🇪🇺 EU watchdog warns of high concentration in crypto markets, notes minimal euro usageThe European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) warned that crypto markets are highly concentrated on April 10. ESMA said concentration is a concern because a single asset or exchange failure could broadly impact the crypto ecosystem. According to the agency’s findings, market capitalizations and trading volumes are “significantly concentrated” in a small number of assets across the crypto market.

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🇭🇰 Hong Kong Said Likely to Approve Spot *💰 *Bitcoin ETFs Next Week: ReutersHong Kong regulators are likely to approve the first set of applications for spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) next week, making it possible that the products could be ready to start trading in April, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. Australia and Hong Kong are the two jurisdictions that could become the first in Asia to offer spot bitcoin ETFs, with Singapore and the UAE not reflecting immediacy just yet.

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🟠 Binance Has Matured Since DOJ $4.3B Settlement: CEO Richard TengTeng said Binance is now looking at sustainability and more compliance; hence the company’s focus on building a robust compliance program. Richard Teng, CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, believes the trading giant is past the cultural issues after it settled criminal charges from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) with a $4.3 billion fine. During an interview with CNBC, Teng said Binance had moved past the early stage of its development, where there were no clear rules, and it had to operate in a certain way to stay relevant.

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⚪️ US PayPal customers will be able to use stablecoin for international paymentsSilicon Valley-based payments giant PayPal is again looking to expand the use of its PYUSD stablecoin. The company announced that starting Thursday, U.S. clients will be able to send international money transfers using the company's PYUSD stablecoin. Through its cross-border payments service, Xoom, U.S. customers can now convert PYUSD to USD and then send money to "recipients in approximately 160 countries" without being charged transaction fees, PayPal said in a statement.

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🥇 Bitcoin Investment Products Ended March With Inflows of $865M Amid Renewed InterestDigital asset investment products experienced a positive shift in sentiment during the last week of March, with inflows reaching $862 million, nearly recovering from the previous week’s record outflows of $931 million. Despite this encouraging rebound, CoinShares revealed that ETF activity appears to be slowing down. In fact, the latest data shows that the daily trading turnover now stands at $5.4 billion, representing a 36% decline from its peak three weeks ago.

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🇺🇸 SEC asks for public comment for Grayscale, Bitwise and Fidelity spot Ethereum ETFsThe Securities and Exchange Commission is soliciting comments for a handful of spot ether exchange-traded funds, according to filings. On Tuesday, the agency asked for public comment on three proposed ETFs: the Fidelity Ethereum Fund, Grayscale Ethereum Trust and Bitwise Ethereum Trust. "The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, from interested persons," the agency said in the filing about Bitwise.

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🪙 Ether spot ETF's chance of May approval dropped to 20% by GSRCrypto market maker GSR has lowered its estimate of the likelihood of a spot Ether ETF approval in May to 20%. This is a drop from GSR's January estimate of a 75% likelihood of a May spot ether ETF approval. GSR Research Analyst Matt Kunke had attributed the former optimistic outlook to Grayscale's Court of Appeals victory and the approval of Ethereum Futures ETFs in October.

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🪙 Spot Ethereum ETF approval has 'no positive signs,' says ETF expertWhile the prospects of a spot ether exchange-traded fund receiving approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are up for debate, one ETF expert remains largely pessimistic. Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas posted on X today their belief that the odds of an ether ETF garnering approval are "a very pessimistic 25%." "Personally hope they do approve it but it just ain't looking good," he added.

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🟠 Binance ends Tron USDC support as it faces blockade in the Philippines

Crypto exchange Binance said it would end support for Tron network-based USD Coin (USDC) stablecoins by April 5, according to a March 25 statement, following recent news Circle is pulling out of the Tron blockchain entirely. Consequently, Binance users have less than two weeks to withdraw their assets or convert them to USDC on alternative networks. Notably, transactions involving USDC via other supported networks like Ethereum remain unaffected.

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🔵 Coinbase's Base Chain Warns of 'Stuck' Transactions Amid Traffic SurgeBase, the layer-2 blockchain from U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase that helps users transact on Ethereum with lower fees, appears to be struggling to keep up with a new wave in network activity, according to an official status warning issued by the protocol. "Base Mainnet is experiencing high traffic and increasing fees," the warning, which was posted to the official Coinbase status page, reads.

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