Venezuela Government hires Hogan Lovells for external debt restructuring
The US legal firm is teaming up with Centerview Partners to coordinate the restructuring of financial commitments estimated at $170 billion. The Government of Venezuela hired the law firm Hogan Lovells US LLP as a legal advisor for its external debt restructuring process. This is indicated in a document submitted to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) unit of the US Department of Justice. This appointment comes less than a month after the national Executive announced the formal start of the process to reorganize the country’s financial commitments, which have been in default since 2017 and exceed $170 billion.
Xavier León, the Venezuelan being investigated for diverting up to 16.9 billion dollars from chavismo
using virtual currencies The former vice president of BANDES signed a contract in 2020 with Zapatero's frontman, now under investigation in Spain. Investigation 'Zapatero Case' Xavier León, the Venezuelan being investigated for diverting up to 16.9 billion dollars from chavismo using virtual currencies. The former vice president of BANDES signed a contract in 2020 with Zapatero's frontman, now under investigation in Spain. Xavier León Updated: 03/06/2026 05:55 Xavier León Anchustegui held high-ranking positions for years in the economic architecture of chavismo: Deputy Minister of Finance, Vice President of the Economic and Social Development Bank of Venezuela (BANDES), alternate governor at the World Bank. He is currently detained by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) as a suspected member of the largest corruption scheme investigated in Venezuela in two decades, the so-called PDVSA-Crypto case, where Transparency Venezuela estimates the missing money to be up to 16.9 billion dollars.
🇺🇸💰 #BTC Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff warned that the United States will be the hardest hit when the crypto bubble bursts. He argued that the U.S. has attracted more capital into crypto than any other country.
📉 Bitcoin drops to $64,997
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🇺🇸🏦 BTC $15 billion investment bank TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza has reiterated a buy rating on Bitcoin treasury strategy with a price target of $400.
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RUMORS Institutions are driving down the price of Bitcoin to have the opportunity to buy it at lower prices before the Transparency Act is ENACTED AS LAW.
We've seen a similar situation before. In August 2022, BlackRock filed for a private Bitcoin trust, and shortly after, Bitcoin fell about 36%, after which it formed a bottom.
In June 2023, BlackRock applied for the first Bitcoin ETF, and shortly after, Bitcoin surged 95%.
By January 2024, when spot ETFs were approved, Bitcoin reached new highs of $126,000.
Insider institutions are repeating the same strategy with the narrative of the Transparency Act.
🏦 #BTC Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed his excitement about collaborating with lawmakers on the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. He stated: "We are moving forward with all deliberate speed. And we are making sure... that we are using best practices and things will be sustainable for the future."
🆕 Jeff Walton from Strive stated that the company is raising $8.1 million in capital daily. At this pace, using it to pay dividends would support the issuance of 15.5 billion $SATA, which would be like buying around 175,000 additional Bitcoins at the current price, multiplying their total holdings of #BTC by 10.
🇺🇸The U.S. government blocked the full release of Google's quantum paper on Bitcoin. Justin Drake, co-author of the study, confirmed that the omission of the circuits was not Google's decision.
🚩 Telegram's founder in Oslo: "If we give up privacy with AI, every draft and idea will be scrutinized." Durov denounced that the West is copying the censorship of Russia and China.
🔹 Researchers identified a vulnerability in the secure chip of the new Trezor hardware wallet. The company stated that the flaw requires physical access to the device and does not affect remote users.
🔹 On-chain data showed a 4-hour drop in Zcash network activity, with fewer transactions and use of shielded addresses compared to previous periods. This was due to an emergency update that desynchronized the entire ecosystem.
⚡ Is Strategy changing its stance on Bitcoin?
In this interview with Leopoldo Bebchuk, Bitcoin anthropologist and former collaborator of the company, we analyze the shift in Michael Saylor's discourse and the evolution of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy).
We talked about the possibility of shorting BTC, the new STRC product with an 11% yield, the actual custody of Bitcoin, and the dilution of shares within their treasury model.
🇷🇺 Everyone's hunting for Elvira Nabiullina... What's the move to control it?
🇷🇺📊 In May, Russia's National Wealth Fund took a hit, dropping by 257.920 billion rubles, landing at 12.9600 billion rubles.
📈🇷🇺 Russian stocks are "playing nicely with Bitcoin," thanks to the kick-off of the SPIEF period and low inflation. Shoutout to Bogdanoff Market Monitor.
🌕🇷🇺 In April, the Central Bank of Russia offloaded a total of 6 tons of gold.
#BTC has dipped to $66K, with profitability crashing, realized losses climbing, and spot sellers regaining control. We're below the ETF cost basis, and options continue to price in elevated risk. #etf
🔮 $ETH #BTC Prediction markets are facing a significant challenge with their centralized API, impacting order placement speed due to network latency. Traders using both Polymarket and Kalshi need to optimize for a specific location, as Polymarket favors London while Kalshi is oriented towards Ohio.
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🇺🇸📝 U.S. - ISM Services PMI (May) = 54.5 (previous 53.6) #macro
🏦 A whale that lost over $2.5 million buying high and selling low is back in the game, purchasing $BTC .
Today, the whale bought 401 BTC ($26.86 million) at an average price of $66,957.
On January 16, the whale bought 81 BTC ($7.73 million) at $95,423, and sold them on February 23 at $64,243, taking a $2.5 million loss.
🇪🇺🏦 #ETH Julien Clausse from BNP Paribas CIB, one of Europe's largest banks, stated that the focus is on finding the rails that connect enough participants, regardless of whether the blockchain is Ethereum, private chains, or public chains. #rwa
🇯🇵 Japan's crude oil reserves hit the biggest drop in the country's history.
🚨 **HISTORICAL:** Japan reports the largest decrease in its crude oil reserves ever, raising alarms about the energy security of the world's third-largest economy.
The Asian nation has had to heavily tap into its emergency strategic inventories. This drastic measure aims to stabilize local prices and ensure supply amidst rising volatility in global markets and intense geopolitical tensions.
With this unprecedented move, Japanese reserves have plummeted to historic lows, sparking a heated debate about the vulnerability of a nation that relies almost entirely on crude imports to keep its industrial engine running. 🇯🇵🛢️
🔹 Bitcoin still has major drops ahead, according to Polymarket bettors and influential traders. For them, the bear market isn't over yet.
🔹 Today, Grayscale's hyperliquid ETF is launching. It's the third ETF for the cryptocurrency HYPE.
🌱 In Brazil, they will mine Bitcoin using bioenergy from sugarcane waste. The project monetizes agricultural surpluses and marks a milestone in Latin America by turning farm waste into digital cash.
🤑BREAKING: 🇺🇸 The SEC has officially designated Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a key focus in its new 5-year strategic plan.
🌎 The United States is proposing new tariffs between 10% and 12.5% on imports from 60 economies, including Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil. Bitcoin is "shaking" at the memory of what happened in 2025 during the "tariff war" ignited by Donald Trump.
📈 Hyperliquid hit a record of USD 3 billion in open interest for real-world assets (RWA), with a 1,200% surge this year. The most 'traded' assets are S&P 500, Nvidia stocks, and oil.
💳 Mastercard announced it will expand its settlement capabilities to include stablecoins, as well as options on weekends and holidays. The plan will use crypto assets like USDC and PYUSD on networks like $XRP Ledger, Ethereum, and $SOL , among others.
💳 Tether and Fasset are launching a Visa card that will allow the use of tokenized gold $XAUT for everyday purchases.
👉🏻 In the Dominican Republic, they don’t want to repeat the “mistakes” of El Salvador with bitcoin. Deputy Carlos de Pérez states that the project to regulate cryptocurrencies in the country aims to provide clarity.
🚨 Arrested in Dubai is David Merino, the Spaniard identified as the leader of FX Winning, which is allegedly the largest cryptocurrency scam being investigated in Spain, with 460 million euros defrauded.
📊 #HYPE #ETF Grayscale has launched its Hyperliquid ETF on Nasdaq
🇯🇵⚠️ #BTC The rise in Japanese government bond yields and a warning from the IMF about declining demand for public debt could tighten financial conditions and potentially favor Bitcoin, according to Bitwise.
🗣 #ETH $NEAR #ZEC Bankless co-founder David Hoffman stated on X that after selling ETH, he allocated about 50% of the capital to $VVV , NEAR, ZEC, and $HYPE , reserving the remainder to dollar-cost average into assets that hadn’t moved yet. He has now used the remaining 50% to finalize his LIT purchases.
🇺🇸🗽 The SEC highlights digital assets in its "strategic plan" for the next 5 years
Crypto asset technologies have the potential to revolutionize the financial infrastructure of the United States. #regulation
💳 Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe are launching a crypto stablecoin platform.
🥷 #ZEC The Zcash Foundation has released Zebra 4.5.3 and 5.0.0 to fix a critical operational bug in the Orchard Action scheme. User privacy remains intact.
🕵️ BlackRock deposited 6.005,46 $BTC worth 403.15 million dollars into Co1nbas3.
🖼️ #BNB #NFT Binance is shutting down its NFT service and giving users a month to withdraw their assets.
🗣 #ZEC Reports that Zcash stopped producing blocks for over four hours seem to be false.
Mert Mumtaz stated that the affected explorers were connected to a faulty node and the network is running at full capacity.
🧑💻 $ZEC The Zcash blockchain has been inactive for block production for four hours.
🗣 Nikhil Sharma from BlackRock claims that tokenization eliminates the dilemma between yield and liquidity. #RWA
🕵️ #ZEC According to the Zcash Block Explorer page, the latest block height of the Zcash network is 3,364,601, with a block time of 05:27:48 on June 3, 2026, approximately 4 hours before the page view time. Several previous blocks had block times concentrated around 5 hours ago.
💵 250,000,000 $USDC (250,084,125 USD) minted in the USDC Treasury.
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