The most important news this week:

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for failing to maintain an effective Anti-Money Laundering program. Judge Richard Jones imposed the sentence in Western Washington District Court on April 30, after Zhao pleaded guilty in November.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its chairman, Gary Gensler, have considered Ether to be an unregistered security that does not comply with federal regulations for at least a year. This information emerged as a result of Consensys' lawsuit against the SEC.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) warning against using unregistered cryptocurrency services may be targeting smart contract privacy tools. The FBI advised Americans to only use registered crypto businesses that comply with Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering regulations.

Bitfinex analysts predict that Bitcoin may enter a price consolidation period of one to two months following the halving event. The report states that Bitcoin will be the main indicator for price movement in the crypto market throughout May.

Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Hong Kong attracted a combined total of over $200 million in assets at their launch on April 30.

At the end of the week, Bitcoin (BTC) is at $61,769, Ether (ETH) is at $3,081, and XRP is at $0.52. Total market capitalization is $2.29 trillion.

This week's biggest gainers were Helium (HNT) with 25.86%, Wormhole (W) with 24.16%, and Optimism (OP) with 22.34%. The biggest losers were Stacks (STX) -17.57%, Pendle (PENDLE) -12.90% and Neo (NEO) -12.89%.

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