethereum ETFs by July 23, according to Kaiko.
🟠 Bitcoin and Ether lead $17.8B crypto inflows, with Bitcoin's fifth-largest weekly inflow of $1.35B and Ether's $72M inflow for US ETFs.
🟠 Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission flagged seven unregulated crypto exchanges for noncompliance, raising investor safety concerns.
🟠 A Cambodian payments firm, Huione Pay, received $150K in crypto from North Korean hackers Lazarus between June and February.
🟠 Filipino artists' YouTube accounts hacked to promote an XRP scam, including pop band Ben&Ben, boyband SB19, and musician Rico Blanco.
🟠 Tether blacklisted $29.6M USDT tied to Huione Guarantee, linked to the DMM Bitcoin hack. Huione reportedly laundered $35M from the hack.