JUST IN: 🇬🇧 Bank of England's head of fintech, Varun Paul, has left the institution to join the cryptocurrency security firm Fireblocks.

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JUST IN: 72% of financial advisors said they would be more likely to invest client assets in cryptocurrencies if a spot ETF product were offered in the United States.

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JUST IN: Fortnite creators Epic Games has raised $2 billion from Sony & Lego, to build the metaverse

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JUST IN: UPS has filed 5 trademark applications for NFTs and the metaverse

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JUST IN: 🇨🇳 The cultural and tourism authorities in China’s Sichuan province will launch an NFT marketplace.

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JUST IN: 🇮🇳 Crypto trading volume in India has gone down as much as 72% in some exchanges since the new tax law came into effect on April 1.

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FUN FACT: The NFL, NIKE, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Google and the FBI are all hiring for crypto jobs right now.

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FUN FACT: Bitcoin has a larger market cap than Bank of America.

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JUST IN: Former SoftBank CEO Marcelo Claure says he now devotes 10% of his portfolio to Bitcoin

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JUST IN: Miami Mayor says “we need to integrate Bitcoin into every aspect of our society.”

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FUN FACT: A whale has purchased $1M Bitcoin every day for months 🐳

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JUST IN: Florida police have arrested a cybersecurity expert who allegedly stole $576,000 in cryptocurrency from a client's hardware wallet after promising to set up a security system.

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JUST IN: 🇷🇺 Russian Ministry of Finance has revised a draft law to regulate the country’s crypto sector, introducing provisions for Bitcoin and crypto mining.

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JUST IN: Coinbase has disabled support for the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in India.

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JUST IN: Cryptocurrency exchange visits increased to 360 million in March. Over a 6% increase from February.

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JUST IN: Terra $LUNA now owns 39,897 Bitcoin ($1.7 billion USD).

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ICYMI: Elon Musk has suggested that Twitter Blue should accept Dogecoin as a payment method.

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JUST IN: Binance has received in-principle approval to operate in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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FUN FACT: Ethereum processed 4.5x times more transactions than Visa in 2021.

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FUN FACT: Dogecoin has more total holders than Bitcoin and Ethereum do in the United States.

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