- Bitcoin trading between $63,000 and $66,000. Block 840,000 of the halving became the most expensive block ever mined in Bitcoin history; 37 BTC were collected in fees.
- PayPal launches rewards system for Bitcoin “green miners”.
- Google Cloud launches its Web3 portal.
- The IMF recognizes Bitcoin as a savings tool “for individuals in high-inflation countries.”
- Venezuela will begin using crypto for crude oil and fuel exports as the United States reimposes oil sanctions on the country.
- Argentines are buying Bitcoin to protect themselves from 278% inflation instead of exchanging their pesos for dollars.
- The IRS has released a draft of the 2025 Digital Asset Reporting Form for US taxpayers.
- The UAE leads cryptocurrency adoption in the Middle East, with 72% of local users investing in Bitcoin.
- The South African Financial Sector Authority (FSCA) has granted a Cryptocurrency Asset Service Provider (CASP) license to 75 institutions.
- In the United Kingdom, the Minister for the Economy announced that new legislation on steblecoins as well as on the custody and exchange of cryptocurrency will be published by July in the United Kingdom.
- 1 year ago, on April 20, 2023, the European Parliament definitively approved the regulation on crypto-asset markets (MiCA). The first implementation of MiCA will take place on June 30, 2024.
Regarding AIRDROPS, I realized that certain underestimated projects largely remunerated early users unlike very widely publicized projects, so I will add here every week some projects which seem interesting without of course any certainty of result on a potential airdrop. This week focus on opportunities still ongoing chain by chain (with ref.) :
- Zerolend Airdrop on 29 April 2024 , check your score : https://airdrop.zerolend.xyz
- Aethir Cloud Drop (until May 12) : GPU power for AI - you can skip Purchase a Node task - complete tasks on Galxe , layer 3 , etc ... https://airdrop.aethir.com/home
- BNB Chain : Kinza Finance, lend, borrow tokens on the platform to earn points which will then be converted into $KZA tokens https://app.kinza.finance/
- FUSE Airdrop Program is LIVE : airdrop.fuse.io and claim CUBEs on Fuse with Layer 3 : https://app.layer3.xyz/quests/cubes-on-fuse-network
- ORBITER bridge adds some quests to earn O-Points https://www.orbiter.finance/ and according to X : "$ORB will be launched within this year. The O-Points Program will play a crucial role in shaping the airdrop rules."
- Track your progress in your favorite projects on RubyScore , for instance have a look to Proof of Humanity Attestation for Linea : https://rubyscore.io/profile
- And , check your points on RABBY wallet , even if you use MetaMask, by installing Rabby you can easily switch from one wallet to another with the Flip function on Rabby : use my referral code 'CLAIMPTS' for an extra bonus, https://rabby.io/rabby-points
